Chapter 279: Kingship

Powerful force?

After listening to what Su Su Su Nai Fa said, Gao De couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The first and only thing he could think of was the "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow" in his spell star sea.

Besides this, Gao De really couldn't think of anything else on him that could be called a force that could change everything by Su Su Su Nai Fa.

So, the prophecy actually chose "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow," not himself?

No... Wind Spirit Moon Shadow is my thing now, it is a part of me, so choosing Wind Spirit Moon Shadow is equivalent to choosing me.

Gao De thought so.

From a newly promoted first-circle magic user who had no relatives after his mentor He Xi died, he suddenly became the new king of a tribe with a population of over 500,000.

The change was too big and too sudden, making Gao De still feel unreal.

Leading the Enduring Zhenbing to glorious revival and unifying the Northern Realm, the prophecy had high hopes for him, and every goal could be called a great achievement, beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

Is he panicked? Is the pressure great?

Gao De thought seriously, and found that he didn't have any negative emotions in this regard in his heart.

It was the prophecy that chose him, and it was Su Su Su Nai Fa and the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe that chose him.

So if there really had to be pressure, it should be Su Su Su Nai Fa, not him.

Besides, after coming to this world, Gao De never thought he would be mediocre.

As a reborn traveler, and possessing the golden finger of "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow," if he was still timid and had no confidence, then what was the point of traveling? It would be better to burn to death in the library! Because there was no pressure, Gao De could easily enter the role, and many ideas in his brain began to unfold.

In the Northern Realm, holding such powerful power of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, there are too many things he can do.

At least, on the point of "planting trees," he can do better and bolder than he thought before.

"I hope you didn't look away," Gao De picked up 【North Wind】 again, the sword body shining with azure light, "Do you need to return it to you?"

Su Su Su Nai Fa shook her head, "【North Wind】 is a tool used to find the person in the prophecy, and it is also a symbol of the leader of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe."

"I already have 【Blizzard】, which is the weapon of Boreas himself, and I no longer need 【North Wind】 as a symbol, so 【North Wind】 will be your sword from now on."

"To be honest, I can't master its power yet." Gao De let go of his palm holding the hilt of 【North Wind】.

Visible to the naked eye, a small layer of ice crystals had condensed on his palm, freezing his palm pale.

The coldness of the North Wind, with Gao De's current cold resistance, could not be completely immune.

Of course, this is just a matter of time.

With 【Adaptability】, in as little as one or two weeks, or as long as one or two months, his cold resistance would evolve to the point where holding the North Wind would be no different from holding an ordinary sword.

"To be honest, I am too." Su Su Su Nai Fa smiled rarely and opened her white palm to Gao De.

Surprisingly, a layer of extremely thin frost also condensed on her palm.

"Doesn't it hurt?" Gao De asked in shock.

He naturally knew that this was caused by the cold of Enduring Zhenbing rushing through the body.

In Gao De's impression, 【Blizzard】 never left Su Su Su Nai Fa's side.

But he took it for granted that Su Su Su Nai Fa's Ice-born bloodline could completely ignore the extreme cold emitted by 【Blizzard】, but the fact was not so.

The extreme cold of 【Blizzard】 could still cause harm to Su Su Su Nai Fa.

Just like 【North Wind】 to him.

He has 【Adaptability】, as long as he continues to endure the pain caused by the extreme cold of Enduring Zhenbing, he will eventually evolve to ignore the pain of extreme cold.

But Su Su Su Nai Fa didn't have his specialty.

This means that the price she pays for carrying 【Blizzard】 all day is to endure the pain from the extreme cold at all times.

What kind of willpower and thick nerves does this require?

To exaggerate, Gao De even doubted that only a masochist could withstand such torture.

"It was indeed hard to bear at first, but this is a symbol of leadership, and I need it to make the tribe members recognize me, so I must carry it." Su Su Su Nai Fa stated calmly.

"Later, I no longer need to rely on 【Blizzard】 to make the tribe members recognize me, but I have already become accustomed to this feeling. Although the cold is still painful, this pain can keep me focused, eliminate distracting thoughts, and keep me awake."

Gao De took a deep breath, and for the first time, he felt admiration for this young woman who was already in the position of War Mother.

Bearing huge responsibilities and pain, yet self-disciplined, loyal to ideals, and responsible for the tribe members, there is no doubt that Su Su Su Nai Fa is a true leader.

"Come with me, ever since I saw that you had arrived in the Northern Realm in the Ice-born ritual magic, we have made all preparations for your arrival." Su Su Su Nai Fa said again.

