Path of The Dragonborn

The cold wind was still like a sharp dagger, dashing through the traveler's skin little by little.

"It's really troublesome." Bernardo murmured, grasping his robes tighter.

Even the two steed horses in front of him seemed to be unable to bear the severe cold. They were panting hard, forcing the coachman to lash the two horses with their whips on the back.

He accepted a tip of 100 Septin gold coins from the young man in the car behind him, and promised to arrive under Snowman City before tonight-but the bad weather almost made him lose his word.

Looking at the clothes on the boy and the bulging package, he is undoubtedly a very powerful character. If he boasted about Haikou, but failed to fulfill his promise, maybe not only the one hundred gold coins would be ruined, but he would take care of himself. In that case, I can't tell myself.

However, the fact is that he thinks too much. Bernardo saw the behavior of the carriage driver, but did not express anything.

Because the weather was suddenly bad, he didn't expect it. In this case, it is too difficult to ask the other party to fulfill their promise.

It’s just that I have a reason to have to rush to Xueman before tonight—because, if I didn’t abide by my credit, the thief who was scared by me at the time would probably not take himself seriously. .

"Javier... I hope you are there. If I find you are not there after I get there..."

The killing opportunity is fleeting.

"...Huh?" The coachman, who felt the murderous youth behind him, seemed to be a little flustered for a while, he slapped the horse's back more desperately, wanting them to speed up again.

"Hey." Bernardo patted the coachman on the shoulder. In the panic expression of the latter turning around, Bernardo smiled and said in as kindly as possible: "It looks like it is tonight. It’s impossible to reach Xueman."

"That...no, it doesn't matter, I will try my best..." When it comes to the back, even he doesn't seem to believe it.

"No need... the bad weather has exceeded my estimates. Under the current circumstances, it is a bit difficult for you to keep your promise." Bernardo is not like his arrogant colleagues, and doesn't like those who are hard to do their honest duties. Workers-as long as the latter did not cut corners while serving themselves, "Did you see the cave over there?" He pointed to a small cave on the side of the road, "Go there to avoid it."

"Yes, but..." The coachman glanced at the cave and swallowed, "That's a brown bear's den..."

Boom-As soon as the bright flame bomb was invented, before the driver's voice fell, he flew straight into the hole. With a loud noise and a scream, the caster Bernardo shrugged indifferently.

"This...but...oh, okay." The coachman seemed to be frightened, so he had to tighten the reins and turn the horse's head. Maybe it was because I saw the cave in front of me as well, and the two horses who knew that they were about to have a chance to rest seemed to have a lot of joy.

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"Eat." After a brief cleaning of the hole, Bernardo and the coachman sat on the floor with a bonfire in front of them. Bernardo took out a pretzel that was about to be frozen into a brick, and roasted it softly over the fire, and handed the softened one to the coachman.

"Thank you..." the coachman said flatteredly, he was starving.

"Do you often run here?" Bernardo asked.

"Um...yes. I have been running in Xueman and surrounding towns for six years." The coachman's mouth was filled with food and his speech was vague, but Bernardo didn't show any impatient meaning. "I am also very familiar with the surrounding road conditions...except for the passes with robbers."

"So, do you know where we are now, how far is it from Snowman? If we go forward according to all normal weather."

"There are still 60 kilometers... because it is a shortcut to the mountain road, so you can't walk too fast, but if the weather is not bad, two hours will be no problem." said the coachman, "if you go around the mountain road. The main road... because those avenues have to pass through a nearby transportation hub, and some of them extend in the direction of Longqiao, which is about a hundred kilometers away."

"Sixty kilometers...that's okay." Bernardo nodded, "Let's do it... It's not realistic to let you take me there before tonight. I can drive by myself. But that's not the case. This means that your mission is over..." Bernardo glanced at the big pocket on the carriage, pointed to the coachman, and said to the coachman: "I must arrive at Xueman tonight, but my belongings can arrive later. --do you understand me?"

"You mean..."

"That's right-I want you to send these things to a lady named Isolda in Xueman when the weather improves. She will help me arrange them properly."

"Are you talking about the vice president of the Xueman Chamber of Commerce?" The driver's eyes widened.

"Yes... it will be easier if you know it." Bernardo nodded in satisfaction, "You will rest here tonight. I will leave you a bonfire at the entrance of the cave and put two drivers on it. The rune of the demon and the exorcism, there should be nothing to bother you...but in this weather, nothing will come out."

"...I see. Going out from here, along the mountain road to the west, there is something like a broken bridge-if you can climb 20 meters down from there, you should be able to see the broken bridge on the other side. Bridge." The coachman said, "The nearby herb pickers often pick drugs there. There is a shortcut to Xueman... Only highly skilled people can do it. But in the current weather, it still feels like There are some dangers."

"Thank you for your help." Bernardo raised his eyebrows, and threw a small bag of gold coins to the coachman. "Then I will set off now... Don't forget what I said. Oh, right."

Bernardo suddenly remembered something and turned around severely.

"That package... I applied a very powerful anti-theft jamming technique on it. You just need to send it to the place I specify, don't try to open the contents... Otherwise."

Not making things difficult for these people does not mean that they are not vigilant about their possible evil intentions.

"...Yes." The coachman swallowed nervously and nodded desperately.

After speaking, Bernardo's figure quickly disappeared at the entrance of the cave. At the same time, a group of golden flames suddenly rose on the haystack outside the cave.

"This weather...it's not right." Bernardo squinted his eyes and began to look for the valley where the coachman said in the snowstorm.