Above the mage!

Chapter 230 Ambition
The conditions at Duoer's side were very ordinary, but this dinner was very sumptuous and was the best meal Gaode had had in a while.

After all, he had been sleeping in the open air for a while, and it was a rare opportunity for him to have a hot and full meal. Now, the fresh, hot food with seasonings was naturally a great enjoyment for Gao De.

Especially the freshly roasted musk beef, which is extremely tender and juicy.

Although the wild vegetables and fruits picked from the snow have a slightly bitter taste, they are surprisingly suitable as a side dish for barbecued meat and are just the right dish to relieve the greasiness.

Gathering wild plants, hunting, fishing and raising livestock are the unique primitive ways of survival for humans living in the North.

However, those glacial lakes with rich fishery resources generally belong to large tribes.

For a small tribe like the Duoer Bian tribe, which has no more than a thousand people, the main source of food is still hunting.

While enjoying their food, Gode and Chief Ximo asked each other about some basic information about the North.

What is the structure of the North, the level of mages, the distribution of ley lines, the strength of ley line creatures, the distribution and characteristics of tribes, precautions, geographical structure, etc.

These are what Gaode urgently needs to know.

Due to the isolation of the North, these things are difficult to find out from the outside world. Before this, Gao De only knew the general situation of the North.

The only way to get more detailed information from the people of the North is to actually enter the North and gain their trust.

And now, Gaode just meets these conditions.

Although the Duoer Bian tribe was just a small tribe, and Chief Ximo was only an Iceborn who was equivalent to an early-stage first-ring wizard, he was still a "native" after all, and he could still answer most of Gaode's questions.

The overall area of ​​the North is extremely vast, occupying more than one-third of the Nolan Continent. Gao De had already learned this in the course "Geography of the Nolan Continent and Geography of War".

But it was from Chief Ximo that Gao De learned that the vast northern territory was actually divided into three regions: western, central and eastern.

The western region is close to the Plantagenet dynasty, and is separated from this powerful ancient dynasty only by the Erwenrayas Mountains.

The geographical distribution of population in the North is extremely unbalanced.

According to Chief Ximo, more than 90% of the people in the entire northern territory are distributed in the western region, and the rest of the area is sparsely populated.

There is still the ancient Frostguard tribe in the eastern region, which is the oldest Iceborn tribe in the North, while there are almost no Northerners in the central region.

The reason is very simple. From the western region to the eastern region, the overall line is an upward diagonal line, that is, the overall direction is from southwest to northeast.

As for the north, the temperature gets lower the further north you go.

By the central region, the temperature was already so low that people in the north could not bear it.

It is said that in the eastern region, the general temperature has reached the extremely deadly minus 100 degrees Celsius, and some areas are even lower.

At such temperatures, it is impossible for ordinary humans to survive except for the Iceborn - once the temperature drops below minus 100 degrees, the water in the body of ordinary people, including blood, will quickly freeze after just a few seconds.

But if it can withstand such low temperatures, the eastern region of the North will become a treasure land.

Because in such an extreme environment, the probability of the formation of "true ice" will be greatly increased.

Zhenbing is the most special and rare treasure in the North.

This is a unique naturally formed treasure that has the property of never melting and can enhance the power of the Iceborn.

There are many theories about the origin of Zhenbing, but two points can be confirmed.

First, true ice can only form in an extremely low temperature environment, that is, minus 100 degrees Celsius.

Second, true ice only exists in the north. Even if there are areas in other regions with temperatures of minus 100 degrees, true ice will never appear there.

At least so far, Zhenbing has never appeared outside the North, and the specific reason is unknown.

The most widely accepted theory at present is that the land of the North possesses some kind of magical power, and this power is one of the necessary conditions for the formation of True Ice.

And Zhenbing can be used to forge powerful weapons and equipment.

Weapons and equipment made of Zhenbing are not only extremely powerful, but also contain powerful ice element magic.

However, although the True Ice weapons are powerful, they can actually only be used by the Iceborn.

Because the True Ice will continue to emit bone-chilling cold, only the Iceborn can withstand this cold.

This should be called "Ice Clan Special Weapon", Gao De couldn't help but think after listening to Chief Ximo's introduction of the Zhenbing weapons.

In the western region of the North, where the population is most densely distributed, there are countless tribes of all sizes.

Every day tribes are destroyed and new tribes are born.

