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Vincent, with the axe in his hand twice, walked briskly back to where he had stood without saying a word.

He bent down, raised his double-edged axe, and struck the wall with a quick cone of the handle.

Evinsey ran to the other side of the cave opposite Vincent, bent down in a similar manner, and struck the wall with the hilt of his sword.

The crowd, who were first frightened by Vincent's shouting, and then confused by his and Avensi's inexplicable actions, looked at each other.

Gorn, the caravan leader, was the first to ask, "What's going on?" Vincent. ”

Vincent didn't look back, but spoke very quickly and told again: "Cover your mouth and nose first, and I'll explain to you later, by the way, the sled dogs are first." ”

Ghosn snorted a few times, but finally did not ask any more questions, and he followed Vincent's instructions to first put on the sled dogs with filtering muzzles.

Then he asked everyone to put on the breathing masks they always had by their side.

As an occasional adventurer, a breathing mask like this is a must-have that can keep out harmful gases.

On the other side, Truy, although he didn't understand what Vincent was striking the cave wall for.

But that didn't stop him from learning from Vincent.

He pulled out the bi shou from his waist and bent down to hit the wall of the cave with his handle.

With the cooperation of the three of them, they knocked all the walls of the cave near the ground to the side.

"Not broken?"

"Nope. ”

"Uh~no. Troy hesitated for a moment before answering, in fact, he really wanted to ask Vincent why.

But when he saw that Vincent's face was very ugly, he knew that it was not appropriate to ask the reason at this time.

"Then let's knock on the one near the top. ”

Vincent didn't explain much, he chose to act directly.

Avensey hurried to the other side, tiptoe and slammed into the cave wall.

Seeing that they were so decisive, Trouy had to shrug his shoulders and do as Vincennes said.

He mounted Aubert and tapped the cave wall with ease.

Anyway, the roof of the cave is only three meters high from the ground.

However, after another lap, Vincent still did not get the result he had hoped for.

"Damn it. Vincent cursed angrily.

Seeing Vincent's annoyance, Trouy walked up to him and asked the question he had been holding back for a long time.

"Vincent, what's going on. ”

Vincent waved his hand in annoyance, shook his head, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the small hole in the cave wall is about to spew out poisonous smoke." ”

Truy was shocked and said, "What!"

He leaned closer to the wall of the cave and saw that there were indeed many small holes in it, as Vincent had said.

Ghosn, who had been confused before, took a closer look as soon as he heard Vincent's words, just like Truy.

At this moment, all the small holes in the cave wall spewed out a large amount of lilac smoke in the same second.

Fortunately, Vincent's early alert, all the living creatures in the caravan, including the sled dogs, wore masks to keep out the poisonous smoke.

Seeing that the poisonous smoke was not threatening for the time being, Ghosn immediately commanded the other melee professionals to try to see if they could push away or shatter the huge rocks that completely blocked the entrance to the cave.

Vincent shook his head, he didn't have to think about it to know that since the person who set the trap dared to block the hole, it would be impossible for you to pry it open.

As expected, as soon as the melee pros finally pried the surface of the boulder, there was immediately a sound of pushing down the mountain rock and smashing it onto the boulder, as if to warn them not to do any more useless work.

Ghosn was in a hurry, pacing back and forth, his mouth constantly muttering what to do.

Thinking about it, he suddenly thought of Vincent's strange behavior, so he rushed to Vincent in three or two steps, took Vincent's hand and asked urgently: "You must have a way, right?"

"I had, but it didn't work out. Vincent nodded.

"There's something wrong with this poisonous smoke!"

The problems came one after another, and the problems here have not been solved, and the problem of toxic smoke has come again.

The people who had put on their breathing masks in advance at the beginning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the poisonous smoke had been blowing for more than ten seconds and then stopped.

But they didn't expect that the poisonous smoke that permeated the entire cave could not only spread toxins through the air, but also through exposed skin.

The first to be hit is the sled dogs lying on the ground, and the poisonous smoke passes through their hair for the first time, gets on their skin, and then burrows into their bodies.

Although the poison of poisonous smoke is not the poisonous and ferocious deadly poison, it has the function of causing living beings to languish.

The sled dogs, who had been full of vigor before, changed in an instant, and became drooping ears and leaning on the ground, even their long tails flicking only occasionally slightly.

One look at them tells that they are completely out of strength.

Luckily, the caravan had to be roasted because of the snow-soaked clothes, and they did not take off their clothes, but they only showed their necks and hands.

Even if it was contaminated by poisonous smoke, it was only a little dizzy and weak.

Therefore, everyone wrapped themselves as tightly as possible to prevent toxins from entering the body along the skin.

"The boulders blocking the entrance to the cave couldn't be removed, the sled dogs couldn't run because they were poisoned, and they only had two days' worth of supplies left. Ghosn felt a throbbing pain in his head at the thought of this.

It's just that Vincent guessed the idea of the trap from the toxicity of the poisonous smoke.

He stood up excitedly and said to everyone, "The one who set the trap wants to capture us alive." ”

"Captured alive, how do they know if we're alive?" said the man in an unhappy tone, the male magician, and the two of them came out of their sleigh.

"So I just knocked on those places to make sure there were traps on the cave walls. Vincent finally explained why he knocked on the wall of the cave.

"Isn't there a little hole where the smoke is released?" asked Truy rhetorically.

"The hole is too small and too high, so if we plug one side of the hole and crouch on the ground, how can they observe it?"

"No wonder you knocked on the wall of the cave near the ground first. It dawned on Truy.

"I couldn't find it in the second half, so I had to find out if there was one in the first half, but unfortunately, there was no one in the first half. Vincent shook his head and sighed.

"Maybe they didn't have any openings for them to get in and out of the first place?" the sorcerer's tone was still unpleasant.

"It's such a big blizzard outside, they don't wait outside the cave for us all to fall, and then break the boulder blocking the door. Vincent patiently explained.

"Maybe they're so stupid?"

"Then we won't fall into the trap. Vincent said in his heart that this man was really a good man.

"Uh~" The male magician who was choked back by Vincent had no choice but to give up.

"If I were a trapper, in order to ensure that everyone in the caravan was captured alive, I should always keep an eye on the internal observation point, and that the observation port, preferably large enough to accommodate people entering and leaving. ”

Vincent said as he touched the wall of the cave, and looked up from time to time to glance at it.

He knew very well in his heart that the people who set the trap must be more anxious than they are.

Vincent believed that if they were not poisoned, even if they did not have food, they would be enough to support the arrival of the search team in the Bitter Cold Fortress.