Chapter Forty-Eight Eve

  Bana City, as the capital of Sas Province, has a population of over 200,000 to 300,000. The entire city is surrounded by high walls of over ten meters in height, made of bluish-gray stone. Inside the city, at least one legion is stationed as a defensive force at all times.

  While troops were constantly transporting logs and grains from the city to the border cities, five people were discussing something in a hidden secret room inside a tall mansion in the center of Bana City.

  "Governor, all the grain and fodder have arrived, and several quarries are also ready." A middle-aged military officer with a blue uniform, blonde hair, and green eyes bowed his head to an elderly man sitting in the main seat, wearing luxurious clothes, with white hair and a face full of wrinkles. In the secret room, except for him standing, the other four people were seated.

  "Alright, have all the extra military pay been distributed?" The old man asked with an expressionless face.

  "It's been taken care of, sir. I handled it personally and didn't give those guys down there a chance to take advantage of the situation." The middle-aged soldier seemed to have anticipated this.

  "Hmm, General, how's it going on your side?" The old man turned his face to look at another middle-aged military officer who was sitting.

  This officer was also in blue military uniform with blond hair and green eyes, but on his chest he wore three small blue star-shaped medals, whereas the one who spoke earlier only had two.

  "Your Excellency the Governor can rest assured, the grain and fodder for the army, as well as the military pay and special personnel sent by the Military Council, have all arrived. My four legions are also fully prepared, waiting only for the snow to melt in spring before taking action." The seated man replied with an air of confidence.

  "That's good, but what about the patrol over there? This matter must be handled discreetly and absolutely cannot let those beastmen discover it." The old man seemed to be somewhat worried.

  "Last year, I had the patrol team draw up a detailed map of the border. In addition to finding good locations for buildings, we also need to find good vantage points to monitor the beastmen patrols. The three of us have already handpicked a group of capable warriors and formed a special hunting squad. After the spring thaw, they will be dispatched to take care of any beastmen who dare to cross over. If anyone is unlucky enough to stumble in, we'll make sure they don't leave."

  "We three hereby jointly order that from now on, no patrol team is allowed to take the initiative to attack the Beastman patrol team, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble." Another officer sitting there also added a sentence, this officer also had three star-shaped medals on his chest, obviously with the same status as the previous one.

  "Alright, since the three generals are all prepared, I won't say anything else. The garrison troops will definitely cooperate fully with you three." Hearing the two officers' responses, the old man smiled in satisfaction.

  "Ah, Governor, you have done your duty well. We will certainly explain to His Highness." The last seated officer spoke up, also with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a chest badge with three star-shaped medals, but his waist sword was the most luxurious compared to the previous two.

  "Alright, thank you, Lord Zachary. Our Hein family has always wanted to do more for Your Highness over the years. I hope you will also lend a hand when the time comes." Upon hearing the officer's words, the old man's smile grew even thicker.

  "Definitely, definitely..."

  Time flies, after several heavy snowfalls, another Beast God Festival has arrived. During this period, Liu Yu has been focusing on his cultivation. The colder the weather, the more peaceful the Beastman Kingdom and the Fano Empire are, and the more leisurely Liu Yu becomes.

  Today is the Beast God Festival, and the entire Fourth Legion has been given a holiday. Even the patrol teams, except for a few, have all withdrawn back. Anyway, the current weather also makes the border very safe. The Fourth Legion and the Second Battalion of the Wolf Tribe will distribute a lot of food, meat, and wine to the soldiers tonight, allowing them to celebrate freely. This has made the warriors of both armies very happy, after all, the Beastman Kingdom's food supply is usually quite tight, and the soldiers' usual fare is nothing special, let alone getting to drink wine.

  "Ivan, Tugla when are we going to get wine and cured meat." Liu Yu who was sitting on his own bed mat woke up from his reverie and found that the two guys were both inside the tent surrounding the fire basin roasting fire, now it's almost afternoon Liu Yu and they should go to collect their food.

