winter era

Chapter 4 Ice White's Clue
Wandering in the Northland, the Kathaks who live by herding ice beasts and hunting wilderness monsters may be the humans who understand the Northland Icefield best in the world.They grazed their beloved ice beasts on this ice-white land many years ago.In this icy world, they have seen the disintegration of the Federation of Elves, which is said to have been praised for thousands of years, the rise and fall of the orcs like comets, the roar and battle of the mechanical goblins against the sky, and finally witnessed the empire now. With the supremacy of the mage.

The ballads sung from ancient times to the present clearly describe the great power of the gods they believe in. They respect those gods who are high above them very much. In the past, even every year, they slaughtered a large number of ice beasts to please their gods.But when the 23 nobles from the empire came to conquer the north and attacked them with boundless iron hoofs and mysterious magic, the former gods did not protect them.The majesty and power of the god's mansion are useless, and the ancient temples and altars have become ruins.Therefore, the Katak Northlanders who lost their faith and were completely conquered became the most loyal shepherds of the empire.

Now, for the sake of the prosperity of the empire, they are willing to become ice guards, become the most loyal wolf dogs of the empire, and hunt for the empire the barbarians who invaded the Northland Ice Council.Even this barbarian invasion was a tip reported by these white-haired and white-eyed humans.In the Northland, they are the well-deserved kings.

But in the past month, a rumor that is not very good has spread among these fearless warriors.

A black-robed ghost appeared in the Northland.

Many people have witnessed that black figure that doesn't look like a normal human being gliding past on the snow - he doesn't seem to have feet, and the snow has left no footprints - the appearance.There are also people who swear that they can feel that there is some kind of wonderful energy around the ghost, which can gradually stop and freeze the world around them.Some people even witnessed the weird scene where the ghost slid out of the terrifying snowstorm, asked a dead tree for directions, and finally disappeared into the rocks of the cliff.

Sometimes he also seems to talk to people, asking the frightened people for information about the ice elves in the northern dialect that he is not familiar with.Regardless of whether the person being asked wants to tell him or not, he will be drawn by some force to tell all the information he knows.It was as if a magic spell had been cast, watching the man who couldn’t see his face reach out with a dead tree-like palm and patted his shoulder, watching him turn around and gradually disappear into the wind and snow, watching his shadow into the rocks.

It was a real ghost, so the old men warned naughty children.

Only ghosts can travel unaffected by the wind and snow, and only ghosts can ask people's true thoughts.Similarly, only ghosts can interrogate nature unhindered and travel among mountains and rivers.Obviously, this is a ghost who was killed by the ice elves and wanted to avenge the ice elves.That's why he was so persistent in asking about the whereabouts of the ice elves.

At least that's what the elders of the Kathaks think.

And this ghost who died at the hands of the ice elf was gesturing on the map with a sad face in the cave at this moment.

Beside the black-robed ghost, the dark brown rock seemed to become a living creature, distorting the shadows and faults, and the strong friction between the rocks issued a dull and hoarse scale.And this scale constitutes a speech that can be understood by the ghost.It was the spirits of the mountains who obeyed his command and brought him news.

"Observe the covenant before the 40 changes of the sun and the moon, before the reversal of the stars, my friend, I bring news..."

The rocks rubbed against each other, letting out a sigh like that of a dying man.

"According to your instructions, we found everything you wanted in the mountains and glaciers. The blue-haired sharp-eared creature you built, the so-called lineage of the ice elves, was found in the ice Lurking among the white hills..."

"If you can, please mark it with a human place name, my friend."

Holding the sheepskin scroll in his hand, he made a cross on the mountain where he was, and the wizard frowned and said.

The real body of the ghost is naturally the chief mage of the Northland, the black-robed mage Kaos.

Dressed in a black robe, he didn't care too much about his own ghost legend. For him, there were more important things waiting for him to do.For example, mark the group of pointy-eared elves from this bastard's map, so that I can find their whereabouts.

It stands to reason that with the news provided by Qun Shan, he should have found the elf's message a long time ago.But in fact that is simply impossible.One month after he got the secret treasure in the Northland warehouse, he has been communicating with animals, plants and nature everywhere, hoping to get the message from those sharp ears.But he actually overlooked one point, the concept of time and direction of the mountains are completely different.With their positions, they don't even need to move, and they can't even tell the difference between east, west, north, south, let alone the concept of distance.Kaos now only knows his general location, which may be fine, but he doesn't even know the specific fine coordinates, let alone find the elf hiding in an unknown mountain lair.

