"Do you want to go into the mountains?" Boudis raised her head, and under the vast sky stood a majestic giant, a burly figure covering the vast Vaal Snowfield. Boudis's chest tightened, she had never been so close to the Misty Mountains before. When the distance was smoothed out, the Misty Mountains completely opened their cold embrace to her, and the feeling of oppression poured over her, almost able to crush the strongest will into humble powder. She didn't approve of Estelle's thoughts at this point, the scout team had already been damaged in the encounter with the two of them, and it was not wise to venture deep into the treacherous Misty Mountains.

"Come in, why don't you go in?" Estelle crossed her arms and scanned the battlefield intently, "Isn't that what scouts should do to scout the enemy's movements?" We have only swept away a small force of no more than seventy or eighty men, but we still have not determined the exact location of the enemy's main forces. I don't want to go back and get scolded by Lista, I have to do something to gag him. Rest assured, I'm familiar with the terrain of the Misty Mountains, and I made a living by doing bounty missions for the Dragon Knights before I was made a baroness. Except for the area where the main peak is located, all other places are my hunting grounds. It's time to take you on a sightseeing tour tonight! ”

"Do whatever you say, Baroness." Boudis shrugged and put on her helmet, "I'll go and lead the horse." ”

"Don't worry, clean up the battlefield before heading into the mountains," Estelle called to Boudis, "help me gather some arrows, at least ten quivers." ”

"What are you carrying so many arrows for?" Grace looked back in confusion.

"Insurance." Eastale had already set out to pick up the arrows scattered in the snow. She chose carefully, but threw aside any arrows with bent shafts or missing feathers. "With the size of the plundering army, which can easily reach tens of thousands, in case we are found and surrounded, it will be a bit difficult to tear open the gap without sufficient arrows."

"Is it just a little difficult?" Boudis couldn't help but say.

"It's not the first time." Estelle replied lightly, "I've been a bounty hunter in the Misty Mountains for several years, and I've inevitably encountered a few raiding tides while hunting, but luckily I've had plenty of arrows every time, and I'm able to get away with it without any danger. ”

Silent for a moment, the two female knights split up to search for usable arrows on the battlefield. Under the cover of metal armor, their figures are not beautiful, and their every move looks sonorous and awe-inspiring, and only in the occasional moment of their posture is frozen, the unique feminine softness flashes in the light. In a short time, the battlefield was cleared, and the two men who met again each had five full quivers tied around their waists, and Estelle still held a few short bows in good condition.

"By the way, there are a few things I haven't figured out." Fastening her quiver to the saddle and turning over her horse, she took a few throwing spears from Estelle and pinned them behind her, "Do you have time to answer now?" ”

"Ask, there is time on the road, you can pass the time however you want." Estelle lightly clamped her horse's belly and rode her horse in the direction of the Misty Mountains.

"Fieldsway's political environment is much more tolerant than Ravenston's, right? Pander is the only country on the continent that is open-minded to accept women, and the National Order is even composed entirely of women. Why did you choose Livingston? ”

"That's a good question." Estelle glanced at Bodais, "So that's why you stayed in Yanvikshuo for three months in the first place?" ”

"Sort of one of the reasons," Bao Daisy did not deny, "but it was later observed that even in Fieldsway, women were limited to certain political rights, and many Valkyrie knights had difficulty obtaining further titles throughout their lives. The real center of power in Fieldsway was still in the hands of men, so he decided to continue to wait and see. She sighed, "As a result, I have not yet made up my mind until the pursuit force sent by Vonkov's traitors has landed in Pande." ”

"That's the problem. The Knights of the Valkyries are certainly Fieldsway's national knights, and the status of women seems to be far higher than that of the other four countries. But this political tolerance is only an illusion, a huge foam piled up by the pitiful political resources of all the Valkyries. And the more bloated the Valkyrie Knights as a state institution, the more flashy this illusion becomes. Look at that 'Iron Arm' Sigimund's daughter Marys, a quasi-first-class martial artist, doesn't it sound very powerful? Not to mention fiefs so far, I don't even have a knighthood. The voice in politics is far less than that of his brother 'Bloodaxe' Sigru. Eastale sneered disdainfully, "Is Fieldsway's political environment really tolerant of women?" ”

But Livingston is different, after two dragon and lion battles, Gregory IV completely relaxed the threshold for knighthood, and there is only one principle, and the title is capable. If I prove that I am more capable than the others, what is a baroness like no other? ”

"And how did you prove it?"

"It's simple. After Ryan passed the Adventure Hero Test, I went to the Knight Academy and told the Dragon Knight and Dragon Knight candidates there that if anyone could beat me in snow disc deduction or martial arts competition, I would be their lover. On the back of the galloping horse, Istel took off her helmet with one free hand, and her long, beautiful ice-blue hair fluttered in the wind behind her head, forming a flowing cloud. She shook her head freely, and the clouds fluttered and rolled like a screen. She turned her head to look at Boudis, and lowered her voice, as if she was about to reveal an unspeakable secret: "Then I spent a week thwarting all the bachelors in the Knight Academy. Gregory IV happened to be a guest at Ryan at the time, and when he saw my brilliant victory, he sent me a well-written invitation asking if I would be interested in becoming his vassal, with the title of a baroness and a domain near Shendoff. ”

A radiant smile bloomed on her face, and a lock of ice blue fell on the corner of her proudly raised mouth, and her already delicate facial features were brilliant because of this smile, like a white rose blooming gorgeously in the night. Her eyes were a pale blue, as clear as ice floes, and the depths were slowly flowing with magnificent colors, like a long river of stars gathering in the sky. Boudis was stunned. It's been a long time since she followed Estelle, but the surprise brought to her by the other party's appearance has not faded as if they had met for the first time. She could imagine how this unbelievably bright woman had stood in front of Ryan's Knight Academy with a big grin, knocking off one ill-intentioned nobleman after another, or killing them on a snowboard. At that moment, her charm shone like the sun, and the light illuminated the knight academy where male hormones were overflowing. ISTELLE, ICEDELL, A SNOW-COVERED VALLEY, HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A FLAMBOYANT SOUL.

"But politics aside, Fieldsway is a good choice." Estelle smiled, "The Valkyrie Knights' standard armor is very good, and it is all designed for women. Instead, Ravenston's standard armor—" she punched her flat breastplate sullenly, "and her chest was squeezed!" ”

……

Estheu opened his eyes suddenly, gasping violently, and for a moment he was surrounded by the rich smell of wine he exhaled. A fluttering feeling of vertigo settled in his mind, and his limbs seemed to be detached around his torso. There was a moment of froze in his consciousness and even in his body, followed by extreme thirst and sleepiness that awakened his consciousness in an unfriendly way, the after-effects of a hangover tormenting nerve endings. But Esher could no longer feel the pain gnawing at him like maggots on tarsal bones, and the power surged in his body.

"Yo, wake up pretty quickly." The old drunkard sat on the ground, holding a wine jar in his arms, and looked at him with a smile, "The amount of wine has grown, you used to drink less than half a jar and you were drunk." ”

Edhur ignored him, reached out and took a water bag that was frozen hard, bit a piece of ice and chewed it "click", moistened his mouth, and then asked, "What did you give me to drink?" ”

"The most precious wine in the whole of Pande. It's just that you kid is ignorant and easy to deceive, and you have been stupid enough to believe it for ten years when I say it's the inferior ale of the empire. The old drunkard replied lazily.