This is indeed a trouble.

Joshua frowned. He really couldn't wear this women's ring, but the Double Snake Ring is still a golden equipment. It's not low in quality and practicality. It's not good to just keep it at home without using it.

"It's better to send this thing back to Villdani next time I return the gift."

Finally, the warrior made this decision: "If it really doesn't work, put it at home as a decoration."

But after saying this, Joshua suddenly felt a sense of sight.

He always felt that at some point, he often heard someone say this.

(This thing is not easy to use... put it in the family secret library first.)

(This thing is not suitable for me... put it in the secret library to see if anyone is suitable for it in the future.)

(This ring... No one in our family meets the requirements, so it is a big loss to give it to others. Let's put it in the secret library for now to see if anyone can use it in the future.)

The reason why the collections of those big families are so rich is that they are accumulated like this...

Shaking his head and dispelling the idea, Joshua exhaled and continued to listen to Rin report the information for him.

Today's official duties have not been completed yet.

A few days later, the star fell on May 2, 832.

In order to meet Moria and his group, Joshua left the main city with Firefly and marched towards the surroundings of the Great Eas Mountains. Rin took No. 3 at home to handle official duties and take care of Hei who is still dormant.

Nowadays, in addition to eating, Hei is sleeping in the stable. His appetite is getting bigger and bigger, comparable to ordinary monsters. After eating a lot of food, his body has grown some hard shells and long thorns, and its teeth are also falling off. Now it has been replaced with layers of sharp fangs, and the fluffy ponytail has begun to gradually transform towards the long tail of the armored blade similar to a dragon.

In addition to looking like a horse in general, in terms of body details, the black now looks more like a dragon beast, scattering high heat, and also has a faint majesty.

After a long flight, when Joshua saw Moria, he had already crossed several peaks and arrived at a branch of the Great Eas Mountains.

Halfway up the mountain called Nissier, the old dwarf and Nostradamus were surveying the terrain and discussing something. After seeing the soldiers flying from afar and landing, he walked forward and greeted happily.

"I haven't seen each other for many days, Joshua, my friend."

Moria opened her hands and was about to give Joshua a hug. He laughed and said, "On the way to your main city, I met this guy Nostradamus. He asked me to help select the site for his magic academy. I thought about it and it was just right for your territory. Since that's the case, why not do it? I'll help him, don't you mind?"

"Of course I won't mind, my friend."

After answering, thinking for a while, Joshua decided to bend down and accept the hug of the old dwarf. Compared with Moria, he was too tall. If he didn't bend down, the other party could only hold him to his waist at most: "But you shouldn't have to do it yourself in your own way in the survey of such a job. Moria, didn't you bring a few followers?"

As he said this, Joshua looked sideways at the dwarves who were making fire to keep warm.

"They need to learn one more."

Moria shook her head: "These guys are too young. I'm not sure if I leave this kind of work to them. I brought them here this time just to let them learn some life experience, not to let them really work."

Nostradamus, who was beside him, had been looking at the snow mountain for the rest of the time except for saying hello when Joshua came. He frowned and remained silent.

The Nissie Snow Mountain is an extremely towering mountain. It is as high as 3,320 meters, second only to the 3,760 meters of the Great Aes Volcano. The environment around the snow-capped mountain is changing, with valleys, rivers, hills and forests. Joshua looked around the surrounding environment along the old mage's gaze, and he couldn't help but nod and commented: "The location of this place is indeed good. There is enough space halfway up the mountain and the magic energy concentration is relatively high. It is a good location for a college."

"But it's still a little bit small."

When the old master heard Joshua's words, he nodded in agreement, but hesitated: "The college I planned is not large in scale, but if it is placed on the mountain, it will appear a bit narrow. The shape of the land on the mountainside is wrong and cannot be placed below the college I planned."

"Then you can hollow out the abdomen and embed half of the academy into the mountain."

Joshua shook his head and refuted Nostradamus's words. He continued to observe the surrounding environment, and then pointed his hand at the river on the hillside: "Look, just hollow out that place and connect it with the original flat ground, it is a large stone foundation. As a master of Jiyi, it is not difficult to do this."

"And there are forests and rivers around, so it will save a lot of effort when building."

