Chapter 72: Mages from Afar (Please recommend! Awww!)
Chapter 72: Mages from Afar
A dilapidated donkey cart was moving slowly on the muddy road of Stranglethorn Vale.
The one pulling the cart was probably an old donkey. Although it was only pulling a small cart behind it, it was walking with great difficulty, as if every step forward took it a lot of effort.
There were three people on the small donkey cart, and six people were walking beside the cart.
As it had rained a few days ago, the roads in Stranglethorn Vale were not easy to travel on. Some caravans that were familiar with the roads had already stopped in Conte County on the other side of Stranglethorn Vale.
Only these few young men rushed in and walked with difficulty on the muddy road.
Their clothes were very worn and their faces were dirty, as if they had just rolled in the mud. The wet mud would appear on their clothes if they wiped it with their hands.
If they said they were beggars begging on the road, there would definitely be people who believed it.
The wooden wheels of the donkey cart creaked as they turned, and the wooden crossbar connecting the wheels had been bent, as if it might collapse at any time.
Finally, as the wheels of the donkey cart hit a rock protruding from the ground, the already fragile donkey cart fell apart in an instant.
Snap...
The crossbar connecting the donkey cart's wheels suddenly broke, and the donkey cart suddenly tilted crookedly on the muddy road, while the other wheel rolled far away.
thump……
The three people piled on the cart were thrown onto the muddy road the moment the cart fell to the ground, face down, and fell flat on their faces...
“Ouch!”
"He~tui!"
"Ahem... this... ahem... what's going on?"
The three people who were sleeping in the carriage woke up instantly.
"Watson...you're pinning me down..." Wright, with mud all over his face, raised his head, wiped his face, and said breathlessly.
"Hiss, it hurts..."
Hearing Wright's groans beneath him, Watson quickly climbed up with his hands.
"Be gentle..." Wright's voice was filled with tears.
Only then did Watson realize that he had stood up by holding Wright's waist.
When the three people were helped by their companions and struggled to climb out of the mud, their bodies were already soaked.
"What the hell is this place!" Wright complained.
Just now, Wright was pressed at the bottom, so he was particularly miserable. In addition, Watson hit him hard on the waist. Now Wright only feels severe pain in his waist.
"Are you all right?" Sibel, the only official mage in the group, asked. There were nine people in their group, and except for Sibel who was an official mage, the other eight were just mage apprentices.
After Watson and Wright received Arnell's letter, they quickly contacted several familiar mage apprentices. After several heated discussions, they finally made up their minds to set out from St. Lawrence and head eastward, moving at a snail's pace towards the Idar Territory.
Except for Wright and Watson, the other wizard apprentices all came from different wizard towers. The biggest thing they had in common was that they were not liked by their mentors, but at the same time they had the dream of becoming an ordinary wizard.
As for Sibel, he was a wizard living in the central part of the Norman Empire. He had offended a local noble and fled with them.
That’s right!
In Xibel's opinion, these eight mage apprentices were fleeing.
Instead of staying in the imperial capital of Saint Lawrence, which had many great wizards and wizard towers, they were obsessed with a remote and desolate aristocratic territory in a remote area. In Xibel's view, these eight apprentices were just like himself, who offended someone and then ran away decisively.
However, this team consisting of a wizard and eight wizard apprentices was indeed a bit miserable.
But this is not surprising. After all, the wizards of the Norman Empire, especially those of St. Lawrence, mostly live in the wizard tower and never go out. If they were on Earth, they would be complete otakus.
In many cases, it is common not to leave the Mage Tower for several years.
Of course, they are stay-at-home guys with special servants to serve them.
Even the most ordinary civilian wizards like Wright and Watson were selected to enter the Wizard Tower when they were young, so they don’t know much about the outside world, especially the lives of the lowest class of people.
This also led to the fact that these mage apprentices, who still had a conscience and were inexperienced in the world, spent all their money just a few steps outside of St. Lawrence.
Fortunately, the skills of this group of mage apprentices are not as crooked as their "predecessor" Anel. At least they have a donkey cart for transportation, and several people can take turns to ride it and rest.
It was just that we happened to encounter heavy rain when we passed through the Stranglethorn Vale, which made it so miserable.
As for why I don't use magic...
The answer is simple. Mages have extremely limited mental and physical strength. They can't chant spells 24 hours a day...
In addition, since I stayed in the Mage Tower all day, my physical fitness was naturally not good. I was exhausted after walking for half a day...
"How far is it..." Wright asked, holding his waist.
"We should be there soon. Didn't we hear from passers-by that we can get there by passing through Stranglethorn Vale..." Sibel encouraged.
The donkey cart broke down, and after a few people rested for a while, they could only abandon the cart and walk to Idar with their exhausted bodies...
Fortunately, they had already traveled most of the way, and after several people pulled the donkey for most of the day, they finally got out of the valley.
As soon as they walked out of the Stranglethorn Vale, the vision of several people instantly broadened.
But the most important thing is that there is a road as soon as you get out of Stranglethorn Vale.
This is not a dirt road in the countryside, nor is it a gravel road that hurts the feet. I don't know what material it is made of, but it feels hard underfoot.
If it were on an ordinary day, you might just think that this road is exceptionally flat and easy to walk on, but when you put such a road together with the muddy dirt road in the Stranglethorn Vale, you can better appreciate the benefits of this road.
There is no stagnant water, no mud, and no bumpy gullies. It is much easier to walk on than other roads.
"Such a remote noble territory... actually has such a road! There is no such road even in the western part of the empire..." Sibel exclaimed.
"It would be nice if a road like this was built in Stranglethorn Vale," Watson agreed.
Of course, cement roads will not be built in Stranglethorn Vale! This is what Bruno specifically instructed.
Although Stranglethorn Vale also belongs to the territory of Idar County, Bruno does not plan to repair the road in Stranglethorn Vale for the time being.
There is no harm without comparison! Only after the merchants and travelers have walked through the roads in Stranglethorn Vale, they can appreciate the benefits of this cement road surface and would rather take a detour to Idar City first, and then continue along this road all the way south.
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Thanks to the handsome "圣☆帝俊" for the reward!
May the boss be blessed with good health! Second update.
(End of this chapter)
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