time is slowly passing.
A month later, the long team was slowly moving on the road outside the wilderness.
"After walking across this mountain for a few more days, we will be able to get out of the Northland."
At the side, Fular's voice sounded, with a hint of fatigue.
Hearing the voice, Athir turned around and looked behind him.
Behind me, the long team was still moving slowly forward. Compared to more than a month ago, there were many more people now, now reaching a size of one or two thousand.
This is the total number of more than a dozen nobles, including not only the guards and warriors brought by these nobles, but also the clansmen and relatives of these nobles, who are now slowly moving forward with the team.
At the end of the team, a number of horse-drawn carriages were moving slowly forward, loaded with food and other supplies. They were guarded by soldiers and moved forward with the main force.
These idle people and unnecessary things seriously affected the progress of the entire team, causing the journey that could have been completed in a dozen days to take more than a month.
But now that the most dangerous journey is over, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Let's take a rest here!"
At the front of the team, Atier rode his horse to look at the scene in the distance. After looking up at the sky, he gave orders to the team behind him.
Behind him, the soldiers who were maintaining order began to slowly stop and stop in some shady places they could find.
It is already October, and the hottest weather should have passed, but the weather in the north is still like a big furnace, constantly spreading the scorching sun.
They found a stretch of woods and after a little reconnaissance and processing, they chose to stop here.
The soldiers at the side nimbly moved the carriage to the appropriate position, and some followers began to make a fire on the spot and prepare for dinner.
"Once we are here, we can follow the original route and reach the cities of the southern countries in a month at most."
Under a red-leaf tree, Fular stood aside and spoke to Athir beside him.
"What should we do when we get there?" Athir asked, standing in place.
"Go find our base there." Looking around, Fular smiled with some ease, "In the past, we organized several large-scale caravans to go south every year to trade with the southern countries. Over time, we set up many bases in the south to facilitate annual trade."
"Although these bases are only used for business, they have also grown to a certain scale over the past few decades. They can be considered small chambers of commerce. It is not a problem to accommodate people like us."
He smiled at Athir, then pointed at the many nobles around him and said, "Not only us, these nobles who lost their territories also have a certain amount of strength in the south. Although they are not as strong as us, they should have no problem maintaining their lives."
"If we really can't maintain it, with the support of people like us, we will be able to take root in the south sooner or later and prevent the family from completely falling into ruin."
After hearing this, Athir nodded in agreement, and then asked: "What is the South like?"
"It's a very prosperous place." Fular said, "Although the Southern Countries are called countries, they are actually an alliance. There are powerful kingdoms and small countries with only a few city-states, but they are all part of this alliance in name."
"Compared to the north, it is indeed much more prosperous and has a strong business atmosphere."
He looked at Athir and spoke to him slowly.
Hearing this, Athir nodded.
He had read many records about the south, which were basically the same as what Flair had described.
The time for dinner soon arrived.
In the distance, a girl was walking slowly towards Athir with a bowl of soup in her hand.
The girl was wearing a white dress and looked like she was dressed up carefully. Her hair was combed neatly and she looked comfortable.
"Lord Athir, are you hungry?"
She walked up to Athir, looked at him and asked in a low voice, with a gentle smile on her beautiful face.
"Thank you." Athir took the bowl of soup, thanked the other party, and then sat quietly aside without saying anything more.
Seeing that Athir had no intention of keeping her, the girl's smile froze. After standing there for a long time, she slowly turned around and walked in the direction she came from.
Looking at the other person's leaving figure, and his slow pace compared to when he came, Atier shook his head slightly, feeling a little helpless.
This scene has become the norm during this period.
During this period, everyone felt insecure, especially the nobles who had lost their territories. The days ahead would be even more difficult.
Those nobles were fine. With their past accumulation, although it was impossible for them to maintain their previous luxurious life, at least they had no problem making a living.
The real difficulties are for the nobles' relatives and even the children of those who are not closely related. Their future lives may be in trouble.
Under such circumstances, Atier naturally became a hot commodity.
During this month or so, his power as a great knight was fully demonstrated, and he immediately became very popular among the surrounding nobles.
