The first time he came to the imperial capital, Roy didn't know that just by turning the road, he had already caused the undercurrent of the city to surge and change.

He was just bent on rushing to the north.

When they were still a hillbilly, Roy and Tom's biggest wish was to come to the imperial capital one day.

In the eyes of the teenager, the imperial capital is the center of the stage of this world. They dream of becoming knights who are respected and loved, and they dream of walking into this great city of dreams in the sunshine and bright clothes.

If he had time, Roy would love to stop.

He wanted to go up to the Imperial Power Mountain to see the emperor who had been married to his father, to see where Erethia had grown up, and to sit down with friends who had fought side by side but had not seen each other for a long time.

For example, the royal knights Hugo and Punk, who once saved the civilians of Bollabelle.

For example, Philip, the heir of the Carré family, who once led the Red Leaf Knights to the aid of a hundred miles and annihilated the Black Skull bandit group raised by Wenger with him.

For example, Mo Ya, who once relieved himself from the siege and protected himself at the banquet of Grand Duke Adolf, such as the companions and instructors of the first training camp who came to the imperial capital because of the training camp competition and practiced hard day and night, and for example, Abraham and the twelve righteous brothers who rushed to the aid of Lulian in the battle of the abyss demons not long ago......

However, Roy didn't have time to stop.

The situation in the north made him worried. And what he misses even more is Malt, the bandits, Oliver, Daddy Ken, Sergeant Hans, and all the Bollabelles.

He spent the happiest time of his life in Pollabelle.

These people are already his relatives and are his deepest roots in this world.

There is no room for mistakes!

Therefore, after disembarking from the empty demon ship, Roy immediately headed north.

The undead unicorn galloped across the vast plains of the imperial capital, leaving behind the majestic but hidden turbulent giant city, smaller and smaller.

Along the way, Roy discovers that the situation is even worse in the North than in the South.

The towns near the imperial capital are fine. You can still see the fields and crops, and the order is still normal. The refugees who wandered along the road appeared to be in good order, under the protection and control of the local magistrate and the imperial guard.

But as soon as he came out of the Imperial Capital Plain, his eyes were full of devastation.

A large number of fields have been abandoned. Originally, the salvation continent was barren and bitter cold, and the fields were not very productive, coupled with the looting and trampling of the refugees who went south, the owners of these lands could not hold on until the next harvest.

Along the way, the farmer's houses were empty and dilapidated. The fence of the livestock farm fell to the ground in all directions, and the fence of the farm was riddled with holes. The roads are muddy and broken, and the stone bridges over many rivers have been broken, and only temporary bridges have been built with trees. Even the woods along the route were cut down by the refugees who lit the fire. Everywhere there are traces left after the fire was made, and garbage and feces can be seen everywhere.

Although it is not a wasteland, Roy can fully imagine that when the refugees pass through these places, it will probably not be much better than walking in the desert Gobi.

The further north you go, the worse you see.

A large number of dead bodies appeared on the side of the road. These people either died of illness or were killed by bandits. There may even be those who have been killed by other refugees who have snatched food.

In this area, there is no order or morality.

It's just bandits and the plague that run rampant here!

Roy rode his horse with a heavy heart. In the large number of refugees heading south, the number of pedestrians heading north was almost cut off.

No madman would dare to walk against these ragged refugees with green eyes. Because every step you take, you will encounter different refugees, which means different dangers.

You have no idea who will pounce on you and drag you off the horse, eating even the bones of your belt.

The only people who dare to go north today are caravans that have hired a large number of guards and mercenaries.

The knights' armor and swords, and their strength, were no match for ordinary refugees. But even so, caravans often get caught up in the begging and harassment of refugees. Once they're stationed, someone will try to steal something.

As for a solo horse like Roy, even if he has enough strength to protect himself, he will encounter a lot of trouble along the way.

Fortunately, the undead unicorn is no ordinary warhorse.

