(2-in-1, long chapter~)

On the third day after entering the mountain, the Muse had a vague glimpse of something—this team seemed to be trying to cross the Kilimano Mountains!

This discovery surprised the Muse, and it was not trivial!

The Kilimaro Mountains are a huge natural barrier from north to south on the continent, stretching thousands of kilometers from northwest to southwest. The endless mountains resemble a giant snake crawling on the continent - the only gap is the "Northwest Corridor" in the northwestern province of Dessa.

Other than that, all other places are majestic mountains that rise into the sky...... Some of the mountains are endless, and there is no end in sight, while others are lonely peaks like clouds, which makes people sigh and look up.

If you want to climb over such a mountain range, you are afraid that there will be countless cliffs, steep mountain roads and natural chasms one by one, as well as lonely peaks and natural dangerous places!

It is said that even the lowest peak in the Kilimano Mountains is more than 3,000 meters!

After the team entered the mountain, for the past three days, they first followed a mountain road all the way up, and after a day, the mountain road became steeper, and the further they went, the narrower it became.

However, although the mountain road is difficult to walk, these wolf riders are naturally extremely agile guys, even in this kind of rugged terrain, if it were a human cavalry, I am afraid that it would have been impossible to advance for a long time. But those wolf knights can still control the giant wolf, moving and jumping. Ride lightly on the mountain road.

Even the six hundred jīng spirit people gave up the cart and walked on foot. The Jīng Spirit Clan was originally slender and moved as light as the wind, so it was naturally no problem.

The only thing that suffers is the muse. Along the way, two days of hiking on the mountain road, her feet had already worn out blisters, and after the blisters burst, every step she took. It's all hot and painful. The muse was unwilling to fall into his own prestige in the face of these enemies, but secretly gritted his teeth and insisted fiercely.

A large group of wolves rode through the mountains and walked with difficulty, and it was night. That is, they made a fire, and took the grain and dried meat that the wolf rode and carried, and ate it. The Jīng Spirit Clan did not eat these jerky, but brought some dry food with them. On the other hand, the muse is even more bitter - in this team, it seems that all the wolf riders are werewolves, and the jīng spirit people don't seem to be divided into men and women. The only woman with Muse.

She hadn't showered for ten days—when she was on her way with Longbottom and the others. It has been four days since I saw water, and after the northern captivity, I feel that there is no place in my body that is not unbearable. The muse was originally a girl, although after entering the barracks, she had already suffered a lot. But if you don't take a bath for more than ten days, it's still a little unbearable.

On the fourth day of the mountain road, the wolf rider began to consciously save food.

After all, it is a brigade of five thousand wolf riders. Along the way, before entering the mountain, they also brought a lot of grain carts, but after entering the mountain, those grain carts could only be left outside the mountain, and the wolf riders only carried a few days' rations and their mounts to eat the dried meat.

Obviously, these carry rations. It is not enough for them to climb over the mountain range - it is estimated that even if they are lucky enough to walk the nearest mountain road, it will not take twenty or thirty days to climb this mountain range. If you get lost in the mountains. I can't get out for two or three months. It is also commonplace.

Thankfully, these orcs and wolves. But they have a natural talent, in this kind of mountain forest, but they will not get lost, after walking for a few days, it seems that in this kind of wild mountains, but it stimulates the talent in their blood.

Later, without even having to identify them carefully, these wolf clans could easily find water sources and the most convenient mountain roads in this mountain forest.

There are even wolf riders, who patrol around during their breaks, and soon bring back some hunted beasts to replenish their food reserves.

By the seventh day, the muse's boots were worn out, and she could only quietly pull a strip of cloth from her close-fitting clothes, wrap her feet, and walk with difficulty in the torn boots.

The narrow mountain road has been going up to a mountain peak in the distance, because of the narrowness of the mountain road, the large army has been compressed into a long snake ranks, and the road can only accommodate two wolf riders walking side by side, and the team is dragged to the old elder.

The muse staggered along, but there were cliffs around him, and when he looked down, he saw that on the winding mountain road, and the mountain road below, was full of his own line of wolf riders.

After climbing over this high mountain, the team finally came to the "snow line"!

From here, continue to move forward, only to see that on the peaks one by one, the snow is white, the sky is full of snow white, the air is also suddenly cold, and above the top of this snow bee, the oxygen is even more thin. The muse was a little unable to support his body, and at this moment, he felt as if his chest had been pressed by a stone, and even though he tried to breathe deeply, he still felt out of breath.

