Chapter 742: A Sudden Invitation
Under the honing of their daily training, the Caradia soldiers quickly stood in line.
Gilbert turned around and glanced at the soldiers. He found that everyone"s eyes were also focused on him.
"You promised us to run slower," Abel patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Okay." Gilbert finally understood why everyone was staring at him. He said to everyone, "Get ready to set off."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gilbert took a step forward and lowered his upper body. As he moved forward, he confirmed the situation on the ground. One by one, he bypa.s.sed all the snake-woman tribe members who had planted the plague bomb.
His speed was much slower than yesterday. The soldiers trotted behind him.
"Today is much easier than yesterday," a soldier said happily as he ran.
"It"s all because of your poor physical strength that you almost couldn"t keep up. That"s why Gilbert slowed down for you." a soldier complained.
"We"re keeping our strength. Isn"t the work of building a camp tiring?" the soldier retorted, "Do you think everyone is like you, you"re a stupid pillar born with a lot of strength that can"t be used up."
"It"s too boring like this now." the taller soldier said dejectedly.
When the soldier at the side saw him like this, he moved closer to his ear and said, "I have an idea. When we rest tonight, you can go find that gnome and have a compet.i.tion to see who is better. Isn"t this much more interesting than you running behind him? You don"t have to drag everyone down."
When the soldier heard his words, his eyes lit up and he said, "Okay. But I"m not very familiar with that little guy. Can you help me contact him?"
"Why do you have so many people?" the soldier who gave the suggestion said with disdain, "Okay. I"ll help you arrange it. But in the future, when we march, don"t let me wander around like today."
"It"s settled." the soldier said happily.
"Oh right, What"s your name again? We need to have a name if we want ti invite that gnome" the slightly smaller soldier asked.
"Jeb, I"m a recruit who joined the army a year ago." the tall and strong soldier replied.
"Oh, then I"m your senior. I"ve been in Drondheim"s military camp for three years." the soldier was slightly surprised. "My name is Levin. I heard from your brother beside you that you were born with this size?"
"Yes, when I was born, I was heavier than ordinary people, and my bones were quite big." Jeb said.
"Why did you think of joining the army?" Since they were marching, he had nothing to do. Levin took the initiative to talk to Jeb and began to chat.
"My father originally planned to let me take over the family field and help with the work." Jeb thought for a while and explained, "But after I broke a few hoes, my father suggested that I join the army, and I was recruited."
"... I see." Levin stared at him with wide eyes and answered slowly.
The two of them continued to chat about the situation in their respective homes, and the dull and boring march became much more lively.
At noon, Abel glanced at the sun hanging high in the sky. Sun shone on them quite a lot of time on the plateau. After running alongside Gilbert for a few hours, his forehead was already covered in sweat.
Glancing at the compa.s.s in his hand, Abel called out to Gilbert, "Gilbert, stop."
"Okay." Gilbert stopped running and turned to look at Abel.
"It"s already noon. Let"s Find a place for the soldiers to rest for a while," Abel explained.
"Okay." After looking around, Gilbert took another step towards a shady area.
"Everyone, stop and rest." Seeing that Gilbert finally stopped, Abel ordered all the soldiers.
"There are no poison bombs in this area." Gilbert"s words drifted into Abel"s ears. Abel watched as Gilbert rubbed his arm and walked over.
"Got it." Abel replied to Gilbert.
Gilbert looked for Austin among the armored soldiers. After he saw Austin, a smile appeared on Gilbert"s face.
"I want to drink water."
Austin watched as a short figure jumped in front of him.
He paused when he raised the water bottle to his lips.
After seeing Gilbert"s face clearly, he bent down and handed the water bottle to Gilbert.
Gilbert raised the water bottle and gulped it down.
"Are you thirsty?" Austin looked at him and asked.
Gilbert shook his head. He thought to himself, "Ever since I spent more and more time with the humans, my eating habits have become like them.".
When Abel told him to stop, he felt his body calling out: water, water!
He didn"t know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Here you are." Gilbert handed the mostly empty water bottle back to Austin.
"Drinking more water is a good thing. It won"t cause constipation." Austin said as he smiled and stroked Gilbert"s head.
Gilbert glanced at him but didn"t reply.
The moment Gilbert returned to Austin"s side, their actions were noticed by Levin and Jeb.
"Hi!" After walking in, Levin greeted Austin.
Austin hurriedly swallowed the water in his mouth and replied, "h.e.l.lo, Captain Levin."
When Levin was training in Drondheim"s military camp, he had once trained Austin, who had just joined the army. Although they didn"t have much contact after that, the two of them could be considered to be familiar with each other.
Because Levin was a senior who had taken care of him before, even after he had been promoted, Austin still maintained respect for Levin. He also called him "captain".
"This comrade of yours is looking for your "son" for something. Can you give him a chance to communicate with him?" Recently, there had been a lot of news about Gilbert in the army. Even if Levin didn"t join in the discussion, he had heard quite a bit. In his eyes, if he wanted to talk to Gilbert about something, he had to use Austin as a breakthrough point. Otherwise, this little fellow wouldn"t care about what you said.
Therefore, he had come with the intention of making Austin loosen his tongue.
"This..." Austin put on a troubled expression.
To Levin"s surprise, Austin actually hesitated. In his impression, Austin would almost immediately agree to the requests of his seniors or superiors.
Seeing Austin hesitate to speak, Levin quickly added, "Jeb has always liked Gilbert. It"s really not a big deal to look for him."
"This..." Austin looked up at the burly soldier standing beside Levin, who hurriedly nodded. After exchanging a glance with Gilbert, he said, "Alright."