The Divia Mountains are the north-south dividing line of West France, and although it is not the highest mountain in the continent of Veron, it is the most difficult mountain range in the whole of Velon, or even in the whole world.

The mountains start in the depths of the Black Forest and end on the west coast of the continent of Vilon, although the mountains are not high, but they are not very undulating, always above the snow line, so all the peaks of the Divia Mountains are covered with snow all year round, plus these peaks are steep cliffs from the mountainside, so it is almost impossible for ordinary people to climb the mountains.

At that time, in order to build the Circumcontinental Railway, the French Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to dig through the shortest and thinnest mountain in the Dibia Mountains and build a mountain tunnel, which made the north and south of West France directly passable.

During the construction of the railway, the railway company invited a number of adventurers to survey the Debia Mountains to find the most suitable places to build tunnels, and those adventurers traveled almost all of the Debia Mountains to record the situation of the mountains completely, and also found some canyon passages that were not suitable for the construction of railway tunnels, but could be passed by a small number of people.

Barak is an Orion Hunter who lives in the Dibia Mountains, his village is located in the deep mountains of the Divia Mountains, the people in the village are all Orion, they have little contact with the outside world, and they are not interested in the wars of the outside world, and who rules West France has no meaning to them. Because even the most greedy tax collector would not risk his life to travel long distances into the depths of the Dibia Mountains to collect taxes in such a no-oil and water-free Orion Village.

Unlike the other hunters in the village, Barak once left the Dibia Mountains with a merchant who came to the village to buy furs, and lived in the city of Miria for half a year, where he saw the prosperity and wealth of the city, and saw what luxury was. When he returned to his village, he saw the old and simple wooden houses, and he couldn't help but have a strong desire in his heart.

Driven by desire, Barak used various means to control the Orion team in the village, then monopolized the fur production of his own village, and in the following years also controlled the fur of several other nearby Orion villages in his own hands, reaping a lot of profits from it, becoming the richest and most powerful man of his generation.

Although Barak has lived a life that he could not have imagined before, he is still not satisfied, because he has already opened his horizons, he does not want to be the king and hegemon in this small village forever, he wants to live the kind of life that only the rich can live in the big city, and become the kind of nobleman who is superior to others.

It's a pity that Barak's identity as a hunter from the mountains is a natural obstacle in itself, even if he has a lot of wealth, he is just a barbarian in the mountains and forests when he goes to those big cities, not to mention the luxurious life of the rich in the city, even if he is not qualified to buy a house in the city.

Just when Barak felt that his wish was impossible, news broke that the city of Miria had been destroyed by the Imperial army, and a large number of refugees poured into the mountains for refuge.

For the ordinary hunters in the village, these refugees are trouble, because they not only break the peace of the village, consume a large amount of the village's grain stock, and bring great pressure to the village to survive the winter, and even these refugees may attract the army of the French Empire, so that the entire village is in a life and death crisis.

According to the intentions of these hunters, they were initially prepared not to accept these refugeees, and some even felt that they should simply kill these refugeees, take their belongings, and take their corpses to the mountains to feed the wild beasts, so that no one would know.

But these ideas were stopped by Barak, as the leader, who not only accepted the refugees, but also provided them with housing to live in, and even the food supply was sufficient, and the price was not looted.

Although Barak's prestige in the village was somewhat damaged by this behavior, it made him a rare kind-hearted person in the eyes of these refugees, and gained extraordinary favor.

Barak made such a decision that was detrimental to the interests of the village mainly because he saw in these refugees the opportunity to fulfill his long-standing wishes.

Through the introduction of a refuge merchant, Barak got to know several powerful families among the evacuees, and after some means of making friends, they also became very good.

Later, Barak learned from the conversation that the families of these powerful people had actually retreated to Lancy in the south before the French Imperial army attacked Miria City, and they had some private property in Miria City that they needed to deal with personally, so they were not able to go together. By the time they had finished disposing of their private property and were about to leave, the secret forces of the French Empire had already crossed the city of Miria to conquer the important station at the northern end of the Continental Railway's Dibia Mountains, cut off the north-south railway, and also blocked the water and land transportation to Port Leon, leaving them trapped in the city of Miria.

After that, the magnates promised that once the fighting subsided, they would return to their families and repay Barak for taking care of them during this time.

Barak, who had dealt with various merchants for many years, was very shrewd, and he did not fully believe the words of these magnates, so he secretly obtained some information from other refugees, which confirmed that the identities and families of these magnates were indeed not lying. In the same way, he never expects some verbal promises, because he knows that verbal promises will never count, so he thinks of a way to get those powerful people to fulfill their promises.

In the months that followed, he took in and cared for the evacuees who had escaped from Miria as much as possible, and from time to time guided the magnates to make some promises in front of them, leaving a deep impression on all the evacuees. When the war calms down, he will let these asylum seekers go back, and if he does not get what he promised, then these asylum seekers who have been taken care of by him will help him create public opinion and force these elites to do what they promised, otherwise, who would want to cooperate with someone who does not even repay his life.

However, with some new asylum seekers bringing in all kinds of new news from Miria City, Barak sensed that his investment might be in trouble, because the Francoian army and the United Kingdom army were always in a state of standoff, and it seemed that the war would not be able to subside anytime soon.

Moreover, the army of the French Empire also began to orderly clean up the people of the United Kingdom located at the northern end of the Dibia Mountains, and several groups of people who fled from Miria City to the mountains were intercepted and killed by the Imperial Clearing Army, depending on the situation, the Clearing Army will come to the Orion Village in the deep mountains sooner or later.

