087 Cold Mist Mountains
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For this grand event called Autumn Hunting, which is actually a blind date and entertainment, Gordon does not have much interest. Even Xie Ona has been focusing on the charming aristocratic daughters, as if she wants to find a wife for her brother, while Gordon is thinking about something else.
Since you are going to the Tanzawa Ruins, you must make preparations in advance.
As a veteran player, Gordon certainly knows that before going down the dungeon, you have to read the strategy.
In the past few days, in addition to being buried in the alchemy room and making a large number of scrolls and magic potions to meet the needs of adventures, Gordon has also made full preparations in intelligence work.
He first asked his sister who was an adventurer and Shellaya about the ruins of Tanzawa, and then went to the adventurer's guild a few times to get more useful information from those veteran adventurers, for which he spent a lot of gold.
The ruins of Tanzawa were originally a city of the Sun Elf Empire during the Third Age, Tanzawa City. In the ancient Elven language, "Tanze" means emerald green surrounded by mountains.
The Sun Elf Empire is a behemoth that once ruled more than 6 or 70 percent of the land. But with the rise of the human-dominated Magic Empire of Netherduran, conflict inevitably arises between the old overlords and the new challengers.
The Magic Empire has been victorious in a protracted war. The Grand Arcanists of Netherduran, with the Floating City as the core, supplemented by various flying warships, control and monitor the vast airspace, and provide support to the ground forces in this way. The tactically old Sun Elf Empire went from one defeat to another, and the empire's territory shrank rapidly.
In the city of Tanze in the Cold Fog Mountains, the two sides launched an offensive and defensive battle to determine the ownership of the entire Northland.
In this big battle, both sides lost. The Sun Elf Empire has used its newly opened combined attack spell to shoot down five flying warships of the Netherland Magic Empire. However, the flying battleship crashed into the city of Tanzawa, and the internal Miser Nucleus caused a large explosion, destroying the entire city.
Although the Magic Empire's flying warship force suffered heavy losses, the Japanese Elf Empire lost the strategic support point of Tanzawa City, the entire Northland.
In the end, the high-level of the Sun Elf Empire, who knew that the defeat was irretrievable, issued an order for the elves to retreat, and almost all the Sun Elves on the Big 6 crossed the sea and returned to their source - Eternal Island. Since then, the day elves have been completely extinct in the entire Big 6.
Later, it was not until the Magic Empire of Neterduran flourished and fell to an end, and the chapter of history turned into the Fourth Age, that the traces of the Sun Elves reappeared on the Big 6.
Although the city has long been destroyed, and the ruins have been blown by the rain and wind of the years, they have changed beyond recognition, but those treasures buried in the ruins are still quietly waiting for the day when they will be dug up and see the light of day.
What's more, on those five crashed Magic Empire flying battleships, there are also countless precious items that are enough to lure friends to betray and brothers to turn against each other.
Since the Fourth Age, the ruins of Tanzawa have been a hotspot for adventurers, travelers, mercenaries, and outlaws. However, because of the nuclear explosion of Mither on the flying battleship, the ruins of Danze have become an inaccessible death area filled with chaotic and ferocious magical energy. Adventurers have aptly named this magical energy: the Fierce Mist.
However, the fierce fog that surrounds this ruin does not always completely isolate the treasures in the ruins from the adventurers. Periodically, the fog wanes, and at this time, greedy adventurers and treasure hunters flock to the ruins of Tanzawa.
Since the year 936 of the Fourth Age, that is, since last year, the fierce fog around the Danze Ruins has entered a weakening cycle again, and it is from that time that all over the Great 6, and even adventurers who have crossed the sea from the southern desert country, have poured into the Northland and poured into the Blue Water City.
It is also thanks to the blessing of the Danze Ruins that Gordon and Douro's magic shop business will become more and more prosperous, and they have earned a lot of gold coins from adventurers......
The Northern Avenue, which runs from Blue Water Castle to Goyan Castle and the Anduin Great Wall, was originally built to provide additional troops and transport baggage for the Great Wall defense line in a timely manner, so the standard of construction of this avenue is extremely high. The road that can accommodate ten horses to move side by side has three layers of solid foundation alone, and the top is densely paved with pebbles, so that it is smooth and comfortable for people and cars.
The growing number of noble hunting teams walked on the avenue, while the travelers, merchants, and adventurers who were also heading to the Cold Mist Mountains could only give way to the road and retreat to the sides.
The commoners bent over and saluted the nobles respectfully, while the adventurers were much more daring. Many people cloaked their hands, judged the women in the hunting procession, and whistled from time to time.
Most aristocratic women did not feel disgusted by this kind of rude praise, but felt a little novel, and even laughed and compared with each other to see who received more praise.
