“...... And what was it like before?" asked Uncle Sersi as Sonny approached. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"All I can say is that it was inhabited seventeen years ago. "After Uncle Lawrence set out from the North City, he took off the heavy leather jacket worn by the Ice Plains all year round, and replaced it with a shining black armor and relief chest armor, which looked much more luxurious than Uncle Sercy. His thick cloak is trimmed with black mink fur, and the buttons are delicate white gold snowflakes - the ice field coat of arms.

"Yes, Lord Sercy. Lake Blair, who was in charge of commanding the entire Alliance Scout Team and was very thin but had extremely sharp eyesight, echoed, "Eighteen years ago, this place belonged to the realm of Saint's City. To tell the truth, it used to be a place where birds didn't poop, and even robbers didn't want to come. Today, almost all the villages we pass through have been hit by fire, and if it weren't for the late Lord Kenny, it wouldn't have ......"

"Why don't you go on?" asked Selcey, frowning, "If these villages weren't Kenny's, we'...... What will happen?"

Sonny heard a rustling of dead leaves overhead, and the two branches parted sideways, and a small weasel scurried nimbly between the branches, attracting everyone's attention. Sir Lake stood at the fork in the trunk of the heads of the men and said, "No comment. By the way, the men I sent came back and said that there was a water source further south, probably a freshwater lake, a few hills to the west, and no new towns and villages were found, and as for the Sid Mountains to the southeast," he turned to look at Lawrence, "just as we did when we left Karta, and found no enemy scouts." ”

"So we're safe now?" Selsey smiled, "Man, can we camp here tonight?"

Lawrence looked up and looked through the dead leaves at the graying sky. "No," he said, "a few hours before it gets dark? I mean, it's completely dark. ”

"Two hours, my lord. Toller replied.

"Then let's continue to the Side Mountains," Lawrence decided, "I always felt that there seemed to be something in this damn place, and as for what it was, I couldn't say, but we had better stay away." Looking at the sky, it shouldn't rain tonight. ”

Sonny flipped onto his mount and turned his head to look behind him. The remaining brothers stood under the charred trees, tending to the horses, munching on dried beef, scratching their heads, urinating or talking to each other. As soon as the order was given, the crowd stopped talking and got on their horses. The scouts were the first to set off, galloping their horses wildly, while the rest shook the reins, and Sersi was in charge of the volcanic team, pressing the rear.

Gradually, the team tossed the charred ruins behind them, and followed the marks left by the scouts all the way south, reaching the lake that Sir Lake had spoken of, and it was already completely dark.

After nightfall, they camped under the stars, and when they looked up they could see the half moon, the brothers were in good spirits when they first left Sumer, and they talked and laughed all the way, and it seemed that everyone was full of curiosity and yearning for the First Continent. But after crossing the Beicheng Bridge and crossing the red oak forest, they gradually fell silent, the frolic became less and less frolic, and the temper became more and more rough. No one would admit that they were afraid, and they were the most elite soldiers of the North Guard, anyway, but Sonny could feel the unease—there was no sign of humans in nearly ten burned villages and towns, and animals had fled without a trace. Even Uncle Lawrence, who hails from this continent, admits that this is not the place in the first place.

Sonny roasted his hands by the fire as he thought about Sumer. He misses his mother, who is dead, but he never even attends her funeral. On top of that, he misses Sula and wonders if she's safely back to Sunshine City. Of course, he was also worried about Horn, his brother who was bent on going his own way, I don't know where he is now, what is going on, whether he has found the answer he wants. He couldn't help but feel a little sad, but now, he couldn't do anything, he didn't know anything about the Sid Mountains, about the Dragon Peak, he could only follow Uncle Lawrence all the way south to find the legendary 10,000-meter dangerous peak.

"What are you thinking?"

Sonny looked back and saw Uncle Lawrence sitting down beside him. "Sumerian, Assyria, Mother, Sula, Horn. He replied truthfully, "My lord, did you go to Dragon Peak when you were young?"

"Dragon Peak?" Lawrence frowned and was silent for a moment. "The most suitable person for this mission is Lord Kenny's personal soldier, your archery teacher Aiden, who was once a forester in the northern Side Mountains. He said as he took out his dagger, cut a skinny rabbit leg from the grill and handed it to the boy, "but they're all gone." ”

"Mean, you haven't been?" Sonny absentmindedly took the rabbit leg and turned to look at his uncle.

"It is the highest mountain in the First Continent, and it is famous for the legend of the evil dragon. Lawrence cut a piece of rabbit meat from the grill and sighed, "Even if anyone has been there, they just stand at the bottom of the hill and look at it, I'm afraid no one will be stupid enough to climb it." He turned to look at Sonny, "Do you know how tall it is? It's close to 10,000 meters, and to be honest, I don't know if we're going to be able to climb it." ”

Sonny takes a bite of the roasted rabbit leg with the belt. "We have to climb up," he chewed on the rabbit meat fiercely, "although I can't climb the mountain, and I haven't seen a peak of 10,000 meters, but even if I die, I have to die on the top of the mountain." ”

"It's good, like a Dalton kid. Lawrence praised, "But courage alone is not enough, you have to be mentally prepared." Dragon Peak is unusually steep, and even in the hottest summers, it is covered with snow all year round from 6,000 meters to the summit. Now that winter is approaching, in addition to the barrenness of food, the biting storms, we may also have to face the dangers of getting lost, avalanches, being besieged by wild beasts, and everything else you can think of. Remember, there was nothing but snow, even stones, not even a single dry piece of firewood. It's just my guess, but if it's true, and that's all I say, we're really lucky. ”

"When did you become like Alan, scaring kids?" said Sersi walked over, half of a deer's leg in his hand, and sat down across from the two of them who were chatting. Along with him was Steven, who held half of a deer's leg in his hand.

"I just hope he's mentally prepared," Lawrence smiled, "and you, all the same, all those who haven't been to the First Continent had better be mentally prepared, otherwise they will wait until the foot of Dragon Peak...... All of them are dumbfounded!"

"Isn't it over there?" Sersi pointed behind him with a deer's leg, a nonchalant expression.

"yes, it's over there. Lawrence looked up at the foggy east.

Sonny looked up as well. In the meager moonlight, in the far north of the Side Mountains, the Dragon Peak towers proudly, making the entire mountain range look like a dragon with its head raised and spitting flames, its momentum is terrifying and majestic.

"It's raining. Steven said.