Half a month ago, on the night of Divine Grace.
Nok and Leo, carrying two large bundles and holding Nok's horse, quietly slipped out of the village.
In this way, the two of them left the village where they had stayed for three years, one step at a time, staring at the wind and snow on God's Day. There is no reluctance or nostalgia at all.
When the two of them lost sight of the village lights and appeared in the wilderness, they finally spoke.
"Now, where do we go? My dear priest."
"Of course we are going west, my dear knight. To the east we can only follow the Seine to Paris. But I don't want to go there. I want to go west and see the sea."
"You are the master and you have the final say, my priest."
"Then summon the mount and let us gallop!"
"Yes! Father!"
Then……
Leo and Nok stood stupidly in the snow, looking at Nok's horse carrying luggage and disappearing into the night.
"Chasing? My priest."
"Do you think it's still too late to chase?"
"But our luggage is still up there."
"It's not something expensive anyway."
"But our travel expenses were stuffed into my quilt and wrapped on the horse."
"What! Why don't you chase after me!"
The two of them panicked and got on Leo's mount. A huge black shadow, with two strong legs, rushed towards the direction where the horse disappeared.
dong dong dong
This is the sound made by Leo's horse running.
Don't get me wrong, Leo's mount is not the horse given to him by Anos.
The horse is still in the stables in the village of Tarn.
Now the two of them are riding mounts, which are Leo's contracted companions as Dragon Knights - the Earthly Dragon.
Yes, although Leo gave up his identity, he did not return the Earthly Dragon to the Dragon Knights.
This was Zola's tacit approval.
In her words, all the earth dragons in the Lion Heart Kingdom were lent to her by her, and she has the right to decide their ownership.
Therefore, when the two escaped, Leo took the Earthly Dragon away.
Leo's earth-walking dragon is a growth-stage earth-walking dragon. It is seven or eight meters long and more than three meters high.
No wonder just the aura leaked when summoned scared Nok's mount away.
Fortunately, it is not too difficult for the ground dragon to move forward in the snow.
He soon chased a long distance away.
But, they ignored one problem.
The Earthly Dragon lives in the different-dimensional world of Jade Territory, where the four seasons are like spring.
Earthly Dragon has no experience fighting in winter.
After marching tightly for less than half an hour, Dixinglong lost his temper and wanted to return to the contract space.
Because it's too cold!
Leo didn't expect that such a moth would actually appear.
After all, during the winter, the Dragon Knights basically didn't go out.
How did you know that earth-moving dragons can't bear the cold!
As a last resort, he could only put away the Earthly Dragon, and the two of them relied on their four legs to chase forward desperately.
However, heavy snow soon covered the horse's tracks.
The two of them are lost!
"Sorry, we have to find a place to get out of the snow."
"If we can't find our luggage, we won't have any travel expenses."
"Let's talk about it then. I still have more than a hundred gold here."
"What! Why didn't I know!"
"Ahem, it was given to me by the ladies who came to pray before God's Day."
"Well, then you still let me go on a mission."
"Ahem, I don't want to make more money so that I can feel more at ease on the road. A poor family and a rich family."
"So, we stupidly got ourselves lost for more than thirty gold coins?"
Facing Leo's question, Nok touched his nose in embarrassment and did not dare to refute.
Without the worries of money, the two hurriedly found a place to take shelter from the wind and snow.
Otherwise, even if the two of them are silver-level, they will still be frozen.
Soon, Leo dug a snow cave with the ice armor shield he was carrying.
Leo activated the ice crystal enchantment magic on the ice armor shield, and after freezing the snow cave into an ice cave, he and Locke got in. The two sat back to back in the ice cave, closing their eyes to rest.
In this way, the two sat there all night, and they didn't break out until they woke up the next day.
Looking at the vast snowy field, the two people who were disoriented could only choose a direction at random and move forward.
However, the two of them didn't know that the direction they chose completely deviated from Nok's wishes.
The direction they chose was south, not west.
In this way, the two of them walked back and forth.
When you are thirsty, dig in the snow to quench your thirst.
When he was hungry, he dug in the snow to satisfy his hunger.
Until a week later, their hands and feet were weak from hunger, and their eyes were panicked. They lay on the Dixinglong's body and forced it to carry them forward despite the Dixinglong's objections.
Otherwise, the two men threatened to cut off the Earthly Dragon's tail and eat barbecue!
Faced with such an unscrupulous master, Dixinglong could only silently shoulder everything and walk forward aimlessly.
"Sniff, sniff~" Leo suddenly sniffed.
"Nock, do you smell a scent?"
"I don't know, I just want some hot soup."
"How did you know I smelled broth?"
"Broth! Where it is! Where it is!"
Nok looked up excitedly and soon saw fire and smoke in the distance on the left.
"There's someone! There's someone over there!"
Nok shook Leo's arm excitedly. Leo also saw the smoke and immediately patted his mount excitedly.
"Ukao, rush over there!"
Ouch! Dixinglong roared excitedly and ran away.
Nok was shocked and shouted quickly: "Wait! Stop, stop!"
"Why stop? You don't want to drink soup or meat?" Leo looked at Nok in confusion.
"You idiot, you don't even think about it. If Ukao ran over like this, I'm afraid people would have been scared away by us. We also drank soup and meat. I'm afraid they thought we were going to give Ukao soup and meat! Run away early. ”
Leo, who was awakened by Nok, quickly put the Earthly Dragon away with a smile.
When the two of them finally saw piles of bonfires and a group of people surrounding the bonfires after being exhausted for half an hour, they cheered excitedly and ran towards the crowd.
The movement of the two people soon attracted the attention of the crowd, causing a commotion.
