In half a month, William and his party rode through Jutland, and then hired the best merchant ships to cross the Öresund waterway at a high price, and after resting for a while in the human-controlled towns along the coast, they decided to continue north. www.biquge.info William clearly saw the look in the eyes of the town's gatekeepers looking at them. William understood that meaning very well, that is, "another bunch of fools sent to death".

Yes, in the eyes of the vast majority of people living here, a guy like William who took the initiative to go north to the hinterland of Rytjord is looking for death himself. It was a land where normal humans could not live.

Thousands of miles of mountains rise in the interior of Ritjord, with an eternal snow and a bone-killing slew in the ice.

Even in the middle of summer, when the weather is at its best, the temperature is below freezing, and because it enters the Arctic Circle, it is eternal night for half of the year. There is no daylight twenty-four hours a day.

In such an extreme climate, the creatures of the polar regions have extremely aggressive and combat effectiveness.

Those who are standing and can easily slap the most delicate plate armor to the polar bears, in packs, each with a calf-sized polar wolf...... These creatures also appear in the normal world, and in William's current world, the threat can only be described as "ordinary".

Yes, although it is easy to forget one thing many times, the fact is that objective existence does not change because of people's subjective imagination. Freedom of mind or I think or something, at most, I can only use it when I am running a group with my friends. Real life or something is absolutely unfortunate.

At a time when human technology and power had reached this level, the vast majority of the Old World's territory had vanished from the wild and the ancient, the legendary fantasy.

Legendary vampires, ronins, mountain spirits and monsters hidden in the Black Forest, dark creatures, fantasy species, unicorns, dragons, ...... Over time, the vast majority of these things have disappeared from the sight of humans.

Speaking of which, with the development of technology, it is natural for such a thing to happen...... William sometimes even thinks that if their Hereford family declines, or even perishes, then the power of another "fantasy" knight in the human world will also decline soon.

The big knights who can use their fighting spirit to strengthen themselves are barely there yet. However, according to William's analysis, most of these guys are middle-aged and elderly people over forty years old, and the knight mentor, in addition to his cousin Xia Lumi, also has his own ...... Aside from his aunt, William had never heard of anyone with this power.

Or rather, there is no one else in this world except the Hereford family. This has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

"Maybe after a while, the power of our Hereford family will become like a legend. Even if we have this power ourselves. Because this power is possessed by no one but ourselves. Human beings naturally reject the power they don't have, they don't understand, and then they think it's ridiculous and non-existent.

Perhaps, after this, the descendants of the Hereford family will also be influenced by the vast majority of people, and finally doubt that the power possessed by their ancestors is an illusory legend?

It's sad to think about it. Is.

"So...... If you look at things from this perspective, then this is a great place to be. William thought to himself - at this point, he was surprisingly fond of the land of Ritjord.

Because the land is full of mysteries. Maybe it was decades ago, maybe it was even longer than that, maybe it was in William's mind, at the time when humanity began the steam revolution, the mysteries that were not human, the dark creatures, the fantasy species, the legendary magicians, wizards, heretics, etc...... Some of them understood their fate.

After that, these clever fellows made a choice - they left where they lived and began to move towards more desolation and inaccessibility. At the same time, it is also moving in a more worthless direction. A large number of mysteries have crossed Tartaria to the great wilderness, the snowy fields and the Black Forest. Some also crossed the ocean to the New World. Some of them came to Ritjord from afar.

The mysterious migration of dark creatures and fantasy coincides with the decline of the kingdom of Rytjord. Although there is no hard evidence to show this, William believes that the decline and disintegration of the kingdom of Ritjord, which was barely cultivable and fed by people, has become the deserted wilderness and snowy land that is now inaccessible to people, and it is absolutely inseparable from the fantastical creatures who migrated here.

