Chapter 121

December 31, the last day of the year, night.

In the snow, a huge stone platform was erected on the main city square of Moldavia. The blue gray stone platform is extremely huge, with a depression in the middle and many strange patterns on it, just like an altar. More than a dozen knights in bright armor patrolled around it, with black and gold flags on both sides, and several torches burning around the square.

This afternoon, the knights were instructed by their lords, and in accordance with the long-standing tradition, they quickly built the huge stone platform at night, and lit the grease torches that were hard to extinguish around, which made the whole square very bright.

Around the venue, many citizens, wearing thick cotton padded clothes, stood around the huge stone platform. They gathered together, chatting and laughing with each other about some interesting things in recent days, and more importantly, they wished each other and complained about the harvest and work of the year.

It's going to be a new year.

This year's Moldavia is very different from previous years. It's not that the old lord died, that a new young Lord took office, or that there is a greater black tide than in previous years. The biggest difference is the powerful power of the new Lord.

And it's more powerful than anyone thought.

In the middle of October, the old lord did not know why he died, but a group of unknown Knights surrounded by a fat man occupied the main city and entered the Lord's house. They announced curfew and martial law, and sent many wandering warriors to patrol the streets. These people did not allow the Dragon caravan to trade freely in the market, and their attitude was extremely fierce.

How can Beidi residents, who are always good at public security, honest and kind, tolerate such things? Just as many people prepared their knives and shovels for the strangers, the old resident watched the new lord come back.

To tell you the truth, no one knows how the new Lord solved the dozens of silver knights, because the speed was too fast. There was a loud noise from the city gate to the collapse of the Lord's mansion, and the interval was no more than three hours. Many people just had breakfast, I was surprised to find that the group of strange knights who had just been stationed for a short time were all solved - a gold warrior who didn't know where to come from.

The new Lord named Joshua strongly announced that he would succeed as Earl, that is, the new Lord of this land. Naturally, no one would object. Who would dislike his strong leadership? For the simple Beidi people, having enough strength is the most important thing. After all, as long as it is not the kind of fool before, who rules is the same, then why not let the strongest come?

"I heard that without Lord Joshua, the black forest fortress would be broken by the black tide."

In the crowd, a middle-aged man dressed like a hunter touched his greasy beard and talked with a fisherman nearby. He seemed to have some feelings: "my son and his family live in ore town not far from the fortress. If the fortress is lost and Warcraft rushes into the territory, I really don't know what to do."

"If there are no adults, you have to wait to die."

The fisherman shook his head. He didn't look very talkative. He glanced at the stone platform and said in a low voice, "I don't know what this year is..."

"I think it should be bears or ice snakes. Recently, the Kuroshio broke out, and the non hibernating monsters almost died. It is estimated that some hibernating bears and snakes will survive in the forest."

The hunter shrugged his shoulders and said to himself, "I don't know how many lucky guys can get it."

Not only these two people, but all of them are talking excitedly, but suddenly, the voice on the square naturally reduces and disappears until it is silent.

The hunter frowned and felt a sense of oppression coming from afar. Looking up, the hunter found that there was a red light spot across the snow in the distant night sky, which brought out a long red light band. The sense of oppression from the light spot was bigger and thicker than the strongest Warcraft he had ever met, which made people unable to speak, But there is no sense of threat.

"What..."

Before he had time to finish his subconscious question, the hunter saw that the light in the distance suddenly accelerated and came to the edge of the city like a blink. Then there was the top of the square - a gust of bloody wind blew, the strong smell of blood poured into everyone's nose, and the huge black shadow slowly fell with the red fighting light, This scene immediately made a large area of people who had been shocked by the pressure just now come back to their senses.

"Boom boom..."

At this time, the sound burst came slowly from the distance.

The black haired soldier was suspended in the air. He was holding a silver haired girl in his right hand, carrying the huge headless body of a flying dragon on his back, and holding the dragon head still staring at his eyes in his left hand. The soldier slowly landed in the square with people's astonishment.Seeing this scene, the people below were silent for a while, and then a huge exclamation and cry broke out quickly

"My God, Lord, what's on your back and hand?"

