Chapter 128 Guarding the Legend
Military expansion and weapons production are in full swing.

As the territory grew stronger, Rhodes focused on himself.

In the eyes of the outside world, he is now a knight on a white horse who can kill the leader of a cult amidst thousands of troops.

He is an extreme knight who is infinitely close to the second level.

Its strength in the development area of ​​Hanshui River is among the best.

This earned Rhodes the respect of the pioneering knights and nobles of the Hanshui County Principality around him, and made him famous.

But this is based on the comparison with the young second-generation children.

If we look beyond Hanshui County and take a look at the entire North Frost Principality and the Rosa Kingdom.

His achievements were not enough to attract the attention of the great nobles.

And as far as Rhodes knew, the Hanshui River Basin where he was located was the area where the pioneering knights had the weakest power.

Kelvin is the only one among the twelve members of the Round Table Council, and he himself is only a first-level extreme knight.

Among the three development directions, the Agate River Basin has the most forces distributed.

There are nine of the twelve chief seats, among which the Griffin Knights led by the third prince Cumberland has several second-level sky knights.

Even if all the pioneering knights in the Hanshui River Basin were added together, they would be crushed by the enemy.

Rhodes was clearly aware that his strength was not enough and it was far from time for him to relax.

At night, he closed his eyes in his room.

Monday, it's time to head to the Northern Remnant again.

When he opened his eyes again, Rod was sitting on a snow-covered birch tree.

He looked up and saw the vague silhouette of a towering city in front of him.

After several long treks, he had already crossed the initial Cold Ridge Corridor.

We are about to arrive at Tianma City, the largest city closest to Yongdong Royal City.

He jumped down from the birch tree, and the armor attached to his soul appeared on Rhodes.

The Ice Guardian suit is worn on the entire body.

He continued forward, preparing to enter Tianma City and learn about the intelligence of this mysterious spiritual world.

"I have killed dragon servants along the way. Up to now, there are 500 units of mottled divinity left."

On the way to the city, Rhodes checked his harvest.

Absorbing all of these mottled divine powers would be enough to allow his knight rank to advance to the second level.

Become a second-level Frost Knight symbolizing the Northern Frost Principality.

But Rhodes planned to take it slow. Advancing to Frost Knight depended on blood activation, so there was no difficulty in getting promoted.

But his wizard level is not good enough, he needs to improve his control over magic power step by step, and currently he is still at the intermediate first level.

After advancing to the second-level knight, his bloodline will affect his autonomous control of magic power.

It is likely to cause problems with a series of wizard buildings such as magic fields, magic pools, and magic steel plants.

Only after he is promoted to a first-level senior wizard and his bloodline power is stable enough, he can upgrade his knight level again.

Although it cannot be upgraded for the time being, the role of the mottled divinity is more than that.

Rhodes recalled the knowledge about [Magic Mechanism].

Whether it is material activation or material modification, it is necessary to add spiritual harmony to the material.

Time always flies when the brain is thinking.

Before he knew it he had arrived at the city gate.

Rod slowed down and looked up.

In front of us is this mysterious city of ice and snow. The walls of Tianma City present a gorgeous translucent ice crystal color.

Under the sunlight, it reflects a dreamy colorful halo.

The city wall is over thirty meters high, and in terms of scale alone it is comparable to the Broken Dragon Fortress.

But that's just the surface.

Rhodes looked at the streets in front and behind the gate.

All the pedestrians passing by there exude a powerful aura, and the weakest one has the strength of an elite knight.

If the Northern Frost Principality had this kind of power, it would have already trampled the entire continent under its feet and made everyone call it its father.

At this time, a young girl came over.

"Are you also here to see the princess's guardian knight? Hello, my name is Anne."

Seeing Rhodes wearing the same Ice Guardian suit and looking around like a curious baby, the girl greeted him enthusiastically.

"Hello, my name is Rod, nice to meet you."

Rhodes responded politely, but found that the girl suddenly froze in place, looking at him stupidly.

Not only her, but also the female pedestrians around her stopped and looked at her in surprise.

Rhodes understood what they were thinking.

Taking off his helmet, he said frankly, "As you can see, I am a man. I don't think there is a rule that only women can run for the Guardian Knight position, right?"

Anne came back to her senses and lowered her voice unconsciously: "Indeed not, but, but."

She thought that this was against tradition, as a weak man would not serve as a knight.