A group of people picked up their weapons and formed a defensive formation, aiming in the direction of Nok and the two.
Seeing the behavior of the crowd, Nok also understood that the two men were acting recklessly.
He quickly took Leo's hand, raised both hands, and shouted to the other side: "Don't be nervous, everyone, we are not bad people! We were lost in the snow, tired and hungry, and when we saw the smoke, we thought Come here to beg someone who stutters, and ask for directions! If you agree, we will go there. If you don't agree, please give us a bag of water and some bread for the sake of all human beings. We really can't hold on anymore. !”
Seeing that there were only two people on Nok's side, they were on foot again.
There were long footprints behind the two people, and with Nok's shouting, the crowd hesitated for a moment, and a discussion took place.
After a few minutes of discussion, a person who seemed to be the leader stood up and shouted to Nok and the two: "You can come over, but you must accept our surveillance, and hand over your weapons, otherwise, don't blame us." You're welcome."
Nok quickly replied: "We agree to your conditions! We will go there."
Without saying anything, Nok walked over with these hands, and Leo followed in the same way.
Coming closer, by the light of the fire, both parties finally saw each other clearly.
There were about twenty people in the crowd, ranging in age from teenagers to forty years old. They were all men, no women.
Everyone was wearing thick clothes, and there were piles of luggage placed beside the campfire, but they were covered with white cloth, making it difficult to find them in the snow.
Apparently, this was a caravan on foot.
At least on the surface, that's the case.
"Hello everyone, excuse me. I am Lost Nok, and this is my follower Leo."
Nok smiled and greeted everyone.
The leader-like man who shouted stood up and said: "I am the leader of this caravan, my name is Blue. We can give you food, but you must exchange things. Of course, hand over the weapons first. If you If you don’t agree, please leave now.”
"No, no, no, Mr. Blue, we agree. We have been lost in the wind and snow for many days, relying on snow to support ourselves, and we really can't walk. We just want to eat a hot meal, and then sleep peacefully. Sleep. If you are worried, you can wait until we finish eating, tie us up, and let us sleep again. We don’t mean any harm."
"As for the exchange, we have lost all our luggage and our horses. But I still have a few silver coins with me. Can I buy a meal? If not, we can help with the work. As long as you take us to a village Or the city, we will definitely find a way to make money for you."
As he said that, Nok put his hand into his arms and touched it several times. Then he took out the warm silver coins from all corners of his clothes and handed them to the man named Blue.
The man took the silver coins from Nok's hand and counted them. There were only eight.
It’s not too much, but it’s not too much. It’s definitely enough for a change of food.
This means that in the wild, if you are in the city, you can have a full meal.
"This money is enough to exchange for one meal. But we don't have much food. We can only give you a half-full meal, not a full meal."
"That's enough, that's enough. Just have something warm."
"Then hand over your weapons."
"Oh, Leo, why are you still standing there? I didn't see anyone telling me to hand over the weapon."
"Oh, yes, Master."
Leo dully took off the shield from his back and threw it in the snow.
"What about you?" Blue looked at Nok.
Nok raised his hands and said, "I don't have any weapons. If you don't believe me, you can search for them. I'm just a down-and-out young man who wanted to seek refuge with my relatives. I didn't expect to get lost."
Blue looked at Nok in front of him. Although his face was dry due to the wind and frost, the young man in front of him looked like he was only about twenty years old.
His temperament really resembles that of a young master in distress. He has thin skin and tender flesh, and is out of breath even when walking. Plus, he doesn't look like he has any weapons.
As for daggers, they are not considered weapons at all in people's eyes.
It can only be regarded as a meat-cutting knife.
"In that case, come with me. As long as you don't act stupid, we won't make things difficult for you. We are a serious caravan, not the kind of robbers who pretend to be a caravan."
Although Bru said this, the people from the caravan still kept their weapons in their hands and vaguely surrounded the two of them.
But Nok and Leo pretended to be invisible.
A group of ordinary people who don't even have bronze-level strength, the two of them can easily deal with it no matter how tired they are.
Now the two of them just want to have a good hot meal and then have a peaceful sleep by the fire.
Don't care about anything else.
So, under the surveillance of the caravan, the two drank hot soup all night and devoured two pieces of black bread and a piece of barbecue.
This was something Nok didn't expect, that they could actually eat meat!
This Captain Blue is really a conscientious person!
The most important thing is that there are really no additives in the food. He is indeed a conscientious businessman.
Nok thought that the other party would give them extra ingredients. Nok also considered whether to deal with them after dinner if that was the case. Now it seems that he is paranoid.
After eating, Nok obediently held out his hands as promised and asked Blue to tie him and Leo up.
Such proactive behavior immediately made Blue a little confused.
In his personal opinion, he believed that Nok and the two were not bad people.
But he was responsible for the caravan, so he had their hands and feet tied up.
"You can sleep by the fire over there. I will let the night watchman watch you, and you better not let me down. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."
"No, no, don't worry, Mr. Blue, we just want to have a peaceful sleep. If you are worried, when we wake up tomorrow, as long as you point us in the direction where we can find the person, we can leave by ourselves."
"It better be this way."
Blue said something uneasy, then turned around and arranged for people to keep watch, while keeping an eye on Nok and the two.
Although the young master named Nok is very thin, the dull servant named Leo is strong.
The shield he threw out actually required two people from the caravan to lift it.
He couldn't help but worry.
In this way, with the caravan watching, the two of them fell asleep peacefully, and soon began to snore.
This scene made Blue and the others a little bit dumbfounded, and they felt like they were a bit out of control.
So, the order of the vigil was arranged, and the merchants fell asleep one after another.
