In the valley battlefield where the cold wind howls, the strange appearance of the thorn shell is inconspicuous. The blue light of the adventurer's fingertips was also drowned in the light and shadow of the collision of moves, and even the drone that broadcast the battle situation live at all times failed to capture the changes at this moment.

But those who have witnessed the disaster know that in a few seconds, things will get out of hand—

The next moment, the young man standing at the sentry was stunned.

The ice flowers that had already bloomed cracked like fragile glass, turning into ice chips all over the ground. The Thorn Shell fell to the ground groggily, seemingly worrying its trainer, but after a brief exchange with her partner, the girl immediately calmed down and sent out a new warrior in a hurry.

In the chaotic melee, the lack of firepower for a short period of ten seconds could not affect the battle situation in the slightest. The adventurers commanded the Warcraft Brigade to charge, relying on the terrain advantage of the straight entrance of the curling stone, and threw the powerful moves forward. In the face of brutal fire suppression, the intruder's poor five demonic beasts had no resistance at all, and they were quickly defeated and fled - the guy who had used ice magic to sneak attack Jean at the head did enough to be a villain, and threw down a lot of cruel words before leaving. It's a pity that the rumbling explosion ravaged the entire valley, not to mention that it was dozens of meters away, and even the voices of the comrades who were close at hand could not be heard clearly. The villain's head shouted the highest decibel in his life at the top of his throat to no avail, and in the end it only hurt the eardrums of the audience wearing headphones.

After seeing the invaders flee, the adventurers took back the group of monsters with teeth and claws.

The curling garrison was still out of the situation, and it was not clear for a moment what these adventurers were standing for—their pretending to attract the hordes of monsters and taking advantage of the chaos was more like trying to eat the black.

Despite the puzzled and cautious gazes of the Bingmi clansmen, Xiao Ye walked up to Jean and spread out his palms. An old coin was lying quietly in the palm of her hand.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Jean. Curling returned to silence, and the adventurer's voice echoed through the valley, "We have come to your aid on the orders of the Great Elder, this is our token. ”

Jean's gaze lingered on the coin for a moment—the rusty surface of the coin was faintly visible as the icy bird spread its wings and fly.

The young man took the coin and laughed.

He waved his hand at the sentry. As the curling door slowly opened, sparse applause came from everywhere, and soon turned into deafening cheers.

"Thank you for being here, comrades. Jean laughed.

The adventurers who assisted the soldiers in defeating foreign enemies were treated like a welcome in the middle of the road, not like foreigners coming uninvited, but like welcoming the war heroes home. The Terashima siblings, who have the blood of the southerners, are not false about this, and soon they play with the boys of the Bingjian family.

Nightshade walked with Jean through the sentry. Far from being as narrow as the entrance, the curling mist swirls in the distance, and the neatly planted fruit trees and shrubs of the cold land can be faintly seen. The high and low houses are located all over the place, and there is no rigid arrangement, making it more like a small village in peace than a barracks.

"When did you guess?" Jean asked, gesturing to himself - seeing that Beidou had looked at the crowd around him before answering, he immediately signaled not to worry, the soldiers here were all his own people.

"I suppose the head of the curling garrison will be too careless to reveal the secret of a year ago?"

Jean shrugged, "Well, you're right. ”

According to Jean, a year ago, the catastrophe that destroyed the entire mountain estate occurred in the middle of the night, and many people did not have time to see what was really happening. However, there were still many people who charged ahead to get a glimpse of the true face of the attacker - those strange ice puppets that could move were terrifying, and they were not any kind of magical beasts living in the Wind and Snow Mountains at all.

In the period immediately after the disaster, there were more than one dispute within the Himi family. The Three Elders firmly claimed that the initiator was the Sacred Forest's horde of demonic beasts, and voices with different views began to fade. As they realized that more and more people were being pronounced dead, missing, or dead, the survivors began to hide themselves.

"After that battle, the reputation of the three elders among the clan reached its peak, and there was no chance of winning a head-to-head battle. As a result, the clansmen who exposed their position chose to leave the Wind and Snow Villa, while those who stayed in the villa pretended not to know and secretly inquired about the news. ”

Jean played with the coins in his hand and briefly told the adventurer about the past.

