Chapter 823 (1/2)

Chapter 823: Dark Clouds over Hermes

Although it was snowing slightly, it was a fair day in the Northern Region

Nail was rubbing the oil stick on the gun barrel out of sheer boredoe with the telescope Since they had been stationed here, he did not observe the mountain as frequently as he did before He usually checked it two or three ti the flintlock and chatting with his companions

Maintenance of weapons required a person to be detail-oriented Every half a”oil stick” wrapped in hard paper It was heard that the oil stick was made of abandoned oil from the soap factory When they used it, they needed to heat it up and then rub it onto the special double-ended brush, which had a large and a sun barrel and cartridge In the past, every squad was equipped with only one set of cleaning tools But nowadays as there were more and more factories and workshops in Neverwinter, the brushes becauns and everyone had one

Of course, when there was no bonfire, they could heat the oil stick by body or h the soldiers in the First Army was forbidden to eat the abandoned oil, some people still secretly rubbed it on their dried food as a seasoning

As a squad leader, he usually chose to turn a blind eye

After all, the teaion were basically veterans Some of them were even over 20 years older than him If he had not attended the primary education class, he would not be selected as the squad leader He could only shbors in the past

After asseain He pressed the trigger several tiun could shoot norain checked the front

He was still unable to forget the defense battle in autu woe in his mind It was in this blockhouse that he witnessed her death He knew that she was an eneunshots still made him uncomfortable If it were not Iron Axe's command and his loyalty to His Majesty, he would have chosen to leave the arine operator in thearea

Although he still served in the First Arun teaunners He knew that he was self-deceiving, but he had no way to overcome the obstacle in his heart

The battlefield, which had been soaked with blood, was restored to the ordinary look as if nothing had happened The barbed wires had long been re only a dozen of crooked stakes Trenches were also filled with snow If there were no blockhouses, one could not distinguish this field from the wild field around Except them, no one knew that over 2,000 people had once died here, just several hundred meters in front of the first line of stakes

”Chief, we're running out of firewood Letas Nail The firewood he mentioned was the stakes once used to fix the barbed wires He said, ”Otherwise the other squad will bla it”

”But it's duty time now” Nail shook his head and said, ”You may be seen by others”

”They won't say anything,” another veteran said, laughing ”It's so cold today No one will care if we go to get firewood to warm us up It has been several months since the cowards of the church retreated Do you think they'll come today?”

His words were agreed by everyone else

Nail also knew the veteran was right At first, Iron Axe required 500 soldiers in the caainst the last struggle of the church or the invasion of the demonic beasts However, to their surprise, no enemies appeared Maybe the superiors believed that enemies would not come, so they transferred over 200 soldiers to other places and divided the rest of soldiers into patrol teams, whose mission was to stay in the blockhouses to monitor in the northwestern direction in turns

Nail hesitated but finally agreed with that soldier He said, ”You alone will be too slow Go there with more people”

The soldier whistled and replied, ”Yes, Head!”

Nail turned back and picked up the telescope to look toward the snow-covered field What he could see was the white snow Nothing changed