The next morning, before dawn, Rob and Lolo got out of bed, and all the equipment and supplies needed to enter the mountain had been sorted out the night before, and the guide Kossan knocked on the door of their room.

It was still pitch black outside the window, and Rob hung Starfall on the back of the pack horse, which was still wrapped in cotton cloth to keep out the cold.

Kosan had a baby face, but he was already the father of two children, and nodded in the cold wind, "I know your goal, it shouldn't be too difficult, and there aren't many people entering the mountain recently."

"Please. "The townspeople say you're better at tracking footprints than hounds." ”

Kosan smiled, a little shy, "It's not that exaggerated, it's just that I've brought people into the mountain more often, and I'm just more familiar with Anarip than others, so let's go now if we're ready." ”

The three of them arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountain before noon, the sun shone on the rocks of the mountain, the snow did not look so cold, and occasionally some animals and plants could be seen along the way. ”

With that, he got down on one knee and carefully examined the footprints on the ground.

According to Kosan, the current position of the three of them is the only way to enter the mountain, so there are many footprints left on the snow, which seem similar to Lolo's eyes, but Kosan can tell from these incomplete footprints the height and weight, gender and age of the owner of the footprints, and even the time that has passed here.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for Kossan to clear out most of the footprints, leaving the last seven sets of footprints, and his expression became solemn, and he thought for a longer time.

After a while, Kossan looked up again, but said, "I didn't find the girl you were talking about. ”

"Huh?" was a bit of a surprise.

Kossan pointed to the seven groups of footprints below, "There are only two groups of female footprints that have passed through here in the last three days, one of them is between thirty and forty years old, and they are overweight, which does not match your previous description, and the other group of footprints can match the age, but it is likely that they are thieves and other professionals, and they are a bit of a loop." ”

"It's not her. Luo Luo shook her head, the two of them had been in close contact with Avril Lavigne, and knew that the girl who grew up in the Sith Monastery was just an ordinary person, and she didn't have the problem of looping her legs, so this footprint couldn't be hers, and the girl couldn't help but say, "Could it be that she missed it?"

"I've looked back and forth three times, and there has been no snow in the last few days, so it's unlikely that I'll miss it. Kosan's words were tactful, but his tone was firm, and he had his own pride in tracing footprints in the snow.

Rob didn't speak until this time, "They rented two donkeys before entering the mountain, is it possible that the two of them turned their faces at the foot of the mountain, and Avril was tied to the donkey." ”

Kosan's eyes lit up at this, and he walked around the footprints again, this time focusing on the footprints of the livestock.

"Here. Kosan stopped halfway through and pointed to a series of footprints, "The weight of this donkey is different before and after, from this place, the hoof prints are obviously much deeper than before, and the weight of the body should be sixty or seventy pounds more, this weight ...... It's almost the same as a girl. ”

"So we just have to chase this donkey to find their people. Luo Luo said happily.

The trio had the good fortune to find important clues before entering the mountain, which paved the way for the next pursuit.

With Cossan in his presence, it was almost impossible to follow, with the eyes of an eagle, the nose of a fox, and the tenacity of a yak, and the three of them found traces of their target's camping on the first night, and even more exciting were the footprints left by Avril in the snow outside the cave.

Marven put her down here, ate and rested together, and tied her to the donkey's back again the next morning.

This discovery confirmed Rob's previous speculation and lifted the spirits of the trio.

After a night's rest, the three of them accelerated their pursuit, and found a second campsite the next afternoon, and also found a shoe in the snow next to this campsite, which was a distress signal left by Avril.

On the fourth day, however, the three of them were in trouble, and one part of the road had just been hit by an avalanche, and the heavy snow rolling down from the mountain covered all the footprints, and everywhere was white.

Kosan didn't have a good way, so he could only try his luck, and the three of them turned around for an afternoon to find the hoof prints behind them, but in this way, the time they had rushed out before was returned.

This is also something that cannot be helped, the pursuers are already at a disadvantage, and in such a harsh environment, it is not easy to keep up.

On the seventh day, the good weather that had lasted for a week at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters finally passed, and the wind blew on the top of the mountain, making it difficult to see even the distance of two meters ahead, and it became more and more difficult to distinguish the footprints on the snow.

But with this, the three of them can roughly guess where Marven's final destination is.

Luo Luo looked up at the mountain peak not far away, the cold made her nose red from the cold, and the girl wondered, "Where is he going?"

Anarip's summit, Ogamile Peak, is more than 8,000 meters above sea level, and the air at the top of the mountain is thin, the air is cold, and the birds do not cross, it is a veritable forbidden area of life, and no one can live there for a long time.

Kosan, the man who had been living on the snowy mountains, also changed his expression when he heard the name, and it had nothing to do with courage, not cowardice, but reverence for the might of nature, and even the locals living in the town of Lamu rarely have reached the summit of Ogamile, unless the weather conditions are extremely perfect, in the right month, with sufficient preparation and a little luck, it is possible to succeed.

At 6,800 meters, a pack horse fell into a crack in the ice and broke its leg, and the three had to abandon it, and at the same time they also abandoned some supplies, at 7,300 meters Kosan was reluctant to move forward, Rob and Lolo were not reluctant, and the three parted amicably, and before leaving, Kosan marked the best route to the summit on the map.

Avril is still in the hands of the other party, but Rob and Lolo can't give up halfway.

In fact, even if Kosan doesn't mention it, the future Ultra Magister also plans to let him go back first, because now that the direction has been determined, his tracking skills are no longer needed, and it will be more convenient for the two of them to move after he leaves.

As a seventh-order magus, Rob was not very afraid of the harsh climate of Anarip, what really worried him was other things, what was on the top of the mountain that made Marven desperate to climb up?