Near Northrend, in the far north of the Entagre continent, there is a valley dotted with lakes and hot springs: the Valley of Wintersprings.

During the Second Age, when the elves came to this cold and warm valley, they were all attracted by the magnificent natural scenery here, so some of the elves settled here and called themselves snow elves.

For tens of thousands of years, Winterspring Valley has become a paradise, home to snow elves and Winterspring bears, several large lakes with hoarfrost fishmen, and the mountains surrounding Winterspring Valley are often haunted by Zudak trolls.

The hot springs here are very effective in treating injuries, and around this precious hot spring resource, Zudak trolls and snow elves have long been fighting over it.

In mid-July 2026, in the snowy sky, a foreigner wearing a pure white snow cape rode a plush snow leopard to Dongquan Town, a snow elf town located in the center of Winterspring Valley.

For Dongquan Town, who may not have seen a stranger for decades, this sudden appearance of a stranger made them very curious, but the reserve of being elves made these snow elves, who were only about one and a half meters tall, restrain their curiosity and watched this stranger enter the only hotel in Dongquan Town.

According to the middle-aged dwarf with a thirty-centimeter-long snow-white beard, the Winter Springs Hotel has been selling dwarven spirits made by the Winterspring Valley family to the inhabitants of the Winterspring Valley since his grandfather's grandfather, and of course, they also provide accommodation for those who are drunk.

"Welcome! Would you like a drink, outlander? Although the weather this year is much warmer than last year, for foreigners like you, you must feel that your bones are almost frozen! The owner of the hotel, Zasiko Spirits, said to himself as he filled the large wine glass in his hand with a full glass of spirits and put it in front of the guests, "Drink! This time Daddy Zashiko is in for a treat! It's been a long time since I've seen a foreigner! Where are you from, big man? ”

The stranger who had taken off his snow cloak had a resolute face, looked like a human being, and wore a thick cotton coat, he took off his gloves, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank the glass that was enough to fit his three fists in one gulp.

"Good wine!" The stranger exhaled and said loudly, and at the same time sat down, "Boss, this wine is really good, bring me another glass!" ”

"Hahaha! No problem! Daddy Zashiko loves guests like you the most! Those long white ears like always say that my wine is terrible, but if I want to say, this is the wine that men should drink! Zashiko poured another full glass and put it in front of the stranger, "Here, it's still Tashiko's dad for a treat!" ”

While drinking the second cup, the stranger took out a few gold coins from his bosom and put them on the table: "Is there anything to eat?" ”

"Jimma, Jimma! You lazy woman who should be hammered with a forging hammer for three days and three nights, quickly take out the food! Instead of taking the gold coins, Zashiko turned and yelled at the small door behind the counter.

After a while, a short, stocky female dwarf came out of the small door, carrying a large basin of food that could not be discerned, walked up to Zashiko, put the black-faced, steaming hot bubbling thing on the table, and then gave Zashiko an elbow: "You old drunkard who should have your head smashed by a mine hammer, you have never done me a favor except drinking!" Damn, why are there still guests in this weather! ”

"Shut up, lazy bitch! Don't disgrace the face of the spirits! Zashiko replied, and the dwarf scolded and walked back to the kitchen, "Okay, don't worry about that lazy woman, when Jima was young, she liked my wine the most!" Come on, try this! ”

The stranger looked at the unknown pot of food in front of him and hesitated a little. Obviously, the color and shape of the thing, and the bubbles that kept bubbling up, reminded him of the terrible magic potions made by the magicians.

"Winter Spring Valley specialty, Winter Spring stew!" Tashiko scooped a big spoonful with a spoon and put it on the plate in front of the stranger, "The snow wild boar that is a specialty of the Winter Spring Valley, plus the hot spring mushrooms, as well as the winter spring grass and frost flowers, and then stew it for a day and a night with the hot spring water that is only available in the Winter Spring Valley, I can guarantee that as long as you eat it once, you will never forget this delicacy!" Ha ha! ”

The stranger hesitantly put the large black object on the plate into his mouth, his face was full of heroic expressions, but in the next second, it changed to a look of surprise!

Seeing the stranger holding the big pot of winter spring stew and stuffing it into his stomach without regard for his demeanor, Zashiko's face was full of pride: "Look, I'll just say, you will never forget this taste!" ”

The stranger took out more than a dozen gold coins from his bosom again and put them on the table: "Finally alive!" My name is Sylbe, human, Daddy Zashiko, and I'm asking you something. ”

Zashiko didn't even look at the gold coins on the table, poured himself a glass of liquor from behind the counter, sat down opposite Silbe, and said, "Tell me, what do you want to inquire about?" In Winterspring Town, there is nothing that Zashiko's father doesn't know. ”

"Has there been a single undead in the past few days?"

