Chapter 131: Frozen Valley
The night passed quietly.
If you meet other travelers in the wilderness, if you can communicate and there is no obvious hostility, you can still get along with each other somewhat. Just as Sauron was willing to accept Aladdin on the road, the Phantom Circus performers, after feeling that he was not in danger, also temporarily accepted him for the night. Faith is more effective than moral restraint in this world, and of course it is the woman who does not show up in the carriage who really speaks, she is the real core of the circus.
As for why Sauron was sure that it was a woman inside, it was mainly because of the decoration of the carriage, as well as the faint scent, and a legend he had once heard. Legend has it that there is a sea witch in the Phantom Circus, no one knows what this sea witch is, some people guess that she is a sea monster blood, and some people guess that she is an underwater witch, anyway, there are a lot of nonsense speculations, but few people know the real answer. The Phantom Circus is expensive, and these people need to spend at least five or six thousand kindlers.
In most organizations similar to circuses, song and dance troupes, and performance troupes, the Phantom Circus should be one with a better reputation, and it is rare to hear anything about adultery.
Sauron didn't know much about them, and in the past he paid the most attention to the most famous Darkmoon Circus.
There is a powerful god in this world called [Lady Silvermoon], the Silvermoon Walker that Sauron met is her follower, and the Darkmoon Circus is also an organization that serves her, but the latter is a hidden killer organization, they will assassinate some targets that they think are evil when they act, they represent the dark side of the moon, and it is an organization that believes in good gods but has ruthless methods. Sauron had fought them before he had advanced to the Legends, and was missing two fingers from the hands of a terrifying clown dancer!
Now he still doesn't believe that those guys who kill people without blinking an eye really believe in the Lady of the Good Moon.
There are often special advanced professions in the circus.
The green-skinned goblin named Copperplate was better, and it wasn't difficult for Sauron to recognize its advanced class, but the others were not so easy to judge.
The only thing that is certain is that many people work part-time as troubadours!
Their acting skills are not low, and their acting skills are quite good, and it is difficult for you to judge that the other party is telling the truth when you come into contact with them. Or acting completely in front of you.
For example, the beautiful elf girl.
Acting, deception, and intimidation, the three basic skills that the circus focuses on, in which Sauron has trained in the past to deceive.
The drow elf, who trained Sauron, also sent him a sentence - "Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills." ”
There are more than two or three hundred points of performance skills, which is also the power of real existence!
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Let's be honest.
When Sauron saw this group of people, he really missed the [Observing Words and Feelings] specialty that he had trained at the beginning.
The circus had alternate night watchmen, and only the green-skinned goblin in the whole team had not slept, nor did it stand on guard on the periphery, but just squatted around the campfire to roast ice frogs, and I didn't know how much it had eaten all night, and it seemed that it was always not enough to eat anyway. The next day there was a small pile of bones there. It is the real vigilance core of the whole team, and it is not easy to spot Sauron from a distance, this clown dancer who has advanced from a goblin is not easy, and Sauron is not too sure to win it.
There are also some outstanding talents born in the mediocre race, and Sauron does not despise anyone.
Under the morning sun.
The circus men began to prepare breakfast, and they melted it directly in the pot with ice and snow, and the elven girl entered the carriage with a basin of hot water.
This should have been a very common move.
However, Sauron still took a closer look, but he didn't expect to find something by accident.
The water was hot when it came in, and it burned white steam.
But when the elf girl came out. The water in the basin was cold, and a wisp of ice floe could be faintly seen, and in less than five minutes, a basin of hot water turned into ice water.
"Interesting."
Sauron's expression was impassive. Pulling out a scimitar to shave, he had been traveling all night during this time, and his beard had grown a little.
Copperplate walked over with a bowl of hot soup and glanced at Sauron's blade. The tiny fish scales refract the light and look very exquisite.
"Good knives." It exclaimed, and handed the hot soup to Sauron.
The circus soon began to set off. The people in the carriage still did not show up, and the others were busy with their own affairs, and seemed very well-trained. The burly orc, carrying a whip to drive away the pack beasts, set up the other two carriages, which were supposed to be the trainers of the circus, but there were no other beasts to be seen, perhaps because the weather was too cold to bring them. A skilled animal tamer can domesticate a beast in a day or two, guaranteeing that it is more obedient than the druid's animal companions.
The group soon began to move forward.
Sauron slowed down a little at this point, ready to follow them through the Frozen Valley.
It's a bit of a wicked place, and it's safer with more people.
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Along the way, it was relatively silent.
Rushing in this icy and snowy place, it is estimated that no one will be in high spirits.
The elven girl was still wearing her slightly revealing dress, and her tall figure kept coming and going, shouting from time to time to direct them forward. Looking at her footsteps on the snow, Sauron estimated that her agility was over 20 points, as there were only shallow footprints on the ground, and it was unknown what special class she had advanced. From the rhythm and movement of the body, Sauron judged that the opponent's reflexes and evasion were strong, and the advanced class might be similar to the Shadow Warrior, but it should be advanced by the Troubadour.
