The sun is shining brightly on the land of Kuhan, and the people enjoy the good weather and the peaceful life at the same time. The tavern was still full of people, and among the many people pushing glasses and changing lamps, there were all kinds of secrets in this land that they had heard from nowhere, and the most attractive of them was the fact that all the spiders in the ruins of the north had left a month ago.

"You know what? Some people say that the disappearance of those spiders was cursed by Chief Red Fury before he died, and this is only the beginning of the curse, and more animals will disappear in the future, and eventually everyone will slowly die. ”

"You must be hearsay, if the Red Fury Chief had that ability, he wouldn't have died."

"Yes, yes, this news must be false, I tell you, in fact, it is the spirit of the Red Wrath Chief who has possessed the spiders, and is hiding in the shadows at this time to prepare for revenge! I was told to this by a mysterious old man, and I can't be wrong. ”

"That mysterious old man of yours can't be the beggar under the old locust tree, he went crazy more than ten years ago, hahaha."

"Hahaha."

……

Laughter erupted in the tavern. Lista raised his head and drank the wine from his glass, with a slight sadness on his brow.

Seeing this, Kalu, who was sitting with him, immediately asked, "Brother Lista, are you also worried about the spider?" You don't believe it's the ghost of the Red Wrath Chieftain. ”

Lista shook his head, raised his wine glass and said, "The recent Ice Strawberry Liqueur doesn't taste very right, it is estimated that there are fewer ice crystals." ”

Hearing this, Karui immediately took a sip of his wine glass, but he didn't drink anything different from before.

"Is there one? Why can't I drink it? ”

Without waiting for him to continue tasting, Fiona came in through the door, and as soon as she saw them, she said, "Young men! Deyun said that there is something to find us, do you have time? ”

Lista still put down the cup with a little sadness, and when Karui saw this, he quickly drank the remaining ice strawberry liqueur, and the two stood up together and returned to the mercenary group with Fiona.

In Deyun's hand was an open letter, with the logo of the Knights of the Kingdom of Rochester on the cover.

Seeing the arrival of the four people, Deyun did not hesitate, and said directly: "Everyone has arrived, this is a letter from Ludler, the deputy head of the Knights of the Kingdom of Rochester, the Knights of the Kingdom also attach great importance to the traces of the demons and the disappearance of all the spiders in the ruins of the north, and have been investigating recently, although they have not found the specific whereabouts, but they have found some traces." There are suspicious whereabouts of demons in the Ferbelo Plain and the valley, and the Knights have sent people to the Ferbelo Plains for further investigation, but due to the recent shortage of manpower, the Knights have decided to entrust the task of investigating the ice valley to the mercenary group. ”

"Just a few of us?"

Karui looked back and woke up Hawke, who was asleep on the table, to confirm that there were only four of them in the room who could fight.

"Huh? Who, what! Bad, Karui? ”

"Brother Hawke, I'm arranging a mission now."

"It's the knight who turns his face quickly."

Deyun nodded, still a little sad and said: "After the last battle, I know that there are not many mercenaries left in Kuhan who have combat effectiveness, and this time it is only an investigation mission, and there are not too many people, so I think the strength of a few of you should be enough." ”

Before the others could say anything, Ma Li, who was still on crutches on the side, immediately said dissatisfiedly: "To put it simply, since it's just an investigation mission, why don't the knights take a few people, why do you want to let the mercenary group go?" There are so many people in the Knights, how many people can't be vacated? The mercenary group suffered a heavy blow not long ago, and now they have to explore the way for them. And isn't the investigation of the werewolves in ruins over? You can do the investigation of the ice valley yourself, so why entrust us with it? ”

Deyun was a little helpless, and looked back at Captain Ai Dan who was standing not far away, she also expected that Marley was not satisfied with the arrangement of the Kingdom Knights, but she didn't expect the other party to say it in this situation.

Ai Dan received Deyun's call for help, took two steps forward, and said as he walked: "Got it, then let's investigate." ”

"Captain!"

"Kuhan is also under the jurisdiction of Rochester, and this time the Knights of the Kingdom have officially entrusted us by letter, and it is unreasonable for us to refuse."

Marley was silent

With that, he walked up to Fiona, looked at her face and continued: "Originally, it wasn't supposed to be just a few of you who went, but now there is really a shortage of manpower, so I can only go to a few of you, if you have any requirements, you put it forward now, I can try my best to meet you." ”

Fiona looked serious and replied calmly: "Since it is a task assigned by the regiment commander, I should do my best to complete it." ”

Hearing her answer, Adan nodded with satisfaction, and then looked back at the others.

