The sun rises from the shores of the east, shining on this desolate and barren land.
They've been on their way since they set out yesterday evening—oh, the beast has been galloping all night.
The outstanding endurance of the Minotaur was highlighted in this matter, and no matter how hard they worked, none of these sturdy young men complained, and no one was left behind.
"If it's a horse, I'm afraid the inner thighs are worn out by now."
Diego secretly rejoiced in his heart that the broad, flat back of Kodomon made this long run not so difficult.
He turned his head to look behind him, and two large cats were following him, their fur covered with a thick layer of dark yellow dust, and they were completely unrecognizable.
Diego estimated that he was not much better now, and thinking of this, he reflexively felt a dry itch in his throat, and quickly pulled up the scarf to cover his mouth and nose.
Just then, a shrill voice rang out at the front of the line.
"Hurry up, damn it, we need to hurry up!"
Through the dust kicked up by the Kodomon in front of him, Diego saw that it was the one-eyed orc shouting.
His name was Usek, and he was the one who broke out of the siege and rushed to the crossroads to ask for help.
The senior sergeant had to be in his fifties, his hair and beard had turned gray, but the old and sturdy orc veteran was still full of energy, and the wolf he had borrowed from Thork—it was almost the strongest of the crossroads, his own one had fallen to the ground the moment he reached the crossroads, never to get back up—his tongue stuck out in his powerful thighs.
Jusek's glance back at the galloping Kodomon team, and couldn't help but turn the wolf and gallop towards the middle of the group, Bane?
The bloody hoof is there.
"You've got to hurry!"
He shouted a little rudely to the next chief of the Minotaurs, "You are too slow, at this rate, when we get to the outpost, there will only be broken walls and broken corpses!"
” "We're already moving as fast as we can."
Bane replied in his loudest voice—not out of anger, but in a low voice.
In the rumbling and rapid sound of hooves, they could not hear each other at all.
Bane turned his head and glanced at the group behind him, almost every Kodomon gasping violently.
The corners of their mouths are constantly dripping with saliva as a sign that they are about to be overwhelmed, because of their sheer size, the hearts of these giant beasts bear several times the load of other animals during intense exercise.
"You know that Kodomon are good for stamina rather than speed, and they're not wolves!"
Bane said dissatisfied.
For the Minotaurs.
Kodomons have an unusual significance, like their friends and companions.
Because Kodomon is the only terrestrial creature in the entire continent of Kalimdor that has enough strength and stamina to carry the Minotaur (thunder lizards don't count, and no one dares to ride on their sharp back spines).
It is said that only the noblest Minotaurs can gain the trust of Kodomon as their mount, as these powerful beasts are only willing to serve the Minotaurs with a heart of glory and respect.
At this moment, at the front of the line, Dezko shouted.
"Everybody slow down and get ready to rest."
Hearing the order, the speed of the team began to slow down.
For Kodomon, their deceleration is never a sudden braking, and the drastic transition from movement to staticness will only make Kodomon's heart fail—just like a person can't drink ice water when he's sweating profusely.
"Hell, what's wrong?"
Ussek said dissatisfied.
"While each of us is eager to get there early, the Kodomons need to rest, and we must make sure we arrive at the forward post with enough stamina to fight."
Bane explained calmly.
Yousek couldn't help but curse, not at Bane, because he knew the Minotaur was right, but that didn't stop him from wanting to go full speed.
Because he knew that it was still half a day away from here.
The robbers were attacking his outposts and comrades, and he couldn't help at all.
"Let them hurry!"
He was facing Bane?
Bloodhoof shouted, and the wolf galloped into the distance, scouting the way.
But actually.
He didn't expect to find some goblins or centaurs, because he knew that the robbers were still far away from him, but he just felt that he had to do something to calm his anxiety a little.
"He's impatient."
Diego said after seeing Yousek disappear from sight.
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"I understand."
Bane replied that he didn't reproach the orc for offending him.