However, there are also different girls like Xie Ona and Faria, who are indifferent with cold faces, and even if those men make too much trouble, they will glare at each other fiercely, scaring each other into silence.
The hunting party passed through a shallow grassy hilly terrain and then turned east, and the view immediately widened.
Today's weather is very good, Gordon has built a pergola with his hands, and he can see it far away. Pale golden sunlight trickled down from his fingers, staining the towering cold mist mountains in the distance with a pale layer of amber.
Snow-capped mountains separate the Northland Plain from the barren tundra further north. These peaks, which are over 5,000 meters long, are a natural barrier to protect the northern borders of the empire.
Beneath the snow line, the color of the mountains changes from cold and pure white, first to a sparse yellow-green, and then to a verdant turquoise.
However, in the bleak autumn wind, the green of the mountains has faded a lot, the leaves of eucalyptus and fir trees have been draped in a layer of yellow, the maple trees are dyed a striking red, and only the evergreen pine trees are still green and green regardless of the season. The colorful colors are like a feast for the eyes, and the beauty of nature makes people's hearts pound, and even Gordon, who is concerned about adventure, can't help but feel happy.
Before dinner, the hunting party entered the small town of Kebury at the foot of the Cold Misty Mountains. This is the gateway to the Cold Mist Mountains, where Gordon and the others rest for a night before officially entering the mountain the next day, and finally stopping in a valley in the middle of the mountain range called the "Valley of Eternal Spring".
The Valley of Eternal Spring is surrounded by mountains, and the cold air in winter cannot be poured in, so the four seasons are like spring, hence the name. In the valley there is a freshwater lake, which is an important drinking ground for the beasts of the mountains. In previous autumn hunts, this valley was the camp of hunting teams. The nobles went out hunting during the day, and at night they cooked their game by the lake, drank and had fun, and held banquets, which was really unpleasant.
Gordon's plan was to continue north after reaching the Valley of Eternal Spring, going deep into the Tanze ruins in the central area of the Cold Mist Mountains.
Hunting is not a march and a battle, but a gathering of entertainment and exchange of feelings among nobles, and with so many delicate ladies and pampered lords, the degree of the procession will not be very fast.
After coming out of the small town of Keburi again, the hunting party made a slow progress through the mountains. From time to time, later nobles joined the team, and there were also people who wanted to arrive at the Valley of Eternal Spring earlier and left early.
Two days later, in the afternoon.
"Uh~ It's unbearable to stay on horseback for so many days. I knew I was going to use flying skills. Master Dorne Lannister stretched, looking bored.
After knowing that he would be able to enjoy game in the Valley of Eternal Spring tonight, he completely relaxed.
"No one is stopping you. It's just that you're rushing with flying spells and you've run out of spell slots, so it's best to pray that no beast will bump into you. Well, a mage who has no power to fight back must be delicious. Gordon laughed.
"That's not the point." Dorne leaned into Gordon's ear and smiled, "When I prepared the spell this morning, I had already replaced all the spell slots with Transfiguration, Bull Power, and Bear Endurance......"
"Those beautiful ladies and ladies, who have been riding on horseback these days, must not even be able to close their legs now. Isn't that a good opportunity? Dorne punned.
Gordon shook his head angrily: "What about your beloved Miss Julian?" β
"She's in the Valley of Eternal Spring first. I'll get her done tonight, of course. But you know, with so many spells, and your Ring of Virility, how could I be satisfied with just the lovely Julian? Dorne poked Gordon in the arm, "How's that, do you want to join me?" Your half-elf girl is not around, it's lonely. β
Gordon smiled and shook his head.
"Oh." Dorne slapped his forehead, "I forgot, you have a lovely sister with you." Then it's a pity that you won't have the most fun of autumn hunting. β
Gordon shrugged, noncommittal.
The two were chatting as they walked, and suddenly, the brooch of Ms. Taresa Bishop at the front of the line beeped "woo". The sword-wielding lady's face changed, and she said, "The scouts in front of the right are in a battle, and they are afraid that they have encountered a powerful beast. β
"A mighty beast?" The Scepter Lord's daughter heard Taresha's words, and her eyes lit up. Barely thinking about it, she patted the bear mount's head and shouted, "Flameclaw, let's go!" β
Faria took the lead and ran towards the place of the accident. Dorn smiled gloating and said to his friend, "Gordon, you're not going with you, the messenger of flowers?" If something goes wrong with Faria, it's up to you to explain it to Uncle Rob. β
Before the hunting party went out that day, Taresa had told SΓΉ Gordon that the Lord of Wands had a message to take care of his precious daughter.
The work assigned by the boss naturally has to be completed. Gordon had no choice but to follow.
"Wait, I'll go too!" Seeing Gordon leave the group, Xie Ona grabbed the belly of the horse and went neck with her brother.