Warhammer Throne Chapter 32: , Glory Road

The next day, everyone in the caravan got up very late. In the morning, there was a lot of thick fog between the forests. The white hazy fog almost enveloped the entire Hordaland Mountains. Don't dare to set off rashly, everyone is ready, waiting in place.

"Such thick fog, Mr. Matz, are you really going to go into the mountains? It's too dangerous." Bilger's dry voice came, sounding unsentimental.

"No, no, no, Mr. Bilger, you only know one and the other. I have traveled through Nord's commercial road many times. The foggy morning means that the sun will definitely shine in the morning, so today's journey It will be easier." Oliver said disapprovingly, his face full of confidence.

As the imperial merchant said, as time passed, the thick fog gradually dissipated, the sun rose from the east, and the bright sunshine fell on everyone, and it warmed everyone's heart. They hadn't seen it for several days. The sun is up.

"Long live the **** of dawn!"

"Praise the **** of dawn!"

"Great! The sun is out!"

Everyone in the caravan cheered loudly. When Oliver saw it, his beard was slightly twisted, and his face couldn't help feeling a little proud. This is his experience of trading between Nord and the Empire all the year round: "Time is money, my friends, Get ready to go."

The rumble of horse-drawn carriages and the sound of horse hooves sounded on the mountain road. This former prosperous commercial road will not be abandoned for a long time. The road is overgrown with weeds, and you can vaguely see the road before. The sight lines on both sides of the mountain road are very wide. There was a collapsed sentry on the side of the road, so he took a look at it immediately.

"Mr. Lane?" The half-elf also walked up. Estel also changed a full set of lightweight leather armor today. Elves have never been good at wrist strength and physical strength, especially the wood elves that have been integrated into the forest. Change the leather armor. Convenient for walking on mountain roads.

Grey Blade Bilger also appeared, and he said in a hoarse voice: "We have been here before, except for some weapons, we found nothing else."

"Do you mean that this sentry post was actively abandoned?" Ryan touched his chin.

"Look at this, Mr. Lane." Bilger walked into the tower with two people. As expected, the noose and bearing used to open the door showed no signs of damage: "The evacuation of the original army here is very orderly. This place should be It was voluntarily given up."

"Why was this abandoned? Does Mr. Lane have any clues?" The half-elf gently turned over the fence and asked towards Lane.

"This." Ryan nodded first, and then shook his head: "I don't know the reason, but I want to be involved in that matter."

"that matter?"

"A matter of a mission knight." Ryan signaled that there was nothing interesting here, and three people came out of the guard tower.

"Cut, it's those shameless pens with their heads in the water again. I really don't understand. Why do their ladies always let these beasts out to bite people?" Bilger's hoarse voice contained a deep resentment.

"We crossed the mountains, we crossed the river, we rushed into the deepest underground, we wiped out the most terrible monsters, how can we get your approval? My lady?"

—— Gasco, Knight of Bretania Mission

As the kingdom of knights, Brittany enjoys a great reputation across the continent, but because of this, in the kingdom of knights, the title of knights is slightly different from that of the empire and the kingdom of Nord.

In Bretania, there are some special circumstances. Since the first knight king Arthur drank in the holy grail of the fairy in the lake and achieved unparalleled power, the knights of Breton regarded the holy grail as themselves. Through the pursuit of a lifetime, powerful kingdom knights will advance to mission knights (also known as expedition knights). Mission knights begin to be blessed by the fairies in the lake. They are far more powerful than ordinary knights.

The mission knight can choose to abandon everything he has and embark on the path of the Holy Grail. The fairy in the lake will give the oracle mission to the mission knight who embarks on the path of the Holy Grail. In the coming months and even years, they will embark on the Holy Grail. The mission of the road. The knight will abandon all his worldly possessions and titles and concentrate on completing the Holy Grail Trial of the Fairy in the Lake. The life of the knight will be full of trials and sufferings, constantly testing his spirit, body, and even soul.

In the endless suffering and challenges, most of the mission knights will fail and return, and many people will even leave this world with an unending yearning for the Holy Grail. Only a few mission knights will succeed. After successfully completing the Holy Grail quest of the Fairy in the Lake, the incarnation of the gods will come before them, and the knights will drink in the Holy Grail of the gods. The physique and life of these knights will be permanently changed in the blessing of the holy water. Will become the legendary holy grail knight, gaining a long life and extremely powerful strength that is more powerful than others. These holy grail knights, full of knighthood virtues and gods' blessings, are the most powerful knights on the entire continent, and they are also Brittany's. The kingdom of knights stands still and frightens the core force of one side.

The charge of the Holy Grail knights is the most feared scene in this world. Even the angels and demons, and even the most powerful chaos champions in the chaos, will be torn apart like rags in front of these holy grail knights. A hundred and fifty years ago, the story of these holy grail knights breaking through the chaos army is still being narrated. The existence of the holy grail knights made all the countries on the mainland jealous, when other forces declared war on Brittany. At that time, you must first weigh whether your army can withstand the charge of these knights.

But for this reason, mission knights are the most resentment and objections of mercenaries. There is no other reason. These mission knights are always competing for their jobs. In order to attract the attention of the fairies in the lake, mission knights They always try their best to show their "compassion" and "chivalrous spirit" to the villagers and lords. These mission knights require very low compensation, very, very low, and they often can Complete the task very well, because the messy monsters that ordinary mercenaries can solve are too weak for the mission knight.

This is nothing bad at first, but in the words of Ryan's past life, the mission knights do this, which is called "disturbing the market order". The existence of these mission knights often squeezes the living space of mercenaries, cunning villagers and lords. We always take the opportunity to lower prices. In many cases, mercenaries can only accept prices much lower than normal prices, and they are also complained that they are greedy vampires.

