"What's the matter with you guys. ”

Entre pulled his heavy sword out of a wolf-headed monster and swept a bunch of grass to carefully wipe the black blood off the sword.

The blood-stained grass was quickly corroded.

Next to the monster, two dwarves, one large and one small, sat slumped there, black blood boiling from large and small wounds all over their bodies.

"Humans. The dwarf struggled to his feet.

Although they were rescued by the adventure group, the eyes of the two dwarves were vigilant, and the short swords in their hands were nervously pointed at the adventure group.

"Get out of our territory!"

In response to the dwarves' obvious hostility, Leo spread his hands and said, "I am also reluctant to come to your territory, but I like to do good things to the end. ”

With that, Leo stepped forward and stabbed out a quick sword, peeling off the heavy and tattered cotton clothes of the two dwarves.

As the party gets closer to the deep sea of ice crystals, the climate gets colder and colder, and everyone is wrapped in heavy clothes and gloves to keep out the cold.

The two dwarves screamed in horror, covering their bare upper bodies, and said in horror: "Slave traders, you don't want to tame the blood of the dwarves, if you dare to take a step forward, we will break your heads with a hammer!"

"Who cares about you two stupid, smelly dwarfs. Leo took a sip and beckoned to Omoni to examine their wounds. These wounds were clearly occupied by the dark forces, and if left untreated, the two dwarves would probably not survive more than two days.

Seeing that the two dwarves were still struggling, Esenas raised his hand and let several branches of the tree behind the two dwarves stick out, firmly binding them together.

"Great Druid?" the older dwarf looked at Esenas in surprise.

Leo's heart moved, nodded and said, "That's right, this friend of ours is the Great Druid of the Elven Half-Blood. ”

The two dwarves quietly let Omoni check it out.

"Typical of the dark forces, I use cleansing to expel the corrosive energy from them before trying to restore their injuries. Omoni used his magic to probe the wounds of the two men and said to the crowd.

"Why haven't I ever seen dark creatures in the Free Realm?" Leo asked with some confusion about the frequent appearance of dark creatures these days.

"Maybe it's because of faith. Ente said.

"Faith?"

According to the propaganda of the gods, because the gods want to lead the believers to open up the light and expel the darkness, these dark creatures will come out to resist, and the free kingdom is because of the darkness to avoid disasters, so the believers will spontaneously hate the free kingdom. ”

"It's nonsense!" Leo was slightly angry: "There are gods in the free country that can be believed, but these gods have never said such things! These gods in the country of faith are deliberately creating contradictions and inciting hatred!"

"How could there be so many wars otherwise?" said Isenas shrugged.

While the few people were chatting, Omoni had finished treating the dwarves.

The party refuses the Dwarves' warm invitation to go to the Dwarven City and sets out on their way once more.

"Istangal?" little Paul pondered the name, but he didn't make out what the dwarven city name actually meant.

This is a dwarven phrase that means a nail embedded in a stone. Omoni knew a lot about this knowledge and explained it to everyone.

As the group progressed, the soft soil gradually hardened, and the carriage had to be replaced with tires made of monster skins and wrapped in a tarpaulin.

A thin layer of hoarfrost on the ground casts a shadow over the world.

"How far are we from the Ice Crystal Depths?" little Paul rubbed his hands, his cheeks pale with a little congealed blood.

"At least 200 kilometers to go. ”

"There are still 200 kilometers? According to this trend of getting colder and colder, isn't there a few tens of degrees below zero on the seaside?"

"To be exact, it's a constant minus thirty-seven degrees. Leo put his feet out of the carriage door and landed comfortably beside Omoni.

"It's a strange phenomenon, the temperature along the seashore, whether you make a fire or whatever, is always constant at minus 37 degrees, and every seven kilometers into the deep sea, the temperature drops by one degree, until after 70 kilometers, the temperature plummets to 43.9 degrees and does not drop again. From this extremely low point onwards, the temperature will gradually return to normal every 6 kilometres. That's why there is a strange sight of ice crystals, half of the deep sea is half ice, and half is seawater. ”

"Don't say it's peculiar or not, do you think I can withstand this cold?" little Paul was a little speechless and pulled the cotton clothes on his body.

This padded garment was purchased in Gale Wind. It's autumn season, and at most you can find some clothes that have just entered winter, but it's still unrealistic to resist the extreme low temperatures that you don't see once in a decade.

"I can't stop it. Leo's answer was honest and direct.

"So what should I do?"

"Okay, then we'll leave you here, you go back by yourself, we have to be responsible for your life safety. ”

"Why do you have so many strange jokes!" Looking at Leo's deliberately serious expression, little Paul couldn't help but yell in Leo's ear.

"Okay. Leo plucked his ears. "I think Lao Mo should have a way, his protective shield can isolate the entry of energy, so relatively, it can also isolate the loss of his own energy, and then let him add a protective shield to you and Nana. ”

"Smack. ”

The attention of the two bickering was drawn to Ente's movements.

Not far on the ground, a black raven fell on the frost, blood flowing from its neck staining the frost in an irregular pattern. In the distance, little Paul could see the raven's scarlet eyes still rolling back and forth.