"Dragon? Is it a dragon

"This year's year-end sacrifice is actually a dragon sacrifice?"

"No, it's just a flying dragon. It's not a pure dragon, but it's enough!" A well-informed old adventurer quickly distinguished the original owner of the huge head in the hands of the fighter in midair. He was stunned: "it's the icetooth dragon! God, last year was just a chitin pig. Although they were all silver grade, the difference was too big... Can we have dragon meat this year? "

While Joshua was landing slowly, he threw the huge dragon body on his back into the hollow of the platform. It was collided by the frozen and rigid meat and stones, making a dull sound. Stepping on the blue gray rock, the soldiers looked around. The square was full of people, and almost half of the people in the whole city came here.

The corners of his mouth turned slightly up, and Joshua grinned.

There are many customs and festivals in the mainland. Not to mention the emperor's birthday and the founding day, the new birthday of spring, the Star Festival on Midsummer Night and the carnival on autumn harvest day are all well-known festivals. All human beings, even the elf dwarves, hold the same celebration on the same day.

And new year, of course.

As a custom inherited for thousands of years, as a lord, Joshua needs to hunt and kill a high-level Warcraft during the new year's celebration, and share food for his knights and leaders, so as to show that man's heart of conquering nature will never die out and his strength to protect the leaders.

Golden Warcraft is hard to find, especially after the Kuroshio, even Joshua can't find the remains of golden Warcraft, but a silver high-level flying dragon is enough to prove his strength.

In the noise of the square, Joshua did not say a word. He stood on the stone platform, raised his dragon head and showed it to the public. The flying dragon's eyes seemed to frighten the public, but then came greater cheers and praise - even such a terrible Warcraft died in their Lord's hands, although it was a little frightening, But unexpectedly, there is a sense of security that can make people feel at ease farming.

Unlike the distant news of fighting back the Kuroshio and rushing to Moldova, ordinary people who have not seen Joshua fight with their own eyes can not understand the strength of the soldiers, so they still have some doubts in their hearts, but now, in front of this ferocious dragon head and body, no matter what doubts are completely disappeared.

"It's worthy of being a strong man who can defeat the Kuroshio twice in a row..."

An adventurer with a big shield was standing among the citizens. Looking at his calloused hands, he sighed in a vague voice: "Moldavia, Moldova, the two black tides in the north this year were almost defeated by him, Now I can catch and kill a silver high-level flying dragon easily. When can I reach this state... "

Did not care about the hot discussion of the masses, the soldier put the dragon head, which was bigger than his body, on the stone platform. To tell you the truth, Joshua was very satisfied with the dragon's expression. After the celebration, he was ready to deal with it and put it as decoration in the hall of the Lord's mansion in the future.

After a while, when the discussion was over, Joshua took a step forward. Standing on the edge of the top of the stone platform, he naturally said to all the people in front of him, "my leaders, the new year is coming to an end. Many things have happened in the middle of this year, good and bad, but it is gratifying that everything has a gratifying ending, There is no need to say anything about it. Your peaceful life proves it

Facing all the people who looked up to him with a smile, the soldier said in a loud voice: "the year-end sacrifice in the past years was not enough for everyone, but this year, I went to the ice sand desert specially to hunt and kill an ice toothed dragon. In this way, I think every family will be able to share my prey this time, and I won't talk much anymore."

When he finished, he pointed up, The red fighting spirit condenses, and Joshua waves the middle-aged ice tooth dragon's body out of thin air, which immediately vibrates the atmosphere violently. The invisible air blade instantly cuts the tough dragon's body into several pieces.

"My leaders, the year-end sacrifice begins!"

Cheers resounded through the square.

In the sound of "long live" and "praise the Lord" that resounded through half of the city, Joshua slowly walked down the stone platform. He did not care about the leaders who were praising his name and happily receiving the dragon meat under the leadership of other knights, but walked to the central tower beside the city wall.

