Chapter 18: Survival

"Dear Anna and Swain, I'm back!" Thomas shouted the reminder as he kicked open the church door and flashed inside, strapping them with his feet and looking left and right.

He's always hoped for the lucky pervert incident like in light novels and anime, but the harsh reality has always kept Swan Girl on his toes.

The old priest looked at him with a puzzled expression, not understanding who Anna and Swain were.

"Your Anna went out on the street to buy fodder for Swain, Swain. The swan said without looking up in the pool. The Ranger knew her around the same time as Mina, but had never seen her in human form. It's so strange that she's such a stupid girl, but she's so difficult. Thomas suspects that she has been spoiled by Mina.

Especially since they were teased as Anna and Elsa because of Lily, the two of them began to fight back against Thomas with the reindeer name in that story. Especially after the unicorn goddess publicly praised him as a "good horse", "a thousand miles of foal", and "my little foal" many times, it caused more and more dissatisfaction and disgust from Mina. Thomas sometimes began to suspect that the two of them knew the allusion to "referring to the deer as a horse" or even "army red deer".

"Looks like you remember the story I told. โ€

"Of course, it shows that there is true love between women. Men are unreliable!"

"I only saw a loyal man being driven around as a coolie!" Unlike Mina, you can overpower the swans with a little more momentum.

โ€œ............ , so do you think it's suspicious?" he asked, after retelling the barbarian's description of the witch.

"I don't know what you mean," Swan said as he paddled with the soles of his feet, "Mages who wield the power of frost or priests who believe in the goddess of cold are not uncommon! I think the bard you're talking about, Hans Christian Andersen, probably came from the Dragon's Empire to see her near the Great Glacier hundreds of years ago. โ€

Because she never mentioned to her that she had traveled from Earth, she always thought that Thomas was from the continent of Karatu, and that Andersen was his hometown. This is like in Journey to the West, Elder Tang can still meet outsiders and assassins near Lingshan, and there is a Chinese gangster named Aladdin in the Arabian Nights, which is very scientific!

Thomas thought about it carefully, who asked Hans Christian Andersen to write about the Chinese Emperor and the Nightingale?

This also reflects that she is likely to be a more homely swan girl, wasting her ability to fly long distances at high altitudes in vain.

"So, this kind of bad guy can't be killed. And she may be resurrected again after she dies, doesn't someone say she's actually a lich?" Priest Max chimed in, "because of the cold weather now, it's not uncommon for people who worship the goddess of winter to appear. Actually, Thomas, you've noticed it a long time ago, haven't you? Didn't you tell me the first few times you came to Brynsander that you saw the barbarians drawing snowflake-like patterns. โ€

Ranger nodded and frowned: "I didn't think about this at the time, I was negligent." Sure enough, we should investigate it in depth. โ€

The three of them chatted for a while, and when the dwarves and gnomes arrived, the barbarians followed them, and were startled by the heating in the room when they entered. With the curiosity and awe of the countryman entering the city, he looked carefully and awe-inspiringly at the interior and the old priest.

"She's the paladin?" the barbarian asked the dwarf cautiously as he looked at Misan.

............" The dwarf didn't really want to pay attention to him, and said for a long time, "Don't you know how to look at the holy emblem! Like the sun outside the door, it's not a unicorn at all!"

"That ......" the barbarian looked at the ranger, who looked like the hunter of the Ice Hunters without armor in order to hinder his movements, wearing a white animal skin that was used as a cloak and a longbow on his back.

He thought for a moment, "You are the lady's subordinate, the servant of the Unicorn Knights?"

"No, the Unicorn Knights are just a peripheral organization of noble young masters who dream of holy unicorns and love adventure and joy. Mina and I are members of the church. โ€

The scene was very awkward for a while.

What Thomas didn't tell him was that the vast majority of the believers who were equivalent to the martial arts "inner disciples" were women, but the "big disciples of the head of the family" were ......

"Looks like you know a lot about the affairs of Southern Sword Bay!" the priest hurriedly gave a step down.

"Ah, I grew up listening to the stories of Beonica's son since I was a child, so I would love to live in peace with my people and townspeople like him. The muscular man said with a kind and honest smile.

"But this year, I don't think it will be possible, there is too little to eat. Too many animals are frozen to death before they can change their fur, and those who do not freeze to death are also crazy, which adds great danger to the hunt. Even without the presence of the Ice Witch, there are still quite a few people in the tribe who want to attack the town and steal what to eat, drink, and wear. They also said that if they didn't do it again, they would wait until the other tribes finished looting. Alas!"

Thomas moved his eyes downward, noticing that the dwarf's expression was a little restless.

Icewind Dale has little agriculture and is mainly pasture-based, which is not enough to feed people. That's why it's so sparsely populated, mainly fishermen and hunters. But Thomas never understood why there were so many goblins and orcs in Icewind Dale and the World's Ridge Mountains than leeks......

However, there are more orcs and goblins, and it is understandable that there are many white dragons.

