This morning, Avi, Carrie, and Bignose Fan, who were far away in the Oguna Empire, had already begun to climb over the Split Mountains, a mountain range that divided the Oguna Empire into two continents, east and west.

Two days earlier, the three of them had been training in a small town in the north of the Oguna Empire. However, Avi's comprehension ability is too much beyond that of other junior scholars, so the secret training point of the Two-Color Blade Mercenary Group can only become a small springboard for him to strengthen his abilities, which is nearly a month faster than the time expected by the group leader Delia.

His body, which was originally as thin as a spear, weighed about ten pounds in just over a month. Although Avi's body still doesn't look fat at all, it has changed a lot compared to the original appearance of being a little malnourished, and some body muscles have begun to appear.

"Brother Avi is amazing! Mentors in all aspects are privately complimenting you that you have mastered all areas!" said Carrie to Avi two days ago.

And Fan said two days ago: "These guys are all new mercenaries to our mercenary group, and basic fighting, weapons, drugs, assassination, and etiquette skills are as easy as learning to eat, don't be too complacent!" Although the big-nosed Fan said so, Fan, who was already qualified to become the instructor of this secret training point, still looked at Avi differently from the bottom of his heart, especially Avi's performance in the equestrian project was extremely outstanding, not only could he easily control the horse, complete the attack and defense actions on the horse, but also had a set of ways to raise horses. On the day Avi was leaving, the horses looked at him with reluctance in their eyes.

Avi: "I can't wait to get out of here, I'll be able to go back when I'm done with my mission" From the Golden Hoof City in the south to here, and then from here to train in secret, he has always remembered Miranda and his mother Joni. Maybe it's the power of longing, or maybe it's the hatred of the powerful and injustice, his efforts are not in vain, and those basic skills are completely absorbed by himself.

And he no longer heard strange words from other places, such as owl conversations, during this intense training.

But this spring breeze did not last long, and the split mountain range, with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, was like a hand across the world, stopping them in front of the target location.

"Hehe, I really misjudged you a few days ago, I didn't expect you to be a weak guy!hey!" Big Nose Fan panted as he used his iron gun to test the thick snow in front of him to see if there were any signs of loosening and slipping.

"Brother Avi, come on, why don't I help you carry your luggage?" Carrie looked back at Avi, who was pale from the snow, but a fifteen-year-old girl had the care and kindness that she should not have at this age.

Avi, who had never been to such a high altitude, was now not only feeling dizzy and headache, but had also vomited once before due to intense nausea.

"I know, you're a horse from the plains, but apparently this crossing over the Split Mountain was arranged by Delia," Fan stood on the snow and gulped for air, his own consciousness began to be a little dazed, so he kept talking to make his attention clear, "Otherwise, why did they say that there was the most difficult training waiting for us when we left, I think this is it!" But Carrie, Miss Delia finally told you something, what is it? There is no need to hide it from us!"

Carrie hadn't slept very long the previous night, for Miss Delia had taken her into the courtyard to talk at almost dawn. Although Fan's nose was large, his sense of hearing was more sensitive than his sense of smell, and he could vaguely hear something Delia saying from the room, and the words "there will be danger" were the ones he heard most clearly, and it was definitely not his own auditory hallucination.

"Nothing, just that we must arrive at the connector within the appointed time, or the speeding carriage will not wait for us. Carrie replied, holding the straps of her backpack with both hands.

"Okay, but look at Avita's dying. Fan pointed to Avi, who was walking last, and saw that his eyes were blue and his lips were trembling.

"I'm fine, please keep going!" Avi spat out with difficulty.

Seeing that Avi, who was two years younger than him, could persevere, Fan of course did not want to admit defeat, put the iron gun back on his back, and strode towards the peak of the snowy mountain.

The three of them had reached an altitude of about 2,500 altitudes, but they had not yet seen any place where they could climb over this snow-capped mountain. Embraced by snow all around, the bodies of the three men looked like three small stains on a blank sheet of paper from a distance

"According to the direction pointed on the map, there should be a relatively low altitude place here, why haven't we found it!" "Big Nose Fan took out the sheepskin map from his trouser pocket and looked at it several times before putting it back.

"The lower altitude places must have been used to build levels, after all, the imperial nobles on the east and west sides are different—they have to prevent enemy invasions and keep an eye on their own people. "Carrie is clearly a native of the Empire, and only those who are most familiar with the terrain can get their hands on the natural barriers of the Empire. However, things are not as simple as Carrie thinks, the problems of the empire are not only internal contradictions, and the division of the mountains is not just a barrier.

