(Happy New Year! Two chapters combined into one updated today)

Dusk City is a long way from Lenglie Valley, so Kino has reserved enough time.

After entrusting daily matters to his subordinates, he boarded the carriage and set off.

Along the way, the further north you go, the colder the temperature becomes and the scenery becomes more frosty.

There was a brazier in the carriage to keep warm, but the coachman outside was having a hard time. He added clothes one after another until he was wrapped up like a bear at the back, and even his eyelashes began to freeze.

In the early morning of Huixue on the 29th, as the gentle horses chirped, the carriage stopped steadily at the post station outside Lenglie Valley. The half-frozen coachman knocked on the door and called out: "Sir, the Lenglie Valley is just ahead.

."

Kino's voice came from behind the curtain door: "Can you take me to the door of the Governor's Palace?"

The coachman smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, it's not that I don't want to send it. It may be your first time to come to Lenglie Valley, so you might as well see it for yourself."

Kino opened the curtain door and took a look, and understood the meaning.

The wind around the inn was freezing, and the only thing you could see was the sky full of wind and snow. The frost hit your face as painful as a knife. The visibility was very low, and you could only vaguely see the blurry double image of the valley. The soft snow could bury a person.

People can't even walk on hard ice without special snow gear.

The driver explained: "It is impossible to enter the Cold Valley from the ground. Either you will fall in the rugged valley, or you will lose your way and freeze to death in the snow. There is only one way to reach the Governor's Palace, and that is the sky."

Kino looked at the inn. There were a large number of animal enclosures here. Looking through the gate, he saw various large winged beasts living inside, and even the legendary griffin.

This large winged beast is owned by the Regnom family. It is kept at the inn in normal times and functions like a horse. In wartime, it is uniformly dispatched. It is ridden by its extraordinary beings and forms an air force with the dragon knight, which can quickly penetrate into the enemy's hinterland.

, attack the enemy from high altitude.

If you want to enter the Cold Lie Valley, unless you are a dragon knight yourself, or a winged cavalry who has tamed a winged beast, you can only take the inn winged beast.

Kino did not embarrass the groom and gave him 5 silver moons as an extra tip: "Thank you for your hard work. Let's go south to avoid the cold."

"It's my honor to work for you!" The groom was flattered and took the silver moon, nodding and bowing, "Sir, please keep warm in the car, I will help you contact the inn and find the winged beast."

"No need." Kino looked ahead at the cold valley covered with wind and snow, "I can go in by myself."

...

The giant dragon's habitat in Lenglie Valley.

Sting, Lesakhar, the 6 dragon knights who returned to the Cold Lie Valley, and more than 60 winged cavalry with winged beasts have all arrived one after another, and are checking their riding equipment, ready to go at any time.

Among these eight dragon knights, Sting has the highest rank, the 6th rank of "Natural Disaster".

Resakhar and another dragon knight are the "Sun Chasers" in the fifth sequence.

The remaining ones are two "Qiongyin" in the 4th sequence, and three "Dragon Roar" in the 3rd sequence.

In the cold current of minus 70 degrees, Sting was wearing a single coat and was taking ice cubes to grind the teeth of his golden dragon.

Resakhar looked around: "Where are Lorna and her dragon? Why aren't they with us?"

Sting said helplessly: "She said she didn't want to fly with me, so she set off by herself."

"This... with the child's direction, she will get lost."

"So it's better if she leaves early, there will be enough time for her to be delayed in heaven."

While the two were talking, the golden dragon who was enjoying the service of grinding his teeth opened his eyes, looked at the sky, and let out a low threatening roar in his throat. The dragon's power almost shook away the surrounding wind and snow.

Everyone gradually noticed the black shadow in the sky in the distance, and a winged cavalry said doubtfully: "This size... is not a winged beast."

"He's here..." Resakhar narrowed his eyes, "Kino Van Helsing."

A few minutes later, in the invisible surge of telekinesis, Kino landed on the dragon's platform: "Hello everyone, I hope I'm not late."

Sting glanced at the thin clothes on Chino's body and continued to grind the dragon's teeth: "Aren't you cold?"

Ordinary people dressed like Chino would have died suddenly in the cold snap, but Chino can use telekinesis to control the air for rapid friction to achieve a warming effect.

So despite how little he wore, the telekinesis barrier was actually as warm as a small stove, not cold at all.

"It's okay, I can bear it," Kino said.

"When outsiders come to Lenglie Valley, they usually wrap themselves up like bears. You are indeed special." Sting threw away the broken ice after grinding his teeth, looked at Kino and said calmly, "Everyone is here. How do you want to go?

, let Leisakhar give you a ride?"

Although Kino's telekinesis allowed him to fly at a very fast speed, it was not enough to support high-intensity long-distance flight. Otherwise, he would have flown directly from Twilight City, and there would be no need to ride in a carriage.

Kino originally wanted to ride on Lesakhar's dragon, but suddenly he had another idea: "Can you give me a winged beast? I want to try riding it."

Sting would never give such a long flight distance to anyone else. Although the winged beasts in the family have been tamed, if an outsider rides on him and accidentally touches the riding gear with his hands, it will fall from the sky.

If it falls, it will be a big trouble.

But seeing that Kino could fly on his own and it didn't matter if he fell from the sky, Sting helped him: "Find a gryphon for Kino Administrator, something docile."

The hussars quickly went back and brought back a gryphon.

