winter era

Chapter 1 The Ice Council
The Ice Parliament is the highest political force in the Northland composed of the descendants of the 23 nobles who marched to the Northland. With 23 positions plus the three heads of the king, governor, mage representative, and religious representative, this small parliament with a permanent population of no more than 50 people is the highest ruling class of the entire Northland United Kingdom of 130 million people.

Although it is still a constitutional monarchy system in name, everyone knows that it is actually a complete aristocratic dictatorship.But the days like this in the Northland have lasted for thousands of years, and the bloodline's dominance is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one will object to it.

The descendants of the nobles who marched to the uncultivated virgin land of the North were honored by the next immigrants as the blood of ice.In the icy and snowy Northland, among the scattered villages and city-states, I don’t know how many people from generation to generation have reunited next to the stove and listened to their fathers telling how the 23 nobles bravely overcame obstacles and developed the Northland into an empire of human beings. The largest reserve resource mine.The myths and legends from generation to generation have made the figures of the nobles incomparably stalwart and tall.

And the descendants left by the deified nobles are naturally also the existence of the son of god level.The ice council held between the sons of gods is a wonderful scene that can only appear in legends.At least in the eyes of the Northland commoners.But the facts are always different from the imagination. In the famous Ice Council Hall, the bustling scene at this time seems to be the royal theater in the distant capital.It's just that what is staged here is not some epic drama, but an angry scolding battle.

"Now is not the time to talk about how many women your ancestors have slept with!" The lion-like old man, the old general respected as the king and governor in the north, slapped the table and roared angrily, his voice shaking the entire cold winter The courtyard buzzed. "5 barbarians can rush here very soon! If you don't understand the concept of [-] people, let me list the tombs of the eighteen generations of your ancestors and show me the data! Damn it's time for us to live and die What bloodline glory are you talking about!"

"This is the honor given to us by our ancestors! It was not given to us by the empire and the Holy See!" A big fat man who weighed more than three hundred catties just by sight stood up tremblingly, shaking his fat body and screaming. cried, like a starling with its throat stuck. "The empire just let us here! But we deserve it! The empire should give us troops!"

Hearing such sharp and noisy yells, the religious priest who had pulled down his tall hat to use as a shelter impatiently raised his hat, frowning as he watched the chaotic scene in front of him.As a professional who came from Wangdu Institute of Political Science and Education, even after 20 years, he didn't understand why these idiots on the ice sheet got so much self-confidence.He originally wanted to come to the Ice Council to at least bring up a group of Skitarii to stop the barbarians.But looking at the descendants of aristocrats full of fat, the patriarch always had the urge to pack up these idiots and throw them into the southern forest to open up wasteland.

"The governor will lead our remaining [-] veteran soldiers to set up a defense line on the ice sheet. But you'd better not expect the governor to last long, let alone defeat the barbarians, that is simply impossible .” The Patriarch let out a puff of smoke, and absent-mindedly drew a horizontal line on the map. "I will lead people to make the final preparations. I will be responsible for the transfer of all your property. Including your messy family tree of relatives, I will be responsible for all of this."

"Then what about the head mage? Doesn't he have any job? Don't tell me that mysterious guy is only in charge of yelling!" A sow with heavy make-up sat up from the chair and challenged the nerves of the two of them. "We are the greatest in this place. Protecting our safety is the highest priority. We are the most honorable people in this place!"

"Then we won't provide any support for fifty thousand barbarians, nobles. If you still insist on your boring views." The patriarch raised his eyebrows and glanced at the fat pigs over there. We are your military commanders, your political leaders, and even your military drills. What else do you want to say? Pigs, don’t treat the empire’s tolerance As your arrogant capital, you are nothing but a bunch of residue."

"How dare you insult my bloodline?!" The fat sow let out an unbelievable scream. "How dare you insult my lineage! Insult a descendant of the 23 nobles of the Northland! You will regret it! I swear you will regret it!"