"Dark creatures again?" said Isennas frowned, raising his hand to manipulate the air to capture the mutated raven.

The raven's vitality is extremely tenacious, and when it is close to the palm of Isenas's hand, it twists its bloody neck fiercely and pecks at Isenas's thumb.

This move was swift and powerful, no less than the full force of a thirteenth-level warrior.

But the peck only made a crunch of "ping" in the air.

Isenus pinched the raven without changing his face, and opened its mouth to take a closer look.

After constantly looking at the raven, Isenas said: "There are no teeth in the mouth, the wings are also his own, there are no extra organs, it is complete, except for these eyes, there is no difference between a regular raven." ”

"Isn't that a good thing?" asked little Paul, touching the raven's pitch-black tail feathers.

"That's a bad thing, little Paul, and it starts with the form of a dark creature. Omoni leaned back and leaned into the carriage to explain.

"Most of the creatures of darkness are not products of nature, and their birth often requires the bonding of several different animal traits through intricate rituals to give rise to these deformed and powerful monsters. For example, the dark creature we saw that the Sky Thorn was trying to summon, and the bird-headed wolf-body beast that attacked the two dwarves in front of us. ”

"But in some cases, certain creatures that are naturally close to darkness can easily be transformed into dark creatures under the rendering of dark forces, such as this bird. This type of dark creature tends to be more powerful, and this raven is only about level ten strong, but it can burst out thirteen levels of damage, which is the proof. ”

"That doesn't mean it's a bad thing, does it?"

"No, that's bad news. Leo took the raven and held it up in front of his eyes to take a closer look.

"If those patchwork dark creatures are just artificially reconstructed with the help of the power of darkness, then this guy in front of him is the active infection of reality by the dark power. Can a bucket of water from a well be the same as a dam bursting?"

Little Paul vaguely understood that the matter seemed to be serious, but he did not understand why it was serious. But he knew that the crux of the matter must lie in the dark forces they had repeatedly mentioned.

"What is the dark power?"

Faced with this critical question, several people in the carriage looked back and forth a few times, and they all felt a little difficult to answer.

In the end, it was Isenas who groaned and explained the problem.

"We don't know the source of the dark power, but the places that have been eroded by the dark power are not suitable for normal life to survive, and if it is not channeled and governed, the scope of the dark power will become larger and larger, and this is how the famous wasteland of bones in the realm of faith has been changed. Moreover, the power rules of the naturally infected dark creatures are often quite different from ours, which also makes their living conditions contrary to ours, and most of the time they are based on the extermination of life. So it's a devastating force. ”

"How dare the Sky Church summon dark creatures?" Little Paul couldn't help but be horrified by the Sky Thorn troop that reconnaissance had discovered.

"So they went mad. ”

Leo waved his hand, skimming over the Sky Church, and said, "If we go deeper and the dark creatures continue to increase, we need to be careful, we must know that we are exploring the land of dragons, and if these two equally evil things form an alliance, I think someone between us may die." ”

It is quite possible that two equally evil things appeared in the same place, and that there was no connection between them, and that even little Paul would not believe them. ”

"Hey, what are you doing with me? Am I the stupidest one?"

"Nope. Esenas glanced at Leo and Paul Jr. "Both of you are strong contenders for this title. ”

While the adventure group was slowly advancing, the tracking team of the Church of Light, which received the news of the death of the Pope of the Sky Church, immediately abandoned the original plan and instead tracked the traces of the adventure group from the main church of the Sky Church.

"Have you ever seen a carriage pass by? ”

The two dwarves, dressed several sizes larger, were stopped again by the tracking party.

The tracking captain immediately noticed the anomaly of the two dwarves, and immediately stopped the group, carrying his horse around the two dwarves.

This group of people is neatly dressed, and there must not be any good thing. The dwarf pondered, and replied quietly, "What carriage, we didn't see. ”

The captain shook his head and said, "Lie." ”

"Ogid, smell. ”

As soon as the captain's voice fell, a young man immediately sprang out of the team behind him, grabbed the smaller dwarf and twitched his nose at him.

"You are covered with scars, but your clothes are brand new and clean, and there is no extra place to put your clothes in your bags, so you must have encountered a monster or something, and accepted help from others. And it's the help of humans. Otherwise, your clothes would not be several sizes larger than yourselves. Being able to carry extra clothes in such a difficult environment means that the people who help you must have transportation. You dare say you haven't seen a carriage. The captain's whip was on his horse's back, and he looked down on the two dwarves condescendingly.

"Smell it, Captain. The young man threw down the dwarf and replied.

"What result?"

"Four men, a woman, a child, the time should have been two days ago, and the direction was over there. ”

"It must be Ente's gang. The captain nodded.

"Chase, don't let them run. The captain raised his whip and chased in the direction pointed out by the team.

"Kill these two dwarves. ”

The young team member looked at the two dwarves with some sympathy, shook his head and said, "Remember, don't lie to Brandwyson in the next life." ”

P.S. Brandwisson, Blinddevotion