Alien world

Chapter 169 23. Returning

The vast plains covered with snow washed away Annan's sadness of leaving the family.

After entering December, the already extremely cold weather continued to be colder every day than the previous day, and even the knights, who were all professionals, had to go into the forest to build snow houses to shelter from the wind when the snowstorm hit.

Annan saw that the knights on the side of the road who dealt with personal hygiene would always carry a wooden stick. He didn't know what it was for, and he didn't want to know.

Frostbite and hypothermia in this harsh weather were normal, but they were escorting a generous lord.The expensive inner armor cotton coats and hot soup in the ice and snow kept them going at a very fast speed, leaving behind the convoys who encountered along the way and wanted to seek asylum.

But later, these methods were unable to resist the severe cold after the sun disappeared. If you breathe without covering your nose, you will even be choked by the cold and cough.The team had to change to travel during the day and rest at night.

From this, Annan gained a new understanding of the harshness of the northern border, and then extended a piece of good news and a piece of bad news: Xingyue Bay is not a ice-free port because of the cold sea water, so when winter comes, the sea route is cut off.

The good news is that this is a magical world, cities can float, and a port can never be frozen.

Blome said that's why the North is a remote place that rat people don't want to come to: half of the year can freeze to death.

Annan echoed that no one wanted to come to the north because the rat plague was rampant in the south, which meant that the rat people were not as terrible as winter, which made Blom laugh out loud.

When a new day came, Annan activated the magic ring as usual, and a large wind element emerged.

Annan released the wind element, and the call was canceled after 10 minutes anyway.

These days Annan only summoned one earth elemental, and the rest were either wind elementals or fire elementals. When encountering fire elementals, be careful not to leave too far away, lest they be blown out by the cold wind before the summoning touches them.

The next day, the second water elemental was finally called to appear.

Annan picked up two stones and stuffed them into the body of the water element to distinguish them, and used the portal to send the water element back to Breeze City.

Xingyue Bay is temporarily unable to contact due to the heavy snow. The hardness and strength of the cement produced by Michael's alchemy are close to the requirements.Annan asked Michael by the way, why the magic ring can activate a spell every day?
"Because the magic ring will automatically replenish the magic power."

"Why can a magic item absorb magic like the caster?"

"Because magic props are made with the soul of the caster. Every time a magic prop is made, an innocent spellcaster dies." Michael joked, "Have you ever seen a puppet, a piece of wood with no organs and no soul? Why? Can you move and understand instructions? This is the principle of alchemy. Are you interested in getting in touch?"

"I'm a warlock." Annan rejected Michael's invitation, "Then is there any way to speed up the replenishment of the magic ring?"

"Just create an environment full of magic."

Meditation is to use magic materials to enrich the surrounding magic power. Annan estimated the cost of replenishing it: shortening from one day to 12 hours requires more than a dozen gold coins, which means 30 gold coins per day-this price invites the blue dragon, let alone move In Xingyue Bay, Annan can even live in the blue dragon's lair.

No matter how much money you make in "The Fall of the Mage Tower", Annan had no choice but to let Michael continue to buy magic rings in the Mage Tower.

On No. 11 days after leaving the territory of Osulonde, the knights who explored the road ahead returned to the convoy and told Annan and Blom that the snowstorm blocked the road ahead.

Either clear the snow and pass, or detour to Zorn City, 50 miles away.

"It's actually going to be faster, and the roads around town are better," Blom said.

"Then take a detour."

It just so happens that there are not many magic materials left, and the town can spread magic images.The team turned around on the spot, returned to the fork road a few miles ahead, and headed for Zorn City.

Zorn City is not a city like Breeze City or Harvest City, with a population of only tens of thousands—because it is a lord city.

The elite knights surrounded by Annan and the emblem of the King of the North on the body made the city guards on the city wall dare not neglect or stop them, and rushed to the castle to report the arrival of the King of the North.

Not long after, the city guard and the butler rushed to the convoy and invited Annan to be a guest on behalf of Viscount Heine.

"It's just a viscount, you have the right to choose whether to see him or not."

Blom said to the hesitant Annan.

Annan nodded, and declined the expecting butler: "Sorry, but I have to hurry back to Breeze City, so I can't visit Viscount Heine."

Take advantage of the situation to bring up the matter of magic images.He didn't have much hope at first, but he didn't expect the butler to come back and say that Viscount Heine agreed with his chest.

Zorn City is not as rich as Breeze City, nor does it have as many people and nobles. The estimated income of "The Fall of the Mage Tower" will not exceed one or two thousand kinnars...but there is no additional cost anyway.

Annan opened the portal to let the ogre hurry up: "I'm in Zorn City, let Olmedo send some people to bring the Eternal Philosopher's Stone over."

The butler left in awe with the people from the City Lord's Mansion who had passed through the portal.The procession moved on, but when it was about to drive out of the city of Zorn, it encountered poor people huddled under huts without walls.

Annan asked Bloom to distribute food to them:
"If you want to survive, go to Xingyue Bay to the west of Breeze City after spring, that is my territory."

But the numb poor people did not want to give up hope of life, and begged Annan to take them away.

Annan scanned these people, including children, old people and women.

"How far is Zorn City from Star Moon Bay and Ausulonde Territory?"

"1500 miles and 1500 miles," Blom replied.

"Tell Viscount Heine, I agree."

……

Viscount Heine has the characteristics of a northerner, with a rough and strong appearance, almost similar to Aunt Susan.But this viscount has a delicate heart——

After watching the end of "The Fall of the Mage Tower", he wiped the wet corners of his eyes:
"I thought the King of the North would be as cold as the wind, but I didn't expect it to be like us..."

……who are you?
While Viscount Heine was immersed in sentimentality, Annan said, "I saw many homeless people in the city."

"Those refugees appear every year, bringing chaos and death, and even a few people will not survive in the spring of the next year... Honorable King of the North, do you have a solution?"

"Er... I can take them."

"Thank you so much, you are as kind as the rumors say."

Of course Annan could see that this rough and delicate lord was doing this on purpose: "I should be the one thanking you. I hope to invite you as a guest on the day Xingyue Bay is built."

"I will come personally."

In any case, it's a win-win.Annan got hundreds of new citizens and new businesses, and Viscount Heine got the friendship and reduced burden from the King of the North.

Send the dream-like refugees back to Breeze City through the portal, bid farewell to Viscount Heine, and they continued on their way.

Zorn City became the only episode on the way home. The bandits who dared to go out to plunder at this time would only become ice sculptures, and the ratmen only dared to hide in the ground and tremble.Nine days before the apocalypse forecast, Annan finally returned to Pinglin Town, which is second only to Xingyue Bay and Breeze City.

(End of this chapter)