Sera Kingdom, Griffin Mountains.
The team of the Lantern Merchant Guild was driving on top of Northwind Avenue. The quiet Mountain Forest around them was somewhat unsettling. The people in the caravan could only rely on their own voices to make Dispel panic.
But suddenly, the exclamation disturbed the calm of the caravan.
"Orcs, Orcs is here!"
"The tree is broken, blocking the way!"
"Guards, where are the guards?"
A series of panicked voices echoed in the front, making the people behind them nervous as well, not knowing what was happening in front of them.
Suddenly, from the woods on both sides of the road, Orcs rushed out, looking greedily at the human caravan, and then rushed out.
"Stop them!"
A group of people wearing animal skins jumped out of the crowd, and the strong man headed by brandished a machete and slashed at Orcs.
In an instant, the chaotic battle and the chaotic crowd were clearly distinguished.
The thirty-four Orcs were finally repelled, and the warriors holding weapons and wearing animal skins leaned against the carriage panting. They also lost many companions in the life-and-death battle.
"Thank you everyone at Savage Bear."
The leader of the caravan came to these people and handed some silver coins. The soldiers sitting on the ground also stood up, and they regained their strength.
"This is what we Savage Bear Adventurer Group should do."
The strong man at the head took the money bag and was a little happy. This was an additional gain in addition to his own reward.
The person in charge of the caravan pulled the leader "Savage Bear" aside and whispered.
"Mr. Grayk, I wonder if you have any ideas to earn more silver coins, or even - Gold Coin?"
The person in charge's words made Grayk hesitate. Of course he wanted to earn more money. The reason for forming the adventure group was because he wanted to hunt Orcs to obtain Gold Coin from the Braveheart Guild.
But he understands that if this person earns more, he may be in trouble.
"Mr. Grayk, please think about it. If there is no reply when Andara Kingdom arrives, I will treat it as your rejection. Then I will go to Feral Wolf Adventurer Group. I heard that their leader, Mr. Sack, was the first brave man to form an adventure group."
The caravan continued to move forward, and somewhat unexpectedly, the chamber of commerce was attacked by Orcs five or six times in succession.
Grayk finally realized something was wrong.
"What exactly are you transporting?!"
Grayk went to the caravan leader and asked that Orcs's frequent attacks were unreasonable, because the news he received was that Sera Kingdom's army had already cleaned up Orcs in the North, and there shouldn't be so many Orcs here.
Otherwise, he would not have accepted the task of guarding the caravan.
"This is not your responsibility, Mr. Grayk."
The caravan leader said coldly.
Then he asked Grayk.
"Mr. Grayk, you must be short of money. I heard that many of you, Savage Bear Adventurer Group, have died recently."
Grayk fell silent. What he lacked was not just money.
He was once a subject of Northwind City. Since it was the city of the Empire, they Northwind City city dwellers did not have lords. In other words, Governor of Northwind was their manager and the emperor was their lord.
But as Count Winter is no longer Governor of Northwind, Marquis of Northwind no longer lives in Northwind City, and the new Marquis of Northwind is still a baby, Northwind City has completely declined.
However, the biggest reason is because of the emergence of Northwind Avenue, which makes Zero Crossing City gradually succeed Northwind City as the most prosperous city in Northwind Province, and chambers of commerce no longer appear on a large scale in Northwind City.
As a result, the income of the people of Northwind City dropped by many levels, and many families began to make ends meet, and even had to become slaves of the nobles.
This is unreasonable, but this is where Northwind Province and Emperor Imperial Capital don't care.
Grayk is not the eldest son in the family. When he grew up, he did not receive the greatest support from his family, and the house he was assigned was beyond his ability to adapt to.
Finally, he sold his things to his brother and came to Zero Crossing City with two silver coins. He became an adventurer by virtue of his natural strength and fierceness.
He still remembers how excited he was when he got the first Gold Coin from the Braveheart Guild. He didn't get out of bed that night.
