Chapter 198: Snow Mist Forest Boundary
The snow blocked the road, the horses couldn't pass, and the snow was down to the calves.
The old magician finally showed some kindness, and they found a small town, and in a tavern, the old magician left Snow Without a Trace alone in his room, and then went out.
Snow Without a Trace could not escape, because the old magician's order to his body was: "Sit still, don't make a sound." ”
The old magician had returned in the evening, and this time he had brought back a large baggage, which he had untied in the presence of the snow without a trace, and inside was a thick leather jacket, a leather armor, a sheepskin hat, and a pair of high boots for walking in the snow.
In addition, there is a long knife.
"Put it on, we're ready to go. "The old magician's instructions are simple.
"Where are we going?" asked Snow Without a Trace again.
This time, the old magician finally replied, "Snow Mist Forest." ”
What made Xue Wuxian depressed was that everything that the old magician bought was spent on Xue Wuji's money. When Xue Wuxian was caught, he also carried a money bag with him, which contained more than a hundred and ten gold coins.
Hurriedly put on a leather jacket, a sheepskin hat, a thick brim covering his ears, snow boots, and a waist knife, Xue Wuxian already looked a little like those adventurers who often came to adventure in the frozen forest.
Out of the hotel, a small sleigh had been parked outside, and four sturdy gray snow dogs were lying on the ground honestly.
The space on the sleigh was very small, and Xue Wuxian had to huddle with the old magician, who was still in the same white robe, and this guy didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all.
And Xue Wuxian leaned close to him and discovered the mystery. The old fellow didn't know what spell he had made, and when he got close to him, Snow Without a Trace seemed to be by the stove, and the old magician's body exuded warmth.
"Hmph, is it amazing?" Snow Snorted.
However, he was curious that the sleigh did not have a driver. This old magician is an "all-rounder", even driving snow
The sled was proficient, and he didn't see him shouting anything, but he sat on the sleigh, and the magician said softly, "Let's go!"
The four sturdy sled dogs on the ground in front of them immediately began to run with all their might! Where to turn and where to slow down, without the slightest need for the old magician to control it, the sled dogs honestly ran with the sleds, and on the white snow, the sled dragged out a long mark, and went north.
Despite wearing a leather jacket and a hat, Xue Wuxian still felt that the cold wind blew the skin on his face, and he couldn't open his eyes, so he could only rely on the hot old magician as much as possible to absorb a little warmth.
The cold wind in the north is made of knives, and I have never seen this kind of endless ice and snow weather in my life.
The sun was still hanging overhead, but there was no warmth at all, and Xue Wuxi's body shrunk into a ball, and in a short time, under his nose, the snot had condensed into a string of ice edges, and he rubbed it hard, almost tearing off a piece of flesh, and the painful Xue Wuxian tears were almost coming down.
Of course, these are only open, but secretly, there are still many people who go to the frozen forest every year to adventure, and those terrible monsters in the frozen forest are golden coins in the eyes of these people!
There are mercenary teams, and there are small adventurous squads, and these people tend to have some skills.
The furs and cores of those various magical beasts, if they can be hunted, can be sold for a lot of money when they are transported to the south.
The attitude of the Empire towards this almost semi-open "smuggling" activity was, in fact, "acquiescing".
The armies strolling along the southern border of the Frozen Forest were actually only preventing ordinary people from entering the dangerous area, while adventurers with special skills, such as mages or high-ranking samurai, often managed to evade the army's patrols and searches.
And some relatively large adventuring teams even dared to confront a small patrol army for the sake of smuggling! Although there are a few strongmen like magicians in the Canglan Continent, there are really many warriors.
In the face of the benefits of risk-taking, there are still many people who are willing to fight with their heads on their shoulders.
In the north of the town where Xue Wuxian and the old magician set off, after walking for less than half a day, Xue Wuxian and the others came to a checkpoint, looking at the imperial soldiers in white leather robes, these men from the north are obviously much colder than Xue Wuji, and there are even some high-level warriors, wearing only leather vests, showing their furry chests, and bare-chested, just next to the checkpoint, grabbing a lot of snow in the ice and snow to scrub their bodies.
While wiping, he also shouted and sang loudly.
This level is built on the mainland, no stone is used, the frozen soil in the north is harder than stone, as long as it is the warmest time every summer, dig out some slightly softer soil to pile up, and then pour water, a night of cold wind, it is enough to freeze out a solid earth wall!
Looking at the soldiers wearing thick white leather robes, with leather hats on their heads and ice edges on their hats, Xue Wuxian didn't know whether to be amazed or admired.
He just shrunk tightly anyway.
The old magician whistled, and the four snowdogs stopped in front of the level.
The Snow Mist Forest is located at the northern end of the Canglan Continent, which is said to be the northernmost part of the continent.
This is also the official "border" set by the Barlow Empire, and under normal circumstances, the subjects of the empire are not allowed to continue north.
Further north, the Snow Mist Forest is not only a cold storm and snow that freezes to death, not only an endless forest, but more importantly, it is one of only two areas on the continent where demonic beast activity is extremely frequent!
At the southern end of the Snowmist Forest, the Empire has a legion of troops.
The Empire's northern "Storm Legion" is spread out along the southern edge of the Snowmist Forest, and all the roads leading to the Snowfog Forest are set up with checkpoints.
There were about 100 soldiers in front of this level, and when they saw that in the ice and snow, a small sleigh came over and stopped in front of them, and everyone immediately surrounded them.
The soldiers all reached out and touched their waist knives intentionally or unintentionally, and the strong man who was grabbing snow in the ice and snow to bathe was obviously the captain here, and immediately threw away the snow in his hand, grabbed a spear and strode over.
(Today's update is complete, good night).