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Once again, the morning sun awakened the Iron Ridge Mountains blown by the cold wind from the darkness. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The envoys, who had no breakfast to eat, hastily cleaned up the camp, covered the campfire with stones and snow, and continued their march deeper into the western foothills of the mountains.

As the sun continued to shine, the wind that was constantly shuttling between the mountain peaks had turned from cold to cool, and Ezreal, who was always paying attention to her surroundings, noticed that the temperature was slowly rising.

The 'Explorer', who returned to the group from the boulder with the 'Arcane Leap', frowned slightly, and told the other companions about his concerns: "I'm afraid we're running into another tricky problem, usually there is not a big change in temperature after an ice storm, so this doesn't happen very often......"

"So what's the problem you're running into?"

Once again, Ahri asked without waiting for Ezreal to finish.

This time, he didn't choose to fight with the demon fox, and after carefully organizing the language, Ezreal said in a deep voice: "Ice storms will bring a lot of snow to the Iron Ridge Mountains, which is not a problem in winter. But now it's summer, and even though the temperature here in the mountains is more than a dozen degrees cooler than outside, it's still much higher than the melting point of snow......

"What do you want to say, Izawa Kid? Will we encounter anything worse than an ice storm? ”

"It's... Avalanche? ”

Prompted by Ezreal, Lux finally remembered that there was a natural disaster that would be more terrifying than an ice storm where she needed to find a strong shelter to take shelter from.

That is, once encountered, there is nowhere to escape from the alpine avalanche!

"Yes, Avalanche. The previous night's ice storm brought an excess of snow, and then after being exposed to the summer sun, the snow on the surface would slowly melt and seep into the snow and the slopes. If you're unlucky, a lot of snow can slide and cause an avalanche. ”

Although he had never encountered it himself, Ezreal still explained in detail the formation of the avalanche to his companions, who were mostly 'southerners'.

"Like over there?"

Timo, who put his hand on his forehead and was looking around at the snow, pointed to the snow that was rolling down from time to time in the distance and asked curiously.

Knowing that the yodelers had seen a small loosening of the snow layer they had found earlier, Ezreal nodded and replied, "Yes, that's it." Imagine what it would be like if all the snow on the entire hillside was sliding down like those little chunks? ”

"How big would the whole hillside be, Izawa boy?"

"It's big, maybe as big as it could be from that hillside to our feet."

"Shh~~~ Oh my God, that's scary enough. Is there anything to be aware of? ”

The 'Merlin Gunner', who had no idea about avalanches, couldn't help but take a deep breath and ask for more precautions after estimating how much snow there was in the area indicated by Ezreal's drawing.

"Yes!"

Ezreal, who had a very bad face, nodded and said, "Don't walk too steep hills, don't go to places where a lot of snow slides down, and don't talk loudly on the mountain." ”

"But boy, we're in the mountains right now, it should be fine, right?"

In the face of the life-threatening disaster, the tone of the 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' was not so annoying, and Ahri, who didn't know much about the Northland, also asked.

"It's okay now. But sooner than the afternoon, or as late as to-morrow, we should begin our descent down the western foothills of the Iron Ridge Mountains towards the ice field where Freljord is located. ”

Ezreal, who has a strong sense of direction compared to the time after entering the mountain and the distance traveled these days, predicts that they should soon be able to enter the moment of descent from the mountain.

"Ah...... What the hell is this place......"

Ahri's helpless moans echoed through the valley where he had temporarily rested.

"Shhhh Ali! ”

Xiao Pao Niang's somewhat nervous voice sounded closely.

As the day approached dusk, the envoy team had turned out of the winding ridge path and came to the foothills where the mountains and plains met, as Ezreal had judged.

"Wow!" Tristana, who lowered her voice, looked at the scenery in front of her with intoxication: "It's spectacular! ”

"yes, yes, it's so different from the Sable Rock Mountains!" Teemo, who was also a member of the Southerners, also whispered in echo of his companion's admiration.

The snow-capped foothills of the ice are one of the most majestic landscapes in the Valoran continent.

The thick layer of snow decorates the high peaks like cute toys, but the humans on this big toy really feel their own insignificance.

"Alright, let's hurry up."

Along the way, the lack of food or firewood in the foothills where the storm was more evident made Lux a little uneasy, and she turned to urge the two yodel boys to stop and enjoy the view.

