North of the Gengugo Mountains, known as the northern part of the continent known as the Neverwinter Land in the rest of the continent.

It's ridiculous that a place covered with snow all year round can be called a place without winter? The name is quite humorous - this land is covered with snow for thousands of years, and there is no concept of spring and summer at all, and because spring and summer do not exist, there is naturally no distinction between autumn and winter. Since there is no concept of seasons, wouldn't it be wonderful to call it a place without winter?

Although it is cold enough to freeze to death, even in the coldest season, even when many wild animals need to take refuge in the Gengugo Mountains, there are still many creatures and creatures living in this land.

For example, the Miltai elves.

Just when Aozong picked up the shearwater that had already been frozen and was ready to roast it again.

To the southeast of the Land of Neverwinter, Kaudataia is the place where the Elves of Miltai live.

The Miltai elves are a rare group of elves who can withstand the cold, but even so, they did not build their homes on the ground, but like other creatures living in the Winterless Land, they built a stronghold on the ground that could withstand the cold, and built the real activity and living area under the stronghold.

A female miltai elf walked through the long hallway and into a room that resembled a study-like layout. A man is reading a book in front of the desk.

"Inap, the lamp of the blood seal of Ganaena has been extinguished. The elf sat on a stone chair in the middle of the room and said in a tone as calm as possible.

"Ganaena, extinguished? The male elf, known as Inap, bounced out of his chair in surprise.

"His lamp did go out. The elf didn't shy away from Inapphar's inquiring gaze.

"He has a team of hunters by his side, and Zanxiang and Yamli by his side, even a human robed mage may not be able to kill him. And there was only one robed mage in that place, and he would hardly leave the city, and it was impossible for Ganaena to run into him. ”

The female elf nodded, "No matter what you say, his blood seal lamp is indeed out, and you and I both know very well that the blood mark lamp will never be wrong." ”

Seeing that Inap lowered her head and said no more, the female elf turned away so that he could be alone to digest the bad news.

"Wait, I'm going south, I'm going to confirm Ganaena's death myself, and if he is really dead, I'm going to at least bring his body back. ”

The female elf's brows furrowed, and her face quickly changed, and then she turned around and said, "This has already been done, and you know very well that there are many more important things that need to be done." ”

"I said, I'm going south. Enap repeated his decision, and without looking at the elf again, he walked out of the study.

"You can't go, I know you're trying to get revenge on Ganaenah. Have you forgotten how important your life is to the fate of our people?"

Inak neither stopped nor looked back, leaving only one sentence: "Don't forget that I am immortal." ”

On the thirteenth day of the month of the god of calamity, the third wind.

Kole Frontier, Jiaqi Ridge, Stone Tower Gorge.

This is the northern boundary of the Kol Frontier, and it is also the northern boundary of the Empire, although geographically the Zu Boer Realm is farther north than the Kol Frontier, but if you want to talk about the northern gate of the Empire, it is still here.

The Gengugo Mountains are known as the Tambro Continent's Barrier Zone, but this barrier does not completely separate the Neverwinter Lands from the south, and it is said that there is an opening on each side of the east and west sides of the Gengugo Mountains, so that the creatures do not have to climb over the steep and majestic mountains to pass through the mountains, and the eastern opening of the mountains is said to be near the Kol Frontier.

Although this theory has been circulated for hundreds or even thousands of years, no one has publicly confirmed the existence of the opening, and the only evidence that can be used as evidence is that every winter, those livestock from the south of the Winterless Land appear first in the Kol Realm.

This statement actually comes from an ancient and widely spread legend, and this legend is inseparable from the Shita Gorge.

At one point between 1,200 and 1,500 years, the Great Boer Empire certainly did not exist at that time, and even the oldest surviving historical record of the empire was only recorded as an old story.

That year, ancient creatures and birds and beasts suddenly appeared, and this war was called the Beast Tide, and the place where the invasion broke out was now the Kol Realm.

At that time, the human beings living here rose up to resist, the process of the war was quite fierce, and it was simply tragic for human beings, after more than a thousand years of circulation, the details of the war are no longer known, but it is certain that human beings in the early stage of the outbreak of the war, defeated and retreated, and suffered heavy losses, and the turning point of the war occurred in today's Shita Gorge.

Today's Shita Gorge is certainly not called Shita Gorge back then, because this stone tower did not exist at that time, it was just a nameless canyon, it was in this war, human beings paid a heavy price to achieve a key victory, since then the whole war has been reversed, and finally the invading ancient creatures and birds and beasts have been wiped out.

