The death of slaves happened from time to time. After all, as slaves captured from the battlefield, it was obviously impossible for the victor to treat them as friends. Cruel torture was just a common occurrence, and more of it was the harsh living environment.
Don't eat enough, don't wear warm clothes, don't get enough rest, and don't get effective supplements.
Even if you are sick, you have to go to work.
want to rest
Hehe, there will be a friend who was once acquainted, who is also the current supervisor, the loyal henchman of the victor, who will use a tough whip to wake up your tiredness, and bring the sickness all over you to do what you should do today Finish the job.
If you become a slave, you basically can't be regarded as a human being, but basically a humanoid animal.
This is the truth.
Kant already knew that several slaves would die in the salt mine every day.
However, looking at the increasing reserves of coarse salt in the warehouse, the death of these slaves has become very valuable. At least for Kant, a large amount of coarse salt has been stored, which can be made for several months after the salt mine falls in the future.
At least for now, the salt workshop of "Drehem" castle can no longer keep up with the reserve.
Although there is a large amount of table salt that has been produced day and night.
But most of the warehouses were still full of linen sacks full of coarse salt, brought in by camel caravans that traveled between the castle and the salt mines every week.
Even if more than half of the current slaves are dead, there are still nearly 700+ people.
Kant naturally didn't care.
It is troublesome to keep so many slaves and provide a lot of food and water.
"Wait." But in an instant, Kant frowned, turned his head to look at Manid, and asked in a deep voice: "You mean... a special natural environment appeared in the depths of the Nalun Desert, which caused the slaves to die. Mass deaths?"
"Yes, cooler temperatures at night."
Manid nodded.
"This..." Kant frowned, "It's really not right."
This is very abnormal.
Although the night temperature in the Nalun Desert is indeed extremely low, it is not so outrageous.
You must know that Kant valued his slaves quite highly. At least each of them had a leather jacket. At night, there was a bonfire around the tent for everyone to keep warm. How could nearly 300 slaves be frozen to death so easily.
If it is because of the current more brutal labor level, 300 slaves will die from exhaustion!
"Perhaps undead."
The lion knights beside them spoke.
Regarding unconventional weather, they also have their own opinions: "No, there are only undead. These undead come from the resurrection of the dead, and the undead between life and death will emit negative energy of the undead."
After all, Pendor Continent has magic inheritance.
Kant nodded: "Well, continue."
"The distinctive feature of the negative energy of the undead is cold."
The lion knights said: "Frost will cover the earth, and everything will be frozen. It is the concentration of the dead's thoughts. The hatred for the living creatures in the sun world is a kind of negative energy ability."
"Where the sky of death spreads, there is also that kind of frost spreading."
The royal knights also nodded and said: "There is also a bone-chilling cold current that freezes even the sand layer."
"Yes." Kant said in a deep voice, "Trouble is coming."
"trouble."
Manid also murmured in a low voice.
This is not the first time he has heard this sentence, and he also knows how dangerous the undead are slowly coming in the Nalun Desert.
However, he did not expect that the danger that had been conceptualized would come so soon, and it had even appeared at the salt mine, not even close enough to the sentry oasis under his feet.
When they first entered the depths of the Nalun Desert, when they encountered the death sky, they had already encountered the terrifying cold current. If it weren't for the blessing of extraordinary power, they would have frozen to death in the depths of the desert.
That cold current is not something ordinary people can resist.
"Damn it."
Kant also frowned.
But without hesitation, he turned his head and ordered: "Go and inform the mages, the progress will be accelerated immediately!"
"Yes!" The guarded knight immediately responded, and quickly walked up to the top floor, where there is a dormitory for mage apprentices, where mages conduct magic experiments and fusion plans for the sun disc.
Kant's castle could be declared safe as soon as the sun disc took shape and protected the sentry oasis.
At least don't care about the threat of death sky.
Just under discussion.
The door of the governing hall was pushed open, and a desert bandit rushed in quickly, kneeling half-kneeling in front of the long table, and Quick Voice reported: "My lord, a sky of death was discovered in the salt mine, and it was attacked by the undead army, and it has now fallen! "
"What?"
Kant instantly stood up in his place.
Clenching his hands tightly, he looked at the desert robber half-kneeling in front of the long table, and his breath became short of breath: "How is it possible that the salt mine has just fallen?"
"That's right, just 2 days ago!"
The voice of the desert robber wailed slightly: "All of us have withdrawn!"
He still has a dusty look on his body.
On the outer leather armor, you can even see traces of hacking with knives and axes.