"Storm and snow interfere with my senses, my friend... Although my body can't feel the cold, I can still feel the will of winter above the frosty sky. Frost covered the world 100 million suns and moons ago Every inch of land here, so even I can only provide some general signs, not precise human information..."

The rock formations gradually spread the pollution to the wizard's eyes, twisting into the wrinkled face of an old man.This old man with rocks as his body, mineral veins as his skeleton, and gems as his embellishments let out a deep lament in the wizard's mind.

In this icy, frost-covered winter land, the will of the cold always reigns supreme.Even the Spirit of the Mountains couldn't support him as accurately as he did in the adventure five years ago when he didn't come to the Northland.After all, although the gods of Shuangtian were subdued by the imperial mage group, the huge group of demigod remnants were not easy to mess with.In particular, the impact of the winter wolf and ice demon populations on the ice and snow, it is impossible to accurately locate in the brain.

"If you go at your speed, my friend, go through the roaring storm and snowflakes outside, and walk towards the ocean and forest for three sun and moon changes, and you will find the elves you want. Those pointy-eared, ice-blue haired The creature is there..." The soul of the mountain hesitantly gave a location, "The distance from you is not very far, my friend, it is not too far..."

"But I also have to know where is the direction of the sea and the forest. My friend, the direction is the main thing for people."

The wizard frowned and visualized a clear map in his mind, and began to communicate with the mountain spirit.

"For example, on this map, the blue dots represent my location, and the red crosses represent places that I have vetoed. Can you point out the basic location on the drawing? Even if it's just a general direction Row?"

"I'm really sorry, my friend. Please forgive me. The structure of the rock can never understand your so-called direction and time. In our eyes, the world is only so big. I really can't describe it to you in detail. The location of a region. It's like you can't describe the unique symbol of a certain strand of your hair..."

"Okay okay, I think I understand."

The mage rubbed his head in pain, and put a red cross mark on all the locations that were not close to the ocean on the parchment map.But even if all the areas far away from the ocean are marked with red crosses, the remaining workload is extremely terrifying.

"From the Ice White Mountains to the Lair of the Demigods, then the Mausoleum of the Frost Sky, and the bloody immortal reserve, and the Palace of Winter, which is the closest to the coast and the sky... Damn, if they hide from me in some places I'd rather go to face the Abyssal Legion and release the dissociation technique, anyway, I don't need the materials to cast the dissociation technique, whoever is afraid of whoever is facing the bomb..."

Looking at the last remaining possibility of the Northland map circulated among the mages that he got, Kaos felt a toothache.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that this possibility is really possible. It has been a long time since the existence of ice elves has been heard on the ice field occupied by the Kathaks and the Northlanders.Then it means that the group of blue-haired guys can only hide in the deepest part of the ice and snow.

Anyway, these elves are immune to the damage of these ice and snow, and they will not feel cold or pain no matter how cold the temperature in nature is.Before the long records on the ice sheet, it was easy to see these elves running around wearing tube top shorts and carrying horn bows.Not being able to see them recently can only mean that this group of guys hid in a colder place that humans can't reach.An area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers has to be measured bit by bit by one's own footsteps.The ghost knows if those elves have any hidden magic and witchcraft.If you insist on calculating, you may have to climb mountains and wading, drill caves and dive into underground rivers to find possible places to live one by one.The fact that the ice elves haven't appeared for so many years shows that the place where these guys stay is not human at all.

"I'm sorry, my friend, I really can't understand your distress..." Feeling the frustration from the mage's hollow and deep spiritual source, the soul of the mountain sent a signal of apology.

"But I feel that there seems to be a group of your kindred outside the cave, you can ask..."

"Outside the cave?"

The wizard was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and spread his mind to eavesdrop on the voices outside the cave.

The sound of howling snowstorm outside quickly echoed in the mage's spirit.After listening to the whistling sound of the blizzard for a few seconds, Kaos keenly caught a discordant signal.Sure enough, as the mountain soul said, his spirit captured the creaking sounds of some human beings walking, as well as the low voices of human beings communicating among themselves.

And if Kaos passed the northern language, he seemed to have heard some words from those compatriots mentioning elves.

"This is really a good sign..."

After eavesdropping on the conversation for a long time, a smile appeared on Kaos' withered face.

(End of this chapter)