Therefore, the danger here is not only the polar bears that weigh two tons and are four meters tall and can smash an armored vehicle to pieces with a single slap, nor are they hordes of vicious winter wolves that can bite human bones and slag and swallow them without hesitation. These are just pediatrics. What is really dangerous here are the fantasy creatures, the dark creatures. Those vampires, werewolves, monsters, real magicians, heretics, demons, and even dragons.

Today's Ritjord is such a state of extreme danger.

"So, our next destination is the dwarven town closest to the seaside. William looked at the map he had bought at a high price, and then said, "If the information is correct, then we only need to go one hundred and fifty kilometers to see that town." ”

Beside William, the Praetorian Guard soldiers and Cheka agents who had been in high tension after leaving the town and entering the snowy fields did not speak. They tried hard to look around, left and right, as if there were countless killing machines lurking in the ice and snow......

"Alright, take it easy, my friends. William smiled and said, "Although our trip will encounter many dangers, it will not appear at the beginning. A few days, one hundred and fifty kilometers. At most there are wolves, bandits, or whatever, and we can easily wipe them out with our ability. There is nothing to be afraid of. ”

William's words made the surrounding guards and agents somewhat relieved. As William's hand-picked elite, these men and women have a total of fourteen janissaries and agents, and the weakest one has the strength of a knight. With the finest armor and weapons blessed by the priests, the most skillfully crafted rifles, and the revolver that William had recently experimented with, they believed that at close range, even a regiment of soldiers would easily destroy the enemy.

"Still, that's the way it is...... But, Your Highness, this is our duty after all. After that, the captain of the Praetorian Guard replied. This captain of the Praetorian Guard, with the rank of lieutenant, has been following William since the days of the Circassian New Army, and he is very good in terms of qualifications, loyalty and strength. It is a pity that his brain cannot adapt to the ideas and ideas of war in the new era, so he cannot become a qualified army commander.

Therefore, after a series of investigations and tests, William decided to transfer him to his guard company and serve himself as the captain of his own guard.

"Then let it be as you please. ”

Knowing that the other party's mental toughness is not so easy to convince, William doesn't care. After all, there will indeed be danger next, so having such a vigilant, loyal enough, or even rigid subordinate who does not know how to be flexible is not necessarily a bad thing.

In fact, apart from the Janissary Captain, the other Praetorian Guards and Cheka agents were just as nervous. As a vested interest, but also as a subordinate of William. These guys know that they have a great responsibility, and they are determined to ensure William's safety even if they die.

On the contrary, it was Xia Lumi who looked quite happy and smiled a little heartlessly. I don't know if she's a daring artist, or because of something else.

All in all, after listening to William repeat what happened to Rytyode, Charlumie became interested in this land full of mysteries, just like William. Just as William had thought, she was already a little eager to come into contact with the dark creatures, fantasy species, and even dragons that existed here.

Growing up reading those knightly adventure novels, Charlumi never thought that one day, she would really be able to get her wish. Her heart was full of excitement. I wish there was a dragon now, and then a fierce battle slaughtered it, and its head was made into a specimen and placed on the fireplace of his castle.

Perhaps because of such a mood, or because of a casual flash of inspiration, after chatting with William about this land, Charlumi couldn't help but ask a very crucial question:

"William, since you said that this place has been migrated due to various mysteries, all kinds of dark creatures, and the deterioration of the climate and environment. So why didn't the dwarves migrate out of the land, but continued to live here...... Are you even living well?"

"Because dwarves are also a mystery. So, William replied solemnly: "Although the dwarves have a lot of contact with humans. It can even be said that it has been integrated into human society. Those dwarven engineers and technicians are indispensable to the human world. But at the end of the day, they don't belong to human beings, they are also mysterious fantasy species. ”

"Huh?" heard William say this, and Charlumi felt a little surprised. There are also quite a few dwarves in the Russian kingdom. Some of them were hired by the Hereford family. It's not like she's never seen these short, fat, drink-loving, big-voiced and quick-tempered guys. She couldn't connect them to mystery anyway.