And Ying followed the soldiers all the way down the street.

After walking into the tower and stepping on the spiral steps, they arrived at the top of the tower. The soldiers sat on the edge of the city wall with their knees crossed and looked out at the mountains and plains in the snow.His eyes were calm, and he didn't seem to be excited by the reverence of the leaders. Joshua just looked at the dark sky and the earth at night, and didn't know what to think. The girl with silver hair also sat beside him quietly, with her master in a daze.

Time passes quietly.

December 31, 831, night, 11:59.

"It's true."

A leisurely sigh sounded: "the feeling of being praised is also great."

Even such a bitter and cold place is his territory, where his people live. As a lord, soldiers should protect them and accept praise. This is the so-called noble duty.

January 1, 832, 0:00.

"Dang Dang"

The grand bell of the church rang and spread all over the main city.

And a new year is coming.

——At the same time, east of the great eras mountains, Moldova leads.

"Brandon... Are you leaving the day after tomorrow?"

In the main city of Moldova, in the Lord's mansion, the purple haired Countess hugged her lover and said, "the children want to play with you more."

"I want to, too, but Dany, I can't do it because of my responsibility. It's my duty to report and deal with the huge black tide caused by the time gate and the black dragon." the blonde swordsman felt helpless, touched the back of the sorceress and sighed, "even for the safety of your territory, this kind of disaster won't happen again, I also want to go back to the imperial capital as soon as possible - it's been a long time for me to spend the new year with you. You know, although the time gate is broken, it may be reconnected at any time. "

"... you're right. I can't ignore the safety of the whole territory for my own desire."

With the same sigh, verdini released her hand holding Brandon's waist. She stepped back and read a secret message. The sorceress took a small box out of the void and told the golden swordsman: "don't forget to take this on the way back, This is a thank-you gift to the count... And don't forget to give him the processed golden Warcraft materials. He left in such a hurry that he didn't take anything with him. "

"This time, Joshua really did us a big favor... Seriously, I don't think it's enough to give you such a reward, and I can't let you prepare for it alone."

Taking over the small box in verdini's hand, Brandon recalled the lost words read by the soldiers in front of the gate of time and space. He said to himself in a deep voice: "even if it is for the further recognition of order, I should also give a big gift... OK, when I return to the imperial capital, I will start to prepare right away."

"I think he wants to fight you more than a gift."

Hearing this, the countess covered her mouth and gave a light smile. She looked at the blonde swordsman with a smile in her eyes. "But, my swordsman, do you have confidence to surpass him?"

"Although Joshua is really strong, obviously a few grades better than me... But if it's just confidence, it's natural."

Clenching his fists, Brandon turned his head and looked out of the window at the clouds. His eyes were full of confidence: "in any case, between soldiers, you only know if you've played."

——Far away, the city of three mountains, the imperial capital.

The brightness of the double moon shines on the whole city, and the white marble wall reflects the elegant moonlight, which is extremely sacred.

Nostradamus stood on a Star Tower in the middle of the capital. He looked up at the sky with a strange face.

"The weather is good, but the fluctuation of magic is not very suitable for transmission..."

The old master with white hair muttered, and then shook his head: "forget it, anyway, everything in the imperial capital has been dealt with. I have plenty of time, and I don't want to go anywhere."

If there's something wrong with the transmission, send it again.

Thinking about the so-called emergency measures, the white haired old man immediately took out a scroll, and Nostradamus read out a few words, and then activated it with his spirit. In an instant, the scroll turned into a flame and attached to his hand. The chief mage of the Empire stretched out his right hand, which was burning the flame, and made a stroke in the void, Immediately in the space with an obvious scratch.

The flame was blazing, and then turned into blue light. The scratch gradually expanded and deepened, and a dark blue door quietly opened in silence and appeared in front of the white haired mage.

Behind this door is a vast plain filled with ice and snow, which can't be seen at a glance.

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with the destination. It's really the north."Nodded, and determined his goal, Nostradamus straightened his mage robe and strode toward the time and space gate