Kanamara, located on the border of Ningal, is a small basin closest to Daxue Mountains.

This place is contrary to the common ice fields in the North continent, with extremely rare plants and forests. The rolling hills make this land a place where the most organisms gather.

By the ice sheet connecting the Eastern Continent, business travelers often rest here, and there are nearby villages and cities of humanity.

Merchants, mercenaries, and churches later settled in one after another. After hundreds of years of development, Kanamara has become a famous trading place in the north.

Because it gathers a lot of resources, although Daxue Mountain is known as a dangerous place and there are also a large number of monsters in the mountains, it still cannot stop people from building cities at the foot of the mountain.

Because of its active elves, Semasar, known as the Second Magic Academy of the Northern Continent, rose up in this snowy land seven hundred years ago. After hundreds of years, although not as famous as Fanuue, the wizard who graduated from this academy is several times that of Fanuue. The main reason is that he is in the Black Magic Academy. Whether it is a noble or a criminal, he can learn magic here as long as he has enough money.

Take it for granted that the power of the Church of Light is relatively weak here. The temples that believe in darkness and the four elements have come one after another, winning the title of "Gangluso" for Kanamara.

Hero Calendar 323rd year Red Month 5

This is the last stage of Anesia's autumn season. Although on other continents, it is the harvest season at this moment. It can be seen that it is not a pleasant season.

Winter is coming, and the coldest season in the northern continent will kill weak people

Without plants that rely on a small amount of sunshine, the entire continent will become a real ice and snow continent, exuding the breath of death

Therefore, merchants also began to actively prepare various materials to prepare for the Eastern Continent, a relatively humid land, where winter is not so obvious.

However, this year is a little different from the past. I don’t know what the influence of the land monsters in the snowy mountain have become extremely irritable and uneasy. They often go down the mountain to attack human villages. The autonomous region receives several letters asking for suppression every day.

A strange rumor emerged among the merchants, as if someone was secretly blocking and killing those merchants who had business dealings with Meili.

All merchants who have been to Merri and have traded with the Night Elf are killed by extremely cruel methods.

Therefore, it is also rumored that the Northern Alliance was secretly doing something, with the purpose of stopping merchants from continuing to trade with the Eastern Continent

Because the Eastern Continent is located in a remote area, many of the essential products of life rely on the West, the South Continents and the North considers the land to operate, so the Northern Alliance cannot explicitly prohibit merchants from continuing to export to the Eastern Continent, so it can only use this despicable means

However, the rumors are rumors after all. Before they are confirmed, no one dares to say anything. The Mercenary Guild also offered a reward of 10,000 Nalkin as a reward for catching the murderer who hurts the merchant for several consecutive days.

Amid this panic-ridden rumor, many merchants retreated, but some merchants had to bite the bullet and prepare their goods

Although the killer hiding in the dark is a big threat, if the delivery is not given to Merri on time, not only will their goodwill be damaged, but their lives and family may be insured.

Although the Northern Alliance is terrible, the night elves are also unoffensive forces.

The merchant Fema is also one of these merchants, but the direction of his place is not Meri, but the Ningal royal city of Cludia

After accepting Merri's commission, he handed over a batch of important goods to the secret organization of the night elves in the mainland of Cludia

Fema is very regretful now. When he set out, the Northern Continent had not yet started war. After a month's journey to Kanamara, he learned that the night elves were now in the same state as the Northern Alliance. This is a pity for him, a businessman who travels back and forth between the two continents, no matter which side he offended, he was not able to bear it without a tough background.

After finally crossing the terrifying area of ​​the Death Sand Sea, Fema did not dare to go to Cludia.

His goods were covered with Merry's unique seals. Although it could intimidate ordinary thieves and intercept bandits on the Eastern Continent, the northern continent where the power of the night elves declined, this would not help at all, but instead put the entire caravan in a dangerous situation.

what to do?

Go or not?

After thinking about it for a morning in the hotel, Fema finally gritted his teeth and walked out of the door and went to the Dominant to apply for a pass pass.

Although the Northern Alliance is terrible, the threat of the night elves has obviously exceeded the human race and does not want to implicate the entire clan and suffer the disaster of death. Fema, who has been a businessman for a lifetime, can only choose to continue moving forward.

With a group of mercenaries hired from the Eastern Continent, Fema embarked on a short journey to the autonomous territory of Aifa with concern.

Kanamara is divided into several large cities and dozens of small villages. They have their own power territories. The autonomous territory is actually the location of the Dark Academy Semasar. Several large mercenary guilds and local merchant associations jointly established a joint regime there.

Only when you obtain a pass issued by the Dominion will the levels located on the border be released.

If it weren't for the danger of walking on the ancient road of the Great Snow Mountain, Fema wouldn't want to take the risk to the Dominion. I heard that there were many people from the Northern Alliance there. In the current terrifying atmosphere, a merchant who had business dealing with Meili and was transporting Meili's entrusted goods was undoubtedly a ghost.

"Has, the God of Night Shadow and Garcia, the goddess of dark moon, bless me to return safely"

Several hired bodyguards laughed at the same time when praying for the timid businessman.

It is ridiculous that believers with the necklace engraved with the Sun Badge of Light on their necks would say such words.

"Captain Lufia, look at that old man, he was so scared that he prayed."

