"No," the Duke shook his head, "Camilla is not my biological mother, but the one I want to save is." She is the Queen's sister, the Queen was born with a disability and could not conceive, so she used her sister to give birth to me, she was afraid that the matter would be publicized, so she imprisoned my biological mother for life, and I only recently learned the truth. Muton gasped and recalled what had happened, "Just as I was rescuing my mother and was about to put her in a tavern, a group of strangers kidnapped her, all of them in full armor and armed with sharp blades, and demanded that I exchange Princess Vanessa of Midsummer for my mother, and they disappeared. I had no choice but to go back to the palace and tell Camilla the truth, and at this time, the letter from His Excellency Ivan also arrived, and I took advantage of the situation to propose to you, and I had planned to take you back to the land of mountains in peace, but when you were attacked, I had to act early and take you away from Winterfell. As for where to take, I have not received instructions from them, and I believe it is near the Barblan mine. ”

Vanessa listened as she pondered the reasonableness of what the Duke said, "Wait, I'm being attacked?" The princess looked up, "It's clear that you attacked me first!" ”

"I didn't," Muton spread his hands, "I inadvertently saw you fall from the sky, and the tree that caught you was beside me." ”

"Isn't that the spear you shot?" Vanessa's eyes narrowed.

"Of course not," the Duke said, holding up a pair of long-handled golden axes on horseback, "we mountain people don't use spears and bows and arrows, that's our weapon." ”

Yes, the mountain people live underground all their lives, and once they fight, spears and bows are useless in crooked passages and narrow caves, so their most skilled weapons should definitely not be spears.

So, someone else wants to kill me!

For a moment, Vanessa was a little flustered, her first thought was Brant's safety, oh my God, is he okay? If that person tried to kill me, would it have caused Brandt in prison to suffer as well?

I'm going to rescue my prince!

Having made up her mind, the princess was less frightened, and she held out her hand to the dwarven duke, "Then what are you waiting for?" We're going to have to get out of Winterfell, out of the sight of the killers, and I'd rather die in a month than die immediately. ”

"So you're willing to come with me to save my mother?" Muton looked agitated, and Vanessa felt a little sorry for her deception.

"I've never said that." The princess proudly turned on her horse, "But I will first go to a place and meet a friend, and if you don't want your mother to suffer more, hurry up and cooperate with me, and make this horse obedient." ”

Muton was stunned, "Where to go?" ”

"Crescent City."

Vanessa found this unhindered straight-line travel to be truly exciting! They pass through countless stares of surprise and, of course, curses from time to time, such as walking through a secret room full of jewels, stepping on Mrs. Kuo in the shower, or bumping into a young couple who are cheating.

All the way south, they soon came to Dufu Pass.

This is the most dangerous sea fortress in the country of midsummer, with only an iron cable connecting the cliffs up to 1,000 feet. Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the land of the Land of Midsummer is divided into two corresponding pieces, like two pieces of bread cut by a sharp blade, and the only thing that connects them is this bridge of natural danger.

When Vanessa and the Duke arrived, it was nearly dusk, and the afterglow of the sunset shrouded the towering sea cliffs, and the mile-long chain bridge swayed slightly in mid-air, like a leisurely half moon, and the sea breeze rushed out from the bottom of the cliffs, whirling to soar into the sky, mixed with the cold spray, like a sharp blade.

With just one look, the princess knew that it was impossible to ride over.

"You people in the Land of Midsummer are so strange, why don't you build the road wider, what can this ropeway stop the enemy?" The Duke asked, puzzled, evidently that his restless feelings were transmitted to the mount, and the horses beneath him snorted impatiently.

"Of course you cave dwellers don't know the origin of the Dufu Pass," Vanessa smiled contemptuously, and then recalled that history with infinite fascination, "The enemy can only take your life and property, and there is something more terrible in the world, it is a deadly weapon that threatens the soul, and we built this ropeway not to stop the enemy from attacking, but to prevent the spread of disease." ”

"At the beginning of the formation of the Land of Midsummer, there was a deadly disease circulating in Europs, which caused people to die slowly and be tortured, and at the moment when the soul of the deceased returned to heaven, the corpse would turn an eerie purple color, emitting a strange fragrance that would be contagious to anyone within ten meters of smelling it, and its fragrance was so attractive that almost no one could resist its magic. Within ten days, all the important towns in the southern part of the Midsummer Country were infected, and the dying people all flocked to Dufu Pass in order to escape for their lives, intending to escape from here to the northern region in search of a ray of life. ”

"The ruler of the country of Midsummer at that time, King Xiulan of the Karatai family, was a wise monarch, and he immediately issued an order to dismantle the original Dufu Guankuo Bridge, leaving only one iron cable, and anyone who could walk through the iron cable independently would be accepted by the north, because he believed that after the baptism of the sea breeze at the bottom of the cliff, no matter how stubborn the virus in man would disappear; And those who are seriously ill, "Vanessa looked down at the raging sea, "and they will not leave corpses to kill people again." ”

"What a ropeway of life!" Muton looked at the long iron rope with a sigh, "I believe that those who can support it to the end are all mild." ”

"You're wrong again," the princess smiled, "this race of life and death is not about the severity of the disease, but about the will to survive." Moreover, every time God sends a calamity, it is to stimulate the fighting spirit of human beings to survive and unite, but the world has made a wrong interpretation of the oracle. Vanessa tilted her head in challenge, "Guess how many people ended up falling into the sea?" ”

"At least a third of them will be."

The princess smiled and shook her head, "There are only fifty-two people. And Xiulan? Karatai also became famous for his success in guiding his people away from the threat of death. ”

The old king next door

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