This was a dangerous distance which was close to the red line of most tribes. It was also a distance of war.
The army of huge bear tribe was about 1,000 km away from Eschyle City. However, the vanguard of the army was less than 400 km away from Sciatta Town in the west of Eschyle City.
By then, Zhang Tie had confirmed that Elzida did not cheat him. The entire huge bear tribe was a gift left by Elzida to him. As for Zhang Tie, who was destined to be the clan elder of huge bear tribe, all the commonest fighters and figures like Sarlin the Pontiff respected him very much. Each of his orders would be carried out resolutely, even if it was absurd and required huge bear tribe to pay a great price.
Take this time as an instance, Neymar of Spencer Clan had already guessed the original intention of his order for huge bear tribe to raid Eschyle City. Zhang Tie really wanted to confirm his ruling authority over huge bear tribe. If Elzida's prophecy had already lost its sacredness in huge bear tribe, then Zhang Tie would not be able to do anything to Eschyle City. Zhang Tie didn't have time to waste time on people who wanted to treat him as a puppet.
Elzida wanted Zhang Tie to shoulder a heavy responsibility for the future of huge bear tribe. Therefore, Zhang Tie needed to confirm that huge bear tribe was worth being responsible for. Otherwise, the prophecy of the great prophet Pontiff was just a crazy old man's delusion, which had no binding force on him at all. Zhang Tie didn't think that he owed anything to Elzida or Slavs. Neither had he reached any agreement or made any promise with anyone. Therefore, of course, he didn't need to be responsible for the future of Ice and Snow Wilderness.
Zhang Tie felt that he should be more responsible for O'Laura and Sabrina than for all the Slavs.
In Zhang Tie's plan, if he could really control huge bear tribe, then he would have the army stop moving forward. When the army of the huge bear tribe arrived at Sciatta Town, Zhang Tie told the army to stop moving forward and turn around towards the north in Sciatta Town. He would return to huge bear tribe. This action was like an armed patrol. If the huge bear tribe was not worth his responsibility, he would leave Ice and Snow Wilderness by boat from Eschyle City and return to Blackhot City.
Zhang Tie had ordered the vanguard of the tribal army to stop moving forward after arriving at Sciatta town and wait for the arrival of the tribal army. In the evening of the day after tomorrow, the allied forces would arrive at Sciata town. After resting for a day near Sciatta Town, the troops changed direction and returned to the tribe.
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Although he had only come out of the underground space for a few days, Zhang Tie had already felt that the temperature in Ice and Snow Wilderness was dropping day by day. The chilly wind blowing from the north was growing heavier. The entire Ice and Snow Wilderness started to enter a bleak winter.
In the evening, after the army pitched their tents, Zhang Tie directly came to the camp of Thor's Hammer for inspection.
Zhang Tie was very curious about such a powerful living being as xiphodon. Through these days' contact, Zhang Tie found that xiphodon was born to be a powerful mount. Although it might not be the most powerful mount in this age, at least it was the best and most powerful mount that Zhang Tie had ever seen.
Xiphodon's speed, endurance, bearing weight and comfort were the best among all the mounts that Zhang Tie had ever seen. According to people on his side, xiphodon could cooperate with its rider for a week in some harsh environment. This ability of xiphodon was enough to make Zhang Tie gasp in admiration.
The maximum speed of a xiphodon could reach 120 kilometers per hour, and an ordinary xiphodon could carry more than 1,500 kilograms of weight. An adult xiphodon weighed more than four tons, and an object with a total weight of nearly five to six tons was charging at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. Apart from the city walls, nothing could possibly stop it.
If not considering the speed of the army, Thor's Hammer had long arrived at Eschyle City yesterday.
In the camp of Thor's Hammer, the cavalries were taking off the battle armors of their xiphodon. Many cavalries were busy feeding and grooming xiphodon before eating anything. Watching those tough men serving xiphodon patiently, Zhang Tie dared to bet that these men would never serve their women in such a way at home.
As for these cavalries of Thor's Hammer, xiphodon was not their mount anymore; instead, it was their brothers, partners and family members. As for most of the cavalries, due to the long lifespan of xiphodon, they could at most become the closest partners with one or two xiphodon in their whole life. Therefore, they all cared about their partners very much.
