Chapter 32: Ice Mining in Distress
With the kobold troops, coupled with the active performance of the kobold leader Cook, the herd of horses was hunted in large numbers and turned into raw meat resources. And there were two strongest and healthy ones, who were driven all the way to the base pens.
After successful domestication, Jia Zhengjin was given two very docile horse vehicles. He made two special saddles out of animal fur and plant fibers, which covered the grooves directly in the back of the horses.
Because snow and ice are transported, animal fur and plant fibers can separate the temperature. The concave hump on the back of the horses also has a thermal insulation effect, which ensures that they are not unbearable due to the low temperature of the snow and ice.
After the horses were trained into vehicles, in addition to the large humps, they also added a virtual backpack to store more things.
In this way, even if the ice and snow cannot be stacked in the virtual backpack, each slot can only be occupied separately one by one. After a trip, Jia Zhengjin's own virtual backpack, plus the virtual backpack of the two horses and the giant concave hump on his back, are enough to build a large enough ice storage cellar!
"Tina, be careful!" Jia Zhengjin brought the two horses in front of him, and Jia Zhengjin made the huge ones crouch down, and then sat down with Tina in the groove on the back of one of the horses. It's like sitting in a carriage, it's quite comfortable and stable.
The kobold leader Cook also climbed into the groove on the back of the other horse, leaving twenty kobold warriors and kobold slingers to walk behind the two horses.
"Let's go!" Jia Zhengjin gave an order, and the two horses immediately got up, dragging the two and a dog and began to move forward slowly.
The advantage of a vehicle is that it can barely make a cameo appearance on the mount.
"Giggle~~" Sitting on the back of a horse, Tina happily held Jia Zhengjin's arm and let out a silver bell-like laugh in the beautiful scenery around her. As a civilian, she rode such a powerful creature for the first time in her life. Generally speaking, creatures like horses are impossible to fight, let alone tame, even the most docile civilians.
It is only possible to subdue them by force by military or private armed forces, but it is also very difficult to domesticate. Therefore, in the kingdom, only the most noble people are qualified to control it.
Of course, they would build a small carriage-like room on the horses, rather than just a layer of fur.
"Is Tina happy?" Jia Zhengjin reached out and gently helped her comb her windswept blonde hair.
"Kaixi!" Tina understood, and replied with a squint.
"It's happy, it's not Kaixi!" Jia Zhengjin corrected.
"Kaisai?"
"Okay!" Jia Zhengjin was helpless, it was very difficult to correct Tina's accent.
Climbing the mountains is not an easy task, especially at high altitudes to cover the snow all year round. Fortunately, there were horses with plenty of physical strength to carry them, and Jia Zhengjin, Tina, and the kobold leader Cook did not waste any strength.
Even the kobold warriors, kobold slingers, and kobold patrols that followed behind them were pitiful, and when they reached the top of the mountain, they were out of breath and fell down tired.
"You rest on the side, and at the same time pay attention to vigilance!" Jia Zhengjin was not so cruel, so he gave the kobold a chance to rest.
It took the group the whole morning to reach the summit safely. Maybe I was lucky on the way, so I didn't encounter dangerous creatures. But it can't be taken lightly, Jia Zhengjin knows that in this vast forest that can't be seen at a glance, there are almost everywhere deadly dangers!
"Tina, Cook, the three of us mine ice and snow!" Jia Zhengjin gave Tina and Cook a stone pickaxe respectively, and took one himself.
"Makusu!" Tina cried out cheerfully, gently tapping the ice cubes in place with a stone pickaxe.
"Be careful, don't slip!" Jia Zhengjin instructed, although Tina still hadn't understood the untaught words.
The two of them and the dog began to get busy, digging hard for the ice on the top of the mountain.
Tina's physical strength was poor, and it didn't take long for her to stop and rest. Jia Zhengjin simply asked her to go over and look at the twenty-one kobolds.
Jia Zhengjin himself and the kobold leader desperately mined ice. As you spend more time at the top of the mountain, your body temperature drops. Even though he was wearing leather clothes, his body couldn't help but tremble.
Tomorrow there will be a hot sun, but the temperature just won't go up.
Fortunately, after two hours of hard work, the horse's virtual space and the concave hump on its back were filled with ice. Jia Zhengjin's own virtual backpack was also completely stuffed with ice cubes.
When he was about to go down the mountain, Jia Zhengjin remembered that the back of the horse was covered with ice, how could he sit?
In the end, I had to walk tragically, knowing that I shouldn't have brought Tina.
After a few hours of travel, Jia Zhengjin himself said that he should be able to persevere. It's just that Tina's weak body can support home?
It's useless to worry, you can't throw away the ice you worked so hard to dig for ice, right? When Tina really can't walk, she switches with the kobold and carries her down!
The group returned the same way with the ice, and it was expected that they would arrive home on time about an hour after the sun went down.
"Tina, are you okay?" Halfway through, Tina's feet were a little weak. Jia Zhengjin stretched out his hand to help her and asked worriedly.
Tina didn't understand, so she could only roughly guess what Jia Zhengjin meant. She smiled, then replied in an otherworldly language that she didn't know.
The two of them didn't match the horse's mouth, and this time they couldn't match.
Tina, however, apparently walked more and more slowly, and her face grew tired and pale.
Jia Zhengjin was heartbroken, so he simply used his tired body to carry Tina on his back.
"Pu Marixiu?" Tina seemed to be worried that Jia Zhengjin would not be able to bear it, so she asked.
"It's okay!" The approximate meaning of this sentence, Jia Zhengjin guessed that it was similar to what he asked just now, "Don't worry, my physical strength is good!"
"Whew~~!" As he spoke, the kobold patrolman who had been running at the front in charge of reconnaissance suddenly let out a warning scream.
Before Jia Zhengjin could react, the next moment the patrol soldier was pounced on by a white shadow and bit his throat.
"Ahh
"Defensive formation!!" Jia Zhengjin hurriedly shouted, and the kobolds around him immediately gathered to protect the two humans and the two horses.
"Whew~~!" the kobold leader Cook raised his ebony staff and let out a warning roar at the sudden appearance of the beast.
"Roar~~!" the beast was not affected at all, but opened its bloody mouth and let out a louder roar at the kobold Cook.