Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 299: Sleeping Buji

The weather in the past two years has indeed been unusual. Although the North Border is located in the north, it enters winter in November and December every year and the first snow falls.

But the weather in July and August before was rare and sunny, and you could go to the bar and have a glass of vodka wearing a short linen shirt.

But now in the north, snowflakes are still falling continuously, blown back and forth by the wind, covering the houses and the ground with a thick white quilt.

There is a small river next to Gaoya Fort. It is no more than six blades wide and no more than one blade deep, but someone called it the "Running River".

In the opinion of most people in Gaoyabao, this river is neither rushing nor turbulent, so why is it called the Rushing River?

The small river had long been completely frozen, and only a group of idle orc boys often ran to break the ice, waving thick wooden sticks to hit the scaled fish exposed above the water.

Some of the little men and horses carried bows and arrows and walked in groups on the snow, heading to a place not far from Gaoya Castle to hunt snow rabbits.

This is a low-level magical beast that suddenly appeared in recent years. It can release ice cones that can only pierce cloth strips. Apart from that, there is nothing special about it. However, its snow-white fur is very suitable for making a luxurious cloak.

They have sharp eyes and can easily find snow rabbits hiding in the snow, and they draw their bows and arrows with great skill.

In just half a day, they each had a harvest.

Although they are still immature, it can be foreseen that when they grow up, they will definitely be outstanding warriors in the wilderness.

Christina was wearing an exquisite long dress, and a snow-white coat made of white wolf fur on the outside, with only the hem of her skirt fluttering in the wind.

Looking at the group of boys who had returned, she patiently tidied up their messy clothes.

There weren't many people in Highcliff Castle right now, so Beristina knew everyone of them and could even call out their names.

The fathers of these boys all followed Li Wei south, so she naturally had to take good care of them.

"Tina, in a few years, High Cliff Castle will become even stronger, and these little guys will all be first-rate warriors."

As a half-elf, Miriel's physical fitness was slightly stronger than that of Beristina, but not much stronger. Therefore, she couldn't help but wrap herself up in clothes when the cold wind blew.

"I've really seen ghosts in the past few years. The weather has been getting colder and colder. I don't know what's going on." She sniffed and looked at the snow that was still falling, with a hint of worry on her face.

"It's better to keep them from going out recently. The snow is getting heavier and it's easy to get lost in the wilderness."

The endless wilderness is now covered with snow, and you can't see the end at a glance. There is not even a sign. Even if these little centaurs were born in the wilderness, it would be easy for them to get lost.

Even the Mithril Chamber of Commerce's caravan heading to Highcliff Castle had temporarily canceled its journey and could only wait for a sunny day.

"I also advised them not to go out, but they didn't listen." Beristina straightened the crooked red scarf of the last grinning orc boy and sighed: "They heard that Levi was coming back, so they insisted on going to hunt snow rabbits and use their fur to make a coat for their lord."

"We should also catch the fattest scale fish and make soup for him."

They just sniffed their noses and had silly smiles on their faces.

After Beristina waved her hand, she ran back to the territory of Highcliff Castle.

"Levi's prestige is really high." Miriel said with some envy.

She had seen many pioneer lords, but none like Levi, who not only used these wild people as his subjects, but was also treated like a god by these wild people.

"Levi said that we just need to treat them as human beings and sincerely." Whenever it comes to Levi, Beristina can't help but reveal a sense of pride.

These wild people are also intelligent creatures. In ancient times, they even established the Orc Empire. They understand etiquette, worship their ancestors, believe in gods, and are proficient in the calendar.

They knew how to farm and weave, but all of this was ultimately hidden in that era.

"By the way, Levi should be here soon, right?" A tall figure came from behind, wearing an exquisite gold cloak, with a look of curiosity on that beautiful face.

Beristina turned around and saw that the person coming was none other than Ashe Whisperwind, the chief of the Whisperwind tribe deep in the wilderness.

Originally, she followed the tribe's caravan to transport wine and some other supplies to Gaoya Castle, but she didn't expect that heavy snow would continue until now, and she was stuck in Gaoya Castle for a long time. Then she received a letter saying that Levi would be back soon, so she simply stayed here and waited for him to come back.