Gru, a mercenary with strong muscles, whispered to the mercenary leader.

"Shut up, Gru, we are mercenaries, just do our own things well, don't worry about the employer's affairs, their private lives are not within our transaction scope." The serious young leader criticized his subordinates' pure boring behavior without any pain. She frowned and worried about the northern party this time

I thought it would be a relatively comfortable journey, but I didn't expect it would be so troublesome

I thought that sending someone to Cludia would be considered as completing the mission, but I didn't expect to encounter assassination

Damn, why did I encounter such a bad thing? Several other leaders have already gathered in Hahodel, but I was delayed by this stupid businessman in Kanamara. Kabesa will definitely laugh at me.

Damn it, how could I let my brother look down on me?

In the sluggish atmosphere, the fully armed Earth Dragon Mercenary Group left some people behind the caravan, hoping to protect all the employers and go to the autonomous territory Denar to get the clearance certificate.

The young mercenary leader who was strong and confident in his team never expected that what was waiting for her in less than a day would be a danger he could not imagine.

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"The situation is a little wrong, captain"

After leaving the city, enter the narrow western passage, which is closest to the snowy mountain and is also the most easily attacked area. In order to avoid the fanatical members of the Northern Alliance who may be ambushed on the main road, Fema listened to the advice of the bodyguard leader to take the remote western passage to Denar.

"Although the Northern Ice Crystals have always been sparsely populated, they shouldn't even be there." The big man Gru was not the first to notice. The young leader had noticed before him that the strangeness of the passage on both sides of the cliffs was noticed.

Gradually withered, there are no low cry of birds and insects in the leaves and grass, as quiet as the desert of golden moon

The other mercenaries also discovered this strange phenomenon and stopped talking one after another. They had rich experience without the instructions of the leader and took out their respective weapons early.

"Captain Lufia..." The merchants of Shiruru found something wrong. Feima looked around worriedly for fear of meeting the terrible assassin.

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"Anxin, Mr. Fema, if you are really an assassin, you don't have to worry about your life safety. I am more suspicious of the monsters on the snowy mountain." Many of those ancient creatures are extremely powerful, far more powerful than human assassins.

Lufia is not worried about the Northern Alliance Assassin that scares his employer. For an excellent team like her, it is impossible to attack the Fierce Flame Mercenary Group who worships him unless it is a regular army with a mage.

As the strongest mercenary group in the Southern Continent, although she has been under the care of her brother, she can also stand alone. If it weren't for a whim, she would have gone to the Eastern Continent to see the night elves, maybe she would have been in Hahodell with the other captains.

Oh, this damn businessman, I'll take on any troublesome tasks, and I'll be unlucky as well

Just as Lufia complained about Fema again, the cold water splash suddenly shook in front of her eyes

Ice crystals suddenly appeared above the mercenaries

"Raising a Shield"

In a hurry, Lufia had only time to shout this sentence, and countless ice arrows fell like rain.

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding

The bronze shield competed with the ice arrow, making a crisp sound

The earth dragons were roared by the ice cone that kept piercing into their skin.

Merchant Fema screamed in horror among the mercenaries

The enemy has not yet appeared, and the situation is already in chaos

Searching around with your eyes, what did you finally find

When a sharp howling blocked Lufia's order of evacuation, the enemy hidden in the dark appeared.

Huge, blue frost wolf attacked from the front and back, blocking the entire mercenary group in this narrow passage.

"Not good, captain, it's the frost giant wolf." Gru was a little nervous

The highly intelligent frost giant wolf belongs to the ninth-level monster. If it can cast magic on its own, it will certainly not pose any threat. There are so many numbers, and what awaits them will inevitably be a dead fight.

"Slin..." He looked at the accompanying mage worriedly, and saw him shook his head repeatedly, Lu Feiya knew that even a tenth-level mage like him would be impossible to deal with the entire frost wolf pack at the same time.

"Ignortic stupid humans, all the invaders entering my territory, die here." The largest wolf in the pack, with a silver-shiny fur, spoke up and surprised everyone.

The vague and elf-like accent made the mercenary start an attack before he could speak, the frost giant wolf who received the order launched an attack before he could attack.

As fast as thunder, he rushed towards the earth dragons gathered in circles with dense ice arrows.

"Defensive Formation" With the female captain's order, the strip-shaped team instantly formed a circle, closely connected with mercenaries sitting on the back of the ground dragon. One hand holding a shield and the other hand holding a gun.

"In the name of Sarah, the earth gave me the shield of the triangle." The mage chanted a spell in a low voice among the crowd, and an invisible barrier enveloped the mercenary.

"assault"

The moment the spell was completed, Lufia led the entire mercenary group to rush forward.

All the magic emitted by the Frost Wolf was resolved by the protective spells cast by human mages, and the rest was the direct collision on the body.

For a moment, flesh and blood flew

The human being bitten and fell from the ground dragon and the frost wolf pierced by the spear both shed blood symbolizing death on the ground

"Oh my God"

The timid businessman couldn't bear the scene and tried to run in the opposite direction on his mount

"That fool" looked back and saw Fema running towards the direction he came. All he could have greeted was countless large bloody mouths and the cold frost arrows.

I was frustrated to find that this mission was about to fail, Lufia couldn't help but curse

However, a dramatic scene happened
To be continued...