Just when the girl was at a loss, a tall female knight in ice crystal armor walked towards her from the city gate.

"Ah, it's the Tianma City Lord's Guard." Annie breathed a sigh of relief when someone broke the awkward atmosphere.

Rhodes looked at the approaching guards.

The spiritual oppression of the second level is very strong, but it is not impossible to fight.

He was judging the gap between the two sides in his mind.

With the blessing of the contract between Mist Raven and Snow Moon Rabbit, he can exert the power of a second-level Frost Knight in a short period of time.

With the wizard's sophisticated control over magic power, ordinary second-level awakening can still be achieved.

Because of the level suppression, Rhodes could not feel the other party's emotions.

The city lord's guard glanced at Rhodes, but his expression did not change much, as if he already knew his situation.

"All the guardian knights who have come to see Her Royal Highness the Princess, come behind me and follow my steps!"

The guards shouted at Rhodes and the other men, as well as other places at the city gate.

Then she turned around and walked towards the interior of Tianma City.

Anne quickly followed in the footsteps of the other party, and Rhodes followed after observing for a while.

Not only the two of them, more and more knights wearing ice and snow suits came over and formed an orderly team.

At first, each of the female knights looked at Rhodes.

People have different emotions towards this alien, including curiosity, contempt, disgust, etc.

But soon, no one paid attention to Rhodes anymore.

Even he himself was attracted by what he saw, and his eyes were filled with amazement.

Led by the guards, they came to an altar in Tianma City, inside which stood a giant stone sculpture a hundred meters high.

It was a white horse, with its front hooves raised high and a pair of wings spreading behind it that covered the sky.

The guard leading the way turned around and spoke to the knights who were looking up at the stone sculpture:

"Eldinos, the 'Pure White King', is the object of worship in this sculpture in Pegasus City. He is also one of the three legends who guard the Kingdom of Ice and Snow and suppress the White Frost Seal."

"Since you have chosen to come to meet the princess and are willing to contribute to the fight against the awakening of the evil god, you should understand everything that is happening now." With the guard's slow description, Rhodes gradually had an understanding of the situation here.

According to the other party, thousands of years ago, there were demigods who ravaged the earth.

Its name is "The Crystal God of Eternal Winter", "The King of White Frost", "The Lord of Winter", and "The Frost Dragon" Omorpos.

This demigod was originally the king of the Baishuang clan.

At that time, they ruled the northern snow mountains together with the ice and snow clan.

But driven by the wild fire, he betrayed the ice and snow clan and started the White Frost War that swept across the entire continent.

He attempted to devour everything in this world and turn it into fuel for his own godhood.

At the end of the war, the Snow Queen, with the cooperation of the three guardians, suppressed the body of the Frost King into the Arctic iceberg and sealed his soul in the Star Spirit Heaven.

As the price of protecting the world, the queen and three guardians, along with most of the residents of the entire ice and snow country, died physically.

The soul and the White Frost King were sealed together in this spiritual world.

Rhodes looked at the white horse sculpture again.

"Pure White King" Eltinos, this is a fourth-level legendary sculpture.

It is also the final form of the Snowfield Colt's evolution, and its race name is Sky Feather Unicorn.

"But in order to suppress the soul of the demigod, even legends will fade away. Whether it is the queen or the three guardians, the passage of time has already made them weak."

The guard continued, "The princess is born to succeed the queen. I have good news for you all. Her Royal Highness will be visiting Pegasus City soon! You can see her noble face in advance."

Hearing that the princess was coming here, the female knights became excited and couldn't help discussing with each other.

Rhodes was no exception. Since he was in the North in reality, he was more curious about the mysterious princess than anyone else.

But this curiosity didn't last long, as the trouble before him gave him a headache.

"Lord City Lord!"

A plump, blue-haired woman in gorgeous clothes walked over as the guards in front bowed to greet her.

She stepped past the crowd and walked straight to Rhodes, staring at his face closely.

"I received a message from one of the guardian messengers that a soul from this reality accidentally broke in here. Very good, I'm glad you came here on your own initiative."

The blue-haired city lord said calmly, reminding Rhodes of the frost unicorn that gave him the Guardian Knight Medal.

Apparently, it wasn't because he protected the village.

Instead, it was like the situation of the princess who was born, suddenly disappearing and reappearing, and was recognized as coming from reality.

