Chapter 143, Cavinland

"Hey, hey, hey! Put me down! Put me down!"

A young militiaman screamed strangely and was lifted over his head by Kiir, as if showing off a captured prey. Kiir raised the thin militiaman's hands above his head, laughed and threw it towards the booing crowd not far away.

The young militiaman who was thrown away screamed for someone to catch him, but the soldiers watching the excitement were as slippery as oil and retreated one after another. As a result, the young militiaman had to fall on his back on the soft grass. , the wailing was mixed with unfaithful curses on these guys.

Keir put his hands on his waist and asked the people around him unceremoniously: "Isn't the promised guy here yet? Isn't he afraid?"

Some of the baron's personal guards looked embarrassed and looked hard in the direction of the baron's camp, hoping that his companions would come over as soon as possible and not really shrink back at the last minute. Then they, the old people around the baron, were arrogant in front of the town guards under Knight Crow. Can't get up.

At this time, the crowd of onlookers was pushed away, and a baron's bodyguard whom Kiel was familiar with came out: "They may have been delayed for something, Kiel. What would happen if you asked me to come with you before they came?"

Kil looked over and saw that it was Lubis who had fought side by side with him in Grass Rat Town.

"Okay, how to play? Everyone has seen it, fighting with bare hands. I believe that except for the two knights in the military camp, I have no opponents. How about finding two wooden sticks to play with?"

Gere was shirtless and wearing leather pants commonly worn by people in the Western Province. He looked tough.

They had already successfully joined Kendall's army on the uninhabited wild trade road two days ago. Knight Crow's robbery operation was successfully completed. At that time, the knight claimed that they would be rewarded, but it was estimated that it would not happen soon. Got it.

Others who acted together received a lot of monetary rewards, and Keir also received a sum of money, but he still looked forward to other rewards.

After asking about it from Knight Crow, it seems to be a weapon made of monster material?

At this time, the Kendal people had successfully left the territory of Strange Wind Grassland and entered the Cavan Territory area in the southern part of the Western Province. Most of the local area was ruled by the Viscount Cavan family, with a large population and good economic development.

The most important thing for people walking on this trade road to the south is that they finally no longer have to worry about being attacked by harpies that come with the strong wind.

Strange to say, those harpy monsters are very powerful and can fly, but they never leave the Strange Wind Grassland and do not invade or harass the wealthy Cavern Territory at all.

No one knew why, and over time no one cared. People just enjoyed the 'safety' of the wild and did not have to live in semi-underground buildings like rats to rest.

Of course, the security in the Cavern Territory is not really that good. Horse bandits, a local specialty, still appear frequently, specifically to rob caravans that have relaxed their vigilance after passing through the Strange Wind Grassland.

But all this has nothing to do with the Kendal people. No horse bandits will come to cause trouble for the army. Even the caravans stationed near the army barracks are spared the harassment of horse bandits along the way.

Now that we have come to a safe outdoor environment, the night fighting competition has been suspended for many days, and started again under the instigation of Kiel.

His fists were itchy and he couldn't do anything without moving.

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"Okay! It just so happens that I don't have confidence that I can survive in your hands relying on bare-handed fighting for a long time."

Lubis said as he took off the leather armor he was wearing, revealing his lean upper body. There were many scars on his body, and one look at it showed that Lubis had experienced many thrilling fights in his life.

Kiel was much cleaner, but there were lacerations on his forearm that looked like they had been bitten by a wild animal.

However, in comparison with the onlookers, Lubis' figure was still more wild and wild, with the look of a weathered warrior.

Someone threw two wooden gun shafts with the spear heads removed.

Gere and Lubis each took it in their hands.

Whispering, Lubis waved a few times, then stood on the spot with both hands in a standard offensive posture with a gun.

Keir broke off the gun barrel in his hand to test the strength and flexibility of the thing. Then he held his hands one after the other, his body sank, his legs spread left and right on the grass, and his boots never left the ground. Pulling the turf apart.

"bring it on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lubis strode forward, with the spear in his hand as if it still had the tip, and stabbed Keir's body and torso in advance.