Hearing Silbe's question, the wine glass in Zashiko's hand immediately toppled over on the table, and the spirits that were usually regarded as treasures by Tashiko flowed everywhere like clear water, however, Zashiko didn't notice this at all, instead widened his eyes and asked, "What is your purpose, human?" Why look for that damn undead? ”

Sylbe heard a cacophony outside the hotel door, sounding as if a large group of people had fallen to the ground and then immediately scattered in all directions, and it seemed that the snow elves had not asked him about his origin in person, but had secretly hidden outside the hotel to eavesdrop.

"I just want to find out, Daddy Zashiko, can you tell me? Has there been a ghost of the dead who has appeared here recently? Sylbe took out a large handful of gold coins from his bosom, almost dozens of them, and put them on the table with a hula.

"No, I don't know, put away your gold coins, I don't want your gold coins! Damn, I don't know, Zashiko doesn't know what undead! Tashiko jumped out of his chair at a loss, as if he saw some evil spirit, and hid behind the counter, "Stranger, if you are full, leave my hotel quickly, the liquor house is not willing to entertain you!" ”

Sylbe smiled bitterly, stood up and put on his cloak again, put on his gloves, left the large gold coin, nodded to Zashiko behind the counter, pushed open the door of the hotel and walked out.

Standing on the street of Winter Springs Town, Sylbe could see that the streets where some residents could still be seen were now deserted, and the houses as far as the eye could see, whether the doors or windows, were tightly closed by the residents, silently rejecting Sylbey.

Silbert shook her head, summoned the snow leopard, and headed out of town.

It wasn't long before Sylbe saw a thin snow elf cowering behind a cedar tree, watching him.

Silbe stopped, put away the snow leopard, and walked towards the emaciated snow elf.

The little creature was visibly frightened, and his body trembled even more as Sylbert approached, but in spite of this, the emaciated snow elf managed not to run away, and still stood behind the cedars, as if something had compelled him to do so.

"Little one, why aren't you afraid of me?" Sylbe walked up to the emaciated snow elf, crouched down and asked.

"Sir, are you looking for an undead?" The snow elf could see that he was very frightened, and his hands were clutching the trunk of the cedar tree, and the green tendons on his arms could be seen.

Sylbe smiled what he thought was good: "Yes, can you tell me?" Bub! ”

The snow elf nodded: "Dixi can tell you, but Dixi wants to be paid, can you give me a gold coin?" Just one, my father was injured by a troll, he couldn't go out hunting, and the family was running out of food. ”

"Of course!" Sylbe took out three gold coins and handed them to the snow elf Dixie, "Take them and go buy some medicine for your father!" ”

A smile bloomed on the Snow Elf Dicy's face, and he quickly took a gold coin from Silbe's hand: "One is enough!" My father's injuries will be fine as long as I soak in the hot springs for a few hours. ”

Silbe smiled and stuffed the remaining two gold coins into Dicy's hand: "Take it and buy something delicious for your family!" Can you tell me about that undead now? ”

"Thank you, sir!" Dessie finally lost his previous restraint and fear, and bowed to Silbey, "Two days ago, my father and I were picking snowberries in the mountains west of town, and three trolls caught us, and an undead appeared and killed the three trolls, and my father fled with me, but I saw that the undead went to the east. ”

"East?"

"Yes, sir, it's a place where snow elves hardly set foot, and those trolls have a camp in the mountains to the east, and it's dangerous!"

"Thank you!" Silbe touched Dixie's head, "Hurry home, don't worry your father!" ”

After bidding farewell to the Snow Elf Dixie, Sylbe rode the snow leopard towards the east of Wintersprings.

The snow soon obscured the road, and Sylbey had to cross the woods and hills in a general direction, and it took him a full four hours to reach the troll camp that the snow elf Dicy had mentioned.

In a leeward col, the trolls built a rudimentary camp out of felled cedars, three or five crumbling triangular cabins, and a large pile of charcoal fires in the middle of the camp, already covered in snow.

Silbert swept the snow off the fire, reached in and touched it, and found that the fire had been completely extinguished, which meant that the camp had been abandoned for at least a day, otherwise, the trolls would never let the flames go out, knowing that in cold Northrend, the temperature of the flames was the most effective way to keep them safe.

