Keel thought of a group of dwarfs sitting on the back of a crowned moose as big as a carriage, like chariots walking in the mountains and forests, and burst out laughing.
Although he had never seen the dwarves here, he knew from the bards that haunted the tavern and the dwarf characters in the drama that they were a group of low aliens who were no more than one meter tall.
Although they are short, they are strong in stature, like to dig burrows and caves in the mountains to survive, and have a highly prosperous civilization. Not only are there national settlements that run through the ground and underground outside the land controlled by humans, but even within the territory of many human kingdoms, there are their countries.
But they are all in the mountains, crowded with other alien races.
Their vitality is tenacious and their life span is long, so the population has always been small. The racial character is very tenacious, 'stubborn as a dwarf. ’ That’s their stubborn, stubborn character.
Although dwarves are a kind of alien race that often appears in stories, they rarely appear on human lands. Only a small number of dwarves represented by outstanding technical personnel in all aspects will appear in large human cities.
Although the city of Kendall is not very far from the settlement of dwarves, there has never been a trace of dwarves.
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Knight Lanisa led everyone to the frozen river. Kiel didn't know what they were going to do, but the hunters who often appeared in the forest wilderness were all excited.
"It seems that we have good luck this time!" Someone said lively.
No one else contradicted it, only Keel didn't know what they meant. But when he knows he doesn't understand, he just needs to shut up and watch.
"Come down, hurry up!" An old hunter stopped the carriage on the gentle frozen river bank and said to the others.
"Okay, let's see what's in the river." The young hunters jumped off the carriage directly, and Keel also got off the horse, following behind the two young hunters in front.
Knight Lanisa also dismounted from her horse. She held up her metal spear and came over with great interest.
It wasn't until Keel came over to see what they meant.
It turned out that after a family of crowned moose drank the water and left, they opened a hole leading to the outside world in the river that was originally frozen due to low temperature. The big fish at the bottom of the river are opening and closing their mouths in the breach of the ice, breathing the fresh outside air.
There are too many fishes crowded together, some small ones are even squeezed out of the ice breach by other big fishes, and they are constantly swinging their fat tails on the ice next to them.
"Catch it!"
I don’t know who yelled, and everyone rushed up, catching fish from the breach in the ice with bare hands.
Grinning his mouth wide, he laughed and rushed forward to grab a small fish that was flopping on the ice. The fish in his hand was caught by twice as many people, so he flicked his tail even more.
The cold fish tail slapped Kiel's mouth left and right, making Kiel quite embarrassed when he was not ready.
"Haha, Kiel! Don't hold on to it all the time, throw it here!" Behind the carriage, two old hunters slowly climbed out of the carriage, opened a large bag in their hands, and shouted cheerfully to Kiel.
He couldn't bear this guy's tossing, so he quickly threw it at the old hunter. The fish drew an arc in the air and landed exactly in the middle of the opened pocket.
"It's accurate, Keel! Another one!" The old hunters praised.
The two young hunters next to each other grabbed the gills of a huge fish with four hands. The fish seemed to weigh more than ten kilograms, and it was difficult for the two young men to control it when they were struggling.
Seeing that Kiel was in a daze, Knight Lanisa put her spear on the ground, and said to Kiel, "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up, once they breathe enough air here, they will soon swim. Go. And the river fish within a certain distance are limited, and soon they will disperse."
Keir originally wanted to ask why you didn't get started, but considering that Knight Lanisa doesn't meddle in these trivial matters very much, I left her alone.
He knitted the sleeves of his hands, squatted on the edge of the thick ice, and aimed at a river fish that was not so exaggerated in size. Reach out with both hands, one on the slippery fish head, and accurately pick the gills on both sides of the fish head.
The fish wasn't very big, so Keel scooped it up with a waist lift. No matter how it flicked its tail and struggled, Kiel grabbed it firmly.
After taking two quick steps away from the ice, Keel steadied himself and swung the fish through the air.
