Chapter 394: Treasures of the North, Creatures of the North in the Crypt
Kingdom of Serra, Griffin Mountains.

The Lantern Chamber of Commerce’s team was traveling on North Wind Avenue. The quiet mountains and forests around them made people somewhat uneasy. The people in the caravan could only rely on their own voices to dispel the panic brought about by the silence.

But suddenly, exclamations disrupted the peace of the caravan.

“Orcs, orcs are coming!”

“The tree is broken and blocking the way!”

“Guards, where are the guards?”

Panic-stricken voices echoed in the front, making the people behind nervous, not knowing what was happening in front.

Suddenly, orcs rushed out from the woods on both sides of the road, looked at the human caravan greedily, and then rushed out wildly.

“Stop them!”

A group of people wearing animal skins jumped out of the crowd, and the burly man in the lead swung a scimitar and slashed at the orcs.

In an instant, the chaotic battle and the chaotic crowd were clearly distinguished.

The thirty-four orcs were finally beaten back, and the warriors holding weapons and wearing animal skins leaned against the carriage, panting. The life-and-death battle had caused them to lose many of their companions.

“Thank you everyone at Savage Bear.”

The leader of the caravan came to these people and handed them some silver coins. The warriors sitting on the ground stood up and regained their strength.

“This is what our Barbarian Bear Adventure Group should do.”

The sturdy man in the lead took the money bag and was delighted. This was an extra gain besides his own reward.

The caravan leader pulled the leading ‘Wild Bear’ aside and spoke in a low voice.

“Mr. Greg, do you have any ideas on how to earn more silver coins, or even gold coins?”

The person in charge’s words made Greg hesitate. Of course, he wanted to earn more money. The reason for forming an adventure group was because he wanted to hunt orcs and get gold coins from the Brave Guild.

But he understood that if this person wanted to earn more, he would probably be in a lot of trouble.

“Mr. Greg, please consider it. If you still don’t get a reply by the time we get to Andara Kingdom, I will take it as a rejection. Then I will go find the Mad Wolf Adventure Group. I heard that their leader, Mr. Sack, is the first brave man to form an adventure group.”

The caravan continued to move forward, and somewhat unexpectedly, the Chamber of Commerce encountered five or six orc attacks in succession.

Greg finally realized something was wrong.

“What on earth did you transport?!”

Greg found the head of the caravan and asked him that such frequent attacks by orcs were unreasonable, because the information he received was that the army of the Serra Kingdom had already cleared out the orcs in the north, and there shouldn’t be so many orcs here.

Otherwise he would not have taken on the task of escorting the caravan.

“That’s not your business, Mr. Greg.”

The caravan leader said indifferently.

Then he asked Greg.

“Mr. Greg, you must be short of money. I heard that many people in your Barbarian Bear Adventure Group have died recently.”

Greg fell silent. What he lacked was not just money.

He used to be a citizen of Beifeng City. Since it was a city of the empire, the people in Beifeng City had no lord. In other words, the Governor of Beifeng was their manager and the emperor was their lord.

But as Earl Winter was no longer the Governor of North Wind, the Marquis of North Wind no longer lived in North Wind City, and the new Marquis of North Wind was still a baby, North Wind City completely declined.

However, the biggest reason is that with the emergence of Beifeng Avenue, Lingdu City is gradually replacing Beifeng City as the most prosperous city in Beifeng Province, and the Chamber of Commerce no longer appears on a large scale in Beifeng City.

As a result, the income of the people of North Wind City dropped by many levels, many families began to spend more than they earned, and some even had to become slaves of the nobles.

This is unreasonable, but this is the Northern Wind Province, a place that the emperor doesn’t care about.

Greg was not the eldest son in the family. When he grew up, he did not receive the greatest support from his family, and the house he was assigned to was a place he could not adapt to at all.

Eventually, he sold his things to his brother, and came to Lingdu City with two silver coins. With his natural strength and ferocity, he became an adventurer.

