Rick tore off his heavy fur hat, threw his head back and breathed heavily, then said, "I do want to be grateful, but not from heaven." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

He slowly lowered his head and looked at Jonathan and the captains, "I want to thank you. ”

Several captains smiled.

"Joe and I brought you here without saying anything, but in fact, I think you can guess the purpose of our trip. ”

Rick unfolded his hand.

"Lawrence summoned me a few days ago and told me that he had been given an ultimatum by the Church and the court that the Golden Lions must be driven farther away, just as he drove us away from Suarez and then from Ponto. ”

None of the captains showed a look of surprise, and they all knew that this was an inevitable development.

They all know what the Golden Lions are facing.

"I thought there wouldn't be a place for us to survive in the Snow Mountain, but we found it, if God wants it to be the case......"

Rick looked up again.

"This distance is enough for the church and the court. ”

Jonathan said: "The terrain of the canyon is vulnerable, but I don't think any army can get in here except for the Golden Lions. Compared to the big snowfields, we have a more stable natural barrier here. ”

Rick looked at the captains, "What do you think?"

Several captains looked at each other, and the captain of the last team, Duran, said, "We never cared about the environment, Rick, we are following you." ”

Rick smiled and thanked everyone, then he stroked the gray rock wall and told the group, "This will be our new home." ”

Some raised their arms in cheers, others applauded, and some looked up at the towering rock walls around them and sighed.

Anyway, the result was decided, Rick's mood was mixed, and Jonathan felt it, and he stood beside Rick as always, pressing his shoulders and smiling as he turned his head to look over.

That's their "get through it together" smiles.

Seeing this smile, Rick's expression relaxed. A few seconds later he said: "The road from the snowfield to here is not suitable for transportation, nor for marching, and there is a need for reconstruction." ”

Jonathan nodded, "I thought about it." I'm afraid that the only person who is suitable for doing this in a short period of time is magicians. ”

"Don't forget Hawkins. ”

"Ha, I'm not going to leave him idle. ”

"Well, it's time for him to follow you. ”

"In addition, although we are already using cold-tolerant Sirien horses, I don't know if the Sirien horses can adapt to the temperature here. ”

Rick subconsciously kneaded his chin and said: "Horses are indeed a problem, I want to build a slightly warmer stable here, or a house common to people and horses, so that the passing horses have a process of adaptation, if it really can't work, buy a more hardy Bissins long-haired yak from the north, if the Sirian horses can't do it, that's our only hope." ”

Jonathan nodded in agreement, "Indeed, hopefully we won't use the Bissins Yak, which costs three times as much as a Sirian horse." ”

Rick shook his head: "It's not time to save money, Joe, if the Sirien horse can't do it, and the Pissins long-haired yak can, that's our luck." ”

Jonathan smiled wryly, and then said, "I have an idea, there are no trees here, we can't get wood, and it will be difficult to build a house by pulling wood by hand at first, why don't I use magic to make a simple cave first, so that people and horses can warm up and rest in the cave, so that we can quickly know if we need to bleed much." ”

Rick looked Jonathan up and down and said, "Is your mental power okay? ”

Jonathan deliberately made a look of surprise, and then said, "It's been a hundred years since you last looked down on me!

Rick smiled helplessly, as he used to do to Jonathan as a child, and quickly reached out and scratched Jonathan's nose.

"There's no way, if you fall, it's me who carries you back, you're much heavier than you were ten years ago. ”

"Hey, you're a lot fatter than you were ten years ago, old man!" Jonathan gave Rick an angry look, and the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

It took a while for the group to walk to the end of the canyon and choose the right place to help Jonathan create a cave nearly ten meters deep.

The sun has set, and Rick decides to spend the night in a canyon cave. The first time I spent the night, everyone didn't dare to be careless. The entrance to the cave is always manned, and everyone is on guard in case a nocturnal predator suddenly pounces or emerges from the ground like a snow-capped rock ice scorpion.

But until the second half of the night, nothing appeared. The canyon is very quiet, and the cave ** is so quiet that only the sound of everyone's breathing and the burning of the bonfire. Only those who are on duty at the entrance of the cave can hear the sound of the wind from time to time, with a long and long sound that belongs to the canyon.

It was only then that the group began to rest in shifts and spent the night safely.

With the experience of staying overnight safely, everyone's confidence in making a new home in the canyon has increased a lot.

After this operation, the exploration work ended, and the Golden Lions began to move the house.

Jonathan summoned Hawkins to work with him to transform the road to the Snow Mountain, which was a long project, and Jonathan was very pleased with Hawkins' understanding and silence, while they were working, Jonathan finally fulfilled Hawkins' wish and began to discuss magic and other academic research with him.

Although every time he entered the mountain, he would freeze into ice, but because he could dig into Jonathan's "treasure trove of magical knowledge and skills", every time he went, Hawkins was as excited as if he had eaten a magic potion, and then came back with a shivering nose.

For several days in a row, Hawkins left Team 6 from morning till night, with Jonathan, Aunt Kasan ignored it, and every time he came back, he was exhausted, he looked like he was exhausted, he fell asleep, sometimes he didn't even care about eating, and his companions knew that Hawkins was on a mission, and it was a very difficult mission.

Everyone wanted to help him, but because Jonathan had made it clear from the beginning that he wanted to keep it a secret, Hawkins could only smile apologetically in the face of the questioning eyes of his companions, and helplessly said that he couldn't say.

Arthur pushed away Billy Bucktooth, who was asking with wide eyes, and told Hawkins: "As long as you are safe, feel free to come to us if you need anything." ”

Although it was only a bland sentence, Hawkins felt inspired, nodded vigorously, and then, as usual, fell into bed and fell asleep.

After nearly half a month of continuous fighting by Jonathan and Hawkins, the initial road connecting the snowfield to the canyon was finally cleared.

Rick knew that it was time to bring in members other than the captain, but he was still cautious, and for the first time a regular group member entered the mountain, he only let a dozen members of the strongest fighting team participate, and brought three Sirian horses to try.