Throne of the North.

Chapter 61 The Sea
As far as Ryan knew, the continent of Exnel was not very large, and was even smaller than the territory of the current Flor Empire.

But there used to be kingdoms on this continent.

However, in the Crucible City, Ryan had never heard of any king or even royal family member. Even the nobles in those kingdoms were only three or two marginal nobles such as barons.

Duke Moriarty is the highest-ranking noble in the Crucible City. He and the Mage Academy are in charge of the city. Perhaps more importantly, he is watching over the city on behalf of several great wizards.

After all, the only extraordinary path left for the nobles on the continent of Exnel is to become a magician, so mages naturally become more noble.

This is what is called supply and demand, leading to different treatments in different worlds.

As night came, after some thought, Ryan decided to leave Harrington in the Furnace City to help him collect information, and then take Brand back to the Frozen Territory.

Even if he doesn't appear directly in the Crucible City next time after crossing the Dimension Gate, he will be somewhere close to that city. Ryan has figured out the rules, and this golden finger also depends on Leng Nuan.

So there is no need to worry too much about leaving Harrington there alone, as long as Ryan shows up every few days.

The development of the Frozen Territory was still ongoing, and wheat was already thriving in the first batch of terraces, which made the Bain family, who were in charge of them, the envy of many people in the territory.

If the big pie Ryan had painted before gave them a brain orgasm, then now that the pie had become a reality, it meant that the wealth and class gap between the Bain family and other civilians had completely emerged.

How can one not be jealous?

Ryan has recently intentionally or unintentionally arranged for the Bain family to help him transport some stones to various places. The purpose is to let the Bain family, who are in the limelight, show up. Every time they show up, everyone will be full of energy for a period of time in the future.

There is no cost for the incentive effect and it is very useful.

A few days later, Ryan opened the plane door again. He did not appear directly in the Furnace City, but in a land covered with snow and mud. He was sure that the plane door did have an error.

The Crucible City is just over a thousand meters away and can be seen from here. That southern city is probably the only remaining trace on the continent of Exnel.

Ryan did not enter the city directly this time, because he was in the south of the Crucible City. He turned his head and looked to the south. While his eyes were open, he also smelled the strong fishy smell and sea breeze.

"The sea..."

No matter how many times he saw it, he was still amazed by the vastness of the ocean and its endless flatness, especially because Ryan had never seen an ocean covered in ice.

He had seen the blue everywhere, but had never seen the white glaciers.

The memory of traveling around the world through the screen has now been replaced by the glacier ocean in front of me, emitting a hazy cold mist, like a paradise on earth.

"Is this the sea?"

Brand also stood there in a daze, with longing in his eyes. The people of Exner are all free and yearn for the world. Among the countless stories and wines, there is always a description of the sea. Every young man who listens to the stories has a dream of walking into the stories.

“It’s the sea, but it’s a different sea.”

"The west coast of the empire is known as the bathing place of the gods. One day, we can go and take a look."

Ryan said, he continued to walk forward, because he saw quite a few people on the ice, they seemed to be fishing?

The endless ice surface formed a crescent-shaped lake near the shore.

"That is the Crescent Lake formed by the great wizards of the Crucible City using forbidden spells to melt the glacier. For more than a hundred years, this lake has fed countless people in the Crucible City."

"And killed countless slaves."

Ryan, as a noble, asked the common people on the coast and got this answer. He looked at the "lake" on the glacier in front of him, and saw not the ups and downs of the waves, but layers of ice colliding with each other.

The ice cubes are prismatic and as thick as fingers, and countless ice cubes form unique waves in the crescent lake.

"'Ice Push'"

Ryan said a word, somewhat amazed, that those great wizards could actually use magic to create such a wonder.

The wonder is not only a wonder, but also an important source of food for the Crucible City. More than 60% of the food in the Crucible City comes from this crescent lake that has been under the influence of ice for hundreds of years.

However, as the past hundred years have passed, the amount of marine fish that can be caught in Crescent Lake has become less and less.

After one cast of the net, ninety-nine of the catches were ice cubes, and the remaining one was a fish the size of a palm.

This also forced the nobles of the Crucible City to open up and cultivate the frozen land in the north, but this year their farmland was looted by the cultists.

Ryan stood on the coast for two hours. The civilians and slaves passing by were surprised that the noble lord would appear here, but they did not dare to disturb him and could only take a long detour.

After a long time, Ryan finally turned around and prepared to return to the Crucible City.

"Their food is not enough."

In two hours, Ryan could see that there were probably not many fish left in the crescent lake to supply them. It was impossible to get food from the entire ocean. The great wizard of the Furnace City could not do that. They could only melt the ice on the surface, forming an ice-pushing wonder and creating a lake.

This lake is not much different from lakes on land and is not connected to the deep sea at all.

Entering the Crucible City from the south is much easier than from the north, because there are so many people going in and out to fisher every day, and the soldiers guarding the city have long been accustomed to it.

When he returned to his mansion, Clayton came out to greet him, and there was also a group of maids in the manor.

"Master Ryan."

These days, Clayton was not doing nothing. He was getting a lot of information about the city.

The most important thing is.

"There is no more food left in the Crucible City."

Clayton said anxiously:

"I sneaked into several granaries and there was no food inside."

"All the food is in the nobles', three wizard towers, and the wizard academy. I didn't dare to go into the wizard towers and the academy. I went into the nobles' mansions, but there wasn't much food in them. If we add up the food to supply the Furnace City, I'm afraid it can only last for two months."

"But they're not going to take them all out, are they?"

Ryan said that he planned to stay here for a while to see how the situation was.

I took a look at my spiritual panel and found that there was still plenty of balance. If I consumed double the spiritual power, I could stay here longer.

In fact, even if he did not consume his spiritual energy, he could still stay, but in that case, he would have no anchor point. It was unknown whether he would be able to return to the Frozen Territory after opening the plane door here.

Be safe and just waste it.

(End of this chapter)