He wants to stay in Zero Crossing City and have a new life of his own, but this requires money, a lot of money.
"What did you say before?"
Grayk finally asked, he needed money, and the person in charge in front of him finally said with satisfaction:
"Mr. Grayk, it seems you agreed."
He pointed to the most gorgeous carriage in the caravan and said:
"Do you know what is being transported here? That is what Andara Kingdom King wants. We Lantern Merchant Guild spent tens of thousands of Gold Coin to trade it from a down-and-out noble."
"And now, it will be able to bring back a reward of one hundred thousand Gold Coin for the Lantern Merchant Guild in the hands of the Andara Kingdom King."
Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, etc. Gold Coin, Grayk felt numb after hearing it, and then the body was shaking.
"You want me to steal this item?"
The person in charge was startled and looked at Grayk warily.
"What did you say? If you dare to steal, Lantern Merchant Guild will hunt you to the ends of the earth. The nobles cannot tolerate you, and no one can save you."
"What theft, this thing must be handed over to King of Andara, but before that, our noble master discovered a secret on this thing."
"There is a treasure buried in Northern Lands. You know, Northlands has a lot of wealth. Why does Baron Ryan master Frozen Earth Territory He generously offered Gold Coin as a reward for Orcs's head? Is it because he wanted to kill Orcs and seize Northlands's wealth?"
Many people in Zero Crossing City agree with this statement, because they really can't understand why Baron Ryan would take out so many Gold Coin for no reason. Some people say that they have already taken out hundreds of Gold Coin. That's hundreds of Gold Coin. A family cannot earn that much Gold Coin in a thousand years.
"King of Andara Your Majesty wants to obtain the wealth of Northlands. After all, we all know during this period that Andara Kingdom even needs to buy food from the Empire."
"But, what does this have to do with you."
The person in charge looked at Grayk and said angrily:
"No one knows the wealth of the treasure, and the treasure does not belong to the Andara Kingdom. If we could find it one step ahead..."
Andara Kingdom, the land in the northwest.
This place is close to the Griffin Mountains. After ten days of waiting, Grayk discovered that Lantern Merchant Guild invited not only his family, but also Feral Wolf Adventurer Group. In addition, there were other people, even knights. Grayk took a few glances and was not sure if some of them were the devil Mages.
He guessed that no one knew that Lantern Merchant Guild had such a big move.
A group of nearly two hundred people entered Northlands from here. When the wind and snow made his neck feel cold, Grayk knew that he regretted it.
"Damn, why is it so cold?"
Some people in the team wrapped their clothes tightly and cursed, but soon everyone fell into shock.
They looked at the messy world on the right, as if some terrible entity had plowed through it, destroying the mountains and woods, leaving a ferocious path on the ground. At this moment, this path was covered with snow, but it still allowed everyone to see the cause of it at a glance.
"Northlands, is it so scary?"
"Ignore it and move on."
The team did not go directly north, Grayk could feel it, but one day later, they actually met other people.
These people were wearing Wolfskin cloaks and walking on the snow. There were White Wolf pulling sleds with supplies covered with linen.
"It's Frozen Earth Territory's person."
Grayk recognized it at a glance. This was the badge of Frozen Earth Territory, but how could someone from Frozen Earth Territory appear here? This place is already far away from Frozen Earth Territory, right?
"It's a caravan."
In the crowd, the people who belong to the Lantern Merchant Guild can be seen at a glance. Their sophisticated eyes can even capture the immaturity of this team. However, just appearing here still shocked these old businessmen.
This is the caravan of Northlands, Frozen Earth Territory appearing here?
"What are they dealing with?"
On the other side, White Wolf discovered humans, but Frozen Earth Territory's caravan took one look here and turned away.
The Lantern Merchant Guild people did not contact these Frozen Earth Territory people and continued to move forward, but soon they discovered the footprints in front of them.
"Are we heading in the same direction as them?"
Some are surprised, then skeptical.
