"Carrion?"

The black-haired wizard leaning on the rock wall peered at the "figure" passing by outside the cave, slightly hooked the corners of his mouth and whispered.

The body is unusually close to a human but very tall, a withered and rotten body like ice and snow, a head without a "face" that can utter a cry that is almost a roar, no sight but excellent hearing, and a slower movement but almost twice as strong as a human.

And the armor and spears that resemble ice crystals...... Loren narrowed his eyes slightly, if His Royal Highness a certain prince didn't joke nonsense, the hardness was probably no less than obsidian.

Perhaps because the snow was blocking the entrance, the dozen or so carrion demons wandering outside the cavern were unaware that the black-haired wizards were communicating with each other in some kind of shrill voice that bordered on "roaring".

In the reflection of the dark pupils, these almost "zombie" monsters moved slowly, like "soldiers" in a neat formation, patrolling back and forth on the path outside the cave.

Just seeing this scene, I can't help but feel chills in my heart!

"It's creepy... This kind of monster is not at all on the same level as ghouls or even ogres. Asriel lay beside the black-haired wizard and curled the corners of his mouth slightly:

"But... It's only a dozen, dear Loren, and that shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

"That's right, one or two or a dozen of these slow-moving and sluggish monsters are really not a problem. The black-haired wizard gradually showed a somewhat cold expression, solemn to the point that it couldn't be more solemn:

"But what if it's in the thousands?"

"Thousands...... Tens of thousands?" the boy blinked in confusion.

"His Royal Highness Brandon once told me that every time the northern invades, these zombie-like rotting demons are the real 'main force', and they can't see the boundless 'dry white wave', and it only takes a quarter of an hour to swallow up half of the legion!"

"The most important thing is that these rotting corpses are fundamentally different from the other monsters on the ice field north of the Broken Boundary Mountain!"

"The fundamental difference?"

"Whether it's an iceborne werewolf or a minotaur...... They are nothing more than monsters distorted by the power of the Void, essentially no different from ghouls, at most because they are more strongly influenced in the realm of evil gods. ”

Loren said slowly: "But these 'rotting corpse demons' are the playthings fabricated by the evil gods who invaded the dragon kingdom, and they exist completely by relying on the power of the void, monsters in the true sense!"

"And the evil gods hunt endlessly, and the dead warriors stand up and fight their companions......" The young man blew the white and golden hair on his forehead, with a hint of mockery in his expression: "It is really unexpectedly bold to directly operate the power of the void in the material world!"

"Are you surprised?" the black-haired wizard glanced at the boy in surprise, "Isn't this kind of 'trick' the usual routine of you evil gods?"

"Absolutely not, the kind Asriel doesn't have such an incomprehensible bad taste!"

Asriel pouted with a very unhappy expression: "Please don't associate me with these tasteless and rustic guys, okay? Even if you really want to destroy the whole world, you definitely won't use this brainless monster to complete my masterpiece!"

"Don't evil gods like you like to hide behind the scenes and command brainless minions to work for you?" the black-haired wizard continued to quip.

"It's really too much, although you can hear that Loren is just deliberately mocking, but this kind of talk really hurts Asriel. The young man stared at him very "aggrieved".

"Really, sometimes I can't help but wonder if I'm being used by you!"

"Dear Loren, we are the best and closest friends in the world, and friends definitely don't use each other!"

In the next second, the aggrieved Asriel grinned a sly smile:

"But between friends, you can also owe each other favors. ”

"So you don't understand how they do it?"

"I don't understand at all!" Asriel's scarlet pupils showed a hint of disgust, "Maybe some imposter lady who is so passionate about blood sacrifices and corpses that she is almost pathological has more say in this!"

Ignoring a teenager who seemed to have been humiliated, the black-haired wizard sighed and leaned against the edge of the cavern, continuing to spy on the monsters, trying not to make any noise that would draw them in.

"Have you decided on your next plan?"

"The plan hasn't changed from the beginning - target Nidhogg, the rest is secondary. Loren's gaze never moved:

"But it's more important right now to figure out why these rotting demons are here!"

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"Calm down, don't act rashly!"

Pressing Isaac beside him into the snow, Lusen, who was lying on the edge of the cliff, peeked at the figure of the carrion demon below in surprise, and forced his composure to breathe rapidly.

"I know this kind of thing without you telling me!" Although he immediately retorted, Isaac still lowered his voice: "Besides, the rotting corpse demon has no eyes, and only has a very sensitive sense of hearing from head to toe - it is impossible to find the two of us nearly ten meters above their heads!"

"It has nothing to do with this!" the gray-eyed boy gritted his teeth and stared at Isaac beside him: "Don't you understand? The rotting corpse demon is not a monster that exists in the first place, but was summoned by those evil gods!"

"Their appearance is the best evidence that the monsters are about to invade - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Conod is not mistaken, the Broken Boundary Mountain Fortress is really dangerous!"

This time, Isaac's expression finally became a little more serious: "That...... What are we going to do now?"

"Hide it first, and never be spotted - this is not a brainless monster like the Ice Werewolf, and it will be difficult to escape once entangled. Lusen twitched his throat fiercely, vigilantly watching the monster's every move:

"The rotting corpses usually act in groups, like a legion - the one below is probably just a squad responsible for front-line reconnaissance or patrolling, and if expected, their 'main force' is probably nearby!"

"So, let's hide here first?"

"That's basically it, there's no way the two of us can do anything. Lusen nodded: "What's more, Lord Loren hasn't caught up yet, wait until he and we meet before deciding on the next plan." ”

"But then again... It's only half a day's journey from Cliff Mountain to here at most, and there hasn't been any movement for so long, so something must be wrong?"

"You don't have to worry about this - of all the people I know, Loren Turin is the one who doesn't need to be worried about him!" Isaac got up and shrugged his shoulders and touched his nose:

"Of course, a stupid alchemist likes to worry about himself, and always thinks that others don't know, and when it comes to Loren, he is unsettled, and there is no such thing as a wizard, and sometimes I wonder if this guy is a ......."

"Smack!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lusen, who was lying in the snow, grabbed him and slammed him to the ground.

"What's wrong?!"

"You didn't notice?" Lusin looked at him nervously, his pupils trembling slightly, "I seem to have heard a voice just now, but I can't remember what it is!"

The north wind was howling, and the nervous two of them lay on their stomachs in the snow on the peak, motionless and sneaking a glance around.

"Click——!

"I heard it too!" Isaac's eyes widened and his brow furrowed nervously, "It seems to be ......"

"What is it?" the gray-eyed boy's delicate face was incomparably dignified.

"Click——!

Isaac, who suddenly thought of something, turned his head stiffly, his expression extremely ugly: "It seems to be... It was the sound of the ice cracking. ”

"Click——!" The two people who heard the voice trembled almost at the same time, and involuntarily lowered their heads.

"I guessed wrong... Right?"

"Boom ——!!!!"

The moment the words fell, the entire peak collapsed in an instant with a loud explosion!