New calendar year 617, end of the year.

Northeastern kingdom of Jestijah, territory of Urowar.

This is the border of the kingdom, to the north next to the powerful dragon kingdom to the south, the northwest corner is bordered by the holy kingdom, as for the east, there are small and medium-sized subhuman kingdoms, which can be called a place of strife, but thanks to the strategic position in all directions, the population and commerce are relatively prominent.

In the middle of winter, heavy snow suddenly arrived.

An extravagant dragon cart drove out of Urowar in the early morning and headed for the eastern part of the empire along the Ancient Trade Road, from the borders of the Holy Kingdom.

The earth dragon is one of the subspecies of dragons, in the process of adapting to the environment, after giving up strong combat power, in exchange for the normal dragon clan can be called abnormal reproductive ability, the number gradually increased, and now it is a standard aristocratic and commercial driving equipment all over the mainland.

Regardless of strength, each earth dragon is born with [protection to remove the wind], which makes the travel speed and ride quality significantly improved, and it is convenient to pass through various complex geographical environments.

On the dragon car, the fine carbon was burned red, exuding a faint sandalwood outward, the plump girl sat on the seat and slowly turned the pages, the long orange hair hung down from the back, the long skirt of the same color was delicate and elegant, five years passed in a flash, and the former imperial princess named Priscilla became a famous beauty.

Across the seat was an old man with scarce hair, arms and body as thin as a dead tree, one of the kingdom's six great nobles, the Count of Ulovar had married a wealthy merchant a year earlier, becoming the seventh husband of the other.

Because of the number of dead husbands, Priscilla was known among the nobility as the "Scarlet Bride", but Count Ulovar did not care about this, as he carried a rich dowry.

A fertile barony and the kingdom's second-largest Chamber of Commerce are now in his hands, and in addition to the elite knights of five hundred people, whose leader has just been replaced a while ago, it is rumored that these are the inheritance of poor "husbands".

Urowar glanced at the old thing standing next to his wife with disgust, it was this vicious fellow who had been changing his tricks to prevent himself from kissing Fangze, although he was old, but his interest was declining, but he would have been laughed at by the nobles, and if it were not for the fact that the other party had just stepped down from the position of knight and still had some prestige, he would have ordered him to be executed.

"Priscilla, where are you going?"

"I don't know why I still choose to follow, which shows that your stupidity has finally broken through the lower limit of the concubine's imagination, this kind of ugly appearance that can't wait is really no different from a wild dog." Priscilla said without raising her head, her white fingers turned over the pages, the heritage of the old earl family is considerable, at least the quality of the magic books is not bad.

Urowar's forehead was bruised, and the last thing he could stand was the extreme arrogance of the other party, which made people want to put him in an underground cell and torture him.

At dusk, the dragon chariot stops in the commercial town, and the trio and the Earl's newly recruited guard coachman arrive at the most luxurious hotel in the area, and Priscilla never blames herself for her daily enjoyment, after all, in her unique self-philosophy, the world is tailor-made for her.

The husband and wife each chose a suite, and the receptionist looked confused, and the guests seemed to know each other and were strangers, and they couldn't guess what the relationship was.

In the suite, Priscilla checked the quality of the furniture, and the vicious man next to her spoke:

"Your Highness, the earl's newly recruited personal guard is not an ordinary person, it is roughly the top among the adventurers, and the comprehensive level: around LV37. Not surprisingly, it is a member of the Eight Fingers. ”

[Eight Fingers] is the largest criminal organization in the kingdom's underground, with all aspects of business and a close relationship with the first prince, among which the strongest six people in the security department are named [Six Arms], and all of them are steel-level adventurers.

Adventurers are a fairly common profession, guilds are all over the country, divided by six metals: iron, silver, gold, mythril, oyrich, and steel, of which the steel level is the strongest, of course, for the real big forces, only the steel level is worth taking a look at, and the others don't need to care at all, and the regular troops are basically surrounded and killed at will.

"He thought that the concubine was going to run, and it was normal to come out and prepare to do it." Priscilla picked up the vase on the bedside table and looked at it carefully, "There is a conflict of interest between the United Chamber of Commerce and Eight Fingers, and the new husband probably accepted the cooperation, and it is a pity that he may fall to the first prince." ”

The vicious man is powerless to complain about the title of "new husband", and in the past five years, he has also trained excellent housekeeping quality, this highness has a strong desire for new things, and at the forefront is the emperor who once missed the position.

Killing the monarch, or becoming a world-famous minister, in terms of current development, can be considered.

At the very least, he sincerely hoped that His Highness would go further, and whether he chose to betray or continue to serve depended on the specific situation.

"During the day, the new husband asked us where we were going, and the concubine had similar questions, what was the source of the calamity you were talking about." Priscilla put down the fake antique in her hand.

The vicious man hesitated for a moment and replied: "Actually, the old man doesn't know very well, he only knows that the other party is probably the culprit who caused the Sword Slave Island to become a forbidden land, and that one is extremely dangerous, and it is he who asked the old man to follow behind His Highness and arrive at the forbidden land tomorrow in five years." ”

"I can't guess the intention." Priscilla frowned, "But it doesn't sound like a funny harlequin." ”

"It's very much like those big nobles who support the emperor's blood to ascend to the throne." The vicious man judged, watching the ups and downs of the empire for decades, there is still some vision, and the nine gods will have more than just force.

"If it is as you say, then the concubine body will agree with his vision in advance." Priscilla took out a fan from her chest and unfolded it to hide the smile on her lips.

……

The next day, the earth dragon car continued to depart.

When the Ulovar borderman got into the car, he exchanged glances with the coachman of the guard, and after receiving an affirmative answer, a trace of excitement flashed on his face.

At the same time, a four-person squad of Mithril adventurers with a combined rank between LV26 and LV30 crossed the border and quickly followed the mark left behind by their employer.

There are countless examples of the nobles of the kingdom hiring adventurers to cause trouble for each other, and this kind of work is also a project that the adventurer's guild never puts on the surface.

At night of the same day, the dragon car arrived at the Traveling City, which was originally just a town to receive audiences, but after the formation of the forbidden land, the wind attribute magic was deposited, and a large number of magic crystal mines extended underground.

And the empire also specially sent the second general to lead 3,000 front-line troops to be stationed here to carry out close monitoring for ten years, and the forbidden land of calamity suddenly formed, and no one has been able to solve the reason for it.

(End of chapter)