The morning in the mountain village was always fresh and pleasant. A thin layer of mist spread through the forest. The sun had yet to rise, and the leaves and grass were covered in dew. The insects whose wings had been damaged did not have the energy to fly and cry for the time being, and the birds did not want to fly in this confused water vapor, so they quietly stayed in their nests, waiting for the bright sunlight to disperse the fog. In the entire forest, only the sound of the water droplets on the leaves falling to the ground could be heard from time to time, which made it seem even quieter.
However, on the plain at the foot of the mountain, a village protected by thick fortifications was already filled with all kinds of voices.
The village was called Kapa. It was located at the foot of the Naka Mountain Range on the east side of the Ashland Kingdom. It was one of the paths that humans used to enter the mountains.
The Ashland Kingdom was located on a flat land on a penisura. It was surrounded by the ocean on three sides and faced the mountains on one side. The mountains and the ocean were boundless. No one knew what was on the other side of the mountains and the ocean. A few hundred years ago, it was said that the kingdom once controlled the entire plains and a part of the mountains. However, more than a hundred years ago, a huge volcanic eruption in the mountains triggered an earthquake. All kinds of powerful monsters living in the mountains were forced to leave their territory and search for their new territory at the edge of the mountains. They came into contact with the humans who originally lived there.
Driven by hunger, the monsters quickly pounced on the bipedal animals that they had never seen before. They were pleasantly surprised to find that they were so fragile and delicious. Following their instincts, the monsters began to attack the humans who had settled down in the mountains.
Caught off guard, the humans paid a huge price and retreated out of the mountain range step by step, asking for help from their compatriots.
Due to the sudden attack, the humans who were attacked did not have time to transmit detailed information. Moreover, they were attacked in multiple places, so the humans made the wrong decision to split up to support.
Facing the unbelievably strong monster horde, the human reinforcements were quickly defeated. The survivors had no choice but to retreat out of the mountain range step by step. Because it was obvious that the mountain range was the monsters 'home ground. The current humans were not their match at all. At the same time, the rulers of the human race also realized the seriousness of the matter. They began to mobilize all the power they could. At the junction of the mountain range and the plains, they used huge stones to build a huge city wall. They also sent the strongest humans into the mountain range to engage in a life-and-death battle with the monsters to delay their attacks. In the next thirty years, the most powerful heroes of mankind fought against the most powerful opponents in the enemy's territory for the sake of their own race, not allowing them to advance easily.
After paying an immeasurable price, the great Wall of Heroes was finally built. On the bloody grassland in front of the Wall of Heroes, humans and monsters fought time and time again. After another fifty years, after countless failed attacks, the monsters realized that it was no longer possible to hunt these delicious food as easily as before, and their losses were getting bigger and bigger. In addition, the volcanic eruptions in the depths of the mountain range had long stopped, and there was enough food in the mountains. Therefore, the monsters retreated, and the humans won. However, this war also left behind a large number of orphans and disabled people. As for the brave people who entered the forest, none of them returned.
After the baptism of blood, the number of humans had greatly decreased. The production on the plains was enough for humans to survive and reproduce. In addition, no one knew when the huge volcanoes in the mountains would erupt again, and when the powerful monsters would appear again. Therefore, the surviving people decided not to develop into the mountains. Therefore, the people who cultivated and rested had made a prison and trapped themselves on this plain. In order to observe the movements of the wild beasts in the mountains in time, people built several villages outside the Wall of Heroes. Kappa Village was one of these villages.
In order to guard against the unknown dangers and the attacks of the wild beasts in the mountains, the entire kingdom, regardless of gender, age, and ability, had to practice martial arts. As the next generation grew up, many people's martial arts developed rapidly, and they had the momentum of catching up to or even surpassing the experts of the previous generation. Some of them were unwilling to serve in the army because of their personalities or other reasons. They liked to travel around the country, explore the country, and even enter the mountains to remember their heroes or search for the remains of their family. These people were called adventurers.
As more and more people took risks, in order to exchange information, the country took the lead and established the Adventurer's Association. The Association provided information to the adventurers or issued various missions on behalf of those who needed them, allowing the adventurers to choose. Adventurers discovered that after entering the mountains and engaging in a life-and-death battle with the wild beasts, if they could come back alive, their martial arts would improve to a certain extent. After all, a real life-and-death battle was very different from normal training. As for humans, there were not many of them, so it was impossible for them to allow such consumption between experts. After this news was released, those who were obsessed with martial arts and those who had reached a bottleneck in martial arts all set off for the mountain range, starting a frenzy of entering the mountain range.
As the experts cleaned up, there were no more wild beasts that posed a great danger to humans within 30 miles of the plains. However, the deeper they went, the stronger the wild beasts were. In contrast, the people who dared to explore inside were also stronger. Among them, the most powerful group of people, because they wanted to improve their martial arts or for other reasons, kept exploring and searching in the depths of the mountain range. They drew a map of the interior of the mountain range, explored the distribution of wild beasts, vegetation, mineral resources, and so on in that area, and then sold it to the country. This group of people was the peak of martial artists and were known as explorers.
After the scouts 'investigation, the humans finally understood the situation within a hundred kilometers of the mountain range. However, because the enemy was too powerful, no one dared to enter that terrifying world even with the high rewards and generous prizes offered by the kingdom.
This situation only changed three years ago. There was a man who took his companions and set off from Kappa Village. They traveled a full 200 miles in the direction of the highest peak of the mountain range. They described everything on the road in detail, and then they came back one by one, causing a sensation in the entire kingdom. However, no matter how much the kingdom increased the bounty, the team refused to explore in other directions.
"Your Majesty, I do not wish to receive any reward.”
That person declared to the king of the kingdom.
"I just want to reach the highest peak of the mountain range. I want to see what I can see at the so-called place where the sun rises. Forgive me for not being interested in other places.”
Kappa Village was known to the world because of this man.
Everyone knew that one day, that person would return with his companions and continue his unfinished journey, trampling the entire mountain range under his feet.
The greatest spy who dared to reject the king was called Don Kristoff.
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