Gao De didn't doubt it, and followed Su Su Su Nai Fa's footsteps.

While walking, Su Su Su Nai Fa introduced the specific situation of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe and Phoenix to Gao De.

The total population of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is about 550,000, but the total population in Phoenix is nearly 700,000.

The extra 100,000 or so are outsiders.

After all, Phoenix is the largest city in the Northern Realm and the only city, with the most convenient trade and the best environment. Many outsiders come here to trade, or even live.

If it weren't for the inconvenient "transportation" in the Northern Realm, the number of people in Phoenix would definitely increase further.

The reason why the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe can avoid the nomadic life like other tribes is that the unique geographical location is the most important reason.

First is the proximity to the Kastela Volcano.

The volcanic land brought by the Kastela Volcano allowed them to develop agriculture that is rare or perhaps unique in the Northern Realm.

However, the cultivated area of volcanic land is also limited, and the output of Golden Wheat is far from enough to supply 550,000 Enduring Zhenbing people.

In fact, so far, the output of Golden Wheat is only enough to supply the Ice-born magic users of the first circle and above in the tribe.

The main source of food for the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is still fishing and hunting.

Phoenix is built against the mountain, and at the foot of Mount Weisikaer, there is also a super large freshwater lake with an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers, which is the North Binghu.

The North Binghu is rich in salmon, catfish, perch, and many other cold-water fish, providing fish meat that meets the nutritional needs of the Enduring Zhenbing people.

In addition, there is hunting.

The Ice-born magic users in the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe are organized into hunter squads, and they go out to hunt at least half a year every year to obtain food resources.

Coupled with a small amount of animal husbandry, the combination of the four barely ensures the balance of food supply and demand for the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

But it is only barely guaranteed, and in fact, the anti-risk ability is extremely poor.

Because if any link goes wrong, it may cause this balance to collapse completely.

This is also the reason why Elder Grant was so nervous after the Golden Wheat problem.

Golden Wheat is the food ration for more than 10,000 Ice-born magic users in the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

Food is the top priority for any tribe in the Northern Realm.

"How much ice marrow reserve is there in Phoenix?" Gao De asked about the matter he was most concerned about at the moment. "Actually, it is very limited," Su Su Su Nai Fa said truthfully: "Ice marrow, the reason why it can become the 'currency' of the Northern Realm, besides being hard to get, the most important reason is its practical value."

"For most Ice-born magic users, ice marrow is the only way to improve their own Ice-born bloodline power, and the Ice-born bloodline determines the magic user level."

"External objects and one's own strength, which of these two is lighter and which is heavier, goes without saying."

"So most Ice-born, after condensing ice marrow, will accumulate it, and when they accumulate to a certain point, they will swallow it to improve their bloodline power."

"The Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is the largest tribe in the Northern Realm, and in theory, it should have the largest ice marrow reserve, but you should be able to notice that the ratio of the number of Ice-born magic users to the number of ordinary people in the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is extremely high, far exceeding most tribes."

"So, the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe also has the most Ice-born magic users in the Northern Realm, and the consumption of ice marrow is also the largest."

Su Su Su Nai Fa no longer treats Gao De as an outsider and tells him the secrets of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe without concealment: "The fourth-rank ice marrow we produce every year is about 10 drops, the third-rank ice marrow is 400 drops, the second-rank ice marrow is 2,000 drops, and the first-rank ice marrow is about 25,000 drops. The output alone is actually not small."

"However, for an Ice-born to improve their Ice-born bloodline, they need at least 400 drops of higher-rank ice marrow."

"That is to say, if you want to let a third-circle Ice-born magic user advance to the fourth circle, you need 400 drops of fourth-rank ice marrow, and so on." Su Su Su Nai Fa gave an example.

Only fourth-circle Ice-born magic users can condense fourth-rank ice marrow. If you say so, the output of all fourth-circle Ice-born magic users in the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe for forty years is all supplied to one person, to be able to cultivate a new fourth-circle Ice-born magic user... and this is obviously impossible.

All fourth-circle Ice-born magic users in the whole tribe for forty years are supplied to one person? Unless that person is Su Su Su Nai Fa's offspring.

Under normal circumstances, a third-circle Ice-born magic user wants to collect 400 drops of fourth-rank ice marrow to go further, can only rely on his own contributions to the tribe, accumulate slowly, and use time to boil.

In the case of ice marrow being so popular, the ice marrow reserve in Phoenix can be imagined.

However, Gao De doesn't need to think too much, Su Su Su Nai Fa has already given the answer, "Fourth-rank ice marrow, last year's output has already been distributed according to contributions, not a drop left. This year's output, if you need it, can be left for you. With Tang Nade gone, this year's fourth-rank ice marrow output should only be 7 drops."

