In a sense, the Northland is probably the most inhospitable part of the world.
For more than a year, there are only two seasons, spring and winter. That spring can be passed by other regions as winter. One third of the year is in the period of constant ice and snow, and the land is barren and everything is withered... But it is my hometown.
During the day, you can hear the howling wind, and the cold wind without the forest vegetation can make people shiver. If the cold wind during the day is just terribly cold, the night wind at night can really kill people. No need to collect corpses, just freeze it in ice and use it as an ice coffin... But it's still my hometown.
Winter wolves, snowmen, fierce bears, these beasts that have been transformed into monsters and thrown into the forests of other parts of the continent, they can probably play domination, but in the north, these are the most common beasts. Beast roars have become the norm, and the most troublesome thing is hearing dragon roars, which often means that a group of hungry white dragons are too close to the dwellings of human beings... In such a hometown, new adventurers cannot survive at all.
Avalanches, hail, blizzards, frosts, droughts, severe colds, tornadoes, snowstorms, and probably apart from extreme heat and floods, the people who make a living in this land have become accustomed to all natural disasters. Finding joy in pain has found the advantages of this land.
The cold weather in the barren land makes those greedy nobles unable to withstand the harshness here. Compared with those noble masters who enjoy life in the inland, the lords who still choose to live on this land are very ancestral knight lords. Style, they are not only the masters of this territory, but also the guardians of the inhabitants of this land.
The lack of materials and the dangerous external environment have made the people here accustomed to hugging together for warmth, and the threat of foreign races and monsters has made the northerners accustomed to protecting themselves with their own hands. Here are rich warriors and outstanding soldiers, and more knowledgeable groups. The true warriors of consciousness and self-sacrifice, the Northlanders, have always been regarded as a barbaric nation by the entire human society, but they are also a fighting nation without strong bloodline power.
In this land, the noble character and the weight of commitment are not illusory and beautiful words, but the natural temperament of a northerner, that is because in this icy world, being exiled and isolated is equal to death, in the cruel natural test In front of you, lies and cowards are impossible to pass through every time. Honor and loyalty are necessary to survive. The true northern warriors who stand out from the elimination will become the pillars and protectors of relatives and villagers. Cowards And the big talker will eventually die of shame.
"... The first snow of the year is really early."
Even lying on the slow-moving battleship, the cold in the north still made the frail patients feel a little uncomfortable. They rubbed their hands and spit out white mist, but the familiar coldness was inexplicably refreshing. vibrate.
"Your Highness, this is the fourth snowfall this year."
The words of the young attendant revealed some fresh information. I was stunned at first. After all, I am really familiar with this area, and falling snow often represents the coming of winter. The distribution of winter food, the organization of winter hunting teams, and other winter preparations are all important. It has to be completed before. Once the schedule is messed up, heavy snow will greatly hinder the construction period, and I have no reason to remember the time point of the winter snow season. Normally, it will take at least two weeks before the first heavy snow comes. .
The dead cat jumped on my shoulders. When the servants saw her, they instinctively took a half step back. She had been my bodyguard during this time. Cat", "The Cat of Death in Captivity in Eternal Night", and "Unknown in the Shadow" have been announced.
The most popular rumor now is that this black cat is probably a god/demon lord/death-level undead disguised as a cat star, and it devours hundreds of souls every day.
"Big Snow Mountain."
Her words were very simple, but after a brief period of confusion, I filled up the lack of logic.
I asked the attendant, and I learned some facts and confirmed some things. From five or six years ago, the winter in the Northland came earlier and later, but it went later and later, and the winter also changed. getting colder.
"The Elemental Plane..."
Daxueshan, which is full of ice and snow monsters, is completing the sharp change of its ice and snow element plane, and although it is in the mountains of the no-man’s land in the north, because the plane link has not been interrupted, the infiltrated ice and snow element is enough to make The cold north is getting colder.
In a sense, this makes the Northland more uninhabitable, but in the current situation where the war is approaching, it is not necessarily a bad thing.
The biggest weapons of the demons are probably their powerful bodies and abundant magic power. Even if the innate restraint of ice on the flame attribute is not considered, heat will be lost at a high speed in a low temperature environment. the source of.
Consumption can be supplemented by food, but if you want to hunt in the winter of the Northland, you must first find the prey, and even if you eat the wild beasts in the mountains, it may not be enough for the demon pot-bellied man with amazing appetite.
"Maybe, you can use it..."
Seeing this situation, I have some ideas. Maybe the elemental creatures of the Daxue Mountain Demon Realm can participate in the construction of the defense line of the entire Northland. Maybe we can guide this natural cold defense line manually, but if it is to be realized, it will probably be Need to think more.
While I was thinking, we had completely entered the Northland, and the three giant ships of the New Polaris Fleet had begun to disband. The New Polaris continued to head north, heading for Defende, the no-name capital of the Lan League, and the Giant Gate went to Sluwell's industrial base was repaired, while the Greedy Wolf went to the area of the Shiro Empire for repairs and personnel replacement.