For other horses, impassable muddy wetlands, swamps, and mountain roads are flat for this undead unicorn with the skin of a long-haired and skinny horse.

This allows Roy to avoid the congested roads and take some of the off-the-beaten-path roads most of the time.

Out of the Imperial Capital Plains, they entered the province of Anthos.

Roy didn't know much about this province, which was located in the north-east of the empire and part of it was already bordering the Pompeii Empire, and his deepest impression was nothing more than his own fiefdom.

Anthos is a province of the Empire, and a large part of it is a direct domain of the Imperial Family, the Solan family.

Back then, it was from here that Grand Duke Solan raised his troops and eventually established the Solan Empire, and Pompeii and Fei Lie divided the world.

What Roy didn't expect was that this time, His Majesty Edward I would actually reward Byron County, which was the richest county in the territory, as a fief.

And the Southern Cross Castle in the territory is also the origin of his own earl title.

It's just that because Byron County is located in the west of Anthos, which is far from his own route, he didn't have time to see it this time.

Roy thought and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

He is perhaps the most unobtrusive nobleman in the empire. When others are given fiefdoms, it is regarded as the supreme honor and the most important thing for the family. Most of them will be dispatched as soon as possible, rushing to receive them, and no matter how bad they are, they will send their own stewards and a guard first, so that the territory is under their control.

But himself, from the time he was feuded to the present, let alone to receive the territory or send people over, and even the steward of the fief that the royal family rewarded him, the servants did not know one.

And in addition to his own territory, Roy's impression of Anthos is that there are two families.

These two families appeared in the war for mercenaries in Lulian not long ago, one is the unicorn Paz family. This family, along with thirty other families from other provinces of the empire, formed a large force intent on forcing Grand Duke Adolf and himself into submission.

The other family is the Sassoon family.

This family was the neighbor of Grand Duke Solan long before the founding of Solan, and the relationship between the two families was very good. Later, Grand Duke Solan raised troops, and the Sassoon family was the first to join.

The ancestor of the family was a major general under the command of Grand Duke Solan, and he won great feats in the battle for the founding of the country.

In the next hundred years, after the Solan royal family entered the imperial capital, the Sassoon family became the first family in the province of Anthos, whether it is the current governor of the province Brad, or the Solan family, which retains a large number of royal territories, for the affairs of this land, the opinions of the Sassoon family must be respected.

And the Sassoon family is also full of talents.

In particular, today's General Sassoon is known as the tactical genius of the empire once in a century, and is recognized as the successor of Imperial Marshal Safin. The Knights of the Lightning under his command were regarded as the best choice by countless mercenaries before the start of the entrance ceremony in Muni City.

Unfortunately, in the end, the Paz family and the Sassoon family lost to Roy.

However, compared to the Knights of Venia's Berserk, Sassoon and his Knights of the Lightning are much more chivalrous. They persisted in completing the ceremony of entering the city, admitting their defeat, and attempting to contact Roy afterwards to seek a chance to cooperate.

Roy heard that Sassoon had returned to Anthos.

Because it is closest to the northern border, the alliance between him and the nobles of Anthos will also be one of the first to arrive in the alliance of the empire to the north to resist the enemy.

After three days, Roy had gone deep into the Tianhe Basin in the hinterland of Anthos.

After climbing over a hill, Roy had seen a dark forest that looked like a black ocean.

The forest is shrouded in the shadow of the surrounding mountains for many years, and the sun shines for only two hours a day, and the rest of the day is extremely cold. Moreover, the forest will emit a thick fog, and at night, the low temperature and the ultra-low visibility that the torch light will not penetrate at all is enough to discourage anyone.

When humans conquered this place, it took ten years to carve a path out of the forest.

This is the only road in the Dark Forest.

Riding down the hill, Roy galloped toward the entrance to the passage through the Dark Forest.

