In the year 831, on the second day of November in winter, the northern plains were covered with heavy snowfall.

"Here we are." In the desolate wind, Joshua took off his hood and looked into the distance on horseback, patted the poor beast under him on the head of the poor beast that was about to foam, and then sighed at the Great Ajax Mountains hidden in the wind and snow in front of him: "Seventeen days. ”

After hearing of the death of Count Winter, he set out from the Northwest Plains, and after seventeen days of solitary travel, Joshua finally crossed the vast and sparsely populated northern territory of the empire and returned to his homeland.

This vast wilderness covered with frost and snow.

Turning over and dismounting, Joshua let the horse that was about to collapse rest for a while, and squatted down and grabbed a handful of ice and snow: "It seems to be the first snow, and the snow layer is not thick, so it will not affect the movement." ”

"Right away, I'll be able to go back." Slowly getting up, he took a deep breath.

The breath of the bitter north wind that poured into the lungs came from the distant Far North Ice Sheet, passing through the blank sea of broken ice, bringing the taste of winter, and the cold feeling slowly calmed the restless heart.

Beruo de Radcliffe, the father of this body, a hard-nosed and stone-like middle-aged man, he did not occupy much place in Joshua's memory, compared to the majestic lord, he was most with the old butler of the family and the knights of the family, as for his mother, who died many years ago, the cause of death was an irreparable cold.

Although he was an incompetent father, when he heard the news of his death, Joshua was still extremely angry in his heart, but then he calmed down.

Revenge?

Not.

It wasn't needed in men's dictionaries, and the possibility had been lingering in Joshua's mind since the day he knew of the change in the town guard, and this time it was only the worst that happened.

Dying to fulfill one's duty was the most glorious end of a warrior, and perhaps such a death was a dream for that stubborn man like a stone, right?

But I still feel uncomfortable.

Very unpleasant.

Joshua remembered that cloudy day, the fierce battle on Naya's fortress and the blade of mercury stabbed from behind, the most resentful curses pouring into his body, disintegrating his power from the root.

This is an unforgivable betrayal.

And the uncle who jumped out immediately after the old earl's death, and took advantage of Joshua's absence to rush to grab the title, was undoubtedly also a betrayer, and both were equally disgusting.

As a traverser, Joshua has 10,000 ways to make himself stronger, and for a former legendary warrior, territory is not something that must be inherited, and an adventurer who travels alone may be more in line with his character than being a lord.

However, it is not a question of whether it is needed or not, but whether it is happy or not, he just wants to hack this cheap uncle to death.

"It's almost time to go." Patting the horse's head, Joshua stuffed a large handful of wine-soaked feed into its mouth, and this war horse also chewed happily, as a war horse with the blood of the earthly dragon, it not only drank wine but also ate meat, Joshua did not catch less game and came back to give it tonic, and this horse did not disappoint him, his physical strength recovered very quickly, otherwise, he would have come back a little slower.

Turning over the horse, Joshua was still a little dissatisfied: "Level 28 silver peak, my strength is still too weak, if I can advance to gold, then I can come back in a few days." ”

The levels in the Continent of Discord are clear and simple, Mortal 0~5, Black Iron 6~15, Silver 16~30, Gold 31~50, Element 51~75, Legend 76~105, Gold is a Dividing Ridge.

Generally speaking, adult men generally have the strength of five levels, if it is a trained militia, it is probably black iron, elite soldiers and officers are basically silver rank, and the limit of strength that players in the first version can reach is the silver peak, with the update of the version, the upper limit is gradually unlocked, and in the fourth age, powerful players can even achieve legendary bodies, which really affect the game process.

Now he only has the strength of the 28th level silver peak, and he still belongs to the category of people, and he has not jumped over the transcendent boundary, and under the limitation of strength, the speed of normal running is slightly faster than that of a horse, and even the dragon car, which is known as the slowest moving tool, is not as good as the rest time. At least the Earth Walking Dragon can move day and night, and it will not detour because of certain terrain, while Joshua still has to dismount and walk in some places, leading the horse slowly over.

"Time is running out." Recalling this, Joshua shook his head: "It's the end of the first edition, and it's still peaceful, but when the second edition begins, the great demon tide comes, and several gods of the evil camp are blasted down to the world, and the ensuing strife will fill the world, and the war and killing will never stop." ”

This is only the second edition, not to mention the third, or even the fourth edition, of the Chaos Demons. Qiao Xiu was fighting them before he crossed over, and it was the most terrifying race he had ever seen.