A great knight was a person of extremely high status even before the fall of the North. No matter which kingdom he joined, he would need at least a baron's territory. Even the great nobles needed to win them over, not to mention these impoverished nobles.
"Testing completed, no harmful substances!" The mechanical voice of the chip in my mind rang out.
Under a big tree, looking at the steaming broth in his hand, Athir carefully tested it with a chip before he felt relieved.
He ate very quickly. After a while, he put the empty bowl in his hand aside, picked up his sword, and walked away.
As the distance gradually became farther, he walked to a quiet flat ground, then he took out his sword and waved it on the spot.
A set of knight breathing training was quickly completed.
After the end, feeling that his body had hardly changed at all, Athir felt helpless: "This level of training seems to be really useless."
With his current physical condition, even the improved knight's breathing method cannot play a role in training. Even if he trains for a long time, it is difficult to improve his physical fitness.
This is also the limitation of the Knights.
According to Athir's understanding, after reaching the level of Grand Knight, the Knight's path has come to an end and there is no further transformation.
Thinking of this, Athir looked at his physical fitness.
"Name: Athir Fakus. Strength: 9.6. Agility: 9.5. Constitution: 9.8."
"Beep! The subject's body data is approaching its physical limit!"
In his mind, the mechanical sound of the chip continued to ring, reminding him.
"Has it come to this?"
Feeling the prompt from the chip in his mind, Atier felt helpless.
His data at this time has reached a terrifying level. No matter how much the ordinary knight trains, it is impossible to reach this level.
But at this point, Athir's physical fitness is almost reaching its current limit.
Due to the limitations of body structure and life nature, the growth of an individual's strength is limited. Just like an ordinary human being, even if he has built up muscles all over his body, he can never compare with an elephant in strength.
The training of knight breathing method is actually a change in the essence of life.
When an ordinary person is promoted to a knight, under the stimulation of life energy and accumulated training, his body structure will slowly change, becoming more perfect and optimized, thus improving his body structure and life essence.
Strictly speaking, a knight is a more perfect individual. Although he has not completely departed from the scope of human beings, his life level is different from that of ordinary people, so the limit of his power is also greater.
The situation is similar for the Great Knight. He will transform again on the basis of the Knight. His life level will become even stronger and the limit of his power will be exaggerated again.
Humans are creatures with relatively balanced attributes in all aspects. According to the chip analysis in Athir's mind, the physical limit of a knight is probably above 5 in all attributes, while the physical limit of a great knight is around 10 in all attributes.
Standing there, all kinds of thoughts kept running through my mind.
After thinking for a while, Athir took out a crystal from his waist pocket.
It was a red crystal core. Due to excessive consumption, only a few grains of sand-sized pieces were left, and it looked like it was about to be consumed.
Holding this promoted red crystal core in the hand, a warm current slowly flows from the palm of the hand and spreads to the whole body.
Feeling this warm current, Athir stood there and shook his head in disappointment.
If you want to break through the limits of your body, you have to elevate your life level again.
Among the few possibilities currently available, the Cavaliers' path has been blocked and there is no possibility of moving forward.
So the only feasible option at the moment is this crystal core that contains unknown power.
According to the detection and comparative analysis of the chip, this crystal core contains a very powerful energy that can allow the living body to slowly improve its life level. If the number is large enough, over time it can also cause life to undergo a fundamental transformation and evolve towards a higher level of life.
Unfortunately, after such a long period of consumption, the crystal cores obtained in that doomsday world have been almost used up. The only ones left can not only allow him to transform, but also allow him to reach the limit of his physical body.
As the thought moved, a starlight slowly emerged in Athir's mind.
This is the coordinate of the doomsday world. It seems very dim at this moment. It is obvious that the accumulated power is not enough.
Athir tried to contact the door with his mind, but in the end he failed to open it. It only gave him some instinctive messages, telling him the remaining time.
"It seems that this is the only possibility left."
In the end, he picked up a black amulet from his arms helplessly and muttered to himself.
The amulet is square in shape and looks simple and old, as if it has gone through a very long time, with veins and textures visible on it.
This is a wizard's thing, representing another powerful system in the world, and is also Athir's only remaining hope.
(End of this chapter)