Advent of the Archmage Chapter 239: Advancing hard (2/4)
The Black Forest is in the north. The further north you go, the colder the climate becomes.
Although it is late spring at this time, it is still no different from the winter in the Black Forest. The sky is always covered by dark clouds, and there are still a few snowflakes from time to time. The snow on the ground is getting thicker and thicker, the cold wind is whistling and blowing. The face of a man is like a knife cut.
This is the third day that Link and his team are tracking the ghosts. They have penetrated the Black Forest for more than 300 kilometers and reached the hinterland of the Kingdom of the Dark Elves Pelind.
‘Gaz ~ Gaz ~’ The scouts are stepping on the snow, these snow layers are already deep in their knees, and they have to step on them with great effort to pull out their legs.
Under such awful conditions, scouts move forward while cleaning their footprints with branches, and the speed of progress becomes very slow.
But fortunately, the speed of the ghost who reported the news was not much. This guy would never clear his footprints on the snow, and Link was always locked in the breath of the other person, so everyone was not worried about following throw.
While walking, a scout whispered suddenly, and when he stepped on the air with one foot, his body sank quickly and he was about to fall into the snow.
"Float!"
When Link is thinking, magic blesses the scout, helping the scout stabilize his body.
The others immediately walked up carefully, threw a rope towards the scout, and pulled him out of the snow.
'Wala hula' loudly, Bai Xue continued to fall from the pit where the scout was located, and soon a large pit with a diameter of more than three meters wide and a depth of seven or eight meters was revealed. The bottom of the pit was all rock. The top of the pit is covered with dead weeds, and it is they that support the thick snow layer and form a natural trap.
"Shoo" this scout sighed with regret, and thanked Linke: "Thank you, Lord."
Without that buoyancy technique, he might have to break a bone this time, and being seriously injured in this ghost place basically sentenced him to death.
Linke nodded slightly and comforted: "Be careful."
After speaking, he walked to the side of the rock, blessed himself with eagle eye, and looked north.
In front of it is a rugged hill and a white cape. As you go further north, the trees become lower, and half of them are submerged in the snow, and your vision becomes wider.
The road is getting harder and harder. Without the cover of trees, the possibility of exposure becomes higher.
In the hinterland of the Dark Elf Kingdom, Link cannot yet use floatation to rush the road, because using magic for a long time will leave a breath of magic that can be tracked by the opponent, which is not self-defeating.
Looking at it for a while, Link decided a way forward and said, "Walk this way, use the rope, tie your waist, everyone is tied together, and can take care of each other."
"Yes, sir." The scouts did so immediately.
During the time when the rope was tied, Link walked to Annie and said softly, "How about, can you hold on?"
For ease of movement, scouts are wearing leather armor. Although the leather armor has been thickened because of fighting in the north, the ability to protect against cold is not good. In addition, this is enough weather to freeze human ears, scouts Even if you have the war spirit, you cannot completely resist this low temperature.
At this time, each scout's face was pale and pale, especially Annie was the only woman in the team, her weakest physical condition, and the worse the situation was, her face was pale, her lips were not even a little bloody, and her body was still from time to time. For a while.
"No ..... It's okay, I can hold it." Annie whispered, but it was uneasy how she listened.
Linke looks at other scouts, although the situation is better, but he is not going well. In fact, he feels a bit annoyed. If he keeps chasing, I am afraid they will not be defeated by the dark elves. so cold.
Here, unless you want to die, magical cold is unnecessary. What Link can do is to release an element of healing to everyone in the interval time to supplement the physical consumption of the scouts.
"It won't work like this, you have to find a place to fix it." Link looked around and searched the surrounding area carefully, but the surrounding area was covered with snow and there was no rest place at all.
"Forget it, go first." Link couldn't help it.
The group continued to move north. Several accidents occurred on the way, but fortunately, there were ropes connected, so each time they were shocked.
Another half a day away, Annie has been unable to support her. Her footsteps and consciousness are in a semi-coma. The reason why she is still moving forward is supported by her will, and all the other scouts are also 斥He couldn't hold on to his body. It was Link, the magic robe on his body was warmer, and he was the best one at present.
At this moment, there is a small hill in front, and at the bottom of the hill, there seems to be a wooden house covered with snow. Link blessed himself with hawk-eye surgery to take a closer look.
It really is a wooden house, it looks very worn and has no windows, but it is enough to be a shelter in the wild.
"Go, let's go there for a night's rest." Lin Ke helped Annie and took the lead to the cabin,
Of course, the scouts have no opinions, rubbing their hands one by one, following Linke, and walking towards the cabin all the way.
The trees are getting more and more sparse, ‘oh ~ oh ~’ the wind is getting stronger, they are blowing down from the ice field to the north, and everything is frozen along the way.
In this ghost place, you ca n’t even open your eyes too much, otherwise you will be frostbite.
Linke and the scouts walked deeper and closer to the cabin and looked close, but it took them more than half an hour to get to the ground when they got up.
The wooden house is a typical dark elf building style, with dull tones and weird shapes, and a small skull carved on the door, but the wooden house has been abandoned, only half of the wooden door is left, and the roof has been accumulated. The snow crushed half of it, but anyway there was a half-roof, which was barely sheltered from the corner of the cabin.
After entering the cabin, Link's wand pointed towards the corner of the cabin: ‘Cleaning’
‘Hoo ~’ is like a curtain, and the corners are spotless.
Linke then looked at the wooden structure around the corner and used the Higgs force field to repair it throughout the room to strengthen the wooden structure.
