"The person who took Chernobog away is our enemy!"
The Duke of Cosiche held the scepter, stood up from his position, and said this to the people around him.
This sounds like nonsense. If it weren't for a grand duke who spoke it, many people would definitely laugh at it.
However, some people noticed the key point in these words. What the other party just said was 'us'.
And if this "we" includes everyone present, doesn't it mean that this is not just a partisan fight in the imperial court?
"If you are sitting here, including the enemies of His Majesty the Emperor, they are equal to the enemies of Ursus as a whole. Duke Koscice, you mean that the disappearance of Chernobog is related to the enemies of the Ursus Empire. What?"
Someone asked, others responded, and Kosich nodded towards the congressman who spoke.
"So, who should it be, the people from Yan Kingdom or the guys from Victoria?"
There are more than two countries bordering Ursus, but when it comes to those who really have the courage to take action against Ursus, they are probably only two.
As for the other small city-states, even though the interior of Ursus has been decayed, the army is still not a vegetarian, and destroying them is not a problem at all.
Ursus is not afraid of war. On the contrary, there are many people in this parliament who are looking forward to the coming of war.
For example, the Conservative Party, those who hold military power, are mostly the core of the war faction in Ursus, because only when the war comes and they command the army can their importance be fully reflected and they can gain the greatest influence. Benefit.
Of course, most of the reformists whose family wealth has been capitalized, and many neutrals who occupy their own territories and continue to farm, the war will do more harm than good to their farming business, so they are the largest group of peace and harmony groups in the Ursus Empire today. For nobles, owners and groups.
Therefore, when the conservative people began to extend the topic to speculate on the identity of the enemy, and possibly extend it to foreign wars, the reformist people interrupted the speaker, reminding, or warning.
"Don't say nonsense without definite evidence. This will cause serious diplomatic problems!"
The conservative congressman wanted to argue, but was blocked by the displeased look from the emperor.
"We still have to listen to Duke Cosiche's statement about the specifics."
Marquis Vincent spoke up, directly interrupting the possibility of another quarrel.
After everyone became quiet again, the tall, thin, capable old man-looking Duke of Cosiche spoke again.
"Our enemies are not abroad, nor are they in this court. Our enemies are in the north, just above the northern border of Ursus!"
Hearing this, most of the members in the parliament were a little stunned. Where is the northern border of Ursus?
It is barren and always covered with ice and snow all year round, but it is a bitter cold area where sinners are exiled.
Those who can be there, or are assigned to be nobles there, are either country bumpkins or unlucky ones in the eyes of these members of the National Assembly.
In short, the northern border of Ursus is the bottom of the contempt chain in the Ursus region. Suddenly some people said that their enemies appeared there.
The first reaction of these congressmen in the court is that there are fools who can't live a good life, want to die early, and start to rebel there?
. . . .
There is no doubt that this view of the northern territory of Ursus is a prejudice among Ursus people in other regions.
But this kind of prejudice is not completely groundless. It is just that the original situation in the northern border of Ursus has been exaggerated by people who have been there.
And it’s not an exaggeration. Let’s take some low-level situations as examples. For example, the number of people who freeze to death in the northern border of Ursus every year is several times or more than a dozen times less than the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands that are spread. times.
In good years, hundreds of thousands died, mostly due to lack of supplies and fights over food.
In bad years, such as a blizzard, some buildings being crushed by heavy snow, or the power supply bureau burning Originium losing power, tens of thousands of people may be killed or injured.
Of course, this is all a matter of the old almanac. Since the purchase of food last year, few people in the northern border of Ursus have been frozen to death or starved to death in the cold season.
After the Snowline Farm was fully constructed this year, the lives of northerners during the cold season became even more prosperous.
The grown potato crops are brewed into people’s most needed and favorite shochu, commonly known as the water of life in winter.
Legumes from farms and the most productive legumes are thrown into the stoves of thousands of households. The poles are used as fuel to keep warm. After the burning, the fruits are pulled out from the ashes. It tastes almost like roasted peanuts.
Just drink it with two cups of warm soju and look at the snowy scene outside the window. Isn't that taste just "great"? !
Even recently, some zoologists have been preparing to build some supporting livestock pastures next to the farms that have been built.
However, the institute's idea of breeding experimental primates failed. When Wu Ke met Tallulah, he happened to meet Bozhuo Kasti. They chatted and he mentioned it casually.
As a result, on behalf of this old man, Bodrokas took an old comrade and old boss of his, who was also a gray-haired old man, and ran to lead a group of northern zoological researchers. Did this project.
. . . .
At present, the old general Herage has come out of the farm. After the Chernobog-infected orphans he adopted were all arranged by the northern government to go to compulsory schools, the innocent and light-hearted opponent became the first Rancher at Northern Livestock Ranch.
When he opens his eyes every day, all Herage needs to think about is to take care of a group of snarling snow roe deer waiting for food.
When the roe deer were eating, he had to take his beloved pitchfork and go to the livestock house to shovel the excrement of the roe deer.
The shit shoveled out does not smell bad, but when it is mixed with crop roots and burned, there will be some pyrotechnic fumes because it is not completely dry.
"The ashes after burning are turned into the soil and become the best fertilizer. Tsk tsk, why didn't I know this when I was a general..."
When he is free, Mr. Herage will not only read a red book, but also read "Postpartum Care of Silly Roe Deer" and some books on "Ecological Utilization of Herbivore Excrement".
Herage would always write and draw on it, and write down his practical experience in taking care of the snow roe deer, like an old rancher.
Bozhuokasti had already pulled him into the chariot and was about to let Herage face another battlefield, the battlefield of livestock breeding. I believe that it will not be long before the livestock pastures will appear next to each snow line farm. Flowering trend.
