Chapter 3: The Cold Snap
In general, the best way to solve the problem of difficult terrain mobility is to fly. However, each method has its own conditions and limitations: the mage Kurgal's solution is to fly, but to take into account the cost of spells, the Paladin Mina relies on mounts, which need to be ridden and cannot be too high off the ground, the Drow Assassin relies on shadow raids, and a certain Ranger is one with nature.
In the absence of a mount, Mina could only rely on magic to strengthen her feet, using the spear as a crutch, and violently exerting force, leaping forward and backwards.
In order to reduce the burden of her "lover", she has been controlling her weight, and she is wearing a very light and expensive Mithril full-body armor. In this way, with the blessing of divine magic, the speed is only about the same as that of a normal person wearing heavy armor on flat ground.
The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, and there are white diagonal lines of falling snow all around. Although the sky was dark, the surroundings were white and gray, and the dark sky and the sea of snow were all together.
Mina knew that the caravan had set out without taking into account such an unusually rapid cooling, and that the horses would probably never be able to pull the cart after the night.
You can't rely on yourself and Agiel to drag all the trucks to their destinations.
The two of them have been inseparable since the unicorn Agele adopted her hundreds of years ago. To her, it is mother, mentor, sister, doppelganger, and ...... Wife.
Because he also used Mithril to create a suit of armor for it, during the name change campaign in previous years, the Holy Unicorn gave Agiel the name "Silver Armor Shiner".
While galloping, the paladin uses a psychic link to communicate with the unicorn:
"How are you doing now?"
"It's okay, because I can run in the air, the saber-toothed tigers can't catch up with me, and they have changed to the direction of the convoy. β
The saber-toothed tiger has long been extinct on Earth, but it is still alive in the Northland, where mammoths still live. According to the dwarves who led the caravan, saber-toothed tigers would only be active when they went out into the hilly terrain, and because of the cautious habits of the big cats, they would at most attack lone people.
But now it is uncharacteristically around the caravans, and even more counterintuitive is the change of targets and long-distance pursuits - the feline family is notoriously not enduring, and is usually assassinated in lurk or hunted like a lion.
The Paladin had planned to stand still and wait for the unicorn round before getting back on his mount. It's just that hundreds of years of combat experience made her feel a little uneasy in her heart.
"Really," said Kurgal to himself, "the death of the Holy Horse is not just my heart." Why did I come along? β
"Is that really the case?" in her mind's eye, Karacha laughed mockingly, "You really care about the thing she was taking." β
"Because it's really weird...... The symbol of the unicorn, which is not that of the goddess of the forest nor of the holy unicorn, looks like Amuro ......"
"So obviously, they're the kind of relationship you want!"
"Karacha!" another voice spoke, it was Abbadel, the child of Grian, the son of Baal, the Dreadlord of Sword Bay. The armor that he could summon to Salofok, and his other abilities were also melee and of little use to mages, so Kurgal rarely chose to let his scars take on his body.
"Don't you deliberately provoke any more, don't you see that Kull is already in a bad mood, and there is so danger around him. β
"Ahem," the third old man came out and said to the mud, "Don't you notice that something is wrong around you?"
"That's what you say, that's true. The battle-hardened two replied.
Kurgal paused, trying to look around. The wind was wild and the snow was heavy. It stands to reason that the Paladin, who was not a few tens of meters away, could no longer be seen - although she was wearing silver armor, it was not easy to see. The men around him who were guarding were almost overwhelmed by the wind and snow that swept in.
Wait, the number of people is wrong, someone has been swallowed by the wind and snow!
"Beware of sneak attacks!" Kulgal warned him, only to see a whirlwind of snow behind him swoop towards the man next to him. The mage held the ball on the right side of his body with both hands, made a turtle qigong posture, and suddenly pushed forward. Two clouds of purple-red energy burst out from her hands.
Because unlike the usual mage's tricks, they were mastered after signing a contract with the remnants of the soul, so Kurgal decided to name it:
"βKilling Intent Wave Fist!"
There was no such feeling of hitting a three-point shot, and the two killing intent fluctuations exploded on the ground, the snow around them was soaring, and the rescued people were rolling and crawling. Not only were these people well-trained, but they had also gained a pretty good understanding of Kurgal as a strong man during this time - if the mage wanted to kill them, one move would be enough to kill everyoneββ so without the slightest misunderstanding or hesitation, he quickly approached and set up a defensive position around her.
