Chapter 34 Divergence and Reunion
As Xin Sheng expected, Cassandra's home was empty.
There was nothing valuable in the manor in the wilderness, and Cassandra was too lazy to even close the door.
The next morning, Xin Sheng, who had already developed a good routine, woke up early.
Cassandra has not come back yet, and should have been pursuing Fubai's whereabouts overnight.
"Dadalos."
Xin Sheng stretched out his left arm, and the golden eagle who had slept on the roof for a night flapping its wings and landed.
In addition to the bedroom of Cassandra in the house, there is also a messy bed on the roof, which should be the residence of the homeless little girl Fubai.
Daedalus slept beautifully last night as a temporary nest.
The first thing to solve when getting up early in the morning is the food problem. Last night, Xin Sheng and Rhubarb filled their stomachs with fish, and today he wanted to change his taste.
Not long after, Daedalus, who was released by Xin Sheng for morning transportation, flew back, and he grabbed a fat hare under his claws.
“Very good, our breakfast has been settled.”
He simply used a hunting knife to end the hare's pain. Xin Sheng quickly opened his intestines and blew his stomach, and threw the hare's heart, liver, lungs and torn tenderloin to Daedalus.
It was inconvenient to eat too much in the morning, so Xin Sheng left only two hind legs to roast them, and the rest of the cut off the head was handed over to rhubarb.
The golden eagle quickly settled the breakfast, and Xin Sheng once again released Daedalus to the sky, allowing it to find the whereabouts of Kassandra and Natiya.
The aroma of roasted rabbit legs was floating in front of Cassandra's house. The rhubarb, which was gnawing raw meat, was tempted by the fragrance, raised her head, stared at the delicious food in the owner's hand and licked her tongue.
Take out the wrapped salt from the travel bag behind your waist and sprinkle it on the rabbit's legs. Xin Sheng hijacked the rhubarb that was sticking out his tongue.
"Go~ You have more food than me, don't stare at me."
“Woo~”
Dahuang showed a pitiful expression, turned around and approached from the other side, and put her front legs on the owner's thigh to ask for food.
The weight of rabbit legs is only a little bit, and Xin Sheng can solve it in just a few bites.
Seeing Dahuang's "resentful" look, Xin Sheng rubbed its head and said, "Let's talk about it if you have the chance in the future. We still have something to do today."
"Wang!"
Kefalonia is not big...at least not big for the golden eagle Daedalus.
After being released into the sky by its owner, it soon discovered the target.
To be precise, he discovered his own kind of golden eagle Icarus, who was tamed by Kassandra.
"Cry!"
Through simple communication with Daedalus, Xin Sheng determined the location of Cassandra.
"Then...it seems to be called Kausos Village, right?"
According to information provided by locals, the valley area in which Daedalus is now circling, is called Pari's Curse Valley, and there is a small village as a gathering place.
The one-eyed man's nest is also built in this valley that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, according to the information sent back by Daedalus, the One-Eyed Man was not in his lair, and Kassandra was sneaking in with Natiya, perhaps for some other purpose.
"Shh!"
Calling Daedalus back through a loud whistle, Xin Sheng ordered it to turn around and fly towards the direction of the Prouni Peninsula.
The Prouni Peninsula is located in the southeast of Kefalonia. At this time, the One-Eyed Man took about half of his men to sit in the Gulf of Criputos, trying to "persuade" the captain and crew of the Adriestia.
...
"die!"
The sharp and sharp spear stabbed into the back of a robber, and the blood that shot out splattered onto Kassandra's leather armor.
The surface of this set of leather armor was soaked with a lot of blood, and the original color of the leather armor dyed dark red was no longer visible.
"Swoosh!"
Natiya, who remained above the valley, was not idle when Kassandra sneaked into the one-eyed nest to perform the assassination operation.
The arrow that cut through the sky shot a robber in the head that just turned around.
Although he failed to shoot through the hard skull, the additional force on the arrow knocked the robber into the arrow out of sight, and the blood quickly eroded his scalp and hair.
Although Kassandra agreed to let Natiya join the actual combat, she still hoped to keep her from danger as much as possible and specifically asked her to provide remote support from high places.
Natiya was a little dissatisfied with Kassandra's arrangement. She didn't want to hide in the dark and fire the arrows, but she hoped to rush into the battlefield openly and fight head-on with the enemy.
Nearly 50 people stayed in the one-eyed man's nest, and Kassandra and Natiya did not intend to kill everyone.
Kassandra had rescued the captured Fubo, and at her request, he also went to the village of Kausos to rescue Fubo's friends.
However, when Kassandra and Natiya arrived at the village of Causos, this once rather lively small village had completely changed.
All the buildings in the entire village were burned down, and some dark fires that had not yet been extinguished could even be seen.
The only living family in the village is the family to which Fubai's friends belong.
When Kassandra arrived, the family was surrounded by a priest and guards, and was about to start killing them.
After learning, it turned out that a plague occurred in this village.
The last family was also found infected, and the priests planned to kill them to prevent future troubles and prevent the spread of the plague throughout Kefalonia.
The medical technology of this era is still very backward, unable to treat, and even unable to identify the source of the plague, so the priests can only take this worst approach.
The young Natiya was very dissatisfied with the priest's decision to give up her life. When she was about to come forward to argue, the experienced Kassandra stopped her.
At Kassandra's insistence, the two allowed the priest to kill the last source of infection in the village of Kaussos, but Natiya was a little dissatisfied with Kassandra who was unsuccessful because of this incident.
“Finally found.”
Kassandra successfully found what she wanted from the one-eyed man's nest - an obsidian prosthetic eye.
"withdraw."
When Cassandra led Natiya away from the camp and returned to Marcos' vineyard, the unstoppable guards of the nest were then aware of the body, and the entire camp was completely infuriated.
...
When Cassandra learned from Marcos where the one-eyed man was going, and moved towards Criptos Bay with the bad-looking Natiya, Xin Sheng had already arrived at the destination first.
Kreptos Bay is a fjord, and the heights of this port village vary greatly.
At this time, Xin Sheng stood at the highest point outside the fjord and could intuitively see the scene in the entire village.
According to the residents of Sami, there was also a glorious period in Criptous Bay.
With the start of the Second Peloponnese War, the maritime trade in Kefalonia was greatly impacted, and the Bay of Kreptos, which mainly relied on trade to support life, was the first to bear the brunt.
The maritime blockade of the two major city-states led to a significant reduction in merchant ships traveling to and from Kefalonia, and it became increasingly difficult for local residents to maintain their lives, so they had to leave Kefalonia helplessly.
Before the one-eyed man occupied this port, there were several villagers living in Kreptos Bay who were struggling to stay in the old village.
These innocent people who were unwilling to evacuate eventually became one-eyed ghosts, and the entire port village was completely abandoned.
The One-Eyed Man intends to transform this place into his pirate port.
"Crazy~"
Daedalus, who had landed from a high altitude, landed on the owner's outstretched left arm.
Through the special communication method established with Daedalus, Xin Sheng learned about the total number and distribution of robbers in the village.
"Are there 45? It's a bit too many."
Xin Sheng subconsciously touched the bridge of his nose. After a brief thought, he decided to hold on for the time being.
"Wait first, Kassandra should be here soon, let her help us attract some of our attention."
When it comes to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
While Xin Sheng was still observing and recording the patrol routes of the robbers in the village, the crisp eagle cries first came into his ears.
Chapter completed!