Their Separate Circumstances

Kronos was genuinely surprised that Gner could write such a passage. He chuckled softly, said nothing more, and returned to his room.

Less than an hour later, Kronos came downstairs carrying his suitcase.

Now that Gner has embarked on his journey, Kronos naturally cannot lag behind.

On the street, Kronos bought a carriage and drove it himself in the intended direction.

The Paz Valley is the main coffee-producing region in the entire Southern Continent.

The environment here feels more like a tropical rainforest. Driving along the roads here, the humid wind blowing on Kronos's face is quite pleasant.

Kronos had a much more comfortable journey than before, mainly because the carriages on the Southern Continent were really comfortable to sleep in.

As long as a Wall of Spirituality is erected at night, Kronos can sleep soundly in the carriage.

In fact, they passed through several villages along the way, but Kronos did not go to any of them.

He had already inquired and learned that the villages in the vicinity had all converted to Christianity and were now worshipping the True God, and would be protected by the church, so it was best not to provoke them for the time being.

After all, it's located on the outskirts of a major city. If something happens today, a team of Beyonder will arrive tomorrow and track them down to Kronos.

Therefore, Kronos's first stop must have been a village far from big cities, where people still worshipped the Death God but had little connection with the Numinous Episcopate.

To find such a village, you have to rely on your own observation and inquiries.

Park the carriage near the village, change your appearance, and then go around asking around and observing.

If anything seems amiss, Kronos will retreat immediately and never take any risks.

It took Kronos two days to finally find a village that basically met his criteria.

It took more than an hour of waiting to confirm all the conditions.

They finally decided to go into the village.

However, one thing is very important: the villages on the Southern Continent are mainly agricultural, so Kronos has no intention of going through the wish-granting process again. Otherwise, those farmlands alone would have drained his Spirituality.

It simply means that the feeling of worship and faith has been lost, and the performance might be slightly less effective, but that's not that important.

From that day on, a rumor spread through the Paz Valley: a capricious "Warlock" had appeared in the area.

This Warlock's Spell is very powerful, but he has a bad temper. Sometimes he will help people, but sometimes he may Punishment.

Kronos completely abandoned the path of worship and belief, and instead turned to simply believing, whether one liked or feared.

Although the rumor has been circulating for a long time, the church's influence is weak in the Paz Valley because there are no well-established cities.

They were too busy hunting down the Numinous Episcopate and the Rose School to have time to deal with Kronos.

Along the way, Kronos saw many Village, and in several of them, the worship was no longer that of the original Death God. Somehow, it had been replaced by the Artificial God of Death of Death from the Numinous Episcopate.

For Village like that, it's best to take a detour.

Moreover, on his journey, Kronos encountered Beyonder came to preach, most of whom were Fanatic of Sequence 9.

Completely cornered, Kronos finally finished them off, not even daring to take their Beyonder Characteristic for fear of them being corrupted.

No matter how difficult the journey may be, one thing is certain: the progress of digesting the Potion is quite remarkable.

At this rate, the Potion will be 90% digested before the caravan returns to Backlund.

By then, playing the Warlock will probably be no longer effective.

West Balam, the border between the colonies of the Loen Kingdom and the colonies of the Feysac Empire.

Alfred and Gner had barely arrived at West Balam's colony when they were immediately thrown into the war.

Originally, the Loen Kingdom only had one colony in the Southern Continent, and this one in West Balam was seized by the Loen Kingdom from the jaws of danger a few years ago.

This land originally belonged mostly to the local indigenous people, but there was nothing wrong with taking over the indigenous people's land.

However, the commander at the time had a sudden inspiration and launched a surprise attack on the Feysac Empire and the Republic of Intis, seizing a large amount of land.

This commander was a reckless nobleman who thought that after taking over these lands, he could make a name for himself and then quickly use his family's influence to transfer the land away and leave the mess to someone else.

Unfortunately, the Feysac Empire and the Republic of Intis reacted swiftly, mobilizing a large number of troops to counterattack, and the commander paid a heavy price.

Although the war gradually subsided due to checks and balances from other sides and reinforcements from the Loen Kingdom, friction along this border has never ceased.

