Chapter 845 [0832] "Fertile" Land

It wasn't until she entered the Luxtak Plains in person and saw this land with her own eyes that Lux truly understood why Ashe would rather abandon the West Freljord subcontinent and move eastward.

Even though she had collected and sorted out a lot of information from the intelligence team in advance, when Lux climbed over the Nyuskara Pass and actually arrived at this sacred land, she still almost couldn't believe her eyes.

Is this really the Freljord?

Although the ice and snow on the Laxtak Plain in early spring have not yet completely melted, its fertility is already visible to the naked eye.

Under the ice and snow, there was black soil. On both sides of the road, Lux even saw many seedlings that were already germinating. Even though the temperature was still very low, a few traces of light green were already exposed. .

"It's alfalfa." The accompanying mage introduced in a low voice, "The high-cold alfalfa unique to the Freljord is an excellent pasture. It will produce a lot of grass seeds in the autumn. Although people will suffer from diarrhea if they eat it, the feeding The livestock couldn’t have been better.”

"So in the northern trade, the proportion of food imported by the Avarosa tribe is getting smaller and smaller." Lux nodded, "Compared to the food that needs to be purchased at a high price, these grasses growing in the wild are much cheaper. ”

"But there are always troubles in the Avarosa tribe." Lux narrowed his eyes and landed on a forest not far away. "To be honest, I have always been puzzled. The land is so fertile that the Freljordians are unwilling to try farming it."

"Perhaps they don't have this habit." The accompanying legal guardian obviously couldn't give a reasonable explanation. He could only rely on the existing information and cautiously speculated, "After all, from the information of most of the tribes we have come into contact with, Judging from the situation, the Freljordians don’t seem to be very used to production.”

"If it were another tribe, then I might think so." Lux shook her head gently, "But the Avarosa tribe should be different. Ashe is not a person who can be easily bound by tradition. She is willing to work with We trade, and that speaks volumes.”

"Then there must be some other difficulties." The Archon thought for a moment, "At least we haven't seen any cities along the way - the Avarosan people's level of building cities is not too bad, but this city is No, maybe I still have my own considerations.”

In this regard, Lux could only nod.

Although the intelligence team also has a team stationed in Laxtaq City, considering the distance between Laxtak City and Forsbarrow, the information they can pass back is limited.

Even in their spare time, members of these intelligence teams will specialize in recording the various customs and specialties of the Freljord. However, the relationship between the many tribes and the traditions and customs of the Freljord people are not so easy. Investigate clearly.

Regarding the objective environment of the Luxtak Plain, Lux had a lot of information.

But these scattered pieces of information can only be used as a database at present, and are not enough to give Lux a clear and complete understanding of this place.

Has Ash ever considered farming?

It was considered, but proved unfeasible.

Although the land on the Luxtak Plain seemed to be fertile black soil, what Lux didn't know was that beneath the shallow black soil, there was ice that would never melt.

Growing food can be profitable in the short term, and a lot of food can be harvested with simple slash-and-burn farming, but it only takes two years for the land to undergo staggering degradation.

This kind of degradation is semi-permanent, and it will be difficult to recover even if you cultivate it for ten or eight years - because the soil layer is only a few feet thick, and there is solid ice below. Once the soil thickness becomes thinner, the solid ice underground will cause frostbite. The rhizomes of plants completely lose the conditions for plant growth in this land.

Only a few alpine plants with shallow root systems and frost-resistant roots can grow unaffected for many years on the black soil of the Larkstadt Plain.

It's not that Ai Xi doesn't want to be in this kind of field.

It is true that the natural environment here looks very good, but it is not suitable for farming!

In fact, there is solid ice underground in the entire Laxtak Plain, lakes and plains. Only where the forests are located, the underground is solid land - but even Ashe cannot cut down those ancient trees. If she uses the forest to open up farmland, she will be hated by all Freljordians!

The beautiful land that Lux saw was actually not as beautiful as she thought.

Of course, it is undeniable that compared to the West Freljord subcontinent, the natural environment of the Rakstak Plain is indeed much better. The breath of Anivia here is not too strong, and the inner flow in the center of the plain is The lake is also a rare freshwater inland lake, with a large number of fish and other aquatic plants unique to Freljord growing in the lake.

Even without growing crops, the population per unit area of ​​the Rakstak Plain can far exceed that of the Freljord subcontinent.

What's more, this is the legendary place where the three sisters flourished. It is said that the three sisters swore an oath and formed an alliance in Laxtaq City, and then through a series of great battles, they shaped the ancient Forre. Zhuode civilization.

Regarding the matter of the three sisters, the intelligence team even sent back sixteen different versions. Lux was even more familiar with this part of the content than most Freljordians.

……………………

For three consecutive days, Lux and his party, under the guidance of Avarosa, headed towards the east of Laxtak City. During this period, they did not see a city, and even rarely saw villages.

At night, they found a place on the roadside and set up a tent to rest. Although there were Malphites, Lux could build a small house in a quarter of an hour if she wanted, but she still chose to set up a tent.

Of course, for Lux, this was not a difficult thing. Any difficult journey would become gentle and lovely compared to the 20,000 miles of yellow sand.

Along the way, Lux has been observing the Laxtak Plain from her unique perspective, observing this fertile land that made Ashe give up the West Freljord subcontinent. In Lux's heart, many questions have gradually accumulated, waiting to be solved in the subsequent trip to Laxtak City.

In this way, the journey of stopping and starting lasted for more than half a month.