Because if it were him, it would probably be even more intense—it would be impossible for any worthy warrior to remain indifferent to the danger of his comrade.
The team slowed down and eventually stopped.
The place Dezko had chosen for them to rest was a nice one, it was a small orc farm, and several orcs were tending to their livestock in the corral, and when they saw the arrival of the minotaurs, one of the orcs came over.
"Hey, guys, where are you going?"
Across the fence, he shouted at the minotaurs.
"Go to the rescue front post, which is being attacked by boars and centaurs."
A minotaur replied.
"those ~ son ~ raised!"
The orc shouted with some excitement, he opened the fence and walked out of it, "The sink is here, you can use it, I'll go get you some food." ” Some minotaurs rushed over and brought buckets of water from the sink to rinse the Kodomon.
Others took some oats from their saddle bags and fed them in the palm of their hands, adding some royal blood grass to them, which was very helpful for relieving the fatigue of the Kodomon and increasing the vitality of the heart.
They sat down on the floor, took out their dry food, and began to eat.
Everyone eats very fast because everyone knows that they don't have any extra time to waste.
Just then, the orc came out of the house again, carrying a large basket with some bacon and blood sausages as hard as a stone—the dry weather of the barren land made any food look dry, and some fresh black mushrooms.
This mushroom is suitable for raw consumption and has a crisp and tender taste, which is very tasty.
"Come and try this, it's too late to make a hot soup, but it's definitely hungry," he said, and handed the basket over, "In this damn place, it won't take a few days, everything will be as dry as a brick, and the only good thing is that you never have to worry about it going bad." ” The minotaur closest to him was a little embarrassed to refuse, because in the barren land, such a large basket of food might be half a month's ration for the orc family, although it may not be possible for fifty of them to get a piece of each, but for a family that is not rich, this is already a lot of wealth.
"Come on, guys, take it as your reward for killing the boar man!"
The orc said with some sadness, the talkative orc pointed to the charred roof in the distance, "My farm has been robbed three times by the boar people this year, although I only lost a few pigs and a few chickens, but Mancolic from the farm next door was not so lucky, his house was burned down, and his wife Ogra was also killed by the boar man robbers, ancestor forbid, this poor man is about to go crazy!"
” The minotaur did not refuse, he took the basket and distributed it to everyone.
There was a dead silence in the crowd, and everyone was silently nibbling on these hard foods.
Some of the minotaur youths had tears in their eyes, and large drops of tears fell on the food, making them bitter and astringent, but no one dropped them, and they still ate them in large gulps.
"Knock out the robbers, for Mancorik!"
In the silence, Bane suddenly raised the blood sausage in his hand and shouted loudly.
"them!"
The people around them responded like thunder, and the food was clutched in their hands like a forest, like a rock-solid heart of revenge.
They soon set out again on their journey, galloping eastward.
This time, they did not stop at all, but hurried away with their heads bowed in silence, and even the Useks were surprised by their lightning speed, and surprisingly did not urge again.
And so, as the sun rose in the middle of the sky, a billowing pillar of smoke appeared at the end of the horizon, and then they saw a burning camp.
The barbed piles and walls on the perimeter of the camp have been breached into a huge gap, and dozens of boarmen are swarming through the gap, while outside the camp, many centaurs use spears and bows to suppress the towers inside the camp to provide fire cover for the boar men.
It seemed that the collapse of the camp was imminent.
“lok-tar,ogar!”
Without the slightest hesitation, Usek immediately drew the broadsword next to the saddle and rushed down the hill with a shout.
Behind him, Bane?
Bloodhoof raised the halberd in his hand high, and the sharp blade shone in the sunlight: "Mother Earth is watching us, for glory!"
” "Shuharu!"
The minotaurs shouted hoarsely in unison, and Diego and Masrae shouted passionately in the crowd, like a real minotaur.
As Bane's halberd fell, the Kodo cavalry poured down like a rolling tide of rage, sweeping towards the battlefield below the hillside.
(To be continued.) )