Whether Alice is afraid or looking forward to it, the day when the Tower of Destiny opens is approaching.
Considering that there is no direct floating warship from the Sand Tallin area to the Northland, the only way to pass through the tens of thousands of miles of black forest is to follow a large caravan that travels between the two places all year round.
These caravans are usually inextricably linked to a certain faction of the Witches of the North, and they will send people to protect them, so safety is still guaranteed.
However, considering that it would take up to 2 months to pass through the Black Forest, Greem had already decided to leave early when the battle for fate was still more than half a year away.
So on an ordinary morning, Grim set off with Alice. There were only three people in the family who knew where they were going.
The journey to Mota City was uneventful. They boarded an aeroboat and headed north. It only took them nine days to arrive at Ibeth City, a public city in the northernmost part of Sand Tallinn.
As soon as he got off the airship, Greem was attracted by the lively and noisy city in front of him.
Compared with other places, this place may seem a little messy and messy, but it is full of vitality that is not found elsewhere.
Long caravans driving huge beasts of burden swaggering through the city, strong barbarians wearing animal skins and carrying giant axes, half-werewolves with wolf heads, and many mercenaries carrying bows and swords to call their friends...
To be honest, Greem has never seen so many alien life forms in one area.
They all seem to be sturdy and strong fighting species, and they also have minds and wisdom that are almost the same as humans. In addition, they are also half indigenous in the Black Forest, so almost every caravan that needs to pass through the Black Forest will have a large number of them.
Hire them as guards.
"Let's go, find a place to settle down first, and then consider which caravan to join!" Once here, the person in charge was no longer Grim, but Alice.
Although she is not old, she has already walked through this part of the Black Forest twice, so she is more familiar with the roads and rules here than Grim.
Under her leadership, the two of them stepped out of the airship parking area, passed through a bustling trading market, and then entered Ibeth City.
Compared with the rest of the Sand Tallins, because Ibeth City is close to the Northland, the number of witches entrenched here is far more than the management wizards stationed by the association here. Therefore, in addition to the towering wizard tower in the city center,
, almost all the other buildings in the city are built with thick logs. From the appearance, they give people a rough and heroic feeling unique to the Northlanders.
Alice did not take Grim to visit the wizard tower here.
Although this is what most traveling wizards will inevitably do, it can easily attract the attention of witch forces. Especially at this critical moment, any strange face who wants to enter or leave the North will attract special attention from interested people!
Originally, Greem thought that Alice would take him to the Maya family's residence here, but who would have thought, after going around and around, Alice actually brought Greim to a trading company called 'Dark Night Rose'. And this 'Dark Night'
Rose' is a subsidiary force affiliated with the Dark Witch.
After skillfully bargaining with the boss of the trading company, Alice successfully booked two places with the team. The cost for each person was 200 magic crystals. The identity she reported was that the two were traveling to the Northland and looking for special resources.
ordinary wizard.
Since all the supplies for the caravan had not yet arrived, the departure date was set for three days, so the two had no choice but to find a hotel near the trading house to stay.
After the two people left, the head of the trading company hesitated for a moment, then reached out to call for a subordinate to greet the shop for him, and he hurried to the backyard.
Here, a huge golden tent was set up on the grass in the backyard, and the people who could come and go were trainee witches wearing apprentice robes.
After a series of communications, the head of the trading company finally met the real person in charge of escorting the caravan, the second-level dark witch Cora, in the golden tent.
The space inside the tent is not small, and the decoration inside is extremely gorgeous.
Underfoot is a soft carpet with complex patterns, elegant and noble, while the surroundings are covered with embroidered gold curtains. Each one is extremely exquisite and delicate in workmanship. There are many lifelike and strange creatures embroidered on them, most of which are unique to the North.
A special monster that only exists.
And a graceful woman with a lazy posture was leaning on a small wooden table behind the translucent curtain, quietly reading books.
"Oh, you mean, two more strange wizards came to our caravan?"
"Yes, sir, this is already the third group of wizards who have come to our door. According to your instructions, I sent them away and came to report them immediately."
"What are their backgrounds?"
