The presence of the Absgentians in this team explains well why they can catch up with them so quickly after starting at a slow pace - they have the best endurance and endurance in the world. Tracking ability is one thing, but another reason is the existence of the Abusgunti. These grassland cavalry can hardly carry any supplies.
Both are forests at the foot of the Tambur Mountains, and they are also in the tropics. There is not much difference between the vegetation and creatures near Kursimu and Thoradin. Therefore, for the Absgunti people, when they came to Thoradin, they were like It's back to his home.
Edible plants, what kind of animals appear where, and what their habits are; the leaves of this plant are tough and sharp and can be used as cutting knives. The leaves of this plant can be made into baskets and ropes. The leaves of this plant can be made into baskets and ropes. Nuts grow, and this plant can provide oil for burning. Armed with this knowledge, the Absgunti hardly need to carry any supplies when hunting or traveling long distances, except for their favorite small bows and poison. Apart from arrows and even clothes, they only wear the thinnest pieces of animal skins. It can be said that compared with mercenaries and adventurers in any civilized world, they are the ones who truly live in the wilderness.
The weight loss from not having to carry survival supplies, the excellent tracking ability, and the strong endurance of high-quality prairie war horses. Taken together, these series of factors determine that even our Mr. Sage can survive in various unfavorable situations. The fact that he couldn't get rid of the other party - this is a euphemism, to put it harshly, he was carrying two bottles of oil.
Not to mention Lina, who doesn’t have much combat experience and was well protected by Victoria and others even in her previous escapes. Even though our little Mira has become much more mature than before after a year of study, she is still subject to it after all. Due to age and experience limitations, even if you learn quickly, nothing can be achieved in one step.
In short, if they did not want to be shot, they had no choice but to surrender. After dismounting, the three prairie cavalry quickly disarmed the three people, leaving only the most basic clothes behind, and then tied their hands behind their backs with thick hemp ropes. , walked back towards the south with their team, and walked for half a day until they slowed down in the evening and prepared to set up camp.
After successfully capturing the three of them, the group headed by the prairie noble girl also slowed down in time. They were riding horses while the three Henrys were on foot. The reins of their two war horses were tied together and pulled tightly by a prairie warrior to serve as pack horses. This shows the professionalism and caution of these people. They had no intention of letting Henry and the others return to the This is true on horseback, even with your hands tied behind your back. Although this would increase the speed of the team's advance and return to Absera as soon as possible, they were obviously still worried that the very obedient horses would escape under the command of Henry or Mira.
Horses are smart animals. People who live with them day and night and are good at equestrian skills can sit firmly on the saddle with their thighs and buttocks without having to hold the reins with both hands. Therefore, these prairie cavalrymen who had been fighting with horses for countless years decisively separated the three men from their horses and walked in the front and back of the team respectively to prevent them from using the horses to escape.
This is indeed a vigilance measure, but at the same time, it also provides some clues to the sages - these people do not want to kill them, at least not yet.
He began to observe the team's arrangement. The expression on his face did not change at all. He was just paying attention to everyone's every move from the corner of his eye, not missing any details.
The leading steppe aristocratic girl, who was obviously a half-breed Abusgunti - Henry heard them call her "Muna", which means "hope" or "wishes" in the Sumu language, and was obviously named for her. People have some kind of beautiful vision. All in all, Muna looks like the leader of this team of more than a dozen people. She is not much older than Mira, but the environment in the grassland is worse than that on the west coast. Children of this age are actually considered He is an adult and can marry, so it is not strange to lead a team out.
Muna's attire is that of a typical grassland aristocratic child - animal skins with colorful coarse cloth dyed with blue-green grass juice and red iron oxide. The grassland people do not have the colorful cloths of the southern border and the major empires, so They could only use the existing craftsmanship of animal skins and coarse cloth to create luxurious clothes for the nobles to wear. The carefully tanned lambskin is close-fitting and soft, and the colorful coarse cloth used as a waist decoration can better reflect the ethnic customs. In addition, there is a copper knife chain on the waist that seems to be recast after being captured, and hanging on it. The dark green dragon lizard leather scabbard, the ivory carved handle, and the small prairie scimitar inlaid with gems all reflected that this girl came from a clan that was much larger and richer than the Aries clan.
