Throne of the North.

Chapter 404: The gods are praying, the mortals are singing

In the frozen land, people are coming and going in a hurry in the cold winter city.

The newly promoted knight squire Parker led a group of people to use wheelbarrows to move pieces of rubble from the east and north of Winter City to the south.

We met a group of strangers on the way. They were not from the Frozen Territory, but from Lingdu City.

"They are adventurers from the North."

If it was the sheriff who followed the old captain a few months ago, Parker might be nervous, but now, he just calmly placed his palm on the hilt of the long sword at his waist, looked at the group of adventurers, and made the opposite group of people unable to move.

At this time, a man came out with a smile on his face, took out a bag of dried meat and walked forward.

"Mr. Parker, it's me, Downs. We worked together for a while on North Wind Avenue."

"I didn't expect you to be a knight already."

Towns looked at Parker's equipment with envy, as well as the murderous aura that made no one dare approach him.

"Why are you here?"

Parker loosened his hand on the hilt of the sword, and the seriousness in the air disappeared, and he asked aloud.

"We were originally going to hunt orcs, but we haven't encountered any yet, and we heard that the orcs have entered Longshan County. We have to go back quickly."

There was some sadness in Downs' eyes. His family had been plundered by orcs before, so he mustered up the courage to make a 20:80 split with the noble lords in order to hunt orcs and earn money.

And now, the orcs are coming again.

"My wife and brothers and sisters are waiting for me. Without me, they will not be able to escape the orcs' pursuit."

"Besides, when the war comes, the Baron will definitely ask every family to send someone to join the army to fight against the orcs. My brothers are too young, and they can't even hold a spear."

"This is the shortest way to go. We have no ill intentions."

It is a very serious matter for people from other territories to enter another territory. Both sides will be vigilant and concerned. However, because the Frozen Territory has a good reputation among the registered adventurers of the Northern Brave Guild, these people dare to take shortcuts.

Otherwise they themselves would be afraid that they might be captured and made into slaves.

After finishing his story, Towns grew bolder when he saw that Parker's expression had eased and he had no intention of driving them away.

"Master Parker, what are you going to do? Do you want our help?"

His tone changed quickly. After Parker became a Cavalier, Towns was no longer an equal. He became hunched over and spoke in a humble manner.

"These are the stones for the tomb."

Parker refused to allow these people to approach him and told them to leave immediately, as they would be killed by patrolling knights if they stayed too long.

Building a tomb?

These adventurers from the North were not very courageous, otherwise they would not have encountered no orcs in this northern territory full of orcs. When they walked along and saw the densely packed graves on the hillside, which were simply built with rubble and had cross wooden stakes inserted on them, they were horrified.

"There are so many."

"How can this be too many? These graves have no names. Under each grave, there could be three, five, or even ten people buried."

"The Baron has said that if the people of the Frozen Territory want to pay tribute to their loved ones, then they can come here. They are the heroes who saved the entire Frozen Territory and are the closest people to everyone."

Next to him, a farmer was fiddling with vines, trying to make a path in the wilderness. When he saw these people, he thought they were people from the Frozen Territory. Only when he realized what was going on and looked at the swords did he become alert.

"We're leaving now."

Towns smiled and said that he had no ill intentions. After leaving here, Towns couldn't help but take a deep breath and exhale.

"I don't know if I will die on the battlefield when I return this time."

"If I can survive, I will promise my daughter to marry into the Gonzalez family as she wishes, even though two men in their family have died."

"If I die, my body probably won't be found, and even if it is found, it won't be recognizable. I hope that by then, I can be buried in a place like this."

Downs turned his head and glanced back enviously. He could feel that the people of the Frozen Territory were different from those of the other noble territories. They were not like himself, who would shout Mr. Parker one second and then smile and turn into Master Parker the next.

He has adapted to it and is used to it, and cannot change it.

Every adventurer in the North should be able to feel the difference of the Tundra Territory.

How to put it? Towns scratched his head. He was not smart and had no knowledge. After thinking for a long time, he could only come up with a more energetic description.

The people of the Frozen Territory are more spirited than them.

"Hurry, hurry! We must deliver this log to Rhino Horn Mountain before the sun sets!"

"This is a gift that the carpenters want to give to Lord Bogeld. We can't let those armored bears find it at night."

In the forest, a dozen men were running fast carrying a huge log, and the man in front was shouting loudly.

"Hahaha, Zalun, please talk less. You didn't even have lunch today."

"Call me brother-in-law, and I'll raise your shoulders a little, okay?"

"Don't even think about it!"

"Everyone knows that I, Zaren, am naturally strong. I can carry this log and run without you."

