Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 406: The Iceman Who Wins the Battle of Endurance

The wait time for ice-going tourists was not too long.

The cold winter in the North is coming soon. Even for a strong professional like Valeera, walking in a blizzard is a hassle.

This was true even though she had the best horse from Vargas, which was said to be able to chase blizzards.

After all, the horse can only control the wind by itself and cannot help the person on it.

He deserves just as much punishment as anyone.

Therefore, when winter comes, Valeera will simply close the valley... and try to keep the income level of Qingfeng Valley below the limit set by Cheska.

Over the years, adventurers have become accustomed to the style of this female swordsman, but no matter how they protest, as long as Lord Qingfeng himself does not care about the reduction in income, they can only act according to Valeira's will.

They will buy all the high-level potions and magic items they need before the winter solstice.

If home is not too far away, some adventurers will trek for a month to go back and spend the winter.

The winter solstice in the north is a month earlier than inland winter, while spring is a month later.

Although I had to travel a little more on the road, at least I could stay at home for two or three months before the next spring came.

There is nothing we can do about some adventurers from the south or even other countries.

But they would not choose to live in the inland territories closest to Qingfeng Valley... Compared to those aristocratic territories whose affairs were unknown, the garrisons outside Qingfeng Valley were much safer.

Moreover, before the valley is closed, people with higher levels of maple leaf badges can live directly in the outer valley.

There are many small houses under the maple trees that they can rent. Some people even rent a room all year round and will not leave even if they go to the big iceberg for a few months.

Regardless of other things, safety in Qingfeng Valley is definitely guaranteed.

As long as someone is renting the room, there won't be any problems even if you're away for a long time.

Thieves simply couldn't stay in Qingfeng Valley. After all, no one knew whether the Qingfeng tree next to the cottage was a banyan tree root.

Moreover, there are those birds on the trees… Although the birds of all sizes in Qingfeng Valley, no, Qingfeng Territory live in harmony and look very cute, there are actually quite a few magical creatures among them.

If you get sucked by them, your head will fly away.

Even a thief who is confident in his skills wouldn't take this risk, right?
If you really have such powerful abilities, there is no need to attack the homes of some adventurers.

Those who are not eligible to live in the outer valley can still go to the neighboring Earldom of Montes for some leisure and entertainment when they have the most money.

Although Count Montes's control over his territory was not that strong and the environment was more complicated.

But adventurers don't care about this little chaos, as this is the environment they are most familiar with.

Moreover, Count Fabrice usually follows Lord Qingfeng, so the Maple Leaf Badge can be used there as well.

In Qingfeng Territory, a maple leaf badge is just a passing grade, but in Montes Territory, you can become a VIP.

Count Fabrice readily offered a 20% discount on all kinds of supplies.

Although the quality of supplies in Montes Territory is not that high, for ordinary adventurers, the price-performance ratio is really good and can be considered to be good value for money.

Although Hamilton is not bad, and the agility or law adventure can directly cross the lake to get there, but that place is too troublesome.

Adventurers who just want to find a place to have a good rest should not go.

As the former leader of Tiger Blade, adventurers are actually quite familiar with Leon. They all know that this guy, for some reason, is particularly attractive to idiots and bitches, and can always stir up waves on his own in a calm environment.

It’s the same task, and someone else had just completed it without any problems, but when he takes it, it turns into a disaster.

It doesn't matter if he dies or lives, no one cares.

But the place where there were originally many tasks completely disappeared because of his relentless pursuit... It really makes people annoyed when they think of him.

Don’t other adventurers know that those things are problematic?
But, they, the nobles, are in trouble for their own mistakes. So what if a few young masters and young ladies died, along with a bunch of lackeys?
As long as they can make money.

But Leon insisted on catching the real murderer.

Just catch them... Once they're caught, the whole family will be doomed.

Those who gave money are gone, and those who asked others to give money are gone too.

Of course, if half of the reason was Leon’s strange intuition, the other half was the inexplicable hostility that always arose when those evildoers faced Leon.

In fact, the adventurers also understood that sometimes when faced with the kind of mess of infighting within the family, Leon was not the type to actively explore it.

The things he would really dig up were usually the evil deeds that caused tragedies to civilians.

But I don’t know if it’s because he is too serious and upright...the murderer always wants to kill him.

Then a small task turned into a shocking case.

In the end, no matter what Leon thought, he was at the center of the vortex. It looked calm, but in fact, it could kill people if they were not careful. The key point was that Leon himself was in the eye of the storm, and breaking a few ribs was considered a serious injury, but he was saved by the scholar's follower... While others were wailing and dying, he even healed his broken skin.