He still remembered how excited he was when he got his first gold coin from the Brave Guild. He didn’t even get out of bed that night.

He wanted to stay in Lingdu City and have a new life of his own, but that required money, a lot of money.

“What did you say before?”

Greg finally asked, he needed money, and the person in charge in front of him finally said with satisfaction:

“It looks like you agreed, Mr. Greg.”

He pointed to the most magnificent carriage in the caravan and said:
“Do you know what is transported here? It is what the king of the Andara Kingdom wants. Our Lantern Merchant Guild spent tens of thousands of gold coins to trade it from a poor nobleman.”

“And now, it will be in the hands of the King of Andara Kingdom and will bring back a reward of 100,000 gold coins for the Lantern Merchant Guild.”

Ten thousand, one hundred thousand or something like that, Greg became numb when he heard it, and his body began to tremble.

“You want me to steal this merchandise?”

The people in charge were startled and looked at Greg warily.

“What did you say? If you dare to steal, the Lantern Merchant Guild will hunt you to the ends of the earth. The nobles will not tolerate you, and no one can save you.”

“What do you mean by stealing? This thing must be handed over to King Andara. But before that, our noble master discovered a secret in it.”

“There is a treasure buried in the North. As you know, there are a lot of wealth in the North. Why would Lord Ryan of the Frozen Territory generously take out gold coins to reward an orc’s head? It’s because he wants to kill the orcs and then seize the wealth of the North.”

Many people in Lingdu City agreed with this statement, because they really couldn’t understand why Baron Ryan took out so many gold coins for no reason. Some said that he had already taken out hundreds of gold coins. That was hundreds of gold coins, and a family couldn’t earn that much gold coins in a thousand years.

“His Majesty the King of Andara wants to obtain the wealth of the North. After all, we all know that the Kingdom of Andara has to buy even food from the Empire during this period of time.”

“But what does this have to do with you?”

The person in charge looked at Greg and said angrily:

“No one knows how rich the treasure is, and that treasure does not belong to the Andara Kingdom. If we can find it in advance…”

……

Kingdom of Andara, land in the northwest.

This place is close to the Griffin Mountains. After ten days of waiting, Greg discovered that the Lantern Chamber of Commerce had invited not only his family, but also the Mad Wolf Adventure Group. In addition, there were other people, even knights. Greg took a few glances and was not sure if some of them were magician masters.

He guessed that no one knew the lantern merchant would make such a big move.

A group of nearly two hundred people entered the northern border from here. The moment the wind and snow made his neck cold, Greg knew he regretted it.

“Damn it, it’s so cold.”

Someone in the team wrapped his clothes tightly and cursed, but soon everyone was shocked.

They looked at the devastated world on the right, as if some terrible existence had plowed through it, destroying the mountains and forests and leaving a hideous path on the earth. At this moment, the path had been buried by snow, but everyone could still see the reason for its creation at a glance.

“The North is so terrifying?”

“Never mind, just keep going.”

Greg could feel that the team did not go directly north, but a day later, they actually met other people.

These people wore wolf-skin cloaks and walked on the snow. White wolves pulled sleds with supplies covered with linen on them.

“They are from the Frozen Territory.”

Greg recognized it at a glance. This was the badge of the Frozen Territory. But why would someone from the Frozen Territory appear here? This place is already very far away from the Frozen Territory, right?

“It’s a caravan.”

Among the crowd, the people from the Lantern Chamber of Commerce saw it at a glance. Their experienced eyes could even capture the immaturity of this team, but their appearance here still shocked these old businessmen.

This is the Northern Territory. How could a caravan from the Frozen Territory appear here?
“What are they trading with?”

On the other side, the white wolf discovered humans, but the caravan from the frozen land territory took a look at this side and turned their heads away.

The people from the Lantern Chamber of Commerce did not contact the people from the Frozen Territory and continued to move forward, but soon they found footprints ahead.

“Are we heading in the same direction as them?”

Some were surprised, then skeptical.

