This is where the cave appeared, halfway up the snow-capped mountain. In front of the two of them was a relatively open space, and the tents of the Bantu tent erected here were constantly swaying under the influence of the cold wind. The snow-covered ground was interspersed with dried blood, which stretched from the cave entrance at the far end of the clearing to the improvised camp established here by the Bantu.

"It seems that some of them managed to escape from the cave and try to get back into the tent. But, strangely, I didn't see the body. Maffeo crouched down to check the blood on the ground and analyzed.

Freya looked at the entrance to the cave at the far end of the clearing, "What do you think there's going to be in there? ”

"Maybe some monster you've never seen before, maybe an old adversary. Maffeo whistled. "Anyway, there must be monsters in that cave, there's no doubt about that. ”

"Agreed, let's investigate the camp first and see if we can find anything. ”

"No problem. Maffeo stood up and walked with Freya to the tent.

The corpse that Maffeo wanted to see was in the tent, poor fellow, he had all the strength he had before he died, and escaped from that cold hell and returned to the tent, Maffeo admired his will. But it's a pity that he has become another person who sleeps on the snowy mountain. Freya walked over to the corpse, took off the wolf tooth necklace around his neck, and tossed it to Maffeo. "Take this back to Orka, so at least we can prove that we did what he commissioned. ”

"Yes, everyone knows that losing news in the snowy mountains basically means death. Maffeo carefully placed the wolftooth necklace in his pocket.

In this way, the two solved Orca's problem. For the rest, they just need to find out what is going on here. The body of the Bantu who had escaped from the cave had wounds that appeared to have been inflicted by a heavy hammer blow, as well as burns on his back. To be honest, it's quirky, but the two don't rule out that there are monsters in that cave who are good at using fire.

The wound that seemed to have been hammered by a heavy object reminded the two of them of the stone giants in the sky city, the adventurers who died under the huge body of the stone giants, and the Bantu people in front of them, all the flesh and bones were smashed by the stone giants' powerful fists. It was horrific to be hit by Golem's fist, and the two of them couldn't imagine that the subject who caused that horrific wound was not Golem.

"Golem, a monster that manipulates fire. Well, interesting. Freya muttered, thinking she'd had seen enough of the bloody corpse. So she stood up and searched for anything else in the tent. Maffeo crouched in front of the corpse, pondering what would happen to him when he entered the cave.

"Maffeo, come and see this, it's a note left by the Bantu people!" Freya reminded Maffeo, who was a little distracted in place.

"It's coming. Maffeo leaned over and locked his gaze on the parchment in Freya's hand. But unfortunately, the content on the paper was written by Ban Tuwen, and he could not read it. "It's Bantuwen, and it looks like we need Orka to help us decipher it. ”

"I can understand part of it, but only part of it. Freya said.

"What?" said Maffeo, stunned.

Freya smiled, "I'm not like you sleeping in a tent with Frederick all day, Aunt Ballena is happy to teach me Bantu." ”

"I didn't expect you to have such a strong desire to learn. Maffeo said with some confusion.

"It's just to pass the time, otherwise what else can I do in the snowy region of Ston? to help the Bantu dig up the frozen soil? No kidding. Freya shrugged her shoulders and began to try to read the parchment.

Sure enough, this was still too difficult for Freya, who had only learned the fur of Bantu. She couldn't even decipher a complete sentence, and by the end, she could only decipher a few fragmented words. "Cave ...... Golem ...... Mental abnormality...... Cold current...... Riku?" Freya said apologetically, patting her forehead. "I'm sorry, Maffeo, that's all I understand. ”

"It's okay, it's already very good, the Bantu language is much more difficult than the Xuzu language. Maffeo reassured. "Just, what the hell are these words trying to say, what do you mean by being insane, and what does Riku mean?

Freya shook her head, "I don't know, but at least we're sure there's Golem in the cave." That's not good news for us, and as you know, a normal sword can't cut through the stones they cover. Looks like you're going to need a little magic sword oil, and I'm going to need to make a Convergence Bullet. ”

"It's a real headache. Maffeo scratched his head.

"Let's go somewhere else, and if I can, I'd like to see the structure of the cave. Freya folded the parchment and stuffed it into the pocket of her coat.

As the two left the tent and returned to the clearing, a loud commotion from the other side of the cave caught their full attention. It was the sound of something heavy dragging on the ground, and gradually approaching in the direction where the two men were. So the two of them could only temporarily put aside the idea of going to the cave to find out, and hid behind a boulder to observe the situation at the entrance of the cave.

The creatures that the two of them were no longer familiar with reappeared in their sight—goblins, weak but ubiquitous. You can see their diminutive figures almost everywhere on the continent, and I don't know if they are survivable or reproductive. When the two of them saw the object that made the sound clearly, their eyes couldn't help but widen in surprise.

The presence of a siege weapon like catapults in such a place is already unbelievable, and even more incredible things are yet to come, it is those goblins who control catapults. There was no doubt that the goblins in leather armor and wielding maces in their hands and shouting at the other greenskins were the catapult commanders. This kind of scene may seem comical, but in fact, those catapults can pose a huge threat to those who come here.

Maffeo hurriedly took off the monoculars hanging from his belt, trying to figure out what was going on over there. "What is this? Goblins using catapults? And it's a giant snowball being used as ammunition?"

"I know it looks unbelievable, but it does look like they're going to be a big threat. Freya sighed, it was clear that the facts unfolding before her had shaken her perception of the continent.

In the monoculars, the green-skinned goblins, under the command of their commander, are arranging four catapults into a square defensive array, each located at each of the four vertices of the square. Once the catapults were secured, they began to place a horse repel in front of each catapult. "Can you believe it? These goblins know how to put up defensive barriers. ”

"Even so, the defenses are too flawed. Freya said with some boredom. "As long as you can take out those Goblin Catapult Commanders, their defenses will naturally fall apart. Unless ......"

"Unless what?" asked Maffeo.

"Unless what they're doing now is just the first step in defense. Freya whispered.

"Do you think they would really do that?"

"Probably, or their defenses would have failed. Freya shrugged.

Maffeo thought alone for a moment, but he felt a little undecided. "What should we do?"

"Let's go back to the camp and report back to Orka, it doesn't look like they're going to make the next move, if they do. Staying here will only allow us to freeze, and it will increase our chances of being spotted by them. Freya replied.

"Well, that's all there is to it for now. ”