But more than these, Henry is probably more interested in her relationship with the Absgunti people - these short and thin brown-skinned hunters. It is difficult to tell their age from their appearance. A man in his twenties or thirties The Absgenti looked the same skinny as an Absgenti in his fifties or sixties, but when they gathered around to talk to Muna, Henry could clearly see that this noble girl was interested in the four of them. They all have the same respect and closeness as a granddaughter towards her grandfather——
In addition, the twelve prairie warriors are also somewhat different from ordinary prairie warriors, such as those led by Khalid of the Aries clan before or the warriors under the command of Albany of the red beak. Although they are nominally Under their command, but in fact these people have their own aristocratic status, which means that they only "follow" the leaders of the higher class, rather than having a strict subordinate relationship like ordinary civilians and nobles - - This situation widely exists among the middle and lower clans in Absera. Because they fight with foreign armies all the year round or fight against each other, many clans here are in danger. When they perish It was impossible for the samurai to die just like that just by listening to the clan leader's words.
If they do not form a family within the clan, they can even choose whether to stay or leave - this subtle relationship is very similar to that of mercenaries and employers, except that instead of money as a reward, the warriors receive A place to stay and glory - back to the original point, compared to those common people who just follow orders, the spirit of these prairie warriors under Muna is completely different.
The first is the uniformity of clothing. To be able to produce similar-looking equipment in a place like the grassland with a harsh environment and poor technology obviously requires a very powerful clan - in addition to clothing, there are also decorations, hairstyles, and even height and body shapes. Quite similar, this kind of behavior that makes the soldiers look similar is very familiar to Henry. There are similar designs in Padrosi and the legions of the Laman Empire. This act of erasing individuality and making them look like mass-produced items is to allow the warriors to polish off their edges and become an elite army that is more obedient to orders and more efficient, and the absolute obedience they showed to the leader Muna And the natural defense also fits this characteristic well.
——The Guards were formed by selecting boys of suitable age and suitable physique from other conquered clans and undergoing arduous training since childhood. They were the best among the best. Henry narrowed his eyes slightly.
Muna's identity is not just as simple as a grassland clan, she is probably the owner of the royal bloodline recognized by the grassland people who unified most of the grassland in the past - and such a person captured them and wanted to put them to use , related to the relationship between her and the Absgunti people, the sage had some guesses in his mind.
After all, all royal families everywhere are the same and want only one thing.
Knowing yourself and your enemy is the best way to win a hundred battles. After determining the identity of the other party and what he wants from his movements, demeanor, and the content of the conversation, even though he is still in the form of a piece of meat on a chopping board that is unarmed and restricted from movement, the sage still maintains his calmness, unlike The two Luoan girls were vaguely or obviously panicked.
The sun was setting, and they were stationed on the edge of a forest. The two Abusgunti led half of the guards into the deeper woods, obviously looking for some food, while the rest, including Muna, began to place their horses and build a camp. Come. They behaved as calmly as if they were at home in this area very close to the south of Thoradin. It is not difficult to figure out the reason after considering that the troops stationed in the previous castle behaved like frightened birds, and they were bending down to add more to the bonfire. Chai's Muna seemed to have noticed the way Henry, who was leaning on a tree trunk not far away, was looking here. She understood that the sage was lamenting the calmness of his group, so she happily showed her little tiger teeth and said with a smile: "Yes. My people must be very disappointed, mercenary, that’s right, you settlers are such cowards.”
"You live in a plain area with a mild climate and fertile soil, and huddle in a castle made of stone, thinking that you can sit back and relax. This kind of cowardly nature is as gentle as that of domestic animals. How can you, who are like sheep, be able to compete with Buka? "Compared to our people." Muna said, referring to Buka, a large social dragon lizard that haunts the Kursimu region - the owner of the tough skin for her scabbard - -The scientific name is Kursimu spotted dragon lizard. This gray-green skinned dragon lizard with black vertical stripes is strong and runs at an amazing speed. Even brown bears will be afraid of its existence. It is the totem of many nomadic peoples in Kursimu. They think they Like these dragon lizards, they are natural hunters that roam under the sky, and can easily kill settled people who are as weak and unsuspecting as sheep.