“Has the Tundra Territory discovered the treasure?”

Greg thought so too, and beside him, the most famous Sack, leader of the Mad Wolf Adventure Group, also came over and called on all the adventure groups to act together.

“I have fought alongside the knights of the Frozen Territory. They are very powerful. I will avoid taking action if I can.”

“Don’t forget, we all rely on the Brave Guild to earn gold coins. If the Frozen Territory hadn’t blocked the route to the North in recent times, there’s no way we could have traveled so far for a few silver coins.” The adventure groups reached a consensus, mainly because they were afraid of being liquidated by the Brave Guild afterwards.

However, not long after, they discovered the army of the Andara Kingdom.

“It’s the army!”

These one hundred people were somewhat panicked. It would be too difficult for them to face the army. Moreover, the number of this army was at least five hundred.

“Don’t panic, they are not our enemies.”

The Lantern Merchants just want a piece of the treasure paper, not to go to war with the Andara Kingdom’s army.

Moreover, the army did not notice that they were standing higher. When the army went away, the adventure team of the Lantern Chamber of Commerce set off again.

Ahead, the caravan from the Frozen Territory.

The leading man named Wobi took off his cloak and hood, shook off the snow on it, and walked alone towards the snowy mountain valley ahead.

“Sir Lagerlov, we are the people of the Tundra Territory and the attendants of Baron Ryan.”

Wobi shouted loudly, but he had to shout louder because the sound was too soft and would be mistaken for the buzzing of a mosquito.

The ground shook slightly, the snow fell off, and a tall, hairy figure walked out.

Frost Giants are tall, and this is a Frost Giant tribe with more than twenty Frost Giants. The Frost Giants in this tribe are gentle in character, so after the Frost Dragon, it became the second place that has good trade trust with the Tundra Territory.

As of now, the Tundra Territory has not gained any benefits from the Frost Giants, but in a place like the North, it is possible to encounter gentle creatures, and Ryan doesn’t mind establishing some trust with them.

“This is a gift for you this quarter, Lord Lagerloff. This is our last time entering the North this year. The next time will be in March next year.”

“Thank you, my friends.”

The tall frost giant looked at the tiny humans standing in the snow valley, grabbed the sleds behind and held them in his arms, scaring the white wolf so much that its hair stood on end and its teeth bared.

“This gem is for Baron Ryan. Please give him my regards.”

Lagerlöf placed a finger-sized gem on his finger.

Falling to the ground was a gem that was larger than Wobi himself. He looked at the blue gem in front of him, which was glowing. It seemed to be some kind of extraordinary item.

Holding the gem, they were about to go back.

“Boss Wobi, there are troops behind us.”

“army?”

Wobi looked into the distance, and sure enough, there appeared hundreds of fully armed soldiers at the end of his field of vision. In addition to the Tundra Lords, there were actually other people who would enter the world of the North.

“It’s the flag of the Andara Kingdom.”

Walking into the room, Wobi saw clearly that he had followed Ryan to the Andara Kingdom to participate in the war.

“We are from the frozen land!”

Someone in the team shouted loudly as the army approached, and hearing their words, the army became surprised and nervous.

“People from the frozen land, why are you here?”

“This is the North. Anyone can show up here. But you, the army of the Andara Kingdom, were sent here by His Majesty the King? Winter is about to come. What are you doing in the North?”

Wobi asked, and facing the Frozen Territory, Baron Ryan’s name still loomed over their heads, not to mention that Ryan was also a great noble in the Andara Kingdom.

“His Majesty the King sent us to find something.”

The leading knight looked at the big gem behind Woby and was a little shocked. How could there be such a big gem?
“Looking for something?”

Wobi frowned, then stopped asking questions.

“You can leave now. We are also going back to the frozen land. We will not come to the northern border again this year. The winter in the northern border is not something you can survive. I advise you to go back as soon as possible.”

The knight, the leader of the army, could not go back, so he led his troops towards the snow valley.

