Chapter 396 Spring
There are boats coming and going in the wide river from time to time. Those who dare to walk along the river in the face of the turbulent water are worthy of the title of "warrior".
You know, when the ice first melted, there was still solid ice on the river that was strong enough to penetrate the bottom of the boat.
Perhaps the situation would be better in the Imperial section of the river, where the central mountains blocked the cold currents of the Claw Sea, leaving warm land for the Imperials.
But the abnormal coldness of Kislev can freeze all passions, and it only gets better after the sun sets. Only the warming in early spring can completely destroy it.
Lynch stepped on the snow that had begun to thaw. Winter seemed to be almost over. Winter comes very early in Kislev and often goes the latest. This year seemed a little different.
He breathed like a mortal, and there was indeed less ice in the cold wind.
The strange weather in the north caused a sun shower in Erengrad. The fine rain turned into tiny ice particles in the air before it fell, and they were like mist.
Lynch took away the warmth in his body and let the particles hit him.
Just like a massage, Lynch doesn't mind the humidity in the air, and the same is true in the rainforest.
Moist soil has been exposed from the snow, and a few weeds have poked out of the ice. The tenacious life seems to be telling a fact - spring has indeed come.
Thunder exploded further north, as if a giant yawned, awakening all of Kislev.
The homeland of Kislev has awakened. This barren land is not without miracles, but it has been buried by the power of Chaos after several disasters.
Another louder spring thunder appeared in the north, as if a giant bear was roaring. The glaciers were melting at an incredible speed and the temperature was warming up rapidly.
The snow melted away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the cypress trees shook off the white on their bodies with great energy. Now every god and every demon should know that Ersun has awakened.
The thunder sounded again, like the howling of wild beasts. The slightly cold wind lingered over the crops, taking away the remaining chill of winter.
He had survived the weakness and the harshest winter, but He was the only one who survived the winter.
How long can the years of peace last?
The fine spring rain carried Lynch out of the border of Kislev, and the Imperial sentry tower was already in sight.
Two wooden fortresses stood on both sides of the road, not just to guard against the Kislevites, although Ostland and Kislev had always been on guard against each other's invasion.
The Norsemen across the strait have always been a threat to both countries. The plundering ships of the Norse tribes can appear on any coastline, and no one can avoid them.
The insignia of foreign nobles had no effect at the Imperial outposts, so everyone except Lynch had to pay the appropriate customs duties.
When they discovered that there was only one human being in the carriage, the company commander at the checkpoint couldn't help but show his surprise.
The soldiers looked at the tall elves and the dwarves who could wear heavy armor for long periods of time with fear. Only when both of them dutifully handed over their silver did the human soldiers relax.
"Shameless! You don't know how to be grateful!" Sorian complained indignantly. As he drove out of the road, he turned his head and said to Eugen earnestly:
“This is human!”
The human Eugen didn't understand what the dwarves were complaining about. Paying taxes at customs was a natural thing, even for the dwarves. If one had to trace the origin, this tradition was learned by the Sigmar Empire from the Dwarf Kingdom.
No matter how the dwarves complain, life must go on.
It was not until noon that the carriage entered the Shadow Forest of Ost County. Lynch could see the rugged coast at the northern end of the forest. The road under his feet seemed to be deliberately away from the beach, using the forest to block the fear that the ocean brought to the land.
Most of the travelers were in a hurry. Lynch could see that they were afraid that they would not find the next inn by dusk. After nightfall, the empire's forest would no longer be visited by humans, and the undead, beastmen, and chaos beasts would become its masters.
Some merchants from the south were talking about rumors about Ostermark, and Lynch subconsciously paid some attention to them. He was curious about the current situation of the province that had once been in ruins.
But the imperial merchants did not discuss the war situation much. They spent most of their time communicating in suppressed voices about the legend of a monster.
"Old Lawrence, who left Talabeheim with me, returned to Talabeheim with nothing. His packhorse and the lambs that he had left Talabeheim with were all gone."
"Alas, the beastmen have been rampant recently. Everything has changed since the day when the undead rioted."
"No, not Beastmen. My cousin delivered supplies to the army in Ostermark, and he also encountered strange things on the way."
"Are you talking about the monster in the Griffin Forest? Hush, keep your voice down. Only Sigma will know if it has run into the forest here."
"I heard a strange cry when I passed the border of Ostermark half a month ago. It was really scary! It was like a vengeful ghost crying."
"Don't mention them! God, I had enough of them fifteen days ago. Can you imagine? My ex-wife keeps banging on my door in the middle of the night. She made me a bachelor again!"
There are more monsters in the Griffin Forest? Lin Qi recalled carefully, but he was not sure what it was.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any major evil spirits there now.
"My hometown is in a village near Baker Harbor. You may not know that many villages are now offering tributes to it."
"By Sigmar! What blasphemy! Have the people of Ostermark lost the courage to resist monsters?"
"Only you, the people of Reik, would think that all strange-looking creatures are monsters. Tal can testify for me that there is no rumor of that monster hurting anyone in Ostermark right now. We only need a pig to ensure that no wild beasts in the Griffin Forest dare to invade the countryside."
"I heard that it has something to do with the dwarves. I have some connections with the dwarves, and some friends on the road told me that many dwarves lost their warriors in the previous war, including a walking dragon. They are all in Ostermark."
Lynch thought it was a fantasy that a monster would not harm people. Even a docile Triceratops could destroy an entire human adventure team when it got angry.
Walking on the ground without hurting anyone, Lin Qi vaguely recalled an old friend.
Maybe it is not a fantasy, there really is such a giant beast that does not hurt people.
In any case, Lynch just hoped that he wouldn't be chased back to the mountains by a group of human villagers with pitchforks. That would be too embarrassing.
He clearly had thick scales that rivaled those of a dragon, strength that allowed him to arm wrestle a giant, and outstanding agility.
Lynch recalled the past performance of this old friend and did not have any hope for him at all.
(End of this chapter)
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