Chapter 21 Choices for the Future
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Scarlet Canyon!
This is a choke point after humans defeated the Orc Empire in the late Dawn War and expelled the remnants of the Orc Empire to the Orc Wasteland in the North of the Far North Mountains.
More than a thousand years later, the Orc Empire, which was banished to recuperate in the wilderness, has never forgotten the fertile land of the Far North Mountains and the most glorious moment of the Orc Empire, which was originally located in half of the continent. Under the pressure of survival and other things, the Orc Empire, which had been driven to the Savage Land, had once again waged war against the Scarlet Canyon, which was not yet called "Scarlet Canyon" at that time, just over a hundred years after recuperating after the end of the Dawn War!
Scarlet Canyon Blockade, First Scarlet Canyon Offensive and Defensive Battle, Second Scarlet Canyon Offensive and Defensive Battle
Until the 12th Battle of the Scarlet Canyon in 1096, the human and orc empires only recorded thirteen large-scale battles with more than a few million people (the number of both sides combined) that had been sung in history, turning the canyon with other names into a bloody canyon drowning in blood and corpses!
Not to mention, the small and medium-sized offensive and defensive battles of less than one million people that have not been recorded in the more than 1,000 years since the dawn of dawn have made the outside of the Scarlet Canyon covered with endless corpses of various races in the Orc Empire.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Scarlet Canyon is a safe place for Rhodes to grow!
In fact, the first attack and defense battle of the Scarlet Canyon began after the Radiant Alliance of Humans defeated the Orc Empire, and the Scarlet Canyon was the nightmare and the place where the entire northern human race was subjected to nightmares and a steady stream of bloodshed.
When the Orc Empire was defeated, some of the legions left behind sniped and human pursuers, all of whom were killed in battle, and the Scarlet Canyon Sniper Battle, which preserved considerable strength for the Orc Empire, is not to mention. Later, five of the twelve Scarlet Canyon offensive and defensive battles were fought by the Orc Empire to break through the Scarlet Canyon defended by humans with various tactics, and the Orc Empire army that rushed through the Scarlet Canyon was red-eyed under the heavy casualties of seizing the ancestral land and breaking through the Scarlet Canyon, directly turning the entire north into a killing place. Although the Orc Empire was finally driven back to the other side of the Scarlet Canyon, it was still fresh in the memory of the entire northern humans.
But in the same way, in the thousand-year-long fierce confrontation and war with the mighty orc empire, the human side has also obtained unprecedented tempering and blood baptism!
It is said that in the entire five northern kingdoms, forty percent of the powerhouses of the three levels of red copper, silver, and gold in the five kingdoms over the years were promoted in the blood-colored valley. As for the higher-level powerhouses, more than half of them have grown up and promoted in battles with the Orc Empire - there is no doubt that this is a terrifying ratio no matter where it is!
Even the reputation of the Scarlet Canyon is not limited to the five northern countries, but also among the Eastern Dragon Empire, the Shenghui Empire in the middle, the autonomous alliance in the west, and even the Southern Duchy Alliance, which is thousands of miles away, and the reputation of the Scarlet Canyon is also known among the five northern countries on the mainland, such as "the canyon that flows blood and corpses", "the grave of the weak", and "the first line to resist the invasion of the orc empire" and other various names are also the views of other humans who do not face the first line of orcs on the Scarlet Canyon.
Of course, for the righteousness of being able to sharpen one's own Scarlet Canyon and resist the Orc Empire, there are also many strong people in other human countries who have joined the Scarlet Canyon with the idea of getting ahead to resist the invasion of the Orc Empire. Not to mention the words of the five northern countries, even if there are forty percent of the forces in the Scarlet Canyon every year in peacetime, and if a tragic battle of at least millions of people breaks out such as the Scarlet Canyon Offensive and Defensive War, it will have to go all out, and even need the support of allies or opponents from other countries such as the Eastern Dragon Empire and the Autonomous Alliance!
As the third path in Baron Ernst's mouth, Rhodes chose to join the Hurricane Legion stationed in the Scarlet Canyon through the Guò Ancestral Token, which was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
Of course, there is no problem for Rhodes to choose to join the Hurricane Legion, after all, the ancestors of the Ernst family are members of the Scarlet Canyon Hurricane Legion, and the token he has can definitely allow Rod Shun, who has excellent qualifications, to join the Hurricane Legion.
However, Baron Ernst worries most about joining the Scarlet Canyon Hurricane Legion and is Rhodes' safety!