"What's that?" Zhang Tie saw some cavalries taking out a purple, hat-sized round pancake and throwing it into the mouth of a xiphodon. The xiphodon was enjoying it. Therefore, Zhang Tie walked over there out of curiosity.
As long as he didn't pretend to be mysterious, Zhang Tie was actually not arrogant at all. He liked to get along with his subordinates very much. Like when he was in Blapei, Zhang Tie, who worked as a low-level bureaucrat in the logistics department of the army, often drilled in and out of the chassis of vehicles, causing him to be covered with grease. However, it was not an obstacle for him to do that at all.
However, if Zhang Tie lowered his status at that time, his subordinates would feel cordial; if he lowered his status at this moment, his subordinates would feel flattered and greatly encouraged. Zhang Tie was still the same Zhang Tie; however, his status was different. When he did the same thing, the effect would be different.
At the sight of Zhang Tie walking towards him, the cavalries of Thor's Hammer who were feeding xiphodon became thrilled at once as they hurriedly stood at attention.
"Calm down. I saw you feeding xiphodon with a strange thing, which was a bit different than what others fed. Therefore, I came here to take a look!" Zhang Tie said amiably. "What did you feed just now? Can you show it to me?"
"Commander, I'm feeding Senia with purple basil grass!" The soldier replied loudly as he passed a hat-sized round pancake to Zhang Tie.
After taking it, Zhang Tie found it was about 5-6 kg. It was a dried broad-leaved herb which was rolled into a pancake. Zhang Tie remembered that Sabrina once told him that xiphodon ate meat. That was what he saw these days. Most of the cavalries fed xiphodon jerky to xiphodon.
Coincidentally, Sabrina was on Zhang Tie's side. Therefore, Zhang Tie threw a doubtful glance at her.
"My clan head, don't look at me like that. I'm not lying to you …" Sabrina threw an enchanting glance at Zhang Tie, "Perilla is the specialty of Gozidari Plain. It's also the favorite food of xiphodon. Besides Gozidari Plain, it can't be found anywhere else across Ice and Snow Wilderness. Therefore, xiphodon could only be fed with meat. Even in Gozidari Plain, it's said that they don't plant too many perilla grasses. When there's no perilla grasses, they would replace it with meat."
'Xiphodon is an omnivore? ' Zhang Tie realized it at once. However, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was not strange at all. Many big land animals such as bears and elephants were all omnivores or herbivores. Weren't horses and cows also herbivores? Who dared say that they could not run fast and were not strong enough. Wasn't the largest and strongest dinosaur which had long been extinct in the legend also herbivores?
Zhang Tie silently bore the name of purple basil grass in mind. He wanted to see what was special about it when he arrived at Gozidari Plain.
After circling around Thor's Hammer, when Zhang Tie was going back, he suddenly found an airship flying towards the camp. Although that airship was not as exaggerated as fury-level airship, it was also huge. The shiny hull looked more brilliant in the air. There was a very eye-catching mark of a bear's head being surrounded by gears on the body of the airship.
"Eschyle City has sent you beauties?" Sabrina mischievously asked as she squinted her eyes towards Zhang Tie.
"They must be here to understand the intention of huge bear tribe!" Zhang Tie smiled.
"Haven't you heard about the proverb 'Spencer women'?" Sabrina asked.
"What do you mean?"
Sabrina then told Zhang Tie about this proverb which had been widely spread in Ice and Snow Wilderness, "I bet that the big figure of Spencer clan must have brought more beauties of Spencer clan here. It seems that they are going to seduce you with their beauty!"
"Is my image that bad? Do Spencer clan think that they could handle such a big event with only two women?" Zhang Tie said with a forced smile.
"It seems that I've implicated you!" Sabrina let out a sigh.
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he patted Sabrina's plump and perky butt regardless of the others' eyes. After that, he walked towards his own tent. "What are you talking about? As a man, how could I be afraid of being implicated by a woman? Let's go, let's take a look at the women of Spencer clan!"
Seeing Zhang Tie's casual look, Sabrina revealed a smile as she followed Zhang Tie towards his tent in the distance.
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