"We must find out what the Three Elders are trying to do - find out the truth and vindicate my father and the warriors who died defending the Lodge. ”

The adventurer pondered for a moment, then looked up at the youth.

"The 'people who chose to leave the villa' you said are still living in Fengxue Mountain, right?"

Facing the adventurer's cold-toned purple eyes, Jean shook his head and confessed, "Curling is our outpost, and I am only the guardian of this outpost, so I am not qualified to tell you more. If ......"

"Captain!"

Not far away, a soldier waved at Jean and interrupted them.

"The sun is overhead, and you can talk while eating?"

The enthusiastic Himi clan gathered around the three adventurers for lunch around a long table. After chatting for a meal, Li Jiu and Long Xing also noticed that although this group of soldiers had a friendly attitude, they were very strict-mouthed and refused to reveal anything they shouldn't say.

The sisters and brothers are not in a hurry - the favorability is not enough, and everyone who came to play last year understands.

After a brief discussion, the three of them decided to stay at curling to catch up on their sleep before setting off for a second exploration in the old village.

Before walking into the lounge, Xiao Ye turned her head as if she had noticed something, and met the gaze of a person.

Karl sat in the corner of the room, seemingly fixed on the adventurer's back. The distance was too far for Xiao Ye to see his expression clearly, and the boy quickly lowered his head, as if he was still as cowardly as ever.

Curling was not as quiet as in Storm Lodge, and the soldiers' shouts were loud enough to penetrate through the cracks in the windows and into the houses. Fortunately, the three of them are not particular about the sleeping environment, and the Nanguo siblings have the natural skill of sleeping soundly surrounded by a hundred roaring bombs, and the human voice is nothing at all.

In the evening, the three of them, who woke up energetic, had another dinner, and then said goodbye to the young people stationed in curling.

There is almost half of the snow-capped mountain between the abandoned village and the curling, and I am afraid that I will not be able to reach it until dawn on foot. Fortunately, the Warcraft envoys were not short of mounts, and they braved the cold wind all the way, and the moon reached the edge of the village before it could rise overhead.

The night was clear and fogless, and the moonlight cast a pale filter over the old village. They hadn't gone far before they saw several ice puppets wandering by the side of the road.

Find out that the ice puppets are blind...... Well, after not being blind, this group of big monsters is only left with a more terrifying appearance. The Terashima siblings were already able to maintain a normal mind in the face of them, and were about to slow down and pass through, when they suddenly heard a strange sound in the distant air.

It seemed to be the sound of something hard hitting a stone. According to common sense, this faint volume would only make the ice puppet "hesitate" for a while, but the monsters in front of them suddenly twitched like an electric shock.

Several ice puppets stumbled together, their bodies gradually melting, coalescing, and reshaping. In the next moment, the flowing ice split into hands and feet, slowly standing up in the pale night—they turned into an ice giant that was ten meters tall.

Lijiu: "?"

Long Xing: "?!!"

The change came too suddenly, and the sister and brother didn't even come up with the words to complain, so they ushered in a slap from the giant. Fortunately, their boss never prioritized his lines, and skillfully pulled the two of them by the collar and jumped to dodge the giant's attack.

"Wait, it doesn't make sense, why did we upgrade without coming to the dungeon for a day...... Whew!" Long Xing's face was covered with the flying ice ballast, and he suddenly didn't dare to speak.

In close combat, the suppression of size often brings an irreversible advantage. With a casual wave of his arm, the old houses collapsed in droves, and the human beings were as small and helpless as ants.

The siblings were so dazed that they couldn't see where the giant was, and they couldn't figure out where they were. All they heard was the giggling of Ghost Stone ringing in their ears, followed by a rollercoaster sensation of weightlessness. The rumbling sound of the house collapsing faded away, and the two of them saw darkness and found themselves plunged headlong into a cellar with no known horns.

The rusty iron door was ajar, revealing the dark night sky. Li Jiu and Long Xing cowered in the corner of the cellar, their eyes widening.