"Twenty-four years, 24 years before the Chaos Demon Invasion, this time seems to be a long time, but it is actually very short." Joshua thought about countermeasures: "Half a year later, the demon tide is coming, and then the whole world will usher in a period of strength explosion, and completely enter the world of strife, in this way, one person is not enough." ”

Indeed, although Joshua believed that he would definitely be stronger than in his previous life this time, no matter how strong a person was, he would feel invincible in the face of the surging demon army, and what he needed was a group of powerful comrades-in-arms to share the pressure for him.

Whether to form a war group as before, or to create a private army, Moldavia, which belongs to him, is undoubtedly his initial capital, and now Joshua is no longer the head of the largest war group in the Far South, and there are not many like-minded friends to help him, now, he is alone, but even so, whether it is a fallen god or an invader from another world, Joshua will not allow the other party to hinder his life and destroy the world in which he lives.

Of course, the first step is to slaughter the cheap uncle first.

A short distance ahead is a signpost that looks like a watchtower, and if you follow it, you will soon see a brick and stone avenue that leads to the main city of the Moldavian Lord.

"Let's go!" Hearing this urging, the war horse began to run rapidly, even if there was a layer of ice and snow on the ground.

Snow clouds covered the sky, shadows covered the wasteland mountains, palm-sized snow flakes scattered in the air, flying wildly, in this heavy snow that obscured the view, there were several caravans slowly walking on the avenue, some were going, some were leaving, these dragon chariot merchants who drove the meek dragon were an important channel for the four leaders of the Northland to trade with the outside world, before the popularity of floating ships, this was the only way to transport materials on a large scale in a harsh environment.

"Finally seeing someone."

Seeing this scene, Joshua couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it was not that he had not seen other travelers during his seventeen days of solitary travel, but since he entered the territory of the Northlands, he had really never seen other human beings.

In fact, except for adventurers and explorers, the vast majority of humans will not leave the city too far, and it must be known that the wasteland, forests, and caves are inhabited by countless monsters, and if you are not careful, you will die in the mouth of the beast, not to mention the "black tide" that arises once or twice a year due to the "Black Forest".

The Black Forest and the Black Tide have always been the biggest problems of all races and forces on the Mycrof continent, like the Empire, the empire is extremely vast, occupying the entire north of the Mycrof continent, and its northern territory directly falls into the sea, while the southern frontier has been extended to the center of the continent, if it were not for the Black Tide infestation in the black forest in the center of the continent, with the expansion speed of the empire, it would have bordered the Far South Alliance long ago.

"Hey, the one in front, one on horseback."

Suddenly, Joshua heard someone greeting him.

Looking sideways, he noticed that a caravan was about to leave stopped, and a middle-aged man who looked a little tired stepped out of the carriage and said loudly, "Are you going to Moldavia?" ”

"Yes." Joshua replied, "What's wrong?" as he slowed the horse closer to the convoy. ”

"It's dangerous, don't go!" The middle-aged businessman's voice was a little hoarse.

"Why?" Joshua asked curiously.

The middle-aged merchant had a scar on his throat, which seemed to be a knife wound, and he frowned and said: "It's about to be the day of the snowfall, the black tide is about to start, and most of the knights in the main city went to the fortress to strengthen the guards, but most of the months ago, a large group of knights who had never seen it came from nowhere and declared martial law." ”

"I don't brag either, it's true that I'm an old merchant who has been running this line for more than ten years, and I've even seen the lord once, and those knights say they haven't seen it, then they haven't seen it...... Now the people in the city are panicking, and I guess something big is going to happen, so they hurry away. ”

He looked very serious: "I see that it is not easy for you to walk alone, so I remind you, if there is nothing urgent, don't go, now the atmosphere in the main city is very weird, several famous wandering warriors have also been recruited by them, and they have begun to patrol the streets, and the original old acquaintances are all gone, I am afraid that there will be big changes in a few days." ”

This man is very judgmental, and he is a good person.

Joshua thought about it and understood what was going on. More than half a month ago, it was the day of his father's death, and most of the high-level officials knew the news, but it had not yet spread among the common people. In addition, it is indeed the time when the Kuroshio is about to start recently, and it is normal for the city guards to withdraw some of them, so the main city garrison is empty.

That large group of knights must have been brought over by their uncle at the right time to take up a good position and prepare for the snatching of the title, and now the city must be full of their people.

