Aleya exhaled in a cold breath, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier," she said.

"Switching the real index a little lower can relieve the cold." Olaf also said politely. If it weren't for his bloody mail, Joel would have thought he was an old gentleman. But what does the real index mean?

"Ha," Aleya leaned her staff on her shoulders and blew hot to her hands. "The real index of "Adam" is locked at 80%. In this kind of north, it is still very cold even if it is pressed to the lowest point." As she said that, Aleya smiled kindly at Olaf, "but thank you for your concern."

"Speaking of this, Miss Aleya, what are you doing in this kind of place alone?" The snow began to get heavier, and Olaf pulled up his white hood with a little blood stain, covering his brown-gray hair. "Average magicians, no, even ordinary players are not willing to come to the North."

Aleya looked at Joel. Although she was not discovered by Olaf, she met Joel. "There was a reason for people to come to the north a year ago, and there were indeed fewer players in this area after the war started." Aleya said lightly.

"The north is cold, and most people prefer the comfortable south than the cold north. Moreover, there is no special place in the north. In the current version, there are almost no PV players except for a few PVP players, and there are no PV activities to unfold. Although the magic age has returned, there are few related mission activities in the north." Olaf said and sighed, as if he was a little tired, "Although some signs finally began to appear after the last patch."

"Widow Mountains?" Aleya nodded, "That's what I'm here for is this, but it seems that I'm not one of the earliest people."

"That's right, if we count it now, we are indeed one of the earliest people." Olaf paused, turned his head to look at his teammates who were cleaning the battlefield. "The competition for guilds in the south is very fierce, but the north has not yet been involved. Lengshi Town in the north is even closer to the border of the Principality, and this place will become a place of dispute in the future."

"For example, White Rose? Are they planning to move to the north, too?" Aleya asked at Olaf.

"I don't know." Olaf shrugged, "I'm not very familiar with White Rose, but it looks like this."

Joel stood beside the two of them. He couldn't understand what the two were talking about, but he had no intention of listening at this moment. If they had cleaned the battlefield, they would go to Lengshi Town. Are Ellu and Hemi there? Or are they not there? Joel's heart was filled with fear, which made Joel very scared. What would happen if Ellu and Hemi saw themselves resurrected from the dead? If Ellu and Hemi were not in Lengshi Town... If they had been a year ago... Joel dared not continue thinking, it would have driven him crazy.

"Joel?" Olaf's voice made Joel temporarily put away the fear in his heart. "Huh?" Joel looked at him in confusion, but found that Olaf was also looking at him in confusion.

"Are you okay?" Olaf asked, "You look bad."

"No, I'm fine." Joel didn't say much, and he didn't know what to say.

"Speaking of this, what's your relationship? Are you comrades?" Aleya asked curiously.

"No, we just formed a team," said Olaf. "Because he saw him alone and didn't know anything, Alps was a little worried and pulled him into the team."

"He's alone?" Aleya thought.

"Hey, Joel." At this time, the Alps in iron armor came over. His knight's armor was covered with scratches and grooves. He held a black wooden bow with green strings wrapped around both ends. Then he threw it to Joel, and Joel also reached out to catch it. "Little Joe and Feiyu are better, this is for you."

The moment when Joel caught the black wood bow, a translucent box appeared in front of him, "New equipment!" Three large white words appeared above the box, "Thank you." Joel pulled the bow string. The black wood bow was much heavier than the wooden bow on his body, but the tension of the bow was much stronger. At this time, another selection box appeared in front of Joel: Will you add the current equipment to the backpack? y/n

Joel reached out and clicked Yes. Before he came to his senses, the wooden bow he carried on was gone. When he put the black wooden bow on him, Alps greeted Eleya, "Hey, Miss Magician! This time it was a magic weapon coming from the sky!" As he said that, he reached out and handed Eleya something, and Eleya also politely reached out to take it, "Little Little Li, this is the only good thing that can be found on the battlefield." Joel saw that it was a talisman made of bones. "Equipment in jewelry is generally rare."

"Generally speaking, enchanting weapons are even rarer, right?" Aleya smiled at the amulet in her hand, "Not to mention two horses, even twenty horses may not be able to exchange for one." Alps was stunned. Although the iron helmet blocked his face and made people unable to see his expression, Joel guessed that he must be embarrassed at this moment.

"We have discussed it before. The weapon is not repaired by ordinary blacksmiths. If it is used up, it will be basically scrapped. In terms of cost-effectiveness, it is not worth twenty horses." Olaf explained for Alps.

Alps then continued to ask, "Does Miss Magic want that enchanting weapon too? If so, I'm willing to pay compensation," Alps shrugged, "But I don't have many copper coins."

"You misunderstood. I can't handle that kind of power weapon at all." Aleya paused, "I'm just curious. Why are you willing to give them such a weapon? Your teammates seem to be very dissatisfied with you."

