Chapter 18 White Fortress
Although the public security in the North is indeed very bad, especially in the southern part of the North, because the commercial trade is more prosperous than in the North, there are more bandits and robbers.

However, these bandits were basically ordinary people. They were not dangerous at all to Roland and Hela. Roland didn't even need to take action. He just left them to Hela to deal with. Basically, no matter how many came, they would die.

With a steady supply of practice targets delivered to her, Hela's spellcasting experience was also increasing rapidly.

Unfortunately, because they killed so many people so brutally, the legend of Hela spread among the bandit circles in the north and south, so that in the second half of the journey, the two men never encountered any targets that came to their doorstep.

Therefore, the two of them arrived smoothly at the border fortress of the Northern Kingdom, the White Fortress.

As long as we pass through this fortress, we will truly be out of the North.

At the gate of the fortress, Roland's carriage bypassed the queue of people and headed for the exclusive passage for extraordinary people.

After the carriage slowly stopped at the city gate, several soldiers walked to the window of the carriage and asked respectfully.

"Sir, please show me the proof."

Hela pulled aside the curtain and took out her first-ring spellcaster badge.

The soldier in the front took a quick glance, and after confirming the magical aura above, he hurriedly shouted to the soldiers at the city gate.

"Let go!"

After shouting, he looked back at the carriage and said respectfully.

"Welcome, and I wish you a pleasant memory."

Hela responded, taking back the badge and closing the curtains again.

Then, the carriage slowly walked into the fortress.

Although the White Fortress was initially built according to the standards of a militarized fortress, it did play a significant role in resisting the attack of the human kingdom when the Northern Kingdom was first established.

However, as the Northern Kingdom's rule in the North gradually stabilized and diplomacy and trade normalized, this military fortress gradually took on some commercial functions due to its geographical location.

Until now, the White Fortress has been expanded several times. Most of the merchants traveling between the North and Nar will stop here. Therefore, it has also developed into one of the important land commercial channels of the Northland Kingdom.

As it was getting dark, Roland and Hela quickly found a hotel to stay in.

In the hotel room, Roland lay directly on the soft bed.

Although the carriage was a high-end item purchased from the Spellcaster Guild, it was still just an ordinary carriage after all. No matter how much it was adjusted, it wouldn't feel much better.

In addition, the quality of the rooms provided by hotels in the north is not very good. They are basically wooden beds and animal skin quilts, which are very uncomfortable to sleep on.

The conditions of this hotel are quite good. Since it is the transportation center between the North and Nar, there is sufficient supply of goods.

At least there are cotton pads and quilts.

While Roland was lying on the quilt, Hela was sitting at the table in the room, quietly flipping through a book.

These were not teaching materials written by Roland, but some ordinary books that Roland bought from some human caravans coming from Nar, for Hela to learn to read and to pass the time.

Roland yawned lazily on the bed and gave the order slowly.

"I'm going to bed first, you should go to bed early too."

"Ah."

Hela nodded obediently.

Roland didn't think much about it. Feeling a little sleepy, he simply covered himself with the quilt, closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.

Silent all night.

When Roland woke up and opened his eyes, he noticed that there was another person in the room.

He tilted his head and saw Hela, who had changed the book she was reading.

Roland rubbed his eyes, got out of bed, walked to the window, opened it, and bright sunlight shone into the room.

When Roland turned to look at Hela, he met her gaze. Roland smiled slightly and spoke gently.

"Good morning, Hela."

"Good morning."

Hela returned her gaze to the book in her hands and responded in a low voice.

Roland walked to Hela's side and took out one of the dozen books piled up nearby. He looked at the thickness of the books, flipped through the book in his hand, and saw various notes written by Hela.

He asked casually as he flipped through the pages.

"You haven't slept yet?"

Although it was a question, Roland's tone was quite affirmative.

Hela remained silent, gently rubbing the pages of the book with her right fingers.

After a moment's silence, she responded quietly.

"Ah."

"not tired?"

Roland closed the book in his hand, put it back, and asked casually.

"No, not sleepy."

Hela looked at the book in her hand that had not been turned for a long time, pretending that she was still reading. She shook her head slightly and responded.

"is it?"

Roland walked aside and said casually while putting on his robe.

"I need to apply for exit permit. Do you want to wait here or come with me?"

"I'm going."

Hela closed the book decisively and agreed.

"Ah."

Roland nodded, opened the door and walked out.

"Let's go."

After hearing Roland's words, Hela quickly stood up and followed Roland.

As an important transportation channel between the North and the Nar region, although the White Fortress is not as prosperous as Winter City, its diversity is the strongest place in the North.

Here, there are the rough stone buildings of the Orcs, the exquisite stone brick houses of the Sinar people, the simple wooden buildings of the Donnar people, the hot and highly designed metal blacksmith shops of the Dwarves, and of course, the exquisite and gorgeous active buildings of the Wood Elves.

However, the buildings in the White Fortress are mainly orc and Sinar buildings, and there are not many other special buildings.

Roland and Hela moved back and forth among the crowd.

For Roland, who had seen big scenes, neither Winter City nor the white fortress in front of him was anything special.

Before experiencing the baptism of two important versions, the Age of Ideological Change and the Age of Strange Machinery, these cities had no highlights except for a little primitive nostalgic style when the server was first launched.

However, it was different for Hela. As an ordinary human tribesman born and raised in the North, her knowledge was not as high as Roland's.

Although she had no interest in buildings, she had a deep curiosity about the various intelligent lives on the streets.

This is based on her extremely high talent for dark elements and her knowledge of necromancy. Necromancer always involves the analysis of the body and soul.

Especially after accepting Roland's teachings and reading some books on her own, she became quite curious about the Western and Eastern Roland people, dwarves, orcs and elves.

(End of this chapter)