In a sense, a fleet, where the construction and maintenance sites of each large and super warship are not together, can be regarded as the only one in this world, but the foundation of the Lan Alliance is here. It is very difficult for a shipyard to create a giant ship. If they are all piled together, any base cannot afford it.
Yes, our new North Star fleet is only halfway back. After all, the journey of the elves is still going on. At that speed of walking plus stop-and-go, even if the journey is smooth, it will be at least a year away from the Northland.
We originally planned to escort us all the way, but when the convoy was getting slower and slower, after the travel schedule came out, our fleet could not afford to consume it, and the Lan Alliance countries could not afford to wait, especially now that the Demon Abyss has a new trend, and the whole world has entered a holy war During the sensitive period, we left half of the fleet to continue the escort mission, and we returned three battleships first.
And these three giant warships did not return empty-handed. The seriously wounded and the special talents urgently needed in the North are among them, and the top management of the elf empire has also arrived. They must hurry up and do the preliminary work. Trivial and important preliminary work such as expelling wild animals and preparing for war may not be enough to give them a year.
The situation on the side of the convoy should not be a big problem. The official diplomatic notes of the countries along the way have been completed. According to the new plan, the new Polaris will be in Lanmeng, and the Jumen and Greedy Wolf will be replaced and repaired. The food and medicines that are in short supply in the elf convoy will go again, and the other four warships will return to the north with the wounded to complete the rotation. After that, several rotations will be carried out according to the situation, but the convoy will keep two warships on duty.
This journey will be very hard, but it is very important to the future Northland elves, but with the support of the Lan Alliance, this difficult journey is not only a test for the elves, but also an opportunity for the great integration of the elves.
Fusion, or communication and cohabitation, is not only the fusion of the elves, but also the fusion of the newly-born Northern Elf Empire and the Lan Alliance, the fusion of humans and elves.
In a sense, the disaster is not without benefits, at least, it shreds those old rules and concepts, shreds the reserved and arrogant masters of the old era, and gives a race a chance to re-understand the world.
The journey will be difficult. They will pass through the human kingdom of half a continent, witness the way of life and cultural society they regard as barbarians, they will get close to several war zones, and they will see cruel jihad and heroic warriors. With the return of the elf imperial power, with the extreme deterioration of the situation on the mainland, countless wild elf groups will take the initiative to join this journey, and new information every day is causing the consciousness explosion and concept conflict of the entire elf group.
I am looking forward to what the elves will gain from this journey, what they will know, what they will gain, what they will lose, what they will give up, and what they will awaken.
Of course, I have a lot of things in my hands, and I don't have much energy to care about the elves...
"I said, I'm all here, I won't run away, why am I the former prince of the Lan Kingdom, I'd better understand my responsibilities and trust me a little bit"
I was a little helpless. Ever since I regained my mobility, I was accompanied by at least four servants of the Lan Kingdom royal family, who reported the situation to Renee at a designated point, as if they were guarding fugitives.
"Please allow us to point out the mistakes in your words. Your Highness, you are still the prince of the Lan Kingdom. Your Majesty Renee has also promised that the door of the Lan Kingdom's royal family will always be open to you."
Although the words are touching, the emotions in the words are very sincere, and the expressions are also in place, why did you get closer to one meter and send someone to stand outside the house to block the door? I said I won't run, don't you believe me
Looking at the nervous young attendants, I shook my head helplessly and gave up my plan to care about them.
"You scared the two of them into the emergency room. The head guard was so nervous that he was about to jump from the boat, and he said he didn't care?"
"Tsk, that's because they don't have enough training. I'm helping Renee train them."
The first two days they were too close, which made me a little uncomfortable... I know they are kind, but it's not my fault, there were two strong men behind the toilet when I went to the toilet, and when I woke up, the faces of a few strong men were in front of me. I was disgusted, and after being disgusted a few times, I did a little prank.
Suddenly disappearing, suddenly screaming, suddenly laughing, suddenly calling for assassins... It is worth mentioning that two assassins actually jumped out of that call for assassins, it turns out that they were discovered by me... Cough, okay, I admit these The behavior is indeed childish and a little boring, but it is really effective... The effective result is that Renee's big stroke, the number of onlookers has doubled, and the three shifts are rotated. I feel like coaxing old children, am I so naive
"Tsk, I really didn't plan to run away, why doesn't anyone believe me?"
"... Whoever left the Lan Alliance's big stall for eight years, and finally offered a reward to the top few in the world. Who still has the cheek to write letters every year, asking for the salary of the Lan Alliance government, but he never works. ."
"Who is it? That bastard is such a shameless salary thief. It's enviable... I mean shameless!"
I'm thinking about other things, but this time I rarely talk nonsense. I really don't plan to leave, because there are some things that really must be done in the Northland.
"Magic Sword North, only this piece of ice and snow can breed this sword of natural disasters..."
Behind me, the room is white, and the mist-shrouded space is colder than outside. The lifelike ice sculptures record the desperation of the North, and the memories of the past are awakened little by little, but my sword of the North is only just started.