They rented three horses, two for riding, and the other for carrying luggage. As a qualified alchemist, Feiqi carried his alchemy tools along the way, plus dozens of semi-finished potions. He even had a small box divided into two hundred independent boxes, full of raw materials.
These alchemy items represent a wonderful past in Feige Hall's life. What remains with Feige Hall now is an unbearable withdrawal reaction.
"The end of taking medicine randomly!" Feiqi gritted his teeth and lay on the horse's back. He didn't hurt, but all the other feelings that his body could experience, including but not limited to numbness, itching, sourness, stiffness, and at the same time or take turns. He could even experience the cold and heat at the same time on the same organ, which was really tormenting.
If you want to get rid of this feeling, you either take out a "demon dream" from the medicine box and eat it, drink poison to quench your thirst, and fall into the cycle of reincarnation forever; or you will hold on by yourself, and experience tens of thousands of tortures over and over again.
"No matter how painful the torture is, it is just a physical reaction - I will never let my spirit be affected by the magic dream!" Feiqi threw all the magic dreams in the medicine box into the river, and tied himself to the saddle when he was sick to avoid falling off. It is precisely because the withdrawal reaction is too uncomfortable, in comparison, riding a horse for a long time is not so unbearable.
But Fitch only thinks this way when he withdraws from the reaction, and at other times he still complains over and over again: The horseback is very uncomfortable.
As long as you don’t know how to ride a horse, even if you use a “comfort saddle”, put on several layers of thick and soft clothes, or even choose a lady’s way to sit—that is, the side position with both legs on the same side—long rides will be torture to death. At this time, Fitch will miss the wide and comfortable off-road vehicle very much.
He had an off-road vehicle. Although he never had time to drive for a ride in the wild, the picture of facing the wind, facing the clouds, and wearing sunshine had long been imprinted in his mind like memory. However, the preconceived fantasy was severely shattered by the reality in front of him. The muddy and rugged roads echoed with wild howling woods, poor, numb but full of vigilance in his eyes, all told him: This is another world.
What is the name of this world? Sunderland, or one of the other thirty names? Anyway, no one pays attention to the world outside, so there is no need to name it uniformly. Even Feige, who read a lot of books to study the devil, knows little about this world. The pitiful geographical knowledge tells him that they are currently on the border of the Principality of Aria, and the town of Collingwood in front can basically be regarded as the northernmost town of the Principality, and the Ice Peak Fortress has to move forward thirty miles further.
That one has been considered a "going abroad". The Ice Peak Fortress and a series of fortresses along the border from north to south, from legally belong not to the Principality of Aria, but to the territory of the Truth Thunder Church. The church stationed holy knights, priests and samurai warriors to the fortress to defend the western direction of the Principality. In the continuous mountains there, there are various huge threats such as ghosts and beasts.
Just people with sacrifice spirit can also volunteer to join the fortress defenders. Service to the Truth Thunder represents a new life, and no matter what sin or responsibility can be forgiven after dedicating a lifetime of service. Of course, murder and theft of an apple are certainly not comparable, and the latter is definitely easier to obtain forgiveness. Therefore, after years of evolution, the Truth Thunder Church has improved its policies, issued indulgences to "volunteers" who perform well and allowed them to leave freely.
The lords who are protected by the church will recognize indulgences, but the indulgences are just a piece of parchment that cannot be protected from swords, guns, swords and halberds - only fools will believe that it is a talisman.
Feiqi is very clear-headed. Grand Duke Saloyang, nicknamed "Iron Man", is very harsh. He will definitely recognize indulgences for the sake of the church and will no longer judge Feiqi for "chemical castration". But he will definitely find other reasons, such as Feiqi glaring at a dog in the grand duke's house, and then executing him for new crimes.
Fortunately, the Grand Duke could not take action in the Ice Peak Fortress. Destroying the tacit understanding of the "exile land" means that the game between the nobles has changed from "point to end" to "dead", and at the same time it will destroy the relationship with the church.
Besides, the fork-way demon is very confident. Most people cannot see through Feiqi's current physical condition and will never capture him as a "devil walking in the world" and purify him.
Therefore, even if the butt and thighs are worn out and the bones in the body are sore, Fitch must arrive at the fortress as soon as possible.
"Young Master, look, the fortress is on the hillside!"
For those who are used to seeing various modern tall buildings, the Ice Peak Fortress is not spectacular at all, but it is still amazing. Under a towering, snow-capped peak, on the steep slope facing the sun, a stone castle with a solid city wall and three arrow towers stands proudly.