Alps looked back and said, "It's no wonder they don't understand, but it's for their own good. It's unwise to extort White Rose in such a place. Olaf should have told you, right?" Then, without waiting for the frozen Aleya to continue to say something, he said to Joel and Olaf, "Go, go and help clean up the battlefield! The fat sir seemed to be planning to cremate the people under his command and return to Lengshi Town. Even their hand was dark. The snow was getting heavier and heavier. I don't want to make a fire in the heavy snow."

Cremation is a funeral for soldiers. Those who die in battle can go to the Lord of the Fire in the fire to receive weapons forged from the divine fire, so that they will be warriors in the next life. As Joel said, the northerners are very pious. Although the faith about the gods first came from the south, the southerners are far less worshipful than the northerners.

Joel and Alps lifted a guard's body and placed him next to his dead comrades. The guards were lined up, and the corpses of several mercenaries were placed next to them. There were only a dozen guards' bodies in the church square, and the others were all in the ruins. Sir Via's guards rode the horses they found and went to the ruins to search for the corpses of their companions. When the last corpse was brought back by the horse-riding guards, it was almost dusk. Sir Via's men hid in the church. They demolished the wooden chairs in the church and started a fire, while the mercenaries could only hide in the church.

In the half-collapsed stone houses behind the walls of the Hall Square, some people began to want to cut down the fruit trees on the Church Square to get some charcoal, but they were stopped by Aleya and Olaf. "You are doing this to anger the northerners," they insisted, and Olaf added, "If you want to get two more copper plates when you receive the reward, don't do this." Joel agreed with him. The bodies of the guards placed on the Church Square were covered with cloaks and weeds, and large bags of salt were sprinkled around them. The soldiers carried them. The snow was getting heavier, but there was little snow around the bodies.

When the cremation began, the guards brought piles of wood from the church, which were the only wooden chairs left in the church. Sir Via's guards sprinkled a pot of strong fuel on the bodies piled with wooden blocks and wood chips. Sir Via held up the torch, "They are brave people in this life, and warriors in the next life!" After that, Sir Via lit the fire, and the northerners began to close their eyes and pray silently.

Joel did the same, but his actions attracted the attention of the Alps. "Hey, is Joel praying too?" He lowered his voice and asked. Joel did not answer him, but just prayed silently in his heart. May the Lord of the stove protect you, may He protect my wife and daughter, Alu, Hemi...

"Let's go!" Sir Via threw the torch into the fire that had already begun to burn, and then helped the trusted man and turned over and climbed onto the horse. The guards ignored the mercenaries and turned around and left. The mercenaries stood beside the fury, feeling this rare tenderness.

"Let's go! You can actually smell the smell of barbecue here. Before I was so hungry that I wanted to eat human flesh, I wanted to drink a sweet beer first." The Alps left the fire first. The mercenaries had no horses and could only walk to Lengshi Town. Lengxi Town was two rigs away from Lengshi Town. It was probably dark when the mercenaries arrived. Fortunately, it was not winter yet, so Joel thought to himself, otherwise the blizzard would swallow them.

Compared with the silent Sir Via team along the way, the mercenaries were almost laughing and laughing. They almost all circled around Aleya. Faced with the mercenaries, Aleya also smiled and politely answered. Joel and Alps walked at the end to see it clearly. "After all, magicians are rare, and they are such a beautiful girl." Alps commented.

Seeing that Joel did not reply, Alps did not shut up. "Speaking of it," Alps stretched out his hand, and a translucent light screen appeared at the front of his hand. Joel could tell at a glance that it was a "team panel". "Joel, you are already level 3, have you added some points?"

"Add a point?" Joel was interested in Alps' words. Although he was full of concern, he was inevitably interested in the strange magic possessed by this mercenary. Seeing Joel's reaction, Alps smiled satisfied, "That's right, add a point, you call out the personal attribute panel first."

"Personal...attributes...panel?" As soon as he finished speaking, a translucent cold gray panel appeared in front of Joel's eyes. The various strange nouns and large amounts of data were filled with him. He felt a headache: health, physical strength... strength, agility, intelligence... and various defenses and resistance.

"Actually, you don't have to scream out every time to call the panel. The brain wave monitoring function of "Adam" is quite useful. Sometimes you just need to think about it and you can get used to it. When practicing more, you will get used to it." When explaining the Alps, Joel also noticed that behind the list of attributes, there is a "" sign after each attribute, and at the bottom there is a column like "Remaining Attribute Points". Is this adding points?

"Every level is upgraded, you can get an attribute point, and sometimes you will get it after completing tasks. The attribute point is not only required when wearing equipment, but also provides some additional attribute bonuses." Alps paused, "The attribute point can be freely controlled and is also a place to distinguish players from npc. Npc's attribute points are preset and will not be added. Players can allocate attribute points according to their preferences, but even so, adding attribute points can't be cancelled."

