Sauron was also trapped in Fallen Leaf City. The heavy snow outside was so thick that the carriage couldn't move at all.
Because of the cold weather, he customized a set of warm padded jackets for Vivienne, which took three days to complete. There are busy half-elves outside, and druids can be vaguely seen. The heavy snow has collapsed some simple thatched huts, and Fallen Leaf City is rescuing ordinary civilians. Because Gloria was taking care of the little girl, he set out to look outside the city, and the snow outside was indeed thicker, and when he stepped on it, he sank directly to his calf.
There are patches of farmland outside the city, but now it is a vast expanse of whiteness.
It can be seen that men and women are busy in the fields, clearing the snowdrifts to transport back the food and vegetables that are about to be harvested. If they are not transported back as soon as possible, they will rot in a short time, and they will lose their source of food. It seemed that the winter wheat could not be planted anymore. The snow layer was too thick. In the past, winter wheat was only planted in October. Many half-elven farmers seemed worried. Their talents are not very good, but their movements are more flexible than humans, and they are just ordinary people in essence.
A farmer’s woman was carrying lettuce. Cabbage and lettuce are common vegetables in the south. Her fingers were pale from the cold. Beside her was a girl with a snotty nose. Because of the thin clothes on her body, she curled up and breathed on her palms from time to time. Farther away, a ten-year-old boy was digging a snowdrift, and soon he excitedly dug out a frozen bird from the snowdrift, held it up high and shouted: "Sister, look! We have meat to eat!"
The heavy snow broke some tree trunks, some bird nests were knocked down directly, and ice strips formed on the branches, which looked like hanging crystals.
This is the life of ordinary people.
Some hunters entered the forest in groups. The experienced hunters foresaw the severe test of the cold winter and began to hunt some prey in advance. Maybe they could find some animals that died of freezing if they were lucky. Some people in the distance are busy repairing houses. Ordinary people from poor families build thatched houses. The roofs are not very strong, and they are easily damaged in days of heavy wind and snow. There are birds calling in the sky, and they have to seize the last chance to migrate, otherwise they will all freeze to death here.
The cold winter more than a month earlier has changed a lot, forcing animals to hibernate earlier and disrupting people's farming plans.
There was a crackling sound.
Sauron paused in his forward steps, then raised his hand and spread out his palm, and a little bit of hail the size of a grain of rice fell down.
The noise became more and more intense, and the peasant woman shouted in the distance, and the two children ran towards her side, and the little boy fell on the snow. The hailstones that fell were getting bigger and bigger, and the peasant woman didn't even care about the vegetables she had dug up. She covered the two children with her body and ran towards the house in the distance.
A slight pain came.
Sauron raised his head and looked at the sky. The hailstones that fell were getting bigger and bigger, ranging from the size of soybeans to the size of pebbles. There was a cry of pain in front of him, and his figure flew out, pinching the two children between them. In his arms, he said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and find a place to hide!"
The peasant woman had no time to thank her, so she staggered to follow her. Her forehead was hit by a hailstone about the size of a pebble, and there were black and blue marks on her head. There were scolding voices everywhere in the village. Sauron put the two children down, then frowned and looked at the crackling and exploding hailstones outside. The roof seemed to be knocked, and some people were beaten. His face was covered with flowers, and there was even a trace of blood on his forehead.
The hailstorm doesn't last long.
It only took more than ten minutes for the size of rice grains to pebbles to add up. People came out with some trepidation. After looking up at the light in the sky, they returned to the fields to harvest crops. Sauron left a bag of dried meat for the two young children, and then walked into the forest along the road. The familiar road was no longer visible, everything was covered by heavy snow, and many weeds were covered under the ice and snow. He saw the figure of the druid leaping in the forest with incomparable vigor.
These druids are annoying, but not bad.
There are many druids who have been struggling in the desert area, trying to transform the desert left over from the Arcane Empire period into an oasis. This process has lasted for thousands of years.
However, the efforts of several generations have only completed less than one percent. Thousands of kilometers of desert are still full of yellow sand, and ancient cities sunken under quicksand are still emitting energy radiation. Only some plants with particularly tenacious vitality can grow. It is always easy to damage the environment, but it takes countless years to repair it. Sauron's attitude towards Druids was actually very complicated. Sometimes he wanted to kill them, and sometimes he felt that they were great.
Especially seeing the oasis built by Druids in the desert, the kind of green under the yellow sand that represents the traces of life, is really shocking.
They have a very high status in the eyes of the desert people!
More than once, Sauron saw the people in the desert kneeling on the ground, kissing the ground where the tree shepherds walked.
