Chapter 30, Night Talk (Part 1)
The snow was even heavier, and the heavy snowflakes were flying in the forest, and the tall coniferous trees swayed like trembling. The strong wind passed through the forest, making strange noises, as if the devil from hell was roaring or howling.
The vision appeared, the goose feather snow revolved around Ryan, and the white fire appeared inside the forest.
A great will has come, this will is full of rage, anger, brutality, and cruelty, but it is also full of strength, courage, glory, and faith.
"A good sacrifice." In the void, a rough and bold voice appeared in Ryan's mind: "It's really big, a rare mutant wild boar?"
"Yes, I dedicate it to you, the great wolf god." Ryan said silently in his heart, he knew that the white wolf god of war would definitely hear it.
"..." There was a burst of satisfaction in the void. The mutated creatures weighing hundreds of catties aroused the wolf god's strong interest. Urik likes this. He likes fighting, drinking, and showing his courage and strength. strength.
Ryan killed such a very powerful mutated wild boar by himself in melee. The wolf god likes this. He likes the believers to show courage and strength, and use the most primitive, simple and brutal methods to kill the prey.
The white divine fire condensed in the air, opening the door to another world. A giant white wolf that was as big as a buffalo jumped out of the door. It ate up the wild boar's carcass in a few mouthfuls, then turned around and took the rest of it in its mouth. Some jumped into the portal.
Afterwards, everything was silent, only the white flames remaining in the air indicated that the messenger of the wolf god had descended.
"Well, don't even leave me a pig's leg!" White Wolf Knight complained casually.
"White wolf knights are not necessarily white wolf knights, but white wolf knights must be white wolf knights."
——Maras Bildhofen, Archbishop of the Church of the White Wolf
The former refers to the title, and the latter refers to the advanced profession, just like Ryan, his title is White Wolf Knight, but his advanced profession is not White Wolf Knight. Any knight who performs well enough has a chance to win The title of the White Wolf Knight becomes a member of the White Wolf Knights, and if the knight chooses an advanced career as the White Wolf Knight Advanced, then he must become a member of the White Wolf Knights.
Theoretically, the White Wolf Knights are not under the jurisdiction of the Nord Kingdom. The White Wolf Knights are headquartered in the White Wolf City (Wolfs City) in the territory of the Empire Woerrich, which is also the capital of the territory. Manfred "The Wheel of Steel" Adalbert ruled, this territory is connected to the Kingdom of Nord, but some of it is as barren land and bad weather as Nord. The land here is covered with dense black forest that is almost impenetrable, so the brave White Wolf God of War is the belief of many people here. The White Wolf Temple is also built on the cliff of White Wolf City, guarded by a large number of White Wolf Knights. Looking there, Nord's White Wolf Knights are actually just two companies in the White Wolf Knights.
The White Wolf God of War Urik has existed for a very long time. He appeared on the mainland and performed miracles when humans were still drinking blood. It is said that the founding emperor of the empire, Charlemagne, also received a lot of help from him, but this God of War has a personality Unpredictable, he seldom responds to the prayers of believers, the church does not provide much welfare or relief, and the rituals and trials that can please the White Wolf God of War are too dangerous. This makes the White Wolf Church more than a thousand years after the founding of the empire. At that time, the scale of national worship shrank a lot.
Slapping the snow and mud off his body, Ryan quickly descended the mountain. Good luck once again favored the knight of the kingdom, and he hit a rabbit with a throwing knife.
Coming out of the forest, bonfires and cooking smoke had already risen in the abandoned village. Estelle, who was standing on the fence, immediately spotted the returned kingdom knight and signaled the guards to open the city gate: "Mr. Ryan? There are trees in the forest ahead." When it fell down, there was also a flame, is that your masterpiece?"
"Exactly, is there anything else?" Ryan let out a sigh of relief as he entered the abandoned village.
"No, most of the people are cooking in the big room in the middle, and we didn't notice the enemy attack." Estelle jumped off the fence and landed lightly: "Want to participate?"
"No, I've taken care of both the bandit and the huge creature, and I'll leave the rest to you." Ryan shook his head. Now he went to the big house to participate in the rally, and the end result was that he became a bard.
