Chapter 44 16. The Scenery of the Red Poison River
The team had not gone far when they saw Drucci dressed as a waiter of the Thorn family waiting for Walter on the side of the road.
Renne looked at Walter and said jokingly: "Your waiter."
"Renne, go and take a look, be careful."
Renne directly turned over and jumped off the cold lizard, holding the hilt of the sword behind his left hand, and walked over cautiously. , the waiter respectfully handed over a gold velvet bag, and Renn directly pulled out the noble curved sword and put it on the rope of the bag, and said: "You can get out!"
Darkus raised his head to Renn and said: "Look Are you here? Learn from it. Most of these are sent by your good brothers."
Renn came back, took out the serrated dagger hanging on his boots, cut the edge of the velvet bag, and poured the contents out. A needle or a razor blade or something, just a letter. Wren took another pair of gloves from the bag next to the saddle, put them on and checked the envelope carefully.
Alyssa also got off her horse and leaned over to check whether there was any magic or poison on the letter.
Ren said to Darkus with a serious expression: "Sir, it should be fine." After that, he handed the envelope forward.
The envelope was made of very good material, and the exquisite and beautiful fire-lacquer seal was stamped with the Thorn family's logo. Darkus opened the letter, glanced at it for a few times, handed it to Walter, frowned and said, "I'm in a bad situation now. This It was written to you by your good brother."
Walter opened the letter and glanced at it for a few times. The scrawled notes seemed to have been written just now.
To my dear brother:
I wish you a happy life under Lord Darkus Hellscourge, and may you live a long and healthy life.
Give my regards to Lord Darkus Hellscourge.
Your brother is Baisong Thorn.
There were only these two sentences in the letter. After reading it, Walter said: "Sir, this is what my third brother wrote to me." After that, he folded the letter and put it into the bag next to the saddle.
"Well, that has to be put away. What a great souvenir. If I were you, I would frame it and put it in the most conspicuous place."
Walter was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Sir, what do you mean? That's right."
After leaving the noble area, a group of city guards were waiting there. They guided Darkus' team out of the city. The team shuttled through the winding and twisted streets. There were few pedestrians on the road and their footsteps were fast.
In the early morning, the sounds of clashing swords and shouts of death were heard in the alleys next to civilian streets. Gangs in the city began a new day of morning exercises, while the marching city guards continued to walk forward as if they were deaf.
Darkus observed the buildings on both sides of the road. There were not even street lights, only the dim candlelight reflected through the small windows in the houses on the roadside. He could vaguely hear the cries, curses, screams, collisions of objects, and moans coming from inside.
"What the hell! What the hell is this place? The folk customs are really simple. If I were to go alone, I would definitely be beaten by ghosts. Fortunately, I started as a corporate dog. If I were a street boy, I would be in trouble.
" The policies and laws in the cities are different and strange. For example, Hal Gansey, the leader of the Cain sect, has the best security. Murder, theft, and gathering for money are considered crimes there, and there is only one penalty for the offenders. Then Just a sacrifice to Kane. This is a great pain for the Druchi who lives there, and his inner joy can only be released through the midnight of death. Kallond Kar prohibits the hunting of harpies, and Hagrid Grave has a strange ritual. The southernmost Krakarond is free and open, and you can do whatever you want. So what is the population of Druch?
There are two roads out of the Screaming Gate. One leads to the farthest forest farm along the south bank of the Red Poison River, which is the destination of Darkus' trip. The other leads to the Venom Woodland, which is considered a small town. It is full of military personnel or civilians escaping from big city life. It has military camps and material distribution centers, which are usually replenished to various forest farms.
The Red Poison River originates deep in the Black Ridge Mountains. The river is about 80 meters wide. The river crosses the Shadow Forest and flows through Krakarond into the Sea of Resentment. The river is filthy, and the cold wind in the mountains howls by, blowing Dak. Us' hair, you can still smell a faint smell of sulfur while walking on the road by the river.
Every Tuesday is log day. The soldiers will instruct the slaves to park the carts on the river bank and push the black pine logs into the river. The black pine logs will float along the Red Poison River to the shoals at the mouth of the east bank of Krakalond City. , where slaves would pull the wood to the shore, and the dried wood would be made into various ships, ballistas, and chariots, adding to Druchi's war machine.
Darkus admired the surrounding scenery. The black pine forests on both sides of the river that had been cut down for thousands of years have now turned into endless noble manors and plantations. Germany's Underground Sea and Sea of Resentment continuously provide food for northern cities, and crops similar to winter wheat have been sown in the fields.
"The trackers on the Volga River and the helots of the happy paradise in the south."
The dignitaries hung behind the team on cold lizards. Darkus nodded to Alyssa, who was leading two animal trainers. He took off on a dark Pegasus and began to investigate.
"Walter, do your good brothers have manors south of the Red Poison River?" "
Sir, yes, they are eight kilometers outside the city. My second and third brothers have manors there."
Darkus said sinisterly. Smiling: "Do you think we will be ambushed?"
Franes said calmly: "Sir, I don't think there will be an ambush. It is winter and the fields next to it are bare, even if the ambushers are hidden in haystacks and timber. The back of the pile is too conspicuous, unless they have dug a hole in the field to hide soldiers in advance."
Renn also added: "Will there be paddle boats setting off from the city and going upstream? Then the ambushers rushed out of the manor. Come out?"
Darkus shook his head and said: "Unlikely, the risk is too high, unless those families with ideas get together and play all the cards." He paused and stretched his waist. "It's boring. Let's not talk about it anymore. I'm going to try my "Land of Hook Claw" now. Don't control the mount." "
Big guy, let's turn around."
The giant-horned cold lizard under Darkus' crotch was bigger than The cold lizard next to it shrank a little. The giant-horned cold lizard let out a low cry, and the five powerful cold lizards turned around instantly.
"Big guy, charge up!"
The five cold lizards began to trot and gradually accelerated. After accelerating, Darkus asked the cold lizards to slow down. The big guy turned to look at him, as if asking, but the speed was still slow. came down. Then he tried several more difficult tactical coordinated actions.
The two Takaia brothers and Walter were used to it. Ren also raised his hands exaggeratedly. Baine asked curiously: "Sir, are you an animal tamer?"
Darkus laughed: "That's right. ”
(End of chapter)