In the more than two hundred years since the Ernst family made great achievements in the 10th Scarlet Canyon Attack and Defense War, and the Baroness family has been awarded the title of Baron, it is not without outstanding family children who have chosen to join the Hurricane Legion in Scarlet Canyon in the hope of going further.
However, in the records of the Ernst family, five of the seven Ernst family ancestors who chose to join the Scarlet Canyon for more than two hundred years died directly in the Scarlet Canyon. One of the remaining two achieved the rank of Silver Knight, but did not make relevant feats and obtained a higher level of inheritance. As for the other, he had a crippled hand and a foot in the process of fighting the orcs, and finally had to return to the family to live in the old age.
In this kind of example experienced by his own family, even though the Scarlet Canyon was the easiest place to become strong and inherit the inheritance in the Five Northern Kingdoms (provided that he survived and was lucky enough), Baron Ernst did not expect his eldest son to choose this path. After all, this road Rod may grow and gain, but it is too dangerous!
However, after seeing Rod's amazing appearance in the autumn hunting grounds, Baron Ernst, who was still a little hesitant to tell his son about this extremely dangerous route, finally made up his mind after thinking about it for a few nights, and then let Rod choose which route to take.
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"Now, Rod, tell me, what are your thoughts on going to the county town to join the Knights of Count Koman, to the Knight Academy in the Kingdom Capital, and to join the Hurricane Legion in the Scarlet Canyon Fortress with the tokens left by the ancestors?"
Baron Ernst, who had taken the time to explain the situation, risks and opportunities related to the three routes, now looked at the eldest son sitting in the room with a cautious expression, and asked Rhodes with some expectation and some nervousness.
Baron Ernst also didn't dare to impose his own ideas on Rod, his proud eldest son, in the future!
If Rhodes is just a noble heir with good talent, Baron Ernst can still arrange and design for his future, be able to achieve a formal knight of the bronze rank and befriend the surrounding nobles, and inherit the Ernst family safely and steadily, and even let the family get a certain development, which is what the head of the Ernst family should do.
However, after Rhodes now showed his top-notch swordsmanship talent and outstanding knightly talent in the Autumn Hunt, Baron Ernst did not think that he should plan a genius route that was likely to be promising, but chose to tell the story of three routes that could bring different things to his son's future for Rhodes to choose.
Is it the safest way to choose the conservative route of the homeland? Or do you choose to go to the royal capital to join the Knight Academy to study and fight hard? Or maybe choose the Scarlet Canyon with the greatest risks and possibly the most rewards?
Baron Ernst didn't want and couldn't make this kind of choice about his future for his son, so he could only put the three routes in front of his son and explain the pros and cons, and then let Rod choose his own future route!
After Baron Ernst said those words and asked questions, he looked at his son Rhodes in silence and thought, and did not urge Rhodes to do anything, but patiently waited for Rhodes to answer with the old housekeeper of Monter.
It should be said that Rod's cousin from childhood to adulthood and his amazing cousin in the autumn hunt have contributed to the current situation, otherwise if Rod's cousin is eating and drinking and waiting for death, Baron Ernst will not say that he has thought so much about it and carefully conceived three future routes, and it is a rare thing to be able to let him stay until he is 16 years old and drive him out of the house!
Of course, Rod also understood his father's good intentions and he also had a plan in his heart, but Rod felt that he still had to think about it and then make a situation, otherwise it seemed that he was a little sorry for his father's hard work
Under Rod's thoughts and actions, after about a standard hourglass, Rod, who had been "thinking" seriously for a long time, finally raised his head and looked at Baron Ernst under the gaze of Baron Ernst and the old butler of Monster, and said with a resolute face: "Father, I have decided!" Choose the third path and head to the Scarlet Canyon to join the Hurricane Corps!!"
"Rod, have you thought it through? What are the difficulties and dangers of making this choice?"
After hearing Rod's unusually firm answer, the reaction of the old butler of Monre did not need to be mentioned, and Baron Ernst was silent for a few seconds before looking at Rod with a relieved and serious look and asked again.
"Father, I understand the dangers of this path, I may die in the Scarlet Canyon before I grow up, just like the predecessors of the family, but I am willing to give all my efforts for the hope of the future!"
Looking at his father, Rod silently apologized in his heart, and then told his father in a tone that was full of confidence and confidence at his current age.
In fact, if there was no golden finger of the gods game space, Rhodes would definitely choose the second way. Instead of choosing the third route that is the most dangerous and at the same time the most testing of one's character, luck, and strength as it is now!
"Good! It's good that you understand."
Baron Ernst, who didn't know what Rod really thought in his heart, looked at his son and said with a look of relief and some worry.
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