At that point, the refugees he had taken in would be the bane, and their villages could be wiped out as if they were Britannica.

When Barak sensed that the situation was not good, he also had the idea of secretly solving these evacuees, but now the number of refugees in the village has reached more than 300, more than half of the people in the village, and many of them are powerful warriors.

So he had to think of other ways to solve the crisis, and the best way was to help these people cross the Dibia Mountains and send them to Lanxi in the south.

The idea of crossing the Dibia Mountains did not come to mind because of this crisis, in fact, he had thought of it from the very beginning when he wanted to fulfill his wishes from those powerful people.

In the beginning, Barak waited until the mood of the magnates fell into despair or despair, put forward the plan, gave them hope, and then led them through the mountains to Lanxi, so that the other party could be more grateful to himself.

It's just that because the time hasn't come yet, he has never planned to implement it, but the current situation has forced him to come up with the plan he has prepared for a long time.

The reason why Barak is so confident that he can lead people over the Dibia Mountains is because he knows a secret passage through the canyon that crosses the Dibia Mountains, and he has used this secret passage to smuggle a lot of things with people in the past few years, so it is not difficult for him to cross the Dibia Mountains.

Barak's ancestors were one of the adventurers hired by the Continental Railroad to carry out geo-exploration, and in the course of their exploration, they discovered a secret passage through a canyon through the Divia Mountains. Unfortunately, he found the secret passage of the canyon too late, and the railway company had already begun to dig a tunnel in one of the weakest mountains in the Dibia Mountains, and invested a lot of money, and it was impossible to modify the tunnel plan.

Barak's ancestors did not return to civilization, but stayed in the mountains, started a family, and borrowed this secret passage to smuggle some goods and earn money and materials, so this secret passage is a big secret of Barak's family, and now this secret will help him realize his wishes.

"Mr. Barak, do you mean you know of a secret passage through the valley through the Dimia Mountains?" When Barak summoned the leaders of the magnates and the refuge to his room and told the people about the secret passage, the room immediately exploded, and everyone asked the same question over and over again.

"Quiet, everyone!" Barak raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then nodded very affirmatively, "Let me know that such a secret passage can help you get out of here and go to Lanxi." ”

After receiving the definite answer, everyone couldn't help but cry with joy, because the news from Miria City recently was so depressing that everyone felt a sense of despair that they would be destroyed at any time, and now the news given by Barak was undoubtedly their only hope to save their lives.

After a period of ecstasy, the crowd began to calm down, and one of the active-minded merchants couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and asked, "Mr. Barak, if you know that there is such a secret passage, why didn't you ...... it before?"

Before the question could be fully spoken, someone immediately rebuked the merchant: "What nonsense are you talking about, Krona, do you still suspect that Mr. Barak has any special intentions?"

The other people around were also stunned for a moment, and then reprimanded the merchant for his rude suspicion, which made the merchant's face turn red and his mouth open, not knowing how to explain.

In fact, although these people are accusing the merchant of rude suspicion, they are actually suspicious in their hearts, just like the merchant, but Barak is now their only hope to leave this ghost place, and they dare not offend Barak, nor dare they annoy Barak, so they can only express their attitude to Barak by blaming the merchant.

"Don't accuse Mr. Krone, for if it were me, I would have doubted it. Barak had already thought that there would be doubts, and he had already prepared a statement, and after relieving the merchants, he explained according to the words: "Actually, this canyon secret passage is just a legend of my family, and I don't know if the secret passage really exists, so I didn't say it." Now that I have confirmed that the secret passage really exists, and the situation here has deteriorated a bit recently, if you continue to stay here, it will not only put you in danger, but also bring disaster to our village, so I decided to lead you through the secret passage through the Dibia Mountains. ”

After listening to the explanation, the doubts in everyone's hearts also diminished a lot, although there was still a trace of doubt, but it no longer affected their trust in Barak.

One of the powerful people had a middle-aged man with a steady personality, and after calming down the excitement and doubts in his heart, he began to think about the future again, and asked with concern: "Mr. Barak, may I ask if there is any danger in that secret passage?"

This middle-aged magnate is the younger brother of the MP, and he is also a member of the Lanxi Chamber of Commerce, and he is the focus of Barak's attention these days, so in the face of this question, Barak also patiently replied: "Most of that secret passage is in a narrow canyon, and there is a section of the road that needs to pass through the edge of an abyss, so it is dangerous, as long as you are careful on other roads, there will be no accidents." The only other dangers are mainly some wild beasts, because it is deep in the mountains, you may encounter some wild beasts on the way, I will lead a team of hunters to protect you, as long as you do not leave the protective circle, there will be no accidents. ”

"Are we the only ones leaving?" someone asked again.

"No, all the evacuees go. Barak responded: "The more people there are, the less dangerous the beasts we encounter on the road will be, and the less danger we will be, and if there are more people, as long as we are well prepared, it will be much easier to take care of each other even if there is an accident." If it's just a few of us, if we encounter any accidents, such as injuries or something, it is difficult to take care of them in that environment, and in the end we can only leave the injured in place and wait for death. ”

Hearing Barak's words, the relaxed mood of the group became tense, and after asking more specific things such as what they needed to bring, they left separately, preparing to bring the news to the other evacuees. And those magnates also expressed in front of everyone again that if they arrived in Lanxi, they would definitely repay Barak's promise.