Imperial calendar, 225 years.

Scipio Steppe, legend has it that it was named in honor of a tiger hero, Scipio.

Strong winds blow with coldness.

A stranger in a black cloak slowly approached the tent of a small tribe.

"Who?"

A gruff voice came from the tent.

The curtain was lifted, revealing a tiger man with thick brown hair and a 'king' on his forehead.

He was burly and powerful in the upper half of his body, and wore a robe that covered one shoulder.

It was warm in the tent, and there were a few tiger man cubs playing.

"Hello, my name is Richie, a traveler from afar who wants to spend the night."

Richie pulled out a small piece of gold: "I'll pay." ”

"It turned out to be a visitor from out of town, come in and ......"

The tiger man grinned, and a smile appeared on his face: "As for the reward, we grassland tiger people are the most hospitable, don't tell me these ......"

It invited Richie into the tent and yelled at his partner, and a female tiger man went to get a pot of mutton.

Although there is not much seasoning, the meat is solid.

"Thank you ......"

Richie frowned, but grabbed it anyway and ate it.

The tiger man gave mare's milk wine again, and scolded the little tiger cub who wanted to pounce next to him: "The guests are smiling, they have never seen humans, and I have only seen some ...... when I served on the side of the nobles of the Northland."

"It turns out that I am still a retired veteran, and I was also born in the Northland, from the ...... of Star Lake," Richie laughed.

"So, guest, what are you going to do when you go so far and come to the grassland?"

The tiger man asked curiously, "If there is a need...... I, Bobble, will definitely help you. ”

"It's not a secret...... I'm a magician, and after completing my studies and breaking through the ranks, I accepted the Academy's mission to come to the north to spread the true meaning of magic and build a mage tower! ”

Richie drank a mare's milk and said in a deep voice.

"Magician? You turned out to be the legendary Mystic One? ”

Bobble's eyes widened: "So...... You've really got the ...... The power of magic? ”

Richie smiled, letting a ball of light appear between his fingers.

Suddenly, the tent was completely silent.

Even the little tiger cubs hugged each other and lost the ability to speak.

"That's a ...... It's too lazy! ”

Bobble looked at a loss and wanted to salute.

"It doesn't have to be ...... that way"

Richie took the spell and smiled slightly, his heart actually full of bitterness.

The time he spent as an apprentice learning magic was the happiest day of his life.

After graduation, I don't know if it was for the touch of beauty in my heart or something else, he resolutely chose to stay in school to teach, and he couldn't inherit the family property when he went back anyway.

But the blow followed.

Lindsay actually married Emperor Justinian and became the most noble empress.

Richie could only cry silently in secret, and immediately after being promoted to a fourth-level magician, he prepared to leave the academy and start traveling.

Many mages have obtained the construction skills of the Mage Tower from Illiyah before leaving the school, and are ready to return to their own territory or build in the barren mountains and mountains.

After all, it was not only a powerful guarantee, but also a laboratory and alchemy table, which was useful for the progress of magicians.

To be honest, the departure of a high-level magician like Richie from the academy caused quite a stir at the time.

And his choice is even more so.

He did not choose to stay in the imperial capital, even if some big nobles offered very rich bargaining chips to recruit him, wanting him to become a retainer, and even the royal family promised to be canonized as a nobleman.

But Richie still resolutely left that sad place, and did not go home, but subconsciously wanted to get away from everything.

Before I knew it, I took the task and came to the grasslands of the far north.

Here, he saw a completely different side of the empire.

No matter how fair and impartial Jupiter is, he is a human after all, and the second generation of Justinian the Great is also a pure-blooded human.

This has led to the rise of human supremacy within the Empire.

At the same time, the orcs can only live in the barren north, suffering from various natural disasters year after year.

For example, the 'White Plague', that is, the Snow Plague, according to the Tiger Man Barber, once it appears, many small tribes will become extinct!

Even for large tribes, it is normal for more than half of the casualties to be killed.

Even so, those greedy human nobles are still expanding northward, eroding the territory of the orcs!

'The superstring warrior and the magician, these two systems of power, are clearly and secretly restricted from spreading to the orcs...... Especially in the magician system, orcs with relatively simple thinking have a hard time mastering the power of magic! ’

Richie thought to himself.

The human aristocracy is greedy and despicable.

In the grasslands of the Far North, he was treated well by the simple orcs.

All this made him make up his mind.

'I'm going to spread civilization to the steppes, and do what I can to protect one side!' ’

Thinking of this, Rich said to Barber, "I want to ...... Escape from the White Plague? ”

"It's impossible to get out of the range of the white-haired wind unless you go south......" The tiger man replied with a wry smile, stroking his child's head.

"I just said that I was going to build a mage tower here, it's true!"

Richie said solemnly: "As long as you have the Mage Tower, you can get the protection of spells, maybe it can't change the overall environment, but it is more than enough to protect one or two small tribes...... You can get a warm environment in the winter, and the power of magic will make the grass grow faster, so that the animals will have more fodder, and you won't have to worry about starving to death next year......"

"Of course, I can't do this alone, but I can teach my students, let them teach more students, and build the grassland into a rich land."

Richie spoke, his gaze becoming determined.

That was indeed his hope.

If you can do this, you will live up to your life goals.

Magic, not necessarily harm, there's more to it!

"Never be afraid of the White Plague?"

Hearing this, there were already some tears in Barber's eyes: "Dear Magician, if you can do this, you will not only be the benefactor of our family, but all the people of the grassland will serve you as the greatest and most respectable person...... But be careful, there are ghouls in the snow and ice, and they are the ones who have caused terrible disasters. ”

"Ghouls?"

Richie inquired and heard a Northland legend.

Rumor has it that in the farther north, there are 'ghouls', a group of blue-eyed monsters that can manipulate the power of ice and snow.

Every few winters, they move south, bringing terrible disasters to the grasslands.

"Interesting!"

Richie smiled disapprovingly, "Regardless of whether ghouls really exist, even if they exist, they must surrender to the power of magic!" ”