"What are you talking about?" The lord appeared silently behind three beauties of different styles like a ghost.

Because they were almost at Gaoya Fort, Levi and several leaders were the first to come back. When they saw their leader finally coming back, the soldiers on guard wanted to shout excitedly, but at the signal from the other party, they immediately closed their mouths. The silence was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Miriel was startled and kept patting her chest, looking resentful: "Levi, I think you really should go to the Quiet Forest."

"Why?" Levi looked curious.

"Because you look more like a ghost than those tree people in there!" Miriel rolled her eyes.

Levi's arrival made the entire High Cliff Castle gradually revive like a crawling giant beast, and everyone ran around happily to tell each other the news.

"Queen Ashe, long time no see." Levi greeted.

"It's been a long time. You even look a little old." Ashe smiled.

Levi touched the stubble that had already appeared on his chin, but he didn't care at all.

During his military career, even if he was a lord, it was impossible for him to shave every day and keep his appearance meticulous.

He hasn't shaved for half a month.

"Levi, you must have had a hard journey." Bai Ruishina stood on tiptoe with a bit of heartache and brushed the snow off the lord's head.

If you have thousands of words in your heart before meeting each other, but when you really meet, they all come together into a simple greeting.

"Not bad, not bad." Levi laughed happily, then stretched out his hand to gesture, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Tina, you have grown taller again?"

When he left, the little girl's strength was only a little over 1.5, but now it's at least 1.6 and almost 1.7.

Although it can't compare with the tall Ashe and Miriel, it's already pretty good.

"Tina is still very young, and her height has not yet been fully determined. If she eats the Sky Orchid Snake Flower for a long time, she will be able to grow taller." Ashe was the first to explain with a smile.

This low-level magical plant was planted around the tribe and was often used as food. In addition to its good taste, it could also increase their height.

"It must have been a tiring journey. Let's go eat first." Beristina pointed to the specially expanded cafeteria.

People poured in like water, and the chefs of Gaoya Castle immediately showed their skills and worked hard to cook. Levi sat down at the main seat, and the others also sat down according to their respective seats.

"How was the journey?" Miriel asked curiously.

News about the demon has been temporarily banned, and now, except for those who have seen it with their own eyes, basically no one knows about it.

Therefore, Miriel only knew that Highcliff Castle won several battles after moving south, and finally Leah successfully inherited the title.

As for why he stayed in Cologne for so long, it is not clear.

"That's a long story." Levi snapped his fingers, and the goat-man chef in an apron added food to the plate until it formed a small hill, and then he nodded with satisfaction.

When it was everyone else's turn, they treated each one of them in a businesslike manner, with the same weight given to each.

"Just listen to me and tell you..."

The lord was eating and drinking heartily as he spoke.

Soon, he told the whole story of the trip to add icing on the cake.

As a veteran reader of knight novels, he knew how to tell a story in an interesting and exciting way. Besides, the journey was indeed full of twists and turns, so he couldn't stop talking once he started.

From how they smashed several-story-high stone giants in the town of Kalia to easily capture the bridgehead, to how they were ambushed in Blackrock Castle and thousands of people and two earls were directly killed in the explosion, everyone has been completely attracted.

Even when talking about the ferocity of wildfires, Beristina couldn't help but pat her chest, thankful that she was not going to the High Cliff Fort Brigade.

The story started from the tragic attack and defense of Blackrock Castle to the moment when the demons were brought by the Griffin Knights. Everyone couldn't help but immerse themselves in it.

After taking over Cologne, they had been at peace for a long time. Then, a group of humans disguised as demons came to visit late at night, and everyone subconsciously held their breath.

When it was said that this army of demons was only the vanguard and the Bone Fortress was in danger, the southward army immediately rushed to the support of the Bone Fortress. Later, they did not expect that a traitor appeared among the humans and the city gate was opened. The demons were about to occupy the fortress, and it was extremely difficult to teleport through the portal.

