Mythic Card Master: Start with a Knight

"I don't know what's going on outside. Has the mountain giant entered the dark world?"

"It's time to go out and see."

Chu Ming used his fingers to scratch the green vine sleeping on his lap, "It's really good to sleep."

"Well……"

Midori woke up and rubbed his dazed eyes, "Good morning, Ren, how long has it been?"

Chu Ming shook his head, "Let's go out and take a look. We may have entered the dark world now."

"Okay!"

The green vine jumped up instantly. The closer the mountain giant got to the fairy forest, the more excited she became. It had been a long time since she had been back to the fairy forest, and she didn't know if the small tree she planted had grown up.

"Let me open the door."

She drew countless magic patterns in mid-air and formed a vortex out of thin air.

Chu Ming passed through the whirlpool and returned to the original dark and damp cave.

The two walked up the winding and rugged cave passage. They spent half an hour passing through the underground water and finally emerged from the frozen mountain stream.

Chu Ming looked up at the sky and saw only darkness and falling snowflakes.

This weird darkness was different from the night sky, more like something covering the sky.

The island seemed to have entered an eternal night, with darkness everywhere and heavy snow falling in the sky.

Chu Ming murmured to himself: "It should be that we have entered the dark world."

"Lv Teng, let's go to the human gathering place and look for traces of the Winter Legion."

Lu Teng hurriedly followed Chu Ming, "Why are you looking for those bad guys? There are many of them."

Chu Ming stopped and thought deeply: "There are indeed many legends about the Winter Legion. If I am not cautious enough, I may be tricked, and if I get close to the gathering place, my identity will be exposed."

He glanced down at the conspicuous magic armor on his body and smiled bitterly.

"Are you worried about your identity? I have a way to solve it."

The green vine patted his chest, raised the small staff and waved it. The green vine climbed up Chu Ming's body. In just a few seconds, his appearance changed into a sloppy wanderer, and the magic armor turned into animal skin and cloth stitched together. rags.

Chu Ming touched the heavy clothes on his body and marveled: "The fairy magic is really magical, it can actually do this."

"Awesome." Lu Teng raised his head proudly.

"This is a special illusion spell for Green Vine, a spell that even my sister doesn't know how to do."

Chu Ming smiled and said: "Awesome, hide quickly, don't let others see it."

Hearing what Chu Ming said, Lu Teng remembered that she was walking in the heavy snow with Chu Ming in her fairy form. She was so excited that she quickly transformed into light and got into Chu Ming's body.

"Well, they won't be able to find it now."

Chu Ming nodded and walked out, "If I remember correctly, our location is at the first peak of the island, and the three major gathering places are in the east, southeast and northwest directions."

"Lv Teng, which gathering place is bigger?"

Green Vine was a little unsure and said: "It should be the one in the northwest. It is the valley in the forest. There is enough firewood to withstand the severe winter. There are also many giant beasts in the forest. Hunting one can feed them for several days."

"Many adventurers with lower extraordinary levels stay there."

"Okay, let's go northwest."

Chu Ming turned around and walked northwest. Soon he left the first peak and entered a snow forest.

"Ow!"

Bloodthirsty roars sounded from the forest, and gradually, black mist filled the air.

Chu Ming frowned slightly, "Have dark creatures begun to appear here?"

Lu Teng suddenly said: "Ren, someone in front seems to be asking for help."

"I went over to take a look and asked about the situation at the gathering place."

Chu Ming stamped his legs to the ground and flew towards the direction of the howling dark creature at high speed.

After a while, the torches on the snow ahead illuminated the dark snow forest, and chaotic cries for help pierced the silence, occasionally mixed with the sounds of wild beasts tearing flesh.

"help me!"

"I don't want to die!"

Where the fire lit up, four scavengers wearing heavy animal skins shouted in terror.

Around them, dozens of epic snow wolves' eyes were full of bloodthirsty light. While eating more than a dozen corpses on the ground, they stared at the remaining four people with eager eyes, as if they were going to devour them at any time. .

"Jace, look, there seems to be someone there!"

one of the scavengers shouted, waving his arms.

"Sir, here, please save us."

The scavenger named Jess reacted and shouted: "Sir, help."

