Chapter 466: Gustav Collar
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The Western World, the Principality of Roland.
Under the command of the Earl of the North, the Gustav Territory.
Puff puff!
The rhythmic black smoke from the rusty chimney makes one have to doubt the life of the vehicle, especially the diesel engine.
The old vehicles continued to move forward, and the land landscape composed of snow and algae plants gradually became desolate and barren, and there was not a hut in sight along the way.
There are only some crude wooden bridges spanning the snow-covered potholes.
As far as the eye can see, it is all bleak.
After several hours of turbulence, just when the bones of Lei Yi and others were about to fall apart along with the vehicle, a town built on a snow-covered wasteland appeared in their sight.
This is the Cavaliers of Gustav, also known as the "Northern Sentinel", which is the border area closest to the north in the western world.
The climate here is very cold, and the land is covered with ice and snow all year round. Because it is adjacent to the extreme north, the temperature hovers around zero degrees all year round.
As for why it is called the Northern Sentinel Territory, as the name suggests, it is the most outpost territory in the western world at the junction of the Northern Territory and the Far North.
It is said that in the north of the northern border of the western world, it is the land of the extreme north.
It is a truly uninhabited land, where no one has ruled for thousands of years.
Especially after the cataclysm, alien beasts came and went. Someone once discovered ice and snow alien beasts while exploring in the extreme north.
So they guessed that the entire northern land should have been occupied by strange beasts.
There is no human force there. After hundreds of years of habitat and reproduction, who knows how many alien beasts exist in the extreme north.
Therefore, the entire northern border is actually a boundary line used by the western world to counteract the alien beasts in the extreme north.
If there is a big war, it will be at the forefront of the battlefield.
"Gustav has received it, I have to go back, you can get out of the car and walk over by yourself!" When Lei Yi and others were sent ten kilometers away from the town,
The middle-aged driver who drove the car couldn't help but want to return.
"Hey, Uncle, we paid you several times the price, you don't even deliver to the place, do you have the heart to let such a delicate girl walk over alone?" Seeing the driver, Ye Kongling left and immediately pretended With a weak appearance, she asked in a delicate voice.
However, her coquettish tactics are not effective for everyone.
"No, no, no, I dare not get close to the Gustav collar. Sending it here is already my limit. Go on your own, I'm going home!"
A trace of fear flashed in the middle-aged driver's eyes, and he drove Lei Yi and the others out of the car without any explanation.
He turned the car around and returned at twice the speed of coming.
"Ingrid, is your house so scary?" Lei Yi asked in a daze after watching the old vehicle disappear from sight.
"I've been away from home for three years..." The latter shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.
Saying that, they took the big and small bags and walked towards Gustav.
The towns in Gustav Territory are not large, and even the residential area is a circle smaller than Beihai Town.
Moreover, the popularity and infrastructure here are completely inferior to Beihai Town.
In Beihai Town, the streets are full of busy residents, and people joking and joking can be seen everywhere.
In Gustav's territory, there are mostly people dressed like refugees on both sides of the street. Their faces are pale, their eyes are dim, and their skin is unusually pale. It seems that they have not had enough to eat all year round.
Not to mention the town center, which is full of potholes and muddy ground. The snow melted into muddy water, splashing everywhere, and there is still a rotting fishy smell in the air.
When Lei Yi waited for you to walk into the town, he really didn't adapt to the environment here.
Especially Ye Kongling, who looked disgusted, and even had to cover her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and even the fat man in her arms showed pain.
Lei Yi stepped on a mud puddle, and his trousers were naturally splashed with muddy water, with a speechless expression on his face.
"The infrastructure of your family's territory is too poor. I remember you sent money here every year?"
"I do remit money every year, but I don't know exactly what the territory is like..." Ingrid had an innocent face, but her brows were also frowned.
"The situation in the territory is really bad, and I don't know what father is doing?"
"Your father should at least repair the road." Lei Yi couldn't help complaining as he looked at his trousers covered in mud.
The four walked through the town, and within a few minutes, a dilapidated castle finally appeared in front of them.
The castle is protected by a stone wall and built on a slightly higher stone platform. It occupies a small area, and the surface is in disrepair for a long time, with many damages.
This is the castle where the Gustav family lived for generations, and it is also the place where Ingrid had her childhood.
Looking at the familiar castle, the corners of Ingrid's eyes were slightly wet, and she even moved faster.
Ka Ka Ka!
The gate of the castle opened wide, making a harsh friction sound. TXT bookstore
Led by Ingrid, the group of them walked into the castle unimpeded. In fact, the door was not locked.
But Lei Yi noticed that at the entrance of the castle, on the stone wall outside the gate, there were some blackened bloodstains.
