Chapter Seventy-Six: Escaping Death (Part II)
On the wilderness glacier of Nideho, three figures are running desperately.
They didn't stop, they didn't stop, they didn't even dare to look back, they were already out of breath, their hearts were beating wildly, and they gasped for breath as they galloped through the mountain roads and glacier trails that could only pass the three of them at the same time.
Especially the gray-eyed boy who was following the black-haired wizard and carrying Isaac on his back, his face was already flushed now, and he felt that his whole body was about to boil and melt, but he still hugged the "megalomaniac" tightly and never let go, gritting his teeth and following behind Loren inch by inch.
"Boom ——!"
The continuous tremors caused the snow and ice in the mountains to continue to fall, and they exploded again and again behind him and in front of his eyes.
The most recent one was even above their heads, but that only made the two run faster.
Absolutely can't stop, this is the only consensus of the three people at the moment!
There was only less than half a day's journey from departure to destination, and half a day was enough—the black-haired wizard, who had already done his best, gritted his teeth, his heartbeat almost rushing out of his chest.
Even if the other party really had tens of thousands of rotting corpse demons, it would be impossible for them all to pursue the three of them, and for now, they could only hope that there was something else that was interfering with the white-bearded man of Dioda, so that he could not outflank him with all his strength.
There is little hope, but this is also the only chance, otherwise tens of thousands of monsters will pour into the Great Snow Mountain, and they will die no matter what!
"Boom, boom, boom, boom——!"
The sound of neat and orderly footsteps sounded one after another from behind, and in the blink of an eye, the pale "torrent" had already attached itself from the almost vertical ice wall ants, and the queue rushed up to the three of them from behind.
No matter how slow the speed was, no matter how far they were from the three of them, the sound of the footsteps of the most elite legions, which had never stopped from the beginning, kept falling, but were constantly being joined by new monsters, made people's scalps tingle!
"I said... Can we really run away?"
Sisi grabbed the shoulder of the gray-eyed boy, and Isaac, whose voice trembled, almost resisted the urge not to look behind him: "Judging from the current situation, no matter how you think about it, it feels like there is little hope!"
"Is now the time to think about this?!"
Lu Sien, whose cheeks had already begun to turn red and bleed, couldn't help but yell behind him: "There is still a glimmer of hope if you keep running, wouldn't it be absolutely dead to stop?!"
"I think you're completely fallacious, and even if we continue to run away, it's only a matter of time before we get caught up - do you think these monsters need a halftime break, or do you have to catch up on their sleep when they're tired?!"
"I think you're the one who wants me to throw you down, right?!"
"I've said it before, now I'll repeat it again, it's easy for you to get into trouble with your rigid thinking!"
"Shut up ——!"
The three people who were arguing and running wildly were constantly accelerating, turning sharply, and climbing over the mountains... Do everything you can to shake off the rotting demons that catch up behind you, but no matter how fast you run, these slow-moving monsters will still keep up unhurriedly until they ......
A cliff appeared in front of them.
"Jumping ——!"
Isaac, who closed his eyes, shouted at the top of his voice, and the three of them, who had no way to retreat, jumped off the edge of the cliff without the slightest hesitation, and disappeared into the white blizzard in an instant!
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The three people who were wheezing violently staggered into the cave, and breathed a sigh of relief as they looked at the pale withered figure that kept falling from the cliff.
The black-haired wizard with a solemn face leaned against the mountain wall and stared at the outside of the cave, while Lusen and Isaac, who had long been out of breath, collapsed directly to the ground, slowly recovering their physical strength with weakness.
"I—I said... Did you get rid of them?" Isaac lay on the ground with a look of dying on his face: "There's still a long way to go, and I don't want to wait until the Nidhogg gate to not even have the strength to get excited." ”
"Obviously, I ran on your back the whole time, why do you look more tired than me!"
The weak gray-eyed boy couldn't help but complain, took a breath and slowly spoke: "This is only temporary—there are at least tens of thousands of carrion demons in the entire Great Snow Mountain, if that 'Dead One' apostle is really ready to capture us, it will only be a matter of time before we are discovered!"
"And, I suspect that Faoda probably let us go on purpose!"
"On purpose?" Isaac glanced at Rusan in disbelief.
"Lusen is right. ”
The black-haired wizard's voice suddenly came, causing the two lying on the ground to raise their heads at the same time, and Loren, who frowned slightly, turned around and calmed his heartbeat that was about to burst out of his chest:
"That's my judgment - the other party probably guessed in the first place that we wouldn't tell him the truth, so this is the way to find the real entrance to Niederhogg. ”
"Only... Keep tracking, and that's where we'll end up!"
With a word, Isaac and Lusen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became nervous again.
That's right, even without Isaac's quick wit, I'm afraid that Dioda would have deliberately "escaped" one or two of the three people in some way, and in such a tense situation, he had no choice but to plan an escape route at all.
This is a game of "cat catches the mouse", running away is the only option, and winning with a huge disadvantage is already impossible.
Compared to Faoda, who has a large army and is still an apostle of the evil god, he has too few cards in his hand - so pitiful that it is difficult to fight his way out of the siege and save the lives of himself and those around him.
In this case, at least jump out of the opponent's standardized "game rules", and then try every means to find new hole cards, in order to have a chance of winning!
Brandon and his army were still in the barren mounds of the Valley of Blood, in the exact opposite position to himself, and the legions of the Broken Mountain Fortress were thousands of miles away, and Conod would never go north for his own sake;
But... At least one more person must be in the vicinity of Nidhogg right now.
"It's not an option to drag on like this, you have to divert Phaoda's army of monsters. Lusen, who was holding on to the rock wall, slowly got up and said weakly:
"I'll be the bait, Lord Loren and Isaac will take the opportunity to go to the entrance!"
"Elleman's stinky boy, what are you?!"
"I'm not talking nonsense - this is a war, and certain sacrifices are necessary to achieve the goal!" The scorching gray-eyed boy looked down at Isaac and chuckled self-deprecatingly:
“... I should have been hanged when I was in the Broken Mountain Fortress, and I have already earned it by living the Holy Cross. ”
"What's more... I'm the only one of the three who doesn't know where the entrance is, and even if I get caught, they won't help, and I don't have to worry about me leaking my secrets and ......."
"It's okay with that!"
Roughly interrupting the gray-eyed boy's words, the black-haired wizard who didn't look back looked out of the cave: "We are divided into two ways - you and Isaac take the second route, and I will take the first route, until then I will try to attract their attention as much as possible, this is my plan!"
"Lord Loren......"
"Lusen!" Loren, who interrupted him again, turned his head and stared at the gray-eyed boy's eager expression with an indifferent expression, "Your current identity is my escort, not the commander of a certain banner of the Broken Boundary Mountain Fortress Legion - and I'm not asking for your opinion now, but giving you orders!"
"By the way, when I was in the Ancient Wood Forest, I once sent nearly a hundred elves who were desperate for me to die in order to win - so I don't need you to tell me the necessity of sacrifice, I know it clearly!"
The speechless Lusen stared at the dark and deep eyes without saying a word, and Isaac, who was patted on the dust behind him and stood up, silently grabbed his right hand, and dragged him deeper into the cave with unresistible strength, leaving Loren alone.
It wasn't until the figure left that the black-feathered eagle on the black-haired wizard's shoulder disappeared in a puff of black smoke, turning into a young man in a small red and black dress, and looked at him meaningfully with the corners of his mouth:
"Ready?"
"Do you still need to say this?" Loren, whose face was unwavering, bowed slightly:
"It's time to go to a match to death——!"