Act 132 White Gorge III
The mist-filled canyon, like a crack struck by lightning, appeared in front of the eyes of the Knights of the Broken Sword. The fissure parted the entire glacier, making mortals seem so small beneath this masterpiece of nature, and when Freya looked up at the shattered section of the glacier, she felt as small as dust under the feet of a giant.
The narrow chasms stretch for miles, staggered between the sloping ice surfaces, forming a winding path. The cliffs on both sides are layered with layers of ice, icicles and icicles, making the canyon look like a maze.
"It's spectacular!" Brende muttered to himself, and behind him, the young knights from Cruz watched with amazement.
"What about the deer......?" Faced with such a scene, Alaya had to admit that they had been following the stag for a long time, but even so, it still couldn't change his hard mouth.
"It's in." Rollo, the mountain knight, replied affirmatively.
"But I don't see its shadow now, does it want us in? It's not good, these ice walls are full of traps, and they remind me of the dangerous wilderness valleys in the Sucaras Valley (1) when we trained, and as the owner, it had to say please, if not stay to show us the way. Besides, God knows how long this canyon is, what if it's a dead end inside? Alaya asked rhetorically.
Rollo glanced at him, too lazy to argue with the guy.
In the end, it was little Pelo who came out to calm the situation, "Okay, Alaya is right, although the Holy Spirit has guided us here, but we don't know what lies ahead after all, I have set up a scout team from the team, just like we did when we trained in the winding valleys of Sucaras. ”
Brende frowned: "But at that time, we were doing survival training, and now we still have a winter wolf pack behind us, if we separate the scout team and grope our way forward, will it be too slow?" ”
"That's the only choice we have to make, and the terrain in the canyon is a maze of intricacies. It won't be easier for those winter wolves to trace us inside than outside. Little Pelo curled up under his bearskin coat and shook his head slowly: "Let's see what Miss Commander has to say." ”
Everyone looked back at Freya. only to find that this Eruin girl was staring at the 10,000-year-old glacier, and her eyes had long since drifted somewhere. She stood there, both listening and looking, as if something was talking to her in the ice, until little Pelo called her two or three times before she came to her senses.
"Ah, what's wrong?" Freya was slightly stunned. Look at the others: "What just happened?" The wolves are catching up? ”
"No, there isn't." Brende shook his head: "But you, Your Excellency Commander, what happened, did you notice something?" ”
Freya looked at the dark blue of the steely glacier with some confusion, she had indeed found something. But this was not the main reason for her distraction, she always felt as if something had just happened, but when she came back to her senses, she didn't seem to remember it.
She thought for a moment and slowly shook her head: "Regarding everyone's opinion, I have an idea. It's just that I don't know what Mr. Pelo Jr. and Senior Sister Ni Mei Sisi have to offer. ”
Nimesis looked at her, and little Pelo replied directly, "But it doesn't matter, ma'am." ”
"I want to ambush Marquis Youxi."
"What!?" Before little Pello could speak, Brende blurted out in surprise. Because in his opinion. This Commander's appearance has always been mediocre, although there are some convincing qualities in her. But in terms of brains, not to mention that the knights recognized by the Knights like Pelo Jr., even if they are slightly inferior to himself.
In fact, her cousin has shown this point before, and the command of several battles is like the most standard textbook - that is, you can neither find any bright spots nor find faults.
He couldn't imagine why she had suddenly come up with such a risky and radical idea, it didn't seem like two things to do alone.
Little Pelo was also silent for a moment, this time it was Nimesis who thought for a moment and then spoke, the woman who graduated from the Eruin Royal Knight Academy with the highest grades, and soon became an official knight and was promoted to the rank of knight chief, asked in her usual cold tone, "Why do you think so?" ”
“…… Actually, I've always had this thought, Sister Nimesis," in the face of this stern senior, Freya's tone softened a little, as if the majesty that had been accumulated with great difficulty suddenly changed back to the little girl from the countryside of Buchi, and she said weakly: "It's just that I haven't found a good opportunity before, and now the terrain here is very suitable for me, according to Eruin's infantry tactical drill code......"
"Leave it alone, tell me what you think." Nimesis sighed, interrupting her with a bit of hatred.
Looking at the conversation between the two, the young people from Cruz couldn't help but laugh, they really couldn't imagine that such a 'weak' commander could lead them here, even in the territory of the Cruz Empire, their guys are worthy of the title of unruly, in addition to being obedient under Veronica, most of the bosses who once ruled them are estimated to be included in the list of headache deposits, and this is also what they are proud and proud of.
But I have to say that sometimes human encounters are very wonderful.
Probably feeling that some of the knights of the Cruz people were shrugged on their shoulders, Freya also blushed, but still replied seriously, "Yes, Senpai-sama." Winter wolves are monsters after all, and if we find a way to kill the person in command of them, then it will be difficult for them to pose a threat to us anymore, and we will never be able to escape in the ice and snow forever. ”
"How can it be said that it is a fugitive, we are carrying out the established tactics." Alaya hurriedly corrected, but because the movement was too big, the wound was involved, and he grinned in pain: "The Knights of the Broken Sword will never run away in the face of the enemy, Your Excellency Commander, you must keep one thing in mind." ”
"Shut up, the Knights of the Broken Sword don't defeat their enemies by bragging." Brende glanced at the guy, then turned back and asked, "But the question is whether we can kill him, Your Excellency, Commander, it's risky to do so." That guy obviously won't be at the front of the pack, and if we don't get the first hit, we could be surrounded by the wolves. ”
"What's more......" he hesitated, "what if that silver monster was with him?" ”
"I said you kid, how can you achieve great things by looking ahead," Hearing Brende's objection, Alaya immediately sang the opposite: "Things on the battlefield." It's meant to be a matter of luck. If you can 100% anticipate the enemy, then what kind of battle will you fight, wouldn't it be nice to just ask him to send an envoy to surrender? ”
"Haha, maybe that guy will send a wolf to surrender to you, Brende, do you understand wolf language?" The guy asked gloatingly.