The dragon is a monster with a strong ability to digest, relying on elemental energy to digest plants, trees, inorganic substances such as stone and even steel. Goblins and orcs are a fast-growing, mountain-wide form of meat for them.

So it's definitely not a joke for the dragon to eat the paladin as a can.

When Mina returned to the temple, she immediately noticed Thomas's eyes.

"What!" glared at the Ranger, Mina changed her business smile to shake the barbarian's hand.

The barbarian recounted the situation of his tribe to Mina in detail, and the paladin's face became solemn: "If you are not exaggerating, this person should be no worse than the Ice Witch back then. If I hadn't preemptively struck her with one shot, I don't think I would have much chance of winning. If the terrain means I have to dismount, I'm not sure I'm going up with the dwarves!"

"Hey, you!" she nodded at Thomas with her chin in a daze, "I remember that the Star Ranger was dealing with evil spellcasters, you should have been trained to do so?"

"Report! In order to protect world peace and prevent the destruction of the world............ Plus there is not enough time. I'm mainly training for magic summons and summoned demons!"

โ€œ............ Rubbish. What do you want?" she turned to the dwarf, "It seems that the two of us will have some hope if we strike together." โ€

The dwarf shook his head slowly but firmly, "I'm going to the Valley of the Dwarves." โ€

Mina: "............" Ranger heard her start grinding her teeth.

"Ahaha, in fact, you can stop by the way!" Thomas quickly jumped out: "If it's okay over there in the Dwarf Valley, let's go to the Elk Tribe together." Actually, we still have enough men - Kurgar and the Drow Assassins should be together. โ€

The dwarf nodded, and Mina frowned instead, "I'm more worried about your Kurgal than the beasts on the road and the ice witch!"

"Can't you see that Kurgal is a good man!"

Mina sneered silently: "That's because this evil bourgeoisie wants to corrupt you with sugar-coated cannonballs!"

โ€œ...... , you're peeking at my letters again!"

"It is my duty to check whether anyone has violated the dogma and betrayed secrets. โ€

"We don't have any dogma at all, only the ones you've made up lately!"

The first to rush towards the other party was Mina, who was far more confident and powerful.

Thomas flickered deftly to the side, his leg swept down and stumbled, while his hand was exerting force in an attempt to upset Mina's balanceโ€”but he couldn't get it......

If Thomas's strength can pull the galloping horse, waiting for a few strong men to get close to him, it is equivalent to the Earth Evil Star of the Water Margin. Mina is almost the kind of non-human who can fight against a tiger like Wu Song.

Priest Max saw the two of them openly flirting in public, and felt a little shy for the two of them. She just wanted to explain, but found that the barbarian was full of admiration and eager to try!

Maxian: "............ Forget the folk customs of the barbarians of Icewind Dale. โ€

Instinctively contemptuous of the little girl, he chose to target Thomas and join the warband, intending to throw Thomas, the scum of the little Lori, out in one fell swoop.

But the speed of reaction was very different, and Thomas easily turned to his side, and then saw the barbarian being slammed into the shoulder by Mina, who was lunging down.

"Uh," he sighed.

Although the poor barbarian was about 1.9 meters tall, he was hit by a little girl with a height of 1.4 meters and his feet off the ground on the spot, flying straight for a few meters, and almost knocking over the planting equipment in the room.

Luckily, Mina didn't use all her strength, and her strength wasn't too great. Thomas was once hit by a seemingly delicate little girl with a ball and moved ten meters sideways......

Relying on this sacrifice, Mina's anger was finally dissipated.

The barbarian who got up was impressed by this power, and his face was full of joy: "Yes, saved! Yes, he is a paladin, and his strength is stronger than rumored!"

Mina was about to apologize, but saw that a gadget that had fallen out of the barbarian's arms had been picked up by the dwarf: "What's that?"

"The Black Ice Talisman, given to him by the Deputy Mayor. Thomas took it from the dwarf's hand with lightning and tried to hand it to Mina.

"Uh...... I don't really want it. Mina looked disgusted: "I feel a foul smell, almost like a monster or an undead." In her divine senses, the black ice necklace was a black source of pollution, and Thomas was in the form of a glowing human formโ€”though she didn't want to admit it, but to her, it was like an angel.

"Ah......h

"Mina doesn't want it, so it seems that black ice is really not a good thing?" Thomas said to the dwarf.

"Hey, how could it be?" the barbarian was embarrassed.

Thomas squatted down slightly and whispered to Minel: "So, this deputy mayor of Brynsander, that guy from Gantt is likely to have a problem." โ€

Mina's face turned crimson, revealing a look of disgust: "Yes, his master is from the Arcane Brotherhood, and I have seen him learn from that man when he was young." โ€

She aimed a punch at Thomas, which was dodged by a backjump.

"You ruthless mother-in-law, do you want to keep yourself and Aisling alive!"

"Why did you mention me?" said Swan, confused.

"Now that you've bought the food and grass, I'll go get my bed ready for tonight!" Thomas shouted, fleeing the temple.

Since he did not like it and it was inconvenient to sleep with people, he usually slept in the stables of this temple when he came to Brynsander. The previous "bed" was eaten......