Dawn of the Ash Tower

Although the group set off early in the morning, in order to search for survivors to the maximum extent, Cheese and others followed Tianshui Town and detoured nearly four villages without deviating from the road.Most of these villages scattered between Sweetwater Town and Valley City were originally used to supply the consumption of carriages. Since the recent generations of Earls of Saron encouraged the residents in the territory to open up wasteland, these small post stations began to appear. The fields, and then the area of ​​wasteland gradually expanded, and these settlements were formed.However, these sparsely populated settlements have long been empty, and the group did not find anything of value.

"I'm curious, why does the freight in the territory need a lot of horses and horses with such a large waterway as the Dragon's Blood Creek?"

The cheese asked after learning the reasons for the formation of these settlements.This question is also confusing for Elsa and others who spend most of their time in the small town below the mountain.Looking at the river with great water potential, the mage couldn't quite understand why there was such a waterway and it was necessary to build these post stations.

"The water flow of Dragon's Blood Creek comes almost entirely from the Dragon's Back Mountains, which is why it gets its name. The melted snow and the groundwater of the mountains are the main components of the Dragon's Blood River. However, I heard that you have been to the Longji Mountains, and the climate there is You should know." Heather replied, riding on the horse.Seeing the cheese nodded, the female knight commander continued.

"The snow on Longji Mountain doesn't melt all the year round, and the cold weather in the north makes it easy for the upper reaches of the Dragon's Blood River to freeze, so although the weather in recent days has melted the ice and snow, often after a snowstorm , the water potential of Dragon's Blood Creek will become smaller or even cut off. Although some small fleets used to rely on Dragon's Blood Creek for cargo transportation, they finally gave up because of the changing water flow."

"It's unbelievable that you, as a member of the Hammer Dukedom, know so much about the northern border." The female warrior Mona said after listening, but there was something else in her words.Without him, as a soldier, the reason why Heather knows the northern border so well is because it may become a battlefield for her to fight, and the only ones targeted by the empire in the northern border are the northerners.

This is not the first time such a dialogue has occurred. Although it was only a short day together, cheese has also discovered the faint hostility of the northerners towards the southern imperial army.Of course, this hostility is not because there will be any armed conflict between the two, it's just that the Frost Guards feel a little uncomfortable with these southerners who treat themselves as time bombs all day long.In this regard, Heather could only smile awkwardly. This female knight leader does not dislike the straightforward character of the northerners, but she has been in the circle of nobles for a long time after all. There was no way to refute it.

"Okay, anyway, Ms. Heather's information is still of great help to us now." Cheese helplessly smoothed the field, he was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, let alone reconciling two forces gap between.Fortunately, Mona didn't mean to continue talking, but Elsa gave the mage a hard look when others were not paying attention, as if blaming him for helping Heather.

"Compared to these insignificant geographical knowledge, I heard that you once confronted those ratmen head-on. Can you tell me about them in detail? Especially in terms of combat, this may help us in our next actions "Heather said, although this also meant to divert the topic, but the female knight was really curious about this kind of alien creature transformed from a human.

Since the other party asked, and these knights will definitely fight the Rat Man in the foreseeable future, there is no need for Cheese to hide his experience. There are many things to discuss, so I did not introduce the combat power of the Rat Man in detail, and although Cheese had fought against the Rat Man, Gloria was the only one. Out of rigorous considerations, the mage decided to just Pick some characteristics that you think you have in common.

"Well, the first thing I want to say is that these people who have been distorted by the plague should be called native rat people. In contrast, I have successfully stabilized a case of mutation of native rat people. This new species that no longer mutates Could be called Ratmen."

Looking at the confused eyes around, cheese knew that these knights might not understand his words, and while feeling a little disappointed, the mage continued.

"Then what I want to say is that although these native ratmen are mutated from infected people, I hope you don't just think of them as human beings with hair. As I said before, the plague virus has completely changed their bodies. So please don't use human standards to infer their bodily functions."

"You mean that the physical fitness of these native ratmen may have far surpassed that of normal people?" Heather asked after thinking about Cheese's words for a while.

"Theoretically, this is the case. Although we can't draw conclusions yet, there is no doubt that the muscle strength and responsiveness of the native rat people have made great progress compared to before they were infected." The mage nodded, at least this time he said There are still people who understand.

"In addition, you need to pay attention to the fact that the virus in the original rat people has not lost its infectivity. Their teeth and claws are covered with secretions of the plague virus, so once they are scratched or bitten by them If you are injured, you must dig out the nearby tissues as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the virus." As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the knights, including Heather, became a little ugly.

Although Elsa and others had been told this by cheese before, they did not laugh at these southerners this time, because it was really terrible.Injuries will be infected, and the only way to prevent them is to cut off the injured parts as soon as possible. This may make the soldiers feel helpless when facing the Ratman battle, and if they are scratched casually, they will lose a piece of flesh. That is too much. Painful price.

At this moment, the scout who was walking in front of the team suddenly turned back.

"Your Excellency! There is a dead body in front of you!" The knight's face made everyone instinctively feel that something was wrong. It was not the expression that a knight who had experienced many battles would make when facing a normal human corpse.The few people didn't think too much, and hurriedly speeded up to check the corpse in the scout's mouth.

The corpse was under the shade of a tree not far in front of the team. Judging from the smell, it may have been dead for a while. It may be because of the cold climate in the north and the shade of the tree. The appearance of this corpse is still intact.The horses refused to move forward when they were fifty paces away from the dead body. These trained military horses theoretically would not be afraid of the smell of the dead body, but now, they refused to move forward because of a dead body lying on the side of the road.Helpless, several people had to dismount and walk. They took out cloth towels soaked in clear water from their arms to cover their mouths and noses. This was a preventive measure suggested by Cheese.

"It's...unbelievable."

After walking about ten steps, the appearance of the corpse could be seen at a glance, but the more they saw it, the more creepy they felt about this weird corpse.Black hairs protruded from under the skin of the corpse, leaving the otherwise flat skin riddled with holes.Dark brown pus flowed out from the open wound on the skin, exuding a terrible stench.

"I believe that even scavengers are unwilling to touch this corpse." "Monkey" muttered softly, and the fact was as he said, there was no trace of any insects on the corpse.

Cheese put on a pair of strange gloves, took off the robe and handed it to Elsa, and walked up alone to examine the details of the corpse at close range.Although the rest of the people didn't want to get close to the corpse, they approached the corpse holding their noses because of the safety of the mage.For the mage, he had dissected the more terrifying and disgusting corpses in the teacher's class, so the visual and olfactory pressure alone could not make the cheese flinch.He carefully inspected various parts of the corpse with his hands, especially the eyes, mouth and nose. He even asked Heather to borrow a knife to cut open the stomach of the corpse to check the infected organs.

The mage's actions made the people around him feel uncomfortable. Although they also knew that this was for the purpose of studying the plague, it was still difficult to accept it physically.Soon, besides the proprietress, she could stand around the cheese and help the mage who needed help because he couldn't move one hand.Others, including Heather, kept a certain distance from the body after confirming that there was no danger.

Time passed quickly, cheese's research on the corpse continued until dusk, and the others had already started camping. They knew that they would not be able to reach Valley City today.As the sun disappeared into the far end, torches and starlight became the only light between heaven and earth. Cheese had to stop his research, and after carefully cleaning gloves and other utensils, he returned to Elsa with a pale face. To the camp not far away.

"There are native ratmen nearby, please prepare for battle." With the mage's words, a lively night began.

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