Directly north of the empire is a mountain range that is difficult for most bird species to cross, and the identities of hunters and prey change at any time in the endless forests, and there is rarely a human trace.

From an overall point of view, the Trench Mountains blocked the southward movement of the northern alien peoples, greatly reducing the distance of the defensive front, and only the two fortress counties built and repaired in the Zhongxing era stood here, even if they were breached, there was also the possibility of cutting off the retreat route after recapture, and it did not have strategic value for either the empire or the alien nations.

In a popular sense, the Northland specifically refers to the densely populated area in the northeastern part of the empire, near the sparsely populated Tianyan Mountains, which has the largest primeval mountain forests in the empire, and considering the war and costs, development can do more harm than good.

Mount Gilawea is the highest peak in the middle of the mountain range, rich in ice lotus, known as one of the treasures of the world, this tonic is very popular in the emperor, and the elderly aristocracy even spared no expense to buy it in order to increase the fertility rate.

Therefore, a city was established near Mount Jirawee, with a population of only tens of thousands at its peak, mostly adventurers and wandering hunters, after all, in addition to ice lotus, there are other strange plants that can be sold for a lot of money.

In the home of a hunter outside the city.

A young man in a black hunting suit was sitting on the sofa in front of the fire, flipping through alchemy books, and not far away, the maid was very tightly wrapped, wearing a brown fur hat, revealing only a delicate and delicate face.

Although it was only early autumn, under the influence of the Great Cold Wave, the entire northern part of the empire entered a period of low temperatures, especially around the primeval mountain forests, where hunters were already preparing food for the winter.

Chelsea sat by the fire, her head almost drooping to her chest, and the warmth of the environment was inevitably tiring, and the old hunter came with a wooden plate, and at first glance thought that the little girl was dead.

"Leave her alone." Jiang Yuan stuffed the alchemy book into his bag, then got up and took the wooden plate, on which were pickled meat strips cut from low-grade dangerous species, and a dozen pieces of dough cakes, which could usually be sold for a silver coin at market prices.

"Guests who want to enter the mountains must be careful, it is best to find a professional hunting team, people who can make a living here have some ability, in groups, at least to resist the second level of danger is not a big problem." The old hunter instructed.

"Thank you." Jiang Yuan bent his fingers, a black beetle crawled from his fingertips to the meat strip and gnawed slowly, after confirming that it was safe, he reached out and picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, the taste was average, but there was no need to be picky.

His target this time is a super dangerous species, according to the royal archives and the information gathered, the founder of the country had several records of hunting failures when he forged the imperial tool at the peak of his national power, among which the Silver Moon Prayer Worm is the most detailed.

After nearly three years of surveying and spending huge manpower and material resources, Jiangyuan finally locked on the specific location of the target.

This super dangerous species called the Silver Moon Prayer Worm is simply a two-meter-tall silver-white mantis, which is abnormally small for a creature of the same level, but in the royal records, the other party once destroyed a cast shield-shaped imperial tool in an instant, and the slash wrapped around the thunder and lightning was almost like a phantom.

Beside the fire, Chelsea fell to the ground as if smelling food, and then the carp stood up, opened his eyes, and jumped onto the couch.

The head maid, the affairs stand-in, the court countess, the leader of the private assassination team, and the head of the Knoll Chamber of Commerce, she has many identities, and is deeply aware of her own value and part of her duke's temperament, as long as the value is enough, a little rude and controllable encroachment on the other party does not care at all.

Of course, the premise of occupying so much power is the limit of strength, when to exceed the knight level, when is probably his own death, and as a security guarantee, the military music puppet has become a special guard bodyguard, after all, there has never been a situation in the past few years where the duke needs to lead the army in person.

Chelsea stuffed food with food, compared to the empire, the life of the people of the duke is much better, according to the duke, population growth requires a relatively stable living environment, although she does not know much, but it seems that the emperor should be the duke.

Jiang Yuan compared the information handed over by Chelsea with the map drawn by the local senior Orion, determined the direction and distance, and said: "You will go back after eating, the banquet invitation will be pushed away as usual, and the profits of the southern caravan this quarter will be handed over to Count Tius, staring at the news of the night attack on the imperial capital, and informing the secret guard of the imperial capital in my name to execute [beheading Zanke] to recover the imperial tool and the five-sighted omnipotence, the reason is to use my nickname that I don't like." ”

"Got it." Chelsea munched on the strips of meat and replied vaguely that she could use the Imperial Tool to turn into a large bird and carry the military puppet back without a problem.

In the afternoon, the two of them left the hunter's house after resupplying, Jiang Yuan left a silver coin before leaving, and then headed for the mountain, where the Silver Moon Prayer Worm was located on the other side of Mount Jirawea.

For the vast majority of people, there is not much difference between the super dangerous species and the super dangerous species, as long as they encounter it, it is basically a one-hit death, and the target is small, and it is difficult for people in the surrounding area to be aware of the existence of horror hunters.

And humans aren't really on the list of many dangerous food species.

……

In the evening, at dusk.

Halfway up the mountain in Girawea.

Outside an ordinary cave, a two-meter-tall silver-white mantis moves slowly, super dangerous species are extremely rare, and they all have the same basic ability, that is, they are dormant for a long time, unlike the super grade mutated from the group, each super is the product of chance.

By dormant for a long time, they can prolong their lives in disguise and avoid times that are not conducive to survival, and despite their intelligence comparable to that of humans, their instincts remain deeply rooted in the marrow.

The Silver Moon Prayer Worm held a dangerous rat species in its mouth, and its eyes looked at the entrance of the cave, and a touch of human thought clearly flashed.

Something came and left a trace.

After coming to its conclusion, the Silver Moon Prayer Worm directly began to eat in place, it had a clear understanding of its place in the food chain, and there were few creatures other than celestial phenomena that were its opponents.

As for the dangerous rodent species in the mouth, it is naturally palatable, and the amount of food tasted will inevitably produce comparisons, and eating is no longer just a survival need for it.

Suddenly, the Silver Moon Prayer Worm looked up at the sky, and faintly, a sense of danger was gradually increasing, it felt that it should do something, but the danger came from the unknown, and it had not yet figured out what to do.

At the same time, within a range of thousands of miles around Mount Gilavia, black beetles flew in groups of three or five in all directions, first ordinary beasts, then low-level dangerous species, in an orderly and gradual progression.

(End of chapter)