Throne of the North

There are countless topics in the Imperial City every day, the cold in the north, the war in the south, the ocean in the west, and the land in the east.

The prosperity coming from all directions dazzles the people of the Imperial City.

But in the past few days, there are only two hot spots in the Imperial City.

One is the Queen of the Arena who fought in the Arena and defeated all the round-robin battles, sieges, abnormal monsters, and desperate environments.

The other is that in an unknown shop, there is no precious magic array pattern to assist the flame of the furnace, no extra tools to help control the balance and stability of the materials, only a hammer, a blacksmith table, and a blacksmith with only the strength of a golden knight, who beat out the first legendary weapon embryo of the empire this year.

What makes these two topics enduring is that they all come from the same place, from the frozen land territory in the far north.

A month ago, the people of the Imperial City discussed the baron who pacified the kingdom war. A month later, the baron's followers opened their eyes in front of them.

"The strongest in the arena, the most powerful knight among the Golden Knights, was taken away by a woman?"

"I'm so jealous. Why not me? No, why not Prince Jones, whom I support?"

"Don't think about it. Your Jones was suffocated by Lord Bogold's hand in the water. It is said that he has not woken up yet. You should change and support Lord Bogold with me."

"But Jones is handsome. He is of ancient royal blood. Even if he became a wandering noble, he worked so hard."

"He is no longer handsome. Lord Bogold punched him in the face three times. I heard that three bones were broken."

"Ah? Then I support Lord Bogold too."

"..."

"Speaking of legendary weapons, is it true? Didn't those people in the Craftsmen's Association say that the embryo of legendary weapons requires at least the blood and strength of the Sky Knight to be forged?"

"And in history, only five or six Sky Knights have forged them. The rest are the lords of the Holy Domain or even Legend."

"Golden Knight..."

At first, no one believed it until the craftsmen on Craftsmen Street gave the answer.

"Master Brock has superb skills, and he was able to forge the long sword named amber because he has a body that never tires!"

"That is the legendary gift that every craftsman dreams of."

The tireless craftsman is not a real legendary gift, but if possible, the craftsmen are willing to exchange their legendary gifts for such a body.

In the shop, the bard tore up the complaint letter to the Frozen Territory overnight. This was the first letter he had torn up along the way. It was also because of this that Baron Ryan in the distance had not received any information from the caravan until now.

The amber sword forged by Master Brock brought countless popularity to the shops in the Frozen Territory, especially those who went in and out of the arena. They were originally enthusiasts of weapons. When passing by, they would always come in to see if Master Brock had any new weapons.

"The Snow Dragon Song comes from the hands of Master Brock."

As this news swept, more people bought the Snow Dragon Song series. They believed that one day in the future, the Snow Dragon Song would become a legendary weapon.

What if it was the one in their hands?

No one would doubt the craftsmanship of Master Brock, who had already forged the embryo of a legendary weapon.

The specialties from the frozen land were also sold quickly, and some people had begun to ask when the next batch of goods would be delivered.

This question made the bard's scalp tingle, and telling stories didn't work, so he also took out his best skills and brewed strong liquor in just three days, which made the craftsmen gathered here praise.

"The people of Exner are good at stories and wine."

The bard also drifted in the imperial capital, no longer thinking about Baron Ryan's orders, but focusing on himself, and even trying to create a name for a master brewer.

...

Frozen Land.

Ryan still didn't wait for the letter sent back by the caravan in the south, but he didn't want to wait.

"It's only March, why did the orcs appear?"

To the north of the Andara Kingdom, on the road that appeared due to the collapse of more than a dozen mountains, traces of orcs appeared. Soldiers of the Winged Canyon Army stationed in the castle north of the royal city discovered them.

The entire Andara Kingdom was terrified, so they hurriedly sent someone to inform Ryan.

The appearance of the orcs made Ryan ignore his caravan and hurriedly led the cavalry to the Andara Kingdom.

As for the sensitive matter of the nobles of the empire leading troops into the kingdom... No one cared during the whole process.

The appearance of North Wind Avenue was extremely correct. Ryan had already appeared outside the royal city in the evening.

"Not a warthog orc?"

Beside Adams, Count Moses shook his head solemnly.

"No, it's a horrifying rhino orc."

The rhino orcs are a huge tribe, but the tyrannical rhino orcs with heads like earth dragons must be the most bloodthirsty among them.

According to a magician who likes to record world history, if the Horrhinoceros tribe can rule the entire rhino orcs, they are qualified to compete for the six kings in the huge orc system.

With such rumors, it is no wonder that the nobles of the Andara Kingdom are afraid.

The Warthog Orcs crushed them once, and now the Horrhinoceros Orcs are coming. Can the Andara Kingdom resist?

"I will talk about it after I go to the North to see it tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Ryan led the army to the north, and finally stayed far away on the warthog peak.

"The Rhinoceros didn't attack. Did the mountain block them?"

Ryan sent people to search around, and soon came back to report that orcs appeared in a village.

