Chapter 44: The Chase (2)
In front of him was an endless pale blue frozen sea, and the bitter wind blew from the sea, drilling through the cracks in the ice gorge, emitting a piercing scream.
Duck and Isabella paused, looking at the snowflakes and clouds torn by the wind.
Isabella was worried: "Can we pass such a strong wind?"
Duck disagreed: "If there is a cruel angel, the wind ten times stronger will be able to passβshall we take a detour?"
"Detour?"
"The eldest lady is alone, how strong can she be. We can't get by, and neither can she. This stinky girl is really stupid, using this method to please George? That guy with no conscience, as long as you can't get into his eyes, he won't shed a single tear in front of him!"
"It's a bit of an exaggeration, but George is a good guy. Do you think he values Shaki more than you?"
One sentence made Duck blush.
"Everyone has people who can't let go. β
Darker sneered, "It can't be that these two old men have a leg, right?"
"I had a gut feeling that Shaqi wasn't telling the truth, at least, not all. And George knew, but he was unwilling or inconvenient to tell us. β
Duck feigned anger: "We've played with our lives several times, what are you playing deep?
"When we go back, we must tell this matter clearly, let's find Georgina first. Judging from the map given by Shaqi, there was an Inuit village in front of him, and Georgina was likely to stay there for a short time. Look at this rut mark, there must have been a convoy transporting supplies, who else but Georgina?"
"Let's go. β
The Inuit are a sparsely populated indigenous inhabitant of the North Sea region, living a life of fishing and hunting in groups on the ice fields. Sometimes an empty village becomes a target for pirate raids. When the pirates founded Jacque, they were reluctant to accept pirate rule, and most of them chose to migrate to the far north.
Now, Duck and Isabella have left the coastline and are deep into the far north. At the beginning, Shaqi chose this route that detoured far away, but could reach the Frozen Soul Sea relatively safely. It is estimated that Georgina will choose this way.
The journey went smoothly, not bothered by any attacks along the way, not a single beast, except for a small group of Icefield slimes who searched for lichens and moss from under the ice.
Darker was a little surprised, according to the map, he was almost on the outskirts of the village, why didn't he even have a scout?
Isabella released the iron dragonfly, and the two cautiously searched forward.
"Stop, there's a situation!"
Isabella dragged Duck behind a large rock to watch the image from the iron dragonfly.
There was indeed a vague shadow ahead, it was the village of the Inuth.
The perspective is closer, and the village is eerily quiet, without a trace of life, and no one can be seen moving.
As the camera zoomed in, the two saw corpses covered in snow and ice.
The two looked at each other: "The village is washed in blood?"
Isabella said calmly: "Judging from the situation of blood freezing, at least ten hours have passed. In Georgina's case, I don't think it's likely that she ordered the mercenaries to do it. β
"Agreed, there was time to do it, and she had gone far away. Do a good search to see if there are any survivors. β
The iron dragonfly searched the entire village carefully, and there were no survivors.
One detail caught Dark's attention, and that was a hidden cellar.
The thick wooden doors that opened upwards from the cellar had been smashed to pieces, and some pieces of wood were scattered around, and some had fallen into the cellar. There was a half-corpse across the mouth of the cellar, his head facing the cellar, his waist rushing out, and there was no one below his waist.
Duck sighed: "There can't be any survivors, take a good look at the corpses and cellars...... Hmm, claw marks and bite marks?
Isabella said, "It's unlikely that the beast will wipe out all the Inutes who are familiar with the environment, right? Moreover, have you noticed? There are two kinds of corpses, one is bitten to death, and the other is well-preserved, and it was instantly frozen to death by powerful ice spells. β
"A spell-casting beast?"
"It's hard to say...... Darktak, look! ruts! And the corpses of mercenaries!"
The camera quickly zoomed in, and it was the corpse of a headless mercenary. The corpse bears the mark of the Jagenk Mercenary Guild.
"Bite marks!
With Dark's order, the iron dragonfly flapped its wings and chased it northwest.
"Let's keep up. β
Isabella hesitated, "Would you like to contact Lady Alexia, didn't she just ask her about creatures?"
"What's the use of asking for everything? It must be some large, ferocious ice creature that kills people, but what kind of ice creature have you heard of that would tow a supply cart with a magic hedron in it?"
"Someone manipulating?"
"It must be so...... Lala, be careful, there's a big guy coming! at nine o'clock. β
"Even the tail counts a six-meter-long white wolf? such a big head sneaking around? Think we can't see it? So stupid, how did it grow so big?"
"Of course someone is manipulating. Now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, I have a plan, and you will cooperate with me in a while. β
"How?"
"What do I say you are with, follow my words. β
"Good. β
When the two were muttering in the team chat, the huge white wolf had already touched within thirty meters, and its hind legs kicked the ground violently, and with a long roar, its body was like an arrow off the string, and it rushed towards the two.
However, the two humans did not retreat in panic like the others, but instead rushed head-on.
With a flash of silver light from the "Divine Blessing", Dark, who was born with wings, gained all attributes and predicted the opponent's attack path at the moment of jumping. Without hesitation, he waved out the Morning Star of Helleyes.
With a crisp click, the white wolf's neck vertebrae shattered, and his huge body fell to the ground with a bang.
Duck didn't rush forward, threw out the Morning Star of the Prison Eye, smashed the white wolf's head to pieces, and then laughed with his hands on his waist without grace: "Lala, let me tell you, this wolf will hold its breath when it is dying, no matter what thing approaches, ah woo, don't underestimate this bite, it can bite stones." I don't want to give it this chance, ahhahahaha! Take a knife, it's so big, the magic core has to be the size of a fist, it's haired!"
Isabella smiled and handed over the sharp knife: "Here." β
Dack was really unambiguous, squatted down and began to peel the skin, muttering while peeling: "On such a cold day, running so far, is it easy to make a fortune?"
"Isn't it, but it's okay, it's delivered to your door. β
"O herd, my lovely little wolves, you must live in a group, so that I can dig your magic core...... Nope!"
Duck jumped up as if he had been stung by a scorpion: "No!
Isabella pretended to be stupid: "Huh?
Duck raised his knife as if he was crazy, "Damn, damn it! No, not from head to toe!"
"Don't cut it, wolf skin is still worth a few dollars. β
"A wolf's skin is only worth a few dollars? It is better to pick up human skins in Jagenke and sell them for a high price! his female horse, his female horse! Lao Tzu wants to get rich, get rich!"
Dark's roar shook the howling north wind, but when the roar was over, it was useless.
Duck said stupidly: "It's really bad luck for the girl, I finally found an Inuit village, and my peers attacked it first; Catch a wolf is still an empty shell! The idea is really back! Forget it, Lala, go and see the dead bodies, light the fire, thaw it, and peel off all the skin of the skull, twenty pounds for a skull, make do with it!"
Isabella asked in the team chat, "Huh, how skin-picking?"
"That wolf has magical energy fluctuations on his body, and it is estimated that someone is staring at us, so we have to play a full set of acting - you take care of the fire, and I will drag the corpse and peel the skin. β
Isabella answered and went to the clearing to make a fire, and Duck literally snorted and dragged the dead body.
After dragging a dozen bodies, hearing Isabella's exclamation, Dakten jumped out: "What's wrong?"
Outside, there was a large group of giant wolves that looked exactly like the wolf just now, and at the front was a small man wearing a wolf's head mask, and let out a piercing shrill laugh: "Greetings to you, Beast Trainer, Skin-Picker, do you want to make a fortune?"
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