"...This is a good idea, but I want to see if it will destroy the magic nodes around it."

Looking at the place where Joshua pointed at halfway up the mountain, the old mage thought for a while, then nodded and accepted the warrior's advice. He immediately flew up and began to check the magic node that naturally condensed on the hillside down.

Joshua walked back to the foot of the mountain with the old dwarf and observed the snow-capped mountain from bottom to top.

At the top of the Nissier Snow Mountain is an ancient ice layer that never melts all year round. On the side of the mountain are scattered cedars and steel-core trees. In the part close to the plain, it is covered with various northern cold plants, and there are many low-level monsters.

At the foot of its mountain, there is a deep snow lake. It is still frozen, but you can still see the deep colored lake behind the ice.

This lake is very famous among adventurers. No one knows how deep the lake is, because no one has ever been there. Many adventurers have been preparing to explore or bet to enter it, but they all retreated because of the cold temperature. With protective equipment, a warrior at the peak of silver could only dive into fifty meters. In deeper, there is even a dark magic that can disperse low magic such as water avoidance and water breathing.

"The bottom of the lake should be connected to a magic crystal vein."

The old dwarf made this judgment: "The north is further north, near the coast of the sea of ​​mistyness, and it is rich in high-purity magic crystals. It is not uncommon to have one or two mineral veins in the north. The natural magic and the connection between the lake and water will indeed produce some wonderful changes."

"Unfortunately, since the main peak of the Great Eas Mountains is a volcano, the nearby snow water contains a little sulfur and toxic substances, which produces a lot of unfreezing lakes. Although the water of this lake can be frozen, it means that there are not many toxic substances, it is still not suitable for living creatures. Otherwise, Joshua, you can consider raising several kinds of magic fish in this lake. They must like this environment very much."

Magic crystals can be used to make storage crystals, or as a simple magic array material, it can be regarded as a high-value resource that will never depreciate. In addition to selling refined ores to the Emperor's Group, the industry of the Radcliffe family also occasionally sells some of these precious materials.

Of course, recently, due to the comprehensive cooperation with the dwarves, the Radcliffe family's industry has begun to switch to the manufacturing and selling finished weapons. Since it has just been launched for a few months, its reputation has not been widely spread, but according to the only response, the quality is indeed good.

However, after the dwarf said a long sentence, Joshua seemed to have not listened to him. The warrior seemed to have become very interested in this deep snow lake. He looked at the deep lake thoughtfully, and his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the ice layer until the bottom.

"Owner……"

The firefly, who was standing on the back, pulled the corner of La Joshua's clothes, and the warrior was reminded, and then nodded and said, "It's a pity."

"…Jothia, what did you really hear me say?"

"certainly."

Joshua nodded after reacting, and said a little apologetically: "I heard that no one had explored the bottom of the lake before, and I accidentally wanted to see what was in the deepest part of it."

The old dwarf was not angry, but nodded in agreement: "Yes, it is necessary to make such a large snow lake change. The magic crystal mine at the bottom must be different. If you have time, you really need to explore it."

"Do you still have to wait for time?" Joshua shrugged, and he looked at the lake and smiled, "It's OK now."

Moria was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Hahaha, indeed, come, let's go and have a look!"

In Ying's helpless eyes, the two gold-level warriors seemed to be preparing to directly smash the ice layer and sneak into the lake to explore. Just as they had broken the ice layer and were about to enter, a figure crossed the atmosphere and came to them with magical fluctuations.

Nostradamus, who seemed to have completed the investigation, had a smile on his face.

"My idea is almost completed, and that place is indeed very suitable for the construction of the academy... I imagined the structure of Winter Fort, probably that's it."

He said this to Joshua and Moria, and at the same time, the old mage began to gather magic power in his hands, triggering light waves and water mists, and producing images.

As the image condensed, a huge projection of Nissie Mountain appeared in front of Nostradamus. This projection was the same as the real one, with clear anatomy and perspective views. Both Gioshu and Moria could clearly see the structure and design.

This is a fortress-like building built on the hillside of the mountain. Its altitude is about 900 meters. The fortress is built against the mountain. Most of the building structures are in the belly of the mountain. It looks extremely solid, and the exposed part is also very exquisite, which can be called a work of art.
Chapter completed!