"But you couldn't even carry Montoya in the bar, hahahaha, and you still don't admit that she was too fat."

Someone behind him shouted, causing the man in front to blush.

"I live right next to Bucks Street. I knew you were going to ask the carpenter to leave you some leftovers so you could give them to Montoya."

"..."

Amidst the laughter and joy, Towns felt a toothache and quickly left with the others.

Entering the swamp, there were also a large number of people, not only the people of the Frozen Land Territory, but also the people of Zero Crossing City. They were digging the silt. At this point in time, the silt in the swamp was frozen solid. They had to dig a big hole before they could see the dark swamp mud.

"This doesn't seem like something that should happen in war."

Finally, someone in the crowd couldn't help but speak out, which resonated with others.

It was almost dusk, but they felt that the people of the Frozen Territory were more like the rising sun, with the light of morning shining down.

"The dawn is short-lived, but the light is eternal, as they are today."

"It will be the same tomorrow."

"It was the same yesterday."

“Can we be like them?”

"When the war is over, we can be like them."

Rumble.

The iron hooves galloped wildly on the stiff swamp, and a team of knights from the Frozen Territory quickly headed towards Lingdu City.

By the time Downs and his men entered Lingdu City, the knights' preaching had already ended.

"What are they going to do?"

"Recruit troops. Soon, Baron Ryan will lead the army of the Frozen Territory to the west to fight against the werewolf army of the Silver Moon Court."

The news spread quickly throughout Lingdu City, and countless people rushed to tell each other. Before long, the entire Lingdu City was in an uproar.

"Great! Lord Baron Ryan will defeat the orcs once again. Our territory is saved."

"Wow, wow, I want to stay here and fight the orcs with Baron Ryan. My child is only one year old."

Downs and his fellow villagers hugged each other excitedly. The moment the news came out, they felt that there would never be a possibility of failure again. Their families would not be trampled by orcs, nor would they be killed and hung on trees by orcs.

They never doubted whether Baron Ryan might fail. In the hearts of these people, Ryan's victory would never set like the sun.

When Tang Si and his men left Lingdu City and rushed back to their own territory, they all felt their steps became lighter. At this moment, they finally understood the spirit of those people in the Frozen Land Territory.

Difficulties? Despair? In front of Baron Ryan, all of these will disappear, and what will be brought is a bright future.

They couldn't wait to spread the good news back home, tell their relatives and friends, and tell the noble lords.

Their faces were filled with joy, and they believed that survival was not a miracle that could only be obtained by praying to the gods.

……

puff!

A werewolf sneezed and stretched out his hairy arm to wipe the corner of his mouth, but this action made him look even more hideous.

Throwing down the body of Downs in his hand, the werewolf began to curse angrily.

"This human's blood is too cold. Damn it. I've only been in this land for a short time, but I'm already not used to the blood frozen by the North." "I never want to go back."

Bang! A huge claw fell beside him.

"I told you to keep them, and you ate them!?"

A resounding voice was heard, and immediately behind the tall werewolf, a dozen humans began to shiver, as if they had been stripped naked and thrown into the snow in the dead of winter.

They were terrified and couldn't escape.

These people never imagined that werewolves had appeared in such a remote place.

What has the war become? Why have werewolves appeared on the edge of Lingdu County? What about other places?
These people did not dare to think further. They looked at Downs' body. His muscles were stiff with fear and his face was pale. All the blood in his body had been eaten by the werewolf, which seemed to have caused the werewolf to feel slightly uncomfortable.

"We want to occupy this land. We never want to return to the cold north again."

"If you don't want to be thrown into the North to starve, keep them alive—at least half of them."

The burly werewolf spoke in a loud voice. He came from Jag. There were only a few cats and cats in the Jag clan now, but they were still stronger than ordinary werewolves.

"Why should humans be allowed to live?"

The werewolf was puzzled, and then he was slapped again.

"You don't understand anything. Werewolves are intelligent, just as smart as humans, but you are so stupid."

The werewolf of Clan Gag pointed at the body on the ground.

"What will you eat if he's dead?"

"I can eat the blood of other humans."

"It's your turn!?"

The werewolf from the Gag clan slapped the werewolf to the ground, and blood spilled all over the ground.

"If we keep humans alive, they will continue to give birth to new humans, and then we will have endless blood to eat, just like those damn vampires."

"But with the humans dead, it won't be long before you have to go hunting in the North, and you can't eat that prey yet."

"Besides, humans can help us build houses and withstand the cold. Can you build a house?"

The werewolves of the Jag clan enjoyed looking at the pairs of shocked eyes around them, but when this scene fell in the eyes of humans, those pairs of pale green, wide-open eyes looked extremely horrifying.

"Is what they just said true?"