But there is one thing that is very strange - although Joshua doesn't know about his cheap uncle, he also knows that he doesn't have much strength at all, knights, or a large group of knights, where can he afford it? Is he a businessman? No kidding.

"Thank you very much."

Nodding sincerely to the middle-aged man in the caravan, Qiao Siya said with a smile: "Actually, if you want me to say, you don't have to hurry to leave now, it is not difficult to find by looking at the snow marks, the load of your dragon cart is very high, and there are many goods that have not been sold, right?" It's definitely a big loss to go back like this time. ”

The warrior looked very indifferent: "Wait a few days, you will definitely get unexpected news and unexpected gains." ”

"Let's go!" After speaking, without waiting for the middle-aged man to react, Joshua rode his horse and galloped towards the main city.

"Alas...... Young people now. The middle-aged caravan couldn't help but sigh, "I said that the place is very dangerous now, why don't you listen to people's advice...... Wrong! ”

He frowned suddenly, touched his chin and tried to remember something: "This guy looks so familiar...... Hiss, isn't it?! ”

After being stunned for a while, the middle-aged man looked into the distance in shock: "It's him?!" ”

And Joshua was now far away from the caravan.

"Black Forest, black tide, carefully calculated, it is almost this time, my father and uncle are quite good at seizing the opportunity, one dies and the other grabs, it is really a coincidence."

The so-called Black Forest is a forest blessed by magic and nature, they grow extremely fast, their vitality is extremely tenacious, even if they cut down only a stump, they will sprout and regenerate seedlings within a few days, and the number of beasts and monsters that live in the Black Forest is also very amazing.

And the Black Tide, is the Black Forest for some reason temporarily stopped growing, a large number of beasts and monsters because of the lack of food and plundered outward, they hit the human cities and fortresses, not afraid of death, broken bones without the slightest hesitation, if a single traveler collided, it is difficult to run without gold-level strength.

A white-robed wizard of the Tower of Heaven once speculated that the Kuroshio Tide was actually a means of expansion of the Black Forest, and the dead monsters carried plant seeds, and the blood, bones and internal organs would become the nourishment of the land.

If Joshua inherits the title of Earl of Winter, he will be obligated to lead the knights and private armies against the Kuroshio, protect his subjects, and even break through among the beasts to slay the powerful monsters that can threaten the walls of the fortress.

"Now the knights in the city who originally belonged to me should have gone to the fortress on the edge of the Black Forest, and the remaining ones should not be the opponents of the group of people led by my uncle, and they must have retreated long ago."

Joshua pondered on horseback, "So, I should be going to deal with a group of knights on the other side alone. ”

He laughed as he thought.

He, Joshua, was never afraid to fight.

Of course, the Atlas and the game are completely different, even if the Continent of Discord claims that you can do it in the game, then if there is magic fighting in reality, you can also do it in reality, but the experience cannot be completely copied.

But there is one thing, he is completely incomparable to this group of people from the other world, and he will not change too much because of the crossing.

That's the experience of fighting.

A warrior, even if he lives on the battlefield in his life, will not have more than a hundred opportunities to fight, and if he can behead more than fifty, he can be called a warrior among warriors, and the same is true for adventurers, real adventures need to be planned for several months, counting the time on the way, a few years can be counted as a round trip, and seven or eight big adventures in a lifetime will be retired.

This is not the case with players, from the moment they start the game, they have to fight for experience, missions, equipment, etc., every trace of their experience, every level is soaked in the blood of battle, every skill, every equipment is chosen to practice for better fighting.

Especially Joshua, he was a martial arts hall owner in his previous life, because there is almost no one in the Datong world to practice martial arts, so he went to play this kind of game, and the purpose of his entry into the continent of strife is to experience the fighting and fighting that cannot be carried out in reality, if other people occasionally travel and see the scenery in the game, then he is pure combat, challenging stronger and more difficult monsters.

The highest list of player achievements in the game is usually the Platinum trophy, which is already a very difficult achievement to achieve.

Joshua, on the other hand, has a diamond-level trophy that is unique in the world.

[Diamond Trophy - Engraved Kills: 3197481]

Three million two hundred seventy seven thousand four hundred eighty-one.

That's the number of enemies he's ever killed.

"How many of my uncle's knights are there?" The eyes of the once legendary warrior burned with flames: "How long can it make me happy?" ”

No one answered the questions, and Joshua laughed and rode his horse towards the front.