The two young hunters were still fighting with the big fish on the river bank, and Keel's second river fish had already fallen into the pockets of the old hunters.
"The second one, Keel! It's so fast. You two, don't compete with the fish on the spot, drag it to the bank, and drag it directly!"
"Hey! Here we come."
This time, Keel grabbed two forearm-long river fish, one in each hand, and directly grabbed their open mouths with his hand, and caught the two fish out of the river.
One flicked in the air, and Keel stood up and flew, kicking the fish in the air and flying towards the old hunter.
However, the fish was wet and slippery, and it was eaten with strength, but the angle was not good, and it fell out of the bag.
"It's okay, come again." The old hunter encouraged Keel to get the fish out of the river.
Kiel didn't believe in evil, and kicked again, this time the fish hit the mouth of the bag, and flew into the bag from the air.
The big fish seem to have sucked up the air early and slipped away, and all that is left is to remind the not-so-big fish. One in each hand, Keel fished them out of the water and left them on the ice aside.
Indeed, looking at the momentum, the fish will soon disperse, and time is running out.
The fish that Kiel caught from the breach in the ice surface became smaller and smaller, and when they were smaller than the palm of his hand, Kiel stopped using his hands and began to kick the fish he caught from the breach to the shore with his feet .
At this time, Knight Lanisa suddenly pulled out the heavy metal spear from the ground, and stabbed at the breach in the ice in an instant.
There was no splash when the tip of the spear entered the water, but there were waves of water under the water. Streams gushed out from the breach in the ice.
Cavalier Lanisa used her hands hard to stand back and forth, and after a burst of strength, she lifted the spear from the breach in the ice. A huge black fish with its head pierced was lifted from the breach.
This is a very big fish. The body of the fish is slender, at least 1.5 meters long. If it stands upright, counting the tail, it is at least as tall as many people.
Knight Lanisa turned around and dropped the **** fish picked out by the spear, and with a bang, brought the tenacious black fish to the shore.
She felt unsafe, and kicked the **** fish again, kicking it to the side of the carriage.
The three horses were a little scared when they saw the **** fish, and neighed unceasingly. The old hunters hurriedly put down the fish bags in their hands to appease them.
"What is this?" Keel asked dumbfounded, and he still didn't forget to throw the small fish on the ice to the fish bag beside the carriage.
Knight Lanisa took out a piece of fine cloth from his waist pocket, frowning and wiped the tip of the metal spear: "This is a carnivorous fish that has appeared in recent years. It is huge and eats anything in the water. Very Hate."
An old hunter who appeased the horses took up the words: "I heard that in recent years, they have not only caused a decrease in the fish catch of Wumi Lake, but also capsized the fishermen's fishing boats in some villages, and disabled several people. They were all forced Lost a hand or a foot or something."
After cleaning the newly cleaned spear, Knight Lanisa said unhappily: "These guys are swearing their territory. Although they are animals, they also know that they can't completely mess with humans, so they only hurt people and don't kill people. Originally, the villagers used to go to the center of the lake to catch big fish, but now they can only give up a large area of the lake, so they have to fish near the village."
Keel scratched his nose, only to smell a fishy smell, and quickly wiped his hands in the snow on the river bank to wipe off the mucus from the fish that got on his hands.
Even so, before the school of fish left, everyone still gained a lot.
In addition to the big fish in Wumi Lake caught by the two young people, Knight Lanisa also killed a **** fish that was said to be very delicious. A single fish weighs over a hundred catties. It is estimated that the few of them can eat it directly for half a month.
Keel also caught a lot of small and big river fish. Fish of this size are best used for grilling by the campfire.
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At night, everyone camped in a place with several big rocks. The stone is so big that animals can't climb it at all, so it's safe.
The carriage is further blocked by the entrance, and other animals cannot climb in at all. As for the bottom of the car, Keel moved several boxes of wooden boxes with metal clips and stuffed them down, completely blocking the road.
