After completing the adventure of the Celestial Behemoth, Charlotte, Laurent, and Thorde returned to the hotel in Huttonmar to rest, during which they also heard about the Dark Elf Kingdom's declaration of war on the Duchy, which caused a lot of trouble, because most of the pages on the bulletin board were occupied by this notice, so they did not receive any commission, and even did not go out on adventures in the hotel for several days.

On this day, the three of them passed the time in the hotel. There were two bunk beds in this room, and Charlotte was a woman, so one slept one and the other two men slept the other.

Thorde was lying bored on the top bunk with Erlang's legs crossed, while Laurent wiped his spear on the lower bunk, wiped it cold, leaned aside, took it again, and wiped it again.

Charlotte sat on the edge of her bed, a map of the continent of Arad in her hand, lost in thought.

Thorde was eager to try: "Since the two countries are at war, let's go and help the Duchy repel the Dark Elf invasion army!"

Laurent sighed: "That's a war, not an adventure, like us, rush into the crowd, you have to lie down and come out." ”

"I know!" Thorde, though he thinks he is a good martial artist, doesn't think he can ride a thousand, "I'm just so bored! We've made it through Sky City, the Sky Veil Behemoth is gone, and I don't know how many times I've explored Glen Forest, I'm allergic to goblins and minotaurs! When will we have a new adventure?"

The two looked at Charlotte, and Charlotte said: "I'm afraid we don't have much to go, I also went to the city hall yesterday to meet the queen, and the queen said that she had sent Nicole and her party to Afaria to negotiate with the dark elves, and in a short time, the south will not be able to go." ”

"Alas, I can only go to the dueling arena to find someone to fight again. Thorde wrapped his hands tightly in a bandage, "Go!"

Just as Thorde was about to open the door, there was a soft knock on the door.

"Who?" Toldh asked aloud.

Laurent picked up the spear alertly, as if he was about to break through the door, but Charlotte had already stood up and whispered to Laurent: "Our identity is an adventurer, not a wanted criminal, don't be so scared now, put the guy away." ”

Then Charlotte said to Thorde, "Everyone else knocked so politely, you should open the door too!"

Thorde shrugged and pulled the door open, revealing a young girl with short blond hair, silver armor, a handsome white cloak behind her, and a huge silver cross hanging upside down behind her.

At the top of the cross hung a bear puppet......

Thorde recognized the equipment and asked, "Are you from the church?"

The girl nodded and said softly, "Excuse me, I'm Golantis Gracia of the Order of the Clergy." ”

Charlotte stepped forward and said, "My name is Charlotte, an adventurer. ”

"Told!"

"Laurent. ”

The other two also reported their names.

Golantis said, "I am here to entrust you adventurers with something. I wonder if you can say yes?"

As soon as he heard the word "commission", Thorde's eyes lit up: "Promise yes!

Charlotte said, "Let's talk about the details. ”

Golantis nodded, and Charlotte offered her to sit at the table in the center of the room, while she sat on the other side. Laurent and Thorde sat in the lower bunk of their bed, listening to Golantis and Charlotte talk.

"Do you know the Bantu people who live in the snowy mountains?" said Golantis.

Charlotte smiled slightly and said, "I know, I just looked at the map, and it's just north of the Elwin Line." I heard that the patriarch of this tribe is Buwanga, one of the Four Sword Saints. ”

"That's right. This tribe is very warlike, xenophobic, and often clashed with the principality over border issues. ”

Thorde couldn't help but ask, "What does that have to do with your church?"

"Not long ago, the Order sent a cleric to visit the Bantu wizards, but so far nothing has been heard. Later, the people who inquired said that the Bantu said that the priest had entered the snow-capped mountains, and then there was no news. ”

"Uh-huh......" Charlotte looked thoughtful.

Instead, Thorde replied first: "That's missing, or killed, maybe someone from the Bantu tribe did it!"

Laurent coughed and said, "There is no evidence, don't say this outside, so as not to cause trouble." ”

At this time, Charlotte asked, "Is the snow-capped mountain you are talking about, the Stroop Mountains, which are known as the Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountains?"

Golantis said, "The adventurer is so familiar with the terrain of the Arad continent!"

"She's learning and selling!" Salde shouted, pointing to the map on Charlotte's bed.

"That way, I'm more at ease. Golantis ignored Thorde, "Anyway, on behalf of the Order, I'm here to entrust the adventurers, Lord Adventurers, to rescue the priest from the Ten Thousand Years Snow Mountain. Because the Stroll Mountains are the sleeping place of the terrible ice dragon Skasa, and it is full of monsters born from his magic. If you don't have superb strength, you can't be up to this commission. ”

"So you found us?" asked Charlotte.

"It was the Queen who recommended me to you. The queen said that you had fought against the Apostle Rotes in the Heavenly Veil Behemoth, so you must have been very strong!"

"Hah, you know the goods!" Thorde gave a thumbs up to himself, "I'm a Sanda master, I can kick Rotes out with one kick!"

This is clearly braggart again.

"Anyway. Golantis stood up and prepared to leave, "Leave on your journey." The Bantu have also agreed to assist in this investigation, so you can go to the Snowy Land of Ston to find them for more details. But their tribe is very xenophobic, so you have to be prepared. ”

Thorde shouted again: "What are you afraid of! Isn't it harder than someone's fist?"

Golantis ignored Thorde the whole time, and when she had finished speaking, she hurried out the door and closed the door.