Including the blood, it has turned slightly black, and the wounds are all purple. Although it has healed, it can be seen that it has been infected by dirty things. Even the desert robber has white lips and a sick face. yellow.
And when the desert bandit finished his report, a strange flush of red suddenly appeared on his cheeks, and he collapsed directly, standing motionless at the long table in front of Kant.
"Having passed out."
A lion knight passed by, stretched out his hand to sniff, and said in a deep voice after checking: "It needs treatment, and more importantly, it needs rest."
The royal knights also sighed softly: "It seems that they rushed back from the salt mine."
"Come here, take him down for treatment."
Kant waved.
At the same time, he ordered Bundak, who was frowning slightly, "Go and see, who else knows the details, I need to know the details, and know how my salt mine fell!"
"Yes." Bandak nodded and left quickly.
Someone next to him carried away the desert bandit who had collapsed on the ground and passed out, and then he would receive the proper treatment and rest. At least in the Artisan Union, there are doctors trained, although the effect is definitely not as good as that of James. Top notch doctor, but still ok with minor infections and treating wounds.
After all, people will be injured in daily life, and on the training ground, the training of high-level arms against low-level arms will cause wounds from time to time due to hand mistakes, so a group of doctors have been trained.
It's okay to save your own people.
During the war, it can also be used as a field doctor to take care of the wounded.
Manid sighed beside him: "The situation is critical."
"yes."
Kant gritted his teeth and sat back on the chair.
The lion knights and royal knights next to them were silent, each with determination on their faces.
The war is about to begin.
Everyone already understood that the rapid fall of the salt mine meant that it was time for the most elite troops belonging to the "Drehem" castle to retake the salt mine!
Soon, Bandak came back with a slightly dignified expression.
"bad news."
He opened his mouth slowly.
"Let's talk." Kant frowned, he was already mentally prepared.
Banda Ke reported in a deep voice: "The salt mine fell very quickly, and all the slaves were frozen to death. Only the desert robbers at the salt mine station were killed. They just came to the castle to report quickly. Behind them, 500 more elite The Swadian knight and 2 royal knights have been haunted by the terrifying undead army."
"It's...surprised me." Kant's eyes flashed ferociously. In just a few days, a camel caravan reported that 300 people had been frozen to death. In a blink of an eye, desert robbers came back, saying that the salt mine had fallen.
How could this not be a surprise!
In Kant's eyes, his layout in the salt mine was absolutely foolproof.
Although it is mainly to prevent slave rebellion, it is still related to the first exploration of the depths of the Nalun Desert, the undead hidden in the death sky.
That was led by 2 royal knights, a heavy cavalry force of 500 Swadian heavy cavalry!
It can be called elite.
But even so, he was still entangled by the undead, and he needed the desert robbers to come back first to ask for help.
"Also, Lord Kant."
Bandak continued: "According to the accounts of several other desert robbers, the sky of death did not spread, but the sudden appearance of those undead was tantamount to a sneak attack, and they were caught off guard."
"Wait." Kant narrowed his eyes: "Sneak attack from the undead?"
"Yes."
Bundak nodded.
Kant's face was stern, and he couldn't help gritting his teeth: "I think I heard it right. It turned out to be a sneak attack from the undead? These dead skeletons still use this tactic of sneak attack?"
Kant was puzzled by this.
The undead have no wisdom, but with an instinctive hatred for the living, they form a sea of undead to attack the enemy.
Sneak attacks don't exist at all.
In other words, these undead don't even have a formation.
It is out of the instinct of undead creatures that the fires of souls attract each other and gather together in a mess until they swallow and wipe out all the enemies before willingly dormant.
"It's the death knight."
Bandak said slowly: "There are also skeleton cavalry."
"Huh?" Kant raised his eyebrows.
"It's similar to knights lured by the power of the underworld, but they are cavalry transformed by the power of the undead after death." Bandak explained: "It seems to be the mobile force of the undead."
Kant's face was gloomy, he already understood the concept of death knight or skeleton cavalry.
This has been accepted in the previous life, and it is very easy to make up the concept map.
But Kant's complexion was even worse, and he said in a deep voice: "At first, I thought that these undead were just skeletons and zombies, but I really didn't expect that even death knights and skeleton cavalry appeared. Do you want to give me bones in the end?" A dragon or something?"
In Kant's impression, the undead do have such a thing.
And in this world, there are actually creatures like giant dragons. Although they have already become legends in the age of the gods, thinking about it makes people feel a little palpitating!
PS: The update will be resumed tomorrow. I have been busy with party members recently, and it has been resolved now.
(end of this chapter)