Walking to the door of the arranged hut, Ryan stretched out his hand to push the door and found that the door was bolted: "Teresa?"
"Ryan?" The door opened, and the female sorceress in a plush coat and a purple silk dress inside confirmed that it was Ryan, and then let him in, and then locked the door again: "You have been away for a long time, hot water I It's already burned."
The magic lamp was installed in the house, and the goose-yellow light illuminated the interior of the house. The big hole in the wall had been sealed by the sorceress using spells combined with wooden boards. The fireplace was reinstalled, and a pot of hot water was burning inside.
"Ah, it's nice to have a woman who can boil a pot of hot water for me after a hard fight outside." Ryan took off the chain armor on his body, and then sat cross-legged on the carpet: "Speaking of why it's not thick soup Woolen cloth?"
"Tsk, you bastard." Teresa's glamorous face turned pink from the cold, she just sat down and took the quilt next to her to wrap herself up: "Okay, the ingredients are ready, you cook."
Ryan didn't say anything. He used the corn, ham, and vegetables sent by the caravan to cook a pot of corn, vegetable, and ham soup, then took out a knife to skin the hare, and hung it in the fireplace to bake.
"Teresa? How is it? Is it okay to come out to take risks?" Ryan kept moving his hands and started talking.
"It's not bad, traveling is not as difficult as imagined." The woman nodded, her long black and thick hair hanging down like a waterfall, with a faint gleam.
"Oh~ is it?" Ryan smiled disapprovingly.
"Okay, okay, Ryan, I know you take good care of me, can't I thank you?" Teresa certainly knew what the man was laughing at, and the woman pouted: "Do you know? Besides you, I've never been this close to any man and lived in a hut at night."
"Yes, yes, and then I should feel extremely honored? To be your bodyguard?" Ryan squinted at the sorceress. Ever since he met her, Teresa's performance in front of people has been aloof, and she can see It is indeed an honor for her to look like a pouting little daughter.
"As a teammate...you have experienced battle?" The sorceress quickly noticed the snow and mud on Lion's chain armor.
"Yes, I met a bandit and a mutant creature." Ryan told the sorceress what he had experienced before, including the bandit and the big silver wild boar, but concealed the matter about the white wolf war god Urick.
While talking, the big pot of corn, vegetable and ham soup was also stewed. Ryan put it in a bowl and handed it to the woman.
"This is very strange. You let those bandits go. You didn't destroy them or help them. You just gave them some bread?" The sorceress took the wooden bowl with curiosity on her face, "Your life and death depend on you." It’s not like you that you didn’t change their status quo.”
"What can I do? Kindly offer money to help them. This is what churches such as the Church of the Goddess of Mercy and the Church of the Moon will do. Kill them? How can they say that they are also the people of the Nord Kingdom, our compatriots, and I, as Nuo The knights of the Kingdom of Germany can kill a few vicious people, but it is too much to kill them all, unless it is really necessary." Ryan shook his head: "In fact, it is simple to say, this place cannot support so many farmers , the existence of nobles is doomed to have an upper limit on the number of bearers in the region, and this upper limit will become less and less as time goes by."
"You don't want to help others out of your own pocket, and you don't want to cause random killings. It really fits your style." The sorceress nodded. Ryan respects the most basic moral bottom line. He is a knight with eight virtues, hates evil, and promotes justice.
However, compared to some pedantic paladins or priests who serve the goddess of mercy, Ryan is a treacherous person. I like to bargain and seek more benefits for myself.
To sum it up in the words of his mother Aurora: "Lian is characterized by tolerance within the rules and kindness on the bottom line."
He is young, powerful, humorous, knowledgeable, and a good companion during the journey. After staying with him for a long time, Teresa felt that she had known him in the Nord capital of Winter. Those young knights and nobles are scum.
"What about the mutated wild boar?" The sorceress is only interested in Ryan's handling methods, not those bandits who can't survive. In the eyes of the sorceress, these people are low-level people and consumables. After she figured out what Ryan was thinking, the topic stopped.
