Ride and Cut

"We suffered heavy losses. Many people were injured and died. We..." Annie took a deep breath, looked back at the fallen corpses of the mercenaries and the blood-stained carriage, her eyes were a little red, "We need help. Please ask for anything you need, gold coins, goods or weapons, Voya Trading Company will never be stingy with giving to friends."

Crystal tears swirled in her eyes, like peach blossoms in early spring crushed into mud. The incompleteness of beautiful things always makes people feel heartbroken.

Li Cha turned over and jumped off Chasing Wind's back. He reached into his pocket and was about to take out a handkerchief and hand it over, when he suddenly remembered blowing his nose with this cloth not long ago, and pulled out his hand calmly.

"What help?" It is also very rare for Li Cha to gain some friendship with a big firm like Warya Firm. At least in the future, buying goods or selling trophies will not be too bad.

So as long as it's not particularly difficult, he doesn't mind extending a helping hand a little.

"The remaining manpower in the caravan is not enough to continue the trade, and there is no way to retreat back to Cologne City, so I hope to rest in your territory for a while."

Their current position is very awkward, no matter whether they are advancing or retreating, they have to cross a large wilderness. And a caravan without enough guards traveling through the wilderness is tantamount to a piece of fat that everyone covets to take a bite of, not to mention those injured mercenaries who can't bear the bumps of the journey.

Annie held a piece of cloudy white crystal in the palm of her hand, and there were strands of gray mist in it. It is amazing that these gray mist are actually floating around with the crystal shaking, and there are more and more of them. Soon it spread from the inside to the surface, and the white crystal was completely turned into a gray stone in a dozen breaths.

"What's this?"

Li Cha exposed the nature of the turkey, and was immediately attracted. He held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again—it was obvious that it should be a magic item, but the specifics were beyond his knowledge.

Although many people have said that he has no magical talent at all, he has always had great enthusiasm for these supernatural things, but it is a pity that he rarely has the opportunity to get in touch with him as close as he is now.

"The telephone communication crystal, I used it to send a magic message for help to the firm, but unfortunately it can only be used once."

"How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?" Li Cha quietly put the discarded magic item into his empty purse, and prepared to study it when he went back.

"At least three days, it's too far away from Cologne." Annie was a little frustrated, and her sharp ears were flapping uneasily.

"No problem, the gate of Alpine Castle is always open to friendly guests."

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In the wilderness there is a small river with calm water, named Raging River. There is a wooden building standing on the hill by the river bank, called Gaoshanbao.

Two giant monsters were standing in the knee-deep water of the Raging River, bent down to pick up colorful pebbles from the bed, put these beautiful pebbles in their arms, and returned to the bank to put them on the ground when they couldn't hold them anymore.

Occasionally they jostled each other over where the pebbles belonged, but soon returned to their respective tasks, focused and earnest.

The lord of the High Castle had left them before his morning expedition to fetch pebbles from the river, promising to exchange them for jerky. Heh Ha, the second general's simple brain can't figure out what the inedible stones are for, but he really likes jerky very much, so he worked very hard, and the pebbles on the shore have piled up into a hill.

As the sun began to set, they heard dull footsteps. Standing up and looking around in a daze, he suddenly saw a giant beast covered in scales walking slowly in the distance, and the person sitting on the beast's back seemed to be the person who would give them jerky.

The second general, Humph Ha, was as happy as a child, cheering and showing off the fruits of his labor for most of the day. Li Cha pretended to look at it a few times, and distributed the dried meat seized from the goblin tribe Li to the two trolls, encouraging them to continue to work hard to fish for pebbles.

Gunther looked at all of this with nothing but admiration in his heart.

These dried meats of unknown origin, oil stains, and even a long history are no different from mud when thrown on the ground. No one would touch them except stupid monsters, but Li Cha was stunned before he gave them out. Even crossing this fly has to be uprooted, no wonder you can become a lord!

More than a dozen fully loaded carriages followed behind and slowly stopped their wheels. Compared with the joyful barbarians everywhere, the morale of both the coachmen and the mercenaries was extremely low.

They lost nearly half of their companions forever, and the rest were all wounded, some quite badly. Although what one eats is the bowl of rice licking blood with the blade of a knife, the price is too heavy.

In Li Cha's view, quite a few of these people will die one after another due to their injuries in the next few days. For example, the one-eyed dragon who performed very well before was bitten on the neck. We all know that jackals don't have the habit of brushing their teeth, and the food residue in the gap between the teeth will quickly infect the wound.

He soon developed a high fever, the wound began to ooze pus, and then he lost consciousness and finally stopped breathing. The whole process is almost irreversible in the wilderness, where there are no priests and no medicines. The aborigines would even directly stab the seriously wounded to save them from suffering.

The lives of these people are already irretrievable, but whether it is to make up for it, or to allow them to die wailing in pain, the morale of other mercenaries will be hit to freezing point. Li Cha felt that if he was in Anne's position, it would be difficult to do anything.

Facts have proved that the number of gold coins owned will directly affect people's way of thinking, and the lord of the Alpine Fort has a cleaner pocket than his face, obviously he doesn't understand that any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Annie took out a hexagonal prism-shaped transparent long crystal bottle from the carriage, which was filled with a viscous liquid like glue. The color was the purest golden yellow, as if it was gold dissolved in liquid, shining brightly under the sunlight.

Li Cha was somewhat knowledgeable, and recognized at a glance that this was the concentrated holy water blessed by a senior priest at the archbishop level. The large amount of magic power contained in it makes the original ordinary clear water carrier thick as glue, and it is more stable and durable than ordinary holy water. You only need to drink a little bit, and the effect is no less than that of low-level magic.

Of course, he thought about storing some of such good things as military supplies, but he immediately gave up the idea after inquiring about them.

Concentrated holy water is only produced in cathedrals at the provincial capital level, and the quantity is very limited. The truly precious limited edition items cannot be bought with just money, and you have to maintain a good personal relationship with the bishop himself!

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