After the war, people at that time built a towering stone tower on this canyon, and used the stone tower as a fortress to monitor and prevent the recurrence of ancient creatures and birds, animals, and beasts, so this canyon was also named Stone Tower Gorge.

Since then, although ancient creatures and birds and beasts have occasionally appeared, there have been no large-scale invasions, and the stone tower has not really played the role it was expected to play when it was built for more than a thousand years.

Today's stone tower has long since collapsed, and the surrounding buildings are in ruins, but not far from the ruins, the empire has built a settlement, which is the stone tower gorge.

Ao Zongheng didn't come here to be a tourist attraction, but the bartender at the Tavern heard that he was visiting Stone Tower Circle for the first time, so he told him the legend of Stone Tower Gorge with great enthusiasm. Of course, he understands that the bartender's passion is to sell more wine, but he also has a need for information, so he is happy to take what he needs, but he does not appear to have a deep plan for the land.

Of course, Ao Zongheng had no plans for Shita Gorge, he was plotting against the third Shernashak nobleman whose fief was here.

Even a foreigner like Ao Zongheng, based on a few days of limited knowledge and knowledge, can judge that Shernashak is by no means a local surname.

Although in addition to the nobles who need to be sealed in the imperial capital, the other nobles are basically sealed in other places, but just as the political status of the realm and Sakai is not equal, it is also a very important thing for any nobleman to be sealed in the ancestral realm. And this Shernashak family, according to the accurate word, they were not sealed to the Kol Frontier, but were sealed in the Korr Frontier - their family was cast into the Korr Frontier more than two hundred years ago when the empire rose.

Few outsiders can tell where and why this Shernashak family came from, and neither can the bartender, but he can tell that this Shernashak family in Shita Gorge was sealed about two hundred years ago.

Although the wine is particularly good in winter, the bartender rarely sees a customer like this one who is generous and generous in drinking, even those nobles are rare to drink so much wine in this store - not that they have no money, but they don't have this amount, and the bartender is even more afraid if he really drinks too much, in case the aristocratic lord says that he didn't bring the money, write an IOU and what do you say? And this guest pays generously in cash every time he asks for wine, which is really rare for a high roller. The bartender saw that he was interested in the topic of the Shernashake family, so he planned to start with the history of the Shernashake family, but the guest suddenly interrupted him.

"What is the ancestral surname of this Shernashak family? Do you know?"

Of course, Ao Zongheng didn't ask casually, with the previous two experiences, he found out that it is much easier to ask the ancestral surname than to check the family tree directly, anyway, the people of the two families are actually judged from the ancestral surname, so why should I be so bothered?

The bartender really didn't expect this to ask this kind of question, as a bartender, although he usually likes to pay attention to all kinds of messy news, and is good at inquiring, but who would ask about other people's ancestral surnames?

The ancestral surname, of course, is an important thing in the aristocracy, and it is related to blood inheritance. It's also very important in etiquette, but for outsiders, there is no meaning to fart, and even if you hear about it, you rarely remember it.

Although Ao's luck in this regard has not been good, this time it was better - the bartender did not know the ancestral surname of the Shernashake family, but he remembered that there was a note left by a young master of the Shernashake family in his tavern.

For any businessman, it will not be too difficult to find out the bill.

It was just a very ordinary bill, and the general content of it was to confirm that there was a total amount of money to be paid in this tavern until the date of the month and year of the Imperial calendar. The focus is on the inscription - Quian Kai Du Schernashak.

The bartender said that this was a young master of the Sherna Shak family, and Kui'an was his name, and there was no need to say more about the last two, the emphasis was on the Kai character.

In the Tambro Continent, as long as there is a person with status and family, whether it is a human or a living being, their full name and title must be said by the old elder, such as the Gorgenga Elf Lebana. If such a long name is hung on the lips all day long, it will be too much waste of saliva and time, so except for important occasions such as ceremonies and oaths, nobles use short-form names on their lips or paper, including ancestral surnames, and they don't need to write them all, just write an abbreviation, after all, it is rare to have the same name, surname, surname, rank and ancestor's surname.

So this Kai must be the abbreviation of the ancestral surname, and the Lance Keitel Lebodin Norio du Schernaschak, who is arrogantly pursuing all the way, doesn't there be a Keitel in the ancestral surname? Could it be ......

Thinking of this month of pursuit, seeing that there is finally a sign of a breakthrough, even if it is arrogant, it is inevitable that I will be a little excited in my heart. But in order not to cause trouble to the bartender, he gave three al-gazals as a reward, and left the tavern with a drunken appearance.

Now, should I find a few more people to inquire?