Chapter 13: Catching Up

"Wangwang, Wangwang", the loud barking of dogs joined together, and the three sleds galloped on the vast snowfield, and on the smooth snow, the blades of the sleds dragged out a few neat marks, extending from a distance. The three sleds are all medium-sized, dragged in three rows by twelve white dogs, each can accommodate one Mite and two passengers, Mide stands in front to control the sled, and the two passengers sit facing each other in the trailer in the back, and the troika, a total of nine people, came out on the snowfield in the direction of Xueman Village, searching for the two young men who had run away from home.

Aside from the huge metal grip as a brake, the sled is made of pure wood and covered with thick fur in the trailer, making it warm and comfortable to sit on. In front of the sleigh, the twelve giant dogs ran wildly in three rows, led by the two strongest leaders, who belonged to the two strongest and most authoritative in the dog group, and the next ten followed behind the two leaders, as orderly as an army. These giant dogs are the inhabitants of the snow field for thousands of years specially domesticated sled dogs, the body is strong and powerful, the four soles of the feet are thick and long, and the contact area with the snow is very large, so that they will not fall into the snow in the process of running, in the past, the snow people traveled, small sleds only use four, medium-sized sleds only use six to eight, only large sleds will use all twelve sled dogs at one time, so thirty-six giant dogs run easily in the snow, sleds are as fast as the wind.

"No, it's hard to find a trace. The villager driving on the first sleigh shouted, "Yesterday's blizzard has covered up all traces and smells, and there is no clue at all, what should I do, Brother Dak." ”

"Then follow the road to Xueman Village. The second sleigh was the old Dak, and although the old man was very tired, the worry about his daughter and future son-in-law still made him persist with red eyes, which he also responded with a roar on the sleigh: "There are only a few roads from the town to Xueman Village, and this one is the safest, so I will follow this road." Until the village of Xueman. When they arrived at Xueman Village, they asked the people there if they had seen Betty and them, and if not, they left one sleigh to wait in the village, and the other two followed the other roads to continue looking. So you can always find it in the end. ”

"Will they end up diverting or not? On the third sled, Mide was actually Pannis, his driving skills were obviously much less rusty than the other two, but he was still able to barely control the sled to keep up with the speed ahead, which not only made the other experienced snow hunters unbelievable. Even Catherine, who had become accustomed to Pannis's strange knowledge and thought that she would not be surprised again, had to be surprised again, but thinking that Pannis had been to the snowfield once before, with his habits at that time, he naturally would not let go of this strange means of transportation.

"It's hard to reroute. Old Duck replied loudly, "They are not so familiar with the roads on the snowfield, it is dangerous to change the road at will, and Little Neo would not be so stupid to take such a risk." And they didn't have to divert their routes, they didn't know that little Chester would tell us where they were, and they wouldn't be so sensitive to reroute. ”

"And they're not really afraid of being caught up. Catherine sat behind Pannis with her arms around Eva and said, "Old Duck's attitude towards them should be very clear to them, since they have run out." Old Dack couldn't really not let them go, and it was okay if they were chased back. In other words, I think they are actually ready to be chased back, I looked at Neo's house before, and they didn't seem to have too much luggage, so they probably won't take a long detour. ”

"Stop. Pannis suddenly stepped on the pedal of the slow braking, and the speed of the sled suddenly began to slow down, and the two sled riders in front of him were stunned, did not react to what was happening, and rushed out seventy or eighty meters before stopping smoothly. Pannisy drove the sleigh slowly closer to the people in front. He asked strangely, "Let's be out for two hours." ”

"It's been almost two hours. Old Duck looked up at the sun and nodded, "What, did you find Betty?"

"Not really. Pannis shook his head and said, "But I found an acquaintance, and I didn't expect to see him two hours from town." Very strange thing. ”

"Acquaintances?" Catherine asked, puzzled, "What acquaintances are there here?"

"It's him, I don't know how he got out, could it be related to Betty and them?" Pannis thought for a moment and controlled the sleigh to turn: "Come with me, let's go over and say hello together." You might even find some clues. ”

Nine men controlled thirty-six giant dogs to change direction slightly on the snowfield, as if rushing diagonally forward, and before they had gone far, they saw two long traces on the ground extending from the distance, looking forward along the smooth straight line on the ground, and there was a small black dot at the end of the straight line, which was particularly obvious on the pure white snowfield. The black dot seemed to find that a sleigh was chasing, so he stopped in place, waiting for the three sleds behind to catch up, and when he got closer, it was McWilling, the liaison officer of the Bailong Dominion.