"I don't want any mongrels that give me your blood, idiot. The mage's task is to find any possible covenant. There are still a lot of ice elves in the Northland. The mage's task is to find those elves to make a covenant. That We still have a chance. How about we let the mage go straight back to the capital and wait here to die? Anyway, I don’t want to do it anymore.”

Hearing the naked threat of the Patriarch, the pigs from the parliament on the opposite side stood up and cursed loudly, pointing with their thick knuckles at the smoking Patriarch and the governor with crossed legs, and——Mage The chief didn't come at all, so they cursed the mage and the governor and patriarch for their ignorance, and scolded them for not knowing how noble the blood of the Ice Council is.

But even they know that this kind of cursing in a simple sense has no meaning at all to these characters from the king's capital.From the fifth generation of the Ice Nobility, the entire Northland has been unable to suppress the envoys from the capital.They also want to regain their reputation, but unfortunately limited to their own ability, their efforts are doomed to be in vain.So these pigs returned to their positions after scolding for a while, and began to pretend to be doing their own work-this was also the record made by the three leaders.It has nothing to do with the Ice Council.

"Then we will curb your resources! This is a decision made by the great Ice Council! You don't even want to get a penny of supplies from me!" The fattest pig was really angry at the fact that he was a pig , stood up with a snoring sound, and said with a proud face.He didn't notice the king's governor's face that had turned purple. "You're not going to get any material! Not a dime! I'm—"

"I won't give you the uncle's supplies! If you dare not give it, I will tear you up!" He slapped the ice table on the fat pig's head, and the Governor's thunderous roar shook the Winter Garden. Got to shake.The governor of the king looked at the group of pigs with disdain and sneered, and then he and the patriarch walked out of the Winter Court amidst the scolding and screaming of the councilors.

In short, in the face of the threat of barbarians, our great, glorious and correct Ice Council remains indifferent in the noble and elegant Winter Court.They discussed with incomparable elegance the survival of those barbarians from the farther north who did not know the slightest bit of elegance and etiquette.

At least the masses think so.

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"I originally thought that I already had enough status in this world. The representative of the mages of the Northland could destroy the mages of the entire block. But this time the barbarians made me discover that my so-called strength and ability are simply not enough under the absolute situation. Worth mentioning."

Kaos sank himself into the sofa with his whole body relaxed, and closed his eyes to feel the softness and comfort formed by the cow hair and high-quality cashmere.Quietly sniffing the refreshing scent of meditation incense in the censer in front of me.

He once mistakenly thought he was powerful.Because he is a traveler, a traveler from the earth, compared with others, he has not only the knowledge understood by a doctor of psychology in Huaguo, but also a rich life experience.

After traveling for 20 years, he has always carefully concealed his identity as a time traveler.In this world with gods, the ghost knows what attitude those high-ranking bosses maintain towards things that are neither scientific nor magical.

In the past 20 years, he has not spoken a word of Chinese, nor has he written a single Chinese character.It's just that I'm afraid that those magicians and priests who are so sensitive at home will notice something.Even the magic code words are painstakingly compiled bit by bit by myself.In order to cover up the traces, he even made it so that there was not even a trace of square characters on purpose.

Even when he came to the Northland, he did not dare to relax in the slightest.Instead, he handled his own affairs conscientiously, and successfully became one of the most noble people in the entire Northland at the age of 20 with his own strength.Although there are only 130 million people in the entire Northland, his age is only 20 years old.So he has always been full of confidence in his future.He even felt that he could use his own abilities to live perfectly in this world.

But unfortunately, he was wrong.

"The residence of the ice elves, those guys haven't officially appeared in 30 years, right?" Kaos couldn't help but look at the hardcover lambskin appointment letter written on the coffee table with the authorization written in exquisite and neat cursive characters. There was a hint of bitterness.

Just like the reality gave him a slap in the face before time-traveling, this brand-new world after time-traveling will also slap him in the same way.