"Frozen Earth Territory Have you discovered the treasure?"
Grayk thought so too, and beside him, the most famous leaders Sack and Feral Wolf Adventurer Group also gathered over and called on their adventure groups to act together.
"I have fought side by side with the knights of Frozen Earth Territory. They are very powerful. I won't do it until I can."
"Don't forget, we all rely on the Braveheart Guild to earn Gold Coin. If Frozen Earth Territory hadn't blocked the route to Northlands recently, how could we have traveled so far for a few silver coins."
The adventure group reached a consensus, mainly because they were afraid of being liquidated by the Braveheart Guild afterwards.
However, not long after that, they discovered Andara Kingdom's army.
"It's the army!"
These more than a hundred people were a little panicked. Isn't it too difficult for them to face the army? Moreover, the number of this army was at least 500 people.
"Don't panic, they are not our enemies."
Lantern Merchant Guild just wants a share of the treasure paper, not a war with the Andara Kingdom's army.
Moreover, the army did not notice them standing higher. When the army left, Lantern Merchant Guild's adventure team set off again.
Ahead, Frozen Earth Territory's caravan.
The leading man named Worby took off his cloak and hood, shook off the snow on it, and headed towards the Snow Mountain valley ahead alone.
"Your Excellency Raglov, you are us, the subjects of Frozen Earth Territory, and the attendants of Baron Ryan."
Worby shouted loudly, only loudly, because if the sound was too small, it would be thought to be the buzzing of mosquitoes.
The ground shook slightly, the snow shook off, and a tall figure covered in hair came out.
Frost Giant is tall, but here is a Frost Giant Tribe with more than twenty Frost Giant. The Frost Giant of this tribe has a gentle personality, so after Frost Dragon, it became the second place with good trade trust with Frozen Earth Territory.
From the current point of view, Frozen Earth Territory has not benefited from Frost Giant, but in a place like Northlands, you can meet gentle beings, and Ryan doesn't mind reaching some trust with them.
"This is a gift to you this quarter, Your Excellency Raglov. This is the last time we enter Northlands this year. The next time we will have to wait until March next year."
"Thank you, my friends."
The tall Frost Giant looked at the tiny humans standing in the snow valley, grabbed the sleds behind them and hugged them in his arms. White Wolf was so frightened that his hair was all over his body and his teeth were bared.
"This gem is for Baron Ryan. Say hello to him for me."
Raglov placed a finger-sized gem on his finger.
Falling on the ground, there was a gem larger than Worby's entire body. He looked at the blue gem in front of him, with radiance flowing inside. It seemed to be some kind of extraordinary item.
Holding the gem, they were about to go back.
"Worby Boss, the army appears behind you."
"Army?"
Worby looked into the distance, and as expected, hundreds of fully armed soldiers appeared at the end of his field of vision. Besides Frozen Earth Territory, there were other people who would enter the world of Northlands.
"It's the flag of the Andara Kingdom."
Walking into the book, Worby saw clearly that he had followed Ryan to the Andara Kingdom to participate in the war.
"We are from Frozen Earth Territory!"
Someone in the team shouted loudly as the army approached. Hearing their words, the army became surprised and nervous.
"Frozen Earth Territory people, why are you here?"
"This is Northlands. Anyone can appear here, but you, Andara Kingdom's army, were sent here by His Majesty the King? Winter is about to enter, what are you doing in Northlands?"
Worby asked, and facing Frozen Earth Territory, Baron Ryan's name was still on top of their heads, not to mention that Ryan was still the noble status of the Andara Kingdom.
"His Majesty the King sent us to find something."
The leading knight looked at the big gem behind Worby and was a little shocked. There was such a big gem?
"Looking for something?"
Worby frowned, then asked no more questions.
"You can leave. We have to go back to Frozen Earth Territory. We won't come back to Northlands this year. You can't bear the winter of Northlands. I advise you to go back as soon as possible."
The knight, the leader of the army, could not go back, so he had to lead the army towards the snow valley.
