Chapter 308: Lost in the Northern Snowfield

Kingston, a city-state located high in the mountains, is a place surrounded by blizzards all year round.

The cold wind whistled across the steep ridges, dancing with the raised snow particles.

On the vast snowy highlands like a canvas, pure white snowflakes are dancing in the air. Each piece seems to have life. They circle gently and finally fall on the endless snowfield.

There are still some signs of life in this snowy area.

Occasionally, you can see animal footprints, which are gradually covered by the wind and snow again. At the end of the footprints, a elk is quietly standing on the snow, looking in one direction. Soon, it seems to have discovered something and suddenly flees like an arrow.

The wind and snow continued to howl.

The undulations and textures of the endless snow gradually became clear, and in the distance where the elk ran away, a small dot seemed to be moving slowly against the wind and snow.

It was not obvious at first, but as time went on, the figure's footsteps became more and more hurried, and he staggered from time to time, almost falling on the snow.

With heavy breathing, the young man in the thick coat finally dropped his suitcase, revealing his only decent-looking aristocratic attire and his ID card from the South.

His skin was as white as the snow around him, his eyes were large and bright, full of panic and anxiety, and his flaxen hair was as smooth as that of a young lady from a warm and wealthy city-state in the south, but now it was messed up by the wind and snow.

Behind him, there were about four or five agile men chasing him rapidly.

They were dressed in heavy hunting clothes and beast-skin hats, with ferocious and cruel smiling expressions. Each step they took trampled heavily on the snow, leaving a trail of deep footprints.

It was obvious that they were strong men who had lived in this northern city-state for many years, and the distance between them and the young man was constantly narrowing.

The boy's feet were on the soft snow, and every step seemed to swallow him up.

His breathing was rapid, his cheeks were red from being bitten by the cold wind, but he kept running forward.

The silence of the snowfield was broken by the sound of their pursuit, echoing in this boundless white land.

The frozen forest in the distance is the boy’s lifeline.

He knew that if he could reach the snowy forest, there would still be a glimmer of hope of escape.

Even if it's slim, it's better than fleeing on this flat snowy plain!

"Young lady from the south, come and play with us!"

"Don't worry, we won't kill you right away."

Along with the ear-piercing shouts of the villains, from time to time a few arrows and sharp blades flew towards the boy's back, but they all failed to hit the boy by mistake, or seemed to be deflected by an invisible barrier.

“……!”

The boy gritted his teeth and dared not look back. He could only judge the distance between him and the gangsters by the sound.

However, the distance was shortened much faster than he had imagined.

I'm afraid that before I even enter the snow forest, or even a long distance away, I will be caught up by this group of people! In the wind and snow, the distance between the boy and the robbers is getting closer and closer, tension and crisis are filled in the air, but this cold and ruthless snowfield does not seem to favor anyone - it watches this life-and-death chase indifferently, waiting for the result to be revealed.

The strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive; this is the law of survival on the snow.

Even the people in the southern part of the empire had heard about the situation in the northern part of the empire.

Of course, things in the south are not so stable now.

The North is only in chaos because of external threats and the new laws and changes in the Empire this year.

If you go north of Kingston City and pass through several cities, you will reach the northern front. The route from Box Mountain Province to Kingston City alone is full of thorns.

The boy was now extremely confused. He didn't even know whether it was because his legs and feet were gradually becoming numb from being frozen in the snow, or because he was weakened by fear, but he could hardly hold on any longer.

There were several unlucky things.

His name is Xia, and he is the eldest son of the Count Candice family in the south of the Protos Empire. His ancestors had made outstanding military achievements in the Protos Empire, but because of two generations of prodigal heads of the family, they are now heavily in debt and can barely make ends meet.

So now I can only come to the north to marry into the family.

To some extent, it seems that his family sold him out, but in essence, this is also a mutually beneficial transaction.

The Kingston family he was going to marry into was not a bad family.

The Lord of Kingston City, Viscount Levin Kingston, is a well-known businessman in the imperial capital in recent years. With his personal talent, the size of the Chamber of Commerce accumulated by his family over the years, and his own outstanding military force that enables him to gain a foothold in the north, this northern city-state and their family have gradually become unstoppable in their rise.

But the only problem with the Kingston family as a merchant family is that they have always been ridiculed as fake nobles who paid money to become nobles.

It was also for this reason that Viscount Leven Kingston was not well received by some of the great nobles whenever he went to the imperial capital. It might be that they simply looked down on him, or it might be out of jealousy. There were even many nobles in the north who were trying to bully him.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Even though Xia Yata was useless, he was an orthodox ancient noble with indelible military achievements. He just happened to have this noble bloodline, and his family had already left its name in the history of the Protoss Empire long before the holy war began.

This is exactly what the Kingston family saw.

It is said that his fiancée is a very outstanding and proud person. She reached the third level at the age of 17. She will go directly to the imperial capital in early summer this year to enroll in the first year of the Protoss Royal Academy and become a noble student with a promising future.

And his family couldn't even help him pay for his tuition.

If you want to be a special student and enroll without paying any fees, you need to be extremely talented.

With his ability, it was difficult for him to even pass the preparatory examination, and he had already failed once. He didn't want to fight with others, let alone hurt others, and he had no confidence to survive in that strict school.

The most promising way to get admitted is to become a follower of the young lady of the Kingston family as her fiancé and be taken to school by her.

But this behavior is a bit like a gigolo.

Her family could afford to hire a powerful entourage for her.

I don't know whether she will break off the marriage and let me go back home this time.

Everything was unknown. He didn't even know whether his fiancée was pretty or what her personality was like. Although there were some very dangerous and strange rumors circulating in the north, he still came from afar to change his fate.

Theoretically, if he could turn the tide and restore the glory of his family in his own hands, he would not only have a seat in the Imperial Senate, but also be able to restore his family's former status as a prominent figure in the aristocratic circle of the Protoss Empire.

But--

First of all, the railway was broken, and the bad weather made it difficult to repair. It would have been relatively safe to take the magic rail train protected by the Imperial Army to reach Kingston City directly.

Now, in order to keep the appointment on time, I have to brave the wind and snow and cross the wilderness to rush to the city.

As a result, they encountered bandits on the road.

(End of this chapter)