There will also be more different types of meat on the tables of the people in the North. As the happiness of the people in the North increases, the dominance of the organizations that manage here is also being consolidated. It is estimated that in another two years , even if the name Ursus Empire is taken away, it will not shake the leadership of the Justice League in the north.
. . . .
"Some strange things have been happening lately."
Bodrokas found Wu Ke for him.
"Deep in the snowfields, in some mines, miners were killed."
The original infected miners have been rescued, but Source Stone still has to be mined. These are miners hired with money.
"What's going on? Is there a bad guy running over there?"
Wu Ke, who had just entered the sarcophagus with a D-class researcher and witnessed the process of the other person's body mutating, attacking him in a rage, being subdued by himself, and then gradually dying, heard Bozhuo Kasti's words. He frowned and asked the old man.
"If it's a bad guy, it's easy to deal with it, even on the snowfield. Don't forget, before we met you, we had been fighting on the snowfield for more than ten years.
In fact, not every miner in a mine where an accident occurred was killed, only a few were actually killed.
According to the descriptions of miners who were not killed, before the accident, the mine was in an environment covered by blowing wind and snow.
The murdered miner went out to solve his physical problems outside the snow shelter, and then did not come back. When someone noticed something was wrong and went out to look for him, they found that the man had fallen in the snow.
Those who had the accident all had scars on their chests, as if they had been scratched by the claws of some kind of wild beast..."
Of course, if this was the case, Bozhuo Kasi would not come to Wu Ke, but when he sent some shield guard teams to squat around the mines where there was a situation, trying to figure out what was going on, But two teams of shield guards, a total of ten soldiers, were in trouble.
“The heavy equipment on his body was fine, and there were no signs of any battle, but the body underneath the heavy equipment had claw marks on his chest just like those of the miners who were killed.
I went to Hiboril and asked her to mobilize the army to help, but she told me that this might not be something that the army could solve.
She asked me to come to you directly and said that after bringing you there, we will explain the specific situation together. By the way, the meeting place is her clan stronghold..."
. . . .
The Ennuo clan's stronghold is located in a snowy mountain. When the Justice League was first established, Wu Ke came here once.
"The murderer who attacked the mine was not a human or an Originium animal, but a god. This is the divine punishment of the God of the North..."
After Wu Ke came here with Bodrokas on behalf of the old man, he felt thunderous when he heard the conclusion about the attack on the mine.
"This is the witch of our clan. Before this area of the North was included in the territory of Ursus, our clan has lived here for generations."
Xiboril introduced.
"Our clan has its own totem and its own beliefs. After Bodrokas came to me on behalf of the old man and explained the situation, based on his description, I thought of some legends about the snowfield within the clan."
[The howling north wind brings His roar, accompanied by the white disaster, the invisible Him, but comes here from the depths of the snowfield...
The wind and snow are cold, like His hands and feet are like blades. When the God of the North who brings the wind and snow comes to the world, people should offer living prey and hide in igloos to pray...]
"The cold wind and snow will take away the lives of the prey as sacrifices, so hiding in the house is to prevent yourself from being mistaken for a sacrifice by the gods.
And all the sacrifices whose lives were robbed in those winds and snows would not freeze to death.
There will be scars on the body similar to the scratches of wild beasts, and they will die silently in the snow. "
Wu Ke felt that he had gone to the wrong set. He was like a person engaged in infrastructure construction and medical research of a large country, and suddenly jumped to a set engaged in feudal superstition, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Don't think that the legend is false..."
Xiboril said, motioning for him to follow him out, and the group arrived at the training ground of the Enno clan.
Xiboril went straight to a wooden stake tied with a steel shield and pulled out the sword he carried around his waist.
"Do you still remember the sword I used to slash you? Silver Moon Slash..."
The silver sword light flashed, and there was nothing wrong with the steel shield, but the sound of wood tearing could be clearly heard from behind.
The steel shield was removed, and a very obvious sword mark appeared behind the position where the shield was struck.
"There are no traces of battle in the heavy armor, but there are scars on the back of the body..."
Bodrokas whispered for him.
"This is a swordsmanship inherited by our clan, but it can ignore the defense of heavy armor and directly hurt the people behind..."
"This should be considered a penetrating damage of energy nature!"
Wu Ke said.
He had completely remembered the time when he first met Xiboril. The wolf looked like a wise master with its ears, but was punched in the face by him and turned into a pig's head.
At that time, the sword wielded by the opponent actually caused damage to himself that broke his defense, although the injury recovered in the blink of an eye...
"The original inheritance of this swordsmanship originated from the existence of our clan's belief, the God of the North!"
Taking back his sword, Xiboril said seriously.
"Two hundred years ago, the Ursus Empire occupied this northern tundra area. Their invincible army at that time suffered losses in the snowfields..."
This is a record that Xiboril accidentally saw when he was looking for information and looking through the official records of Ursus.
In the northern border two hundred years ago, about a few Ursus elite legionnaires died on the snowy fields and were killed by mysterious creatures.
"The time recorded in that dossier coincides with the time recorded by our clan. Two hundred years ago, I can confirm that the things our clan believed in fought with Ursus, who occupied the northern border at that time. He It had destroyed more than one powerful Ursus legion, but it completely disappeared in the last battle..."
When he said this, Xiboril did not feel that some of the myths and legends he said were outrageous.
After all, she has seen even more outrageous guys.
For example, the bald boy who is standing in front of her now and listening to her carefully. Based on his current reputation in the north, it is estimated that thousands of years later, he will be able to leave behind myths and legends. The legend of the bald god?
