After nightfall, the cold wind came in through the cracks in the wooden window, bringing the temperature in the attic to freezing, rubbing my hands and reaching for a brazier to bake, the fire gathering scroll in the brazier was burning fiercely, I looked at the ink on the scroll that the magic pattern circle was not blurred, and estimated that the fire would burn until at least tomorrow morning.Putting on a thick cotton coat, picking up scissors on the table, cutting the wick in the kerosene lamp, and then picking up the water cup, I found that the water in the cup had already become cold.The desk was a little messy, with stacks of high-grade magic parchment piled up haphazardly in the corners, and a few failed scrolls tucked into the paper basket under the desk.Took the heavy water cup, put the magic pen on the pen holder, put the expensive snow ink aside, carefully checked whether the bottle cap was tightened, then put on a coat, turned around and walked out of the attic, the fireplace in the living room The wood chopping wood has not been completely burned, the dark red charcoal fire is constantly changing, like a fire beast lying in the fireplace breathing slowly, there is still some water in a pot hanging from the fireplace, go to the front of the fireplace and pick up the pot, fill your water cup with water.Sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, looking at the red fire, the silent night seems to make a person's thoughts infinitely magnified, holding a glass of water and letting my body sink deep into the soft sofa, I feel like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand.The sound of soft gasps from the next bedroom gradually weakened, and before I realized what was going on, the voice subsided for a moment, and the bedroom door creaked open, and Nancy, who was wearing only a thin pajamas, walked out softly from inside, her figure disappeared into the dark corridor, and the delicate curve of her body was under the light pajamas, it was actually full of flesh, looking at the charm of her eyes that was about to drip water, it was not difficult to imagine what had just happened.It seems that the woman who can make Rryant change her second spring is really extraordinary, and I am beginning to worry about Fanny, she may have to defend her position as the mistress of the house, but Tracy and I will definitely stand by her side.Nancy went to the kitchen, the kitchen and the living room were just two directions, and when she pushed open the bedroom door, she didn't see me, but when she returned from the kitchen, she would definitely see me on the sofa.I gently got up from the sofa with a glass of water, and hurriedly fled to the attic while she did not return, so as not to be a little awkward to meet downstairs at this time.Tracy sat on the stairs in cotton pajamas, sleepy-eyed, her hair a little messy, she tightened her cotton pajamas, saw me walk up the stairs, stretched out her hand to me, and said to me, "It's too cold, give me a magic scroll, maybe a brazier in the room, it will be better." ”I stepped on the wooden steps of the staircase, let go of her slender body, and said to her in the softest voice, "Then come with me!"
”Tracy has been lazy this winter, and she used to be able to see Fanny busy in the kitchen, but now she probably hasn't washed the dishes in a long time!
In previous years, at this time, when the weather was too cold, everyone would take out some charcoal from the fireplace that was about to burn out, put it in the brazier and bring it to their room, so that the room would not be so cold, but this year has completely changed, the charcoal fire in the fireplace seems to have been ignored, Tracy has become accustomed to using the fire-gathering scroll, and as for Fanny and Ryant's master bedroom, there is also a stove trafficked from the Orc tribe of the Pai Plateau, and it is said that the fire oil in it can be burned for a winter.I can't imagine Fanny's reaction when she learns that the faint scent of blubber fat inside is the corpse oil of a swamp zombie.Tracy also had an extra wooden bed in her room, and Cindy and Tracy lived in the same room, so I took out the Gathering Fire Scroll and handed it to Tracy, who was shivering from the cold, and after thinking for a while, I simply handed her another one, and whispered to her, "If one still feels cold, then order one!"
”Tracy gave me a blank look, lowered her voice and said, "If Fanny knows that I burn your magic scroll at night to keep warm, I will definitely be scolded by her, tomorrow I will go to the trading house to buy an oil stove, this year's winter is much colder than usual, it was not so cold in previous years." ”I turned around and went back to my room, only to hear Tracy say to me from behind, with a little concern, "Don't be too late, staying up late is not good for your health!"
