At dawn, before the sun had yet to rise over the plains of Asia, the gates of the 4th Auxiliary Regiment on the highlands were quietly opened, and a group of horsemen rode out in the darkness of the night.

They bypassed the silent camp of the Ninth Legion and headed straight to the northwest, disappearing into the pre-dawn darkness, leaving only the sound of horses' hooves fading away.

The weather became more and more unusual, and before winter came, the first snow had already fallen, turning the whole of Britannia into a silver-white world. The low temperature and the slaughter, the vitality of the entire island is drowned in snow.

"It's a strange snowfall, and the god of winter is coming sooner than ever." Under the wooden totems outside Linton, sacrificial priests dressed in thick burlap perform eerie rituals in an attempt to comfort the angry god of winter.

In the huge houses in the center of the city, a group of stout savages, all of whom were tribal leaders from all over Britannia, formed a circle in an angry rectangular fire in the middle of the hall. Two sheep were set on top of the fire, and the smell of meat was bubbling under the flames.

They were having dinner together, and they were deliberating together, as one of the leaders, Kevin. Sain was among them, holding a wooden wine glass, his eyes red, his beard unshaven, and he shrunk into the midst of the arguing crowd.

I'm afraid he regrets it very much now, the escape outside the city of Lundinglum has become a disgrace for his life, no matter what the other tribal leaders present think of him, he has no face to raise his head again, he is just an incompetent person who lives with shame on his back.

"The god of winter has given us signs and shown us his wrath."

Alter. The Bloodthirsty Axe, the leader of this tribe near Hadrian's Wall in northwestern Britannia. When the Romans withdrew and entered Britannia more than thirty years ago, the Saxons expelled the Celts entrenched in Britannia and dispersed them en masse. He had been watching the Celts north of Hadrian's Wall.

Just as the Romans regarded the Celts as marginals, the Angles and Saxons, as the new receivers of Britannia, saw the Celts north of Hadrian's Wall as ominous. As the leader of the Northern Gate, Alter. The Bloodthirsty Axe also has a high prestige among the many bosses. Of course, this prestige can also be seen from his age, after all, he was accompanied by the conquerors who had entered Britannia, and he had full say here.

I saw him pointing to the heavy snow outside the door and saying to the people seated, "The god of winter is angry, and he is using the blizzard in heaven to rebuke us. The Romans came over, they burned and plundered all the way, and the cruelty was incomparable. The Children of Dragon's Breath have been defeated, and we must be vigilant, no one will know who will be next. ”

"At least we won't give up the old people and children of our clan for the sake of our own survival, and let the Romans kill them!"

In Alter. Under the appeal of the bloodthirsty axe, there was always another voice in the seat, and the meaning of this could not be more obvious, and the spearhead was pointed directly at Kevin. Sein, rub salt on his wounds.

This guy sits right on Kevin. Across from Theon, he wears a pointed iron helmet and a long, messy brown beard. His body hair was heavy, and his beard took up most of his face, leaving only two brown eyes to roll back and forth in the "jungle", but the focused gaze of the eyes remained locked on Kevin, who couldn't stop drinking. Sain, which reveals contempt.

His name is Adair. Giant oak, Anglo. Adair and his tribe stood guard in Seguntum, the closest to the island of Ireland in western Britannia, as he called it, the Great Oak. He fought bravely, and of course, he was also first-class at taunting people, so the leaders present didn't like this guy who often hurt people.

Nobody paid attention to him, he didn't think so because he saw Kevin. Sein paused for a moment with his glass. It's not without an audience, and that's something in Adair. The Giant Oak knew this, and he stared at Kevin. Sein, let out a laugh as hideous as his expression.

"It's an unprecedented first." Adair. The Giant Oak pulled a knife from his ankle and cut off a piece of bloody, half-cooked meat from the lamb roasting on the fire. took a few grains of coarse salt and put it in his mouth and chewed it in a big mouthful, and did not forget to sarcastically say: "I don't know what kind of strength the Romans have. The son of Dragon's Breath is so distressed, could it be that the Son of Sain is not capable of holding the Dragon's Breath Sword? ”

Right here in Adair. The moment the giant oak's words just fell, he only felt that his eyes were dark. The giant oak subconsciously shrank its head, and the flying thing flew over his head. Look up again, the "murderer" of this act, Kevin. Sain wasn't going to just give up easily.

Kevin. Seeing that he had missed, Seon drew the Dragon's Breath Sword that had been placed at his feet and headed it towards Adair. The Great Oak swooped down. If it weren't for the surrounding leaders slamming up to block it, Kevin. Seon would have slashed Adair with a single sword.

"Oooh oh..." Sain's murderous appearance is what makes Adair. The giant oak tree was startled. "It's true to be Sain. Son of Dragon's Breath! Looking at Kevin, whose eyes were red and roaring like a mad beast. Sein, not only did he not have palpitations, but he laughed heartlessly when he looked at the bound Kevin.

"Look at you, look at you, this angry look, it's really funny, maybe it's half as good as your father's, but!" Adair's words changed sharply and he looked at Kevin. Sain said, "Is this kind of fangs and claws useful? You can't even frighten the Romans, and you want to intimidate me in such a way? Oh my goodness, my poor little Princess Kevin, you're really, really cute. ”

Adair. The Giant Oak is not afraid to provoke Kevin. Sain, even though Kevin roared hoarsely, desperately trying to get closer to Adair, but the chains of the hands of the leaders restrained his limbs, so that he could only roar, but he could not control the retreat.

"Enough, Adair, shut your mouth!"

Alter finally couldn't stand this scene anymore, and he stood up and drank to stop Adair. Adair was obedient and obediently closed his mouth at Art's drinking.

At this time, Kevin finally calmed down, and it can also be considered that he has been able to swallow the bitter fruit of such humiliation calmly.

But he didn't want to give up, so he raised his sword and pointed it at Adair. The Great Oak said, "With the honor of our ancestors and the testimony of the heroes of Valhalla, I, Kevin. Sein, champion warrior, challenge you, Adair Oak, guardian of the South Gate! Under the witness of Valhalla, there are two of us, and only one of us will survive! ”

"Oh, really?" Adair shook his head with a smile, his disdain was not hard to see in his smile, and he continued to greet Kevin in a questioning tone. "Why should I accept your challenge, a guy who can't even protect his own land?" ”