Although Mount Elmos is located in the subtropical region of the mainland, and it is still summer, the foot of the mountain and its surrounding areas are quite warm. When you climb up the mountain to a height of more than 2,000 meters, the temperature will rise sharply in a free-falling curve. decline.
And at an altitude of more than five thousand meters, that is, after reaching the height of the mountainside, the climate there has reached a harsh point like the cold winter in the north, with white snow and cold wind howling.
Coupled with the extreme lack of materials, altitude sickness, thin air, landslides and avalanches and other mountain disasters, this series of factors makes it difficult for people in this era whose productivity is still in the Middle Ages of Europa (maybe a little higher) to climb this mountain. A rare peak.
"Although Lauren Cloutien's cowardly nature is not worth looking forward to, reaching the top of Amos is still an undoubted great achievement."
In a temporary camp on the mountainside, Mrs. Strelitzia sipped her freshly brewed coffee and sighed softly.
Although she had prepared herself long ago, she realized that compared to the real situation, the written words were too weak after experiencing it herself.
Because of the air pressure, the boiling point of water has dropped a lot below the height here. Therefore, although the coffee beans are still the kind of luxury goods that were used by princes and nobles in the past, and the price is as high as gold, the taste is far away. Far worse.
It's just that in this kind of place, there's no way to complain about it.
The handsome man who was fiddling with the fire beside her immediately turned his head around and smiled flatteringly in response to her words.
As Mrs. Strelitzia's confidant and male favorite, the other party's attitude towards him is almost related to his wealth and rights. Therefore, even if he is quite dissatisfied with why Strelitzia took him to climb the mountain of death that the world said, But at least on the surface he had to maintain his former obsequiousness.
Suddenly, a hoarse and rude male voice came from the door.
"Ma'am, we have received a communication from down the mountain."
"Come in and talk." Ms. Strelitzia put the coffee cup on the table before she spoke.
The people outside snorted, opened the wooden door of the room, and walked in through the howling cold wind.
It was a burly man in a bearskin (or fur of some other animal) coat, his waxy hair was covered with snowflakes, and he looked as if he had been outside for a while.
On his raised right arm, there was a snow-white goshawk, which seemed to be making piercing chirping sounds because it was uneasy about the burning stove in the house.
This is a specially domesticated bird of prey to be able to maintain communication with the mountain - the average letter kite has no way to fly above an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, let alone this side which has already exceeded 5,000 meters.
The male favorite frowned, looking dissatisfied at the large snowflakes brought into the room by the action of the strong man opening the door to enter.
"According to the reports sent back by the spies we secretly followed Lauren Cloutien, it seems that Mr. Knight was attacked by unidentified bandits after he left the town of Bierboom, although his body is still there. They were not found, but judging by the miserable death of his retinue knights and guards, he has also died."
The brawny man has always looked down on the little boy who sold his flesh and blood for favor, so naturally he would not pay attention to the other person's face, but directly to the object of his allegiance, Ms. Strelitzia reported.
"Bilboom Town is also an important transportation hub for the lords' territory. For their own benefit, they have wiped out the bandits." Ms. Strelitzia smiled contemptuously: "This kind of casually found a Excuse the style of doing it without hesitation, and there will be no one but that damn delphinium."
"About this... The second news report is related to Your Excellency Delphinium: two days ago, His Majesty the King raised his title to Duke because of His Excellency Delphinium's 'great achievements', but the strange thing is that the so-called 'great achievements' ’ is not mentioned.”
"This is impossible!"
The fact that her old opponent suddenly sat on her head finally moved Ms. Strelitzia.
But immediately her expression became quiet again, but her face was gloomy and terrifying.
"Hmph, forget it... If it goes well this time, let alone a mere Duke..." Then she raised her head and looked at the burly man: "Is there any other information?"
"temporarily unavailable."
"Alright, go back and rest first."
Ms. Strelitzia pushed the strong man away, then raised her legs, supported her cheek with one hand, and meditated quietly.
In her eyes, the firewood brought up from the foot of the mountain was crackling in the fire.
…
"So what did you do to become a duke by jumping three levels in a row?"
Xu Shenxing curiously asked the delphinium with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
Even if they suppressed their own strength to the level of normal people, Xu Shenxing and the other three really had no difficulty subduing hundreds of people. The only difficulty is that there are two oil bottles here. It would be embarrassing if Weiler was killed in the melee: just like playing Dynasty Warriors, I went into the enemy's line alone and mowed the grass, and it seemed that thousands of people were beheaded, but the leader of the camp took the dog, and the result Still a loser...
All in all, because the scene is too bloody and tragic, let us skip the battle that might last two or three chapters.
The final result, of course, was that all the enemy troops were "shamed by the enemy, I will take off his clothes", and the delphinium who was desperately pretending to be "beep" before was also captured alive, and as the spoils of Xu Shenxing and his party, he was taken away. To the side of Mount Elmos.
"...is an aphrodisiac."
Delphinium struggled for a while, and finally decided to admit it: "Your Majesty's side has not been very good, and the relationship with the queen has also become a little tense. It just so happened that I got a very effective secret recipe of aphrodisiac from an alchemist. , after making the finished product and presenting it to the king, the title will be promoted... "
"I'm suddenly worried about the future of this country." Lauren Cloutien said with a speechless expression.
"Emmm... why do you know that the secret recipe of the aphrodisiac is very effective?" Xu Shenxing looked at the problem from a tricky angle.
Delphinium immediately lay down on the horse's back and pretended to be a dead dog.
"Oh, finally out of the forest!"
At this time, the voice of Weller, who was walking in the front, came over.
Afterwards, the scene in front of Xu Shenxing's eyes suddenly became clear.
The strange light seemed to illuminate the entire sky, and the continuous mountains stretched between the sky and the earth. Among them, a particularly astonishing and majestic snow-white peak that was like a sharp blade captured everyone's sight.
That was the end of their journey - Mount Elmos.