The thick snow and ice under their feet brought great difficulties to the team.

The boots of the muse were already broken, and after walking for less than half a day, the boots were filled with a lot of ice and snow, first by the body temperature, melted, and then frozen. It almost broke her foot.

Fortunately, those jīng spirits seemed to be very kind to the muses along the way, and some jīng spirits saw that the muse looked strange when she walked, so they came up and helped her to sit down, and after taking off the boots, they saw that a few blisters on the soles of the muse's feet had already been smoothed out, and the original tender skin was frozen red. As soon as the jīng Ling's hand touched her ankle, Muse almost cried out in pain.

"You're frostbitten, but luckily I found out, otherwise, if you walk for another half a day, your feet will freeze. ”

Then, the jīng spirit took out a pair of boots from the burden he was carrying and handed them to the muse, this boot was very strangely shaped, the tip of the boot was raised high, and the ankle was inlaid with the shape of a leaf. What's even stranger is that when you feel this boot in your hand, it doesn't look like some animal skin, but ......

"It's made from the skin of a tree vine. This jīng spirit god sè was very gentle, and said with a smile: "We jīng spirit clan are a natural race, and naturally we will not kill and take skin. There is a special kind of vine cultivated in our clan, and every summer, the vine will automatically molt and shed the bark of the top layer. This bark is sturdy and elastic, no worse than animal skin. ”

The Muse noticed that the other party's use of the word was "we jīng spirit clan". The wording is a bit strange. It's as if you're including yourself.

However, this jīng spirit spoke the language of the Human Empire very fluently, and his attitude was very gentle, which made Muse feel a little closer.

"You can change into these boots, and when you walk in them, your feet won't be cold. ”

The muse was a little dazed, changed his boots, and sure enough, he felt dry and warm, and his feet were originally frozen. I also felt the warmth very quickly.

"These boots are waterproof. In the summer, we also make clothes out of this cane bark, and we don't get cháo wet when we jump into the lake while wearing it. The kindly jīng spirit glanced at the muse's clothes again.

The muse was still wearing the uniform of a mercenary, but he was walking on the mountain road a few days ago, and many places were cut by tree branches. It looks a little tattered and ragged. So the jīng spirit took out another cloak, put it on the muse with his own hands, and said softly: "This is a magic cloak, wear it and don't be afraid of the cold." ”

The muse let the other party put on his cloak, and felt a ball of magic emitting from the cloak, and gradually warmed his whole body.

She didn't know how to do it in her heart. But he looked at the jīng spirit in front of him a little blankly, and couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted. Although the position of the two sides is friend or foe, along the way, these jīng spirits treat themselves very well, and at the moment they are sending boots and clothes, and their words are gentle. She was not treated as a prisoner of war. It's like you're the same kind of person.

"You...... Why are you so nice to me?" the muse shook his head vigorously.

"Because...... We're the same. The jīng spirit smiled and stood up. Walked back down the line.

The muse was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but murmur: "Same ......"

It turned out that the identity of the three sisters of the Liszt family was a half-blood, but Mrs. Liszt only told Angel, but Muse didn't know it.

But at this moment, these jīng spirits were gentle and gentle to herself, but she couldn't help but feel a natural intimacy in her heart. With those magical leather boots and magic cloak, the muses finally don't have to endure the cold anymore. It's just a mountain trek, and the physical exertion is exertional, but it also makes the muse feel difficult.

Especially on the high mountain, it was difficult to breathe, and after walking for a while, the feeling of dizziness made her almost fall off the cliff several times. Fortunately, the jīng spirit next to him even pulled it.

And on the tenth day, despite all the previous savings, the food was finally eaten.

The wolves scattered and began to search for food, but fortunately, there were still many rock sheep and snow chickens and snow foxes on this snowy mountain.

And this area is inaccessible, and these beasts are not afraid when they see people, and they do not know how to escape. And the wolf rider is fast and hunts everywhere.

And the 600 jīng spirit clan has also made great contributions.

They carry with them a plant race that is unique to the jīng spirit race. The jīng spirit sprinkles these races in the snow and then casts the magic of the jīng spirit clan. Then in the snow, the seeds immediately grew and sprouted, and soon I saw that the green plants in the snow suddenly climbed one by one!

The plants were intertwined like vines, and soon formed a thick trunk. The highest place is even more than ten meters!