“Stop, you can’t go here. There are friends from the Tundra Territory here.”

Wobi’s voice was very loud. It was not spoken to these people, but to the Frost Giants, to let them know that they had nothing to do with this army.

“We have orders from the king.”

The knight said that Wobi also felt a headache. He couldn’t let this army cause the collapse of the trust that had been hard-earned between the Tundra Territory and the Frost Giants.

“Is this your destination?”

After hesitating, the knight took out a magic disk with a red dot on it.

“It’s still a little further, probably another two hours.”

“Then go around. This is not your destination, but Lord Baron Ryan’s friends are here.”

Ryan’s reputation made the knight hesitate. After thinking about it, they decided to take a detour. They could not represent the king and make enemies with Baron Ryan.

“Quick, lead the way for them. This is so icy and snowy…”

Wobi pointed at a man and said, leading the way is to lead the way, but also to keep an eye on the army and prevent them from sneaking into the valley.

When the army left, Wobi and his men did not evacuate, but thought about what happened not long ago.

“Did we encounter another team before?”

“Wait a little longer, we’ll go back tomorrow.”

When entering the North, you don’t have to bring anything with you, except a sleeping bag and a tent. Otherwise, when you wake up in the morning, your eyelids and lips will be frozen.

Soon, the Lantern Chamber of Commerce team also passed by here. Similarly, Wobi asked them to take a detour and told them that the kingdom’s army also went there.

“They are here to look for the goblins.”

Behind him, the outlines of the Frost Giants were exposed in the wind and snow because of their movements. What shocked Wobi was that so many people before had not noticed the existence of the Frost Giants. It was as if they had merged into the wind and snow, and the snow-capped mountains.

“Goblin?”

After turning around in surprise, Wobi asked:

“Are there goblins in the North?”

“Yes, there are many. Because the surface is too cold, they live in underground caves.”

To the Frost Giants, humans are all a kind of goblins, but the goblins he refers to are not humans, but some kind of powerful, evil monsters that serve some great existence.

“They offer sacrifices to their gods, and sometimes steal our snow mountain stones.”

The Frost Giant said, they were all the targets of the goblins, were these goblins too powerful?
After Quick came back, Woby did not choose to return to the Frozen Territory. He planned to stay here and see what happened. The Baron should be very satisfied with what happened in the North.

The frost giants took them in and let them set up tents in a place in the snow valley that was not blown by the wind and snow.

In the north, an army of five hundred people rushed into the underground cave and then a bloody battle broke out with the goblins.

“what–“

“What the hell are these things?”

“How could this happen, how could this happen!”

Out of the five hundred soldiers, only less than two hundred escaped, but the goblins in the cave chased them out and started slaughtering those one or two hundred people.

The Lantern Chamber of Commerce team that followed was also frightened by the sudden scene before them.

“What are you doing standing still? Run!”

Greg looked at the goblins in front of him who had dark skin, pointed ears like elves, but faces like wolves and leopards. He was frightened for a moment and was suddenly pulled away by Sack beside him.

“How could there be such a monster here? Did you see it? The knight’s sword chopped on its skin, but only left a white mark.”

“There is no treasure here, only monsters!”

“Yes, there are. Look at the spears in their hands. They are spears polished with gems.”

Someone turned around and saw that the tops of the weapons in the hands of the black goblin monsters were inlaid with sparkling gems.

The treasure does exist, but it is guarded by powerful monsters.

In the snow valley, Wobi and others waited for the two treasure hunting teams, but the two teams, which originally had nearly 700 people, now only have about 150 people left, and it seems that the goblins behind them are still chasing them, and they may not stop until they kill them all.

“Is this the goblin?”

Wobi was surprised. It was completely different from what he knew before. These goblins were much stronger, not in terms of height, but in terms of muscles all over their bodies. Their skin was cracked like a dry riverbed, but Wobi could see clearly that some kind of liquid was flowing in the cracks of the skin.

(End of this chapter)