Blood oozed from between the pale fingers, and then dripped to the ground with a "click".

Melin Sera covered the wound in her abdomen hard, her pretty face as pale as paper.

The dragon's ability to recover is far from being comparable to that of humans, and although he was seriously injured when he killed his pursuers before, the wound in his abdomen has recovered from more than a month later. But Merin Sera didn't expect that when she broke the seal in front of her, the huge anti-shock force would be so great that it directly burst the wound that was almost healed!

The rainforest she was in at the moment was really weird, it was not a big place, but she couldn't get out of it - once she got to the edge of a certain place, no matter how much strength she tried, she couldn't break the invisible barrier, and after more than a month of hard work, she gradually realized that she should be in a strange magic circle, and the person who established the magic circle was probably much stronger than herself.

After a painstaking search, she finally found a square stone in the woodland that seemed to be the "core of the circle", but after trying to make contact, she was shaken out by the tsunami-like explosion of elemental power of the stone tablet.

This scene made the shadow dragon feel more excited than ever, because Merinsela was keenly aware that the elemental aura inside the stone was very different from the aura emitted by the magic circle...

For the desperate Merinthera, this means that under the magic circle, there may really be a legendary treasure against the sky!

Taking a deep breath, she tried to suppress her chaotic emotions and began to seriously think about the way to break the formation.

******

Five days later.

"Array! Raise your shield! ”

"Fill the gap! Raise your spear—"

"Kill!"

On the snowy battlefield, the shouts of the non-commissioned officers rang out in the battle, and after the muffled sound of heavy objects hitting the shield, the screams of the snow monsters being pierced by spears were connected.

Wrapped in a thick cloak, Akasha stood at the back of the team, the light in her hand always flickering, and beside her stood Nata, who was holding a bow and shooting, the movements of the wood elf archer were like machines, but they kept repeating the action of archery, and the huge snow monster in the distance fell down with its head covered in pain...

Forty heavily armed infantry were confronting twenty snow monsters, surrounded by sparse trees, and a sparkling lake loomed into the distance.

Sodrore, who was dressed in military uniform, supervised the battle in front, and saw that the soldiers had completely contained the momentum of the snow monster, so he waved his hand and said to Erwin and the others who were already eager to try: "Come on!" ”

With that, the twenty-man barbarian "mercenaries" immediately roared and joined the battle group, and their impact was amazing, and after crashing into the battle formation from the flanks, the snow monsters immediately lost their ability to fight back, and were harvested like wheat.

"Happy!"

Armed with two axes, Erwin laughed wildly, and with a wave of his hand, he brought up a large snowflake, and the talent of berserkers was on full display in these barbarians, and when they rose, they could even take on the snow monsters alone, and their strength was invincible.

However, such a victory was already accustomed to Roddy and Sodrore: the snow monsters' IQ was too low, they had no armor, no formation, they could not use weapons, they had no advantage except for their strength, and they were completely lambs to the slaughter in front of the elite infantry - so when the barbarians were overjoyed to kill the snow monsters, Roddy's face was always calm, even... Some distraction.

After leaving the barbarian village, a team of sixty people traveled all the way north in the snow, and finally arrived at the planned first destination, Taal Lake. The battle at the moment was the fifth encounter in the days, but to the surprise of the soldiers... Their commander, Roddy, seemed to have anticipated all the battle locations and the number of enemies encountered, so he did not feel any panic when he started the battle, and even now there have been no casualties.

The snow monsters fell one by one, and the battle ended quickly, and the elite soldiers in heavy armor breathed for a long time, and did not show any fatigue, but the barbarians led by Erwin were out of breath - because of the difference between the "Mark of the Dragon Slayer" and the level of about eight or so, this situation was expected, so Roddy did not rush forward, but let Sodlore give the order.

"Rest for two hours, make a fire and make food, and stay close to the lake in the afternoon."

After the order was passed down, Sodrore, who had slipped around the battlefield, stepped to Roddy's side.

"There seems to be something wrong with these snow monsters."

"Huh?" Luo Di turned his gaze in some surprise: "Let's talk about it." ”

"In the previous month, they weren't as frantic as they are now. In the past, they would flee after killing them, but none of the snow monsters encountered in the past few days retreated, and they all fought to the end. ”

After saying this, he shook his head again: "I hope I think too much..."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, Sodrol said this, and Roddy also realized that he had inadvertently neglected this problem - the snow monsters in their impressions are all bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and when the blood volume is less than 5%, including the boss-level snow monsters, they will choose to escape, without exception.

