Mountain and Forest Kingdom

One day after the autumn harvest, the Lawrence family had a picnic in the mountains.

The time is the neither hot nor cold golden autumn farming season, and the background is blue sky and white clouds.

Lawrence, who was tired of looking at the vast farmland and tiled buildings below the hillside, turned around and saw the snow-capped mountains that had always been in his field of vision as a backdrop.

The continuous, mountainous mountains are gray, and the white snow that never melts all year round only exists on the tops of a few high mountains.

Among them, the largest and most commonly seen snow mountain seems to have not changed at all from when I first came here to now.

"What does it look like on the snowy mountain?"

Lawrence looked at the mountains ahead and came up with this idea.

In the past, I probably just thought about it. According to my personality, I would not casually venture into the mountains.

But for a person who walked into the mountains and forests with a smaller oil bottle when he was a teenager, it seems to be unconvincing.

In the past nine years, Lawrence would not venture into the mountains casually, but the nine years of development and growth have passed.

The twenty-five-year-old Lawrence is now stronger than when he was a boy. The vast and far-reaching territory does not make Lawrence more tired, and he is exhausted from dealing with government affairs every day.

People in this world don't ask for much, and most problems can be solved by themselves. As long as they don't often ask people below for money to work, most problems can be solved by themselves.

If it can't be solved, it won't be solved, and it will pass naturally.

Lawrence is only responsible for a small number of things in the Ice Land. As a prophet of the church, this is enough. The rest of the things are left to the "chiefs/archons" in various places.

Religion has always been opposed, but it has never been overthrown and will always exist.

Lawrence has never thought about letting the people of Gran and Io live the same good life as himself. His performance and planning have always been very clear, that is, a special capital with the people of the Ice Land as the main body.

Lawrence can guide outsiders to a better life, but he never promises to let foreigners live their own good life.

Even here in the Land of Ice, the standard of living in Oak City, Peak Manor, Ironforge, and Pumeishiu Town is much higher than that of Valkyrie and South Town.

Compared with previous eras, this era is already very good.

Lawrence is free to arrange most of his time. Even a small amount of time is spent with his family. He is not entangled in official duties and works overtime in the office day and night every day.

In this environment where he was full of food and drink, and everything was peaceful inside and outside, Lawrence was not distracted by other things, but instead thought more seriously about the snow-capped mountains.

Sofia saw that Lawrence had been looking into the distance, so she turned her head and looked in that direction.

There was nothing there, just a beautiful, painting-like scenery.

"Master, what are you thinking about?"

Lawrence shifted his gaze from the distance to the nearby area. Sophia and several women were sitting on a cloth blanket eating snacks. In the distance, Sariel and Cassandra were competing in hunting.

"I wonder what's in those mountains." Lawrence looked into the distance again.

Family trivial matters and Sophia's words still did not bring Lawrence back to reality.

Sophia said: "The mountains must be mountains, and those are all stone mountains. There is no grass on the mountains, and there is only a little moss. They look bare. What you can see when standing on the mountains are mountains, and it is better to have flowers and plants here. Trees.”

Lawrence thought what Sophia said was interesting, but his thoughts were still not dispelled.

"I want to see what's on the mountain." Lawrence said with a smile: "It happens that there are still more than two months until the eternal night. I will go out for a little walk tomorrow."

Sofia looked at Lawrence in distress and confusion, "If we want to go out for fun, wouldn't it be good to go to Pig Trotter City and Feiyu Port? It's also good to go to Glen Province and Io. Why do we have to go to the mountains? There must be more trouble there than here. .”

Lawrence thought about this question, and it was indeed quite meaningful.

Then I will give a more formal answer.

Lawrence looked into the distance and said, "Because I want to conquer the mountains!"

Sofia had never believed in the teachings of the Church of the Stars and had no feelings for the Sea of ​​Stars, but smart Sofia also knew that Lawrence had made up a reason why he had to go.

"Then I'll go too!" Sophia quickly joined in.

Lawrence nodded and looked at Delen who was sitting aside as if nothing was wrong.

"Dren, you too, along with Jade and Katherine."

Sophia asked: "Master, won't you let Sister Salil come with you?"

Lawrence thought for a second, "No, I am more familiar with the terrain and precautions on the mountain than she is. You can act as an early warning, Jade can observe, Delen can change the impassable terrain, and Catherine can lead us to jump off the cliff." , carry supplies.”

"And the family needs to prepare for the winter. Lathander and Sariel can take care of the castle's affairs while I'm away."

Sophia quickly said happily: "I'll go talk to Sister Salil!"

Soon Salil and the women at home gathered to discuss the incident.

Salil looked at Lawrence with a puzzled expression, "What's there to see in the mountains? You can't meet a beautiful woman there."

"It's a form of arrogant prejudice," Lawrence said. "You don't understand the greatness of what I've accomplished, so you keep looking at my lower body."

"Who's looking at you?" Salil doesn't have that habit.

Delen said: "I think you are arrogant and prejudiced. I am not very capable. You want me to create a road to the snowy mountains, which is like using a piece of firewood to try to light up the entire eternal night."

Oak City is already deep in the mountains. If you want to go further into the mountains, you will face many problems that can be life-threatening.

Kassandra asked: "There is a geomaniac inside, are there too few of us?"

Lawrence and others ignored the danger of the beasts. On the contrary, Kassandra, a southerner who had only purchased materials for the Geomancer, still remembered the Gemini Bear.

Sariel glared, "Yeah... the Geomaniac Bear comes out of the mountains, and there may be many more powerful beasts inside. Lawrence, you'd better forget it. The autumn celebration is about to begin. We have a lot to do every day." You’re too busy, don’t you want to go to the shipyard and the tribes in the south to see it?”

Saryl talks about all kinds of things worth busying with, and Lawrence acknowledges that these are things that need to be done.

There are also courses at the Saintess Academy, saltpeter refining in the Valley of Fire, technology research and development in Ironforge, and visits from bishops and royal followers of various regions of the Church of the Stars.

These things will be so busy that I won’t be able to finish them next year.

Even if there is no war next year, there will still be all kinds of endless things waiting for me.

If you don’t enjoy the good days of leisure and debauchery, what kind of excitement can you seek in the dangerous and wild mountains? Do you want to take your life?

But young Lawrence quickly gave up on such troublesome matters as the old man would have thought about.

Lawrence wanted to see the world behind the backdrop, just wanted to see it.

"I heard the call of the mountains." The fake prophet looked at the mountains in the distance, "The mountains are waiting for me, I must conquer them!"

Salil and others looked at each other. Kharan and others had no need to stop them, and Salil also felt that there was nothing to stop them.

There is no need to fight now, and everything has been arranged. Since Lawrence wants to take risks, according to the rules of the Ice Land, there is really no need to stop him.

Besides, it wasn't a bad thing. With Delen and Catherine and others accompanying him, the place he went to wasn't too far or too dangerous. It was basically the backyard area.

Although she acquiesced, Salil did not agree with this matter, "Why do we have to go hiking?"

Lawrence looked at the mountains in the distance and smiled: "If I didn't stand on top of the mountains and look at it, I would feel like I was blocked by the mountains, as if I was trapped in the background board."

Salil didn't understand this idea, "Does going out to see it count as a conqueror?"

"Almost." Lawrence smiled and said: "I want to prove that the mountains cannot stop us. I want to reach all the places where the Valkyries, Sidels, and Pumixiu have never been, and then tell them about the scenery there! "(End of chapter)