When they rushed there quickly, the village was in a mess. Seeing the arrival of the nobles, the villagers knelt down and told them about the brutality of the orcs yesterday.

"Only two? Only two of your goats were robbed?"

Ryan frowned, why did he feel that these orcs were not formal.

"Not only that, sir, but that damn orc also ate ten of my chickens."

One man cried, those ten chickens were his source of livelihood.

Ryan left the village and sent cavalry to increase the scope of the search. In the end, the knight attendants brought back two ferocious orcs.

Their heads resembled large lizards huddled in their necks, but they were more ferocious. The exposed fangs were like the teeth of a giant dragon, and their protruding noses were topped with curved rhino horns, which were also scarred.

The color of the gray and white rocks all over their body is their protective color. Their ability to survive tenaciously in the north is also due to their two to three meters tall body.

On the surface, the gap between the Rhinoceros and the Warthog Orcs is not big, but if they really meet, the Rhinoceros will definitely have a higher winning rate.

Meeting on a narrow road, the mortality rate of the two orcs is at least 70:30.

Fortunately, the Rhinoceros orcs are a small number of tribes gathered together by blood. The number of Rhinoceros in a tribe is very small, about one or two hundred. After all, they cannot afford to raise more.

As for the warthog orcs, they are a huge ethnic group. Coupled with Dusk's belief, there are tens of thousands of warthog orcs in the vast northern world centered on that mountain peak.

Rhinoceros, or rhino orcs, is one of the few orcs in the orc family who cares about blood.

It is precisely because of this that the huge group of rhinoceros orcs is qualified to challenge the six royal orcs according to the magician who recorded history.

They are more intelligent.

"Why are you here? This is human territory, not orcs."

Ryan asked loudly. The Rhinoceros struggled and stared at Ryan with bloodthirsty. From time to time, he opened his mouth and tried to bite the northern war horse that was close to him to death.

Rhinoceros were relatively gentle, but Rhinoceros was an exception. He struggled crazily and did not answer Ryan's questions.

Strong, Ryan glanced at the soldiers around him. The knight attendants drew their swords and slashed at the Rhinoceros orcs.

The gap between the Warthog Orcs and them was also reflected at this moment. The gray-white rock-like skin helped the Warthog Orcs block most of the sword edge. Although the blood was flowing, the wounds of the Rhinoceros Orcs were not that big.

They are thicker than warthog orcs.

The long sword kept cutting down, and the Rhinoceros orcs suffered more and more.

"Human, I won't tell you."

"Kill."

Ryan frowned, and a knight's sword fell directly, cutting off the head of the rhinoceros.

"Find them out. This time it shouldn't be a large-scale orc invasion."

Ryan said, and the cavalry behind him dispersed.

There is a high probability that the orcs will not be overwhelming again. This makes Ryan feel a little relieved, and the Kingdom of Andara is relieved to get the result.

"However, the population from the north is moving back, and additional troops need to be sent to the fortress defense line."

Ryan said to King Andara. After hearing this, Adams was also scared for his life and directly ordered the nobles to immediately send troops to defend the northern front.

He didn't want to experience the outcome of the royal city being captured for the second time, especially now that he was the king.

Sometimes he often wondered whether he lost the throne because Macpherson lost the royal city, so Adams was extremely concerned about this.

"Baron Lane, I wonder if your army can stay here to help us fight against the evil orcs."

Faced with this request, Ryan was thinking, but soon the intelligence from his own territory made him ignore Adams' words.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, not only the Kingdom of Andara, but also a large number of orcs in the north of my territory."

Ryan did not leave any troops behind and rushed towards his home quickly. How could he take care of the Kingdom of Andara when there were problems at home.

The cavalry roared, and Lane's last promise to Adams was that if the kingdom encountered a large-scale war again, he would provide support in his own name.

This is understandable, he still has the status of count in the Kingdom of Andara.

"Why do orcs appear on the edge of human territory?"

Although the orcs do not admit it, it is undeniable that the human race is loved by the gods and is stronger than the orcs.

That's why they were driven to the north, while humans occupied the warm south.

"Where were the orcs found?"

Ryan, who returned to the Tundra Territory, inquired and found that the orcs were the troops returning from the north.

"After we completed the deal with Sir Areris, on the way back to the territory, we saw the orcs gathered around the bonfire, not far from Rhinohorn Mountain..."

The soldier thought about what he had learned during this period and said:

"It should be a hundred miles, no, maybe dozens of miles. We have walked through twelve peaks."

Very close.

Ryan came to Rhinoceros Mountain and looked at the world to the north. The entire tundra territory was like the bottom of a large bowl. The farthest place he could see was behind the frozen North Gal Lake. The waterfall is located.

Then Ryan came to the military camp and opened the door to Bilge's plane.

"Inform the Armored Bear Legion to stay in the tundra territory from now on."