Just as Sylbe was about to investigate the surrounding triangular cabins, the door of one of them was pushed open, and a pale-faced undead came out of it.

"You're coming sooner than I expected!" Yu Bin said.

"I thought you'd stay in Wintersprings!" Sylbe patted the snow on his hands, "What about the trolls here?" ”

"Killed by me!" Yu Bin turned around and walked into the wooden house, "The owner here doesn't like to entertain an undead guest!" ”

Silbe followed Yu Bin into the wooden house: "It doesn't seem like this is a paradise, I thought the residents here were carefree." ”

A small fire had already risen in the wooden house, and Yu Bin was sitting cross-legged against the wall: "For those snow elves, except for a few clansmen who are captured by trolls as food every year, there is no other threat!" ”

"I heard you saved two snow elves?" Silbert sat on the floor, his hand reaching for the fire, after more than four hours of trekking, he had already exhausted the liquor and food he had drunk in the hotel, "This is not like what you would do, Ice Whisper Dry Bone!" ”

"Did you run into those two snow elves? It's just a whim! You may not know that although the hot springs here have good healing properties, the injured snow spirit may not survive this winter! ”

"Why? As long as you soak in the hot springs for a while, the injuries won't be fatal, right? ”

"Winterspring Valley is indeed a good place, there are very few monsters here, for the snow elves, the snowberries and winterspring grass that grow naturally around them are enough for them to live, but this comfortable life has also caused them to lose their strength, in fact, most of the hot springs with healing effects in Winterspring Valley are either controlled by those bear people, or controlled by those white frost fishmen, even the trolls are not able to take control of the hot springs from these indigenous creatures, and fight with the bear people and fish people every year, It takes too much energy from the trolls, otherwise, why do you think that only a few snow elves are captured by the trolls every year for food? ”

"Sure enough, there are difficulties everywhere! So, couldn't Dixie's father survive? ”

"Oh, is that little guy's name Dicy? If no one is willing to protect his father to the hot springs, then I am afraid it will be difficult for him to survive this winter! Why, do you want to be a good person? ”

"You know what I'm used to!" Sylbe shrugged his shoulders, took out a frozen leg of lamb from his backpack, and roasted it in flames, "I can't just leave it alone!" ”

"Whatever you want! Life is your own anyway! Did I bring what I wanted? ”

The leg of mutton in Silbe's hand gradually softened because of the temperature of the flame, and the water droplets fell on the floor one by one, Silbe didn't care, he took it directly and took a bite, and at the same time took out a small golden hourglass from his arms with his free left hand and threw it to Yu Bin: "If it weren't for the information you told me, I'm afraid I'd be like those unlucky guys now, lying on the bed waiting for death!" ”

"It's just a deal, the normal kind!" Yu Bin took the small hourglass and put it in front of him to observe it carefully, the hourglass in his hand was less than the size of a finger, and the height was only about three centimeters, but it could be seen that the details of this small hourglass were very exquisite.

The golden grit in the hourglass seems to be the tiniest dust in the world, penetrating the tiny bottleneck in the center of the hourglass without hindrance and falling to the bottom half of the hourglass.

"What is this?" Silbert munched on a leg of lamb and asked, "I saw this thing thrown out of a necklace, and the sandworm scared me!" ”

"The jewel of Shahra, part of an artifact made by Emperor Shatar to protect his empire and his beloved!" Yu Bin looked at it carefully for a while, put the hourglass into his backpack, and then took out five soul crystals and threw them to Silbe, "This is your reward!" ”

"This thing can save my daughter?"

"Can't!"

Without hesitation, Sylbe threw away the leg of mutton in his hand, pulled out the long sword that was cut with jagged teeth everywhere from his waist, and pointed at Yu Bin from afar: "You lied to me? ”

"These soul crystals can't save your daughter, but they can wake her up!" Yu Bin was unmoved, "I said at the beginning that it will take a long time to cure your daughter!" ”

Silber lowered the long sword in his hand and sat down dejectedly: "I know, I just hope that Aisha, Aisha, she can live a healthy life, no matter what price I pay, this is my fate!" ”

Yu Bin stood up, crossed Silbe, walked towards the outside of the wooden house, pushed open the door, and said: "Take your daughter to Guangdong, Huaxia, someone will receive you, and when the time comes, I will tell you the content of the second transaction!" ”