Branches and leaves grew in the middle of a meal, and the smallest of them were the size of a washbasin, and the largest was the size of a tabletop. And then, after the six hundred jīng spirit clans collectively chanted the incantation, the purple light enveloped this small piece of magic plant, and soon, on the trunk of the tree, one by one, the fruits grew out, and in an instant, dozens of big trees were full of fruits!

The fruits were the size of pumpkins one by one, and when they saw this dazzling array of huge fruits, many wolf clans and jīng spirits cheered.

Soon, a jīng spirit plucked a fruit and handed it to the muse. took out a dagger and cut it gently, only to see that the flesh inside was golden, the muse took a small bite, and immediately the mouth was full of fragrance, the flesh was delicate and full, and he was full after only three or five bites.

The other wolf clans also happily plucked all the fruits from the trees and ate them.

When all the fruits have been plucked, the trees quickly wither, and the green branches and leaves quickly turn yellow and cowering. Gradually, it shrank and finally re-transformed into a seed in the snow. But the used seed looks to have withered away.

"Rest assured. It's not dead. Jīng Ling recycles seed by seed: "It's just that we have to wait until we find a suitable water source and re-soak these seeds in the water for a few rì seeds, and after a year, it will be rejuvenated." ”

The seeds of this magical plant, the jīng spirit clan brought a full packet.

Relying on this thing, plus occasionally hunting some wild beasts to replenish it, the group persevered for another six days.

On the sixteenth day of entering the mountain, the food was finally exhausted. Even the kind of magic seeds that the jīng spirit clan carried that could produce fruits were all used up.

However, this mountain has finally turned over!

On the seventeenth day, the mountain road ahead was already going all the way down, and gradually, everyone soon crossed the snow line. The surrounding scenery is no longer white, and some sparse plants and woods are beginning to appear in the surroundings. Occasionally, small patches of ground sheep can be seen living here.

Seeing the prey, the wolf clan immediately cheered, and dispatched several teams of wolf riders to hunt everywhere, all day long. He caught a hundred and ten rock sheep, as well as a number of grouse, mountain deer, and so on.

Although Muse was silent most of the time, she secretly calculated in her heart, but she remembered that she had come this way. A total of two peaks were explored. There are four snow-capped mountains, and the direction is also all the way to the west.

When the terrain is getting deeper and lower. The climate here is gradually getting warmer. The cold wind in the mountains is gone, and there is a faint cháo humidity and warmth in the air. And on the nineteenth day, a heavy rain suddenly came, and the team rested in a mountain recess, and the wolf clan divided a wolf horse to go out along the mountain recess to explore the way.

When it was almost dawn, the muse heard those wolf clans suddenly cheer collectively, and the howls of thousands of wolf clans were full of excitement and excitement, one by one werewolves raised their heads to the sky and roared, raising their long knives high, and screaming fiercely, startling the birds in the surrounding woods to fly.

The muse was a little furious when he heard this, but the jīng spirit next to him smiled gently: "Well, don't be afraid. That's when we're finally out of the mountains, and these guys are happy to call it that. ”

"Out, out of the mountain......" the muse frowned.

Sure enough, after dawn, the muse also saw the group of wolf riders who had returned from exploration, and these wolf riders did not come back empty-handed, but they also brought back some "prey".

More than two dozen cows and sheep, and four horses...... And, three humans!

Mankind!!

The humans brought back by this team of wolf riders were three men, one of whom was only an adult in appearance.

The three captives, all dressed in sheepskin robes and crude cowhide boots, walked with a limp, but with some hoop legs that would only take years of horseback riding. He had a dirty sheepskin hat on his head, all the wool had fallen off, and a few pieces of pudding.

Having spent many years in the northwestern province of Dessa, Muse had dealt with many caravans, and she could see at a glance that the dress of the three captives was the standard dress of a steppe herdsman!

Herders?

The muse's eyes sank a little.

After the three herdsmen were caught by the wolf, the young face of the three showed a little fear and panic, and the two older ones were only slightly surprised in their eyes, but they were not much afraid, but they were more of a natural Biaohan!

The rough skin of the grassland and sleeping in the open air, the eyes were also indifferent, and the wolf rider was holding it with a long knife, and the herdsmen stared at the werewolves around them, but their faces were full of hatred!

The muse stood on the periphery and did not say anything. A few jīng spirits walked over and talked to the werewolf for a while, and when they returned, the muse was informed. These herdsmen were encountered by this group of wolf riders who had gone out to explore the way.

