Chapter 8 Special Training
The southernmost part of the western border, at the junction with the Sorrowful Snow Field, is already a deserted no-man's land. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info into the eye, except for the white expanse, there is no other color between the heaven and the earth, the wild storm and snow all the time reflects the cruelty of nature, not to mention humans, even the orcs with strong vitality will not settle in this kind of ghost place. But now, in the midst of the white, three small black dots moved slowly but surely forward, and on closer inspection, they turned out to be three caravans.
What is surprising is that it is not a horse that pulls the cart in the reins, but a winter wolf that makes the people of the Westlands smell and change. These monsters, which are about one meter tall and can reach four to five meters in length, are the kings of the snowfield. Unlike their weaker distant relatives in the interior, an adult winter wolf can easily cull a lion, and their sharp teeth and claws are attached to a strong freezing gas, and if they are touched, they will freeze all over their bodies. What's even more terrifying is that these winter wolves are social animals like ordinary wild wolves, generally a group of seven horses, keen observation, dedicated goals, tacit cooperation, attention to detail and perseverance and patience, coupled with the madness when they are in trouble, make the winter wolves the most terrible predators in the west and the snow fields, when they are hungry, they can even rely on cooperation and courage to hunt and kill the infinitely powerful snow bears! Or ambush and kill the lightning-fast snow leopard through relay pursuit! However, it is such a terrorist hunter who is now doing the work of a colt. The first tent was pulled by six winter wolves, but they were now as docile as snowdogs, not to mention fleeing, not even a wolf howl. The heavy, shiny fur tent that shrouds the caravan gives a warm sense of relief at first glance, and in this damn weather, the thick tent can't be exchanged for a thousand dollars.
The car in the back was much shabby compared to the one in front, that is, a large canvas was barely built to shelter from the wind and snow. The tent was full of holes, and the cold wind poured into it, although the nails were extremely firm, they could not withstand the tearing of the wind, and it looked like they were going to be blown away at any moment.
As for the last car, which was pulled by a full twelve winter wolves, it was surprising that there was no one in the car at all, and the tightly tied canvas showed the outline of several boxes. And the ruts carved into the snow show that the weight of these boxes is really not light.
Al shrunk back and leaned against the corner of the broken car in the middle, although there was a cloth to block the wind, but the effect was better than nothing. Al sneezed several loud times, looked at the comfortable caravan in front of him with jealousy, and kept cursing the female mage sitting in the caravan in front of him: "This crazy woman, in the future, if I have the strength, I must put you in a position of eighteen appearances, and ravage you a thousand times, a thousand times." Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Al to find that even if he used his rich knowledge before the time crossing and made up all kinds of eighteen forbidden pictures in his brain, the twelve-year-old's body did not react at all, which made him very frustrated. Al sighed and complained, "I'm so stupid, I know that this woman is unreliable, why do I still follow her way." ”
Although he was determined to break through the taboo and explore the essence of the elements, El still honestly carried out the most basic magic studies when the tall buildings rose from the ground. Until one day, Medea mysteriously came to him and told him that she had a special training method that could allow Al's strength to be quickly improved in a short period of time, but this training method was a unique secret and could not be known to others, and if she wanted to learn from Al, she had to follow her to other places for secret training, and asked Al if he wanted to try it. Although it sounded like selling strong pills, Al agreed, who was originally anxious in his heart, without much thought, he really didn't have the patience and time to improve his strength step by step, and this female mage really couldn't see that she had malicious intentions towards him. Originally, the duchess and duchess were still a little worried, but they couldn't help Al's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and Medea patted her chest next to her, so they agreed. In this way, Al and Medea left the Brambles with a sum of money. When he saw Medea buy the caravan that claimed to be able to cross the Screaming Snow Field and buy a large amount of supplies, Al felt that something was wrong, but there was no regret medicine in the world, and Al who got on the thief ship slowly fell to the point where he is now.
On the way, Al did not try to escape, but unfortunately he did not succeed once, and after witnessing Medea roast a snow bear alive, Al no longer had the idea of escaping. If the swarm of winter wolves is the king of the snow field, in terms of individual combat power, the snow bear is a well-deserved overlord, a snow bear can reach eight meters when it stands upright, and a bear paw can directly smash an orc's head! They are infinitely powerful and agile, and when they run with all their strength, they can be on par with the winter wolf, but their endurance is not as good. The thick fat is effective against all kinds of weapons, and the human swords don't even have to cut through its fur. As a unique magical beast in the snow field, the snow bear can also unleash ice magic, and the huge ice picks and ice armor covering the whole body make the snow bear very terrifying no matter how far or near it is. Even if the orcs want to round up a snow bear, they have to concentrate about ten experienced old hunters, and they have to be prepared for casualties. Snow bears are omnivorous creatures that can sometimes smash entire mountain slopes to smash up entire mountain surfaces in order to nibble on buds and snow moss in rock crevices!