Feeling that he was having trouble breathing, Avi secretly took out a copper ring from a small cloth bag, and the unique floral pattern and slightly rusty copper appearance of the ring must have attracted many less wealthy collectors.

He carefully placed the ring on the middle finger of his right hand, and recalled the note that Miranda had placed on the small tin box he had given him before leaving: "This enchanted ring was secretly collected from my father for antiquities, it can keep your spirit in a healthy state, and it is resistant to a small part of the medicine." ”

After the ring was worn on his finger, his finger, which had been frozen to iron blue, was still iron-blue, but Avi's mood began to feel a little comfortable, his heartbeat changed from rapid to slow, and his breathing gradually became smoother, as if he woke up from a sleep early in the morning and was refreshed, and suddenly there were no symptoms of mountain sickness at the beginning.

On the back of the note left by Miranda was another paragraph: "This ring is estimated to be of a certain 'age', so it may break one day." But you still have to take good care of it, and treat it as a token of love that I gave you. ”

Thinking of this, there was a hint of moisture in the corners of Avi's eyes, those streets and alleys that the two of them ran together, and the two of them chatted together. All the past has become his happiest memories, and now he is in the middle of the ice and snow, going to an unknown distant place. He realized his desire to go out to the outside world, but he never thought that he would be so lonely. He used his stiff left hand to hold his right hand with the ring, hiding the sadness that was not easy to detect.

The trio continued to walk upward. There was a snow-white world on the left and right, every light snowflake and the sky blended with each other, and the howling wind made the scene three-dimensional, a combination of wind, cold and snow-white. Occasionally, one or two large rocks that were not obscured by the snow and the footprints they had just stepped out of proved that there was something other than snow at the very top of the split mountain.

But behind the hazy snow, some animals loomed.

"There are a few snow wolves out there!" said Fan, who was standing at the front, and Carrie and Avi immediately caught up with him. Just above the slope not far away, there were about three snow wolves standing faintly in the wind and snow, and it was obvious that it was already the place where the mountain range had been crossed, a flat land that could be walked through.

Fan nudged Avi and said, "Don't get in the way here, I can clean them all up by myself." With that, he took out the medium-length iron gun from behind his back, held it in front of his chest, and slowly moved forward.

Carrie's eyes were staring at the wolves without blinking, and she slowly moved to the side, her hands began to undo the closed sleeves, and she also dropped the package on her back on the ground.

Avi himself took out from his back the weapon he had chosen before leaving—a knight's quenched sword. The blade of this sword is not very long, but the knight's sword that has been quenched is of particularly good quality, and it is particularly light to wield, making it suitable for immediate combat use.

While the big-nosed fan slowly approached the three snow wolves, the three snow wolves had been standing in the wind and snow without moving, but with the howl of one of the snow wolves that resounded through the snow ridge, the three snow wolves actually dispersed, and each wolf walked in the direction of each person, giving up the tactical habit of wolf packs besieging.

The wolf responsible for eating Avi quickly ran five meters away from him, and Avi had already repeated the fighting techniques of secret training in his mind a few times, and his eyes were staring at the snow wolf. The snow wolf's whole body is snow-white, with drooling fangs showing in its black mouth, its eyes are like glass beads, and its two front paws are gently placed on the snow, waiting for an opportunity!

A voice suddenly appeared accompanied by the wolf's howl: "This guy is the weakest, it seems that I can kill the food the fastest!"

Avi was distracted by the sound coming from the direction of the snow wolf, and the snow wolf immediately grabbed the flaw and roared and pounced!

Immediately another voice said: "If his left foot is not stable, I will bite his right leg immediately!"

At this moment, Avi subconsciously transmitted the sound he heard into his head, and the sword in his hand immediately swung directly to the front of his right leg.

The snow wolf's sharp fangs were cut off by the mouth before they touched Avi's leg, and the head flew directly out of the side of Avi's right leg due to inertia, and the cut on the back of the snow wolf's body spurted blood on the knight's sword and Avi's pants.

All that was left on the ground was the snow wolf's split body in two and Avi the "dumb cat", and he hadn't recovered from his incredibly quick reactions, but his mind realized in the moment after the killing: I could hear what it said!