Chapter 205: Hurry Up
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The next morning, things didn’t go well.
As soon as they set off in the morning, heavy rain fell from the sky. Although it didn’t last long, it was exceptionally fierce, indirectly slowing down the team’s speed. What was even more depressing was that the wheels in the middle of the journey were stuck in a quagmire. They were delayed for a while more.
Although Heath had cast a rain protection spell on the team in time, the team’s journey was still far below their expectations.
Captain Aaron had planned to reach the Boneyard in half an hour, but they were more than twice as slow. It was almost 10 o’clock before they reached their goal.
It would have been fine if it was just this alone, but when they came to the River of Death, they encountered a terrible thing…
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The River of Death.
This was the largest river in the Sealed Land. It ran from east to west through the entire Sealed Land, cutting the Sealed Land into two parts, north and south. Many places in the Sealed Land had to pass through it from the south to the north.
At this moment, in front of the River of Death.
Captain Aaron stood in front of a riverbank, frowning as he looked ahead.
There should have been a suspension bridge on the river bridge in front, but now the suspension bridge was gone, leaving only the wooden stakes nailed to the riverbank and half of the remaining rope.
Knight Aaron frowned. “Why is it broken? Is it because of the heavy rain?”
The Valley of the Dead was located on the northwest side of the Sealed Land. To go there, one had to go through the River of the Dead.
Knight Cador asked, “Can you ask the Wizard to think of a way?”
Aaron shook his head. “I’ve asked, and the Wizard has no way.”
The River of the Dead was not an ordinary river. There were countless Wraiths gathered there. Even Heath himself did not dare to rashly go through it, let alone bring so many people with him.
Only by using special materials to build a suspension bridge that was covered with magic would the bridge not be polluted and eroded by the Wraiths below.
Aaron took out a map and looked at it. “There’s another suspension bridge twenty miles away from here. Let’s go there.”
Half an hour later.
Aaron frowned as he looked ahead.
In front of him was a turbulent grayish-white river. The suspension bridge that should have existed above the river was empty once again, leaving only the wooden stakes on the banks of the river.
“What’s going on? Was it broken again?”
The terrain of the Boneyard was steep and the river was swift. The drawbridge on the river would often be washed away.
Without time to think, Aaron took out the map and looked at it. He said decisively, “Let’s go to the next place.”
The third drawbridge was close to sixty miles away, and the road was not easy to walk on. It took Aaron two whole hours to get here, and it was already noon.
However, when he finally arrived, the situation in front of him was the same as before.
The bridge was broken again.
Aaron’s face was full of disbelief. “No way? All three bridges are broken?”
Although he had heard back at the fort that the drawbridge here was not very strong, he had never heard of such a situation where several bridges were washed away.
“Captain, what should we do now?”
Aaron looked at the sky and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Let’s look at the last one. If this one is also broken, let’s retreat first.”
“Yes.”
Time was tight. In order to lead everyone out of the Boneyard in time, they did not even have time to eat lunch properly. Everyone casually ate some dry food and then continued on their journey.
Finally.
When they came to the fourth drawbridge, what was waiting there was no longer a lonely wooden stake. The drawbridge was still intact and hung on the river channel. The flickering runes on the bridge indicated the degree of completeness of this drawbridge.
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Aaron let out a sigh of relief.
“Cross the bridge!”
Leading the horses and pulling the carriage, everyone smoothly crossed the drawbridge and finally arrived at the other side of the river.
There was only a flat road ahead. The rest of the journey only required one to walk all the way through the Boneyard and then arrive at their destination.
However, it was already 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Aaron, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, could not help but tense up again, and a little worry appeared on his face.
“Everyone, speed up. We have to leave this place before nightfall!”
“Yes.”
However, luck was sometimes like this. Once they were unlucky, they would really feel like their teeth would be stuck if they drank cold water.
It was still because of the heavy rain in the morning that the road became exceptionally muddy. The wheels of the horse carriage had repeatedly sunk into the mud, and each time, it would take quite a bit of time.
They rushed forward slowly. Seeing that night was about to arrive, the team still could not leave the Boneyard.
At dusk, at the Boneyard.
Da! Da! Da! Da! The sound of horse hooves echoed in the forest.
A pair of carriages and horses were galloping on the muddy road. The rolling wheels left two long ruts on the ground, and a large amount of mud splashed into the air.
“Move faster! Everyone, speed up!”
“Hurry up! We have to leave this place quickly. It’s getting late!”
At the front of the formation, Knight Aaron urged again and again with an anxious look on his face.
However, just as he finished his sentence, he heard a ‘ka’ sound.
He saw a speeding carriage behind him suddenly shake. Its speed suddenly dropped and it stopped.
The carriage lowered to one side, and the wheels below sank into the mud.
The convoy could not stop again.
Aaron frowned. “Hurry up and get the wheels out!”
“Yes!”
The two Knights jumped off their horses and walked to the side of the carriage to start lifting the carriage.
These were genuine Knights. Lifting a carriage was not a big deal, and the wheels that had been trapped by the two Knights’ efforts immediately left the ground bit by bit.
Just as the carriage was about to come out, the opposite wheel suddenly caved in with a ‘crack’.
The two Knights who were trying their best shook their bodies and lost their grip for a moment. The wheel that had just been lifted out once again caved in and almost hit a Knight.
Aaron was so anxious that his head was covered in sweat. He jumped off the horse and walked over. “Let me do it!”
But at this moment…
“Knight Aaron!”
A voice came from the carriage. It was Heath, who was sitting inside.
Knight Aaron hurriedly bowed and said, “Sir Wizard, don’t worry. I’ll take care of it right away.”
Heath said, “Set up camp here. We’ll move forward tomorrow morning.”
Aaron was stunned.
He quickly shook his head and said, “Sir, we can’t. This is the Boneyard. There are white bones everywhere below, and there’s a River of the Dead next to it. These bones are very easy to be corroded by Wraiths. Once they wake up at night, it’s very likely that we’ll meet them.”
Previously, Aaron had been arranged to be in the logistics team. He was mainly responsible for the transportation of supplies between the fortress and the Valley of the Dead. He had personally seen the Boneyard at night, and he knew how dangerous it was.
Heath asked bluntly, “Can we walk out of the Boneyard before night falls?”
Aaron was speechless for a moment. “This…”
They were still less than 200 miles away from passing through the Boneyard, and it was less than an hour before night fell.
Heath asked again, “If we can’t get out and fall into the mud again, and we are besieged by the Wraiths at the same time, won’t we be even more miserable?”
“Since we will be in a hurry, we might as well set up camp right now and build a defensive position.”
“If we really encounter the Wraiths, we won’t be completely helpless.”
Aaron hesitated. “But…”
Heath shook his head and said, “No buts. Just do as I say.”
“Yes…”
With Heath’s order, Aaron stopped moving and ordered the Knights to set up a position.
The Knights cut down the surrounding thorny trees and built a defensive fence around the carriage. They even dug a simple trench.
Heath was not idle either. He took out some materials and helped to set up some defensive magic arrays.
When everything was done, night fell.
They did not even have time to have a good dinner. Everyone was still as they were at noon. They only ate some dry food in a hurry and then rested on the spot on guard.
It was useless to say anything now. They could only pray that the convoy would not be so unlucky.
However, perhaps the gods that everyone was praying to were not very reliable, or perhaps these gods did not hear everyone’s prayers, nor did they respond to them.
In short…
The more one was afraid of something, the easier it was to encounter something.
Something terrible still happened….