"It's just a powerful mutated creature. It's the same as a griffin, a manticore, and a hippogryph." Ryan turned the iron bar, and the roasted rabbit was constantly spinning in the fire of the fireplace, and the animal fat dripped on the firewood. Sparks splashed in the pile, and the smell of barbecue gradually spread.
About a thousand years ago, the evil god of chaos descended on the northern wasteland, and the northern wasteland was gradually corrupted. Several decades later, Moka, the first chosen god of chaos, came to the world. He assembled a team of more than The Chaos Army of 500,000 people opened the gate of Chaos. Although this Great Patriotic War, which is little known to the people of the Empire, is hidden in the long river of history, its scale and tragedy far exceed all wars in the history of the Empire, even if it is a contemporary invention. It is also incomparable to produce powerful firearms. The successive victories of the Moka army made the energy of chaos surge, and the breath of the God of Darkness blowing from the north bathed the entire old world. This causes the material world to gradually transform into the Chaos Realm.
At that time, the founding emperor of the empire, Charlemagne, who was more than five hundred years old, also gathered all the imperial troops, joined forces with the dwarves and even the gods who came to the world, and went north to meet the enemy, and carried out the fifty-fourth and last battle in his life expedition.
In that tragic battle, Roland, the greatest knight under Charlemagne's command, exchanged his life for a road leading to Moka's position. In the novel, Moka had pushed Charlemagne into a desperate situation several times, but in the end Charlemagne seized the opportunity to successfully show Moka owl to the public, and the Chaos army collapsed.
Although the army of chaos has faded away, the influence of the wind of chaos has penetrated into every aspect of the main material world, and many mutated creatures have been born. Among them, the most famous ones are half-lion and half-eagle creatures like griffins, and the ferocious scorpion. Tailed lion, half deer, half bird hippogryph, etc.
"The erosion of chaos brings corruption and depravity, but it also spawns powerful magic and creatures." Ryan nodded: "Have you ever seen a dark elf?"
"I've seen it in the library, but I haven't touched it." The sorceress nodded. She liked Ryan's unwritten rules and knowledge on the mainland, which made her gain a lot.
"Among the dark elves, there are special animal trainers who tame these mutated beasts to fight, hehe... Most of the dark elves' animal trainers are women, with leather whips, and sometimes they are not only used for fighting and taming Beast..."
"Ryan!!!" Teresa's voice rose.
"Well, hey, I mean, in fact, we humans are the same, for example, the most elite Griffin Knights in the Empire, and for example, the Grand Duke of Leinster in Britannia is riding a large hippogryph, As for the manticore... Well, many parts of the manticore can be sold for a good price." The knight of the kingdom separated the roasted rabbit with a knife, and said with a smile: "The mutant wild boar is called silver in the records of the imperial scholars. Porcupines have long-range attack capabilities, their fur is very hard, and their weak point is their soft underbelly, which is just a bit strange."
"A little strange?" The female sorceress tore the roasted rabbit meat in small bites. Ryan's craftsmanship was really good. Under the blending of spices, the rabbit meat was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the meat was delicious and chewy.
"Well, it's a bit strange. Logically speaking, the weather is so cold, and the wild boar will not appear in the northern region of Nord. Even if it does, it is really strange that the wild boar will actively wander in the forest this season, even if it mutates. , The previous animal instincts will still be retained. In this season, most wild boars will look for warm nests to avoid the cold, and will only come out to move around at noon and afternoon, and will take the initiative to appear at night, which is somewhat abnormal." Ryan touched his chin, He keenly sensed that something was not quite right.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence? There's not enough food?" Teresa didn't take it seriously, the temperature in the room gradually increased with the efforts of the fireplace, and the sorceress let go of the quilt, revealing her slender and tender neck like a swan , wearing a string of pearl necklaces, showing the noble and elegant temperament in front of Ryan, the woman looked lazy and relaxed on the quilt: "Anyway, if you hold him back, my spell can send him to see death. "
"But I'm worried, Teresa, do you really understand Belt? Or, do you really understand the witcher, what exactly is it?"
"Uh... what is it?"