The Knight's Journey to the Empire

As the saying goes: One person gathering firewood will not make a big fire, but many people gathering firewood will make a big fire.

The team of more than 20 people was divided into three groups, working together and cooperating.

Finally, the camp was built before it got completely dark.

To this end, they also cut down several relatively unsightly waist-high trees in the surrounding area as raw materials.

Although this camp was relatively crudely built, its defensive capabilities were still good.

First of all, the whole camp is circular and does not cover a large area.

But it also covered most of the small flat land on the top of the mountain.

Secondly, it is to broaden the field of vision and reduce blind spots.

So within twenty meters around the camp, all the trees were cut down except for two old trees that were so big that even a machete could not cut them down.

Then the felled trees were not wasted, but decomposed.

After the trees were broken down, the thick trunks were erected and used as fences; the thinner branches were sharpened at both ends, the long ones were inserted into the ground, and the short ones were tied to the trunk fences and used as chevaux de frise.

Of course, no matter how these sharpened branches are used, the sharpened end will always face outwards.

Moreover, these sharpened branches are deliberately left long.

This is to prevent these jungle wolves from charging and jumping in.

After that, a brazier stand was built in each of the four diagonal corners of the camp.

Of course, there is no brazier!

Then use the concave stone that you picked up temporarily instead!

In order to prevent these concave stones from exploding due to high temperatures, Soran and his companions also picked up a few more as backup.

Four brazier stands were burning with raging fires, and the bright flames could illuminate the area within a radius of twenty to thirty meters.

If it’s any farther, it won’t work!

Because if you are farther away, your vision will become blurry due to insufficient light.

Finally, in the very center of the camp, they ingeniously built a simple wooden platform about four or five meters high.

When the personnel are on duty at night, two of them can sit on it with their backs facing each other.

In this way, you can observe the surrounding situation in all directions, 360 degrees without blind spots.

Any disturbance around them will not escape the eyes of the two.

Of course, Soran and his companions did not let go of the small branches and leaves that were cut off from the trees.

After all, the plain on the top of the mountain has been completely soaked with wolf blood after today's fierce battle!

During the process of building the camp, the ground has been trampled upon by everyone and has now become sticky mud.

So these small branches and leaves are perfect for covering the ground or making a leaf pile for resting.

Otherwise, the ground is as sticky, hard and smelly as shit, and there is no place to sit, let alone sleep.

What about diet?

Although they didn't bring much dry food when they went into the mountains, the amount was enough for everyone to eat.

And there were so many fresh coyote carcasses around, a bonfire, and hunters who were experienced in surviving in the wild and skilled in making barbecues.

It wouldn't be too much for Sauron and his friends to have a barbecue party in the deep mountains, right?

Unfortunately, we were in a hurry when we entered the mountains and did not bring some salt and other seasonings, and the meat of the jungle wolf was rather woody after being roasted.

So even though there are good barbecue hunters, it is still very difficult to chew and eat the roasted wolf meat!

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After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Soran began to assign tasks!

The whole team consists of twenty-four people in total, still divided into three groups, with three knights each leading seven people to take turns on night duty.

Furthermore, the members of the Knights' Guard and the Hunters teams must be separated and mixed together to form each small group.

Finally, Sauron emphasized that no one could leave the camp before dawn.

The lord's original words were: All of you must stay in the camp obediently. If you want to pee, pee from the inside to the outside. If you want to poop, use a piece of wood to catch it and throw it outside after you're done. In short, no one can step out of the camp before dawn, otherwise you will be punished by military law and there will be no mercy.

Again, Soran didn't want the bloody plots seen in those rubbish TV dramas, where someone had to go to a secluded place to defecate and urinate and was ambushed and assassinated, to happen to him.

Because, that's so fucking stupid!

It's simply impossible to look at!

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In the mountains at night, the temperature drops quickly, which makes the mountain breeze a bit chilly.

If ordinary people do not pay attention to keeping warm in this kind of environment, they can easily get hurt and catch a cold.

Fortunately, there were four large burning braziers around, emitting billowing heat, dispelling the surrounding cold and forming a relatively stable warm layer.

Otherwise, the knight guards, hunters, and other ordinary people would shiver when they sleep.

Especially the members of the Knight Guard, they are not allowed to take off their armor when they sleep!

He really is wearing helmet and armor, sleeping with his weapons in his arms!

The armor made of iron would cool down faster, making them even more uncomfortable.

Of course, this slight drop in temperature will definitely not cause any harm to Soran, Ramos, and Doug Johnson, who have become official knights.

Given their physical fitness, unless the temperature drops below ten degrees, the so-called cooling will be of no use to them.

Oh, no, it is still of some use!

That can make them feel cooler!

It should be the second half of the night now, around four or five in the morning.

This is usually the time when people feel the most sleepy at night, and many things usually happen at this critical time.

Soran was a little worried, so he specially arranged to be on duty during this period of time.

In fact, with his status as the peak of the knight profession, even if he didn't sleep for a night, he could still be full of energy and vigor the next day.

But he still went to sleep for a while first!

After all, the night is long, my energy is high, my thoughts are running wild, and it’s a bit hard to endure!

In the forest at night, the moon is white, the moonlight is bright, the cool breeze is refreshing, the shadows of the trees are swaying, and the insects are chirping.

Suddenly, Sauron's heart skipped a beat!

Hey!

Something is wrong with this situation!