The boy on the other side of the cellar also opened his eyes as round as a seal ball. The two sides looked at each other, and finally Long Xing raised his hand and said hello awkwardly.

"Uh...... What a coincidence, meet again?"

Heavy footsteps faded away. After listening to the Terashima siblings tell what happened to them, Oliver sighed as if they were adults.

"You're so bold that you don't know anything and dare to come here. "Every time someone sneaks into the lighthouse and is spotted, the ice puppets start to get angry like that." Don't look at them as usually stupid and stupid, when they get bigger, they will become very smart, even if they don't make a sound, they can't escape the palm of their hand. ”

As he spoke, the boy spread his hands with a mature and calm face, "You'd better not think about going out, it's safer to hide here until dawn." ”

Xiao Ye nodded, first complimenting Oliver's erudition and calm and prudent, until he blew the little boy into the air, and then asked, "Oliver, are you saying that someone has entered the lighthouse recently?"

The boy nodded, and replied crisply, "Yes, I heard from the adults that an adventurer broke into it yesterday." Unfortunately, they weren't good at all, and it didn't take long for them to turn into frozen corpses and be thrown out. ”

Xiao Ya recalls what she saw when she opened the lighthouse door earlier...... couldn't help exchanging sympathetic glances with the siblings.

They all thought that they would pass the test after dealing with the blockade outside, but who would have thought that the lighthouse was also full of monsters......

After confirming that the ice puppets are far from the cellar, Xiao Ye decides to go out and investigate on her own. Li Jiu and Long Xing also knew that they would only get in the way during the reconnaissance process, so they simply agreed to wait in the cellar for the time being.

After repeatedly telling the three of them to hide in the cellar and not make a sound, after there was a problem for the dream demon to speak, Xiao Ye gently lifted the top cover of the cellar and returned to the ground.

The children in the cellar saw a series of deafening noises outside, and they couldn't tell whether the house had collapsed, the giant had fallen, or the Charizard was howling, so they could only cover their mouths and use their eyes to convey each other's doubts—what the boss said before leaving was obviously to re-investigate the ice puppet's way of seeking enemies...... Why does it sound like a fight?

Ten minutes later, although there was a lot of movement, Xiao Ye, who didn't really beat the ice puppet, stopped briefly under the eaves.

As Oliver says, the Ice Giant, made up of ice puppets fused into one, is much "smarter" than before. It is still able to pick up subtle sounds, resist the burning of flames, and sometimes even act as if it has vision, even if the ghost stone sent by Saya is only quietly floating in the distance, it can still detect and launch a ferocious attack.

However, during the few temptations launched by Xiao Ye, it also turned a blind eye to the small Pichu who was close at hand.

After recalling the Ice Giant's actions, Nighta looked up thoughtfully at the center of the village, the pitch-black tower in the night.

Before she could reorganize her thoughts, there was a sudden roar not far away.

The direction from which the voice came made Xiao Ye's face change, and she immediately quickened her pace and hurried to the cellar.

It's just that in order not to implicate her partner when doing the experiment, she ran too far before. When the adventurers returned to the starting point, they found that the roof of the cellar had been crushed and twisted. The nearby dirt was covered in frost, and the three people in the cellar were gone, leaving only the seal balls shivering and hiding under the rubble.

As Xiao Ye approached the cellar, the seal ball fell into Xiao Ye's arms like a cannonball. It looked so frightened that it didn't even dare to cry out loud, only a few suppressed sobs.

The trainer patted the seal ball's round body and glanced at the skin on his shoulder. Then, invisible fluctuations spread, covering the deserted village under the moonlit night inch by inch.

Feeling the feedback from the power of the waveguide, Xiao Ye's heart moved.

She whispered a few words of comfort to the seal ball, then jumped to her feet and ran to a small garden nearby.

A year ago, the small garden between the houses was once covered with beautiful blue flowers. After the village was abandoned, the flowers that had been carefully cultivated by the people gradually withered, and only the most vigorous flowers were still enduring the cold wind.

When Nightie arrives at the garden, the snow-like sword light is greeted by the flying blue petals—the man in the dazzling silver robe wields his twin swords and knocks down the last ice puppet.