"" Henry did not respond to Muna's taunt, but just shrugged. The bonfire began to become more and more prosperous, and the daylight hours in winter were short and the sky quickly darkened. The eight people who went out to hunt brought back a lot of fruits. In just one or two hours, even the best hunters were obviously not good enough. Having always been able to obtain meat, Muna turned around and glanced, and then the short black eyebrows on her delicate face with brown skin typical of prairie people knitted together.
"If you don't run away in the morning, we will have wild boar meat to eat now -" "Humph!" She kicked away a small stone on the side with some annoyance, which gave our Mr. Sage some more Message: This grassland aristocratic lady obviously does not have much tracking experience, and cannot bear setbacks and failures - just like the playboys in other places - and she led these dozen people to track her. A line, obviously, is more likely to be impulsive than planned.
"Obviously you will be caught in the end, so what's the point of escaping? Mercenary, the sheep's resistance is powerless. If you don't resist, you won't cause trouble to others." Muna continued to ramble on next to her. Her Lamani language is very standard and fluent, and it sounds like it is often used. This is very consistent with the characteristics of the grassland people in the Kursimu area. She has been with the Lamani countries south of Otolo for many years. Naturally, there had been peaceful exchanges between the two sides during the battle. No matter how high-ranking aristocrats in the prairie, proficiency in the Lamani language was a necessary talent - Henry continued to analyze the image of this noble girl, while doing two things secretly. He gestured to Mira behind him with his finger.
Simple sign language can be understood without special training and basic understanding ability. It was getting late, and the Luoan girl looked behind her teacher without being noticed by Muna in front of her. She secretly remembered it in her heart. Then he moved closer to Lina.
"Oh, but no matter what, you have been captured by us now. Next, you have to return to Kursimu with us." After a little dissatisfaction, Muna began to be proud of her origin as a grassland person again: " I will give you some food tonight, but you don't want to sleep in the house as the residents like. I said this is your shortcoming, isn't it? Mercenary hunters or businessmen, or those The fat-headed and big-eared nobles all have this kind of virtue, lying in tightly wrapped houses and tents to separate themselves from Mother Nature, thinking that they can avoid all dangers."
"Tsk, even those guys who have had too much contact with businessmen have gradually turned into hedonistic virtues, gradually losing their ferocity as Buka people, and turning into sheep to be slaughtered like settled residents." Muna said that speaking so many words to a stranger whom they met on the first day provided more clues for our Mr. Sage to perfect the image of this prairie noble lady - and she continued He gushed: "Real prairie people sleep on horseback outside, facing the starry sky and Mother Nature."
"Real prairie people will pay attention to even the smallest barking and insect buzzing like Buka, and will never sleep like a sheep-like settler -" she said, getting closer and closer to this side. : "We will use all our strength even against the weakest enemy, and we will use the strongest ropes and knots even to tie up the weakest woman."
"Stupid and cowardly settlers who are as unsuspecting as sheep, you--" "Well, they are quite strong." "-Huh?" Henry, who had been silent and just allowed Muna to express her opinions, suddenly spoke, The grassland noble lady was stunned for a moment, but the sage smiled at her and continued:
"It's quite strong. It took me so long to untie it."
"Snap--" Just like a viper attacking, the sage caught Muna who was too close with a "swish--".
"Qiang——" The prairie warriors who reacted quickly drew out their scimitars, while the Absgunti people in the distance were also staring at this side with worried faces. They were menacing, but as Henry expected, no one dared Come forward.
"Be calm, I just want to talk." He said in the calm tone as always, in Sumu language to ensure that everyone could understand, while Mira behind him pushed Lina with her body As planned, they hid near Henry, who was holding Muna hostage, to prevent them from becoming hostages and becoming each other's weight.