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Daxue has already begun to weed out the first batch of old, weak, sick and disabled.
Under the harsh winter, only the strongest creatures can survive. Sauron frowns more and more as he walks forward, because the road to the kingdom of elves has been completely covered by ice and snow. The carriage is basically unusable, and they must walk all the way to pass here. It is also impossible to wait until the snow melts, and such cold weather will not happen until next year at least. Sauron couldn't afford to delay that long, so they had to brave the wind and snow on their way.
Vivienne was too small to walk in the snow, and she didn't have that much physical strength, so Sauron would feel very distressed.
the only way.
It was him who drove Vivienne on his back. This was a more than 100-kilometer long ice and snow path, and they estimated that it would take a long time.
It's just that I don't know if Gloria can bear it, but the small problem of the high-ranking witch should be fine.
There are many spells available.
It was already afternoon when Sauron returned. Aladdin was standing on the bar table bragging, surrounded by a lot of guests, and from time to time there were people laughing and asking him to have another drink. When he saw Sauron, the halfling His face was already flushed with drunkenness. This guy must have been a great storyteller in the past. It's a pity that he didn't work as a troubadour, otherwise he would have earned a lot of tips along the way. Many halflings like to brag, and they won't become angry after being exposed, and at most they will argue stubbornly.
Their level of storytelling is still very high, and it is an interesting pastime in their free time. Even the owner of the hotel is listening with relish.
Aladdin is not completely bragging, he has richer adventure experience than many people, at least he accurately stated the height, characteristics and habits of the hill giant, even the habitual movements when attacking, of course The main purpose is to prove how dexterous his skills are, how to escape from the attack of the hill giant, and then play this big giant around. As for killing the hill giant, don't even think about it, those two small daggers are really hard to kill them.
Under the booing of the tavern guests, the little Aladdin also danced on the long table. It was a very cheerful clapping and tap dance. It is said that if you dance well, you can hook up with a cute halfling girl with a baby face. People around couldn't help clapping their hands to follow the rhythm, and the already lively atmosphere suddenly became much higher, and the hotel owner even wanted to hire him.
Three days passed quickly.
Sauron was busy memorizing spells during this time, and Gloria seemed to know that he was learning spells, and gave some pointers intentionally or unintentionally. However, this mysterious Northland witch obviously didn't know that Sauron was already a fifth-level wizard, and Sauron didn't want to surprise her too much to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, a fifth-level wizard appeared in just half a month. Even scarier than Vivienne's amazing talent, let's talk about it later.
Sauron successfully memorized a second-level spell [Brute Force].
This spell can temporarily increase his strength by 4 points, combined with the Ogre Bracers, it can pile up his strength to 18 points, which can be regarded as making up for the last shortcoming of his attributes, but unfortunately the maintenance time is only about ten minutes. However, a battle lasted about ten minutes. After the blessing of spells, he would have no problem confronting the ogre head-on. A low-level wizard has very few spell slots, so he can only use them calculatedly. One invisibility spell is used to save his life, and one brute force spell is used for fighting.
The spell slots owned by wizards above the third level began to increase significantly.
On the day they set off, the little halfling actually followed up. He had a very good time in the hotel during this time. He was offered a drink every day. Sauron thought he would stay in Fallen Leaf City.
"I'm a foodie."
Aladdin walked forward in the snow with a sad face, and then he said convincingly: "How can gourmets stay in one place, I have tasted all the delicious things here, so naturally I want to go to the elves to see."
Gloria seemed a little uncomfortable.
High-status witches seldom travel by themselves, let alone in a world of ice and snow. Sauron wanted to help but he couldn't help it. He carried a half-cloth bag like a schoolbag on his back, and inside was little Vivienne. The little girl put her white arms around his neck, leaned her little head on Sauron's shoulder, her thin breathing sounded a little itchy, and she kicked her little feet from time to time, spreading her palms to catch the falling snowflakes , I was very energetic at the beginning, but then I became a little lazy, because there was a vast expanse of white snow everywhere.
After walking for a while, the Northland Witch was finally a little tired.
She bit her lip, looked at the others stubbornly, and then blessed herself with a lightness technique.
After all, the masters are relatively delicate. After the blessing of lightness, Gloria's steps are brisk, and there are only shallow marks on the snow. It seems that the lightness is even lighter than the lightness. The duration of the flying technique is not very long, so it is not suitable for long-distance travel. The cold current and strong wind in the sky are also a problem. It must be combined with protective spells, otherwise the witch's physique will not be able to handle it.
The howling cold wind blew by.
Rows of footprints were left on the snow, and the group gradually entered the forest. The snowstorm quickly wiped away the traces they left behind.
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