  In the past six months, Tugela and Liu Yu, Ivan have handled their relationships with new recruits well. His talent is average, currently only in the mid-term of the 4th rank Da Dou Shi, but he cultivates very hard. Liu Yu and Ivan, who are much stronger than him, often give him some pointers within their ability, and everyone becomes more familiar with each other.

  "Let's wait a bit, Lord Geli and the others have not returned from their errand yet, let's wait for them together." Ivan spoke up first, along with six other warriors including Geli who had been gone all day. Everyone was in one fire, Geli was still the superior of Liu Yu and the others, Ivan could think of this at this time which was indeed more considerate than Liu Yu.

  "Alright, let's just wait for them to come back." Liu Yu thought about it and realized that he indeed hadn't thought of Ge Li and the others. They had all been through a fire together, and yet he hadn't even considered this. He really wasn't good at handling these human relationships, Liu Yu silently reminded himself to pay attention to such things in the future.

  "Ah, let me warm up too." Liu Yu got up from the ground and ran to the fire basin in the center of the tent with Ivan and Tugela to warm themselves by the fire. The weather was indeed very cold, making people not want to leave the tent at all.

  "Alexander, what does 'Dòu qì sù xíng' mean in the third layer of the incantation? I've tried it several times but can't achieve the effect described," Tugela asked as Liu Yu approached. Having been together for so long, Tugela had some questions about his Dòu qì and seemed more willing to ask Liu Yu than Ivan, who apparently explained things more clearly.

  "It means......" Liu Yu answered Tugela's questions casually while enjoying the warmth brought by the brazier.

  "Come and help us, kids." After a while, a sudden call came from outside the tent, and Liu Yu heard that it was the voice of Huo Wei. The three of them immediately ran out, and outside the tent, in the heavy snow, Ge Li and six other soldiers were wearing thick brown canvas clothes, with many things wrapped in canvas in their arms. Their shoulders and heads had a lot of accumulated snow, and at first glance, they looked like snowmen.

  "Hurry up, you stinky kid, what's with the dawdling?" Ge Li yelled loudly at Liu Yu and the others as he and six other soldiers carried things towards the tent. Meanwhile, Liu Yu and the other two hastily ran over to take some packages from their hands and helped carry them into the tent.

  "What is this thing?" Liu Yu pinched the soft object in his arms, which didn't seem like a weapon.

  "Good stuff, you'll see later." Geli said with some complacency.

  As they approached the tent, all the packages were placed on the ground. Liu Yu, who was full of curiosity, opened them one by one. It turned out that inside were several leather bags of wine and a large quantity of fresh meat. Although these meats had quickly frozen into ice blocks, they could still be vaguely identified as freshly killed animal meat. As for what kind of meat it was, Liu Yu had no idea.

  "Sir, these things were distributed in the camp." Tugela asked on the side.

  "This is such a good thing, the camp will be delighted! We spent all day killing that first snow cow, and the wine was traded from those wolf people for some of the meat." Before Glei could speak up, another warrior, Dadi, spoke out, his expression full of joy and pride.

  Liu Yu finally understood that Ge Li had taken the six old soldiers to go hunting today. The snow cow is a wild beast on the edge of the plateau, with very delicious meat, and the beast warriors all love to eat its meat, but this guy rarely appears normally, only in such cold weather can it not hibernate and has to come out to forage, so the opportunity to catch it is greater. As for the wine obtained in exchange, drinking wine has a good warming effect in this cold weather, so the warriors in the army all love to drink wine, and the wolf tribe's territory in the south, of course, the wolf tribe warriors of the Second Legion have a way to get extra wine.

  "Alright, stop chit-chatting, you few hurry up and deal with the meat, the others follow me to get the stuff from the campsite. Today is Beast God Festival, let's have a good time! Brothers, today we'll drink to our heart's content." Glei also had a hint of pride and smile on his face, but as an officer, he still needed to command everyone at this moment.

  This freezing weather Liu Yu and they all hid in the tent, Ge Li actually went hunting. And left Liu Yu and three new recruits in the tent, let them directly enjoy the snow beef, thinking of this Liu Yu was quite moved.

  In winter, it gets dark very early, and Liu Yu and his family had just finished preparing dinner when night fell.