"Third-rank ice marrow, there are about 20 drops left, second-rank ice marrow has about 100 drops left, first-rank ice marrow will have more left, there should still be more than 1,000 drops of reserve."

This can be said to be pitifully small.

Because this is the ice marrow reserve of a tribe.

You know, just Elder Grant took out 15 drops of second-rank ice marrow to express his gratitude.

This is roughly equivalent to 15% of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe's second-rank ice marrow reserve.

However, Su Su Su Nai Fa also explained the specific reasons, and Gao De can still understand.

In general, it is still caused by the demand being far greater than the output.

Ice marrow can only be condensed by Ice-born, but every Ice-born needs ice marrow to improve themselves.

And an Ice-born magic user wants to improve to the next level, can only rely on higher-rank Ice-born magic users to condense ice marrow.

After all, Ice-born magic users can only condense ice marrow of the same rank, that is, first-circle Ice-born magic users can only condense... and the higher-rank ice marrow needed to improve the Ice-born bloodline is another matter.

This determines that the reserve of ice marrow will never go up.

And most of the ice marrow is held in the hands of the Ice-born, and few are taken out.

Although it is said that ice marrow is the 'currency' of the Northern Realm, it is not a real 'currency' after all—its consumable attribute determines that it does not meet the nature of conventional 'currency.'

"I need 71 drops of second-rank ice marrow." Gao De thought for a while and said.

71 drops of second-rank ice marrow, just enough for him to upgrade the second-rank Mandra Demon Eye to the third rank.

And if the third-rank Mandra Demon Eye wants to upgrade to the fourth rank, if there is no accident, it will need 72 drops of third-rank ice marrow.

This has exceeded the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe's current third-rank ice marrow reserve, so he is not prepared to pluck it all, and temporarily only takes second-rank ice marrow.

"No problem, I will have someone send it to you later." Su Su Su Nai Fa agreed without hesitation, without asking Gao De's purpose and use.

"Are there any spell formula reserves in the tribe?" Gao De asked again.

"There are some, but they are basically from you outsiders. You know, our Ice-born magic users are not like you outsider magic users, who need to build spell models by themselves to master spells. Our spells come from the bloodline awakening in our bodies, so we are a bit stretched in terms of spell formula reserves."

This is the expected answer.

"However, the spell formula reserves in the Snowfield Guardians are extremely large." Su Su Su Nai Fa added suddenly.

Gao De nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said: "Then please copy a copy of the existing spell formulas in the tribe for me."

"No problem." Su Su Su Nai Fa naturally agreed again.

At least so far, Gao De feels that being the king of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is quite interesting.

As a leader, the most important thing is two rights: financial power and military power.

And he has already tried these two rights once, and all the requirements put forward are unconditionally executed.

This feeling is good.

When has he ever been so generous?

Gao De felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

This is the benefit of having a force.

In the prison of Saint Xi Encheng, Gao De had already understood the importance of having a force that supports him or belongs to him.

But he never thought that in less than three months, he would really have a force that belonged to him, and it was so powerful.

Thinking of this, Gao De gradually began to feel a sense of identity with the identity of the King of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

While talking, Su Su Su Nai Fa had already taken Gao De to a building constructed of black flower-stone.

It just corresponds to Su Su Su Nai Fa's residence constructed of white flower-stone.

The black stone building is also distinguished from the gray stone buildings in Phoenix, and it is also not far from the core spiritual land where the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong is located.

"From now on, this place is yours," Su Su Su Nai Fa opened the door, took Gao De in, and explained to Gao De: "Because the time is a bit tight, it was not built too big."

As soon as he entered the door, the rich magic power had already rushed to his face.

Although the concentration is not as good as the fifth-rank spiritual land where the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong is located, it also has a fourth-rank level.

Fourth-rank spiritual land, that is, magic concentration greater than 4500.

In the Seris Academy, just a third-rank cultivation room with a magic concentration of 1000, the rental fee is as high as 10 gold/two hours, and it is not open to students.

One day, he, a first-circle magic user, could actually have a residence equivalent to a fourth-rank cultivation room.

In the Saint Xi Encheng, even the prince would not have this treatment.

Gao De sighed again.

And this is just one of the benefits of the new king of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

"Someone will come to measure you later," Su Su Su Nai Fa said again: "Then, the tribe will prepare a new set of clothes for you."

With Gao De's current status, since he has been supported as the new king of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, it is naturally necessary to prepare a set of clothes that matches his status, and it is also a manifestation of status and authority.

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