The distance between Turbidity and Vale is not that far, and because Turbidity is on the way south of Earl Salon, there is a brick and stone road from Vale that was paved by the previous Earl of Saron at great expense. Don't underestimate this brick road, in this era, the lord can also use the people in the territory to prevent the people in the territory from starving to death as a merit, most of the lords do not want to take the initiative to build their own territory, they are eager to loot all the valuable things in the territory into their castles, and then lock the gate tightly. In such an environment, one can imagine how valuable a road was paved under the supervision of the lord for the fast passage of horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. Dubbed the Dragon's Throat Trail, the passage was also an important part of Vale's wartime supply line, but more often than not, it was responsible for fifty percent of the cargo traffic in the county of Salon.

"Actually, I've wanted to ask for a long time, and the Dragon's Blood Creek is just that, if the Dragon's Back Mountain Range is really a dragon, it makes sense that this river is called so because it originates from the Dragon's Back Mountain. But why did even the road that was later built have to be named the Dragon's Throat Trail?, and how much did the people who named it love dragons?" asked Cheese as he rode down the road, and for the mage he felt uncomfortable if he didn't study something for a while. And, perhaps because of his professional habits, Cheese always thinks that the name of a thing should be related to its meaning, and this kind of random naming can only bother others, as far as he thinks that the name of the place should be easy to identify and remember, so it is better to call it the Salonian Avenue simply and clearly than what it is called.

In fact, the question that the mage inadvertently asked is really an allusion to the North, but like most allusions in the North, the two sides in this story are the Saron family as the lord of the Earl and their imaginary enemy, the Frost Guard. And although both Elsa and Gloria know this story, as two parties in the story, it is difficult for them to say it in front of each other, especially since the version of the story they hear from their parents or others has some kind of ridicule of each other. So after Cheese asked around and no one answered him, it was Leon, an outsider who was not from the North, who answered the mage's doubts.

"To put it simply, it's actually quite simple, when the previous Earl of Ssalon built this road, he said that with this road, Valley City would be able to hold the Frost Guardian's throat like pincers. So later, I simply named this road the Dragon's Throat Trail. This short version has omitted everything that can be omitted, after all, Leon is not really incapable of looking at the atmosphere, he has omitted all the small details that could cause controversy, and the story that could blow a night in a bar has been turned into two short sentences in the knight's mouth.

But even so, the three people from Longji Mountain all made contemptuous looks at this story, and they had always been disdainful of the southern nobles' excessive precautions against the northlanders. Of course, Gloria was not unable to understand the proprietress and their thoughts, in fact, the count's daughter had also felt that the hostility of the nobles of the north towards the Frost Guardian was indeed excessive. But as a true southern nobleman, Gloria didn't dare to say anything, she was afraid that she would say the wrong thing and make the Frost Guardians angry.

But the mage didn't seem to notice the atmosphere in the team, and Cheese thought for a moment before continuing to ask.

"Although I know that the transportation of the house on the march is very important, but this is only a transportation line, and it is a transportation line that is open to the public, and if war does happen, Frost will definitely not let this road pass freely. Why is the previous Count of Saron so confident?"

"......Well, the origin of this dragon's throat trail is just an after-dinner conversation for most people, and few people will delve into the true nature of this story like cheese, in fact, even Leon, as a military personnel, probably has great strategic value in understanding this road. So the Knight of the Kingdom was unable to answer the mage's question.

But Gloria is different, the previous Earl of Ssalon, who built the Dragon's Throat Trail, was her grandfather. As a military aristocracy, the Saron family was still very strong, and each Count of Saron had to undergo strict military training in order to guard against the threat from the Northlanders, and the successive heirs had to serve in the other armies of the kingdom before receiving the title. In short, this kind of family tradition makes the Saron family not as chaotic as other nobles in terms of family relations, at least there will not be such a bloody plot as an illegitimate child today and a new lady tomorrow. Thanks to this, Gloria also had a very good relationship with her grandfather, and as the youngest and only female heir of this generation of counts, Gloria was very much loved by the previous Count of Salons since she was a child. Therefore, the old gentleman often told Gloria as a child stories that he had experienced or heard, so that she could answer Cheese's questions.

"I remember my grandfather once mentioned it to me, he said it, he said it...... Grandfather said that this road was blessed when it was built, so as long as Vale City is under the protection of the Saron family, this road will never be destroyed!"

"How can there be a road that will not be destroyed, it is just a story of coaxing children. "Monkey," whispered to the side. The others, including the knights of the kingdom, actually had the same idea as Gloria, and no matter how you look at it, this is a story made up by the old man when he coaxed his granddaughter, and it has no credibility.

"Blessed, no wonder ......" but the cheese in the crowd didn't think so. The mage had his intention in bringing the topic to the name of the path, and now that Gloria had mentioned that the path had been blessed, it vaguely confirmed one of his suspicions.

"By the way, Leon, you mentioned earlier that there are so many refugees who have fled to Turbidity that you have to plan a plot of land outside the town to house them, right?" Cheese asked suddenly.

The Blood Lion was a little puzzled when he heard this, after all, these were indeed the ones he had mentioned to the mage before.

"Yes, the refugees had obvious dark spots on their bodies, accompanied by fever and cramps. I think some of them must have become rat men to make the pharmacists come to those ridiculous conclusions. Now judging from the killing order, these refugees may have lost their luck......" The topic mentioned the killing order again, and Leon's tone involuntarily lowered. The thought that the people who slaughtered the poor refugees were most likely members of the Knights of the Kingdom who had stayed behind, the Knight Chief felt uncomfortable.

"That makes sense!" said Cheese with some excitement after hearing Leon's words. This made the people around him a little stunned for a while.

"What makes sense?" Elsa asked.

The mage had clearly figured something out, and with excitement in his eyes, he explained at breakneck speed.

"Actually, when Leon told me about the situation in Turbidity, I didn't think something was right. The number of refugees they have taken in is too high. You know, the outbreak of the rat-man plague is extremely deadly, and in the event of illness, I believe that most of the infected people will not be able to walk to the border on their own, not to mention that the first appearance of the proto-rat people may have been earlier than the arrival of those refugees. With the rat-people raging, it is impossible for these virus-infected refugees to reach Turbidity Town so smoothly. Unless ......"

"Unless what?" everyone's attention was drawn to the mage, and indeed, the number of refugees received by Turbidity was indeed a bit too much. At that time, Leon did not know the horror of the plague, and only speculated about it as an ordinary deadly infectious disease, but now it seems that perhaps the wishful thinking at that time was somewhat untenable.

"Unless the road really has some kind of power to protect those above it. The mage continued.

"It's impossible! How can a road protect pedestrians...... You mean, that so-called blessing?"

Cheese nodded, he recalled that Heather had told him that there were very few refugees in the West, and that the Chief Knight had used such words to describe the number of refugees who had fled to the Western Border. Compared to the number of refugees who fled to the south, there is a big difference in the number of refugees.

"Anyway, I think we'll know the answer soon. The mage tightened his reins as he spoke, turning over and dismounting, to examine the mystery of the dragon's throat trail. Because it is very likely that this will help him find an opportunity to heal the humans infected by the plague.