The biting cold made neither Reagle nor Monica want to say a word, so there was no third sound in the cave other than long gasps and the pounding of teeth as they shivered.

Until a rustling sound drowned out the howling of the north wind and reached Riga's ears.

The hunter immediately pressed the cap of the cloak with his hand, then stood up and stuck his head out, only then did he spot a large group of black dots in his field of vision.

That's the team of orcs!

From their scattered formation, Riga roughly judged the number of orc warriors, and then whispered to Monica, who was still squinting at the fire.

The female warrior, who had been woken up by Riga, reluctantly left the warm fire, and pulled her cloak tightly before slowly moving to the mouth of the cave where the cold wind was blowing. And when she saw the worm-like moving figure in the distance, coldness and decisiveness immediately returned to her.

"This is the Orc's Safari Party!" Lying on the ground at the entrance to the cave like Riga, the female warrior holding her head slightly high, observing the direction of the orc's movement. The fiery red curls of her vine-like hair revealed her slender and beautiful swan-like neck.

"This is the safari party that the orcs use for looting. Staring at the tall orc warriors with a serious face, Monica explained. "Unlike the orc minions we encountered last time, this team has more than half a dozen elite warriors. ”

"Slave soldiers?" Riga couldn't help but interrupt the female warrior's explanation, although he also knew some basic information about orcs, but not as well as Monica as the child of a tribal chief.

"The Orcs are a well-established race. Turning her face a little, the female warrior did not refuse this opportunity to educate Riga and relieve her anger from the previous incident.

"Except for the powerful and noble orc royalty and nobles, the rest of the orcs are medium orcs and low orcs. The physically strong medium orcs and a portion of the lower orcs were the main source of warriors and officers in the army, and they were powerful samurai selected through brutal training. The largest number of low-level orcs could only serve as slave soldiers, obeying the command of warriors and officers, forming a large number of orc legions. ”

"So, last time we killed only the weakest slave among the orcs?" Riga couldn't help but ask, shocked by the powerful military power of the orcs.

"That's right. The female warrior glanced at Riga slyly, then continued, "However, most of the warriors among the orcs actually exist as officers, especially among the safari teams that exist mainly for looting. ”

Just as Riga was about to ask some questions, the situation on the snow suddenly changed.

A snow wolf suddenly grinned in the direction of the cave as if it had discovered something, and if it weren't for the trainer tying it around its neck with a leather cord, the beast domesticated by the orcs would have rushed towards it.

"Damn! Monica slammed her fist on the ground in front of her and whispered.

At this time, Riga also guessed what was going on. Monica hurried back from the outside, and must have left footprints and scents outside, and it was with these that the orcs followed to find here. Because the footprints near the cave were processed by Monica, the orcs did not directly find the cave where the two were hiding, but now the snow wolf pointed them in the direction.

The discovery of the snow wolf forced the two to flee, and the beast's sensitive nose made it easy for the orcs to find their hiding place.

"Let's get out of here. Ignoring the fact that he had already reduced a lot of his injuries, Riga quickly shrank back, then rolled over to the fire, wrapped the fur and other objects on the ground, and carried it on his back. After Monica had also taken her belongings, Riga immediately tried to extinguish the fire on the ground, but the female warrior stopped him.

"Don't move. Monica exclaimed in a low but hurried voice, "The sound of extinguishing the fire may expose us in advance." ”

Riga quickly agreed to the woman's words, grabbed her mace in one hand, and stealthily slipped out of the eastern corner of the pass with Monica. A pile of snow-covered bushes blocked the two of them, preventing the orcs from spotting them in time.

The orc warriors are extremely fast, and they also have three snow wolves with an extremely keen sense of smell to guide them. Soon, the team of more than thirty orc warriors came to the cave. Here, Riga and Monica leave more and more visible traces.

The snow wolves kept struggling in the hands of the animal trainers, as if they were about to pounce on them and tear the enemy apart, but the several orc captains had not yet given the order, so the animal trainers all clung to the leather ropes in their hands.

As the orcs advanced close to the cave, the ferocious snow wolf degenerated from a fierce beast to a docile pet, and its fierce roar turned into a low whimper. Because they smell a powerful breath, the breath of the high predators of the ice fields.

