Chapter 20: Genting Giants
At this time, the sky outside was already dark, and Acoste looked at the light shining into the cave and felt like a world away, which was also their luck, and they fell into a laboratory built by a severely disabled grand arcanist and a few small arcanists, if it was replaced by those complete underground ruins or the wreckage of a falling floating city, Yacoste and the others didn't have to worry about how to get out, it was more straightforward to wipe their necks with weapons.
After cleaning up, everyone was dumbfounded again, all their tents and some food, and daily necessities were all left at the outer entrance of the Arcanist's laboratory, and what was even more painful was that the mechanism that Acoster found seemed to have used up the spell energy or was broken, no matter how Acoste stepped on it, he couldn't activate it, which made Acoste they couldn't get it if they wanted to...... "It seems that they have to live a few days of savage life." Ling has a bitter little face, she is the one who suffers the most loss here, as the charm of the Oriental Dancing Girl is above all else, Ling has bought a lot of makeup and skin care products in these materials, imagining that when you get up in the morning, you can't use the herb Poria as toothpaste, you can't use Fandel to beautify before going to bed, and you can't use fragrance to smear your body when you take a bath, Ling instantly has an urge to kill her head with a beep dog.
Acoste saw Ling's lost appearance, and an indescribable joy welled up in his heart, so that you usually buy so many useless things, and these things are so expensive to death, it's just those noble ladies who have this spare money to buy, now it's okay, all of them are lost...... However, even if he gave Acoste a hundred dares, he didn't dare to put these expressions on his face, only to see Acoste's solemn expression wave of his big hand, the first to take the lead to the outside of the cave, this is not far from their destination, the cloud mountain range is close in front of them, as long as they pass through this towering mountain, they can reach the seventh largest city in Faeron, known as the capital of gold coins, Ascaltra.
But although the idea is very beautiful, the reality is very skinny, the Cloud Mountains are not so easy to climb, countless Cloud Giants and Mountain Trolls walk between the mountains, and there are also Frost Pterodactyl and these wurm species inhabited here, they will hover over the Cloud Mountains every day, looking for all the snacks that they can use as their own food, of course, the overlord of the Cloud Mountains is still the White Dragon, these dragons are said to live on the highest peaks of the mountains, and they build their nests on the snow-capped peaks of the mountains all year round, There have been many witnesses who have claimed to have seen these overlords soaring in the sky, but these rumors have never been confirmed, because no normal person has tried to challenge the authority of the dragon, and all the "brave" people have disappeared into the Cloud Mountains without exception.
At this point, they had climbed halfway up the mountain, although they hadn't encountered that headache monster so far, but the sudden rise in altitude had made these people a little uncomfortable, hiking in the undeveloped mountains was actually a very tiring thing, there were no artificial ropeways or stone bridges here, and the only way you wanted to get to the opposite mountain was to climb over it from the foot of it. "I, I can't do it anymore, let's rest for a while!" Ling was the first to be the one who couldn't bear it, her little face was frozen white, and her lips were chapped, as an oriental dancer, Ling had been wearing her gauze skirt and swaying around, even if she was a professional, Ling couldn't bear the sudden drop in temperature around her, Acoste glanced at each other a little distressed, and after thinking for a moment, she had to put the leather armor sewn by the petrified lizard she was wearing on Ling, they actually came out with a warm coat to go on an adventure, but unfortunately those cold materials died with Ling's cosmetics before they appeared.
Dongfang Maiji glanced at Acoste, her face didn't know if it was because her body had warmed up or for other reasons that she had become a little ruddy, and Ling didn't complain at the moment, and followed the team and slowly walked forward.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the air is getting thinner, Acoste and they are almost close to the top of the mountain, there is no trace of any creature here, the field of vision is white, beyond a few raised bluestones, everyone finally found a cave, Acoste immediately took his team members to the cave, ready to stop and wait until the snow is light before continuing to move forward.
Acoste is not worried about the bad weather, this bit of snow is not difficult for them as a mid-level professional, what he is most afraid of is the threat from the sky, the white dragon is very fond of activities in this weather, in the ice and snow environment, as the worst white dragon in the five-color dragon, the white dragon can even compete with the strongest red dragon [the strength of the five-color dragon is from low to high, white dragon, black dragon, green dragon, blue dragon, red dragon, it should be right], you can imagine what will happen if they meet.
Before entering the cave, Acoste and they all took out their weapons and held them in their hands, it is likely that other creatures have already lived in it, mountain trolls and Genting giants like this kind of natural place the most, and whether it is a troll or a giant are in groups, if they encounter it, it is inevitable that a fierce battle will break out!
Sure enough, after Acoste and they went deep into the cave, a noisy sound mixed with the sound of striking iron came from the depths of the cave, and Acoste and they hid in the shadow of a corner and looked inside, more than a dozen giants twice or three times the size of adults were sitting and resting in it, and several of them were particularly strong giants building weapons on a simple anvil, two or three giants were crouching on the ground to stir up the fan and control the fire, and one of the tallest giants held a man-sized hammer and was responsible for hammering weapons.
Acoste's face was a little ugly, the giant race is the highest strength value among the three major races called trolls and ogres, even the underage giants have 16-18 strength, it is simply the other two people in the team except for himself and the dwarf Kogan, of course, it is not without good news, this Genting giant race seems to have encountered something difficult, among the dozens of giants, most of them are minors, and several adult giants have wounds, And it can be seen from those Genting giants to build weapons that they must have encountered something very tricky, otherwise these giants would rather use nature's weapons [stones, wooden sticks] than bother to collect iron ore to craft metal weapons [except for the fire giants of the militarized system, of course]. "What should I do, do I want to fight or not?" Acoste asked his teammates behind him with his eyes, except for the warrior monk who didn't say anything, Ling and Kogan both nodded without thinking, and Dongfang Maiji said that she didn't want to go outside to blow the cold wind again, at least not for a short time. And dwarves and giants are born with a feud, it is said that this feud dates back to tens of thousands of years ago, which is a long time ago than the time of Netheril.