The old hunters have never seen the power of metal clips with their own eyes, so they specially processed the grilled fish, took the fish head and fish internal organs, and brought two metal clips each, and made four rounds not far outside the camp. separate traps.
This step must not be done with hands, otherwise, if the hand is caught, the hand will be disabled. Although the church can use miraculous magic to restore wounds and stumps, the expensive price is not affordable by ordinary people.
The old hunter didn't have that money either.
As for Knight Lanisa, when she hired the hunters, she said that she could find someone to use divine magic to deal with the wounds she received while fighting the wolves. But other injuries have nothing to do with her.
After setting the trap, the old hunters returned.
Keel strung the processed headless fish body on a dry branch, and while applying salt grains, cut the thick part of the fish with a dagger. Just like what I said before, in order to prevent the parasite damage in the fish head and internal organs, Keel directly disposed of the river fish he caught. The fish head is directly discarded, and all the internal organs of the fish are also discarded, leaving only the fish body with clean scales.
After applying the salt, Keel grilled the fish near a campfire. The fish that have survived the winter are very fat, and the fat in the belly is simply roasted, and the fat that penetrates will flow out.
The aroma of roasted fat is overflowing.
As for the other big fish caught, because of the cold weather, they were not worried about being damaged, and they were directly put into fish bags and hung on the head of the carriage. Keep some nimble lynx lynx and the like from stealing.
The surrounding huge rocks also blocked the night wind in the field. After arranging the night whistle, Keir and his party fell asleep with a full meal.
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Keir's night watch was before dawn, so he fell asleep after eating early. Did not participate in the hunters' nightly storytelling.
When he was shaken awake, he learned from the old hunter that two of the traps that had been set before the meal had already been triggered.
It could be heard in the intermittent howls of animals drifting over the rocks.
Adding some firewood to the campfire, Keel held his sword and waited for the dawn.
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After dawn, the snow gradually decreased last night. I don't know if the snowfall has finally stopped, or they have already passed through the snowfall area. After everyone got up, Keir rubbed his face with the snow, regained his energy, and then couldn't wait to follow out to see what he caught last night.
We didn't find any animal moved in the first trap, so we had to put away the metal clip.
At the second trap, everyone found that a huge owl carcass was caught. The whole body was clamped in two, and it seemed that it died at that time.
Knight Lanisa took a fancy to the owl's feathers, picked up the dead bird of prey and returned to the campfire.
At the third trap, everyone found that the clip was closed, but the original bait fish head was gone. The old hunter examined the animal tracks near the trap, and announced that a small, nimble animal had eaten the bait, and had seen through the trap without being hurt by it.
A little regretful, the hunters discussed how to modify this metal clip.
Keel proposed a method. The main killing ability of the clip is to rely on the bite and cut of the metal sharp teeth on the outer circle to kill animals. To prevent this situation, in fact, just add two more circles of smaller sharp teeth within the sharp teeth of the outer clip.
In this way, it is possible to avoid reminding too small animals to steal the bait, and the result will not be injured by the clip.
At the last bait, everyone was very satisfied with the final animal, because they found that it turned out to be a red fox that was bigger than a dog and looked a bit like a wolf.
The fox's right hind leg was severely clamped by the trap, but because it was caught in a place with thick flesh, although it was seriously injured, the red fox caught in the trap was still alive.
The staring eyes stared at Kiel and his party in horror, and whimpered and begged for mercy. But everyone was not moved by it, including Keel, everyone commented on this prey that fell into the trap.
Finally, Kiel stabbed the red fox through the eyes with a dagger, closed its mouth tightly to prevent it from biting, and killed the red fox in one fell swoop.
Some hunters who believe in the **** of hunting feel that they can catch red foxes with traps, which shows that the gods are silently blessing them on this trip to hunt. As for the metal clips, it has also been proved that they can indeed hunt medium-sized canine animals.
Although it has not been tested on large northern wolf packs, hunters are still satisfied.