Fearing that he might pose a threat, the Frost Unicorn simply gave him the medal and let him come to him himself.

He looks like a pure and kind unicorn, but he actually has a very evil heart!
"I didn't do anything bad." Rhodes explained and raised his hands obediently.

Not to mention the powerful oppressive feeling of the blue-haired city lord who is suspected to be at the third level.

The twenty-odd second-level guards following behind her were more than he could resist.

Under the rhythm of the wizard's meditation method, Rhodes was sure that he could leave here at any time and was not in a hurry to escape.

It’s better to say that running is useless, because when you come back you will still appear in the same place.

As for never coming to the Northern Remnant again?

What about the evil god who is about to revive in reality? His real body in the north has nowhere to run.

"I don't know how you escaped the sealed barrier, but the princess is about to arrive in Pegasus City, and I will not allow any accidents to happen."

The blue-haired city lord raised his hand, and a guard stepped forward and handcuffed Rhodes' hands with a pair of ice crystal handcuffs.

"Perhaps you are a White Frost lackey who sneaked in here and deliberately wanted to murder the princess, or you may be an innocent unlucky person who was accidentally dragged into this place."

The blue-haired city lord said, "No matter what the truth is, from now on, stay in my territory honestly. At least you don't have to worry about your life safety."

She waved at the guard, "Put him in the Ice Prison!"

The guard who handcuffed Rhodes lowered his head and accepted the order, and under the puzzled gazes of others, took him to another direction.

"Don't try to struggle. These are magic-forbidden handcuffs. Unless you possess pure third-order physical strength, it's impossible to break free."

Halfway through, the guard turned around and warned Rhodes when he saw him fiddling with the handcuffs.

Rhodes nodded and stopped moving, but he could feel the magic power in his body still flowing as usual.

This thing might work on him in reality, but this is the spirit world.

Everything here is essentially a spiritual simulation of reality.

Rhodes' soul was protected by meditation, and many negative effects could be ignored.

The simulated effect of the Anti-Magic Handcuffs has no effect on him. With the help of the Feather of Mist, he can break free at any time.

Seeing that the guards' attitude was not bad, Rhodes wanted to ask about the princess's situation.

But after thinking about it, I decided not to say anything.

Others had already suspected him, thinking that he was a suspect who had followed them from reality and intended to assassinate them.

The result wasn't too bad, just jail time.

If you keep asking him questions at this time, he might not be sent to prison but executed directly.

The Ice Prison is located in the underground space in the northernmost part of Tianma City.

There are two floors in total. Rhodes was locked up here by the guards and went straight to the deepest part of the prison.

He found that there were actually quite a few people imprisoned here.

"Hey, which companion couldn't stand the torture and chose to resist and was sent in?"

In the deepest part of the prison, seeing the arrival of the guards in ice crystal armor, one of the dozen or so female prisoners raised her head and smiled.

However, when they saw Rhodes following in, he turned out to be a blond boy.

Especially after they noticed the magic-proof handcuffs on his hands, everyone's expressions were puzzled.

"What does this mean? That old woman was afraid that we were too thirsty, so she sent a beautiful boy to us old subordinates to vent?"

Seeing these dozen second-level female prisoners staring at him like wolves and tigers,

Her eyes roamed over his body aggressively.

Rhodes rolled his eyes, wondering if this was what the city lord meant by "no danger to life?"
"He, like the princess, is an outsider from reality."

The guard glanced at them and replied calmly.

"I got the news that the princess will come to Pegasus City soon. The city lord suspects that she is a subordinate of the White Frost King and decided to put her in prison."

When they heard the news of the princess's arrival, all the female prisoners narrowed their eyes.

Revealing some long-suppressed desire.

Rhodes, who was behind her, looked at the guard strangely.

These female prisoners looked like they were from Tianma City and were locked up for some crime.

Perhaps he was originally a colleague of this guard.

But even so, there is no need to explain it so clearly, right? Even the news about the princess was revealed.

Relying on his intuition, Rhodes sensed a bad atmosphere.

There's something wrong with this prison, and even more wrong with the city lord's guards.

When the princess arrives in Tianma City, there will probably be a big chaos.

Wait, that doesn’t seem like a bad thing for me?
Looking at the handcuffs on his wrists, Rhodes suddenly felt relieved.

Oh, I’m also a prisoner here now, so it’s okay.

(End of this chapter)