The garden is silent again. He was on the ground with his sword, and he looked a little tired. However, hearing footsteps coming from behind, the swordsman immediately straightened his back and turned around.

"Need help?" said Saya as he walked into the garden.

The silver-robed swordsman seemed to recognize the comer. He lowered his eyes, "I'm sorry, I was too late to save your friend." ”

The seal ball, held in the adventurer's arms, was still sobbing quietly, causing the silver-robed swordsman to turn his gaze to the side.

"Don't be afraid, find a safe place to hide first, okay?" The swordsman patted the adventurer lightly on the shoulder and said softly, "They were just taken to the lighthouse, and they will be fine until dawn." I promise you, I'll bring them back. ”

Xiao Ye didn't respond—she caught a glimpse of the flickering cold light behind the garden walls. Pichu leaps out in response to the gesture, a bright bolt of lightning that shatters the crumbling walls, revealing the enemies hiding behind.

The creeps of the ice puppets that had revealed their tracks roared. Pichu's lightning strike didn't stop them from merging, and the newborn ice giant swung its arms and slammed into the two humans in the garden.

As a Warcraft envoy, the adventurer had thousands of ways to defuse this blow perfectly, but she chose the worst one, Ghost Stone's spiritual power to slow down the Ice Giant's movements, and the adventurer took advantage of this moment to fly forward and block the blow for the silver-robed swordsman with a crystal blue barrier.

The wall of light cracked inch by inch under the tremendous force, and when the power of the Ice Giant's blow was exhausted, the protection of the waveguide's power was also just right. The giant's ice-cemented body touched the adventurer's palm solidly, causing the human gloves to form a crust of ice along with the skin almost instantly.

The next moment, Xiao Ye was jerked away, and the sharp sword light took its place, briefly knocking the giant back.

The adventurer read the anxious look in the glass-colored eyes under the silver-robed swordsman's mask. Of course, she remembered that the ice puppet could remember the breath of the people it touched, and that it would be locked tightly wherever it fled before dawn - and that was exactly what she wanted.

Ghost Stone's mental force tugged at the giant's right foot, causing it to lose its center of gravity and fall to the ground. Xiao Ye slowly cleaned the ice chips from her gloves and looked at the silver-robed swordsman with a smile.

"So, am I qualified to be your companion?"

The swordsman was silent for a moment. The mask obscured his expression, and all he could see was the green eyes staring earnestly at the adventurer.

Before the Ice Giant struggled to his feet, he drew his beautiful twin swords. The moonlight shone on the blade like frost and snow, reflecting a little cold light.

Under the adventurer's slightly surprised gaze, he handed one of the swords forward.

"I'm honored. ”

The dark lighthouse stands tall in the night. Under the moonlight, a figure stood silently on the top of the lighthouse.

The ice puppet looks down on the earth with bright yellow eyes.

The village has long been abandoned and should have been deserted – but as its owner said, restless invaders are on the rise.

In the distant sky, the blazing light suddenly tore apart the night. The ice puppet squinted and saw the flying dragon spitting flames unscrupulously into the ground, scorching the bewildered ice puppet. At the same time, the shrill chirping of birds rang out from the other direction, and the storm enveloped the surroundings with thunder and lightning, and the air became cloudy.

The ice puppet examines the monsters that are wreaking havoc in its territory, and the ice staff in its hand taps lightly on the ground.

Psychic power flowed into the distance with the sound, and the ice puppet responded with a terrifying hissing sound. They fused into behemoths and waved their arms at enemies high in the air.

Soon, the chaos of light and shadow makes the Ice Doll realize that it needs to deal with more than just two magical beasts.

On the ground reddened by the firelight, two streams of flowing sword light danced in the night. Intertwined with each other, they walk side by side, delicately repelling incoming foes, carving a straight path through the hordes of ice puppets.

Charizard and Dabi Bird's ruckus attracted an army of ice puppets like mountains and seas. They swarmed and fell to the light of their swords like wheat - swordsmen and adventurers had no time to delay considering that they had to rescue their companions before dawn, and that assault was different from stealth, and the more chaotic the field, the better for the besieging side.

