At the end of the winter of 204 in the Yuguang calendar, after a long ice and snow season, the long-dormant Sword Harbor gradually became lively, but the Blackstone Fortress of East Cyprus was completely destroyed, and the news of the fall of the entire administrative region of Cyprus, the only administrative region on the other side of the Northwest Strait of the Empire, also spread throughout the port city.

Everyone's face was clouded by this sad news.

Even the high sun at the end of winter could not erase the sadness of this city for a while.

Because at the same time as the fall of Cyprus, there was also the city of Sword Master's Port. The death of Lord Maury Stevenson, the Lord whom the inhabitants have yet to meet.

The Mansion of the Lord of the Sword Master's Port.

An old magician waited at the door of the mansion, a brand-new blue magic robe, a magician-level symbol was pasted on his chest, fluttering, the magic robe showed a powerful magic power, and the slender magic staff was embedded with a large green magic crystal at the curved top, and when the magic wand moved, the inside of the crystal rippled green, and it was obvious that powerful magic was sealed in the crystal.

Behind the old magician stood a large boy dressed in black leather suit, carrying a steel crossbow on his back, and holding in his hand a spear that only knights use, and the tip of the spear was slanted upward, with a large piece of smoked fish tied to the tip of the spear.

The two were appointed by the Dark Mage Association to follow Carlos and his party south to the Central Province.

Carlos walked out of the mansion, Fat Coman following him.

"I'm leaving, my friend. Carlos turned and said to the little fat man.

"Good luck. Koeman's tone sounded sentimental. "I'll be in Sword Master Harbor for a long time. So if there's anything you want me to do, you can tell me......"

"If my brother comes back and lets him inherit the lord of Sword Master Harbor, tell him that I will become the person my father wants to be in the future, and then when I come back, I will accompany him back to Cyprus. ”

"Your eldest brother is an impatient swordsman," Coman smiled reluctantly, "but I'll convey if I can." ”

"And tell your father, Lord Augusta, if you can, if you can, if it doesn't affect the local defense, unseal the Sirling Strait, so that the residents of Cyprus who want to return to the jurisdiction of the Imperial Light Empire can enter the Sword Master's Port. ”

You're worried about them, Koman thought.

"Actually, you can take over the lordship and issue orders first, and then go south, although this is your Stevenson's domain anyway. ”

The Cadet Knights rode out of the side door of the mansion neatly, and Conrad, the leader, dressed in heavy armor and leashed his horse, followed behind the carriage driven by Grant.

Anderson and Conrad, the other two hunter brothers who became scouts, rode their horses to lead the group.

All are ready to go.

"Short-sighted Sidis doesn't know if he escaped, his dream is to go south to become ......an apprentice at the Academy of Dark Magic," Carlos was about to get into the carriage, when he suddenly stopped and stepped on the carriage. "I don't know what to send to him. Koman, if he needs help when he arrives at Sword Master's Harbor, you can help him. ”

Coman nodded in agreement.

As Carlos was about to get back into the car, he suddenly turned and looked north of the Sirling Strait, looking in a misty direction, as if he had seen the end of the world.

The team soon set off.

They needed to make their way through the wilderness before sunset to the entrance of the Ice Forest north and south of Sword Master's Harbor, where there was a temporary shelter, otherwise it would be extremely dangerous to spend the night in the unsheltered wilderness.

Carlos sat in the carriage and looked at the other parallel carriage, driven by the black leather boy with a spear.

And in the car sat the blue-robed magician.

Neither of them could speak along the way, and Carlos knew that they had been invited by Du Buyi, because his teacher Du Buyi was going to stay in the Sword Master Harbor for a while, and he could not keep Carlos safe.

The procession marched across the wilderness.

On the way, they met several groups of caravans, and when they saw the crowd of Carlos' procession and a banner flying symbolizing nobility, they all moved out of the way.

After a morning of running through the wilderness, the team began to walk through a small coniferous forest.

The road starts to get rough.

The speed of the procession was greatly hindered and gradually slowed down.

Carlos has a map of the southbound journey, which notes that the forest is not large, but because there are many small pangolins that feed on the trees of the taiga, these animals will like to dig the roads into potholes, making it difficult for passers-by.

Walked slowly through the forest for a while.

The closer you get to the center of the woods.

The density of trees in the taiga forest is getting bigger and bigger, and the scenery in the forest is getting darker and darker, even if the sun is shining at noon, you can still feel the damp and cold atmosphere of this forest that cannot be dissipated all year round.

At the beginning, the road marks were still very clear.

Go to the back. The road surface begins to blur, and it is easy to get lost if you don't pay attention.

Trainee Dwarven Instructor of the Order, Maclean's scouts climbed the treetops to try to see the sun's direction through the treetops to determine the correct direction of travel.

The group hurried and hurried, but the sky gradually began to darken, just as everyone was about to light the lanterns and illuminate the woods.

In front of the trees, through the cracks in the trees, a piece of natural light appeared that was shining through.

Smooth passage through the taiga.

Outside, it's wilderness again.

Carlos, who was suffocated in the carriage, found a spare knight's horse and rode with the large group.

Carlos's riding skills were only improvised, and he climbed into the saddle, because he was not very tall, and he needed to keep his body as low as possible so that his weight remained in the center of the saddle. Hold the reins in your right hand and let the reins run between your little finger and ring finger in your palm from the bottom up. Across the palm of the hand to the top of the index finger, the thumb is pressed against the reins, and the remaining ends of the left and right reins hang down on the left side of the horse's neck.

Fortunately, there are scouts leading the way, and he doesn't need to be distracted by the road ahead.

Accompanied by a large army, he enjoyed the pleasure of a wave of horses galloping.

When the sun goes down.

A vast dense forest has appeared at the end of the wilderness.

Carlos sat in a carriage and relied on the scout's guidance as the team stepped into the territory of the Ice Forest towards a passage on the left side of the forest.

This forest is the territory of wild men and monsters, and it is almost impossible for humans to pass through the forest at night, and under the camouflage of night, there will be many vicious monsters hiding in the dark, ready to sneak up on outsiders at any time.

Fortunately, humans have built small fortified fortresses in this dangerous forest every other day.

It is known as a forest shelter.