"Stop, you can't go here, there are friends of Frozen Earth Territory here."
Worby's voice is very loud. This is not for these people to listen, but for Frost Giant to hear, so that Frost Giant knows that he and others have nothing to do with this army.
"We got the order from King."
The knight said that Worby also felt a headache. He could not let this army cause the collapse of the trust that was finally established between Frozen Earth Territory and Frost Giant.
"Is this your destination?"
After the knight hesitated, he took out a magic disk with a red dot on it.
"It's still further away, about two hours away."
"Then you go around. This is not your destination, but there are friends of Master Baron Ryan here."
The name Ryan made the knights hesitate. After thinking about it, they still planned to take a detour. They could not represent King and Baron Ryan.
"Quick, lead them the way, in this ice and snow..."
Worby pointed at a person and said, leading the way, and at the same time keeping an eye on this army to prevent them from sneaking into the valley.
When the army left, Worby and these people did not evacuate, but thought of the recent past.
"Did we meet another team before?"
"Wait a minute, we'll go back tomorrow."
When entering Northlands, you don't need to bring anything, but sleeping bags and tents are indispensable. Otherwise, when you wake up in the morning, your eyelids and lips will freeze.
Soon, Lantern Merchant Guild's team also passed by here. Similarly, Worby asked them to take a detour and told them that the kingdom's army also went there.
"They are here to find those Goblins."
Behind him, the outline of Frost Giant in the wind and snow was exposed due to his actions. What shocked Worby was that so many people before had not discovered the existence of Frost Giant. They, the wind and snow, and this Snow Mountain were merged together.
"Goblin?"
After turning around and being surprised, Worby asked:
"Northlands also has Goblin?"
"Yes, there are many. Because the surface is too cold, they live in underground caves."
For Frost Giant, humans are all a type of Goblin, but the Goblin he talks about is not a human being, but some kind of powerful, evil monster who serves a certain kind of Great Being.
"They sacrifice their Deities and sometimes rob our Snow Mountain stone."
Frost Giant said, they were all the targets of being snatched by Goblin. Are these Goblin too powerful?
After Quick came back, Worby did not choose to return to Frozen Earth Territory. He planned to stay here to see the situation. Master Baron should be very satisfied with what happened to Northlands.
Frost Giant took them in and asked them to set up tents in the snow valley where they would not be blown by the wind and snow.
In the North, an army of five hundred people rushed into the underground cave, and then a bloody fight broke out with Goblin.
"Ah——"
"What are these damn things?"
"How could this happen? How could this happen!"
Of the five hundred soldiers, less than two hundred escaped, but Goblin from the cave chased them out and began to massacre these two hundred people.
The team of the Lantern Merchant Guild who followed were also frightened by the sudden scene in front of them.
"What are you doing standing still? Run away!"
Grayk looked at the Goblin in front of him who had dark skin, pointed ears like Elves, and a face like a wolf and leopard. He was frightened for a moment, and was suddenly pulled by Sack next to him and ran away into the distance.
"Why is there such a monster here? Did you see it? The knight's long sword slashed on its skin, leaving only a white mark."
"There are no treasures here, only monsters!"
"No, there are. Look at the spears in their hands. They are spears polished with precious stones."
Someone turned around and saw that the tops of the weapons in the hands of those black Goblin monsters were inlaid with sparkling gems.
There is indeed a treasure, but it is protected by powerful monsters.
In the snow valley, Worby and others waited for the two treasure hunting teams, but the two teams that originally had close to 700 people now only have about 150 people left. Moreover, it seems that those Goblin are still chasing after them, and there is a high possibility that they will not stop until they are all killed.
"Is this Goblin?"
Worby was surprised. It was completely different from what we knew before. These Goblin were stronger, not in height, but in the muscles all over their bodies. The skin on their bodies was cracked like a dry river bed, but Worby could see clearly that there was some kind of liquid flowing in the cracks in the skin.