And not long after he entered the passage of the dark forest, suddenly, he heard the sound of fierce sword collisions, screams and cries for help from the jungle on one side.

"Bandits?" Roy thought for a moment, and then denied it.

In today's world, there may be many bandits, but no idiot would choose the place to rob in the dark forest. The harsh natural conditions, and the only road, are simply not suitable for the windy and cunning bandits.

Only a wilderness like the Lulian Gobi is their paradise.

Roy flicked the reins, and the Living Treasure sped off the roadbed and into the forest.

Although it was daylight hours, as soon as he entered the forest, Roy found that the dark forest lived up to its name—bounded by the edge of the woods, and the sunlight was completely blocked by the lush foliage overhead.

In the shadows, it's cold.

This kind of cold is not the kind of cold in the ice and snow, but a kind of cold that drills into the bones. There is no cold wind, but it gives people the feeling that a trace of it is drilled into the body, as if no matter how thick the clothes are, it can't be stopped.

Roy added a magic shield to himself and patted the living treasure on the neck, glad that his mount was an undead unicorn.

If it was an ordinary war horse, I am afraid that it would have been frozen as soon as it entered the forest.

Roy rode slowly towards the place where the sound had come from, and after a short distance, over a small mound and through dense branches, he saw a tragic scene through the cracks in the trees.

I saw a dozen people and their horses lying on the ground. Each corpse was covered with hoarfrost, the blood from the wounds clotted to ice, and the horses were frozen to the ground.

And there are more than twenty knights who are besieging eight people.

All eight of them were left without horses, and six of them were wearing the same armor, apparently guards, and were fighting against a mountain wall, protecting a female mage and a man in the middle.

The female mage and the man were not very old, about twenty, and they looked about the same as themselves.

And the more than twenty knights who were besieging them still had seven or eight war horses. It's all supported by the fighting spirit of the knights.

The besiegers were dressed in different ways, some like freelancers, some like mercenaries, some like bandits, or guards of a caravan.

However, after only a few glances, Roy realized that these people were obviously disguised as identities.

They not only know each other, but also cooperate tacitly, both in formation and tactics. The attack is also quite fierce and vicious, obviously after a long battle.

"Dreiser, are you crazy, dare to ambush the young city lord of the White Rock City-State, aren't you afraid of retaliation?" In the middle of the guard, an old guard with a white beard shouted loudly: "If you leave now and tell us who the mastermind is, we will not be guilty of the past, and give you a large sum of money, as well as food and equipment!"

A middle-aged man in the besieging crowd sneered, "Mr. Marion, you don't have to bother. Do you think I'm going to believe you these words? I'm afraid that if I let you go, I'll go back and die without a place to bury!"

"I can swear," said the white-bearded old guard Marion, who turned his head to look at the pale-faced young man, and said loudly, "The young city lord can swear too!"

"Yes," the protected youth began, "Dreiser, there's nothing sorry for you in White Rock City, if it's a misunderstanding, you just need to tell us who the mastermind is, and I swear, not only will I not hold you accountable, but I will give you power and wealth!"

"You?" Dreiser's laugh said, "The White Rock City-State is now unable to protect itself, and even the city lord has a heavy army. You, the young city lord, are just a puppet. What did you get when you went to the Solan Imperial Capital this time and met so many people?

"As for power and wealth, you don't have to bother, someone will give it to me. With that, Dreiser stepped up his offensive and shouted, "Kill them!"

With the attack of Dreiser and the others, the situation of everyone in White Rock City became more and more dangerous.

Roy's eyes narrowed slightly, and he heard a familiar name on a map that he looked at several times a day.

"White Rock City, isn't that the city-state not far from Banderz?"

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。 Miao Miao urged more, saying that the book friends were worried about the ruling, and they were very ashamed, and they had not had much energy recently, so they didn't care much about this. However, the plot design of the back has been done and refined, and a chapter will come out, I wish everyone a happy holiday. Resume two shifts a week.