There was a herdsman family of about 17 or 8 people in the vicinity, and when they encountered the wolf horseman, about 200 horsemen, the wolf rider wiped out all the herdsmen! Among the 17 or 8 people, there were old and weak women and children, and most of them were killed. Although the grassland herders defended themselves and rose up to resist. Moreover, the news brought back from the wolf riding that these herdsmen also caused some trouble for the wolf riding - the grassland herdsmen have been growing up on horseback since they were children, and they can ride horses and arrows regardless of whether they are men, women, or children. Swing bend

Under the first battle, he actually injured two wolf riders.

There is also a herdsman, who relies on his riding skills jīng liang and fast horses. Unexpectedly, before being annihilated, he fought hard to escape by assault. These three captives were captured alive by the wolf riders after fighting to the end - their families had already turned into corpses by this time. The tents were burned and the cattle and sheep were brought back.

After hearing this, the muse was deeply shocked in his heart, but there was only one thought left!

We're in the steppe! We've crossed the Kilimano Mountains. It's time to be in the prairie!!

These five thousand wolf riders, plus six hundred jīng spirit warriors. It has quietly crossed the barrier of the empire and came to the grassland on the side of the empire!!

The three herdsmen who were captured were interrogated by the wolf clan, but unfortunately, although the jīng spirit tribe had learned the human language, it was only limited to the language of the empire. Doesn't speak the words of the steppe people. In the team, the only one who understands the words of the steppe people is the muse.

But of course, the muse herself would not take the initiative, she stood quietly aside, thinking carefully.

Originally, the Muses thought that the werewolves would keep themselves with three steppe captives. But she was wrong—it seems, along the way, these guys treated her favorably. As if purely because these jīng spirits take care of themselves. However, these jīng spirits did not seem to have any good feelings towards the three steppe captives - judging from the eyes that jīng spirits cast at the three steppe herdsmen, in that gaze, in addition to hostility, there was even a bit of disgust and contempt. It's as if one more look will stain their eyes.

Three herders. Since there was no cross-examination. Then he was quickly killed by order of the wolf clan.

The muse was helpless and watched as three herders were stabbed to death. Before he died, the young boy shouted loudly in the grassland dialect. The muse heard it well, and the young boy shouted:

"The great witch king will punish you monsters! The great god of the snowy mountains will take revenge on you for the bloodshed of the children of the grassland!"

That night, the muse did not fall asleep, and she was thinking in her heart: these wolves rode, worked hard to climb the mountains, died nine lives, and ran to the grassland, why?!

Three days later, Muse finally confirmed his guess!

My group really came to the grassland!

After twenty days of trekking through the mountains, although the wolf rode jīng sharp, he was already exhausted. Because of the lack of food, most of the wolf riders were in a state of semi-starvation in order to save food, and only a few jīng rui maintained adequate rations and maintained their combat effectiveness.

Under the orders of Domines, the leader of the wolf riders, five thousand jīng sharp wolf riders rested in this mountain recess for three whole days, and at the same time sent several wolf riders to search around. In three days, the wolf riders of the four hundred cavalry swept away more than ten grassland herdsmen's stockades, killed hundreds of herdsmen, and seized a large number of cattle, sheep and horses -- all of which became food for the wolf riders.

Three days later, the wolf rider, who had been exhausted after nearly a month of trekking, finally recovered. The werewolves who had regained their jīng strength had a fierce glint in their eyes again, and they began to sharpen their blades, wipe their armor, and feed the giant wolf at the same time......

Early that morning, under the orders of the leader of the wolf riders, five thousand wolf riders marched out of the mountain recess......

Within a few miles of leaving the mountain, the terrain in front of us suddenly opened up! I saw thousands of miles of green in front of me, as far as the eye could see! In the vast grassland, there was no end in sight!

In the distance, the junction of the green grass and the blue sky seems to be connected to the city!

In such an open grassland, most of the werewolves were seen for the first time, and except for these former hunting ground squads, most of the werewolves couldn't help but draw their knives on the back of the giant wolf and howl!

A wild xìng hidden in their blood is stimulated under this green grass and blue sky landscape!

Wolves!

This wolf ride has become a bloody wind on the grassland!

Five thousand wolf riders and six hundred jīng spirit warriors turned into a killing stream and walked on the grassland for three days! Everywhere they went, they burned, killed and looted, and all the small groups of herdsmen's villages that encountered them were wiped out!