Riga and Monica, two inexperienced warriors, did not yet know the ferocity and cunning of the snow wolves, and once they were hung behind them, it would be difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the orcs. But at this time, the appearance of two other behemoths saved them.

The female snow ape who had been scared away by Riga chased after him according to the familiar scent, and with it was an even larger and stronger figure, the male surnamed Snow Ape who was more than ten feet tall. If Riga hadn't used the droppings, the snow ape might have lost his tracks, but the hunters followed Daddy Thorne's instructions and used the droppings of the female snow ape to drive away maggots-like beasts from the ice field. So when he smelled the familiar scent, the enraged snow ape immediately followed.

The smell wafting in the air became stronger and stronger, and the orcs, who already smelled very strong, did not react, but the three snow wolves immediately whimpered and clamped their tails as if they had been forcibly mated by a dozen she-wolves. Unfortunately, the animal trainers who control them are not yet aware of the dangers lurking in the distant forest. The orcs let go of the leather cord that fastened the wolf's neck and encouraged the beasts forward, but the wolf's behavior shamed the orcs, who admired ferocity and violence. Instead of moving forward, they kept shrinking back like down-and-out dogs, as if they were about to get out of here.

An orc captain as short as a wild boar with a scar on his face looked at the three snow wolves angrily, the scars running through his eyebrows and the bridge of his nose turned red with anger, and he raised his battle axe to slash the snow wolf. But his arms were held by an equally strong orc captain, "Don't get excited, Paso. The orc captain with long black hair said.

"These three snow wolves haven't been so afraid of the enemy before, so there must be a reason for this. After the Scarface Orc Paso put down his battle axe with a heavy gasp, the black-haired orc captain immediately spoke to everyone.

"My lord, I know the possible cause. At this time, an older orc beast trainer raised his brown-haired hand tremblingly and whispered.

"Tell me what's the reason?avalanche?quads??or beasts?" asked the long-haired black-haired captain eagerly, grabbing the scar-faced orc who was almost rushing forward.

After relieving his breath, the beast trainer stammered a little and said to the orc captains who had come from elsewhere: "Snow wolves are fierce and cruel beasts, but they are also very intelligent and cunning. If it was an avalanche, they would have taken refuge in the forest first, but just now these snow wolves were about to retreat away, so the reason should be because there is a force nearby that they are also afraid of. ”

"Powerful enemy?" the black-haired orc immediately gasped for relaxation, and then said to the surrounding orc captains, "There will be no Quid tribal hunting team activities near this hill at all, so the enemy should be those powerful beasts hiding in the woods. ”

The orcs went on guard, which slowed them down, but it gave the two Riga plenty of time to escape.

Riga led the way, jumping nimbly from rock to rock, relying on these natural barriers to avoid the orc scouts. But the beating figures of him and the female warrior were still found by the snow apes hidden in the forests in the southwest of the hills.

The two beasts were still thinking about how to avoid the large number of orcs, but after seeing the figure of the enemy, the female snow ape immediately let out an angry howl and rushed out of the towering birch forest. The taller, wall-strong male Snow Ape followed closely behind his companion, staring fiercely at the numerous and heavily armed orc warriors with his unkind gaze, as if to warn them not to interfere.

But the Riga were running away to the east, and the snow apes that rushed straight through them were seen by the orcs in the southeast of the cave. In the midst of the scolding and invective of several orc captains, the warriors of the orc safari team stood up one by one and lined up in battle formation.

At the front were five or six orc warriors with shields held alof, their pine shields in their hands were worn out, but they were somewhat defensive compared to their only weapons. Further back was a row of orcs with spears in their hands, the inferior shafts of which looked crooked but were also quite lethal. The last to stand with the orc captains was a line of archers, and the arrows fired from the wooden bows, no matter how weak they were, the black-haired captain believed that they would at least cause a little annoyance.

A few trainers could only pull out the array where the dagger was. Before the powerful low-level demonic beasts, their good helpers, three snow wolves who had been fed by orcs since childhood and had not experienced life and death on the ice field, had almost lost the ability to fight.

Seeing that the orcs they didn't want to provoke actually took the initiative to block the way ahead, the two angry snow apes immediately regarded them as the first targets. The huge feet violently shook the earth, and the two rough-skinned demonic beasts fearlessly rushed forward with the boiling snow.