As the pinnacle of supernatural power in the entire Northland, his every move is equal to the will of the entire Northland.As the leader of the Northland Mage Council, his abilities are recognized by the entire empire.His strength is recognized by the whole Northland.Under the preferential treatment and care of the nobles of the Northland, his little life is pretty good, but correspondingly, he will inevitably undertake the obligations in line with this status.

He originally thought that according to the majesty of the empire, such an obligation might never be used.But he was so wrong.

In the last year, in the primeval forest in the southernmost part of the empire, an army of primitive people far exceeded expectations. These guys who used simple wooden bows and leather armor effectively contained the southern army of the empire in the jungle. At the same time, the actions of those dark elves from the ground became more dangerous. Under the moonlight, they drove large lizards to attack many towns. For this reason, the imperial army had to send troops to suppress and eliminate them.

This is not counting the troops consumed as a third-party force participating in the war between heaven and hell. After all, if you want to get a share of the pie between the two giants, you must show the due price and strength, so when the Northland also appeared to try to challenge When the war broke out, the lack of troops in the empire was no longer able to wipe out these barbarians. As a result, the nobles in the north needed to protect themselves directly this time.

In fact, if the empire activates the wartime conscription regulations, it may not be impossible to have an extra million troops at once, but thinking about the empire that has not activated the war regulations for nearly a hundred years, if the war regulations are suddenly activated at this time, no matter the people Whether it is the nobles or the nobles, I am afraid that they will all fall into panic. It is almost unimaginable that when the situation reaches that point, for example, countless high-ranking officials will leave the royal city and return to their hometowns.

Obviously, no one wants to be the one to get out.So the best way is to let the place handle it by itself.

So the above command is just two words, resist.

The reply from the Ice Council to the above is also simple, also two words.

wait to die.

What can those idiots from the Ice Council discuss?The governor of the king - an old general who had personally cut down a dozen alien devil cubs on the abyss battlefield, and had a very hot temper, almost killed him on the spot.

23 The legacy left by the nobles has been completely ruined by these prodigal things.Except for their own lives, the general standard of the North has become less than half of what the 23 nobles were back then.The entire Ice Council can only pull up an army of more than 1, which is a ratio of ten to one of the 14 standing army back then.And whether you can really fight more than half is still a matter of two.

"Hmph, a bunch of scum who eat the glory of their ancestors..."

Disdainfully humming a disdainful note from his nose, Kaos reached out and picked up the letter of appointment on the coffee table.

The white and tender scroll was a bit like it was dyed with bleach, and on it was written in a very orthodox handwriting the various requirements of the Ice Council, a group of idiots, for the ice elves.There are several alternative handwritings used for annotations, which fully show the pain and helplessness of the king, governor and religious leaders.The congressmen proudly signed the signatures that reflected the pig brains of the Ice Council with fonts of different styles but definitely not beyond the kindergarten level.

Judging from the way the fonts tell the age, the brain ages of these stupid pigs range from three to eight years old.Among them was a domineering 13-year-old signature with a unique style that shocked Kaos at the time-he never thought that there would be a person with a brain capacity of more than ten years old in it.

The meaning of the document is generally very simple.

To describe it specifically, I am the great ice council, and I am a member of the great human empire.Our territory and our strength are far more than one hundred and eight thousand times that of yours. You just need to obediently sign the contract.Just follow me and make offerings to us every day, every year, and every month. Everything in the army is mine, and then it will be nothing to do with you.

Did I say this was a declaration of war or an authorization document calling for an alliance?
Looking at the authorization document with a sense of superiority in his hand, Kaos also somewhat understood why the religious patriarch and the king's governor had such constipated expressions after accepting their tasks respectively.

All the missions given to him by a chief magician are such a fucking mission, so can those two old gentlemen still have a good mission?
"This dog's life is really hard to live..."

The great wizard lay on the sofa and let out a sigh.

(End of this chapter)