The ice on the ground is getting thicker.
The other people's expressions grew nervous, and after a valley appeared in front of them, they took a break and began to pick up speed.
The goblin clown walked at the front of the group, looked up at the cliffs on both sides, and the position of the top of the mountain, and said in a deep voice: "There is a possibility of encountering ice trolls here, everyone hurry up and get through guò later, don't shout loudly, if you are unlucky, you will be unlucky if you encounter an avalanche." ”
There are cliffs on all sides, and the cliffs are covered with ice.
The elf girl stood on the carriage and looked up at the sky, of course, it could also be the top of the steep mountain, as if she had found something, and it should be an ice troll if nothing else.
There are quite a few ice trolls here, all living on top of the mountain.
If it weren't for the scarcity of food, these ice trolls wouldn't have attacked the travelers below the valley very much.
"Sauron."
The elven girl landed lightly beside him. Glancing at him, he blinked, "It seems that you are also a learned adventurer, since you know the legend of Arendelle, then do you know why this place is called the Frozen Valley?" ”
Is this a temptation?
Or do you want to know something from your own mouth?
Sauron frowned slightly, glanced at her, and said, "The real Frozen Valley is ahead, but it was called Icewind Valley a long time ago. ”
"It is said that because of a legendary battle, the valley was completely frozen, and the ice there was so thick that it would not melt all year round, and people from the land of ice and snow did not dare to go out, and they usually traded by sea after the beginning of spring. The druids had tried to dismantle the anomaly before, but seemed to have failed. There is a special energy store in the Frozen Valley. ”
"Be careful."
"Elemental life may appear in the Frozen Valley in winter, and there are usually no people walking in winter."
"That's right."
"The real ice in the Frozen Valley is less than half a meter, and the hardness is about the same as diamond, so if you are interested, you can try your own weapons and pass the test! There is said to be some treasure below, but no one has been able to chisel through the ice. ”
Hearing Sauron's words, the others couldn't help but show surprise on their faces.
As we continued to advance, the thickness of the ice became higher and higher, and every qiē in front of me was almost covered with a layer of ice, and the road surface was slightly slippery. The elven girl seemed intrigued by what he had to say, and whispered a few words next to the goblin clown. It quickly broke through the ice with its dagger, and soon dug about fifty centimeters deep, and then saw a layer of pale blue ice.
Clang!
Its dagger stabbed on the ice with a crunch, and the goblin clown moved his palm. seemed to be a little numb from the shock, and then said: "It's really about the same hardness as diamond!" How come I've never heard of it before? ”
There was only one shallow mark on the pale blue ice.
Sauron shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm actually hearsay, but it seems that the legend is true. ”
Frozen Valley.
The thickness of the ice on the surface is not high, similar to that of other ice cubes. Down there is a special layer of ice, as hard as diamond, and there are only shallow traces of extraordinary weapons slashing on it. I don't know how many people wanted to discover the secrets beneath it, but no one has succeeded. It is said that there is something frozen underneath, and it may be a zài artifact, but it lasted for a long time anyway, and it was not until the end of the [Ice and Snow Rebellion] that the ice here suddenly melted.
The elven girl was obviously very interested, she stretched out her finger and stroked the pale blue ice, then walked into the carriage and said something.
Immediately after that, the team moved on, and the others were curious to try it out, and found that the hardness of the ice was really beyond imagination!
It's something left over from supernatural abilities.
The cold wind seemed to be mixed with whispers, which could be hallucinations or real, and they had been around for hundreds of years.
The people of the Ice Nation believe that a mysterious witch lives here.
Anyone has explored all locations in the past, and there is basically no trace of human life, so the final conclusion is that this whisper-like sound is mixed with the cold wind, either by supernatural abilities or by special circumstances. In the Frozen Valley, whenever the wind is strong, there will be this whisper-like sound.
Fortunately, it's not a long way here, so you can walk through it in half an morning if you speed up!
There were no monsters encountered along the way.
Sauron noticed that only one of the three carriages had a thin layer of ice that had an extra layer of ice, and it was the one where the Phantom Circus master was staying.
From here they parted ways.
Sauron headed towards the glacial mountains near the Northlands, and they followed the road to the sea, Arendelle, a kingdom of ice and snow near the sea.
The eldest princess, who is about to ascend the throne, seems to be a legendary-level Destiny Warlock.
If he's not mistaken.
After the mysterious disappearance of the Ice Goddess, her mana spiraled out of control for a while, completely freezing the nearby sea. In the end, the [Ice and Snow Rebellion] broke out, and the eldest princess faced off against the weak [Winter Maiden].
It seems that the weak gods of the evil camp [Whipping Girl] also joined in this fun.
……………… (To be continued......)