Although the grassland people are brave and strong, although they ride shèjīng liang, after all, those small groups of herdsmen are only three or five hundred at most, and the young and strong are only thirty percent of the total population.

Along. The herdsmen's cattle and sheep turned into food in the wombs of the wolves, and one by one the nomadic villages burned and slaughtered. The wolf rider met little with effective resistance.

Moreover, the wolf rider moves quickly. Come and go like the wind, one blow and go. Even though several large tribes on the grassland got the news and knew that such an alien enemy had appeared and were ready to organize a rebellion, the wolf rider was already far away!

The muse followed the team, puzzled in his heart - what are these five thousand jīng sharp wolf riders doing here?

Running behind the Empire to sneak attack?

Although five thousand wolves ride jīng rui, if they run into the interior of the empire. Then there is only one way to bring about your own destruction. What's more, this is a steppe, and what does it have to do with the empire if it is burned and looted here?

Finally, on the eighth day after entering the grassland.

The wolf rider has met a caravan!

This is a caravan from within the empire, with about a hundred people in the caravan, including thirty mercenaries from the Desert Fox Mercenary Regiment.

Seeing the long team of horses, hundreds of wolves immediately rushed up with a roar!

The Muse saw the caravan from afar, on top of the leader's horse. I'm planting a flag that I know you know!

Golden sè tulip flag!!

On the steppe, all the caravans planted with tulip flags have long become the object of awe of various tribes, and because of Du Wei's prestige in the northwest, even the most powerful Saladin in the steppe has to look up to Du Wei's snort, above the steppe. Absolutely no clan would dare to rob a caravan flying the Tulip Family flag!

But this time, looking at the wolf cavalry that was roaring, this caravan was obviously taken by surprise, and it didn't even have time to gather horses to form a defensive formation, so it was directly overwhelmed by the roaring wolf cavalry!

Watching those tulip family caravans being slaughtered by wolf riders, the muse blushed. Clenched his fists. Desperately gritting his teeth. was about to go up and fight hard, but was stopped by the jīng spirit clan beside him. Those jīng spirits are powerful. With more magical skills, the muse was pressed on the shoulders by two people, and he immediately lost all his strength.

Seeing that the hundred people of this caravan were slaughtered, dozens of mercenaries fought to the end, some were hacked to death by wolf riders, and some were bitten to death by giant wolves, and they died until the last person!

In the end, several merchants in the caravan were captured. These merchants not only spoke the imperial Chinese language, but also knew the words of the steppe people, but they were captured by the jīng spirit tribe!

"They need to be translated. The muse's heart immediately brightened.

Sure enough, when the Jīng Spirit Clan interrogated these merchants, they did not deliberately hide it from the muse, and let the muse stand aside.

Several of them were ordinary merchants, and they spent money to pay the protection fee in the Tulip Family Territory, so that they could get the protection of this Tulip Banner Land and the protection of the Desert Fox Mercenary Group. I thought I could have a safe journey, but I didn't expect to encounter such a group of wolves who suddenly fell from the sky!

Several merchants were trembling with fright, they were just ordinary people, just under the devouring eyes and blades of these werewolves around them, they said everything.

The muse listened sincerely, and only heard a jīng spirit ask in a cold voice:

"How to get to the Great Snow Mountain!"

As soon as he heard this, Museton's face changed!

Daisetsuzama!!

In the northwest, who does not know the prestige of the Great Snow Mountains on the steppe?

The people of the Great Snow Mountain Gate, magical wizards...... And also......

And the witch king who is regarded as a god by the steppe people!!

These guys, they're aiming for the Big Snow Mountain?!

It's a pity that none of these merchants, although they can speak some grassland dialect, know where the Great Snow Mountain is.

The wolf cavalry is cruel and savage, ask the first one first, I don't know, just go down with a knife, and it will be cut into two pieces!

Ask the second one again, I don't know, it's a knife to go down!

When the third captive was asked, the man was already trembling with fright, his face was like dirt, and he smelled a stench, but even his pants were wet.

The muse strode out, looking coldly at the many werewolves and jīng spirits.

"Are you going to the Great Snow Mountain?"

The jīng spirits were all stunned, and their muses were cold: "I ask you, are you going to the Great Snow Mountain!"

"Yes, we're going to the Big Snow Mountain. "A jīng spirit walked over, with a gentle face, the one who gave the muse leather boots and the magic cloak when he was on the mountain.

"Let them go!" The muse pointed to the remaining captives, his face resolute: "I'll take you there!!"