"They were a man and a woman. They only said that they came to the North to look for resources. They didn't say much else."
"There are also women!" Witch Cora behind the curtain smiled softly: "There have been many more female wizards going to the Northland during this period of time than before!"
"Sir, you mean them too..."
"Don't worry about them! Since they have found our caravan, they are our guests. We just need to send them safely to their place. We can ignore everything else!"
"But if they really come here for that, will they bring some trouble to the caravan?" The head of the trading house couldn't help but hesitate.
"It would have been a bit troublesome a few years ago." Witch Cora said with a smile: "Because the deceitful witches and the gang went too far, several witch leaders joined forces to question them at the witch council.
, forcing their leader Angelina to swear that she would never kill any candidate participating in the battle for fate. So... the trouble you mentioned no longer exists!"
"I understand, sir, I know what to do."
"Well, let's go down! Remember to inform them that they will set off on time in three days. If you miss them, you will have to find another team..."
"Yes, yes, yes..." The head of the trading company lay on the ground, bowed respectfully to the witch in the tent, and then slowly withdrew.
Throughout the North, witches have a very high reputation!
Not only do they possess powerful power, they are also the owners, guardians and founders of the entire Northland.
It can be said bluntly that this group of witches led many followers to conquer the entire Northland, inch by inch, from wild monsters and jungle creatures.
Therefore, facing any Northland witch, the people of Northland feel love and respect from the bottom of their hearts.
From this point of view, the relationship between the people of the North and the witch community is the closest and the most harmonious among all wizarding forces.
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At this moment, Grim and Alice had already settled in the hotel.
In the room, Alice was acting as Grim's temporary teacher, explaining to him everything about the witches of the North.
Of course, before coming here, Greem had briefly understood the origin and ruling structure of the Witch of the North through various channels and books. However, these were all scratching the surface, and he could only get a vague understanding of the Witch of the North from the surface.
The impression is far less thorough and profound than the explanation given by Alice, a real witch.
There is no need to elaborate on the overly complicated history. Greem can obtain these things through books. Therefore, Alice focuses on the camp relationships and camp characteristics between the major witch factions.
Yes, on the surface, the Witches of the North are a large witch force that is extremely clumsy. But if you really study it thoroughly, you will find that their internal factional relationships are so complicated that it can be suffocating.
If they are as united as they appear, then why are there only seven of the thirteen branches of witches left now?
Although the rise and fall of each witch faction has its own specific destiny, six branches of witches are so weak that their inheritance has been cut off. This situation cannot be explained away by destiny!
The seven existing witch factions are Fraud, Pale, Pain, Death, Winter, Darkness, and Hypocrisy. Among them, the Fraudulent Witch is good at transformation and lying, and is currently Alice's main enemy.
The pale witch has a companion spirit that is closely related to her life, which is immune to most physical damage and also has the ability to cast spells. So offending the pale witch is equivalent to offending a powerful witch and a powerful spirit at the same time.
Two against one is what they are best at!
The pain witches are good at curses and are also the most prolific group of spellcasters.
The death witch is good at poisons and plagues, and she also has special skills in cooking undead.
The Winter Witch is good at the power of ice and snow. Because it is suitable for the cold and harsh environment of the North, it is also the most powerful among the seven witch factions.
Dark witches have rather weird abilities. They can create a special spiritual energy pool and store their soul imprints in it. In this way, during battle, they become the group of people who are least afraid of death. Even if
If he dies in glory, he will be resurrected in the spiritual energy pool within ten days and a half.
As for the hypocritical witches, their natural witchcraft is illusion. The hypocritical witches are a very mysterious group even among witches, and few people have seen their true faces.
As for the witch who ran outside Fedenan City to attack Alice last time, she was actually a transformed deceitful witch. The deceitful witch's transformation does not seem to be as simple as a simple shape change and disguise. Once the transformation is successful, it can
Possess some special abilities to transform objects.
This is actually the most powerful part of the deception witch!
The reason why Alice chose the caravan led by the dark witch this time instead of the Maya family under the pale witch faction was to avoid suspicion.
The family's behavior last time also broke Alice's heart!
She doesn't want to be betrayed by her family again.