Chapter 52: The Stake

Peak of the Ukas.

Endless whites dominated Eladorii's gaze for more than two full days.

Like the Kararubha Desert, as far as the eye can see, it is monotonous and desolate.

The desert is an endless stream of windswept sand and scorching sun.

Here is endless snow and cold.

The cedars are like blades rising from the ground, stabbing towards the high sky.

Climbing over the mountainside of the peak of Nukas, the cedars are the most abundant plants here.

Two days ago, when his own adventure party was still heading towards its current location in the foothills, the scenery was still quite pleasant.

Now, it's a blessing to see some of the slightly more eye-catching Ucas Frost Flowers.

"Kalua, I'll ask you one last time, why do we have to put my leather armor on this ...... that's more than five times thicker than it is By the way, padded jackets, the kind of thing that makes me feel angry when I see them is called a padded jacket. Why do we have to come to such an inaccessible and snowy place?" complained Eladori.

"Then I'll explain it to you one last time, and you'll listen. Because we're looking for a rare magical beast. The man named Kalua in front of Erazoi turned his head slightly and replied.

"Oh, do you think your answer makes any sense?" Eladori sighed, and stood still, refusing to move forward.

The red hair of the windborn girl trembled in the cold wind, like a flame heart in the snow, rippling with sonorous pride in the impact of the cold.

Eladori's eyes shone with a hidden viciousness.

Kalua felt himself being targeted by a predatory eagle.

"Listen, if you have any grievances, you can opt out. However, after this mission is completed, we will go to the Mercenary Guild in Blackwater City to sign a contract," Kalua said indignantly, "Anyway, I don't want the team to be dragged down by a girl and a half who is not too big." ”

After Kaluya said this, several of the other men in the group also cast contemptuous glances.

Hmph, this girl is no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, what can she do?

Seeing that she is carrying a bow on her back, it is estimated that when she encounters a demonic beast, she will at best hide behind and shoot two arrows, right?

Although she is still handsome, her beautiful skin is not a necessity to save her life in front of the murderous demonic beasts.

Don't!

Eladori felt the gaze of the crowd and was speechless.

This mercenary adventure team has not even been a week since the day he joined. Such a team is obviously advocating force and is very unfriendly to newcomers.

Hmph, these rude men trust their old companions who were born and died with them even more, which is also natural and reasonable!

But you can't help but look down on people too much, right?

Because I'm a new face?

Or is it because I'm a woman?

Eladori suddenly felt as if she was about to explode, she looked at the four of them, sneered, and then said loudly: "You just say what kind of monster you are looking for! The old lady wants to make a bet with you, the four of you, I am alone, to see who hits the prey, how about it?"

"Hahahahaha......"

Kalua's team laughed as if Eladori had told a big joke.

"Why? Could it be that the four of you tall men are still afraid of me, a weak woman?" said Eladori patiently, defiantly.

"Hmph, you little girl, your tone is not small. We're going to play with you today. We're looking for the egg sacs of the ice rodent spider. It's a magical beast that lives in the ice and snow......" Kalua laughed casually, and before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Arazoi.

"I'm familiar with this kind of monster, so you don't have to talk nonsense. ”

"Okay, so what do you want to bet on?"

"If I hunt the ice rodent spider first, then you, the captain, will be the one. Eladori said calmly.

"You!" Kalua gritted her teeth, but held back her anger, "What if we find it first?"

"Then I will look at you from now on, and obey your words. ”

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The peak of the Ukas, the entrance to the ancient tomb of Tsuku.

"Aninotes! Wake up!"

"Ellisen!

The first thing Mikhat saw when he woke up was Aninotes' lips cocked high, his breathing still steady.

Agnites slowly opened his eyes when he heard Mihat's shouts.

However, Aninotes immediately noticed something unusual.

My body can't move at all.

No, he couldn't feel his body at all!

"Aninotes, where are we?" Mihat's voice came from the side.

Aninotes' consciousness was slightly clearer, but his vision was still a little blurry. What catches the eye is a dense translucent white silk thread.

The threads wrapped around his own body, Mihat's body, Eysen's body, and the bodies of several people around the three of them.

"Uh...... Didn't we fall off a cliff? this is ......" Aninotes said halfway through when suddenly a spirit swept away all that had happened before the vertigo!

These white translucent silk threads are not vines of plants, but spider webs!

What spider's web can be so large that it can be used as food for humans who fall into it?

In this kind of snow and ice......

There's only one answer – ice rodent spiders!

That's right!

Four pairs of long furry feet, eight eyes of various sizes, and large, sharp fangs.

It was this monster that attacked itself.

Damn it!

This kind of spider was not so difficult to deal with originally, but in this case, it is simply fish on the board!

"What about the vampires, how did you get rid of them?" asked Mihart excitedly.

"I don't know what happened to you, Mirhat. However, I still have to tell you, those vampires, you killed them. Aninotes shook his head, he was more concerned about his current situation than the danger he had encountered.

"What? I killed me?" Mihart twisted his body, but it was still in vain to break free from the cobwebs, "Aninotes, tell me the truth. How did you kill them, and how did you heal my wounds?"

The little magician blinked his eyes vigorously, and his head was filled with a dull pain—a pain he could actually feel, but it was dulled by its inclarity and lack of intensity.

"Okay, keep your mouth shut, okay?" Aninotes visibly felt like he was about to run out of breath.

It's not because of the physical burden of strenuous exercise, but because the ice rodent spider's venom is still in his body!

Difficulty breathing, slow pulse, blurred vision.

Even the breath carries a peculiar stench.

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The peak of the Okas, not far from the nest of the ice rodent spider.

"Hmph, let me find it. Eladori laughed to himself.

I followed the small broken snow slag all the way here.

These poked snow fields should have been flat and even, right?

It's a pity that in the dense pedaling, they can't maintain their previous elegance.

Eladori held her breath and cautiously moved forward, slowly grasping the bow she was carrying on her back of an unknown material, and then backhanded a steel arrow from the quiver that protruded above her left shoulder, and placed it firmly on the bow.

There was a "rustling" sound ahead, and although it was not particularly recognizable in the cold wind, it still did not escape Eladori's ears.

Something's coming!