Joel saw that there were 3 points of his "remaining attribute points", and then he looked at the dazzling array of attributes, a little confused. "This, what's the use of these attributes?"

The journey ahead no longer seemed so heavy, the mercenaries were still laughing around Aleya, and the Alps guided Joel's bonuses brought by various attributes. "If you have a little power, you can become strong?" Joel couldn't believe what kind of magic is this?!

The wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier. Both sides of the stone paving road to Lengshi Town were gradually covered by white snow. The old trees in the distance also brought white crowns. The laughter and joy were gradually covered by the sighs of the blizzard. The guards in front lit up the oil lamp and hung high on the spear. From a distance, the warm light swayed in the wind and snow, as if it would be extinguished at any time, but they were resisting strongly. Olaf and the Alps also lit up the oil lamps with iron cages and glass coverings, followed by Xiao Qiao and Aleya. Gradually all the mercenaries lit up the oil lamps, and the darkness was blocked from the fire.

When Lengshi Town finally appeared in the distance, Joel felt that his legs were almost lost, even because of the cold and because of the distance. Lengshi Town's wall gradually approached, which was much higher than Joel's impression, and was forty feet. It was made of thick stones. Behind the piles on the top there were guards wearing thick cloaks walking back and forth. Every other pile of teeth was inserted, and several of them had been extinguished due to the wind and snow, but the guards did not bother to ignite it again. When the team reached the bottom of the wall, the door was closed.

"Who is it?!" the guards on the wall shouted, and Joel saw the crossbow in his hand.

"It's the team that gives the bride a gift," Sir Via shouted, as if the guards' questions angered him, "Who do you think can be?!"

After a while, the city gate opened, and a captain of the guards came out to greet him, "Sir." They knelt on one knee respectfully, but Sir Via did not appreciate it at all. "Don't block the way!" He seemed to have not breathed enough, "Replace the blind man on the wall and light up all the torches! Start to send me the guards guarding the city tonight!"

"Yes, sir." The guard captain stood up. He hesitated for a moment, but said, "Sir, because of the wind, snow and night, the guards guarding the city did not see your flag clearly. Please forgive me."

Sir Via waved his hand and walked into the city gate. There were still people waiting for him inside. They were some servants, led by a thin and thin housekeeper who was dressed neatly and cleanly and naked on his face. "Welcome to you to come back, sir." The housekeeper said in a humble manner. Then he saw the wound on Sir Via and raised his eyebrows, "It seems that sir has come back with glory, and I will notify the doctor immediately."

"Is the dinner ready?" Sir Via asked while dismounting. "Yes, sir, I will give it to you as soon as I receive the notification. Tonight, your favorite little lamb, which was baked with honey and crispy." It turned out that Sir Via had sent someone to ride a fast horse to inform you that the dinner was going to be held. "That's great, these people are handed over to you, they are the great heroes of this time." Sir Via waved his hand to signal the mercenaries, and then he specifically reminded, "The lady in white is a distinguished guest, and she is a good hospitality." Then he crossed the crowd and pointed at Joel, "Change his black clothes, and my dinner will not allow people in black clothes to appear."

Joel looked at every face present, but none of them were familiar to him. Elu, Hemi, are you here? Joel thought sadly.

Sir Via soon disappeared from everyone's sight, and then the tall and thin housekeeper came to receive them. He ordered a servant to take Joel to the warehouse and walk along the stone paving road to the warehouse, where the servant gave him a thick wool suit, which was a winter dress for the servant, but it was brand new.

When he took the clothes, Joel looked at the servant's face, which was an old wrinkled face. The weather-beaten face had a pair of light-colored eyes, which made people feel a little unnatural, but these eyes never looked at Joel from beginning to end. "May I ask," Joel said, obviously the servant also heard his accent, "Are there people from Lengxi Town here?"

"I am from Lengxi Town," the subordinate raised his eyes and looked at Joel's face, "But I was a servant under Master Via five years ago."

"Now...and, a year ago..." Joel didn't know how to ask.

"The Snow Bandits and the mercenaries of the Principality ransacked Lengxi Town and Yinsong Town. Oh, of course, there are several villages including Lao Wuken Village. Most of them died." The old servant's words made Joel feel like an ice cellar. He couldn't believe that Elu and Hemi were like this...

"No one... survived?" Joel asked refusing to give up.

"If you have to say that, many people survived, and some were taken over by Grandpa Via as guards and servants." After saying that, the old servant seemed to have lost interest in Joel and wanted to turn around and leave.

Joel grabbed his shoulder, and if he refused to grab the last straw, "Is there anyone called Alu and Hemi?"

Then, the old man's words made Joel see a glimmer of hope.

"Himi? Is that little girl?"
Chapter completed!