"Let the soldiers of the same squad ride in one. At least they can take care of each other." Abel suggested.
"Okay." DeWitt nodded in agreement.
The soldiers dispersed and stopped to watch in front of their favorite stables.
Every horse in the stable has beautiful soft hair and strong tendons.
The fresh grass in the trough seems to have been picked just this morning, with a fresh earthy smell.
Claremont followed DeWitt through each stable. Seeing DeWitt's focused expression, Claremont couldn't help but said: "Captain DeWitt, does it take so long to choose? We just let them drag us to the beach."
"Every horse here is different, and all of them are the best of the best." DeWitt responded: "It's a pity to be raised here to pull a carriage."
Claremont said amusedly, "How do you know, in case people want to stay here too?"
"Oh, I don't know what they think. It's just that they are overqualified." DeWitt said shaking his head.
After speaking, he walked into a stable and pulled out a white-haired horse with smooth muscles.
"Beautiful!" Claremont praised.
"Let's go, I've made my choice." DeWitt said, "The soldiers are still waiting for us."
"Aren't you trying to ride this horse?" Claremont asked.
DeWitt froze for a moment, then turned to look at the horse he was leading. Then he replied: "Forget it, there is not even a whip in this stable. It is estimated that the owner of this horse does not want others to ride his horse."
"Sit on it and try it." Claremont walked up to DeWitt and said, "Didn't the shopkeeper say that these horses can recognize the way? Let him take the two of us back."
DeWitt hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Stepping on the stirrups and sitting on the horse's back, the white-haired horse flicked its hooves the moment Devitt stepped on it. But then there was no further action.
"You come up too." DeWitt said, reaching out to Claremont.
Clement took DeWitt's hand, jumped up and sat behind DeWitt.
After the two sat down firmly, the white-haired horse set off immediately. Like a bolt of thunder, it rushed straight to the destination in front of the teahouse.
"Wow!" Claremont exclaimed excitedly, feeling the icy cold wind blowing by his ears, "It seems that this horse can really understand human language!"
"And it doesn't seem to have carried people before. Sitting on it, I'm about to throw up." DeWitt said with a pale face.
He sat in the front and needed to bear more cold wind.
"Didn't you say you like horses? Be careful that this horse listens to you and throws you off." Claremont said with a smile.
The two walked for twenty minutes, but the horse only took three minutes.
When the handsome white horse appeared in front of the reconnaissance team carrying DeWitt and Claremont, the soldiers burst into exclamation.
Abel, who was waiting for the two of them in front of the teahouse, also walked down the horse with a look of surprise on his face, and said to the two who were almost fainted: "How did you two get on the horse? Several soldiers in the team tried to ride, and they were all shocked. It took a big fall."
"The two of us are also quite miserable." DeWitt staggered off the horse, stroked his forehead, and said, "It seems that although this horse has been raised in captivity, it still maintains its innate Feral. We're not well suited to ride it."
Claremont also nodded: Although he was really happy at the beginning, after a minute or so, his body also became uncomfortable.
"Are you all right?" Abel asked concerned.
"It's okay." Claremont shook his head and said, "Are the soldiers ready?"
"It's ready. I'm just waiting for you." Abel sighed and said, "I'll put on the hood, and I'll leave later. You just stand here and rest for a while."
"Thank you." DeWitt said, clutching his stomach.
After Abel walked away, Claremont said to DeWitt with an ugly expression: "I feel a little nauseous, how about you?"
"Me too."
After Claremont and DeWitt made some adjustments, the scouts got on the carriage and set off.
The horses who refused to carry people were extremely docile when pulling the carriage.
It even made DeWitt wonder whether they could reach the seaside within today.
But in fact, two hours after getting into the carriage, the reconnaissance team heard the sound of the tsunami.
"We're almost at the beach." A soldier opened the curtain in the hood and said, looking outside.
"Austinger, how are you feeling?" Another soldier in the carriage asked Austiner who was sitting quietly in the corner with concern.
"It's weird. I'm not dizzy at all." Austin said with a smile.
"This horse is walking so slowly, how could Austin feel dizzy." A soldier interjected.
"It's impossible." The soldier who cared about Austin retorted: "I remember that he used to get dizzy when he touched a carriage or something."
"Maybe this carriage is not quite the same." Austin responded, "Sitting in it, I didn't feel chest tightness or anything."
"Indeed." The surrounding soldiers echoed, "This is really the most valuable carriage I have ever ridden in."
The carriage stopped amidst the soldiers' discussions.
"Here we are." DeWitt got out of the car and said to Abel and Claremont who were sitting in the car.
Abel also jumped out of the car, turned his gaze to the sea that was close at hand, and said, "It's much closer than I imagined."
"I'll tell the soldiers to get out of the car," Claremont said. Then they shuttled back and forth in the convoy, letting the soldiers get out of the car and gather.
"It's time to put the reward on the saddle," Abel reminded.
"Yes." DeWitt took out a few silver coins from his pocket and nodded.
The soldiers gathered in the open space next to the carriage convoy. After DeWitt put a silver coin on the saddle of each horse, all the horses leading the carriage turned and left.
The soldiers watched them leave one after another. When they saw the carriage being suspended in the air by the horses, everyone burst into exclamation.
Cold sweat broke out on Austin's back: No wonder he didn't feel any dizziness while sitting in the carriage. It turned out that the carriage was floating in the air.
"I finally know why it's so fast." Claremont said, shaking his head in amazement.
After everyone came back to their senses, Abel said to everyone: "Tonight, we will camp here overnight. After everyone receives their tasks, let's start working quickly."
"Yes!" the soldiers responded.
The sun was slowly sinking into the sea, and it was still an hour before dark.
(end of this chapter)