When Leo and the others arrived at Rum Peak, it was already the third day. The temperature here was slightly warmer than in the previous North Icefield, because the sea breeze blowing from the east sea would neutralize the icefield wind to a certain extent.

of cold.

After entering this area, Leo and the others have already met two or three tribes. Although the clothes these tribes wear are no different from those of ordinary tribes, their overall temperament and behavior are the same as those who live in the north all year round.

There are great differences among the tribes living on the ground.

At that time, after seeing these tribes, Leo and the others quickly realized that these tribes should be the losers in the civil war in Ferut. After they escaped from Ferut, they came to the relatively warm eastern ice field.

Lived down.

Although their life cannot be compared with that in Ferut, at least there is no shortage of food. There are some tribes of their relatives and friends in the city of Ferut. Those tribes can help them buy food and clothing for the winter. As for money, they also

Yes, when they fled Ferut, they also brought a large amount of money with them, which was enough for these tribes to spend for several years.

However, these tribes are obviously very dissatisfied with the current situation and are still thinking about returning to Ferut. In addition to their original desire for revenge, it is more because they can no longer adapt to the life of the tribes outside the city, even if they do not

Lack of food and clothing.

When these tribes met Leo and the others, they did not make things difficult for Leo and the others. Instead, they asked Leo and the others about Ferut City.

When they learned from Leo and others that the city of Ferut had now returned to peace, and that other tribes in the North had not had any conflicts with the tribes staying in the city, they all showed obvious disappointment on their faces.

Obviously, in their view, if something chaotic does not happen in Ferut City, the current number of survivors of their families will definitely not be able to shake the rule of the families in the city.

Although they did not get the news they wanted from Leo and the others, these tribes still entertained Leo and the others warmly. They all showed obvious surprise when they learned that Leo and the others were going to climb Mount Rum.

However, they all thought that Leo and the others were mountaineers and adventurers, so they did not doubt Leo and the others' motives for climbing Mount Rum. After all, there are always some adventurers from the south trying to climb Mount Rum from the north slope every year.

When Leo and the others were leaving, the patriarch of one of the families suddenly took out a letter and a sum of money and handed it to Leo, expressing the hope that if Leo and the others returned to the south alive, they would give this letter to a person in Donglin City.

The powerful palace nobles, it seems that these exiles want to use the power of the French Empire to suppress the victors so that they can return to the city of Ferut.

However, this does not mean that they think Leo and his party can climb Mount Rum. They just think that Leo and his party will be like other mountaineering adventurers and give up halfway through the climb and return the same way.

Leo originally did not intend to help these escapees, but under Sylvia's secret instructions, he still accepted the letter and reward, and said that when he arrived in the French Empire, he would hand over the letter to the powerful man in the palace.

Aristocratic.

After leaving the shelter camps of those families, Tessa Moka took the lead and asked before Leo could not help but ask out of curiosity: "Why should we take this matter? If we arrive in the French Empire, we shouldn't have any

Do you have so much free time to help other people do things?”

"Although Baron Ethan is only a court baron, he is indeed one of the most trusted people of Louis X. He and several other court nobles manage the royal industry for Louis X, which also includes the agricultural and commercial taxation of the royal county.

Wait." Sylvia explained carefully: "If we can establish a relationship with Baron Ethan and have a pass certificate issued by him, then we will encounter much less obstacles in the counties controlled by the royal family."

After listening to Sylvia's explanation, Tessa Moka didn't ask any more questions, and Leo felt that Sylvia asked him to take over the letter delivery, which didn't seem to be just for the sake of it, as she said.

There might be other deeper meanings to the pass, but he didn't ask any more, because Sylvia would tell him proactively when she needed him to know, so there was no need to ask further.

The group continued to move towards the mountain ridge where Rum Peak is located. In the evening, they came to a simple camp established by mountaineering explorers in the past at the foot of Rum Peak.

Although this camp is simple, it still has the necessary things, such as a wooden house for shelter, a fireplace, a woodshed for storing firewood, and a cellar for storing food. Judging from the supplies in this camp alone, it is enough for seven or eight people.

Stayed here all winter.

Leo decided to stay here for one night and wait until tomorrow day to continue climbing Mount Rum. Although it was not difficult to climb Mount Rum with the abilities of him, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha, Mister and Randall

Obviously there is no way to climb the mountain at night.

The group was speechless all night, ate early and went to bed.

However, late at night, Leo suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards Mister and Randall. At the same time, the mental network also covered the two people, recording the energy fluctuations on their bodies and the activities of their body organs.

Details, etc., especially the process of the appearance of some secretions on the body.

The reason why Leo suddenly paid attention to the situation of Mist and Randall was because the energy of the two people just now produced a very special resonance phenomenon. If it was just a resonance phenomenon, it would not be too much for him.

Shang Xin, the important thing is that this resonance phenomenon actually caused the extraordinary power in his body to produce an uncontrollable abnormal fluctuation.

Although this fluctuation is very slight, so slight that it is difficult to detect if you don't pay attention carefully, it is enough to attract his attention to Leo, not to mention that he already has a good understanding of the abilities and capabilities of Mist and Randall.

His behavior was a bit suspicious, so when he noticed the phenomenon of resonance and discovered the abnormal fluctuations of supernormal power in his body, what the two people did in the Longhorn tribe's house immediately emerged in his mind.

So when he was paying attention to the energy resonance effect on the two people, he was also paying attention to the secretions on the two people.

After carefully recording for a period of time, Leo analyzed the recorded information and quickly found some anomalies.

Whenever two people secrete some substances, such as sweat, dander, nails, etc., the resonance effect of the body's energy will weaken rapidly, as if the special energy generated by these resonance effects has been transferred to the substances secreted by the two people.

