Chapter 058. A well in the ruins
The sky is getting brighter.
The pre-dawn fire consumed everything that could be burned, reducing the entire gnoll tribe to ruins.
A rich scorching smell permeated the air as black smoke rose.
Charred corpses curled up like poor people who had died miserably, but for the Swadians, who were camping and pitching their tents outside, they were dead to death.
For the safety of the Sentry Oasis, the Gnolls must die.
This is an inter-ethnic slaughter, and for the survival of one's own race, one can only ask other races to die.
Plain truth.
Kant woke up in the tent, he was still very tired after less than two hours of sleep, but now was not the time to rest, and there were many follow-up things waiting for him to deal with.
Lift the tent and go outside.
"Your Lord."
The two Swadian heavy cavalry guarding the entrance of the tent bowed slightly and saluted respectfully.
The cavalry chain armor on the whole body made a slight noise with their movements, and the mace at the waist hung diagonally on the leather belt, and the slight spikes represented that it could easily chisel through the enemy's armor and helmet when picked up, making it a powerful armor-piercing weapon.
"Hmm." Kant nodded.
The Swadia heavy cavalry is currently his most elite class, although there are only 41 men, but with this group of fully armored, tank-like berserk troops, even 500 gnolls can be crushed head-on in minutes.
What's more, he also had 46 Svadian light infantry, who also wore infantry chain mail, and fought together as infantry.
If there are still 200 Svadia militiamen, and now Kant attacks this gnoll tribe again, according to the pre-dawn tactics, I am afraid that the casualties will definitely not be too large, and the time to directly defeat the psychological defense line of these gnolls will be faster.
In the era of cold weapons, heavy cavalry is the king of the battlefield!
"Where's Fatis gone?"
Patrolling around Anza's camp, Kant frowned slightly.
He asked the light infantry who was patrolling with heavy spears next to him, "Have you seen the knights of Pharises?" ”
"Lord Kant, the Knight of Fatis is leading the Salander riders to inspect the surrounding situation."
The light infantry at the head saluted respectfully first, and then spoke: "I found the traces of the jackals before, it seems that those disgusting guys who have been defeated, think we have left and want to come back to see." ”
"That's right." Kant nodded, and at the same time admonished: "Raise your spirits and pay attention to vigilance." ”
"Understood." The light infantry saluted with their chests held high.
Kant waved his hand and motioned for them to continue patrolling, but he took the light infantry's words to heart.
Attacking the gnoll tribe at dawn was an epic victory, but in fact Kant knew that his victory should be to defeat the opponent rather than kill them all.
Of course, in war, there is not much difference between being defeated and being killed.
A defeated group of soldiers cannot be called an army, just like a pig or sheep waiting to be slaughtered, cannot be called livestock.
It can be called food, or military exploits.
Soon, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the sand dunes in the distance, and Fatis was quickly returning to the makeshift camp with the remaining five Salander riders.
"Phew—"
Fatisler dismounted and saluted Kant, "Good morning, my lord. ”
"Okay." Kant nodded in response.
Looking at Fatis and the 5 Salander riders, he frowned slightly and asked, "Look at your appearance, when you were on patrol, did you encounter that group of filthy primitive races?" ”
The linen robe covered by the chain mail was easily recognizable with blood splatters on it.
Fatis did not hide it either, and said: "As soon as the sun came, scattered gnolls appeared on the surrounding sand dunes, and they just happened to expel a lot of them during the patrol, so as to prevent them from uniting again and having strange thoughts about our temporary camp. ”
"Very good." Kant smiled in agreement.
Although it is simple to say, it must be bloody.
For these scattered gnolls, Fatis and the Salander riders, who were born as desert bandits, will not pity them, but will kill them, leaving them in the desert forever.
"Lord Kant." Fatis turned his head and asked, "What are our plans next?" ”
"What's next?"
Kant frowned, this really needs to be thought about.
Looking up at the ruins in front of him, black and with curling black smoke, filling the air with a disgusting scorching smell, Kant said, "Search the battlefield again." ”
Although they are all ordinary people, they are all determined warriors.
The scorching smell of these wars, in a sense, has already smelled enough on the continent of Calradia, and I can't afford to make any waves in my heart, even if I go to the ruins to continue the search, there is no problem.
As for vomiting at the sight of charred corpses?
That's what only poor kids do, and to them it's like a roast chicken.
Kant's order to search the battlefield was given.
The entire unit on standby was immediately distributed, and 46 Swadia light infantry stepped forward, ignoring the slightly warm ruins, striding through the charred corpses and ruins, using their weapons to stir the burning ashes in order to find something of value.
And 41 Swadia heavy cavalry led their horses to assemble.
If any abnormal situation occurs, these heavy cavalry can go up in time, which is the experience of war.
The search is fast.
The tribe of gnolls, which have been reduced to ruins, where will there be anything of value left.
Except for the dilapidated crockpots found in the ashes of the ruins, or bones and stones that could not be consumed by the fire, in short, after a search, this tribe of gnolls even had a considerable shortage of iron tools.
"Oh, what is this?"
But soon, several Swadiya light infantry seemed to find something.
They stood in front of a tall ash ruin, and shook the ashes with their heavy, iron-clad spears, only to find something solid inside, hindering their movements.
Several people glanced at each other, immediately withdrew their spears, regardless of the temperature left after burning, reached over to wipe away the dark ashes, and suddenly the entire ash accumulation of ruins seemed to have lost support, and the whole collapsed downward, leaving only a 2-meter hole, as the falling ash remains fell, echoing a few crisp sounds of water.
There's water in it.
The light infantry were immediately shocked, they knew where they were.
The Narun Desert, a barren water-scarce area, was in this sunken pothole, and the sound of water came from it, obviously this pothole is an extremely scarce water point in the desert.
That is, wells!
Immediately, the Swadiya light infantry passed the message to the back.
The discovery of the well is important news.
It was even as good as the fact that they found a lot of silver coins, and even more cherished gold coins.
Kant was calm about this, the news of the discovery of the well was already expected, after all, when he first explored this place, he saw that the gnolls shaman arranged for the gnolls to drink water, and he had already guessed that there must be a well here.
After all, although the desert is an environment where water is scarce, it does not mean that there is no water.
And due to the lack of vegetation, the surface water vapor is scarce, but the groundwater at the bottom of the sand layer is extremely rich, which is why the oasis is born, which is the strange environment caused by the upward gushing of groundwater.
When Kant came to the well, the retina suddenly popped up a dialog box.
【Ding... Temporary Task Release]
[Temporary Mission: Mystery in the Well]
[Reward: 1 station×]
[Introduction: The well is sparkling, but your eagle-like eyes notice that there seems to be something at the bottom of the well.] You may not see it really, but you can still feel the mystery that emanates from it and decide to get it. 】
The temporary task of the system was actually released.
Kant frowned slightly, a little helpless about the introduction, he didn't have eagle-like eyes.
But he still took a few steps forward, came to the edge of the well, looked down inside, it was indeed sparkling, five or six meters from the bottom of the well, there was a faint reflection of water.
But Kant stared.
He really found something at the bottom of the well.
If you look closely, it seems to be a gold disc, and it is faintly unreal.
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