At the top of Dragon's Backbone, the first night when the man in gray robe who calls himself Cheese arrives

"I don't quite understand what you mean. What is coming?" Commander Jon asked with a frown.

"It's coming. As for what it is, you will know it when you see it. I can't see the situation in the south very clearly now." Cheese said while chewing on the deer leg.

"Excuse me, but there is no basis for your words." The old commander said.

"Ah, that's why the teacher said that communicating with these people is too laborious." Cheese said, taking a sip of ale, "Okay, gentlemen, who can give me a map of the area south of Longji Mountain?"

After getting Jon's look of approval, the herald who followed took out a map of the north drawn on sheepskin. Of course, the northernmost point on the map only reached the Dragon's Back Mountains. The old commander simply chose the largest one from the beginning.

On the table, several soldiers moved the things on the table and made a space to unfold the map.

"Hiccup, okay, let me take a look." Cheese burped, stood up and looked at the map. Although the man in gray robe had almost drunk a whole oak barrel of ale, the old commander could fight against the dragon.

Ji Shan swore that he didn't see any hint of drunkenness in this man's eyes, and his belly didn't even bulge at all. God knows what dimension he ate had gone to that dimension.

"Hmm..." Cheese looked at the map, and a faint red light began to flash in his black eyes, but the people around him only thought it was the reflection of the fire in the fireplace and didn't pay attention.

After a while, just when the commander was about to think that this mysterious man was staying, Cheese spoke. He raised a hand, pointed to an area on the map, and asked.

"where is this place?"

"The Earl of Saron. The only way to the Dragon's Back Mountain." said the old commander.

"It is also the only way to go south from Longji Mountain." Cheese continued what he said.

"So, what's the problem? The Saron family has ruled that land for nearly five generations. They are respectable nobles and benevolent lords. It is impossible for them to attack us. Our relationship has always been very good," Jon said.

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"No, no, no, my dear Mr. Commander, the threat does not come from living people. I don't care who the lords of this land are, or whether they are respectable or not. Now, they are all finished. Together with the people on this land

Everything together, it's over." Cheese said, raising his hands in an exaggerated emphasis gesture.

"And soon, if you don't take precautions, the same thing that ruined that land will ruin this place."

"Sir, this is not funny." The old commander said seriously.

"I'm not telling a joke either." Cheese said.

"If I hadn't seen you coming from the north, I would have thought you were crazy."

"If you hadn't invited me to this meal, I wouldn't have said these things to you."

"I need proof." Jon said.

"Ah, evidence, you know, Mr. Commander. If everything in this world was about evidence, then the prophet wouldn't have to eat." Cheese rolled his eyes, "We live in a weird world, please.

Don’t take everything too seriously.”

"Listen, Mr. Cheese, maybe you have your channels, but it's hard for me to convince my subordinates based on your words. What's more..." The commander stood up and looked down at the man in gray robe.

"What's more, I'm just an unknown stranger who came here tonight. However, Mr. Commander, if I were you, I would at least send some cavalry or something else to check out that count. Then, you

You will come back to me again." Cheese said with a smile, and then bit into a piece of venison fiercely.

"Okay, sir, whether what you say is true or not, I will thank you for your advice. It's getting late today, so I won't disturb your rest. Elsa, give this gentleman a guest room," the old commander said.

After finishing, he put on the cloak handed to him by his subordinates and left the tavern with the Frost Guards.

"Look, great people are never understood by stupid people." Cheese sighed after these frost guards left.

"Perhaps that's because those great people never tried to explain the origin of their words." The landlady named Elsa said. Because of the man in gray robe, she didn't have to do business tonight, but as Frost

The guard's family members also knew the legend about the men in gray robes. Therefore, this young lady was still very curious about cheese.

To be fair, the figure of the hooded Chief looks right to the audience. Although his eyebrows are not as soft as those of the nobles in the South, they are still a little less rough than those in the North. The most concerning thing is his skin color.

The skin color of the man in gray robe is unlike any race Elsa has ever seen. The light yellow skin looks healthier than the white skin of ordinary people. The black head and eyes are also an appearance rarely seen by the boss lady. In short, it should be said

It's full of exotic customs, Elsa concluded in her mind. Maybe people in the north of the mountain are like this?

After hearing what the landlady said, Cheese thought about it and suddenly laughed.

"Hey, it does seem to make sense. But wouldn't it be boring to tell everything?" As he said that, he took the last sip of wine and said, "Here's to those dogs!"

"What dog?" asked the landlady.

"Well, believe me, it's better that you don't know." Cheese shrugged and said.

"Okay, mysterious Mr. Cheese, if you have finished your meal, please come with me to see your room." The landlady said, making a gesture of invitation.

"Um... Actually, you don't have to be so polite. I'm really not a noble. Your attitude makes me very uncomfortable." Cheese said with a wry smile.

"That's it. Then your room is the third one on the left here. Go there by yourself. I'm going to wash the dishes." After hearing what Cheese said, the landlady said with a smile.

"Uh..." The boss lady's reaction made Cheese not know how to respond for a moment, and he was stunned on the spot.

"What are you doing standing still? Are you ready to help wash the dishes?" the landlady said angrily with her hands on her hips.

"Ah, okay, I'll leave now." So, just like that, this mysterious visitor, who was in awe of the entire Frost Guard Legion, was coaxed into the room by the landlady of Dragon's Spine Peak with a confused look on his face.

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"The teacher is right, female humans are really terrifying existences." After closing the door, Cheese patted his chest with lingering fear.

At this time, the proprietress in the lobby had already laughed out loud and stopped mentioning it for the time being.

Looking at the simple room of about six square meters with only one bed, the man in gray robe smiled to himself, with a strong red light blooming in his eyes.

"But it's still a good start, don't you think?"

Outside the window, snowflakes as big as a person's head were hitting the small town at night, driven by strong winds. Cheese looked at the black and white world outside through the window, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

He took out a red piece of chalk-like thing from his robe and quickly drew a few symbols on the door and windows. After checking that the warning runes were indeed working, he opened his hands and whispered

He chanted a spell, and soon, a black light appeared between his open hands.

"...In the name of the deep void, in the name of the bottomless abyss, unfold my path! (Unknown words)"

With the final chant, the black light spot quickly expanded and turned into a black space crack two meters high and one meter wide, suddenly appearing in the middle of the room. Cheese nodded and strode into the crack.
Chapter completed!