The entire cafeteria was so quiet that no one dared to make a sound.

Even the elf girls in front who had been covering their mouths and screaming in surprise, also covered their mouths tightly.

The lord was very satisfied with their performance. He drew out the last word and used the most ostentatious tone of the bards in the tavern to describe how he had dealt with the most critical situation.

He transformed into a dragon knight and turned the tide to resolve the crisis in the Bone Fortress. Finally, he rushed to the Hengduan Mountains and beheaded the legendary powerful Balor the Fire Demon in full view of everyone. He also fought with a god and finally closed the portal.

Suddenly, the cafeteria was filled with the exclamations of girls.

"Look at this, this is a genuine legendary weapon!" However, the lord felt that something seemed to be missing, so he took out a giant sword from the inventory and stabbed it into the floor in the center of the cafeteria.

If the cafeteria had not been expanded, it would not have been able to accommodate this giant sword with nearly five blades.

The huge flaming sword, which was burning with blazing flames, illuminated the entire cafeteria very brightly. Everyone had wrapped themselves up thickly to resist the cold, but now they couldn't help feeling hot.

Inlaid on the hilt of the sword is a palm-sized, prismatic red crystal, and inside it is a little red dragon with a face full of resentment, staring at the lord.

"It's dragon crystal!" This time, even Ashe couldn't help but exclaimed, her face pale.

In ancient times, elves, dragons, and giants were the overlords who dominated this land, and the two sides often fought against each other.

Elves also often use dragon crystals for research or to create powerful weapons. Elves have books on this subject. She can even guess the age of a dragon based on this dragon crystal.

There is no doubt that this is the dragon crystal of a mature red dragon. Even legendary masters are no match for a dragon of this age. It is hard to imagine what kind of enemy it encountered to end up being made into a weapon.

"That's right." Levi nodded, and then he told the story of how he got the sword, and then he said to the red dragon in the dragon crystal: "Quick, spit fire for everyone to see."

After saying this, he whistled twice.

Unfortunately, the red dragon still stared at him with resentment without taking any action.

You know, in Gaoya Castle, no one dares to offend the lord.

"Just tell me if you're itching for trouble. My lord, I have so much holy light that I don't know where to use it." Levi stood up with a sneer, holy light surging in his hands.

He knew that the red dragon soul could understand. Although it could not speak, its IQ was probably that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

A trace of fear flashed across the red dragon's face, as if it realized that the current situation was stronger than the dragon and that staying alive was more important than anything else, so it swam out of the dragon crystal reluctantly, opened its mouth and spit into the air, and a breath of a young red dragon appeared.

After vomiting, he immediately flew back into the dragon crystal.

"This is truly amazing." Ashe exclaimed. She had read many books and knew more: "Although dragon crystals contain the essence of a dragon, they definitely do not contain a dragon's soul."

"It is hard to imagine who can keep the soul of this red dragon and store it in the dragon crystal."

"It's really hard to imagine." Levi thought of the devilish young man sitting on the throne.

The opponent's strength was very strong, the strongest he had ever seen in his life. To be honest, he was probably no match for him now.

But after finishing things here, it is not certain whether we will go to the Holy Light Church in Gunda.

"What about Buji?"

Levi looked around but didn't see the little thing.

If it were any other time, he would have just arrived at the gate of Gaoya Castle when this little creature would have smelled the scent and flown over.

"Not long after you left, Little Buji often felt sleepy. He would often fall asleep while eating. Until recently, he has been sleeping until now and has not woken up yet."

Beristina explained, a puzzled look on her face.

Levi was stunned. He was not a knowledgeable scholar and was completely clueless about this. This kind of matter had to be left to someone who knew the answer.

He turned his gaze to the old shaman who was drinking mutton soup from a bowl: "Sam, what's going on?"

When Sam saw his boss asking him a question, he quickly put down the bowl, sucked his fingers, then stroked his deliberately grown goatee with a thoughtful look on his face.

After a while, he spoke with a look of sudden enlightenment:
"There are two possibilities. Either it is hibernation, or there is another reason."

(End of this chapter)