Chu Ming came out of the darkness, the firelight and the shadows of the wolves dancing on him, making it difficult to see his true face.

His feet dug into the snow and he stopped in place.

"Hiss... roar..."

Snow Wolf grinned and roared a warning, almost unable to control the murderous intent in his eyes.

"roll."

In the shocked eyes of the surviving scavengers, the mysterious man just said a few words, and countless blood shadows emerged from around his body.

"Roar!"

The blood shadow struggled and roared, and the terrifying mental shock swept across the entire audience instantly. The snow wolf's body froze in place, the blood in its eyes disappeared, and it gradually turned into an ice sculpture without temperature.

"This...this is definitely a legend!"

Jace was so surprised that he couldn't even stick out his tongue.

"saved."

Several scavengers cried bitterly, knelt on the snow, kowtowed and said thanks: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

Chu Ming nodded slightly, "You came out of the gathering place, right?"

Jess nodded quickly in response, "We are scavengers in the gathering place. We usually make money in the market by collecting firewood and hunting."

As he spoke, his tone became sad, "I didn't expect to encounter a pack of wolves today. The captain and the others are all dead..."

Chu Ming patted his shoulder and said, "Let your brothers bury their bones. I have something to ask you."

Jess nodded tremblingly, and after discussing with the other three people for a few words, he returned to Chu Ming. He respectfully said, "Sir, do you have anything to ask?"

Chu Ming pointed to the sky, "Have we entered the dark world?"

There was a hint of astonishment on Jace's face. The man in front of him was clearly a powerful legend. Why didn't he even know this bit of information?

Chu Ming saw his doubts and explained calmly: "I have been practicing since I landed on the island, and I just came out today."

The man suddenly understood and said: "Fourteen months have passed since the Mountain Giant set out from Aledro. It has already crossed the southwest continent and entered the abyss of the dark world."

"It actually took a lot longer than I thought." Chu Ming touched his chin, thinking.

Jace raised his head and glanced at Chu Ming. After hesitating for a while, he asked carefully: "Sir, are you going to enter the gathering place?"

"I suggest you don't go there. The legendary figures in the gathering place are all controlled by the Winter Legion. It's just that we are weak and are not being targeted."

"Severe Winter Legion?" Chu Ming was stunned. "How did they do that?"

It is true that there are many legends about the Legion of Winter, but there are also many legendary adventurers who climbed the mountain giant, at least hundreds of them.

How could there be thirty legendary adventurers in the northwest camp? How did the Winter Legion control them?

A look of fear flashed in Jace's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by hatred.

"Those lackeys of the Severe Winter Legion, they colluded with the orcs and evil god believers who boarded the mountain giants from the coastline of the southwest continent, and took control of the gathering place."

"Many legends say that adults have sacrificed their lives to resist the Winter Legion... but the Winter Legion is so terrifying that the gathering place still fell."

Chu Ming's face turned serious, "Do you know what their purpose is?"

Jace smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Sir, you think too highly of me. How could I know the plans of the Winter Legion? I know that their destination is another continent in the dark world."

"It's broken. The goal of these bad guys must be the Fairy Forest." Lu Teng couldn't help shouting.

Chu Ming asked mentally: "Where is the Fairy Forest?"

"Well, the Black and Red Continent is about the same size as Southern Xinjiang and the Fengyang Empire combined. It's full of dark creatures, and the Fairy Forest is hidden in it."

She said in a panic: "What should I do with Ren? The bad guy is going to the Fairy Forest."

Chu Ming reassured: "Don't worry, maybe they have other purposes. We'll find out when we go over and take a look."

After soothing Lu Teng, Chu Ming's attention returned to Jace.

Chu Ming's sudden silence just now scared the man. Seeing that he finally responded, the man breathed a sigh of relief.

"Anyway... Sir, you'd better not go to the gathering place. You don't want to go to other gathering places either. They've all been occupied by the Winter Legion."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I can't feel at ease unless I go and see it myself."

As he spoke, he looked directly into the man's eyes, "Can I join your team temporarily?"

Jace was stunned and immediately understood that Chu Ming wanted them to help cover and sneak into the gathering place.

The man smiled bitterly and said: "Since the Lord said so, in order to repay you, I have to help."

"It's just that I hope you can take us away when we are in danger."

