The next day, it started drizzling.
The entire Rivendell Valley was plunged into a fog as thick as porridge.
At this time Regis played a huge role.
Every time when Maximus led the way, everyone lost their way or got stuck in the mire deep in the swamp.
Regis all stood up in time and volunteered to explore the road. It won't take long for them to be redirected back to the right direction.
Maximus was deeply grateful for this, but also full of doubts.
How could an unarmed barber doctor know the Rivendell Valley on the south bank of the Yaruga River so well?
It's almost like being a local.
It was just the spirit of chivalry that allowed him to hide these doubts deep in his heart.
Actually Lynn knows.
It's not that Regis understands the terrain here.
Rather, it has abilities that ordinary humans do not have.
Regis is a high-level vampire, he can turn into a ball of mist.
Turning into mist to find the way is naturally much more efficient and easier.
Although there was almost no dry ground in the humid wilderness, no one encountered even a single monster.
Of course, the roar of Ghoul and the wail of the banshee could indeed be heard at night, and pale will-o'-wisps could also be seen in the swamp, but nothing major happened from beginning to end.
They traveled in Rivendell for five days, and when they finally emerged from the wet wilderness, the rain stopped.
The wind blew away the fog and moist vapor, and the sun penetrated the clouds, making the snow-covered mountain tops shine.
Tall and jagged mountains covered with ice and snow reflected the sun in the south, blocking their way.
That is Amell Mountains
Among the ruthless mountains, the most prominent one is the majestic and steep "Devil Peak" Gaogong Mountain.
It stands above the jagged outline of the Amell Mountains, like a sharp-edged obelisk.
Amell Mountains ruthlessly split the continent into two.
If northerners want to go south, they can either start from Cintra and then pass through the Manada Valley.
Or just like Lynn and his team.
Amell Mountains over the mountains.
"No wonder the Nilfgaard army would rather fight a decisive battle with Cintra in the Manada Valley in the First Northern War than take the road from Toussaint, cross Amell Mountains, pass through the Rivendell Valley, and then go straight to the weaker Lyria and Soden."
"Although this Amell Mountains is not as difficult as the Yinping Trail, it is much more difficult than the Manada Valley."
Although Cintra was quickly defeated in the First Northern War, Cintra was actually not weak.
The reason why the Battle of Manada, which decided the fate of the kingdom, ended in a disastrous defeat and led to the rapid collapse of the entire country was mainly due to the fact that the upper echelons of Cintra made major mistakes in the intelligence and judgment they had on Nilfgaard.
"Cintra's Lioness" Calanthe thought that the Battle of Manada would be just a border conflict like the Battle of Hauchebuz in 1233.
She never expected that the Nilfgaard people came to annex the entire Cintra.
That's what war is like.
One mistake can determine the fate of a country.
A strong wind blew from the direction of the Amell Mountains, accompanied by ghostly screams, shouts and wailing.
The clouds passing across the sky formed strange shapes.
The moonlight turned as bright as blood.
Before dawn, they were awakened by the frantic cries and flapping of many nightjars.
They set out before sunrise, because after a while, the sunlight reflected from the snow on the top of the mountain would be too bright to look directly at.
By the time the sun peeked over the mountains, they had already traveled a long way.
By the way, the sky is filled with clouds long before the sun rises.
They rode through the forest, and the change in the types of trees showed that the terrain was getting higher and higher.
The oaks and hornbeams were gone, replaced by dark beech trees.
The ground smelled of mold and was covered with thick leaves, cobwebs and fungi, among which mushrooms were particularly abundant.
Nature has created a veritable torrent of fungi, and in some places the beech trees are almost completely covered by the caps of toadstools and Amanita muscaria.
The beech forest was silent, as if most of the birds had migrated away, and only the hoarse cries of crows echoed at the edge of the jungle.
They listened to the silence, and then spruce trees suddenly appeared and the smell of resin filled the air.
They stepped onto the barren hills and ridges more and more frequently, and every time they did so, the wind would blow in their faces.
The Nevi River was undulating and foaming, but despite the rain, the water was crystal clear.
Gaogong Mountain loomed on the horizon, getting closer and closer to them.
On the jagged edges of the mountains they could see glaciers and snow, as if the peaks were wrapped in a white scarf.
The top of Devil's Peak is always surrounded by clouds, like a mysterious bride covering her head and neck.
Sometimes, Gaogong Mountain is as graceful as a dancer in a white dress.
It was a beautiful but deadly sight: collapsing snowdrifts sliding down a steep hillside, sweeping away everything in their path.
The snow will slide all the way to the base of the mountain, pass through the Nevi River and the Shansreto Valley, then pass through the Theodora Pass, and finally fall into the lake in the mountain.
The sun finally broke out of the clouds, but it did not shine for long, and soon disappeared behind the mountains in the west, leaving the sky illuminated by purple and golden firelight.
Finally, after riding horses through the canyons carved out by the fast and wide Shansreto River, they arrived at the Theodora Pass on the northwest border of Toussaint.
"Sir Maximus, welcome back."
"Me too, Captain Damien."
The short-haired man gave Maximus a fierce hug. After the two separated, the short-haired man looked over.
"So... well, these three are the demon hunters that you traveled thousands of miles north and went through all the trouble to find?"
Maximus quickly introduced.
"Yes, these two are Master Geralt and Master Lynn of School of the Wolf;"
"This is the barber doctor Regis we met at Brugge;"
"Two masters, and His Excellency Regis, this is the captain of the guard stationed at Theodora Pass, Damien de la Tour."
Lynn and Geralt nodded to each other.
Regis showed his elegant demeanor as always. "Hello, Captain."
Lynn looked at Damien.
At this time, Damien still had hair and was younger than he remembered.
Let me say one more thing by the way.
Lynn had never paid special attention to Damien's full name before.
Now when I heard Maximus' introduction, I noticed that Damien actually came from the noble family of Toussaint.
In Toussaint, only nobles from a well-born family are allowed to add the aristocratic particle "" in front of their surname to distinguish them from others.
Literally translated, it means "Damien from the famous Tour family".
But for example, Maximus' full name is Maximus Norris Maclino, which is different.
His name is Maximus.
The family name was Maclinor, and Norris was his father's name.
As soon as you hear this name, you will know that he does not have a fiefdom, nor does he come from a famous family.
Therefore, you cannot add "" in front of your surname.