Fox meat is not tasty, and it is also unlucky to eat. So under the guidance of the old hunter, Keir carefully pulled off the fur of the red fox, took away the metal clip and left.
After everyone had eaten the freshly grilled fish in the camp, they left a mark outside the natural rock camp and set off again.
According to the estimates of the old hunters, they should be able to reach the supply point camp established by the previous hunting expeditions around noon tomorrow.
However, due to the different starting points, they did not start from Wumi Lake Village this time. They are still not very familiar with the environment along the way, so if they are lucky, they can directly find the supply point camp in the approximate area.
If you are unlucky, you have to follow the terrain and rivers to find Wumi Lake, and then follow the previous route to find the supply point camp.
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At noon the next day, it was said that it was the same as before, but Knight Lanisa was afraid of delaying time, so she went out to ride a circle in person, and directly led everyone to find the supply point camp.
The supply point camp is located in a treeless clearing between two forests. There are many large and small round stones that are half the size of a human being distributed in this open space. Kiel can tell at a glance that this is an ancient river channel left by a river long ago.
Knight Lanisa was a little surprised. She also learned that this is an ancient river channel after asking the priests of the Lord of Rivers and Lakes.
Unexpectedly, this young Keir could see the history behind this open space at a glance.
"Kill, how do you know?" the female knight stared at Kiel and asked.
It was only then that Keir remembered how he should explain it. He had to say that he could tell it at a glance, but why did he know that he lost his memory and couldn't remember the previous events.
"Looks like Keir must have been raised in a family of scholars before," someone said.
"I don't think so. Kier is a very powerful guy at first glance. It's okay to let him cut people. I guess he can't read books and texts." Said the strong arm.
Thank you so much, Keel couldn't think of it with a wry smile.
Amnesia, there is no way, and Kiel can't tell what happened before he came to this world, that is, he has no memory at all. So he didn't look like he was faking it at all.
Knight Lanisa stopped asking about this, and led everyone to find a road for the carriage to reach the supply point camp from among the round stones all over the place.
There were some small stones on the road that could not be avoided, so everyone had to borrow the strength of Knight Lanisa's war horse and Kiel's horse to dig out the bottom of the stones, and then tied them with ropes and moved them carefully.
Afterwards, stone holes were added. After a busy half day, I finally arrived at the downstairs of the supply point camp in the afternoon.
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In order to deal with the wolves in the north, Knight Lanisa specially mobilized the villagers in her territory to do labor. During the slack season of the winter, she quickly used local materials to build this large three-story wooden sentry tower.
This thing looks like a wooden arrow tower in a castle. It has a square bottom and each side is fifteen meters long. Although it slopes inward and becomes smaller when it goes up to the third floor, the entire supply point The camp is still very rich.
The wooden door at the bottom was sealed from the inside, Knight Lanisa jumped from the ground to the third floor of the camp, and climbed in through a reserved window above.
After a while, she opened the wide wooden gate at the bottom of the camp for carriages to enter and exit.
"It's getting late today. After unloading the things, rest for one night and set off early tomorrow morning!" Knight Lanisa said as she looked at the rapidly darkening sky and land outside.
Everyone thinks this should be the case, so after taking out the lamp oil stored in the storage room on the second floor, fill enough lamp oil into the lighting oil lamp on the first floor and light it up.
The entire ground floor of the camp was lit up.
Keir closed the door that let in the cold wind, and then forced the buckle made of wooden stakes to close the door. He turned around and looked at the supply camp.
The outside of the camp is a three-story wooden sentry tower, the inner one is completely empty, only some thick tree trunks stand up to support the upper building, and the bottom one is quite empty.
In one corner, there is a firepit surrounded by stones, surrounded by rough stone benches carved from stones. This is the place to cook.
The stairs leading to the second floor are on one side of the wall. After unloading all the supplies on the carriage, while the hunters were thawing and disintegrating the frozen Umi Lake big fish, after Kiel told the others, Curious to go up and have a look.