- Especially when the enemy commander is likely to have only one person.

The silver-clad swordsman tells Saya that a special magic has been applied to his sword, and if he touches the ice puppets, they will be unable to move for a night. While they can't be effective against their large size, at least they can take down the ice puppets before they fuse.

The change of weapons from dual swords to single swords does not seem to affect the strength of the silver-robed swordsman. His movements continued as fluid, single-handedly repelling most of the incoming enemies, while Saya guarded the swordsman's left and right, slaying down the fish that slipped through the net. Their sword light seemed to be as sharp and tacit as if it had been tested for a long time, and with the cover of Charizard and Dabi, they cut all the way forward, cutting into the heart of the village almost instantly.

The sound of angry knocking echoed over the square. The ice puppets were densely packed in front, and it was vaguely visible that there was already a huge iceman in the distance slowly getting up and aiming at the uninvited guests running on the ground.

In the face of a near-endless array of enemies, it is barely possible to get a single step closer to the lighthouse on human feet alone.

A bitter chill began to swirl around the silver-robed swordsman. With a sword, he split through the ice puppet that stood in his way, and stretched out his hand to the adventurer, "Catch me!"

The figure of the Snow Demon Maiden slowly emerged from the void. It was attached to the swordsman's back, and suddenly spread its arms, almost like a pair of wings that could swim against the wind from a distance.

The ghost lifted the two humans into the air, skimming lightly towards the sparse ice puppets. In the moment of being in the air, Xiao Ye and the yellow eyes at the top of the lighthouse met their eyes.

Before landing, the adventurer whispered something.

The swordsman hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The ice puppets on the ground became more and more dense, and the two had to take off many times to avoid attacks in order to protect themselves. The condescending ice-walking puppet takes in everything – it raises its cane, and a rainbow of light swirls through the ends, shooting like a laser at the person in the air.

It is clear that humans did not anticipate sniping from high altitudes. The shields of the waveguide force were extremely fragile under the phantom light, and collapsed almost instantly.

The intruder was scattered by the force of the impact and fell to the ground. The Snow Fairy seemed to regain consciousness at the last moment and protected her master, while the adventurer dressed in white was unlucky enough to fall into the densest area of ice puppets, and the blue light flashed twice before it went out completely.

The Ice Doll no longer focuses on the adventurer who is destined to die, and turns its attention to the silver-robed swordsman floating in the air.

It has been stationed in the Abandoned Village for a year, and has been fighting the silver-clad swordsman for a year. There is no doubt that he is a powerful, unflawed man, and despite being able to manipulate an army of ice puppets, the ice puppets still have not been able to get the slightest advantage from him.

— provided that his companion isn't imprisoned at the lighthouse waiting for rescue.

In order to attack the lighthouse before dawn, the swordsman had already revealed too many flaws, and he relied on the protection of the two new monsters to not be defeated immediately. The canes of the ice puppets are tapping on the stone slabs, and almost all of them gather in front of the only gate of the lighthouse, just to catch turtles in the urn.

The silver-robed swordsman stopped.

The demonic beast on the spire froze, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The silver-robed swordsman was never a timid character. If there was someone in the lighthouse that he wanted to protect, even if there were enemies on all sides on that only path, he would surely rush forward with his sword in hand and without hesitation.

He won't stop unless......

An ominous premonition came to mind, and the ice-stepping puppet turned around hurriedly—

But it's still a step too late.

At some point, a huge figure appeared silently at the top of the lighthouse.

It is a beast that lives in the depths of the sea, and the cold wind and fragile ice edges cannot harm it in the slightest. The scales and fangs of the hunt shone brightly in the moonlight—like the bright white robes of the humans beside it.

In the next second, the tyrannosaurus let out a deafening roar-

With a fierce tail, he pulled the ice doll off the lighthouse.