On the afternoon of the thirteenth day after crossing the Neuskala Pass, Lux and his party passed through a lush maple forest and saw a blue-white area glittering in the sun.

"Lake Kailafos is in front of us." The envoy of Avarosa came to the lake and took the initiative to introduce it to Lux. "Lake Kailafos is one of the three lakes surrounding the city of Laxtak. The water surface is very wide. Although there are still a lot of floating ice on the lake, the floating ice is actually not solid. We need to take a detour."

"No boat?" Lux looked at the wide lake and asked in confusion, "Don't worry about these puppets-can we take a boat directly to the city of Laxtak?"

"Lake Kailafos is not a good place for sailing." The other party shook his head, then looked around and found a stone the size of a head by the lake, "At least not on the west bank."

As he said, he weighed the weight of the stone in his hand, took two steps back, and suddenly started to run up and threw the stone out in the posture of throwing a shot put.

As the stone was thrown out in a perfect parabola, it hit the ice with a "gulp" sound, breaking several large cracks. When the ice turned over, several fish suddenly jumped out of the water from the gaps in the ice.

Each of these fish is more than three feet long. When they jumped out of the water, they opened their mouths wide, full of sharp teeth, which made people shudder at the sight.

"There are many sturgeons in Lake Keirafos. They will jump out of the water. It is very dangerous to sail here." The messenger seemed very satisfied with the surprised eyes of the Demacians. "So, no one will take the initiative to come to this place to cross the lake or sail."

Lux nodded.

She saw with her own eyes a sturgeon that jumped out of the water but didn't grab the prey. After hitting the ice that had not completely melted, it did not wait to die like other fish, but twisted its body and relied on its mouthful of sharp teeth to easily tear a way back to the water.

Lux, who saw this, only needed to think about it for a moment before he understood what the other party meant.

If the water is really so dangerous, there is no need to ferry.

Three or five of these fish are enough to pose a fatal threat to the small boats that the Freljord people like to use.

However, while Lux and the Avarosa messenger were talking in a low voice, Kalya, who was wearing a mask and a hood and mixed in with the crowd of law guardians, keenly noticed something wrong.

In Kalya's perception, those ferocious sturgeons were quite wrong. They always gave Kalya a sense of danger...

Even if the teeth of a sturgeon several feet long were sharp enough and it had the ability to jump out of the water and glide, it was obviously impossible for this thing to arouse Kalya's sense of danger under normal circumstances.

Unless they had some key points that Kalya didn't realize.

"So, can those sturgeons be caught?" While the messenger was explaining, Kalya took the initiative to ask, "These sturgeons look quite unusual..."

"Of course not, don't even think about it!" Hearing Kalya's question, the other party's expression instantly became serious, "Sturgeons are the guardians and purifiers of Lake Kerafos. The Frost Witch does not allow them not to be caught, and even Her Excellency the War Mother does not want this to happen."

Kalya nodded quickly after hearing this, indicating that he had no such thoughts.

Lacus also said that he would restrain his "subordinates".

However, after setting up camp that day, Lacus went directly to Kalya at night - the Avarosa messenger did not understand what Kalya meant, thinking that he was just curious, but Lacus knew very well that Kalya would not speak casually unless necessary in his current state.

In other words, in Kalya's view, those sturgeons were problematic, and not a small problem, but he could no longer say it in front of the messenger.

And Lacus's guess was completely correct.

When she met Karya, she had already taken a few fish out of the lake without the envoy knowing.

This was a taboo. If there was no necessary reason, Karya would probably cause herself a lot of trouble later.

However, when she met Lux, Karya answered all her doubts in one sentence.

"There's something wrong with these fish." After Kalja brought Lux in, she showed her the dead fish as soon as possible. "After death, it seems to be no different from a common disease - but before that, I need to confirm that it is not a disguise."

But Lux stared at the fish carefully for a long time, but didn't understand what Kalja said was wrong.

Although the fish meat of these fish has a strong fishy smell, and the oil in it makes the whole tent smell like a slaughterhouse after the temperature rises slightly, but Lux and Kalja fell into silence.

During the dissection just now, an extremely familiar force flowed out between the muscles, causing Lux and Kalja to squint their eyes.

Kalja had just seen this force not long ago - the breath of the void!

Realizing this, Lux's expression instantly turned cold.

The breath of the void?

Why are there so many sturgeons related to the void hidden in the lake water of Kalaphos?

And coincidentally, due to folk customs, the Freljord people rarely take the initiative to catch sturgeons, so even the current Freljord people can't figure out what's wrong with them.

In this case, neither Lux nor Kalya can confirm where the void energy in the sturgeon comes from, whether it's due to the sturgeon's eating, or there are many other problems in their daily activities.

In short, after feeling the void energy in the sturgeon, Lux's expression instantly became serious - it's not a big problem to come into contact with void energy in daily life, but considering the attitude of the Freljord people towards these fish, she keenly smelled the breath of danger.

Perhaps behind these fish, there is something hidden that she doesn't know, just like the lake surface that looks frozen solid but has actually melted a long time ago, and under the calm is a shocking and dangerous wave!

Unfortunately, the alliance meeting is coming soon. In order to save time, Lux can't stop and study slowly now. So, after a brief discussion with Kalya, she will continue to go to Laxtak City. Kalya will also control Malphites to move forward, but they will not abandon the sturgeon sample. They will have to walk and see in the future.

This fertile land doesn't seem to be as rich and beautiful as it looks!

I'm 30 years old today. I wish myself a happy birthday!