Among so many tribes, only three can be called large tribes: the True Ice Tribe, the Frostwolf Clan, and the Hammer of Winter.

The True Ice Tribe is the purest Iceborn tribe, and is the tribe to which the former Queen of the North, Boreas, belonged.

In ancient times, Boreas unified the North for the first time with the powerful ice blood in her body and was called the Queen of the North.

The Zhenbing Tribe naturally became the most powerful tribe in the North.

However, with the death of Boreas and the inexplicable decline of the Iceborn bloodline, the True Ice Tribe, which had unified the North with Boreas's powerful individual strength, could no longer maintain the unification of the North.

Once again, the North fell apart and was never unified again.

But no matter how the Iceborn bloodline declines, the True Ice Tribe's heritage is still there. It has always been the most powerful tribe in the North, possessing the most Iceborn secrets and knowledge.

"It is said that Sunaifah, the new war mother of the True Ice Tribe, has found the weapon [Blizzard] of the Queen of the North Boreas and awakened the True Ice spell."

“Many people in the North believe that she might be the reincarnation of Boreas, and she is destined to unify the North once again,” said Chief Himo.

"If that's true, it might be a good thing for small tribes like our Duoer Bian tribe," he said with emotion, "At least if we are united, we won't have to worry about attacks from the snow wolf pack."

Small tribes have very low risk resistance, and Ximo might want to find a strong tribe to join.

But the problem is that the Duoer border tribe is too weak, and the powerful tribes simply look down on them.

Food is always limited, and the cost and gain of hosting such a small tribe are totally disproportionate.

"Winter's Hammer is also an Iceborn tribe, but it was originally called Winter's Claw."

"In ancient times, there were three major Iceborn tribes in the North. Later, no one knew what happened, and the Iceborn bloodline began to decline inexplicably."

"The Frostguard, one of the three major Iceborn tribes, fled to the eastern region of the North under the leadership of the tribe's War Mother and never appeared again. Of the three major Iceborn tribes, only the True Ice Tribe and the Winter Claw remain."

The Winter Claws, as a traditional Iceborn tribe, actually quickly lost their former glory after the Iceborn bloodline declined.

At its weakest point, the clan was almost wiped out.

At that time, in order to restore her former glory, the Winter Claw Warmother left her tribe alone and headed east, wanting to seek refuge and support from the Frostguard tribe that had fled to the eastern region.

In the end, she did not bring back reinforcements for the Frostguard tribe, but she did bring back a hammer.

No one knows where the hammer came from.

But under the power of this hammer, the Warmother of Winter Claw, with her Iceborn blood, miraculously mastered the power of fire.

Relying on this hammer, although the Winter Claw failed to restore its former glory, it finally continued the heritage.

The hammer was called the Winter Hammer by the people of the Winter Claw tribe. Later, the Winter Claw tribe simply changed the name of the tribe to the Winter Hammer.

As for the Frostwolf Clan, compared with the foundation of the True Ice Tribe and the Hammer of Winter, it is considered an emerging force in the North.

They do not have a glorious past or a long heritage.

At the beginning they were just an ordinary medium-sized tribe, originally called the Frost Clan.

The nomadic area of ​​the Frost Clan happens to be close to the Snow Wolf Ridge, where the snow wolves are most densely populated.

Therefore, they have to face extremely frequent harassment from snow wolves.

However, in the long-term confrontation with the snow wolves, some talented members of the Frost and Snow Clan gradually figured out and mastered a method of taming snow wolves.

The Frost Clan worked hard to improve their domestication methods, and eventually formed a systematic secret tradition. With this, they rose strongly and grew from a medium-sized tribe to one of the three major tribes today, along with the True Ice Tribe and the Hammer of Winter.

For other tribes, the snow wolf is one of the most hateful enemies and a vicious robber.

But for the people of the Frost Clan, the snow wolf is the totem of their tribe and their best companion.

Even the Frost Clan changed the name of their tribe to the Frostwolf Clan to show their love for the snow wolves.

In general, the combat power level of the North is not on the same level as the world outside the North.

After the decline of the Iceborn bloodline, the strength of the people in the North has been weakening. Now, it seems that the most powerful is at the level of a five-ring wizard?
Probably so.

Therefore, Gaode, a first-ring mage, still has a certain value in the North.