"You see, she was intimidated by my momentum!"

Charlotte and Laurent shook their heads and began to prepare for the rest of their journey.

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Charlotte changed into a thick black cotton coat, with a wool scarf at the neckline, and thick cotton pants. Laurent put on a warm outfit like a "military coat".

Thorde, on the other hand, was still short and his abs were still exposed.

"Haha, our Void Ancestor's martial artist, who hasn't practiced some qigong? I can stand this cold!"

However, under the "force" of the other two, Thorde still wore autumn clothes and pants before going on the road with them.

Who can guarantee that he won't take them off when he fights? But most importantly, don't attract onlookers in crowded places!

Then, the trio passed through the Elwin Line and came to the border.

It was close to the northernmost part of the continent, and the climate was very cold, and as we continued to move forward, snow gradually appeared on the ground, and the cold wind howled incessantly, and Charlotte and Laurent were fully armed, and they were shivering with cold.

However, Thorde has always been full of energy, probably because his qigong can really ward off the cold......

The three of them came to a village, which was the center of the Bantu people's gathering - the snowy area of the Ten Thousand Years Snow Mountain, at the foot of the Ten Thousand Years Snow Mountain.

The snow was not thick or thin, withered trees and meadows grew, and in the distance you could see the free-range yaks of the Bantu people, all of whom wore fur coats. The village is irregularly lined with tents and totems.

Charlotte found that there were three types of totems, one with a rabbit's face with rabbit ears on top, one with a cow's face with horns on both sides, and one with a white saber-toothed tiger's face.

Thorde is still so energetic: "This place is cold, it is really a good place for cultivation!"

Laurent said impatiently: "Then the matter is over, you can stay here and continue to cultivate." ”

Thorde said nonchalantly, "I think you should practice hard!"

The three had been instructed by the Order to find a man named "Barrena", but they knew that it was a woman, and none of the rest. The villages were not signposted, and the tents were not marked with house numbers, so they had no clue.

And the surrounding Bantu people didn't see the three of them at all, and the three of them went up to question, but the other party ignored them.

The three of them had no choice but to move on to see if anyone willing to talk to them was there, and then they found a Bantu girl in front of a tent with rabbit ears next to it, and saw that the girl's hat was also decorated with rabbit ears, and she was playing with a small yak.

Charlotte stepped forward, and before she could speak, the other party said:

"Who are you, people from afar, if you are discovered by our Bantu warriors, you will definitely not end well, I advise you to go back quickly!"

The three of them looked at each other, and Tolde said, "We are adventurers! We are not afraid of your warriors! And we have come here to accept the mission of the church, how can we give up halfway?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said, "Ah! I heard that someone was coming to look for the missing clergy, and it turned out to be you! I thought you were sent by the principality, so I was shocked!"

In this way, this girl is quite friendly, at least not like the people in front of her, who ignore outsiders.

After a while, they learned that the girl's name was "Mintai", and the three of them also reported their names and asked where Barrena was, so Mintai led the three to a tent with a bunch of ox head totems, pointed to one of them, and said, "Aunt Ballena lives in it!"

Charlotte followed Mintai to the tent, and Mintai shouted, "Auntie, the adventurer of the Order is here!"

As soon as the words fell, a burly woman in her forties walked out of it, and when she saw the three of them, she greeted them: "Hello, I'm Barrena, please come in!"

After saying that, he was about to welcome the three into the tent, and while the three of them were hesitating, Mintai said, "Aunt Barrena is very warm to the strangers, unlike the others, so go in so that you will not be seen by the other people." ”

The three of them had to enter it, and Barrena poured three glasses of wine for the three of them, which smelled inexplicably scorching, and the three of them could not stop talking.

I heard Barrena say, "You're here to rescue that stupid clergyman? It's freezing here, and you're going to suffer." ”

Thorde smiled: "It's okay, this place is quite suitable for tempering people's will!"

Ballena continued, "If it were an ordinary principality, we wouldn't care so much about him getting lost in the snowy mountains. But the man was from the Order, so we contacted the Order. After all, we don't want foreigners to be so dead in the snowy mountains. ”

Although she spoke in a very cordial tone, this sentence sounded a bit contradictory, as if if the person was not from the Order, then his life or death had nothing to do with the Bantu, and if the person was from the Order, the Bantu did not want him to die in the snowy mountains.

Charlotte cut to the chase and said, "Can you describe what this priesthood looks like?"

"Needless to say, the clothes he wears look like you, people from other places. Ballena took a sip of the wine that was placed beside her and continued, "He was going to go up the mountain to meet the Buwanga patriarch who was cultivating, and then he disappeared while climbing the mountain. None of the people on the mountain had ever seen him, perhaps he was lost. As you know, the Bantu have always been xenophobic, and they will not help find people, only you. ”

Charlotte nodded, and then asked, "Is there a place to rest?"

Ballena smiled and said, "We don't have any inns here, and we don't accept strangers at all, so you can only stay with me." By the way, isn't this mare's milk wine delicious? Take a sip, in the snowy mountains, it is very necessary to maintain body temperature. ”

The three of them barely took a sip, at first it felt sour and spicy, and it was difficult to swallow, but soon they felt a sweet smell rushing into their esophagus, so they continued to drink it, and before they knew it, they finished drinking it unconsciously.

Then, they left their luggage at Barrena's house, took their weapons, and headed for the 10,000-year-old snow-capped mountain!