In the crowd, a thin young man trembled and asked in a low voice.

No one responded to him, but gradually, people around him noticed that this guy was no longer trembling, and the skin they touched was actually a little hot.

"I don't want my child to become food for werewolves. He is only one year old and my wife just gave birth to him before I left home."

"I don't want to, I ...!!!"

The young man began to tremble, he had not experienced enough of the world and because of that, his emotions made his body tremble again, but this time, he was not afraid of the werewolf in front of him.

But the future of his wife and children.

"Forgive me, there's no going back."

The young man roared, pushed away the person in front of him, took out an iron dagger from his waist, and rushed madly towards the werewolf of the Gag clan.

Blood seeped out of the sharp edge of the dagger. The young man raised his head and found that the werewolf was looking back, staring at him dimly with his eyes. The next moment, a huge force of smashing stones came, and the young man flew out, and the dagger fell beside him.

Enduring the pain in his body, the young man struggled to stand up, picked up the dagger and rushed towards the nearest werewolf.

After several times, the surrounding werewolves became angry and bared their teeth, but due to the majesty of the Gag clan werewolves, they suppressed their nature.

"Damn it, kill this human!"

The werewolf of the Gag clan spoke, and the surrounding werewolves no longer hesitated. They all let out loud wolf howls and looked at the young man with bloodthirsty eyes.

"what--"

The crowd surged, and the adventurers who had the courage to go to the North finally erupted their inner fear at this moment, turning it into anger and killing the werewolves.

"Kill these damn orcs! Kill them!"

"Even if we only have teeth left, we will bite them to death!"

"Revenge for Downs!"

"Don't even think about eating my son!"

Humans madly poured all the weapons they had on the werewolves.

However, there are a lot of werewolves here, and each one is stronger than them. After their weapons are confiscated, the daggers hidden on their bodies are not enough to threaten the werewolves.

Humans were killed one by one by the bloodthirsty werewolves, and the number of humans standing on the battlefield became fewer and fewer.

As the last human fell, a sharp arrow from the sky flashed in his eyes.

Arrows flew through the sky and pierced through the werewolves' heads. Then a slight roar came from the ground. Cavalry from the Frozen Territory arrived, wielding their lances and piercing through the werewolves one by one.

"I came over when I heard the noise, but I didn't expect to be a step too late."

General Mikael sounded helpless beneath his visor. Facing the werewolves from the six royal families, it was a luxury for these ordinary people to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

"General, what should we do with these people?"

Parker behind him asked, he recognized these people but didn't say anything more.

"The surrounding noble territories have all been attacked. These people should be fleeing. I don't know which noble family they belong to. Hey, let the others collect the bodies, cremate them and bury them in the cemetery."

"Although we don't know whose subjects they are, at least we saw them fighting with the orcs, and they showed no fear even at the last moment."

“They are fighters.”

Mikael turned his horse around, feeling a little regretful, as these people would have been the best fighters.

There aren't many people in the entire Northern Province who are not afraid of werewolves.

Behind him, Parker silently looked at Towns' body in the center of the battlefield. He mourned for him and was lucky that he was a member of the Frozen Territory.

"kill!"

Mikael's roaring sound woke Parker up. When he came to his senses, he found another pack of wolves appeared in front of him, chasing a group of soldiers.

"Damn werewolf!"

Seeing someone fall under the wolf's claws, Parker angrily drew out the knight's sword and rushed over there.

On the battlefield, the soldiers were terrified and fell down. They were originally the power to protect others, but now they didn’t know who to seek protection from.

"Will the great and immortal God of Light save our souls?"

The soldiers spoke in fear, but the next moment, the iron hooves of the tall Northern warhorse flew over his head, trampled the werewolf under its feet, and then the knight's long sword beheaded the werewolf.

"The light cannot save you."

Mikael pulled down his armor and slashed with his sword, revealing the cold night.

After all the werewolves in front of him were dead, Mikael pointed his sword at the defeated soldiers.

"Soldiers, pick up your weapons and fight back!"

"Tell the light you prayed to that you do not need His salvation yet."

In the face of powerful pressure, the soldier gritted his teeth. With the presence of so many knights, he mustered up the courage to fight the werewolves.

"kill!"

The spear pierced through the werewolf's abdomen, and then more spears stabbed forward. The soldiers fanatically pushed the werewolf out, and then pulled out the spears and stabbed them again and again.

At the same time, the cavalrymen around Mikael were ready.

"charge--"

"attack!"

The cavalry trampled forward in rows, and facing such a force, the werewolves were defeated in an instant.

"Clear the surroundings. Before the Baron gathers his troops, these werewolves must not be allowed to approach Lingdu City!"

(End of this chapter)