Looking at the time, it should have been left for a year or two, but because it has not been cleaned for a long time, it has become a black spot on the stone wall.
"Father, Al, brother Will, are you there?" Ingrid had already entered the castle and called out a few names.
Although Ingrid is the first daughter of the Gustav family, she has an older brother and two younger brothers, ranking second.
However, according to Ingrid, his elder brother was the illegitimate child of an extramarital affair. He was not welcomed in the family and had no inheritance rights, so he left the territory when he became an adult.
And the two names she called out just now are her two younger brothers, but they are also not her own younger brothers.
Ingrid's mother died not long after giving birth to her, so her father married the daughter of a North Sea merchant.
This woman helped her father give birth to two sons, Al and Will who were just called out.
"Ingrid, our knight is back!" Not long after, a middle-aged blond man with a relatively thin figure and a vicissitudes of life walked out of the castle. That must be her father.
Father and daughter embrace, the scene is quite warm.
Lei Yi looked at the head of the Gustav family, and had to say that although his family was in decline, this man's appearance was worthy of his noble status, and he must have been a handsome guy when he was young.
Just after the man appeared, two more teenagers rushed out of the castle.
"Sister Ingrid!" They walked up to Ingrid and shouted symbolically, but there was no joy in their eyes.
The two teenagers, the older one is about thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger one is eleven or twelve years old. Both of them have blond hair and look quite delicate, obviously they have inherited their father's good genes.
Afterwards, three more people walked out of the castle, the leader was a woman wearing a beast fur jacket, with a long pointed face and rather sharp eyes.
When the woman saw Ingrid, a slight disgust flashed in the depths of her eyes.
There are two people following behind him, a man and a woman. The man is a tall and strong middle-aged man, and the woman is a shrew with a wide body and fat body wrapped in burlap clothes.
The woman was Ingrid's father's remarried wife, Lena, the daughter of a Northsea merchant.
The shrew is the cook in the castle. She has no name, and everyone calls her cook.
The big man is the captain of the knights in the territory, and he is also one of the only two knights in Gustav's domain. His name is Jobson.
As for the other knight, it was naturally Ingrid's father, Joseph Rowland Gustav, the current head of the Gustav family.
Ingrid had also greeted them in advance about the faces and names of these people, so Lei Yi quickly matched the names.
Lei Yi saw the details of several people at the first time. Cavalier captain Jobson's strength was at the second level, while Ingrid's father was not very strong, only at the third level.
As for the others, none of them have reached the level of warriors.
In the western world, a warrior is a knight, and a knight is also a respectful title for a person with extraordinary force.
Of course, some named knights are not only warriors, but also knights.
The Western world follows the aristocracy. Below the duke is the marquis, then the earl, the viscount, and the baron. These are the mainstream aristocracy.
Then came the title of knight and lord. The last two are not in order, they correspond to military and civil positions respectively, and they are all sub-level nobles.
The status of the lesser nobles is higher than that of the common people, but lower than that of the previous mainstream nobles.
Although Jobson has the strength of a knight, he has not been given a name. Naturally, he is not considered an aristocrat, but can only be regarded as a more powerful commoner.
On the contrary, it was Joseph, a fallen nobleman whose ancestors worshiped Roland's royal family for generations, so he had the hereditary title of viscount, and he was considered a very high-status person in the borderlands.
It's a pity that Lei Yi didn't know what kind of nerves Lord Roland had put on, so that the viscount nobles who had served their family for generations made such a miserable mess.
"Ingrid, who are these..." Patriarch Joseph asked after seeing Lei Yi and his party.
"Oh, let me introduce, these are my classmates and good friends, Lei Yi, Ye Kongling and Bai Lisha, I met them when I was studying in Huaxia, and I will be with them..." Ingrid With my father, I got to know Lei Yi for a while.
"Welcome to my territory as guests, let's go in!" Joseph didn't find it strange, but showed a smile on his face, and welcomed a few people in.
But Lei Yi noticed something abnormal. After hearing that Lei Yi and the others came from China, the merchant's daughter, Luna, subconsciously showed a dignified expression.
Moreover, the reaction of Ingrid's father also made Lei Yi feel a little weird.
"It's strange, isn't the western world blocked? Why does Patriarch Joseph welcome us so warmly with an expression of ignorance?"
Originally, he had planned to be treated coldly by the Patriarch, but judging by the situation, it seemed that he just passed by like this.
As for Lena's reaction, Lei Yi also felt nothing.
She guessed that this woman might not like Ingrid, and she even rejected Lei Yi and others.
After all, Ingrid is not her own, and her two sons have the right to inherit the title, so they are hostile to Ingrid, who is the first daughter.
But these have nothing to do with him, or have nothing to do for the time being.
Invited by Ingrid's father, the group of them also entered the castle.
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