Harold jumped up from the flowing ice again, and with a thrash of ith, he threw Edith on his back into the cave,

Then Harold's sleeve arrow on his forearm was fired, fixed to the cliff, and narrowly burrowed into the cave.

As soon as Harold entered the cave, the snow from the avalanche outside the cave began to spill into the cave, and Edith unleashed ice magic, and an ice wall was erected at the entrance of the cave, blocking the snow outside the cave.

After a few minutes, the avalanche outside the cave finally stopped, and both Harold and Edith breathed a sigh of relief.

Edith, in particular, was now unwell, and had used her magic too much, so she sat down on the ground very tired, resting against the rock walls of the cave.

Previously, they had faced the avalanche, and Harold had surpassed the avalanche for the first time he jumped, and Edith had to constantly create a short ice surface for Harold to land on after his jump, and a place for Harold to land on his next jump.

Eventually, before Edith's magic ran out, they finally found the cave where they settled.

Edith sat down on the ground to adjust her breath, and Harold checked around the cave to prevent anything like a poisonous insect or snake in the corner (never for food).

He found that the small cave was quite dry, and there were no dangerous poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the corners, so he calmed down, put the package away, and said to Edith, "This place is not bad, and we will rest here tonight." ”

With that, Harold walked to the entrance of the cave.

Edith lifted the ice wall magic at the cave**, the cave** is now full of snow, like a white wall, only a three-centimeter-wide slit can see the outside world, if you want to get out, it is estimated that you will have to dig for ten minutes of snow.

Harold stood on tiptoe and looked out through the crack, and saw that the sky and the earth were now white, and everything here had been bulldozed by this avalanche, presumably including the previous battle arena.

At this moment, there were scattered light snow in the sky, and the purple waning moon shone on the earth, and the whole area was very, very quiet.

"How? Shall we spend the night here? ”

"Well, right here. There's no way to collect firewood in this place, and we can't light a fire. Let's make up for the night here. Harold took a few steps and sat down next to Edith.

Edith sighed, "Alas, what bad luck! ”

Harold said, "Actually, it's a good thing that we can sleep together tonight." ”

When Edith heard this, her face immediately turned red, and the flush spread to the base of her ears.

"You..... What nonsense are you talking about? We haven't agreed yet! You can't just take advantage of this girl. ”

"Huh?! Who wants to take advantage of you, I don't have the energy right now! Harold raised an eyebrow. I mean, the entrance to the cave is almost blocked by snow, and beasts and monsters can't get in, and there is no need for a vigil. What are you thinking? ”

"Uh, okay." Edith became embarrassed, and she immediately changed the subject: "What, what did you find, in those 'living dead'. ”

"That 'living dead' who attacked with crossbow arrows became like this at least three years ago."

"Huh? What's going on? ”

"It wore the spring military uniform of the Salga Empire, a style that had been phased out since five years ago. At the latest, three years ago, the soldiers of the Salga Empire no longer wore that style of military uniform. ”

"Oh?! That's weird. Didn't you think at first that the reason for the closure of the Knights of Discipline had something to do with these 'living dead'? If this had been the case three years ago, the Knights of Punishment would have been too inefficient. ”

"That's right, and you and I came to the Academy City in the same class, and in the past year and a half, I have never heard of rumors or any kind of notification about the activities of the 'living dead' in the Snow Mountain of St. Maurice, if it were just a few such 'Black Scale Living Dead' activities, the Punishment Knights would not hide anything."

Edith nodded, and she said, "yes, and didn't you say in the first place that the tactics of the living dead were aimed at you?" Looks like you're in some trouble. ”

Harold scratched his hair vigorously, and he said depressedly: "All the strange things that have happened recently, or the lack of critical information, I can't guess what things are. It is quite possible that we are only affected by some event, and not at the heart of it. ”

"Then what are you talking about, didn't you say that if it's not your own business, you should stay away."

Harold leaned lazily against the rock wall, and said, "The truth is that there must be deviations in the actual manipulation. What's more, it has affected me, and I have to understand what is going on before I can decide whether to avoid it or to go head-on. ”

"Hmph, you guy always doesn't care about what he says, his body is quite honest!"

"Cut, you remember what I teased you when I was eating before."

"Of course I remember, this girl has a good memory." Edith gave a small smug.

When Harold heard this, he came to his senses and said with a smile: "Edith, it is estimated that the time is less than 8 o'clock now, I will tell you another story, what happened on the snowy mountain, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"Listen, of course, the stories you tell are quite interesting."

"Hey, hey." Harold chuckled. "It is said that four travelers got lost in the snowy mountains, they got lost for a long time, and finally found an unmanned cabin in the snowy mountains."

"Stop, why does this story sound strange? What is your name? ”

"Eun, Snow Mountain..... Smurfs. ”

"Uh.... Well, you go ahead. ”

"They went into the hut hungry, and found a lot of food in it, and they began to eat sausages, apples, bread, and so on. Finally, they lit the fire, and four people sat down around it in a square. ”

Harold changed his tone very, very badly, and adjusted his tone to a state of vanity. Poor Edith didn't notice it at all.

Harold spoke quickly, and soon said that the four men in the cabin seemed to be aware of the presence of a fifth man.

Edith became frightened, but she was curious and eager to listen, so she didn't stop Harold.

But after only a few moments, Edith screamed, and she put her hands over Harold's mouth.

"Don't say any more, it's annoying."

Harold snapped her fingers away and said, "Are you scared?" ”

"We don't, do you want to eat ice cubes in the winter?"

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it, let's sleep."

Harold pretended to close his eyes and wanted to sleep, but Edith became uncomfortable, and she asked writhingly: "Forget it, you finally tell me what happened, so that we can sleep in peace!" ”

Harold opened his eyes and said, "Well, I don't know the result." ”

"You don't know? Didn't you tell the story? ”

"Isn't the story of no result the most terrifying? No matter how cranky you think, you can't come to a conclusion, and you always feel uncomfortable. ”

"Hmph, you really admit the horror stories you told, there are so many bad eyes!"

"Cut, aren't you scared?"

The two quarreled for a while, and then leaned on the rock wall and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took for Harold to be awakened by a distant, subtle voice.

Even when he was asleep, Harold maintained a keen sense of hearing, and in his sleep he could clearly hear the sound of something not far from the entrance of the cave, and in the dim cavern, Harold opened his eyes.