Chapter 16 Leaving the North
Standing there, Hela pursed her lips. After hesitating for a while, she finally spoke.

"Are you leaving?"

"Ok?"

Roland walked to the wooden sword he had thrown, bent down to pick it up, and after hearing what Hela said, he looked at her in confusion.

However, he quickly reacted, realized what she meant, and said.

"That's about right. When winter is over, I should be able to leave the North when spring comes."

"where are you going?"

Hela lowered her head and asked softly.

"If nothing unexpected happens, I plan to go to Sinar."

Roland put away the two wooden swords in his hands and placed them on the training rack beside him, responding casually.

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Hela and asked.

"Speaking of which, have you thought about your future? If you want to stay in the Northland safely, I can leave you some start-up funds. You can also study the book I gave you before. The knowledge in it is enough to support you to continue on your way."

"If you want to continue your research, I can take you to the Tower of Truth. With your talent, it won't be a problem to find a school to join."

Roland once again provided Hela with two choices.

Hela did not answer. She walked silently to Roland's side, grabbed the corner of Roland's clothes, and asked in a low voice.

"Can I follow you?"

Hela made an unexpected third choice.

Roland looked at Hela who lowered her head and said in surprise.

"Come with me?"

Hela nodded.

"It's very dangerous if you follow me."

Roland paused and continued.

"I plan to become an adventurer. My future life may be traveling around and exploring ruins. The living conditions may be poor and dangerous. Are you sure?"

Hela nodded and spoke firmly.

"I'm not afraid."

Looking at Hela's determined gaze, Roland blinked and replied.

"Okay, I get it, follow me if you want."

Hela's talent is quite good. If she is trained properly, Roland might be able to gain a qualified assistant.

After receiving Roland's answer, Hela smiled for the first time since she followed Roland.

Roland shrugged and spoke casually as he walked into the room.

"Since you plan to leave the North with me, then take a rest today and pack up everything you need to take. Tomorrow we will go to Winter City and prepare the supplies for our departure."

"Yes."

Hela responded and followed Roland into the room.

Nothing happened all night.

At dawn the next day, Roland and Hela rode their respective chocobos and left the small town where they had lived for more than a month. ————

After several days of travel, Roland and Hela successfully arrived in Winter City.

Compared to the last time when they had to queue up to enter the city, since they had already registered with the Spellcaster Association and obtained the badge, the two of them went directly through the special channel for extraordinary people and entered the city without having to wait or pay.

As soon as he entered the city, Roland noticed something was wrong.

He pulled the Chocobo and silently observed the situation on the street.

At a distance of less than fifty meters, Roland saw a dozen orc soldiers strolling and shopping on the street. The taverns they encountered were also very lively, with a few drunkards slumped outside the taverns from time to time.

The flow of people in Winter City was obviously much higher than the last time they came.

Have the Northern Kingdom's troops stationed in the south withdrawn?
Roland looked in the direction of the Winter City Palace, where dozens of powerful auras were lurking.

Although they are concealed and cannot be noticed by ordinary people, to other extraordinary people, they are still as conspicuous as bright lights in the dark night.

The chaos in the Northern Kingdom is probably about to come, so it seems we have to run away quickly.

Roland thought silently.

In his previous life, he didn't know much about the Northland. After purchasing the staff in the Northland, he ran away. He only heard about the subsequent turmoil in the Northland.

He only knew that because the orc king of the Northern Kingdom died of old age, a war of succession broke out among the heirs to fight for the throne, and finally an orc ascended the throne.

As for when the War of Succession broke out, he was not very clear.

Although the king looks like he can hold on for a while, it's better to leave early.

Looking at the palace's aura that seemed strong on the outside but weak on the inside, Roland made his own decision.

As for Hela, she was originally just a tribal wanderer who knew nothing. When Roland taught her, he focused on improving her combat power. Therefore, she lacked basic supernatural knowledge and could not understand what Roland was doing. She could only quietly guard Roland.

Roland retracted his gaze and spoke calmly.

“Come on, Hela, finish shopping and leave early.”

Hela nodded, pulled the Chocobo and followed Roland to the bustling commercial street in Winter City.

Roland and Hela were buying various supplies for their journey. As they walked out of a store, he instantly noticed several gazes hiding in the dark.

Roland glanced down at the map in his hand as if nothing had happened, then raised his head and glanced around casually, immediately locking onto the extraordinary person who was monitoring him.

Two groups of spies from different forces? It seemed that the fight for the throne had begun earlier than he thought. Were even two foreign spellcasters so alert?
Roland put the map away and walked towards the next store with Hela as if nothing had happened.

After Roland reached out and grabbed Hela, Hela immediately understood what he meant. She placed the things in her hand on the Chocobo's package, put her free hand into her pocket, and held the spell scroll inside.

Afterwards, the two of them walked slowly towards another store, and the two surveillance forces did not make any attempts, but just followed them silently.

After going through several stores and realizing that they didn't seem to have any intention of attacking Roland, Roland did not relax. Instead, he sped up his shopping.

Thanks to the funds donated by the Moon Elf Ambassador, the two of them easily gathered all the supplies needed for the journey by adding money.

Afterwards, Roland and Hela registered as adventurers in the Adventurer's Association of Winter City and formed an adventure group consisting of only the two of them.

With the spellcaster badge as evidence, they easily completed all the registrations and obtained the status of bronze adventurers.

Afterwards, Roland and Hela purchased a large, high-end and comfortable carriage and a large number of books from the Spellcaster Association. They moved all the purchased supplies and luggage into the carriage, and paid to deposit the Chocobo that had accompanied them for several months at the association.

Although Hela was somewhat reluctant, the Polar Chocobos were only adapted to the environment of the North. If they were taken away from the North, they would not survive long. Moreover, as highly domesticated creatures, releasing them would be no different from murder to them.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of two groups of spies from different forces, the two men got on a carriage and left Winter City without paying any attention to the gradually darkening sky.

(End of this chapter)