It was a serious and silent castle, with a solemn atmosphere coming towards us. Traces of battle can be seen from a long distance: the broken corner of the city wall, the collapsed arrow tower, and the huge crossbow that probed outside the wall and pointed to the sky. A little closer, you can see many iron spears embedded in the cracks of the rocks and pointing to the sky above the city wall. This is obviously not to guard against enemies attacking upwards from the bottom of the mountain, but to deal with air threats.
What threats are there in the air?
Feiqi looked up and looked up. In the blue sky, there was a bird with no variety flying over and chirping. There was no industrial pollution here, and everything except the castle was natural and natural. It was definitely a good place for leisure, tourism and elderly care.
“It looks pretty good.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow flew over his head. The three horses immediately raised their front legs and neighed in panic. Feiqi failed to grasp the saddle and was directly thrown to the ground and had an intimate contact with the stone.
A flying beast with eagle head, wings, four claws, and black and yellow feathers all over his body appeared above his head, staring at the three horses below. It spread its wings, turned slightly to its body, and elegantly and calmly to draw an arc, turning back from the front. In this process, its eyes never left the prey below.
"Griffin!" Eddie screamed. He controlled the mount and turned around at this urgent moment, and came to Feige. Eddie bent down and tried to reach out his hand: "Young Master, come up quickly, let's run together!"
After crossing Eddie's shoulder, Feige could clearly see the griffin's expression and even guess what it thought. The griffin has been evaluating its prey, estimating its weight, and calculating its flesh quality. It can only take one prey at a time. It is obvious that the thin Fitch is a chewy choice.
This griffin has been adult for a long time and has sufficient hunting experience, so he gave up catching Eddie. Although catching one person and one horse at the same time is the most profitable choice, people may have weapons. If you take out that kind of metal spike and hurt your legs or wings, it will be more than worth the effort.
Feich's horse was frightened, and frightened it to run towards the woods - the griffin hated the trees. The gentlest and most dull horse, under the griffin's intimidation, collapsed to the ground, and his shit and urine flowed. Seeing this scene, the griffin tweeted excitedly, spread its claws, and began to swoop.
"Let's go!" Feige shouted. He grabbed Eddie's hand and dragged him down with all his strength. He was not strong enough, but the weight advantage brought by age still worked. Eddie screamed and fell beside Feige with a thud. At this time, griffins passed over their heads, and their sharp claws whizzed past Eddie's saddle.
Hulala, Xilulu... The griffin's three claws hit the pack horse accurately and directly pierced its belly. Then, the front legs that were not involved in the attack kicked the ground, and their wings swelled violently, and the strong wind rolled up the flying sand and stones. The griffin flew towards the sky with the horse's corpse.
"We'll be safe without a second one." Feiqi explained to Eddie with a nosebleed. At this time, the outskirts of his eyes saw the giant crossbow on the wall of the Ice Peak Fortress turning, obviously in the direction of the griffin.
Feiqi believes that the distance is too far, and modern rifles may not hit the target at a distance of 500 meters. Although the griffin's speed has dropped due to the weight of the horse, which will be conducive to aiming. But if the attack is off...
He had already figured out what might happen after he was: the griffin was frightened and might even throw away the horse. If it was hungry and unwilling to give up, it would be an option to choose a lighter prey without affecting speed. It is very likely that it would escape at high speed by catching Fitch or Eddie.
"Don't!"
As soon as Feiqi finished speaking, he saw that the crossbow had been activated. A silver arrow jumped up from the city wall at a high speed, drew a graceful arc, and headed straight for the griffin. Eddie also saw this scene. The master and servant stared at the giant crossbow arrow, their hearts raised to their throats, and they could not make any sound.
The griffin was very alert. It might feel hostility or detect danger with its sharp eyes. The crossbow arrow was already flying in the air, and it suddenly made a turning point to avoid the original flight trajectory.
At the same time it let out a smug tweet.
Fitch gasped.
The crossbow arrow shaking in the air, the tip and tail trembled, the amplitude gradually grew, accompanied by a buzzing sound. Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, the crossbow arrow seemed to have turned a corner and hit the pitiful dead horse "accurately". In the flying blood rain, the crossbow arrow pierced through the neck, then stabbed out, and hit the package on the horse's back. It contained Feige Hall's alchemy tools and various semi-finished products.
In an instant, various potions mixed together.
Boom! The package exploded.
The green flame lit the griffin's feathers and burned them downwards. The horse exploded into pieces and fell down. The griffin screamed, but it didn't fly far away, but fell heavily.
Chapter completed!