"Yo, it's been a few days. With a lazy smile on his face, Pannis greeted McWelling from afar, "I didn't expect you to leave your cave and run out to breathe, it's really surprising." ”

"Even dragons occasionally leave their lair. McWilling's voice was slow and deep, like most dragons, lullaby, making those who heard it drowsy, and of course, the dragon's voice obviously couldn't achieve this effect because of its volume: "We also go out for a walk once in a while. ”

"Even if you go out for a walk, it won't be for no reason. Pannis, who had already slid to McWilling's side, took off the big sunglasses on his face and said, "You people, if you don't have a reason, I'm afraid you'll sleep in the cave until the world collapses." ”

At this time, the townspeople in the back also rushed up and saw the liaison officer, who rarely appeared in front of people. He didn't seem to feel cold at all, only wearing a thin coat, and his arms were even bare, and his arms were tattooed with countless dragons like his bald head, and I don't know if it was because his belief in dragons gave him the ability to not be afraid of the cold like a dragon. However, he also wore wide sunglasses on his eyes, after all, even with the ability of the Worship Dragon Clan, he could not prevent the light from the snow from burning his eyes. The liaison officer had two feet on the long skis and two ski poles in his hands, and when he heard Pannis's words, he was neither angry nor laughing, as if he had not heard the malicious ridicule in his words, and replied seriously: "There is indeed a reason, I feel that there are seven or eight more powerful snow demon wolves wandering here to the vicinity of the town, and I haven't hunted for a long time, so I came out for a spin." ”

"Poof. Catherine couldn't help laughing out loud in the back, from the liaison's words, the attitude of wanting to drive away the monster because she was worried about the monster attacking the town, but she wanted to make an excuse to say that it was hunting, she couldn't hold back her laughter, looked back at the townspeople not far away, covered her mouth and whispered in a voice they couldn't hear: "I really didn't expect that the dragon worship clan actually had such a zealous time, I thought they would be like the dragon clan, and adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards the life and death of individuals." ”

McWilling turned his head, and the top of his bare head shone in the sun: "Actually, dragons also have feelings, and we are the same, who is really good to us, we actually know very well in our hearts, it is normal to make appropriate returns without affecting ourselves, and I also want to help them one last time before leaving here." But the three of you, why did you run out with four ordinary people and two low-level hunters, did something happen in the town?"

"Two children ran away from home. Catherine explained things roughly: "You must have been tracking the wolves outside for hours, did you meet them?"

"Didn't come across. McWilling shook his head and said, "Friends of the dragon clan, the wolves are not far ahead, if you need them, I will track them down and look for them with you, after all, dragons have a much sharper perception of living things than humans." ”

"But your other senses are much worse. Pannis looked ahead and said, "Don't you smell it?"

"What?" McWillin smelled, "I didn't smell anything, did it smell anything?"

"The smell of a few monsters, and the smell of the blood of their prey. Pannis turned back to the townspeople and said, "You wait here, there seem to be seven or eight silver-rank demonic beasts in front of you, let's go and drive them away, and then you can come back." ”

The three people in the adventure group did not bring skis, but with the strength of a few people of the legendary rank, especially the physical professionals of the legendary level, it is still possible to run a short distance in the thigh-deep snow without sinking into it, and the three of them ran quickly on the snow, and the speed was no worse than McVeillin on the skis, and after running for a while, a few people could see the edge of a coniferous forest in the distance, eight silver-white demon wolves gathered together, and they were bowing their heads to tear the devourer, but the smell of blood was not strong, it should be because the temperature was too cold, and even the blood was frozen。

However, Pannis and Catherine frowned at the same time, because both of them were at the side of the wolves at the same time, seeing an ominous sign. Next to the eight snow wolves, a small two-person sleigh was parked, and there were still a lot of frozen blood stains around the sled, making the whole scene look bloody and miserable. In the center of the wolf pack, there were two corpses of sleigh deer, one had been eaten only to the bone, and the other had been half eaten, and the snow demon wolf who was eating heard the sound, quickly turned to the direction where several people were running, and let out a low roar like a threat from his throat.

"I kind of don't know what to say to Old Dack for a while. Pannis said with a wry smile.

Catherine followed Pannis's gaze and sighed deeply, "Me too." ”

Where the two stared, lay a slender leg, which belonged to a young woman. (To be continued.) )