The middle-aged man brought back two strong black horses. He handed it to the Ice Bear Abyss and said, "Zig, you must go to the bottom of the mountain outside the bazaar and fetch it yourself." After saying that, the middle-aged man took out a short whip and handed it over.

The Ice Bear Abyss took the whip and nodded, beckoning Catherine to mount. The two mounted their horses and walked slowly out of the market.

Catherine sat on her horse, her eyes on the short whip in the hand of the Ice Bear Abyss, which was covered with barbs. The Ice Bear Abyss turned around and brought the whip to the female mage, motioning for her to take it and look at it.

Catherine took the short whip and played with it twice, the feel was slightly rough, the quality was ordinary handmade, but the barbs on the whip body were different. "It seems to have a special use. She handed the whip back.

"Well, catch up with Ziggy. The Ice Bear Abyss raised its short whip to the sky, and the sunlight shone on the barbs of the whip with a strange halo, "See, the barbs sharpened with silver dragon scales." Only this dragon scale thorn will twitch the zigs and be able to drive them away. ”

"I've seen a demon called Ziggy. Catherine thought about it, and described the Siggy Demon that had been subdued in the Silver Dragon King's soul world.

After listening carefully, the Ice Bear Abyss said, "The Siggy Demon you said is not the same as Ziggy, but there is some relationship between them. Ziggy is not a demon, you see there. The old savage pointed to a hill in the distance.

The hill had become almost bare, and all that remained on the hill was a dense stump of trees, thick and thin, like stubble of hair that had just grown. Catherine's gaze swept over her, and there was nothing of note. As her gaze descended the mountain, several large and conspicuous white boulders immediately caught her attention. Catherine looked intently and saw the boulders moving slowly. As the horses approached, the boulders' shapes became clear—short limbs, a small bare tail, and a mouth that clung to the ground to nibble on. When she got closer, Catherine could distinguish the head that almost grew into her body, as well as the eyes, nose, ears, and other organs on the head. However, the eyes, nose, ears, and head of this creature are all very small, except for the large mouth that is more worthy of a large body.

"Is this Ziggy?" Catherine asked, "You're not saying they have a connection to the Ziggy Demon. ”

"There is indeed a connection. The Ice Bear Abyss stopped and dismounted, motioning for Catherine to dismount as well, and the two led the horses forward, "They weren't that big originally, about one-fifth the size they are now. However, after the Empire's wizards caught this creature from the underground world, they conducted a large number of hybrid experiments, all of which catalyzed into this size. ”

"What does that have to do with the Devil of Ziggy?" Catherine still didn't understand.

"Experiments have produced more than just these zigs. ”

"And the Ziggy Demon?"

"Yes. The Ice Bear Abyss shook his head, "The wizards not only created the Ziggy Demon, but even caused some of them to escape back to the underworld. The Siggy Demon has a certain amount of intelligence and is not slow to reproduce. Tower Cave in the southern part of the Empire - the entrance to an underground world where it is said that a tribe of Siggy demons has formed. ”

Catherine is no stranger to demons, and knows that the demon lords have mated demons with various creatures and races in the depths of the underworld in order to fight against the legions of hell, so as to create low-level demons to serve as cannon fodder for war. But she didn't expect that in the human empire of the Western Continent, there were people engaged in similar work.

Abyss the Ice Bear and Catherine had walked over to a ziggy, which was as tall as two horses. Catherine touched the surface of Ziggy's body, which was similar to the texture of a stone.

"What's the use of these zigs?" asked Catherine, "probably not for food, right?"

"Of course not. The Ice Bear Abyss half-crouched, and suddenly jumped up and onto Ziggy's back. The ziggy just shook his body and didn't react else.

"Ziggy is very docile and serves two purposes. The Ice Bear Abyss sat cross-legged on Ziggy's back, "The first one can be used as my mount, you humans can't ride a horse that can hunch me for a long time." The mounts of our barbarians are big guys. You can take turns riding the two horses, which are suitable for the road. ”

"Smack" Ice Bear Abyss flicked a short whip and whipped it hard. Ziggy "moo" beneath him screamed twice, and his four short limbs kicked restlessly to the ground. "Bang, Bang" The Ice Bear Abyss was another two whips, and Ziggy finally walked forward.

Catherine got on her horse and walked beside Ziggy. "And what about the second use?" she asked, looking up.

"If we want to enter the Raven Forest, we must rely on Ziggy to clear the way. The Ice Bear Abyss patted Zig underneath him, "The Empire created this creature to clear the wasteland. They eat everything, and the hill just now is for them to eat, and Ziggy's dung is a very good fuel. ”

Ziggy has a large body and does not walk very fast. Catherine rode slowly on her horse, a little irritable in her heart. After all, her body was still facing the devouring of blood beasts, and she really couldn't afford to delay too much time.

"Is it certain that we will find an exit from the Crow Forest?" After walking for more than an hour, Catherine couldn't help but ask again, "How long will it be before we get to the Raven Forest?"

"Come on, the actual distance between the places in this enchantment world is uncertain, as long as we keep our faith, the Raven Forest will soon appear. The Ice Bear Abyss probably sensed Catherine's anxiety, and whipped Ziggy under him, of course, except for two calls from Ziggy, there was no change in the speed of progress.

"As for the exit. The old barbarian paused and continued, "I am about fifty percent sure that I will find the exit when you met the soothsayer before. Later, when I went to see Ziggy, I was 80% sure. ”

"Because you found Ziggy?"

"It's not. Ice Bear Abyss laughed, "Hehe, didn't you notice that you could understand Imperial Chinese just now?"

Catherine thought back a little, it was true that the conversation between the middle-aged man and the Ice Bear Abyss just now was in Imperial Chinese, and she understood it completely, and she didn't even feel anything unusual. "Is this another clue?" she asked.

"Not a clue, but a revelation. It is not so much that you can understand the imperial Chinese, but that you have further gained the recognition of the world of the chess enchantment of life, and the communication between souls does not essentially need language, but the communication between thoughts. You can take your time to understand this. The Ice Bear Abyss didn't go any further, "In short, if we don't go in the right direction, you won't be recognized. The Raven Forest is most likely where the exit is, and at least there will be more detailed clues there. ”

Catherine nodded, but a new question immediately arose. What do you mean by recognition? Your statement makes me feel as if this enchantment world has life, can think, and can communicate with people. ”