Chapter 1185: Divine Stronghold's SOS, Orléans Maiden Joan [Subscription Request][5K]

[I am the Cold Wing Disaster, trapped in the Divine Barrier’s Ice Valley for pursuing the Era Divine Will. Those who aid me will be richly rewarded. This message is written on my scale hide, which contains tracking dragon language that can be activated through magic power.]

(This is an ancient white dragon’s rescue message left before it was frozen by Frost Divine Will. The text is in dragon language, and the scale hide is imbued with tracking magic, which will guide you to the Ice Valley once activated.)

The golden subtitles gently trembled as they translated the rescue message from dragon language into the Continent Common Language.

“Divine Stronghold?”

“Isn’t that near the place where the Three Castles Dwarves reside?”

“It’s said to be a continuous mountain range that isolates the northern part of the continent!”

Upon seeing the name Divine Stronghold, Zong Shen immediately recalled what the dwarf uncle had told him. The so-called Divine Stronghold is a super transcontinental mountain range that blocks the icy winds of the ice fields.

The Three Castles Dwarves live to the south of the Divine Stronghold.

According to the dwarf uncle, it’s also a perilous location on the continent.

Apparently, it contains numerous mysterious relics, and some expeditions have discovered frozen mammoths and white dragons within the mountains!

Zong Shen quickly remembered these related pieces of information.

“White Dragon?”

“Could it possibly be the one that sent out the rescue message?”

According to the dwarf uncle, aside from a few daring traveling merchants, the only inhabitants there are the underdeveloped High Mountain Barbarian Race.

Places that are flamboyantly dangerous always have some significance.

But Zong Shen certainly doesn’t have time to go there immediately.

Given the danger level of the Divine Stronghold, it could take a year or two before any lord can access the internal relics.

Zong Shen has plenty of time to reap these high-level “dungeons.”

Relics eventually rely on strength.

Discovering them doesn’t mean obtaining them.

It’s still a question whether they can be conquered.

So Zong Shen isn’t worried about other lords beating him to it.

“I’ll visit it next time I go find the Three Castles Dwarves.”

He soon made up his mind and placed this special rescue message written on dragon scale hide into a storage box.

Items that won’t be needed in the short term are typically stored in the storage box.

The third item was up next.

This item was also an “old acquaintance.”

It was a dark iron badge engraved with an axe and hammer emblem.

Similar to it, Zong Shen had two other items that had always been stored at the bottom, never used.

Zong Shen rubbed his finger over the surface of the badge.

He glanced at its attribute information and quietly remarked, “As expected.”

[Nord Knight Trial Badge]

[Using this opens the Nord Trial]

[Success in the trial grants the Knight Title from the Nord Kingdom]

(Oh, please. You have two other trial badges that you’ve forgotten for how long now. I suggest taking some time out to complete the trials these days. Although the knight title is only considered half a noble, having a legally recognized identity from the kingdom will greatly help you in maneuvering through the Giant City.

Otherwise, when others inquire about your identity and background, you can only tell them you come from some remote wilderness called Zong Shen. After obtaining the knight title, at least you can add the knight prefix.

This will help you build good relations with the indigenous people. They still take this sort of thing quite seriously.)

Below the badge, the remarks in the guide module even exceed the attribute information itself.

Though they are full of complaints, making Zong Shen a bit embarrassed.

But the guide correctly pointed out that he acquired those two badges early in his arrival.

However, he never had the time to complete the trials.

These knight trials are somewhat like small-scale “dungeons” unrelated to indigenous people, entirely orchestrated by the Lord System. As soon as the trial is completed, one can automatically obtain the corresponding knight title.

“Alright, seems like I need to find some time to deal with the trial badge matter these days.”

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be before the defense challenge, after the challenge is fine too.”

“Just a few days after the challenge, and it would be time to prepare to go to Lentax Giant City, right?”

“Previously, Englandmu mentioned that the noble banquet and competitive tournament should start eleven days after the defense challenge. I’m scheduled to meet at the Lentax Mage Tower seven days after the challenge, and he must depart early. Even with an aerial mount, considering flying and intermittent stops, it will take roughly a day.”

Zong Shen estimated the time and had a rough idea.

He swiftly stowed the [Nord Knight Trial Badge].

The fourth item retrieved from the lucky bag was three large bags of corn seeds.

Zong Shen hefted them, each bag weighing around fifty or sixty pounds.

These corn seeds seemed to have been soaked in some kind of potion, with a reddish surface. Ideally, these seeds should be handed over to Salome Lin Yu to handle. In the near future, he would surely be able to enjoy roasted sweet potatoes in one hand and roasted corn in the other—this pair of field treats would make his mouth black after eating.

Most importantly, the territory would have its own cornfield.

The tale of the cornfield has been popular throughout the years.

Cornfields appearing in the Otherworld are Zong Shen’s way of reminiscing about the past.

After placing the three bags of corn seeds by the city wall, he began to examine the fifth item.

This was a special item of Legendary Level equipment.

Unlike conventional common knife, sword, or spear, this was unexpectedly a harp of ancient design.

As a large plucked string instrument in classical music, this thing has deep roots in Western Earth.