On a continent called Stygian Frost, there are two powerful empires, one that occupies the north and one that occupies the south.

The two empires were once one, but eventually fell apart, and since then there have been constant wars, and in just decades, hundreds of years, countless wars, large and small, have broken out.

It was not until the national strength of the two countries was seriously weakened that they tacitly did not continue to fight, but this calm will continue after the national strength of the two countries begins to recover.

And this time it also affected a neutral zone, the Luoyin Mountains. Located on the border between the two countries, the mountain range has a steep terrain, high altitude, and not abundant resources, so the two empires have not been in charge, so the tribes in the mountains are not in trouble.

But somehow, word leaked out of the discovery of a large number of 'Star Ore' in the mountains, a rather rare mineral with a black body and gold-colored spots. The weapons made from this ore are strong, sharp, unbreakable, and very beautiful, and are like weapons owned by royal nobles.

And this kind of mine is very much in the Luoyin Mountain Range, all under the mountain, and I heard that there seems to be a mother mine in the depths that can build divine weapons, which makes the people of the Hesman Empire in the north unable to sit still, and tens of thousands of troops are directly marching towards the Luoyin Mountain Range, and there are more troops being mobilized in the future.

The tribes of the Luoyin Mountain Range did not want to give up this resource, and gathered people from several tribes to quickly transfer the most valuable ore while relying on the terrain to obstruct it.

Originally, it would be fine to hand over the ore, but this caused them a big disaster, and the people of Hesman directly began to slaughter these barbarians who did not know what to do in their eyes, and since then this peaceful mountain range that has not had much dispute for decades has turned into hell, and the tribal villagers have fled in all directions, and many have even fled to another empire, the Frost Empire.

When the Frost Empire heard about this, of course, it was impossible to watch the Hesman Empire take these mines, so a battle broke out.

The Hesman Empire, which entered early, occupied the advantage of the terrain and was not afraid at all, and although the Frost Empire was assembled relatively late and lost its terrain, because the Heathman Empire did too much, many locals joined the Frost Empire and helped them lead the way, so the battle was not one-sided, but extremely anxious.

Because of the steep terrain and the inability to conduct large-scale battles, the situation of the Hesman Empire became more and more severe, and the Hesman Empire, which could not bear it, began to set fire to the mountains, and they ceased fighting for as long as the fire burned, and when several mountains were burned out, fierce battles would break out again, and thousands of people would die every day, just for those minerals......

If there is no external force, it will be a protracted war, the arrival of a heavy snow has calmed the two sides a little, and the two empires that have fought several times again will not be able to continue fighting in the heavy snow after all.

After the two sides returned to the camp, a few people were left to observe whether the other party was mining, but the snow was too big, and it was estimated that they would all freeze to death in the mountains if they didn't leave, so they had no choice but to return to the camp.

And this is not the end of the matter, with the heavy snow appeared there are also several meters high snow-white monsters, these monsters are invulnerable, and come and go freely in the snow, monsters kill people when they see them, vicious and abnormal, and finally after leaving a large number of soldiers, the two empires escaped from the mountains, and since then the Luoyin Mountains have become a forbidden area for people not to enter.

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There is such a small city in the Frost Empire, the location of the small city is on a plain behind the border between the Frost Empire and the Nether Empire, and it is the second line of defense city after the Nether Empire breaks through the front line, and it is precisely because of this relationship that its economy and population are much better than those of the same small city.

And on this day, the old city lord of this small city will usher in his seventieth birthday, this old city lord was also a figure in the royal city when he was young, so there are many people to congratulate, plus the willingness to spend money, and the exemption of the peasants from taxes for the whole year and the distribution of free food for some poor people, so that the whole city is singing praises of his virtue and benevolence, and cheering and singing for his auspicious day, so that the heavy snow falling in the sky does not affect the joy of the city at all, but decorates the atmosphere more.