Kiel immediately opened up the jab with a swing, and then moved his pole along the opponent's pole, picking out Lubis's palm and chipping away.

But Lubis only took two strides back to defeat Kiel's intention. However, Kiel used the offensive to rush forward. Lubis took one step back, and he took one step forward.

The gun barrels in the hands of the two men kept clashing with each other, and the militiamen watching around them did not dare to blink for fear of missing any moment.

Lubis's guns are mostly poking and thrusting, while Kiel's are more open and closed, especially without following routines.

So when Lubis was forced to retreat and fight back again, he reached out and grabbed the end of Lubis' gun barrel in his hand.

Lubis pulled the gun barrel back with both hands, but Keel only held it with one hand, and the gun barrel did not move. Lubis fell backwards pulling the weapon in his hand, trying to rely on his weight to increase the pulling force, but Kil's body, which was lowered, did not move. Only his boots were close to the ground, and he was slightly pulled forward.

After the two were in a stalemate for a while, Lubis let go of the gun and surrendered.

"You are too strong. I can't compete with you. I can't compete with you. I give up. Kiel wins this contest!"

Hearing what Lubis said, Kiel smiled and threw the two gun barrels back to the person who sent them, and then patted Lubis on the shoulder: "Oh, I'm still far behind. It's different from fighting with bare hands. This kind of competition I have to defend against two guys at a time."

Lubis slapped Keir's hand off: "Okay, stop yelling, look over there, people are coming."

Kil looked over, and sure enough, the baron's guards whom he had arranged to fight with when they spent the night in Strange Wind Town finally arrived.

"Sorry everyone, I came here just after my shift changed. Kil, are you ready?"

Several groups of the baron's guards were very confident. When they came, they saw from a distance how Kir and Lubis were fighting with guns. They realized that if they tried this with Kir, he wouldn't be that powerful. ?

With a snort, Kil waved his fist and came to the center of the open space. He said to several baron guards opposite who were taking off their armor: "I've been fine for a long time. I've been waiting for you. I thought I was no longer timid. Tell me. , how to compare? I won’t hold back later. Just because you are the baron’s bodyguards, you won’t be able to swing your fists, you will still fight when you need to.”

Several people also looked at each other, and then asked the leader to nod and speak: "Then three rounds. One round is empty-handed, one is with weapons like you just did, and the last round is armor-piercing combat, but without using weapons. Just come forward. It’s the same these days.”

Kil raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure about armor-piercing combat? No, I am in iron armor and you are in leather armor. This is not fair."

"Cut the nonsense, there are more of us, that's fair. Come on."

Keir shrugged.

"Okay, it's your choice. Bloody Fangster! Remember to buy me to win! I will win all three games!"

Bloody Fangster in the crowd looked at him and rubbed his nose in embarrassment, but he still bit the bullet and bought him three games with money from Keir.

Because Kiel always wins in fighting competitions, his odds are very low, but the opponent has many people and strong strength, so it is not easy to win one, let alone win three in a row under different competition methods.

Therefore, the merchants who followed the army at the opening of the market confirmed again and again before accepting the few gold coins that Bloody Fangster had pressed down.

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At the entrance of the baron's tent, two knights sat around the fire and ate roasted lamb. The fat sheep they bought as a precaution were still not used, so they could only slowly slaughter and eat them at this time.

The knights ate meat, but others could drink it mixed with some broth.

Baron Kendall has been in a good mood these past two days, and he is always tinkering with something in his own camp. Outsiders don't know, but the knights know it. Not to mention the magic ballista with a high level of magic. In fact, Baron Kendall has been doing something in the past two days. They have been tinkering with how to introduce the magic power in the golden magic circle base inlaid with magic gems into their own magic props.

Charge their own magic items with mana consumption.

It seems like a problem that can only be dealt with by magicians, but Baron Kendall has made some progress in the past two days.

This excited the Baron himself.

After all, many magicians' charging services are charged on a per-use basis. The charging price of some small and fragmented magic props is about the same as the cost of large combat magic props.

