After several days of hard work, Lutga and Raki finally crossed the jungle that led to the Fa Rilabis Mountains. But their journey doesn't end there, as the duo's final destination is across the mountains.

To do this, they had to climb a ridge hundreds of meters above sea level.

The Fa Rilabis Mountains are the 'Extremely Cold Mountains' famous for sealing the Abyss Dragon. The continuous peaks are covered with ice and snow all year round, and the night before, the two found a natural cave halfway up the mountain and set up camp.

The problem occurred in the morning, when the sky had just brightened, and although it was lucky that there was no snow, the view was still covered by the cold ice that had accumulated over the years. When Lutga woke up again, he found himself frozen to death.

The hands and feet were numb and unconscious, and the temperature around them was incredibly low. In fact, he hadn't slept long, and his frozen body was refusing the command to 'wake up', but he had to tell himself to get up and do something about it. Rutga felt that he had never looked forward to the rising of the sun as much as he did now.

The first thing you do when you wake up is to add dry wood to the fire that is about to be extinguished. You know, Lutga is not favored by the fire spirits, so he doesn't use fire-based magic skills, and in such a harsh environment, how to maintain the endless fire is a difficult challenge.

After maintaining the fire, he began to make ropes around the campfire. The material is made from the bark collected at the foot of the mountain, which is dismantled into dried plant fibers and twisted into strands and woven into simple ropes. But when it comes to climbing mountains, these can play a crucial role.

Because, the closer you get to the peak, the more fierce the biting cold wind will become. You must know that with the weight of a human being, if you are not careful, you will be blown into the ravine by the wind. Not just when climbing, but even when walking on gentle slopes, he had to tie himself and Ratchei tightly together.

Speaking of Raki, she is now curled up in Rutega's arms and sleeping. An indescribably beautiful sleeping face, with a gentle moaning at the corners of her mouth. Over time, her injuries had healed, and it seemed that the dragons' ability to heal themselves had not been lost, but that they had been slow due to a lack of magical power.

Since nightfall, Ratchey has been sleeping in this position. Thanks to her, Lutga was not frozen all over. It's inconceivable to say that Lutga has gradually adapted to getting along with this world-destroying demon dragon, and he no longer seems to be at a loss because of intimate contact, and the hot and unbearable desire has not been incredibly unsurged in his heart. However, it may also be due to the fact that you are in an extreme environment and do not have the leisure to desire.

"Hmm...... Rutga......"

"Ah, excuse me, woke you up?"

"Hmm...... No, it was a comfortable sleep. ”

Raki looked up from Rutega's arms and rubbed her eyelids in a very cute gesture.

"When it's all daylight, let's go. Try to climb the mountain before noon. ”

"Hmm...... Well. ”

Ratchet nodded obediently and buried her head back in the young man's arms. After these few days, she has completely relied on the aristocratic young man in front of her.

After dawn, the two walked out of the cave. Hanging from his waist were two jugs—containers made from a tree fruit, dried pulp, and dried to harden. The water inside is the product of the ice and snow that was filled in last night and melted by the bonfire.

During the climbing, it is necessary to drink water in time. Although it may not be felt, the fact is that the body is losing water rapidly all the time, and it is necessary to drink water frequently, before feeling thirsty. Otherwise, if you are negligent, you are likely to faint due to dehydration. It is important to note that you should never try to eat ice and snow directly, as this will not only not replenish much water, but will also cause frostbite and blistering of the mouth.

The climb up the hill isn't steep, but it's not easy either. For example, a flat glacier stood in front of the two of them.

With each step, he tried to pedal back and forth on the soft snow surface, and only after he was sure that he was on the ground did he take the next step. And on the basis of constantly maintaining this pace, carefully step out. However, this makes the climb very slow. Not only is it slow, but it is also very physically demanding.

As the altitude gets higher, the air becomes thinner and the stamina quickly becomes exhausted. But despite this, Lutga did not slack off, and he meticulously carried out this step every step of the way.

"Hmm...... There are no obstacles here, Rutga, why walk so carefully?"

Araki asked, puzzled by this.

"It's because—"

Before Lutga could explain, in the next second, the snow under his feet silently collapsed downward. All that was left was a small, unknowingly deep pitch-black hole. The crater was like a gateway to hell, and once you fell down, it was hard to imagine being able to climb out again.

"It's like this, hehe......"

This is where snow-capped mountains are more terrifying than ordinary mountains, where snow and ice cover the undulating terrain equally, but that doesn't mean it's safe. The snow covers the ice cracks and creates fragile snow bridges. It is impossible to judge the strength of these snow bridges, and it is difficult to identify where there are cracks, and it is likely that they will collapse due to the slightest pressure.

This means that you must not be fooled by what you see, at first glance it is just an ice field, but you should not let your guard down, in fact, the surface is full of deadly traps.

"Hmm...... It's dangerous. ”

Perhaps in the eyes of Qing Yuanlong, these cracks may not even be able to fit into the nails. But for the current Lachi, this is a dangerous magic realm.

"yes, it's dangerous. If you fall into it, you'll die. And we're unlucky, if it's a sunny season, we might have been able to cross here sooner. ”

"Hmm...... What do you mean?"