"I don't know the specifics." Ryan shook his head. "I heard that there was a mission knight from the south. He didn't know what he had done when he entered the mountains. Afterwards, due to the rampage of monsters, this trade road was abandoned. The mission knight is also gone."

"Huh! It's definitely something the beasts have done." Bilger shook his head and walked away alone.

Ryan and Ester looked at each other, and the half-elves shrugged their shoulders, expressing helplessness. The mercenaries hated mission knights for sure. Now that this place has been explored, it's time to retreat.

Riding on the horse, Ryan provoked a conversation: "Mr. Estelle, you are from the San Lorenzo Forest. How much do you know about the mission knights?"

"I don't know much." Ester also turned on his horse. Compared with a cumbersome human, Ester hugged the horse's neck and leaped gently and sat firmly on the saddle: "I only know that forests are not welcome. These mission knights, sometimes in order to show themselves to their ladies, they even plan to release the sealed evil creatures and defeat them."

"This may be the compulsory course that Ms. Huzhong let these knights learn." Ryan laughed.

It's very normal for mission knights to ask for less price. If you want to embark on the road of the Holy Grail, you must at least become a kingdom knight. Then these mission knights are absolutely free from economic pressure. Ryan has seen one carrying fifty The legendary mission knights with kilograms of dry food and full armor wandering in the wild like normal people. All they do is to attract the attention of the fairies in the lake and complete the Holy Grail mission, so they will collect money only in a symbolic sense. It's just a small amount of armor maintenance fees and food expenses. This extremely low cost is simply impossible for mercenaries.

Carrying fifty kilograms of dry food is actually nothing. The legendary powerhouse eats a lot, two or three times that of normal people. When crossing some uninhabited areas and mountains, let alone 50 kilograms, Ryan carries 100 kilograms of food. After that, until he spent a lot of money and relied on favor to get a space ring from the Garland Council.

Having said that, Ryan turned his attention back to the team.

"Ms. Trovik, what is your hand gun?" Oliver is talking to the sorcerer. The merchant is very envious of the fire gun in Teresa's hands. Today Teresa is in a very good mood. She did not sit in the car. Instead, choose to ride a horse.

"This is purchased by our Jialan Uniform and the dwarves on the roof of the world." Teresa is wearing a brown leather jacket with a thick fluffy collar, a white shirt and scarf inside, and a sea-blue gemstone necklace from her swan. The neck hangs down like a normal, and a pair of long legs wearing tight black leather pants and high-heeled boots has attracted the attention of many men in the caravan.

"Oh, that's great~ I've always wanted a hand gun like this, but I can't find a way~" Oliver touched the back of his head with a very humble attitude: "It's always safer to have a firearm on the road, isn't it? "

"Perhaps." Rost is still in his previous clothes, and the leather armor on the barbarian always exudes a fishy smell: "I still think that these firearms may be able to play some role in the siege, but if it is a field battle When it's time, it's still our own weapon that works, right?"

"..." The sorcerer was in a good mood. She didn't argue with Rostdo. It has been a long time since she came out to take risks. What she didn't expect was that she had encountered so many troubles, and more than ten days passed without results. If it weren't for a lot of gains during the journey... Now this state is pretty good.

Seeing that there was no reply from the female warlock, Oliver immediately swallowed the following words. He originally planned to ask if there was any way to sell him a few female warlocks, and he was willing to pay a high price.

The dwarf hand gun is a standard decoration in the upper class. It is especially popular in the empire. Oliver can't ask for it, but compared to this, the empire merchant knows that he has no reason to arouse the anger of a legendary spellcaster.

As the caravan was traveling in the forest, the speed of the caravan was not very fast. Ryan rode on the horse leisurely and muttered something that people didn't understand: "So, if the mountain is not high, there is forest Zexu, the water is not deep, and there is a river. ..."

"Why have I never heard this proverb?" Teresa pulled the reins, and the horse came to Ryan's side with the horse's head, and turned to look at him.

"...Forget it, it doesn't matter, you see, we are about to get out of the forest." Ryan spread his hands.

Yes, after a whole morning trek, everyone finally walked out of the forest. Despite the midwinter season, the warm sun has shone on the earth from the mountain peaks. After stepping out of the forest, half of the mountainside is full of meadows. The colorful meadows and white ice and snow almost constitute the entire mountain scenery, and layers of fog permeate the valley, just like the vast ocean.

It is the sea of ​​clouds.

"It's so beautiful." Ryan rode on the horse, reaching out and stroking his horse's pine cones: "Do you like it?"

"In the Skydome Castle, I watch this kind of scenery every day." Who knows that the Sorceress doesn't accept his affection at all. Ryan can only laugh when he hears that. , It's really possible to see the sea of ​​clouds every day, nothing surprising.

"Sky Castle, that is really a beautiful place." The half-elf interrupted, and he flicked his long hair: "I used to dream of walking to the Sky Castle by myself..."

"Impossible! To walk to the Sky Castle alone, you need at least a complete set of cold-proof equipment and one person to carry twenty catties of grain, as well as things that can make a fire and a tent." Ryan Tucao said: "I went to the Sky Castle by myself two years ago. , But a person carried more than one hundred catties up the mountain, walked fifty miles a day, and it took a full seven days to arrive. On the way, one person killed three ice trolls, spiders, salamanders, ice lizards, There are countless bears and wolves."

Yes, the road to the sky castle is so dangerous. This castle on the edge of the world has no supplies except snow and weeds along the way, and there are countless beasts infested. Therefore, adventurers call this road "the glorious road." .

It's not that it's glorious to walk this road, but that the chances of "being glorious" are very high.

"Have you been to the Sky Castle?" The female warlock was down, her eyes flashed brightly: "I don't even know about this."