Chapter 653

Although Mount Amos was located in the subtropical region of the continent and it was still summer, the foot of the mountain and the surrounding areas were quite warm. However, the temperature would drop drastically in a free-falling curve once one climbed more than two thousand meters up the mountain.

At an altitude of more than five thousand meters, which was halfway up the mountain, the climate there would be as harsh as the cold winter in the north, with white snow and howling winds.

Coupled with the extreme lack of resources, altitude sickness, thin air, and mountain disasters such as landslides and avalanches, a series of factors made it difficult for the people of this era, whose productivity was still stuck in the European Middle Ages (or maybe slightly higher), to climb to this rare peak.

"Although Lauren Claudian's cowardly nature is not worthy of hope, reaching the top of Mount Amos is still an undeniable great achievement."

In a makeshift campsite halfway up the mountain, Madam Tsurugan sighed softly as she sipped on her freshly brewed coffee.

Although she was already mentally prepared, only after experiencing it personally did she understand that compared to the real situation, the words on the books were too pale and powerless.

Due to the air pressure, the boiling point of water at this altitude had lowered a lot. Therefore, although the coffee beans were still the same luxury goods that were exclusively used by the nobles in the past and were priced at the same level as gold, the taste was far inferior.

However, there was no way she could complain about this in a place like this.

The handsome man who was fiddling with the fire next to her immediately turned his head, and in response to her words, he smiled coquettishly.

As Madam Tsurugan's confidant and male pet, her attitude towards him was almost related to his wealth and power. Therefore, even if he was quite dissatisfied with why Madam Tsurugan brought him to climb this mountain of death, he at least had to maintain his usual attentive appearance on the surface.

Suddenly, a hoarse and rough male voice came from the door.

"Madam, we have received a communication from the bottom of the mountain."

"Come in and talk." Madam Tsurugan placed the coffee cup in her hand on the table and said.

The person outside acknowledged and opened the wooden door of the room, and walked in amidst the howling cold wind.

The other party was a strong man wearing a coat made of bear skin (or maybe some other animal's fur). His beeswax hair was covered with snowflakes, and it seemed like he had been outside for a while.

There was a white goshawk perched on his raised right arm, and it seemed to be uneasy about the blazing stove in the room, as it constantly let out ear-piercing screeches.

This was a raptor that was specially domesticated to maintain communication with the bottom of the mountain. Ordinary kites could not fly above 3,000 meters above sea level, let alone more than 5,000 meters.

The male pet frowned and looked at the large snowflakes that were brought into the room by the strong man's action of opening the door and entering the room.

"According to the information sent back by our spies who secretly followed Lauren Claudian, that knight seemed to have been attacked by unidentified bandits after leaving Birbom. Although his corpse has not been found, judging from the miserable state of his retainer knights and guards, he has been killed."

The strong man had always looked down on the pretty boy who sold his body in exchange for favor, so he naturally did not care about the other party's expression. Instead, he directly reported to the person he was loyal to, Lady Tsurugan.

"The town of Birbom is an important transportation hub for the territories of several lords. For their own interests, they have long since wiped out the bandits and whatnot." Lady Tsurugan smiled contemptuously, "Only that damned green sparrow would do something like this without any scruples after finding an excuse."

"About this … The second information is related to Sir Jadebird. Two days ago, His Majesty promoted Sir Jadebird's title to Duke because of his' great merit '. But strangely, he did not mention what the so-called' great merit 'was."

"That's impossible!"

Lady Tsurugan was finally moved by the fact that her old rival was sitting on top of her head.

However, her expression immediately calmed down, but her face was frighteningly gloomy.

"Hmph, forget it … If everything goes smoothly this time, let alone a mere Duke …" She then raised her head and looked at the strong man, "Is there any other information?"

"Not at the moment."

"That's good, you can go back and rest first."

Ms. Tsurugan pushed the burly man away and crossed her legs. She supported her face with one hand and fell into deep thought.

In her eyes, the firewood that was brought up from the foot of the mountain was crackling in the fire.

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"So, what exactly did you do to jump three ranks and become a duke in one go?"

Xu Shenxing curiously asked the badly battered Duke Delicacy.

Even if they suppressed their strength to the level of a normal person, it really wasn't difficult for Xu Shenxing and the other two to subdue a hundred people. The only difficulty was that there were still two burdens on their side. The knight was fine, but if Ville was killed in the chaotic battle, it would be awkward. It was just like in Three Kingdoms, where they fought alone against the enemy and almost killed a thousand people. However, the main general in the camp still lost …

In short, because the scene was too bloody and tragic, let's skip the battle that might have been more interesting.

In the end, all the enemies were naturally "humiliated by the enemy, so I went to take off his clothes". That Duke Delicacy, who was still pretending to be "beep" with all his might, was also captured alive, and was brought to Mount Amos as a trophy for Xu Shenxing and the others.

"… It's an aphrodisiac."

Duke Delicacy struggled for a while, but in the end, he still decided to admit defeat. "His Majesty hasn't been very good in that aspect, and his relationship with the Queen has been a little tense. Coincidentally, I obtained a very effective aphrodisiac recipe from an alchemist. After I made the recipe and presented it to the King, my title was promoted …"

"I suddenly feel worried for the future of this country." Lauren Claudian was speechless.

"Erm … How did you know that the aphrodisiac recipe is very effective?" Xu Shenxing looked at the problem from a crafty angle.

Duke Delicacy immediately lay on the horse's back and pretended to be dead.

"Oh, we're finally out of the forest!"

At this moment, Viler, who was walking at the front, called out.

Then, the scene in front of Xu Shenxing suddenly brightened up.

A strange light seemed to illuminate the entire sky, and a continuous mountain range stretched between the sky and the earth. Among them, there was a snow-white peak that was especially majestic like a sharp blade that attracted everyone's attention.

That was the end of their journey — Mount Amos.