"Usually a glacier like this, usually the ice is safe, and the snow is dangerous. It's relatively easy to tell, and it may have just snowed heavily in the past two days, causing everything to be covered in snow...... I'm not an expert at climbing snowy mountains, so it's hard to judge. ”

Lutga sighed helplessly, but this was the only way to climb the mountain, otherwise they would have to choose to climb the steep rocks. In fact, although it may seem easy to walk here, it is more dangerous than climbing, but Raqi does not have the physical strength to climb it.

The closer they got to the summit, the wider and deeper the ice crevasse became, and what began as a small gap that they could cross with an open step gradually became a large crack that was a meter wide and required a vigorous leap to cross.

Not only that, but the snow has become no longer flat, and there are layers of snow walls everywhere, like a maze. Rutega struggled to navigate through the walls of snow, constantly observing and calculating, struggling to choose the right path.

Finally, in the afternoon, the two came to the final hurdle to the top of the mountain - several huge cracks. On the other side of the cresm, there is a rocky mountain rising from the snow.

The crack is visually more than 20 meters deep and more than 10 meters wide. If you want to leap straight from above, then the only way to do this is to use the 'Holy Spirit Blessing'. But even if he did, in the end, only Lutega would be able to step through the crack, and it would be pointless.

Therefore, there is only one way to let two people cross the crack at the same time. There is a landing at the bottom of the crack and trying to climb up from the opposite side. It may seem like a long way, but it is the most correct and safest choice.

The Rutgayong bamboo gun dug a snow pit in the ground, made a thick round icicle on the ground, and then tied one end of the rope to the icicle and threw the other end under the ice crevice.

"Rakhi, hold me tight. ”

Lutga said with his arms outstretched.

"Hmm......? ”

Although she didn't know what Lutga wanted to do, Raki immediately hugged her body tightly from the front without thinking, which shows how much she trusts the young man.

Holding the rope tightly in both hands, Ruttega stepped on the almost vertical ice with both feet, and carried the full weight of Laqi with his upper body, and quickly landed towards the bottom of the ice crevasse. In the days of the Knights, training to climb the walls like this was repeated every day, so it wasn't difficult for him.

What's more, Rachi's weight is very light, and it is not even as good as the weight used in training to simulate the weight of armor. Soon, the two of them descended to the bottom of the ice crevasse.

"Just climb up from the other side and you're done. ”

Rutega said as he recycled the rope. There were no surprises today, and there was still a little time before dark, enough for them to climb the not too steep rock face on the opposite side. As a result, it took them only two days to climb to the top of the mountain, which was quite smooth.

"Hmm...... Hmmm!"

Ratch jumped off Rutega's body and nodded vigorously.

"Let's just spend the night in this ice crevasse, just wait for a simple ice cave...... Uh-huh——!"

However, in this world, the accident is called an accident because it always comes suddenly without warning.

Ground...... Oh no, it should be the ice under your feet, and it suddenly began to shake. This made Rutega unable to stand still for a moment, and he stumbled and fell on the hard ice.

Lutga subconsciously raised his head, and was about to use his hands to support himself to get up, but at this moment, he suddenly found that a huge round black shadow with a diameter of at least three adult arms was rapidly approaching from the inside of the ice, directly under the soles of the feet of Lutga and the others.

At about the same moment, the surface of the ice broke open a cobweb-like crack with an ominous "cross-clatter-" sound.

“！？”

Before he even had time to shout to be careful, "something" broke through the ice with extremely violent momentum. At the last moment, Lutga snatched Ratchi into his arms and rolled to the side, and the two of them slid dozens of meters on the surface of the ice.

After recovering from the impact, Lutga hurriedly looked at where they had been standing, only to see a demonic beast, a giant sandworm with a blue body, writhing wildly about its disgusting strip-shaped body, and let out a terrifying roar from its massive mouth that covered almost the entire head.

"Ice sand worms!? How could it be...... It's not the season for this thing!"

Lutga set up a bamboo spear in the direction of the monster with a bitter face, the ice sand worm is a carnivorous monster that inhabits the snow field or iceberg, the danger level is B+, but the hunting season of this monster is only limited to winter, and at other times it will fall asleep in the depths of the ice, so Lutga did not expect to encounter it at all.

But no matter how abnormal it is, since it has been encountered, it can only be forced to face it. Fortunately, although the Ice Sand Worm is a powerful magical beast, it has a very sensitive territorial awareness, and no other magical beasts usually appear in the places where it haunts.

As long as it can penetrate the mouth with a shot from somewhere, it will run away......

Lutga was also a knight of the 'Legendary Blade', and even if the "Holy Spirit Blessing" is not applicable, he should be able to barely deal with B+-level Warcraft. While recalling the essentials of how to deal with the demonic beasts, he was thinking about how to launch the offensive. But at this moment...... Violent tremors struck again. Similarly, with the earthquake, you can see a dark shadow under the ice.

"How, how can there be ......"

Before he could finish his words, he sighed, and in the endless roar of "boom-" "boom-" "boom-" "boom-" in all directions, one after another, thick demonic beasts broke through the ice one after another and emerged. In the end...... total Twenty-three ice sand worms are surrounding the two of them.