In front of the team, the demon fox, who was very upset by the white light in the sun, muttered and complained: "It's so white everywhere, what's there to see?" ”

Hearing Ahri's complaint, Ezreal, who was at the head of the line, touched his nose and shook his head helplessly.

It's not that he forgot the blindfold to prepare to walk in the snow, but he never thought that when the continent was full of scorching summer, there would be a sudden huge storm on the Iron Ridge Mountains, allowing them to experience the feeling of winter in advance.

Thankfully, they were able to get out of the uninhabited Iron Ridge Mountains soon, and once they were in the villages and towns of Freljord, they had a lot to add.

Ahead of the blackout blindfolds to protect against snow blindness are thick fur clothing that keeps everyone from freezing to death in the Northland summer, and plenty of food to keep everyone from starving......

Behind the people who began their arduous journey down the mountain, countless black shadows appeared in the place where they had rested last night, and the campfire that had been buried was also turned out, and the bones of two snow rabbits that had become very fine.

'Click, click'

Finding the black shadow of the snow rabbit's bones, with a hint of joy, he immediately used his powerful teeth to quickly eat the fragmented bones, and then in order to avoid wasting time by losing the target again, the black shadow quickly pursued along the path of the ridge.

Undisturbed by the dangerous situation, the hungry envoy made their way down the hill before it was completely dark.

The western foothills are a little more stormy than the bare ridge trails after the storm, but there are always a few valleys that are less affected.

After the catastrophe, Ezreal the 'Explorer', whose usual experience of exploration had become less useful, had to lead the other four people, following the high-chested, swaggering Ahri, into the narrow, somewhat lively valley that her little blue fox had found.

The sun was about to be completely hidden in the thick clouds in the distance, but Ezreal looked around at the little valley where he had landed tonight, and the plant that brought life to the valley, the little wall-hung pine that was barely half a man's height and was trying to hold diagonally into the air.

After some discussion, Ezreal and the others finally didn't make a move on the only chance of life in the valley.

In addition to practical considerations such as small pine trees being too wet to burn, more importantly, it is probably easier for anyone who has experienced such a devastating natural disaster to feel more compassion for something that gives people hope.

The night grew darker, and the narrow valley echoed Ahri's enchanting words.

"If you don't eat it~~ I'm welcome! Hmm~~~ It's tempting......"

It's just that no one in the envoy team can compete with her for this rare dinner.

It was the food that the little fox soul with only half of the body had dragged out of the snow cave with great effort: a poor snow hare that had been dead for at least half a day, frozen hard by the freezing snow.

Maybe eating raw food is still something that is barely possible for a few men in the team, so in such a cold environment, eating the same cold raw food is a bit of a challenge to the limits of one's digestion.

"Alas......" touched the small wall hanging pine beside him, which was not much taller than himself, and the yodel scout with a bitter face sighed deeply in his heart.

It's the same wide mountain range, or the sable stone mountain range in my hometown, think about how many good things are waiting for yodel people to collect on the sable stone mountain this season, how can it be like this now, even if you want to warm your body, you can only rely on running to generate heat.

listlessly arranged the order of duty, except for the little cannon girl on duty at the first post, and the demon fox who was eating energetically, everyone else tried their best to shrink their bodies and leaned in the valley and quietly began to rest.

There is no energy to consume, so you can only reduce your consumption as much as possible......

Fortunately, the terrain in the small valley is very good, as long as a companion is on guard at the entrance where everyone enters, and the road further inside has been buried by a large amount of snow sliding down the mountain wall.

For a short time, or at least the night they rested, they didn't have to worry about any danger from the other side where there was a huge amount of snow buried.

The clear moonlight shone on the mouth of the valley, and the sight on the sentry was not bad, and he could notice the movement more than twenty steps away.

Tristana was on the first duty, and then Ahri ate the whole fat snow rabbit alone, and after half a sentry on duty, the tired demon fox woke up Lux to change the guard, and in the first half of the night, which was not too tired, three ladies were on duty.

Then came the relatively difficult late night, followed by Ezreal of the three men, which was deliberately set aside for the two of them to be alone.

It's just that I'm cold and hungry now, it's not a good romantic opportunity, and the 'explorer' who changed shifts just hugged the girl who was not in good shape a little and let the other party go to rest quickly.

From time to time, he looked down to study the 'Ice Vein Gauntlet' on his left hand, and at some point he touched the 'Tears of the Goddess' hanging on his heart, and Ezreal felt that something was jumping through his mind from time to time, and when he wanted to think about it, he couldn't grasp the flickering thoughts.