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"I hope you'll find your way back. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Dio smiled and waved his hand, turned and walked away.

Dio's speed was not fast, but the fat man hesitated and stood in place without moving, not to talk about whether he could catch up, the key is that the fat man suspected that the direction of Dio's retreat was exactly the opposite of the route of Sophia and others, and the reason why he was so slow was probably to lure himself into chasing down.

But what if not? Then wouldn't he have wasted this opportunity? The longer the delay, the smaller the chance of catching up with Sophia's men, there is no doubt about it, the fat man became inexplicably irritable, no matter what, the choice did not seem quite right, he had never been so sad as he was now.

In fact, the fat man overestimated Dio, and the heavy snow covered up all the traces, not only did he lose his way, but Dio did the same, deliberately making a confident appearance, just to put them in a dilemma.

Seeing Dio's figure disappear into the wind and snow, the fat man gritted his teeth and walked in opposite directions with his two remaining men, now he could only try his luck, and he couldn't stand there and do nothing.

Although the fat man was no longer visible, Dio's speed was still not fast, and he stopped and stopped along the way, as if he was looking for something. Finally, Dio's footsteps stopped in front of a large tree, the trunk of which had a triangular pattern, nicked half a finger deep, and some snowflakes falling into it, which looked even more striking.

Dio's gaze fell on the two adjacent trees, with a circle and a square pattern on them, Xueni had already judged the change in the weather, so Dio reserved his back hand, and left many similar marks nearby, of course, this mark could only be understood by Dio, and each arrangement would point in a different direction.

Not long after Dio's departure, the fat man also encountered several of these trees, and although he was sure that these patterns must have been the marks left by Dio, unfortunately, he could not discern the meaning contained in them. If there are no these patterns, the fat man can go on forever, of course, in the snowy night, he can't even guarantee whether he is going in a straight line, but it's nothing, anyway, it's luck, when the sun comes out, you can discern the general direction, as long as you don't deviate too far, there is still hope to catch up with Sophia's people.

Sometimes, people's psychology is very strange, knowing that some things may not work for themselves, but they still can't help but want to inquire into the end, just like the fat man now, staring intently at the pattern on the tree, hoping to get some useful information from it, and constantly imagining possible answers in his mind, soon, the fat man's head is a little dizzy, what the hell is this? Since it is used to guide the way, you must at least have an arrow or something, right?!

In the end, the fat man fell on the triangle, hesitated for a moment, and then walked down in the direction indicated by the arrow at the top, but he didn't go far, the fat man and his party saw the second mark, and the difference was that this time the triangle was upside down, and the fat man suddenly had a feeling of collapse, did he still have to go back? No matter how stupid a person is, he won't do that...... The fat man even began to suspect that the patterns did not represent any bullshit direction at all, but that Dio had deliberately left it to confuse them.

At this moment, the fat man was very confused...... In the wind and snow, the footsteps of Sophia and others have never stopped, out of dozens of meters, the footprints behind them will be covered tightly by falling snowflakes, this kind of weather of course does not need to worry about being caught up, they are concerned about whether Dio will find them, no matter where they go, how far they go, the trees around them look exactly the same, if you are walking alone in such an environment, it is inevitable that you will have a sense of despair in your heart that you are always standing still.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people on Sophia's side, so they don't feel like that, but it is precisely because of this that they are more worried about Dio.

"Sophia, are you tired?" Gordon noticed that Sophia's face was a little flushed, and there seemed to be some signs of physical overexhaustion.

Sophia smiled and shook her head: "I'm fine." So saying, but Sophia really felt that she was about to lose it, and then she deeply realized why Dio said at that time that it was best to get out of this forest before the snow, the soft fallen leaves on the ground and the thick layer of snow, stepping on it down to the knees, made her take a lot of effort every step she took, the amount of source power did not play a big role at this time, and could only rely on physical support.

"Let's rest for a while, those people shouldn't be able to catch up. Gordon looked at Sophia worriedly.

"No!" Sophia, Xueni, and Isabel shook their heads at the same time.

Gordon was stunned for a moment, a little strange about their reaction.