The scouts weren't idle either. There were some abandoned furniture in the wooden house. There were a few tables and stools, most of them were stubborn, but some were still usable. The firewood should be used as a firewood, and if it can be used, wipe it off.
After a while, a fire rises in the middle of the corner, and the temperature in the cabin rises a lot, warming a lot.
A scout also found a broken iron pot. Link went over and repaired it with magic. This pot was ready for use. The scout put white snow in the pot and set it on the fire. Boiled water.
Linke met, remembering his space pendant and some snacks that Lucy specially cooked for him, he also took them out, half of them were assigned to each scout, and the other half of the meat snacks were all put into the iron pot and boiled. It's meat.
Although elemental treatment can supplement the body's consumption, it can't always bring people the joy of tongue and tongue, especially the food brought out by Link is very delicious, similar to smoked ribs and spicy lobster. Everyone who eats is in a good mood, and the body state that was almost collapsed is slowly recovering.
Ann shrinks in the corner, stretches out her hand and bakes on the fire, taking a few bites of delicious snacks from time to time, and her face gradually recovers, but she still looks very weak.
Seeing her appearance, Link suddenly remembered that there was still a snow bear skin cape in his space pendant. It was not convenient to wear when he was on the road, but it was just right.
He took it out and put it lightly on Annie. Annie glanced at him and smiled gratefully, the soft light in her eyes almost overflowed.
Linke smiled, then turned to the scouts and said, "It's almost near the Arctic Icefield, and it's almost to the end of the Black Forest. I think that Blast Castle should be not far ahead."
The scouts listened quietly, everyone was silent.
They knew in their hearts that the ghost was already so terrible, and that skeletal fortress seemed to be the camp of the ghost and the chief of the ghost. The closer they were to the skeletal fort, the closer they were to death.
Linke continued: "It's not too early now, we'll rest here for a night, keep our spirits up, and set off again tomorrow morning. If we haven't encountered the team escorting the Excalibur of the Dawn, we will go to the bones. Catch a dark ghost near the fort to find out the news. "
"What if the Dawn Excalibur has been taken to Bone Citadel?" Annie asked.
This is a very practical question. Dawn Excalibur has arrived in the castle. Should they give up or continue to rescue? What if the Dawn Excalibur has been demonized?
It's all up to Link's idea.
The scouts all look at Link and wait for him to speak. Every sentence he makes will determine the fate of everyone present.
Lin Ke is silent, chewing spicy lobster in his mouth, but not feeling delicious, but full of bitterness. This choice is very difficult and the responsibility is too heavy. It is not only related to the scout present and his own life, it may even be related. The outcome of this war.
The scouts waited patiently without urging.
Ten minutes later, Link finally made up his mind: "If the Dawn Excalibur has been taken into Bone Citadel, we must do everything possible to rescue it. My plan is that I will be released in the distance at that time. Magic, attracts the attention of each other and deals with each other. You take the opportunity to sneak into the castle and look for the sword of dawn. If he has been demonized, then immediately give up and leave the fort. If he is still alive, you can save him, I will give you enough time. "
The scouts nodded.
This plan is very risky, both for Link and them, they are fighting for their lives, but since Link has decided, then they will try their best to support him.
Annie asked softly, "Mulhouse, if the Dawn Excalibur is demonized, is there a way to save him?"
Linke shook his head: "If it is ordinary demonization, there is a way to reverse it. But this time is different, this time it is impossible. When the demonization is just completed, there should be a period of weakness ... If you have a chance, kill him and use Holy Silver! "
How can mortal will fight against gods this time with the demonization of dark runes?
The crowd listened heavily.
They chased all the way, except for occasionally seeing a few dark elf villages, at other times basically advanced in the wilderness, did not see the team that escorted the dawn sword, or any traces left by them.
There are two possibilities. At one moment they missed the **** team of Dawn Excalibur. The second is that the Dawn Excalibur has arrived at Bone Castle.
Neither is good news.
After that, everyone was speechless, one by one quietly watching the burning snoring firewood. After a while, the thick fragrance of the broth came from the pot, and everyone was in a better mood. After drinking the fragrant broth, Link also drank some, feeling that the whole person was much warmer.
After a while, the sky darkened, and night fell. The crowd chased the ghost for several days and nights, and they were all tired. At this time, they rested on the wall of the wooden house.
Linke is also the same. He feels a bit cold, and shrinks his body. I don't know when, he feels his body warming up, there is a soft body next to him, and at the same time he has a warmth Thick bearskin.
It's Annie.
Strangely, Link didn't refuse, and the two were close together, sharing the warmth brought by a snow bear skin cape.
Night became quieter.
In the middle of the night, Link suddenly moved in his heart, woke up, his ears moved, and he heard ‘Gaz Gaz’ stepping on the snow.
The voice is getting closer and closer. It seems to be coming towards the wooden house. Listening to the voice, there are 2 people, and the voice comes, using dark elf language.
"I'm frozen to death, this ghost weather." This was a rough voice.
"Oh ~ you said you were frozen to death, I believe. Now you are blessed by Madam Dark, and you are still cold, I will fart as you." Another teasing voice sounded.
"I go to you, I ’m carrying this guy all the way, or you try it. This fighter's body is heavy, I bet he has at least one hundred kilos of armor on his body Ah, no, I have to rest. "
Linker's heart heard these words: 'Warrior, also carried by this demonized dark elf, with more than one hundred kilos of heavy armor, this must be a very powerful warrior, is it the sword of dawn? ? ’
Lin Ke is a joy, are they in front of each other? (To be continued.)