Three days later, in the morning.

    Under the help of the imperial soldier Havad, the world's protagonist, the Dragon descendant, finally escaped from the Holy Town and arrived at the Hemu Town.

    "Huh, why are there so few people in this small town?"

    Havad led the Dragon descendant into the town through the South Gate and found that there were hardly any adults in addition to the elderly and children, which immediately revealed a look of confusion on his face.

    Although he served in the army in the Lonely City, he would still return to his hometown Hemu Town every year to visit his uncle Alvo and his family.

    So he has a general understanding of the situation in Hemu Town.

    "Is it the dragon that attacked here?"

    The Dragon descendant beside him mused with a thoughtful guess.

    They were escaping from the underground tunnel in Holy Town when they happened to see the giant dragon flying towards the north. Perhaps it passed by Hemu Town.

    "It should not be, let's go to my uncle's place and see!"

    Havad furrowed his brow and first denied the Dragon descendant's guess, but then ran worriedly towards the blacksmith's shop in the town.

    Although it didn't look like an attack from the South Gate, such things are hard to say.

    What if the dragon attacked through the North Gate, or there was some other unforeseen incident.

    "Aunt Seagle, what about uncle Alvo?"

    Upon arriving at the blacksmith's shop, seeing that the shop was closed, Havad was startled in his heart and hurried to push the door. Upon seeing his aunt leisurely knitting a sweater, he relaxed.

    Aunt Seagle saw Havad and her face lit up with surprise:

    "Harvada, you're back. Your uncle took Doris to the ancient tomb of the barren waterfall on the mountain."

    "What, the ancient tomb of the barren waterfall?"

    Upon hearing aunt Seagle's words, Havad's face changed immediately:

    "That place is too dangerous, why did uncle Alvo take Doris there!"

    Having grown up in Hemu Town, he had heard many terrifying legends about the ancient tomb of the barren waterfall. It was only after joining the army in the Lonely City that he realized most of those legends were false.

    However, it was precisely because he gained experience in the Lonely City that he understood most of those ancient tombs like the barren waterfall contained a great deal of danger.

    Previously, General Tulius had been sending people to search for the serrated crown. He had led his team to explore some Norse tombs in Hefenga.

    The ancient tombs were far less grand than the Barren Waterfall Tomb, yet they still incurred heavy losses.

    You see, the team he led was the most elite exploration team in the Empire, with fine weapons and magic users and priests assisting them.

    "Don't worry, a powerful adventurer came to Hemu Town a few days ago. While he was clearing out bandits at the Outpost, he also cleaned up the ancient tomb of the barren waterfall."

    Aunt Seagle recounted how the owner of the trading firm, Luka, had his golden dragon claws stolen and how adventurer George had taken on the task and later brought a sack full of treasures.

    "Today morning, adventurers who had collected items from the ancient tomb of the barren waterfall have already come down. It's indeed safe there now."

    Your uncle wanted to see if he could find forging techniques from the ancient Norse period within it, and Doris was curious as well and wanted to see the barren waterfall tomb, so she went up with the main group."

    "A single person cleaned up the Barren Waterfall Tomb. Such a powerful adventurer. It would be great if he could serve the Empire."

    Havad finished listening and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

    Two days later, Alvo, accompanied by his daughter Doris and the majority of Hemu Town, descended the mountain with carts loaded with ancient Norse weapons, armor, and various items that seemed to have some value.

    Among these was the dragon stone that George had not taken, which became Doris' collection.

    Upon learning that the Holy Town was attacked by a dragon, Alvo asked the Dragon descendant to help report to the Lord of Snowvale City, Balguiff, so that he could send troops to guard.

    The Dragon descendant accepted the request, took the two hundred Sepptin provided by Alvo, and rented a carriage for the adventure to Snowvale City.

    At the same time, George was accompanied by his retainer Avil, and they were not far from Snowvale City.

    Drawing back the curtains of the carriage, outside was a golden wheat field. On the main road, which was wide enough for five carriages to run side by side, there were caravans coming and going.

    Looking out into the distance, one could see the magnificent and grand Snowvale City situated on a high hill.

    Putting down the book on basic magical principles, George instructed Avil:

    "Introduce this city."

    Over the past few days, he had finished reading all the books he had purchased from the trading firm in Hemu Town, some of which were introductions to the history of Snowvale City.

    Combining what he knew from his previous life playing games, he had gained a good understanding of the city as well.

    However, he still wanted to hear more detailed information from Avil, the local adventurer, as a supplement.

    "Sir, Snowvale City is..."

    Upon hearing George's question, Avil couldn't be lazy and quickly recounted all the history he knew about Snowvale City, as well as various bits of information he had gathered through back channels.

    He reported all the information in detail to George.

    With Avil's supplementary information, George finally had a comprehensive understanding of Snowvale City.

    Snowvale City is the capital of Snowvale province, surrounded by the White River, and is the most prosperous trade city in the Province of Sky, also occupying a strategically important position.

    Its history dates back to the First Age, when the one-eyed King Olaf, using dragon roars and dragons, fought a legendary battle in what was then the small town of Snowvale.

    Eventually, he defeated the giant dragon and captured it as a prisoner, bringing it back to this emerging town and building this magnificent castle.

    The dragon's head is still displayed in the main hall of Snowvale City's Dragon Tower as a decoration.

    Snowvale City maintains a neutral stance in the war between the Empire and the Stormcloak.

    Inside the city, besides the well-known Comrades, there are mainly two powerful families, Gray mane and Battle craze.

    The Gray Mane family supports the Stormcloaks, while the War Crazed family supports the Empire.

    However, these things are not important to George.

    He came to Snowvale City for two reasons. One was to transfer to Winterfort to learn magic, and the other was to take a look around and buy new magic books.

    As the most prosperous trading capital in the sky, Snowvale City has a large number of merchants coming and going, which naturally provides more opportunities to buy many magic books.

    Through the magic books he bought from the trading firm in Hemu Town, he has almost mastered the basic principles of magic in this world.

    Unfortunately, besides some books explaining the basic principles of magic, the trading firm in Hemu Town only had one real magic skill book, which was the commonest "Fire Tongue" in Skyrim.

    As the name suggests, it is a magic skill that can be used to continuously shoot out flames from the hand that resemble tongues, burning enemies.

    The length and size of the flame depend mainly on the caster's understanding of magic and his own magical power.

    However, just Fire Tongue, this basic magic skill, is not enough to pass the entrance examination of Winterfort, and more advanced magic skill books need to be bought.

    Although he might be able to use Fire Tongue with greater power than the most powerful fire magic in this world due to his own abilities.