The wind direction on New Year's Eve was very stable, and Natalie was also very familiar with the route of Hanmaple Fortress. According to the normal speed, they could reach their destination before dawn.
Reggie was very excited. Along the way, he repeatedly counted the gifts he brought to Erwin: ale, bacon, a long sword carefully crafted by Noros, and most importantly, a thousand gold coins. Reggie imagined
Erwin's expression when he saw the gold coins. Although he knew that Erwin was not greedy for money, he would definitely be very moved. This was...
The balloon suddenly bumped, and gold coins were scattered everywhere. Reggie stood up and said, "What happened."
Natalie held her forehead, sweat running down her face: "There is such a strong wind ahead, I, I can't control it."
"Such a strong wind?" This was strange. Reggie stretched out his hand and felt it. There was indeed some wind, but it was not very strong at all. Why did Natalie have such a strong reaction?
The balloon bumped again, Reggie asked Natalie to step back a little, and Natalie slowly calmed down.
"Take a rest, you must be too tired."
"I'm not tired, sir. The wind direction here is so strange, it seems like a whirlwind."
Reggie really didn't understand what Natalie meant, but she was a wind elf, and her judgment of the wind direction must be much more accurate than Reggie's.
Reggie took out his binoculars and looked towards Hanfeng Fortress. There was a vast expanse of white in the distance, like a thick fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Reggie didn't dare to move forward rashly. He asked Natalie to rest for a while. Natalie sat in the hanging basket and murmured: "This is not an ordinary wind. There is a force controlling it. It's such a terrifying force. It's so strong."
, so cold..."
Natalie fell asleep and Reggie covered her with a blanket.
This place is about ten miles away from Hanfeng Fortress. Could it be that something happened there?
Natalie said that there is a force controlling the direction of the wind. Obviously, this force is more powerful than her. Could it be that there are also wind-controlling elves over there?
Wind Rider Elves are a race. Although they are very rare, there must be other Wind Riders. If there are Wind Rider Elves in Bayer Country, this will be a very difficult matter.
Your country has become vulnerable.
Reggie didn't want to wake Natalie up, so he sat in the hanging basket and thought about it for more than two hours. Just when he was about to fall asleep, Natalie woke up.
"Sir, what do you think that is?" Natalie pointed in the direction of Hanfeng Fortress, and Reggie stood up quickly. The white patch he saw before was not heavy fog, but rolled up snowflakes.
Reggie held the telescope and looked at it for a moment. He was so nervous and panicked that he almost fell down.
What is this, a tornado?
From the clouds in the sky to the snow on the ground, a huge whirlpool connected them together. The whirlpool extended from the Lost Mountain to the seaside, and Han Maple Fortress was completely engulfed by the whirlpool.
This is not a tornado, it should look like a typhoon when viewed from high altitude.
Are there typhoons in this world? At least Reggie has never seen any records in books.
And this is not in line with common sense about typhoons. If Hanfeng Fortress is attacked by a typhoon, Broken Snow City will definitely be affected. But now, let alone Broken Snow City, even the wind near the hot air balloon is not strong. This is more like
A targeted attack on Han Maple Fortress by some kind of spell.
Natalie could not get close to the Han Maple Fortress, and Reggie had no other choice but to wait silently in the air.
Fortunately, he did not wait too long. After the sky got bright, the storm weakened significantly, and the outline of Hanfeng Fortress gradually emerged in the snow. Natalie took a deep breath and said: "The power seems to have disappeared.
.”
Reggie asked Natalie to control the hot air balloon and carefully approached the Hanfeng Fortress. When it flew over the fortress, the city wall made of stone had been covered with a thick layer of silver by the heavy snow.
Reggie dropped the anchor hook, extinguished the charcoal, and the balloon began to descend slowly. When it was less than thirty feet from the ground, Erwin appeared on the city wall.
He excitedly waved to Reggie, who wiped the sweat off his head and said with a smile, "Thank God, he's still alive."
After not seeing each other for more than a month, Erwin had grown a full beard and looked a little older than before. Reggie walked out of the hanging basket and had a long hug with him until Natalie became a little jealous.
Not willing to separate.
"Suffer, my good brother! See what I have brought to you?"
As Reggie expected, when he saw the gold coins, Erwin's body began to shake unconsciously. Erwin was not from a noble family, and this money was definitely a huge amount of money that he could not even hope for. He stared at it.
After looking at the gold coin for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Sir, how could you..."
"Of course I can, this is my reward for you."
"How could I..."
"Of course you can, this is your reward."
"How should I express..."
"You don't have to express anything, just move it into the house and count it carefully."
"It would be great if my wife could see it," Erwin wiped his tears, "I must find an opportunity to personally deliver these gold coins to Broken Snow City."
"Why do you want to send them to Shattering Snow City?" Reggie asked in surprise, "I finally sent these gold coins here, why do you want to... What you said makes sense."
Reggie looked around, and he understood Erwin's thoughts. This was Hanfeng Fortress, and there wasn't even a place to spend money here.
Speaking of the storm last night, Erwin didn't think of it as anything special.
"Since about half a month ago, there have been snowstorms every night. I was scared at first, but later I found out that it was not that scary. The houses in the fortress are very strong, and there is no danger as long as you don't go out."
Reggie said: "Do you know the cause of the snowstorm?"
Erwin shook his head and said: "I don't know. You also know that before this, especially in winter, we never approached Hanfeng Fortress easily. Maybe this ghost place is like this. The wind blows at night and ends at dawn. I think
It is precisely because of the storm every night that their house is so strong."
Erwin lived in a tower in the center of the fortress. This kind of tower was a unique building in the fortress, with one installed every mile on average. The tower was more than forty feet high, with a beacon tower on it, which served both observation and communication functions.
He divided the soldiers into two groups and took turns to be on duty in each tower. Sleeping, eating, standing guard, and patrolling. The life here was extremely difficult and boring. Reggie read Erwin's diary and just looked at it.
After reading it once, Reggie was almost driven crazy by the boringness.
"I will send you more supplies to at least make your life a little better."
"We are not very short of supplies. The soldiers live in a house each, which is very spacious and very comfortable. But they can't see anyone for a month, and there is always no one to talk to. I'm afraid they will go crazy." El.
Wen joked lightly, but Reggie understood the bitterness behind it. One hundred people, thirty
In the fortress, Erwin could not evenly distribute soldiers to each area. There would be more than a dozen soldiers in key areas, but in some places there were only two soldiers on duty in turns, and no one could be seen for miles around. Reggie went to those areas
Looking around, he felt that some soldiers were mentally disturbed.
"A group of new residents have come to my place. Although their status is somewhat special, would you consider... recruiting them into the army?"
"You're talking about slaves, right?" Erwin's answer was a little more tactful than Jarvan's, but the meaning was basically the same: "I believe they will become very good residents, but I think it will take some time. If after one year
, they are still willing to stay here, their bodies and souls belong to Broken Snow City, and I will consider letting them join my army."
"You are already so short of manpower, why don't you consider my new population?"
"Speaking of new people, I have some people here waiting for your arrangements." Erwin took out a list and handed it to Reggie. "There are dozens of Bayers who tried to sneak into the Lion Country, but I
He was caught and is now being held in the dungeon. Since you are here, I will leave it to you to deal with it."