If Chu Ming's legendary identity is exposed in the gathering place, they will not be able to escape. Following Chu Ming and hiding in the mountains and forests is the best choice.

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."

Chu Ming temporarily ended the questioning. He looked at the four people who were collecting the bodies and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he didn't completely believe what Jace said. The reason why he dared to go to the gathering place was entirely due to his confidence in his own strength.

Although he can't defeat the large number of legends, it shouldn't be difficult to escape.

The big deal is that he and Lu Teng escape back to the mysterious space and come out again when the mainland is approaching.

In contrast, what he cares more about is the collusion between the Winter Legion and the orcs and followers of the evil god.

"What the hell are they trying to do?"

"If they are just capturing goblins, there is no need to put up such a large formation. Or maybe they have other purposes."

"Anyway, just go and take a look and you'll find out."

After the four people put the corpses down, he then carried the firewood on his back again, and the four people with sad faces went back to the direction of the gathering place.

The scavengers were silent along the way, with only Jace still chatting with Chu Ming.

……

after an hour.

In front of the entrance to the gathering place, two knight guards stood under the wooden wall, staring at the people entering and leaving the gathering place.

However, Chu Ming's disguise was so good that they didn't discover Chu Ming's identity at all and thought he was some wanderer in the gathering place.

So he entered the gathering place smoothly.

The wind and snow on the island are so bitterly cold that ordinary people would freeze to death within a minute if exposed to the heavy snow.

Chu Ming guessed that the temperature on the island had probably reached dozens of degrees below zero, and only these extraordinary people could walk in the snowstorm.

However, too low a temperature can also make extraordinary people feel uncomfortable. This gathering place is built in a closed valley. There are artificially dug caves everywhere on the rock wall, and people can be seen coming in and out of them.

He followed Jace in the gathering place for about a few minutes, and then walked into a remote cave house.

Jess closed the heavy wooden door to block out the wind and snow. The whining became quieter and the room became much warmer.

"Sir, there are more than a dozen stone houses here. You can choose any one to rest."

"Let's light up the fire first."

Chu Ming nodded, picked a stone house and entered.

In the stone house, animal skins, leather armor and other items were placed randomly on the floor. The only furniture was a stone bed with soft furs on it and a heavy quilt filled with cotton.

Chu Ming walked onto the bed and wrapped his body in a quilt. It was indeed much warmer.

He used his mental power: "Green Vine, release the spell we used in the Clinton Kingdom before, and go see what these guys from the Winter Legion are doing."

"Okay."

A faint green light gathered in the palm of Chu Ming's hand and turned into a blue bird.

"In this snowy day, the sudden appearance of a bird is too conspicuous. Can you try changing it into a snowflake or a stone?"

"Let me try……"

Lu Teng continued to tinker with spells. After several consecutive failures, the flying bird finally changed and turned into an ice crystal carrying cold wind.

"My spells can only imitate living objects, stones, and snowflakes cannot be imitated."

"I made this by imitating the magical creature Frost Monster. Although it's still a little conspicuous, I did my best."

"That's enough, let's go out and take a look."

When Chu Ming came into contact with the ice crystal, he seemed to shrink in size and landed on the ice crystal like a huge iceberg.

He got familiar with the ice crystal's body and controlled the ice crystal to fly against the wall.

Jess and the others were still busy lighting fires and boiling water, and didn't even notice a strange little thing flying out.

The ice crystals flew out through the cracks in the wooden door, and the blizzard roared and could not stop for a while. The ice crystals were mixed with the falling snowflakes, without any sense of disobedience.

"Ren, where are we going next?"

Chu Ming glanced around, and his eyes suddenly focused on an orc knight with a tiger head who was patrolling in the distance.

"Since it's a patrol, it will definitely pass through some important places, so we should just follow him."

The ice crystals floated forward and followed the tiger-headed orcs around the gathering place.

After a while, the tiger-headed orc walked into a spacious cave, and another group of orc knights came out.

"Is this a gathering place for orcs?"

Chu Ming carefully manipulated the ice crystal and stuck it on the door. Noisy and lively sounds came from inside.

"Hahaha, kill the dragon and divide the dragon's blood!"

"I want to be the first dragon-slaying warrior in the Tiger Clan!"

(End of this chapter)