"It doesn't matter if I understand the wolf language or not, the important thing is that you just opposed it and now support it. Alaya, can you Inirs not be so snake-rat-double? Brende was finally provoked by this guy, and couldn't help but mock coldly.
Alaya didn't care, and replied nonchalantly: "Just now, now is now, you supported just now." Naturally, I would object to it. Now that you're against it, I'm going to support it, what's the matter, do you have any grievances? ”
"There's no time to be dissatisfied with a guy like you—" Brende choked on his anger, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by little Pelo. The diminutive Cruz knight tucked his hands into the sleeves of his bearskin coat and began to act as if he hadn't heard Brende's argument with Alaya, and only then did he speak, "Everything else is fine." But have you considered what to do with that silver monster? ”
This question is also a problem that plagues the entire Knights of the Broken Sword. If it was just the Winter Wolf and Marquis You Xi, I'm afraid they would have turned around and fought their way out.
But here's the thing. The elusive silver monster was so terrifying that it had impressed everyone during the battle the night before.
Even Freya, who mentioned yì, couldn't help but be silent when she heard the question.
Is the silver monster there or not, and if so, what should be done?
……
"Lucky guy."
When You Xi stood at the crack of the glacier, he looked up and admired the majestic natural beauty, and he couldn't help but let out such an exclamation. He unconsciously turned the emerald gem on the ring of the snake, just like when he was still in his castle, and he would make small subconscious movements as he thought, as if to help him calm down.
It's just that this place is cold and windy, and it can't be connected with his territory with a pleasant climate near the Gray Mountain, and the owner of the ring no longer needs such a small action to keep his composure, and the undead's mind is as cold as ice, which is just a habitual action for him.
He couldn't believe that the Cruz people could find such an exit by such a chance before the wolves discovered the rift, and who would have thought that this group of Cruz knights would be able to find the only breach outside the Hibernation Sanctuary by mistake.
White Gorge, that's supposed to be the name of this place, before the Cruz people arrived, he and Anlek had spent days searching for the rift, but in the end they found nothing, and had to turn back to the main gate guarded by the frost dragon in Guò.
didn't expect that it was between this chase and escape that he found this place.
Although he was a little upset that the Cruz had escaped again, he was also a little surprised to discover this shortcut, and even thought it was an unexpected gain.
At this moment, several wolves emerged from under the glacier, and they snorted at the Marquis of Youxi, who quickly understood what their pet meant.
Sure enough, the Cruz made it into the canyon.
"It's really bold," You Xi pouted, "But forget it, it doesn't matter, you can go for a while, but you can't go for a lifetime." They will soon understand that you are the only masters of the glacier, and I want to see how far the lucky ones can escape. ”
When two winter wolves came to his side, You Xi stroked their silver manes with his cold, dry palm, and sneered, "Let's go, this hunt is far from over." ”
As if he understood his words, the winter wolf lowered his head and whimpered a few times.
You Xi heard his pet's whimper and frowned: "Don't worry about that guy, it's just a madman and a psychopath, they're just servants of the Dragon of Dusk, looking self-righteous." Don't think that others don't know that they were defeated once in ancient times, if their clan really had it so powerful, how could they still be defeated by the Azure Knights, and in the end they didn't have to rely on our strength. ”
"Everything is one, how can the minds of those guys who are full of killing thoughts and only have only brute force left understand that they are nothing more than fighting creatures shaped by chaos."
He patted his pet's forehead: "Of course, I know that the little girl may indeed be a little eccentric, I have heard rumors about her. I suspect she's the daughter of the Earth Knight Everton. Oh, the royal party claims that the rebel is dead, thinking that we don't know the clumsy lies they are telling, but it doesn't matter, our first goal is still to kill those Cruz knights, and keeping them by Veronica's side is a hidden danger, which is not happy to see the old man of Anlek, and as for the little girl, there is no escape anyway. ”
"Go, my pet, and go after them until there is no escape."
You Xi said loudly, looking up, unaware that behind the layers of ice above his head, in the crevices of the glacier, sharp arrows were moving in the direction of his movement.
At this moment, even Alaya, who had been chattering, held her breath, and all the sword knights hiding on the ice wall looked nervously at the winter wolves around You Xi like a rolling torrent.
The wolves were passing the Marquis and entering the canyon.
"It's good to stay," Brende is an orthodox knight, although he has learned archery, but he is not good at it, so at this moment he is standing behind everyone with a long sword, and seeing such a scene, he can't help but wipe a cold sweat: "If you continue to escape, sooner or later you will be surrounded by ......"
It was only at this moment that he really glanced at Freya with some admiration.
But at this moment, the girl from the countryside of Buchi frowned deeper than everyone else.
She didn't expect that the number of winter wolves would be so large.
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(1) The Sucaras Valley, located north of Cruz, is a natural habitat for petrified lizards. It is the existence of the Cruz Empire as a military forbidden area all year round, but contrary to the training ground speculated by others, this place is actually a source of high-quality crystal mines, but the Empire has not been able to defeat the petrified lizard since the discovery of this place in the year of thunder and has been mining high-quality magic crystals steadily. (To be continued......)