Armored bears ran out of the portals of the plane one after another, and each one became much stronger. Ryan suspected that in a few years, his plane portal would not be able to accommodate them.

"Those watchtowers on the mountain maintain 24-hour patrols. I don't want to see any orcs entering the tundra territory."

Ryan also sent additional manpower to the watchtowers on the mountain. There were twenty people in each watchtower, including one formal knight, four trainee knights, and the rest were militia groups.

"In addition, we are drawing up plans to build several more watchtowers on the mountain to ensure that all corners of the northern world of the Tundra Territory are covered."

Ryan also rushed people to the Alchemy Valley and asked Rose to create some signal flares so that they could be alerted immediately if a situation arises.

If the orcs go south again, the current tundra territory is no longer the one that could be avoided by hiding. The orcs will discover his territory immediately, and then discover the prosperity here, the territory of his Baron Lane, It will be the human territory that will bear the attack of the orcs before any nobles.

Of course, Ryan couldn't help but be careless.

Moreover, his territory was no different from that of other nobles. Apart from the fact that the castle was easy to defend and difficult to attack on Rhinohorn Mountain, there was no extra defense line.

In the next few days, Ryan began to patrol the villages in the tundra territory. These villages were composed of indigenous people from the mountain forest world. Ryan would select the patrol team from these people. They lived in the mountain forest world. It is also very adaptable to the complex environment of the tundra territory and is fully capable of the job.

Especially the people of the Gray Eagle tribe, Ryan asked them to find a way to tame the eagle. Although the effect was average, the eyes from the sky were indispensable to Ryan.

"Let the carpenters and craftsmen pause the replenishment of those equipment and go all out to forge the giant crossbow."

Without a huge army, strategic weapons are the best way to defend the tundra territory. If the Kingdom of Serra did not sell the world crossbow from the elves, Ryan would have wanted to buy one and come back to study it.

The scouts sent out also brought back news about the orcs.

Not a black goat orc, but a werewolf.

Some people say that werewolves are transformed from humans, while others say that werewolves are transformed from a special kind of wolf beast. In short, they are the only group in the orc family that can change between wolf beasts and werewolves at will. .

At the same time - the wolf orc group led by the Silver Moon Royal Court is also one of the six royal families of the orcs.

In the long history of the world, there have been more interactions between werewolves and humans than all other collisions between orcs and humans combined.

Before the Pandimensional War of Gods, the orcs were mostly remote, and legends of werewolves were indeed common.

However, soon, another scout came to report.

"Not just werewolves, but black goat orcs too."

"Those werewolves are eating the black goat orcs."

Wolves eat sheep, but black goat orcs have always been excluded from this list, because they are equally powerful, and the black goat itself represents the ultimate evil, and they have their own gods they worship.

Now there is an exception. Werewolves are hunting black goat orcs?

"A conflict broke out among the orcs?"

Ryan guessed this, and that night he got the answer.

More than thirty black goat orcs and twelve werewolves attacked the watchtower north of Rhinohorn Mountain. Twenty soldiers defended and fought, but three corpses were still left behind.

None of the orcs died, because it was night. Black goat orcs and werewolves were all adapted to the dark environment, especially the latter. The night had no trouble in front of them.

Fortunately, the signal flare summoned the armored bear warriors, and the orcs retreated, otherwise the watchtower might have been lost that night.

"As one of the six royal orc groups, the werewolves are very intelligent. They actually know that they must first deal with the sentry tower outside the human territory."

During the day, Ryan stood in front of the watchtower, looking at the ferocious claw marks on the surface of the cylindrical watchtower.

"They are the beasts that have the most contact with humans and can understand the meaning of all the actions humans make."

"It's hard to deal with."

Ryan took a deep breath and ordered the knights to patrol outside the territory. If the watchtower is lost, it can be taken back. If the werewolf rushes into the territory, it will be a huge disaster.

Ordinary people have almost no power to resist when faced with werewolves and can only run for their lives.

"Werewolves are bloodthirsty. They need blood to maintain their energy. They are similar to vampires."

Ryan, who returned to the castle, planned to write a letter to Earl William of the distant Rock Castle. Although he did not know the other party and the other party did not know him, both parties should have heard each other's name.

The Vampire Count and the Baron of the North.

The famous vampire became a noble legion in the empire. The name of Count Vampire was similar to that of his father, Dragon Knight.

The vampire count should be the nobleman in the empire who knows the werewolves best. I hope to get some answers from him.

Ryan prayed like this. To be fair, he was unwilling to face any royal orcs among the orcs, because every orc royal family has the ability to destroy a kingdom.

Tundra Territory compared to a kingdom? Ryan shook his head. The gap is not small. The efficiency brought by the population alone is not comparable to that of Tundra Territory.

Although the Empire will stop the invasion of orcs, it is obvious that the Empire's army will not fight against the orcs outside Tundra Territory. So no matter what, Tundra Territory is a piece of meat in front of the orcs.

In order to defend his territory, Ryan can only rely on himself.