The group took a hot drink and left the camp.

While the target of the "Poison Dragon Cub" is almost worth mentioning, even the Poison Dragon itself is not a tricky opponent for them.

But after entering the hunting ground, the hunters still did not dare to let their guard down.

When the village chief's wife issued the task documents, she had specifically warned them.

The Permafrost Mountains in the Western Continent have long been known as "monster graveyards", according to the legend of the "Ice People" who live in the permafrost region.

- In the depths of the permafrost, there are "demons" that devour everything.

They are not afraid of the poisonous monster dragon, but when the poisonous monster dragon was playing, what kind of "demon" ran out, who did they talk to?

Tactically despise the opponent, psychologically it's still the tail between the legs.

Hunters walk through the snow-capped forests and seas.

The person in charge of opening the road is Hayata, who has been active in the Fracia region for a long time, and can be called a "snow expert" to some extent.

The snow forests here are similar to those of the outer part of the Flasia region, and even the vegetation is not much different.

Where the snow layer is more solid, where there may be snow caves, she can see at a glance, with her leading the way, the efficiency of the group has improved a lot.

After traveling like this for more than two hours, Hayatta suddenly slowed down, and her companions gathered around her.

The trees ahead have thinned out, replaced by large expanses of towering glacial rock faces.

I don't know if it's because of the terrain or whatever, but the snow on the ground here is very hard and close to the surface of ice.

Even Ted, who had the hammer dragon armor, stepped on it was only a shallow footprint.

"It's cool, this is called the ground! Damn that thick snow in the woods, walking is more tiring than swimming! Ted stomped his foot hard and cursed.

"More tired than swimming"

"I'm tired."

“.”

The echo of Ted's loud voice echoed between the ice and rock walls.

"Brother Ted, be quiet." Gordon reminded.

"Uh-oh." Ted lowered his voice.

"The terrain is too complicated, change the formation, diamond shape, I am behind Ted in front, Haya Tamaka, left and right, the pork chop pokes forward, Xianglan Babaka, pay attention to the ice wall and above."

Everyone quickly changed formations, several meters away from each other, so that no matter what happened, they could quickly support each other.

The team restarted, but at a much slower pace than before.

In this way, the group advanced for more than half an hour in the area where the glacier rock wall was formed.

During this time, he encountered two sleeping dog dragons, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the smell of blood, Gordon had Ted crush them to death with the body of a gun.

At this time, the pork chop ran back to report.

It pointed to the rocky mountain in front of it, "A few hundred meters ahead, there is a big cave meow, through which you can enter the mountain."

I didn't encounter any monsters, but the cave was so dark that you might not be able to see it clearly, Gordon. ”

Gordon nodded, and after letting the Pork Chop return to the group, everyone moved forward, and soon saw the cave that the Pork Chop had talked about.

The entrance to the cave is huge, and even large wyverns can easily enter it.

This is not good news.

Compared to the icy outside, the inside of the cave is obviously more suitable for all kinds of monsters to nest.

In addition, the terrain in the cave is complicated, and there are many corridors, so you may plunge headlong into something's lair.

Lack of light is also a big problem.

Fortunately, Gordon and they were prepared for this.

Gordon removed the portable barbecue grill he was carrying behind his back, solemnly placed it on top of Babaka's head, and refilled it with fuel to set it on fire.

A bright torch that could be walked with the team was complete.

Looking at Babaca, who was on the barbecue grill above her head and turned into a light source, Maca's face was full of constipation.

You guys. Isn't it a bit excessive?

However, unlike Maca's entanglement, Babaka was simply excited to swing straight to the bottom.

Every step was so deliberate, as if it had a crown on its head instead of something strange like a barbecue grill.

It's all because on the airship when they came, Gordon and Pork Chop told it the story of the one they had encountered, the king of the Strangeface Clan who had a barbecue grill on his head and could fight the hunters head-on.

Of course, the part of how many Odd-faced people they killed during this period was skipped by Gordon.

Maca rightfully thinks Gordon is talking nonsense, but Hayatta proves the truth.

This led directly to Babaca's unusually strong interest in portable rotisserie grills

"Come, Babaka, you go ahead."

Gordon laughed and shoved Babaka to the front of the group, "Knight Ted, protect it and don't let those nameless monsters hurt our future King of the Oddfaces." ”

"Yes!"

"Click, chirp!" Babaka raised his hammer-like weapon and cheered excitedly.

Maca covered her face, "It's almost, it's really floating, whisper, it's really attracting the monster over for a while, you give me someone to solve it, see how you cry then." ”

"Babaka Chatter!"

"Shut up! You haven't ascended the throne yet! ”

Hayata, who was originally smiling at this scene, swept the ground illuminated by the fire of the barbecue grill out of the corner of his eye, and his face suddenly changed.

"Look at the ground!"

The atmosphere of the whole team immediately became tense.

Gordon placed his palm on the hilt of the Fire Dragon Sword behind him and looked down.

Immediately stunned, he found that the ground nearby was not rocky, but a transparent ice surface, under which countless bones were buried.

Layered on top of each other, to the point of being jaw-dropping.

His gaze quickly swept around.

Not only under the ice, but also on the ice there were many skeletons, some of which were relatively fresh in color, but there was no flesh on them.

Gordon looked out of the cave.

It was very close to the entrance of the cave, and there were a small number of snowflakes drifting in with the wind, which must have accumulated over many years to form this ice surface where countless bones were layered and intertwined.

"Alert."

Gordon whispered, then walked over to a relatively fresh skeleton and examined it.

Obviously, the bones of the sleeping dog dragon, judging by the integrity of the bones, died naturally, and it will not last long, two or three weeks at most.

The flesh is completely gone, but the bone structure is not too messy, and there are decomposers like insects?

Can decomposers survive in temperatures below freezing?

Just as Gordon was wondering, he suddenly noticed that something was wriggling on a skeleton not far away.

Gordon's eyes narrowed, "Babaka, come here." ”

Babaka trotted over, the light of the fire illuminating the skeleton, and the little creature lying on the skeleton scraping the debris seemed to be afraid of the fire, and squirmed away in terror.

Gordon walked over quickly, pinching the strange little creature that was half a meter long.

Glancing at the remnants of the flesh, Gordon suddenly realized that this thing was the Decomposer.

Wait, white, less than a meter long, shaped like a leech, with a ring-shaped mouth on the head and tail, this thing seems to be the goal of their trip.

- Poison dragon cubs?

Gordon pinched the suspected part of the neck of the venomous dragon cub so that the guy's rounded mouth full of sharp teeth could not bite him.

But the little thing actually twisted its body so hard that it stabbed the mouth on the other end of its body to Gordon's thigh.

It's a pity that he couldn't bite through the armor made of the scales of the Canghuo Dragon.

The corners of Gordon's mouth twitched, and with some force, he pulled it off his lap and stretched his arms away from his body as he walked towards his companions.

"What, who's going to taste this thing first?"

(End of chapter)