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Lightning flew into the castle office and handed Roland the last aerial view of the snow-capped mountains. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Good work," Roland touched the little girl's head, "anything new?"

"Snow or snow," she closed her eyes in enjoyment, "not to mention the devil and the beasts, not even the larger animals." ”

"Really...... It seems that I am thinking too much," Roland took out the previous drawings and looked at them from the beginning - although these aerial views were only drawn in the form of sketches, far less detailed and realistic than Zoroya's "photos", but at least they could see the whole picture of the snow-capped mountains.

Its mountain is very large, with a height of about 4,000 meters, and you can clearly see the sea of clouds from the top of the mountain. The summit was not as steep and sharp as he had expected, but an extremely empty flat land, slightly concave in the middle, like a huge crater. It's just that the sunken part is filled with frozen glacial lakes, and the whole lake is like a clean mirror. According to Lightning, through the thick layers of ice, she could see the living water flowing underneath.

"What do you think is on the mountain?"

"Ruins, Black Stone Towers, Towns...... There's nothing surprising," laughed Roland, "it's surprising that it's bare." He pointed to the newly drawn drawing, "This is where the source of the Chishui River comes from?"

"Well," Lightning glanced over, "in the clouds, I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't heard the sound of rushing water." There are many cracks in the mountain, some of which are amazingly large, and the width alone is two or three hundred meters, and the sound of the water falling when you get close can be compared to thunder. ”

"You didn't try to get in, did you?"

"Uh......"

"Let's be honest. ”

"I tried, but it didn't work," pouted the little girl, "the crack was big enough to fit half a castle, but the mist from the rapids was so thick that nothing could be seen, and there was a strong wind, and I was quickly pushed out." ”

"Don't do anything so dangerous again," Roland glared, "remember what you promised me?"

"Any expedition must be made to you," Lightning slumped his head.

"That's right, the punishment for this exercise is waived, let's go play with Maisie. ”

"Huh...... What about the snowy mountains?"

"That's the end for now," he folded all the bird's views and put them in a drawer, "I'll dig deeper and wait for Sylvie to get back, and then I'll have to turn my attention to the war with the church." ”

"Okay," Lightning nodded, and flew out of the window.

"What do you think?" Roland looked behind him.

"I'm here, Your Majesty," Nightingale sat cross-legged as she emerged from her desk, "and it's freezing cold on the snowy mountains, and no one would choose to set up camp in that kind of hellish place, right?"

Because he took off his shoes, he couldn't help but look at the feet wrapped in white cotton socks when he turned around, "cough...... So you also think that the Giant Mouth Beast is hiding inside the snowy mountain?"

"I just think that if they are so good at burrowing, it will not be difficult to build a nest in the mountains, and ......" the nightingale hesitated.

"And what?"

"Could those holes in the desperate mountains also have something to do with them?"

......

Until the evening, Roland still remembered what the nightingale had said, and at any rate, it was a chilling guess.

If they are everywhere and are not trapped by natural hazards, how can they exterminate this terrible group of monsters?

Another point that puzzled him was that since the Toucan could reach the edge of the Dawn Realm, there should have been traces of their activities on the Fertile Plains, why didn't the Federation leave any record of them?

Unfortunately, the current situation does not allow him to explore any more, and only by defeating the Church once and for all can Neverwinter have a future at all.

After more than a month of transportation, he has sent nearly 4,000 soldiers to the northland, as well as the corresponding armament, grain and grass. According to the information transmitted from the front, the field defense line is being dug smoothly as planned, and the communication line from the Cold Wind Ridge to the interior of the kingdom has also been cut off by the First Army. Soon the last of the soldiers will depart, and he will be on his way to the north to command a war that cannot be lost.

Just then, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

Roland opened the door and found Anna standing outside.

"I've seen Wendy's list, and it doesn't have my name on it," she said as she walked into the room, her calm countenance showing no emotion, "I forgive me for not accepting that, Your Majesty." ”

Roland knew what to do if she came to trouble her in a rage, but Anna's expression now scared him a little, as if she had made a decision that didn't matter even if it mattered even if she lived or died—he hadn't seen Anna look like that in front of him since he had rescued her from prison.

Roland pulled her to the edge of the bed and sat down, and was silent for a while before speaking: "I know what you think, but the military production in the border area is inseparable from you, whether it is heavy machine gun parts or howitzer fuses, you need to process them...... And that's crucial to victory. ”

"Not because of the danger at the front?"

"Of course, there are some dangers in fighting the church, but we will definitely win, so you don't have to worry too much...... Staying in Neverwinter would be a better choice. ”

He did not persuade Anna from the perspective of war safety, because the other party's expression had already made her attitude clear, and only by changing it to a higher level of reason, such as persuading her to stay with production related to the victory or defeat of the war, could it be effective for her, who was very serious about everything.

"In that case, I produce in Glen," Anna was unmoved, "and the Northland also produces iron and copper, and Miss Edith will certainly not skimp on this ore." Lucia is also willing to accompany me, and refining will not be a problem. In addition, in terms of transportation, the ships originally needed to transport complete guns, but now they only need to carry some parts and complete the assembly in the Northland, which will be more efficient. Her answer was methodical and clearly prepared.

"This ......," Roland was momentarily speechless.

"Your Majesty, I can't accept being separated from you at such a time," she said, holding out her hands and clasping his cheeks, "it's not like a farewell in the past. You know better than anyone else that the war with the Church will be the greatest challenge you will face, either the destruction of the holy city of Hermes or the defeat of the First Army. I don't shy away from anything, and I don't cheat on myself, if you lose, maybe I'll leave me forever, and if I stay in Neverwinter, it won't even take two or three months to know about it...... I didn't want to wait so long in agony and end up with a goodbye. ”