The Baron had always believed that he had suffered a lot in this regard, but there was no better way to deal with it.

Until he got such a special power supply magic item full of magic power from Knight Crow. Only then did he have some ideas.

Knight Rumi was eating meat while looking at Kil's active figure in the distance: "So, Kil's progress is very fast. It's only been about a month, and he can go from learning for the first time to where he is now."

He picked up a clean lamb rib and pointed at Keir who was thrown by someone: "It's much better than me anyway."

Knight Crow was noncommittal: "They were still measured and able to grasp the rhythm in the battle. Those people lost."

From a distance, Kiel threw the person out, but only within the prescribed circle, and the other person was not injured. Compared with when he started the fighting competition, it was no longer easy for Kil to break the hands and feet of the enemies he fought, and he had to trouble the waiting priests to treat him.

This is not to say that Kiel's fighting level has declined, on the contrary, it is a sign that his strength has improved significantly.

Knight Rumi put down his food and carefully looked at the fighting scene on Kiel's side: "Well, there's still some fighting, right? Those guys are pretty good."

Knight Crow raised his eyes and glanced at Knight Rumi: "Don't believe it? Let's guess, who will be knocked down next? When?"

Knight Rumi calculated: "These people have become cautious. There are not many opportunities for carelessness like before."

But Knight Crow didn't agree. He clapped his hands and cheered: "Now, the strongest one!"

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Seeing the orderly battle combinations, Kil's whole body became excited. He suddenly raised his right foot and dropped it, causing a dull tremor that shook the ground.

The people around him silently took a step back, and the space for fighting became larger.

"Ha!!!!" It was not Kiel who launched the attack first, but the tallest and strongest one among the opponents. He roared with his bare hands and pounced over under the protection of people on the left and right.

If it were any other time, Kiel would not have faced off against the opponent like this and obviously suffered a loss.

But after he became excited at this time, he became extremely powerful and faced him without fear. When the opponent's burly body rushed towards him, he also pounced forward.

The four hands collided together, and then the fingers were twisted together to exert force. However, the tall and strong opponent was like a chariot that suddenly stopped after the collision with Kiel. The companions on both sides rushed over, and he himself was forced by Kiel. It stopped in place.

"Ha! Get up————"

Kil roared fiercely, twisted his right hand downwards, directly broke the opponent's wrist, and then forced it on the opponent's abdomen.

The left hand yanks back and downwards, and the right hand supports the opponent's arm and abdomen and lifts it, Huo!

He lifted a tall opponent weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Then he twisted around and threw it, hitting the other two people who rushed behind Kiel with punches and kicks.

boom!

The three of them were smashed into a ball, so embarrassed.

At this moment, there was only one person left to fight with Keir.

That was the baron's personal guard who had quarreled with Keir and arranged for a fighting match.

The corner of the opponent's mouth twitched, and he obviously didn't expect that the gap between people would be so big in a bare-handed fight. Some time ago, although Kiel could fight with about ten militiamen and win.

But what martial arts skills can those militiamen possess? They are just tricks of the bankers in the countryside.

But these days, when will Kiir be able to treat elite guards like them as casually as militiamen?

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"Haha, what did I say? Just wait for the next one."

Knight Crow smiled, and then told Knight Rumi about other interference forces that emerged during the operation in Strange Wind Town.

The two analyzed it for a while, and felt that it was more likely that the local theft gang had discovered Knight Crow's actions, so they wanted to do something "black and white". In the end, the blame was put on the shoulders of outsiders like them, and the things were swallowed by themselves.

"But a snake eats an elephant? It's not a monster or a monster. It's just the most ordinary little beast. How can it have such an appetite? It's true."

Knight Crow shook his head and complained like this. Even so, he still felt a little guilty.

But Knight Rumi didn't notice this.

"Anyway, Crow, you have done a great job this time. It would be great if we could sneak that thing back to Kendall City in the end."

Rumi Knight had used this thing in the northern border army before. It was extremely powerful, mainly because of its long range and high power. The weapon's power loss was very small in the effective range.