However, it is such a terrible monster, it is like a baby without resistance in the face of Medea, its ice pick turned into clear water as soon as it is launched, and the monster power and speed are useless in the face of the web-like lightning emitted by Medea, and finally this snow bear was so electric that it lost its biological instincts, and it was unable to struggle and was directly roasted by Medea. As for those winter wolves pulling the cart, it is also the effect of this trick, these winter wolves are so electrocuted that their whole body is paralyzed, and they can't even commit suicide, so after being electrocuted dozens of times, no matter how unruly they are, they are tamed to obediently pull the cart. Al once named this trick "Teacher Yang's Love Education".
"This trick is called the power grid, and who is Teacher Yang, how come I have never heard of this mage. ”
"Teacher Yang is a famous educator in the empire three hundred years ago, using love and special educational methods to guide children who have gone astray to change their ways, and he also has a nickname called Soul Catcher, you are lonely and unheard, it is normal that you have not heard of it. ”
"Nonsense, I've read all the books in the Mage Association, where did Mr. Yang come from, the pronunciation is so strange. How can there be a teacher who uses the power grid to educate students, you just blow nonsense. ”
"That's better than a sinister, cunning, despicable teacher who, in the name of education, takes advantage of parents' love for their children to cheat money. Also, this fur caravan was bought with my money, so why can you only sit on it, and I can only sit on this caravan made of coarse cloth?"
"This is to train you, my dear little El, I am afraid that after you train magic with me, you will waste all your martial arts, and you will have to be scolded by the Duke when you go home, and how sad the old butler will be. You must know that only a difficult environment can better temper a person's body and will, and I temper you in this way, which represents my deep love for you. I didn't expect you to have such a deep prejudice against me, hey, no way, sometimes the teacher is hated by the students for the sake of the good of the students, this is no way. In order to raise a worthy heir to the West, I have to be strict with you, dear little El. ”
Al was getting goosebumps when he heard this, and the teacher's face was more thick than he could have imagined. "Teacher, I am very touched by your good intentions and students. Al sarcastically said, "I still have a few questions about magic, can I get you in your caravan and ask you about it?"
"Ahem, little El, I'll answer the magic question when it's time to train. Your priority now is to exercise, and to see how you talk and still have the energy to go, so you can jump out of the caravan and run with the winter wolf. Come on, little Al, you can do it. ”
Forced by the teacher's obscenity, Al finally stopped sneering at her. No way, now she has a bigger fist. Medea's shot made Al truly realize her strength, not to mention that she didn't even sweat after making the move, she seemed at ease, this mysterious mage's strength was unfathomable.
In this way, they talked all the way, noisily all the way to the south, the more they went, the more desolate they went, the only wind, snow and mountains between heaven and earth, and people's sense of space and time were completely confused. The pocket watch had long since frozen, and Al had to scratch the car to keep track of the day. In this way, after thirty scratches were carved, so long that Al thought they would go to the ends of the earth, the car finally stopped. Al jumped out of the car with his eyes closed, and was greeted by a spectacular gray-black color. As abrupt as ink stains on white rice paper, a large expanse of strangely shaped trees was entrenched in the snow. The trees stand in all directions, with branches tilted to the left or right. The coldness of nature does not allow them to live upright, and these trees can only bend over and stubbornly struggle to survive. The beating of the wind and the strong pressure of the ice and snow could not make them leave the earth half a step, and the dense roots clung to the snowfield, just like the king of the mountain, once they occupied the territory, they did not want to let them leave, no one would be! In the middle of the woods, there were animal jumping figures, or rough or loud howls came and went.
Al looked at the woods in silence, and there were no words to describe the shock in his heart right now. Nature's miracle? No, it would be more accurate to say the miracle of life! The desire for life and tenacity are vividly manifested here.
"It's shocking, isn't it? I was just like you when I first saw it, why do trees survive in such a cold environment, why do they still absorb nutrients in such poor soil? Are they naturally formed? Or did someone plant them on purpose? But no matter how incredible they are, they are here. Medea walked over to Al.
"This is an oasis of snow, the miracle of life: Atlantis. ”