With just this person, which single adventurer would be willing to go to his place and die?

The adventure group is a little better, maybe they can make a lot of money from the disaster attracted by Leon.

Moreover, Earl Hamilton would not give any preferential treatment because of the Maple Leaf Badge. Ordinary adventurers with no goals would feel more comfortable going to Montes.

So, although the winter in the north seems chaotic, there is actually order within the chaos.

The significance of the winter solstice is very special.

The time when most adventurers set out from Qingfeng Valley is the winter solstice.

The last time Valeera gave money out that year was also the winter solstice.

At other times she might be a day earlier or later, but only on the winter solstice would she definitely leave on time, even the time was almost the same: at dusk on the winter solstice, the adventurers preparing to go to Montes and Hamilton packed their luggage and left the base at the last minute.

Therefore, in the patience contest between the Icemen who were famous for their recklessness and the evil adventurers who were famous for their cunning, it was the Icemen who won.

Even the meeting place to discuss tactics and subsequent distribution of benefits was left to the Icemen to decide.

Of course, it is also possible that, in the eyes of these adventurers, three years on the iceberg was enough for them to know every hidden area very well and they don’t worry about being trapped at all.

And the Ice Man is even less afraid.

Naturally, there is a reason why they must hire high-level professionals from the Ice Church.

With an iceberg where the ice dog base is located, what other place could possibly feel unfamiliar to ice believers?

So, standing in a hidden and winding ice cave on the top of the big iceberg, Rogers smiled and greeted the adventurers who were dressed mysteriously, with their faces mostly covered and wearing gray snow hats on their heads: "Welcome, free adventurers, please sit down and have a drink together!"

In the huge ice cave, the ground was covered with a thick long-haired carpet covering an area of 30 square meters. On the carpet was a low table of about ten square meters, which was enough to seat more than twenty people.

There was a large copper plate on the low table, and on the iron rack above it was a suckling pig that had been roasted for a while... without any seasoning.

The pork skin was already sizzling and oil was beginning to drip.

On the table were some fruit plates, some raw vegetables such as lettuce and radishes, and several unopened bottles of liquor, a specialty of the Earldom of Hamilton.

Although Montes Territory and Qingfeng Territory also sell alcoholic beverages, they are not considered strong liquors.

It is said that Lord Qingfeng hates drunkards who go crazy when drunk... It doesn't matter how much they drink at home, but if they go crazy on the street, they will be caught and forced to do hard labor for seven days... The most terrifying thing is that the punishment will double every time if it happens again.

No matter how bad-tempered a person is, he can’t stand it a few times!

Besides, the lord didn’t forbid them to drink, he just said they couldn’t go out.

As for telling Lowry that drinking strong liquor until you are drunk will warm you up, that's useless.

This is a wizard.

The other party directly threw out a kind of liquor that could make people sweat after just two sips. The alcohol content was said to be only 30%.

Anyway, he doesn’t care even if you drink yourself to death at home, but you can’t go out on the street… This also means that you can’t buy too strong liquor in the bar.

As for what to do if you drink too much wine with a lower alcohol content... It's easy to get drunk, but there are actually not many people who are drunk enough to cause trouble.

There are conditions for going crazy while drinking.

When you arrive at a place where you are guaranteed to get into trouble if you get rich, then everyone will learn to adapt to the local customs.

Lord Montes, who habitually followed him, followed this path without hesitation.

He may not be as intimidating as Lowry, but he can stick to not selling alcohol!

Moreover, since he follows so closely and calls him "uncle" all the time, most people don't dare to easily violate the laws he sets.

Like I said before, it’s not like he doesn’t allow you to drink at home.

Or if the tavern can ensure that its drunk guests have somewhere to go crazy, that's fine too.

Because of the inexplicable regulations of these two large territories, the only place in the North where good liquor can be easily purchased is Hamilton.

Earl Hamilton did make a fortune from this.

Asking the people of the North to give up drinking strong liquor is really too much. I don’t know how many people in the North are secretly coveting Lowry, the good boy of his mother... Generally speaking, only women in the North have a problem with men getting drunk and going crazy.

Half the reason couples fight is because of this.

Unfortunately, the person with the most influence in the North right now is Lord Qingfeng.

Even if Lord Hamilton felt that Lowry had gone too far and had publicly expressed his dissatisfaction, what was the use of just saying this bullshit?
(End of this chapter)