In recent months, these frictions have intensified to the point of conflict, and the atmosphere has become particularly tense due to the sudden troop deployment by the Feysac Empire.

That's why the colony sought help from outside, which led to Alfred and his men sending reinforcements.

The Feysac Empire and the Republic of Intis seemed to have agreed to put pressure on the Loen Kingdom together, but their methods were completely different.

The Feysac Empire would directly send troops to the border, and then gradually send troops to engage in skirmishes and conflicts. Although it did not provoke a war, it still kept you from having any peace.

The Republic of Intis, on the other hand, was much more secretive. It didn't send troops or engage in conflict; instead, it conducted military training in the middle of the night, with shouts of battle deafening the heavens, startling the defending troops. But it didn't see a single enemy.

Given this difference in style, the first few batches of reinforcements were ultimately deployed to the Feysac Empire's defensive lines.

Alfred and Gner were on this side. Because of Alfred's rank and background, he was given the position of squad Captain, who could lead thirty men to patrol the border.

These thirty men are probably the same thirty who later defeated the thousand-strong force; Gner is currently in this squad.

"Gner, what do you think we should do if we run into someone later?" Alfred was going to the front lines for the first time, and he was quite excited.

But Gner was clearly much more relaxed. "What the hell? The Feysac Empire's reconnaissance squads are only three to five people. Once they start running, we can't catch them at all. If we encounter a large group, there are thousands of people. They'll smash you into mincemeat with just one punch each."

"Hahahaha." A soldier named Pagni laughed loudly beside him.

He dared to laugh because he was a good friend of Alfred's from East Balam, and he had come along this time.

Alfred was getting a little embarrassed. "So what if they have a thousand men? You'll see, I'll find a chance to fight them hard."

"Okay, okay, you're the best. You can do anything," Gner said in a tone that sounded like he was coaxing a child.

After spending this time together, Gner had completely figured out Alfred's personality.

Although they were all of noble birth, Alfred was different from Kronos and Philip. The latter two were more like mature adults with a touch of youthful spirit, while Alfred was like a child pretending to be an adult.

Perhaps his Hibbert Hall was more like Kronos and the others, after all, Hibbert was raised from childhood as the heir to the title.

This is also a cruel reality: Earl Hall never considered Alfred as a candidate for succession.

Perhaps after a few years on the battlefield, Alfred will become more composed and capable, but that will only prove that the battlefield is the place for him.

So now Gner treats Alfred like a child, but whenever he uses that tone, Alfred goes crazy.

Which child pretending to be an adult wouldn't go crazy when exposed? That's why a "battle" breaks out.

"Gner, I've told you so many times, I'm not a child, I don't need you to coax me!" Alfred Wrath and charged at Gner.

What can Gner do? Fight back? Then he can only hide.

As a result, the two of them ended up chasing and playing around on this tense border.

Alfred's squad had all come from East Balam as reinforcements. They had seen similar scenes several times on the ship before, so they had all been standing by and watching. How could they miss such a good show?

After the two playfully wrestled for a while, suddenly, Gner stopped running away and froze in place.

Alfred, unaware of what was happening, continued shouting as he charged toward Gner.

Perhaps because he was too noisy, Gner took action directly, knocking Alfred to the ground in two moves, restraining his movements with one hand and covering his mouth with the other.

Gner's sudden move puzzled everyone. They had scuffled more than once, but this was Gner's first counterattack.

Gner looked north, as if he were listening intently to something.

Seeing how serious and focused Gner was, no one went up to disturb him.

After a little over half a minute, Gner released his grip on Alfred.

"Run! A large contingent from the Feysac Empire is closing in!"

These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue. This group of people had patrolled the border several times, but they never expected that the first enemy they encountered would be a force of a thousand men.

At this point, no one questioned it anymore, because it didn't matter; if it really was a thousand-strong force, they would have seen it soon enough.

The 30-man squad quickly gathered their equipment and then retreated at Extreme Speed to their rear.

Sure enough, less than Three Minutes later, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground came from behind them, extremely noisy, indicating that there were definitely many people.