”"Oops, got it!"
I waved at Tracy and said impatiently.This home is going to be a bit more lively this winter than ever, I'm not sure what Fanny is thinking, if she hates Nancy and Cindy, maybe I should ask Ma to help me find a house to keep the mother and daughter outside, which will help the family to be more harmonious!
And I had been in the trepidation, quietly waiting for a stormy quarrel at home, but it never appeared.I wondered what it was like for the three of them to maintain their relationship, but the mistress of the house was still Fanny, and Nancy, the new joiner, was slowly blending into my life, and this winter was colder than any other year, and the improvised tents on the streets could not withstand the invasion of the cold wave, and the early morning was the busiest time for the night watchmen, who not only needed to extinguish the street lights, but also knocked on every tent, and if there was no answer inside, they would open the tent to see if anyone inside had froze to death, if any, they would beckon their companions to carry the body out and throw it on the carriage with the body in the back.Almost every day, truckloads of corpses were transported to the cemetery behind the central hill, and civilians began to get out of their tents and look for new shelters.In the past, only the mansions of those nobles would open their doors, and as long as they signed their names on the magic contract and sold their lifetime freedom, they could exchange their lives for their lives.But that kind of deed of sale, even if there is no slave collar on the body, it is no different from a slave.Although these aristocratic families are expanding the strength of their families according to traditional practices, this kind of bad behavior also puts them in an embarrassing situation of frying and cooking.Although its own strength has increased slightly, it has sacrificed a lot of reputation, which is inevitably more than worth the loss.Unlike previous years, this year, the civilians in El City who have their own houses, they are not closing the courtyard doors, for fear that the poor refugees will divide the only food in their homes, and those civilians who usually eat a meal of meat can only eat a meal of food and clothing, now they will open the door of their courtyard and silently accept the refugees in the city, maybe they will only provide a temporary residence, but they have nothing else to ask for, there is no magic contract and any constraints.As a result, a large number of refugees choose to live in the homes of civilians every day, and they will spend the harsh winter together for the years to come.As a result, although the number of refugees in the city is much higher this year than in previous years, the number of refugees who are actually willing to enter the noble mansion to sign the deed of sale is more than double that of previous years.In the city of El, the conflict between the commoners and the nobility did not ease in any way because of the arrival of the barbarians, but tended to intensify.The atmosphere in the city became more and more tense day by day, some eagle squads slipped out of the city with magic traps in the night, and they brought back a large number of barbarians left ear, in such a tense situation, killing the barbarians was undoubtedly a shot of strength into the city of El, so that the people in the city instantly ignited new hope.The nobles who paid for the Frost Nova Scroll were rewarded by taking the Barbarian's Left Ear and walking into the logistics department in exchange for what they wanted.However, success also means failure, and when the eagles are not careful, they will become objects in the eyes of the barbarians, and the barbarians of these storm bears are naturally warlike, and they prefer to hunt those eagles that are powerful.Some powerful barbarian warriors wandered in the suburbs, they specifically targeted the eagles in El City, every barbarian warrior has the strength of a level 20 warrior who has changed for the second time, and the eagles often don't even have a chance to escape when they encounter such a powerful barbarian.The corpses of some eagles are hung high on wooden poles outside the city, in such cold weather, their corpses are frozen hard, and when the wind blows, the corpses hanging under the ropes will shake with the wind, if a team still has no news for half a month or so, then some people in the city who are related to the eagles will secretly climb the city and give the soldiers who defend the city a few silver coins, and then they will have the right to stay on the city wall for a moment, and they will seek some people with good eyesight, Look for your loved ones on those tall wooden poles.Whether they find it or not, they will come with a touch of sadness, and some will leave with infinite sorrow.Anything of value from the corpses would be stripped of them, naked, sometimes not even a pair of underwear would be