Up.

After discovering this, Leo seemed to have grabbed a clue and guessed in his mind: "No! It's not just causing abnormal fluctuations in power, but also underlying things, such as...such as blood."

At this moment, Leo seemed to understand something. He looked at Mister and Randall who were sleeping deeply, removed the mental net, and ignored these two people again.

Late night passed quickly. Leo and others got up early, freshened up, cut down some trees, and replenished some of the wood they consumed last night, then packed up their luggage and walked towards Rum Peak.

Among the countless peaks in the Venoway Mountains, Rum Peak is neither the highest nor the lowest mountain, but it is definitely the easiest mountain to climb. Of course, this ease is mainly compared to other peaks in the Venoway Mountains.

In terms of mountains.

The mountaineering adventure of conquering Mount Rum began a long time ago. Judging from some records, hundreds of years ago, those smugglers hoped to bypass the supervision of the French Empire and go to the Northland to smuggle specialties from the Northland.

I chose various peaks to try, and finally thought that Rum Peak was the most likely to be climbed, so I started to conquer Rum Peak. As you can imagine, everyone who tried to climb Rum Peak fell on Rum Peak.

In the mountains, their bodies are still in the snow in the mountains to this day.

Although the smugglers' attempt to conquer Rum Peak was unsuccessful and they soon lost confidence and did not continue, this behavior spread due to some specious rumors and became a human attempt to conquer the Venoway Mountains.

His heroic feats inspired a large number of adventurous people.

For hundreds of years, many people have tried to climb Mount Rum every year, but they all ended in failure. Those who were lucky were able to walk down the mountain alive, while those who were unlucky simply stayed on the mountain. Among them, the person closest to success was

Fadia, the mountaineer who named Rum Peak.

In the past many years, all those who tried to climb Mount Rum climbed from the south side of the mountain. They never thought of climbing from the north side until a noble couple traveled to the Northland and also became famous for their mountaineering adventure.

While traveling in the North, they suddenly wanted to see what the north slope of Mount Rum looked like. As a result, they found that the slope of the north slope of Mount Rum was much gentler than the south slope.

At that time, the couple decided to try climbing. As a result, the couple still climbed the north slope according to the climbing method of the south slope. They accidentally stepped on a layer of ice floe and fell directly to the bottom of the cliff. They both died, and their servant

He returned to the French Empire alive and told the story of the couple. Only then did some people realize the possibility of climbing Mount Rum from the north slope, so more people climbed Mount Rum from the north slope.

If the French Empire had controlled the number of people entering the Northland, the number of adventurers climbing the north slope of Mount Rum would probably be ten times greater than now.

Climbing Rum Peak from the north slope is relatively gentle, and ordinary climbers can also climb it smoothly. However, there are also a lot of dangers here. These dangers are the moving glaciers formed by the snow on the north slope for countless years.

These glaciers are all buried deep below, with a thick layer of snow on top. These glaciers are moving at a very slow speed all the time. Because of their slow speed, this movement is almost impossible to detect by ordinary people.

However, this seemingly harmless movement can create fatal dangers. One moment, the ground under the climber's feet is still solid ice, and the next moment it will become an icy abyss with no bottom.

It is precisely for this reason that those who climb Mount Rum from the north slope have a much lower chance of survival than climbers from the south slope.

Before Leo and the others started climbing, they used ropes to link everyone together. Then Leo opened the mental net, checked the conditions of the glacier under the snow under his feet, and found the location of the trap. The group of people felt like they were on a mountaineering outing.

, walking up the hillside very easily, except for the biting cold wind around.

At first, Mister and Randall walked a little shaky. After all, they had heard all kinds of rumors about the north slope of Rum Peak, and it was difficult not to be afraid.

Therefore, during the first part of the journey, Leo and the others had to deliberately slow down to take care of the two of them, but even so, sometimes they needed to stop and wait for the two of them to relieve some of the physical discomfort caused by tension.

However, as the journey went smoothly, the two realized that Leo must have mastered some method to know the traps under the snow. Their nervousness relaxed and their pace became much faster.

In less than two hours, the group had climbed two-thirds of the height.

"Wait a minute!" Sylvia suddenly stopped Leo, who was leading the way, then pointed to a flagpole-like object in the distance and said, "Let's go over there and take a look."

When Leo heard this, without saying much, he turned around and walked towards the place pointed by Sylvia.

On the way, he found a crack that was not very wide. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely take a detour, but he didn't want to waste time, so he directly used the psychic skills created by combining the warlock's ice spells to remove this crack.

The snow layer on the crack solidified into ice, forming an ice bridge that can be walked on.

After walking through the crack, the group came to the flagpole.

Here is a huge, protruding rock. A hiking stick tied with a lot of cloth strips was artificially inserted into the gap in the protruding rock below. There are also some stones built around it to prevent it from falling.

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"Is this the list of martyrs?" Mist walked to the rock at this time and looked at the hiking stick wrapped with cloth in surprise.

I don’t know who started it. When mountaineering adventurers began to conquer some high mountains, they would find an obvious place to insert a stick when they reached a certain height, and then tie a strip of cloth with their name on it to the stick.

Treat it as a nostalgic reminder and as proof of your own achievements.

However, most of the people who left strips of cloth on their sticks died in accidents while climbing higher. Over time, these strips of cloth gradually accumulated, and because they were all covered with the names of the dead climbers, some people thought of them.

Climbers are martyrs for mankind's conquest of nature, so this kind of stick with the names of climbers is called the Martyrs' List.

For extraordinary people like Leo, these martyrs are just the product of ordinary people's self-spiritual satisfaction. On mountains like Mount Rum, most extraordinary people only need to be careful.
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