At least, the strongest fighter in Duo'er's tribe, Chief Ximo, is only at this level. Even if a fight really breaks out, he may not be a match for Gaode, who was recently promoted to a first-ring mage.

There is no doubt that the place where Gaode wanted to plant trees could only be chosen in the western part of the northern border.

Because except for the western area, the other two areas are not just deserted, but should be called forbidden areas for human beings.

Humans are social animals, and it is impossible for Gaode to isolate himself from the world just to plant trees.

He began to think about the best place to plant the tree.

"In the early stage, we must find an uninhabited place. This will ensure that after Yugath-Shila is planted, it will not be coveted and interfered by people with ulterior motives during the most vulnerable seedling stage. But we can't find a so-called Jedi. This uninhabited place should have a convenient geographical location and a livable terrain."

It takes a full year for Yugatshila to grow from seedlings after being planted.

During this year, Yugathira is extremely fragile and needs God's dedicated protection.

A person's strength and energy are always limited. If the tree planting site is chosen in a crowded place, the probability of accidents will be greatly increased, and Gaode will most likely not be able to take care of it.

Therefore, the initial tree planting site must be chosen in an uninhabited area.

But according to Flora, after the seedlings of Yugathira grow out, they will gradually show their magical powers.

These include the ability to identify hostile creatures and protect itself, the ability to draw power from surrounding trees to speed up its own growth, and the special ability to transform the surrounding land into a spiritual land.

That is to say, after passing the initial stage, Yugathixila no longer needs to worry about its safety as much as at the beginning, but instead needs to worry about planting as many trees as possible.

Planting trees is a physically demanding and time-consuming job. One's own efforts seem a little inadequate in the face of this huge project.

If no trees are planted, Yugathira's growth rate will not be fast enough. Although Yugathira may not care about this, Gaode does.

In his expectation, the subsequent tree planting work would definitely require help from manpower. With Yugath-Shira's ability to transform the land into a spiritual place, he could completely change fate and create a habitable place on the permafrost tundra in the north.

According to Gode's current preliminary idea, based on this livable place, he has the capital to cooperate with those northern tribes.

Even more, if many tribes need to rely on the livable land transformed by Yggdrasil to survive, will he have a strong influence in the north and even form a fourth large tribe?

Taking this into consideration, the "potential" of the tree planting site is very important. This is a bit like the selection of a site for relocating the capital in ancient times, which requires consideration of various factors.

After all, once a tree is planted, it is not easy to move it.

If it were in the past, Gaode would not have come up with such an "ambitious" idea.

But after the "imprisonment" incident, his mentality has quietly changed.

Even without saying these, it is obvious how important it is for a mage to have a force of his own.

As soon as this idea came to mind, it spread like weeds in Gaode's mind.

After the bonfire party ended, Ximo, the tribe leader, packed up his tent and gave it to Gaode to rest.

Without a doubt, this is the most "luxurious" and "warm" resting place in the entire Duoerbian area.

As soon as I entered the tent, a warm current hit me.

That was the heat emitted by the fire pit in the center of the tent, which was an important facility used by the Duoer people for heating.

Next to the fire pit was a bed carefully made of animal skins.

Surviving in the North is not an easy thing, and there is a lot of knowledge to learn everywhere.

Just sleeping at night is not as simple as just pitching a tent and spreading out a blanket.

The biting wind from the snowfield, chilling to the bone, will surge up through the ground.

To build a safe resting spot, one needs to go through a series of complex works such as digging a hole, filling it with soil and laying grass. It also needs to be close to heating facilities. Otherwise, one could end up with cold legs or even half-body paralysis.

Although Gao De does not have to worry about these problems, he has evolved into a "primary ice body" and is completely immune to the cold.

However, he always has no objection to having a comfortable resting environment.

"What is Lady Flora thinking?"

Godard noticed that Flora had a thoughtful expression on her face throughout the night, as if she was stuck on some problem.

"Master, that tea tastes terrible."

"Yeah, indeed."

Ginger tung tea is spicy and stimulating, and tastes a bit like the ginger tea in the previous life.

How many kids would like ginger tea?
"Then you still drink?"

"It's not poisonous."

"It tastes bad!"

"But this is the best thing they can offer. Even if you are not used to it, you should not reject it, otherwise others will be sad." Gao De explained patiently.

"Oh~~Oh! Did Lady Flora make him sad just now?"

"nor."

"why?"

"Because children speak without restraint."

(End of this chapter)