left, and the barbarians who came to the Storm Bear wanted everything, and they hoarded a lot of supplies, and they didn't know how they would choose to take them with them when they left in the future.Xiao Ai in the Knights of the Guard Battalion has not taken a turn for a whole month, and there is always a small wave of barbarians, constantly testing the guards on the city wall, and not letting them idle for a moment.Seeing that the siege equipment outside the city is increasing day by day, and the dangerous aura envelops the entire city of El, people have gone from the initial blind infinite trust in the defense ability of the city to the recent beginning of some worries, those siege chariots outside the city that are several stories high are lined up outside the moat of the city.The human slaves, under the threat of the barbarians' whips, finally made these crude siege machines, and as soon as these chariots were pushed under the city, the barbarians would rush up the walls from the plank road formed by the siege chariots.I found that the most famous magic instructors in the magic academy have stopped teaching recently, and their figures will always appear on the city wall from time to time, and some teams composed of instructors from the warrior academy are always guarding the surroundings of these magic instructors, such as Flender, the magic instructor of the fire class, Heidi, the magic instructor of the water class, and Ethan, the magic instructor of the wind class, these people also join the daily task of patrolling the city wall.Morayal told me that to stay away from the walls, it was best to stay at home in the East End except for school.Every day, there will be barbarian warrior-level powerhouses, forcibly rushing up the city wall to attack and kill the defenders, don't think that I have become an eagle, and despise those barbarians.But I felt that I should do something for the city of El like I was now drawing magic scrolls day and night, and I thought maybe I could do more.It has been nearly two months since the barbarians of the Storm Bear tribe besieged the city, but the most basic living materials and food in the city are still circulating in various trading houses, and no one seems to be worried that these materials will be exhausted, I can't figure out where the large amount of materials that are usually consumed come from, so I went to ask Bobby, but Bobby looked at me with surprise for a long time, and finally he said to me: Jijia, don't you know that the great nobles in the city have their own private planes?
Even if El City is besieged for a year or ten years, we don't need to worry about these supplies!
In such a tense atmosphere, I took Morayar on my back and took a day to visit Benjamin, who was guarding the city wall.When he saw Senior Benjamin, he was sitting on the thunder stone behind the city wall to eat, the standard broth with wheat cakes was actually eaten by him with relish, he actually had black stubble on the side of his mouth, and his face was still a little green, but his eyes were no longer like those who had just graduated from the War College, only arrogant, and now his eyes had become a trace of murderousness, which was something that needed to be sharpened from the battlefield.He and the other guards wore the same style of knightly armor, the black iron helmet rested on the arrow stack next to it, his knightly shield turned out to be the basket for the soldiers, the Roman sword hung from his waist, and the hilt was always in the most convenient place to grasp, and now he had succeeded in becoming a true knight of the Order.I relied on my status as a magic apprentice to climb the city walls, and now the guards have become stricter, and the idlers are no longer allowed to climb the walls.Behind him was Ruka, whose tall body stood out on the city walls."
Hi Jijia, why are you here?"
Senior Benjamin was very happy to see me."
I'll come and see you!"
I smiled and took a bundle of magic scrolls from my fanny pack and handed it to him."
I'm not a magic apprentice, I can't recite spells, what's the use of asking for these magic scrolls?"
Senior Benjamin looked at the bundle of frost scrolls the size of a palm strangely, and asked me suspiciously.I then pulled out a small birdcatcher clip from my backpack, skillfully tied the scroll and the beast trap together to make a frost trap, and then explained to him lightly: "This kind of scroll doesn't need a spell, this kind of secondary magic scroll that doesn't go into the stream, as long as those barbarians step on it, it will burst into a cloud of ice mist." ”"Is this a magic trap?"
Benjamin curiously took the bundle of magic scrolls and said.I said to him, "This is the most common vigilance type magic trap. ”Then he explained the specific usage to Senior Benjamin, who happily punched me in the shoulder and said, "Then I'll take it, hey, thank you!"
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