The celebration lasted for seven days, and in a blink of an eye it came to the last night, because it was the last day, so it was also the most solemn and lively day, and all kinds of powerful people with heads and faces talked and enjoyed themselves at the banquet.

However, there were people who were extremely enthusiastic about the banquet and those who were not interested in the banquet, and in this banquet there were two little girls of about seven or eight years old, who were dressed beautifully and luxuriously, and these two little girls were supposed to be the children of some nobleman, and they were also the children of a nobleman of very noble status, because they were so perfect in both their clothes and appearance.

And the two young girls, tired of the feast, were begging a man who was also very generous and dressed as a butler to take them out to play.

"Uncle, take us out again, it's not interesting here. One of them, a very sweet and lovely girl, begged the butler man with wide eyes, while the other girl, who was relatively elegant and quiet, also looked at the man with expectant eyes.

"Of course, no problem. The man looked at them dotingly, and he was not the kind of person who liked aristocratic banquets, so he gladly accepted, "Then you wait for me, I'll go and say hello to the head of the house." ”

After greeting the lord of his house, the man who looked like a butler left the banquet hall with the two maidens, borrowed a carriage from the steward of the house, and left the manor of the old city lord with the two maidens.

Today's weather is unexpectedly good, and the non-stop heavy snow has stopped. There was also a full moon in the sky, so that it was not dark even though it was night, and the lanterns on the roadside were not as prosperous as the place where the maidens lived, but it was very lively, and the salute that bloomed from time to time made the two maidens happy.

After walking for an hour, I went around and around, although not fast, but I also turned a long way, looking at the dilapidated and low wooden houses in front of me, and the vast expanse of desolate land.

Realizing that he was out of the city and it was almost time to go back, the man thought, "It's late, I'm going back, young ladies." ”

The salute had long since stopped, and the surroundings were no longer lively, except for looking around at the beginning, the two girls were already leaning together and chatting sleepily at this time, so they agreed.

The man began to turn around as he drove to an open field, and the curious girl wanted to look out the window to see where they were, when a strange object caught her attention, and after a little thought, she suddenly became aware.

"Uncle Wang, wait a minute, it seems that someone over there has fallen over there. ”

Hearing the girl's words, the man hesitated. In this vast world, it is not unusual for people to be injured and killed, he just wants to leave it alone.

Thinking that the atmosphere in this city was not bad, and it was discovered by the young lady, he decided to go and see it.

Looking in the direction that the young lady said, it was easy to find the child under a tree more than ten meters away.

"Then miss, I'll go and see what's going on. After reassuring the horses, the man walked over.

Upon approaching, the man found that it was a young boy. It was very dirty, and the clothes of the second phase were stained with large patches of dried blood. The bloodless face on his dirty face made the man think he was dead, but upon closer inspection, he was still breathing.

"There's too much blood...... "Isn't it his blood......" "Tsk, there are so many whip marks, and the frostbite is also very bad, if you don't care about it, you shouldn't survive tonight......" "Hmm? It's so weak, if you want to save him, you have to hurry." The man hesitated, he asked himself if he was a bad person, but he was not a loving man, and that he was supposed to be a slave who had escaped from nowhere. It's just that the child who didn't know whether he was sold by his parents or taken away by someone, while secretly hating the garbage of those human trafficking, took off the boy's wet clothes, and the whip marks on his back were even more shocking, and the injury was so serious that he was not dead, and the man didn't feel that the child's life was really hard. With a sigh of relief, the man quickly took off his coat and wrapped it around the boy's body.

Holding the boy, the man didn't feel his weight much, very, very light...... Walking briskly back to the carriage, the man lowered him to the floor of the carriage. By the light of the car, the two girls looked at the boy in the coat and were startled.

"Don't be afraid, he's vulnerable, but he's alive. ”

After listening to the man's words, the two girls were not so afraid. Although they had seen many people injured, they had never seen a dead person.