Karui was the first to speak, "I am also willing to go, and I will definitely complete the task." ”

Lista then followed, "I would too." ”

In the end, only Hawke remained, holding his head lazily, looking out the window at the moment, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, he came back to his senses, and when he found that everyone's eyes were looking at him, he frowned, and asked suspiciously, "Have you finished discussing?" Let's go when it's done, I've been bored to death for the last few days, and I've wanted to go out for a walk for a long time, but I haven't had the chance. ”

Everyone laughed, and they all thought that it was a joke that they were worried that Hawke would not join in the fun.

Aidan: "Since you have agreed, then you go back and pack up and set off, I will let the rest of the mercenary group prepare and meet you at any time, as long as you encounter danger, you notify me immediately, and I will immediately lead the team to help you." ”

Fiona: "Don't worry, Master, it's just a scout, and there will be no danger." Besides, it's just a spider, and even if we can't handle it, we can escape. ”

Hearing this, Aidan's face had a sad expression.

"If it's just a spider, then there's no need to be so troublesome, didn't you listen to the letter, there are traces of demons. Well, it's useless to talk about this now, you must remember to be careful in everything, and do not be reckless. ”

Karui then immediately said: "Commander, we can agree to such a thing as recklessness, but do you still have to ask Hawke if he can agree?" ”

Last time, a few of them had a clear understanding of Hawke's recklessness, and it was not something they could persuade anyone who dared to deal with Chief Upper Red Fury alone.

Hawke, who felt his eyes fall on him again, suddenly took back his thoughts that he didn't know where he was going, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing, you guys go."

As soon as Adan gave the order, several people turned around and went to pack their bags.

Looking at their backs, Ma Li said with some unease: "Commander, is it really okay for just a few of them?" It's not just spiders in the valley, there's that thing. ”

Aidan: "Don't worry, their strength is stronger than you think, as long as they can find traces of spiders and demons, and they don't have to make a move, there will be no problem." ”

Although Captain Ai Dan said it easily, there was always lingering worry in his eyes.

......

After a long trek, the four of them crossed the ruins of the north, and finally arrived at the ice valley, which was covered with ice and snow all year round due to the accumulation of ice elements, and even if they were still some distance from the entrance of the valley, they could already feel the infiltrating cold.

There are not only rare ice crystals in the ice valley, but also many strange beasts living in it, which is very dangerous. Therefore, even hunters who collect ice crystals professionally only dare to collect on the periphery of the ice valley and never dare to set foot in the depths of the valley.

Lista sighed into his palm, felt a little warmer, and then looked ahead and said, "Although those spiders have tenacious vitality, such an environment is obviously not suitable for them to survive, right?" Will they really show up here? ”

Karui also echoed puzzled: "I also think it's unlikely, unless it's a mutated spider, otherwise the spider won't survive here for long." ”

Hawke looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "Harm! What's the use of guessing here? Isn't there a spider or not the purpose of our investigation, continue to move forward, there is, there is no, there is not, there are so many whys. Well? ”

As he spoke, Hawke was already moving forward, and the others could only follow, and soon they were on the outskirts of the valley.

When several people were vigilant and slowly groping forward, Hawke was already carrying the big sword and didn't know what direction he had run, but the three of them could only follow his footsteps and follow in.

Soon, Fiona saw the footprints of spiders passing by in the snow.

"Come and see, although it is covered with snow, you can still see the footprints of spiders, and it seems that there is really a group of missing spiders in the ice valley."

Lista and Karui quickly surrounded them, but after a glance, Lista had a different opinion.

"These footprints can only see one or two spiders, the group of spiders that disappeared is huge, if you really pass by here, the footprints should not be like this, I think this should be just an accident, it doesn't mean that the spiders have come to the ice valley."

Fiona frowned and muttered softly, "That's right." ”

But at this moment, Hawke's shouting voice suddenly came from ahead.

"Come on, I've found the spider!"

The three of them didn't care much, and quickly chased after the source of the sound, and soon saw Hawk standing among more than a dozen large spiders and several goblin corpses.

He excitedly pulled the big sword out of the spider's corpse, pointed to the direction of the lower one in the depths of the valley next to him, and said, "The others are running in that direction, let's chase after them." ”

Looking in the direction he pointed, he could indeed see the backs of several spiders and goblins escaping, but at this time, the three people in front of him had already changed their faces and were ready for battle.

Hawke hesitated slightly, but soon smiled and said: "You don't have to be so nervous, these little guys don't have much combat power, and the number is not particularly large, a few of us can easily ......"

"Roar!"

Before he could finish speaking, a huge bear roar sounded from behind him, followed by footsteps that shook the earth.

"Hawke, run!"

As Lista shouted, he had already drawn his twin swords and rushed forward. However, instead of fleeing, Hawke clenched his sword and turned to face the bloody jaw that was coming straight at him!