This is the setting of the "snow monster" in the game, and it stands to reason that there will be no change, but now this qiē has changed, Roddy frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't find a suitable reason to explain it.

"It shouldn't be a big deal, just let everyone be careful."

Sodrore nodded, said no more, and turned to leave.

There are no enemies to watch out for on this ice field except for the snow monsters, so the team has a lot less control. After more than a year of fighting, Roddy's knowledge of leading the team is really much richer than when he was a "lone ranger". At this time, the soldiers with the team had a full meal with meat, and the dry food of refined salt and fine noodles was never less, and the generous treatment made the morale always high, and even more surprised the barbarians who had just joined.

After resting, Roddy went to talk to Erwin and the others, and a group of tall barbarians all shouted hello and were convinced by the small leader - after more than a month of fighting, they had gradually gotten rid of their fear of snow monsters, and at this time they had killed more, and even some were still unsatisfied.

"You are all born warriors, and hunting in the village alone is really a blessing."

In response to this, Erwin scratched his head with a smile and replied: "Leader Roddy is right, I always think it's really boring to set up a trap to catch wild boars, but I feel much happier after cutting these snow monsters!" ”

His loud voice echoed through the snow, causing a chorus of the barbarians around him.

This kind of scenario is exactly what Roddy wants: the barbarian mercenaries in the game are well-deserved "kings of cost performance", except for the fact that their brains are not very good, and when used reasonably, the power is even comparable to that of a light cavalry charge. Coming to the Northland to expand such a source of troops is much more important than taking the recipe of that long sword.

"Do a good job, follow my soldiers, I will never be bad."

Roddy wanted to pat Erwin on the shoulder, but the other party was too tall to reach at all, so he had to laugh and punch Erwin in the chest, and then returned to Akasha's place and took the hot soup she handed to warm up.

Two hours later, the team arrived at the shore of Taal Lake as planned, and Roddy began to "single-brush" the monsters here according to the steps in the previous game - after using the "slot" method to lure out a dozen strange fish more than five meters long in the lake, the soldiers who had been waiting with bated breath rushed up under the order, dragged them directly to the shore with ropes, and then easily chopped sashimi.

After only half an hour, the battle ended easily, and Roddy waved his hand and directly let people go down to the lake to salvage the loot.

Those strange fish have bone armor on the outside, and they look fierce and abnormal, but they have no choice but to encounter a "single brush king" like Roddy, and it has become an experience point without even letting out a fart from beginning to end, this quick and risk-free solution makes Sodrol and others feel surprised, but after following Roddy for a long time, this kind of thing seems to have nothing to sigh about, and after looking around those big fish, Akasha and the others quickly focused on the things that the soldiers gradually salvaged.

It was already early afternoon, and although it was the warmest time of the day, the actual temperature was minus 20 degrees Celsius. However, the lake water that should have frozen long ago was like a hot spring, and the soldiers did not feel the cold at all after entering the water, and after diving for five or six meters, they fished up a bunch of shiny stones at the bottom of the lake, and when they saw these ice-blue "stones", Roddy's heart that had been hanging finally slowly relaxed...

"This thing feels weird."

Akasha curiously picked up a piece in her hand, then her eyes widened in surprise, and she turned to Roddy and asked, "Why is it soft?" ”

"This is the 'essence of water', the product of the condensation of the water element."

Roddy reached out and took a piece, his gaze confirming his judgment in the attribute bar that jumped out.

The essence of water

Well-made consumables

Use: Unleash the full elemental power it contains.

The ice-blue "essence of water" is like jelly, and when you knead it with your fingers, it will be slightly deformed, but it still remains spherical overall, although the volume is small, but Luo Di knows... The energy contained in such a piece of water essence is almost comparable to nearly a hundred ordinary magic crystals!

The reason why Roddy went to great lengths to come to the northern part of the glacial plain was to obtain these treasures that had been looted by the players - these "water essences" should be enough for Elson City to complete the "start".

The soldiers didn't understand what it was, but they salvaged these blue "stones" again and again, the barbarian strong men were bored chatting and farting on the side, and Nata stood on the periphery to guard the surroundings, all as smooth and calm as expected.

However, just as hundreds of pieces of water essence were salvaged, the sudden noise of the soldiers made Roddy raise his head.

"My lord, there's a big guy down there!"

These veterans thought that Roddy was exploring treasure, so they all touched something strange under the lake and moved it up, and Roddy turned his head when he heard this, just in time to see three or four people working together to push a black thing ashore...

"It's... What is it? ”