"Only a samurai of the water system can understand the horror of the cold. Xue Ni smiled: "In such weather, if there are no warm measures, after sleeping, it is likely that you will never wake up again, so let's continue walking, although the conditions are a little harder, but think about Dio, in fact, we are still a lot easier." ”

"I don't know if that guy can find us......" Raymond muttered as he sided.

"Don't worry, since Dio said that, it will definitely be possible......" Sophia replied softly, in fact, everyone hoped that Dio did not lie to them, at least not this time, but everyone's confidence was really a little lacking, because they really couldn't think of any way for Dio to find them in such bad weather.

After seeing the first mark, Dio's speed was noticeably faster, and the approximate distance between each mark had been firmly remembered by him.

It wasn't until the next morning, when the snow gradually stopped, and the whole forest was covered in a silvery coat, and Dio finally came to the place where he had left his mark in the first place, and it was from here that he was separated from Sophia and the others.

Fortunately, not too long has passed...... Dio breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that it was very likely to catch up with Sophia and others before noon, of course, this can only be established on the premise that they did not deviate too much from the direction, people walking in snowy nights are easy to deviate from the established direction unconsciously, which is unavoidable, especially for Sophia and others who lack experience in surviving in the wild.

Dio chased all the way, and at this moment, on the other side of the forest, there was a cheer.

"My lord, the snow has stopped!" shouted a samurai in surprise, and after a long night's journey, he had not stopped to rest, but now he was not only cold and hungry, but his eyes were also a little astringent, and the samurai attributed the reason to lack of sleep, so he did not take it to heart.

The fat man nodded, exhaled a long breath, and felt a sense of relief in his heart, the damn snow had finally stopped, and they had been rushing desperately like headless flies all night, and no one knew whether the direction was right or wrong, and they also knew nothing about where they had gone now.

Looking up to make sense of the sky, through the gaps in the canopy, he could vaguely see that the sun was hiding behind the heavy clouds, and after eating something to recover his strength for a while, the fat man ran south with his men.

Although the surrounding scenery looks exactly the same, but for some reason, the fat man has an inexplicable feeling of familiarity in his heart, as if this road has been walked by himself, which is obviously not a good sign, the fat man comforted himself in his heart, it should be just his own illusion, and it is normal for such a situation to occur without a night.

But after walking for a while, a samurai suddenly froze there and looked blankly ahead: "Great, great...... What's that?"

The fat man looked at the gaze of his subordinates, a steaming mist appeared in the forest, and the expression on his face suddenly stiffened, it could not be so coincidental, the fat man began to comfort himself again, such a huge forest, how could it be possible to go to the same place twice?

Since there is a first hot spring, it is not surprising that there is a second, well, yes, that's it. The fat man froze and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”

There was nothing unusual to see from the ground beneath his feet, and it was no different from the rest of the place, but the more he walked forward, the stronger the foreboding in the fat man's heart, not only was it a depression, but the size of the hot spring was the same as the one they had seen before. The fat man was a little reluctant to let his samurai pick up all the thick snow around the hot springs, and the next moment, the fat man's face was immediately blue, and the scene he least wanted to see appeared, under the snow, was a stiff forest leopard corpse.

The two samurai were relatively silent, and after walking all night, they actually returned to their original place, which is really a big joke.

"Your Excellency...... Do you want to chase after it?" asked a samurai hesitantly, after tossing in vain for so long, the other party must have already run away.

"Chase!" the fat man squeezed out a word from between his teeth, if he couldn't catch Dio and these people, he couldn't imagine what would happen after he went back, under the smiling face of the Grand Duke of Montenegro was hidden a thunderbolt-like means, he would rather die in this forest than go back like this.

The two warriors glanced at each other helplessly, and followed the fat man listlessly, they were now thinking not about whether they could catch up with Dio, but whether they could get out of this forest alive, if they could, what they wanted to do most was to turn back immediately, but they were just small people, and they had no right to choose their own fate, so they could only follow the fat man blankly, step by step towards the unknown journey.

In fact, the fat man has no choice, if he wants to continue to live well, he only has one way to go, and that is to catch Dio, otherwise everything before will no longer belong to him.

(To be continued)