From a distance of thousands of meters, it can easily penetrate and kill a row of soldiers, and armor-piercing knights cannot resist it unless they notice that the target is themselves before launching.

Especially the priests and magicians of various churches who are surrounded by the army.

This thing can bypass the protection of the army and withdraw these important forces that can affect the war situation in advance due to safety.

"The existence of this thing will directly affect the battlefield environment when we fight the opponent head-on. It is really important. Hey, I hope that before the end of this war, the Earls of the Western Province will not pursue this matter. On us."

Knight Rumi whispered the last words.

Knight Crow touched his beard: "It's hard to talk about this matter, it's hard to say. If we are lucky, maybe we won't be found at all, and those guys who want to take advantage of us will instead track down the pursuers for us. The target was guided to another place. If we are unlucky, the other party will have no way to ask us to hand over this thing before we take it out on the battlefield."

He smiled: "We can deny it. But it will annoy the other party."

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That night, Kiel tried his best and finally completely defeated the guys who had a fight with him.

So the next day, the army gave Kiel a new nickname: 'Serial Winner'.

And based on yesterday's record, we simply called him a three-game winning streak.

Subsequently, the Kendal people followed the bustling trade route deeper into the wealthy Cavan Territory. This large viscount territory is a half-livestock and half-plantation area. The planting is supported by sufficient animal power, so the cultivation is intensive and the grain yield is high. There are many rivers and pastures in Cavernland, which is rich in high-quality pastures. Therefore, each village has large and small pastures and raises more livestock than people.

I heard that half of the kingdom’s horses and cattle came from here.

But what caught Kil's eyes here were not all words like wealth and prosperity in Bloodyost's mouth.

Because outside the neat villages on the commercial road, there are not only farmlands and pastures, but also contiguous refugee shacks that are worse than even goblin settlements.

"This is the wealthy Cavernland that everyone praises? Is this it?"

This time, Kil took Bloodtusk out to purchase new horses. He reported to the knights, and then while the march was resting during the day, the two of them left the army on horseback and went to a village next to the trade road to purchase.

Keir was riding on his horse, looking at the fleeing farmers who were looking at him with dull eyes, and his expression was not very good.

These people had haggard faces and chapped lips. It was obvious that not only had they not eaten well for a long time, but even drinking water was a problem.

Because there are many pastures in Cavernland, there are also many horses, cattle and sheep raised. Outside the rivers of these pastures close to the villages, the water downstream is not drinkable directly. Most of the waste from animals in the pasture is dumped into rivers for disposal.

Therefore, among the rivers close to the village, only the river water upstream of the village can be used for drinking. The water downstream is not undrinkable, but it is easy to cause diarrhea by drinking river water that contains too much animal feces.

Once or twice is okay, as long as the person drinking it doesn't feel sick.

But once it happened too many times, even the young man with a steely stomach couldn't stand it, and others didn't dare to waste their lives in such a place for no reason.

The same goes for refugees.

But the villages and towns in Cavernland allowed them to settle outside the village, which was a friendly act of accepting them, and it was even more impossible for the refugees to freely use the clear water in the upper reaches of the river.

Because the flow of the river is countless, not only people drink it, but also the animals raised in the village consume a lot of clean water for daily drinking and washing.

The limited clean river water is enough for their own use, but with the addition of these refugees, there will be some trouble.

Bloodfangster, who was riding his horse with Keir, touched his nose and explained with some embarrassment: "It wasn't like this before. I heard that these refugees outside the village all fled from the southern province. Last year, there were Fortunately, the villagers provided a lot of warm leather materials in winter, so I haven’t heard of any large-scale refugee deaths from freezing. It’s already very good.”

Bloody Fangster shrugged: "As long as they win this year's battle, they will definitely be able to go back. Isn't that why you came here?"

A man lying on the ground beside the road heard the conversation between the two.

He looked at the two people riding on horseback. They didn't look like traders on the trade road, nor did they look like locals, so he couldn't help but interject.

"It's possible, but no one can expect the troops of the noble lords on the border to win. Ha, ha, ha. Only our Lord Earl has the strength to expel those chestnut faces from the south."