The adventurers made their way along the eastern bank of the Vinez River. The eastern bank is mostly forested, plain, and hilly compared to the mountainous western bank, and further away from the river bank is the Black Rock Mountains, where the oldest surviving dwarven kingdom, Akrui, is located, almost parallel to the Vinez River, and extends north to the ice fields, where it suddenly truncates to form towering cliffs known as the Giant's Axe.

The snow still cleared up on the road, and they arrived at the border two days later, as Alan had calculated, only to run into trouble at the checkpoint through Anktan.

"Pull your hat down. "The guards at the checkpoint, who have big beards like dwarves, give rather rude orders. It's always a little suspicious to go north in this weather.

When his gaze fell on the elf's face, he jerked back, revealing a look of startled expression.

The Anktann had never seen an elf before, and his eyes seemed to be nailed to Norvi's pointed ears.

"Are you...... What?" he asked, reaching out as if to ruffle the elf's long hair to see what was going on.

"Hey, wait! he's just an elf!" Ed said to stop, but the hand was already hidden under Tess's vicious gaze and Mochi's sharp white teeth.

"An elf. The bearded man's voice was full of surprise, and he looked Novi up and down. The elf kept a perfect smile and didn't look threatening.

The other, older guard smacked his beard, as if he was a little embarrassed by the fuss: "Alright, our laws don't prohibit elves from entering. ”

He waved them through. Far away, they could hear the guards whispering too loudly.

"The dwarves say that the guys with pointed ears have demonic spells, and we should report it. ”

"Forget it, everyone knows that dwarves and elves are inherently at odds. That elf, his waist is not as thick as my wife's, what's so terrible? But his hair is much better than my wife's. ”

They burst into laughter, Naria frowning in displeasure, but Tess's expression shifts between anger and wanting to laugh.

"Don't be angry. Ed apologized to the elves for his kind, a little embarrassed: "The Anktans are simple and rude, but they are no worse than the others, they just haven't seen the elves. ”

Norway smiled and shook his head, honestly pulling his hat up to cover his hair and ears.

The other humans he had seen were more or less subtle, but all the emotions of these people living in the cold north were too direct, and the fear and even disgust born of ignorance was more difficult to deal with than the dwarves who had looked down on each other for tens of thousands of years, but also knew each other well, but it was not incomprehensible.

After entering Anktan, the road along the Vinez River gradually lost its tracks.

Anktann is a more closed country than Rutgar. The martial northerners, who mostly hunted for their livelihoods, had brief but frequent wars with the Rutgarh, Dwarves, and Icefield Barbarians, and the city of Visa was burned to the sound of the trumpets of the Anktann warriors. But like Rutgar, Anktann experienced a much longer civil war, and the newly enthroned king was trying to trade with his neighbors to solve the country's material scarcity, but the minerals beneath the mountains of Anktan, which were of great interest, made the country face more disputes with the dwarves.

It was only afternoon when they arrived at the village Tapp that Allen mentioned, and everyone was relieved that the small village, which didn't look much different from Karnak. Guided by curious but not too hostile villagers, they found the inn and prepared to rest for the night before setting off. The journey ahead will only get tougher.

It's the first time Naria has left her country, but she's not as curious as Tess who used to run around with Norvi. Even though the weather was still cold, the red-haired girl couldn't help but drag Naria out with her.

Norway didn't look like he was going to follow, but Ed couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Is it really okay?" he didn't know how many times he had asked the elf.

"Don't underestimate the girls, Ed, they can take care of themselves. Moreover, it is very close to the city of Visa, and the people of the village seem to have a lot of contact with outsiders, and there is no problem with language communication...... They'll be fine. "Norway has a lot of faith in Tess, she's a smart girl, and she doesn't get into trouble when she shouldn't—and she gets into trouble when she should.

But he underestimated Naria's destructive power. It didn't take long for Tess to laugh and drag an angry Naria back.

"Naria threw the two men into the snow, and I stepped on them a few times. She said to the elf with a grin.

“...... And then?" Norway had a not-so-good premonition.

There was a commotion downstairs, and three men ran in angrily, shouting and swearing, as if looking for someone.

"And then, that's it!" said Tess, "who told them to slap Naria's ass, change me, at most touch it back!"

Naria blushed and lowered her head.

"Ugh......" Ed scratched his forehead, poked his head out to take a look, and rushed down the stairs as the men squeezed up the stairs.

Tess was curious to follow, but Norway dragged her back with a helpless look on his face and pushed her into the room with Naria.

They could hear the sound on the stairs clearly. Ed was shouting in a panic, "I'm sorry, please give way...... Oops!", and the sound of metal coins rolling down the stairs.

Tess squatted on the ground with a sullen smile.

"Oh, thank you!" Ed's voice sounded sincere, "Hey, come on! I should have a drink for this, is this your friend? Come along! It's so cold, there's nothing more fun than having a drink with a friend!"

Their voices faded away.

"Girl? What girl? Oh, I just saw a ...... on the street"

It didn't take long for another kind of noise and men's heartless "One more drink!" from downstairs.

Norvi, who was standing in the doorway, turned.

"Tess ...... You did it on purpose. "He wasn't really surprised.

"Young knights need to be honed. "Tess said solemnly," Vala said, telling him to 'take good care of the two girls.' It was a tailwind, and she heard it clearly—she didn't hear the latter sentence.

The elf shook his head: "I hope he has enough drinks, otherwise tomorrow won't be good." ”

"Or enough tricks. Tess triumphed, "Don't say I didn't teach him." ”

She'd taught Ed a whole bunch of useful and useless mess.

Naria looked a little worried and a little frustrated. She had promised Eren that she wouldn't get into trouble with anyone casually, but how long had she been in Anktane?

"I'm sorry I messed up. She guiltily apologized to the elf and Tate. She'll have to admit she's been a little nervous, but she'll learn to control her temper as soon as possible.

"Oh, sweetheart, trust me, it's nowhere near 'screwed'!" Tess hugged her with a smile and glared back at Norvi, "Why don't you go have a drink, we need a little time from the girls." ”

The elf smiled and left, thoughtfully closing the door for the girls.

qidian.

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