Kull observed the surroundings intently for a while, but did not gain anything, did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly took out talcum powder and silver powder from the material bag and cast a spell.
"Mengungkap-makhluk-tak-terlihat-atau-benda (Hidden, nothing left at the moment)!"
............
Nothing happened, indicating that the enemy was not invisible by spells, and wasted another spell.
Kuhl kept his composure and shouted, "Schalke, do it!"
The drow elves appeared with ink trails and pounced on a cloud of snowflakes. As the swords swung, Kurgal faintly heard the inhuman roar of the wounded monster.
But Drow quickly stopped swinging, holding the dagger upside down in both hands, fingers on his sunglasses, and looking around warily and suspiciously.
The female mage hurriedly brought someone to him.
Without bothering him to look around, the mage leaned down to search the snow and found the slashed part.
Gray on one side and white on the other, it looks like meat wings?
After a while, the Drow Assassin shook his head in frustration: "Damn, that monster seems to have run away after being injured. β
As soon as the words fell, a strange and colorful pattern appeared in front of them out of thin air. The mage was startled, and then stabilized his mind, and Drow, who was wearing sunglasses, was also unmoved, but those ordinary people couldn't control it one by one, and stared blankly, their eyes were stimulated by the bright light and burst into tears, which froze into two on their faces.
Kull took out the top 10 of the world's most smelly plants on the earth from his pocket, and prepared to cast that dangerous spell - for the lazy donkey to roll and pounce on the vicious dog, ah wrong, it is to roll and avoid the QTE without crushing the rotten egg to get wet, which is a necessary material replacement.
Mage is a profession that is not suitable for mature women or unladylikes, it requires swallowing spiders raw, chewing fire ants, carrying a bottle of smoke, rotten eggs, lard, bat droppings, sulfur, cat hair, gums, sesame seeds, eyeballs, bones, scales......
The flickering array of light in the air seemed to attract the attention of the paladin. She ran over: "Has anyone had an accident?ββ what are you doing here?"
Kurgal was about to warn her to be careful, when she saw a giant manta ray, larger than the couch, swoop out from behind the paladin, with two heads resembling head fins, and a slender mouth that must be as sharp and spiky teeth as a shark.
Because Kul heard it bite into the paladin's armor, and there was a continuous "creaking" sound. I felt like my teeth were sore. Two fleshy wings large enough to break the boat staggered the paladin. Mina tried to fight back, but it disappeared into the snow and fog again.
Then, a unicorn, also dressed in Mithril armor, appeared in front of them, with all four hooves in the air. The flickering patterns in the air finally gradually dissipated.
Kull noticed that the monster's fins, the shortened parts, looked significantly smaller than those that had fallen from the ground.
"Snow ray!" she famously called after doing her homework on the boreal creatures beforehand: "This monster worships the old rulers, and hence its hatred of the world and the life created by the gods." They have the same powerful regenerative abilities as trolls, and with toxins and spells, they can constantly consume their prey!"
At the same time, the roar of the saber-toothed tiger was heard from the other side of the convoy, as well as the panicked cries of the people.
Without the care of the strong, ordinary people are too powerless in front of this beast that is bigger than lions and tigers.
"Since your unicorn says there is a saber-toothed tiger, then we have to go to our aid. β
"So we can't be dragged here," Mina said knowingly, "one or more of us have to go to the rescue convoy." β
"It's better for you to go faster, I didn't prepare a teleportation spell today, and even if I did, it would be easy for the black light to crash headlong into the stones and trees. β
Wanting to keep the teleportation spell to save his life, the lazy Kull casually branched out for the paladin.
After staying where he was for a moment, pretending to take care of the caravan guards, Kuhl finally received a telepathy from Drow, who had been observing his surroundings: "The enemy is at 7 o'clock, about 42 feet away. β
Shoving the leaves of the skunk grass into his pocket, Kull expertly pulled out a small ball of bat droppings and sulfur, and pointed at it: "Kelenta!Sebuah-kelompok-dengan merengek-api-meledak, menyebabkan-kerusakan-api-ke-wilayah-tersebut, shape the flame of beauty!"