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【Adventurer Squad: Beidou Boss and His Two Little Brothers】

Day 4: Mission Progress:

·【Mountain Camp】Main Quest 1 [For Survival, For Home]

Publisher: Three Elders Morton

Mission location: Ice Field, Warcraft Forest

Objective: Destroy Warcraft

Progress: Completed

Congratulations, brave adventurers. By hunting the beasts, you have proven your agility, strength, and tenacity.

According to the contract, you will receive a rich thank-you gift.

- Of course, I know you want more, don't you?

·[Villa Faction] Main Quest 2 [Trolls Hiding in the Jungle]

Publisher: Three Elders Morton

Location: Warcraft Forest

Objective: Retire the snowman

Progress: Not yet

Brave adventurers, you must have become accustomed to fighting in the Warcraft Forest, and have explored every nook and cranny of it.

I have the news for you: just today, adventurers have found the habitat of the Yeti. They're strong, they're big, and they're good at fighting—but I'm sure you'll be able to slay the snowmen with your strength, whatever they are.

Right?

·[Villa Faction] Main Quest 3 [Key to the Secret Treasure]

Publisher: Three Elders Morton

Location: The Northern Wilderness of the Wind and Snow Mountains

Objective: Look for Crimson Crystals

Progress: Not yet

Mighty adventurers, I'm glad you're willing to join me.

You have proven your strength and loyalty. Next, please help me find a crimson crystal, which is the "key" to unlock our secret treasure

If you can bring the keys, I will reward you in all my might.

Whatever you want.

·【??Faction】Main Quest 1 [???]

Publisher:???

Location: ???

Objective: ???

Progress:???

You shouldn't have come.

Tonight's ice puppets are more irritable than ever. I'm sorry – I watched it take the kids and not save them. This is something that should never happen in a blessed land, and I should repent of it.

There is still some time before dawn. I'll go to the lighthouse and slay all the monsters and save your friends.

……

Of course. If walking side by side is the desire of adventurers, then my answer is -

I'm honored.

- Side quest 1 [The old song that once resounded in the mountains]

Posted by: Lily, a resident of the Lodge

Location: Warcraft Forest

Objective: Collect leaves from the "Sacred Tree".

Progress: Completed

Grandpa's health has improved, and today we went out to pick fruits together. It's all thanks to you, thank you, adventurer.

I don't know if you like the story told by your grandfather? I still don't understand it, but it must be a beautiful story, right?

I really hope ...... Wind and Snow Villa can change back to its former appearance.

- Side quest 2 [This is the time to work together]

Posted by: Adventurer Hidechi Ikawa

Mission Location: Wind and Snow Mountain

Objective: Build the strongest alliance of adventurers

Progress: Aborted

I don't have anything to say. If you have to say something......

None of the people I sent to the abandoned village will come back alive, and it must be at odds with me, QAQ!

- Side Mission 3 [I want to go back to the place where I haunted my dreams]

Posted by: Mystery Boy Oliver

Location: Abandoned Village

Objective: Find a photo in the lighthouse

Progress: The Lighthouse has been reached

I'm sorry, but I stubbornly ran in knowing it was dangerous...... I shouldn't have thought I'd be in the cellar to sit back and relax, and I shouldn't have been so careless as to knock over a chair. It was the adventurers who were so kind enough to protect me.

We were locked up in the deepest part of the lighthouse, surrounded by horrible ice puppets.

I understand. As soon as the morning dawns, we will be eaten. That's how my friend died.

……

No, I'm not going to give up, and I'm not going to despair. I haven't been able to find that picture yet, so how can I throw in the towel here?

I could already hear it, and there was the sound of battle outside. It must have been the silver-robed adults and adventurers who came to our rescue, didn't they?

Until I see you, I will endure whatever happens.

I am sure that you will come to my rescue.

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Small Theatre:

Seal Ball Caught in Beidou's Arms, Sometimes Taking Off, Sometimes Falling to the Ground, Sometimes Roller Coaster: You Can't Imagine What QAQ I've Experienced!

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PS：

7k+ words are more in one, make up for the arrears!

I'm sorry, I sent it so late, QUQ, and when this month passes, it should be able to return to normal update time.

The lottery as compensation will also start at the next shift!

Thanks for the support and welcome the whipping (kneeling)