The gryphon is a very large winged beast, with a body length of about 4 meters and a wingspan of more than 9 meters. Its lion-like hind body is covered with yellow-brown fur, and its eagle-like head to forelimbs are covered with golden eagle feathers.

, the forelimbs are extremely majestic, and the hooks and claws shine with a sharp cold light, leaving no doubt that they are sharp weapons for tearing apart flesh and blood.

The hussar led Kino to sit on the gryphon, put on the riding gear for him, and warned: "Do not touch the buckle of the riding gear in the air, and you don't need to hold the reins. It is very smart and will fly with us without controlling the wind.

If it's too big, lower your body. When rising or landing, if you feel your body is unbalanced, you can grab the reins, but remember not to grab the feathers, otherwise it will get angry."

Chino: "I understand, thank you."

After everyone put on their riding equipment, Sting got on his dragon and said, "Let's go."

"Boom, boom, boom..." The giant dragon and the winged beast spread their wings one after another and took to the air, tearing through the wind and snow, and flew towards the sky.

When it was the turn of Kino, the gryphon, he only felt a severe sense of overweight. His whole body was pressed tightly on the back of the gryphon, and there was a raging cold current everywhere. If the riding gear had not been fixed, he might have fallen.

Entering the valley.

After the initial acceleration, it rose to flight altitude and the speed began to stabilize. The team, led by Sting's golden dragon, presented an inverted V-shaped flying array.

Viewed from a high altitude, the dense clouds are rolling beneath you like a giant dragon. Occasionally, you can glimpse the snow-capped land through the gaps in the clouds, a vast expanse.

Lenglie Valley is far away from the Royal City. Fortunately, the flying creatures are very fast. They first flew for 8 hours, landed in the middle and found a place to repair for 4 hours. After flying for another 8 hours, they arrived in the airspace of the Royal City of the Cardinal Province.

They set off on the morning of Huixue on the 29th, and their arrival time was the early morning of Huixue on the 30th.

The climate here is warmer than that of Twilight City. The morning sun has already risen to the sky. The sunlight passes through the water vapor and mist in the air, casting some Tyndall effect beams.

The royal city is so big that even from a high altitude, you can't see the end of it at a glance. There are row upon row of houses everywhere, and traffic routes cover every corner of the city like a spider web.

The royal city has a total of two walls.

The outer city wall is about 40 meters high, and the wall is covered with mottled battle scars, revealing its illustrious military exploits.

Afterwards, a large area was filled with civilian areas, with pubs, markets, private houses, hospitals and other facilities readily available.

Of course, when talking about "commoners", those who can live in the royal city must be nobles with status. If you meet an old man selling potatoes on the roadside, he is probably the father of a certain minister, or he himself has abdicated the throne.

Minister, I wanted to live a simple life in my later years, so I grew potatoes at home and sold them.

In the central area of ​​the Royal City, there is a solid wall with a height of 100 meters. It is called the "Wall of the Royal City", and what is protected by it is the Royal Palace.

At the top of the giant wall, heavy-duty ballistae are arranged like sentries. Different from the wooden structure ballistas used by ordinary armies, the giant-wall ballistae are all made of metal. The pitch-black giant crossbows are like demon minions, exuding a heavy

With fighting intent, the shooting intensity it can support is more than ten times or even nearly a hundred times that of a wooden ballista.

Even in the air, the hundred-meter-high giant wall of the royal city still gives people a sense of oppression, making people wonder, is there really an army in the world that can conquer such a giant wall?

After crossing the outer city wall, the flying team began to land.

According to regulations, no flying creature is allowed to cross the huge wall of the royal city. If you want to enter the palace, you can only accept interrogation after landing and enter on foot, otherwise you will be hit by ballistae indiscriminately.

The flying team landed on the perch specially built for the Regnom family in the palace. Everyone locked up the giant dragon and winged beast, and headed towards the entrance of the giant wall under the leadership of Sting.

There is only one entrance to the huge wall of the royal city, which is connected to a spacious suspension bridge.

Behind the suspension bridge stands a mysterious giant statue next to the palace gate. It is half as high as the huge wall of the royal city. It is not made of stone, but some kind of metal. Through the gaps, you can vaguely see the complex internal structure, bearings, hubs, and pipes.

They are entangled together to form a dazzling but highly sequenced interlocking device, which suddenly has an industrial atmosphere.

The colossus did not move, but for some reason, when Kino looked into its eyes, he always felt that it was not a decoration, but like some kind of creature.

Seeing Kino staring at the colossus, Lesakhar walked over and whispered: "This colossus was built by the Hutch family 20 years ago. It is said that if the royal city is invaded, it will wake up and destroy any intruders.

"

Kino narrowed his eyes: "Have you ever seen it wake up?"

Lesakhar shook his head: "No. In the past 20 years, the royal city has not been invaded by outsiders. That time 12 years ago..."

Sting suddenly glanced at Lesakhar. The latter knew that his big mouth problem had occurred again. He coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, there are some things you'd better not know."

Curiosity killed the cat, and Kino did not continue to ask. After all, the royal city was far away from him, and even knowing some secrets would not do him any good.

After a body search and blood worm quarantine, everyone was allowed to enter the palace.

On the way, Sting asked a palace guard: "Is my daughter here?"

The guard nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Sting, I didn't see Miss Lorna."

"For God's sake, she's lost again." Sting shook his head helplessly, "In a few months, she will be 16 years old and can join the army, but she can't even find a way. I'm really worried for her."
To be continued...