"Clatter..." In the fierce cold wind, the sound of falling gravel attracted everyone's attention. The moment Qin Lun turned his head, he happened to see a figure rolling and falling towards the abyss under his feet.
"Help me..." The figure desperately grabbed the rocks around him with both hands, but under the long-term polishing of ice and snow, the rocks on this cliff are not only as hard as iron, but also as smooth as a mirror, making all his struggles look so smooth. pale and weak.
"Bang!" After falling tens of meters, the figure collided with a protruding granite rock on the cliff. The violent impact caused a stream of bloody arrows to spurt out of his mouth, and the cry for help was swallowed back, and soon Disappeared in the blizzard of the abyss.
"Joka... this idiot!" Stark suppressed the grief and indignation in his heart, and slapped the stone wall beside him fiercely, but he didn't dare to shout loudly.
"Apostle Joka No. 54012 is dead, and the fortress team has lost one person!" The reminder message from the apostle's soul seal made everyone feel suffocated. The person who fell just now was a junior apostle of the fortress.
Qin Lun casually glanced at his feet, his face twitching slightly. The place they are currently in is a cliff above a kilometer in the Alamer Mountains, which is completely different from the beautiful scenery at the foot of the mountain next to the steam lake.
The Alamer Mountains are not the tallest and largest mountains in the southern part of Faerun, but they are definitely one of the most dangerous places to die. Unlike those inland mountains, the Alamer Mountains adjacent to the steam lake have almost no geographical and commercial value. They are generally thousands of meters high and lack gentle slopes. Even the cost performance of opening mines is extremely low.
Except for the Santana dwarves who liked to build cities on the mountainside in ancient times, this place is basically a restricted area of life, and even monsters and birds are unwilling to stay here. Most of the mountain peaks are covered with snow all the year round, and the warm ocean monsoon transmitted by the lake of steam has reached an altitude of more than a thousand meters, and instead turned into a violent snowstorm, polishing the east side of the mountain range like a crystal wall.
Due to the inaccessibility of the Alamere Mountains, the team could hardly find a suitable passage, and could only rely on Elisine, who had turned into a giant eagle, to explore the way. Meanwhile, Kelly, who possesses fighting spirit and light wings, and Philip, a second-order mage who can fly for a short time, are taking turns to open the way in front at this time, preventing the team from stepping on the ice cave that is hard on the surface and empty inside.
This is also the main reason why no one rescued the unlucky guy named Joka in the end. The road under the feet of Qin Lun and others is a natural "plank road" about half a foot wide. Not only did everyone need to walk close to the smooth mirror-like cliffs, but also intermittently, some sections needed to be climbed with the help of weapons, and the most dangerous places had to be carried by Elistine or Kelly.
Of course, despite such a bad situation, before Joka, no one actually thought that the agile apostle would fall off the cliff and die.
"Stark, should you let Mrs. Kelly or Philip come back alone!" Robin was silent for a while, and finally turned back to ask Stark.
"No need! The two of them are in a more dangerous situation than us, and at this time, not to mention fighting spirit and magic power, even the spirit is exhausted. The two of them take turns to explore the way, and they can take care of each other. We can't give them any more Add burden."
Stark took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and said in a deep voice, "The guy who fell can only blame himself for being careless. We are professional apostles, not waste that needs a babysitter."
Robin glanced at the big man appreciatively, and no longer suggested that Kelly and the two should turn around. He just pondered for a moment, and then reminded softly: "It's okay with us, but nothing happens to the two elf princes. How about it, you follow Feral , I'll see Mileras."
"Okay!" Stark nodded briefly with an inexplicable gleam in his eyes. Although the treacherous environment of the Alamere Mountains is a bit unexpected, this does not prevent him from admiring Robin.
This beautiful head is indeed very capable, at least she was able to get here because of Robin's plan to hide from the sky. However, this also revealed the importance of Filar's plot identity. Without Qin Lun, even if the fortress team joined this plot mission, they would probably only be obedient and rely on others.
Due to an accident, after the team set off again, the atmosphere seemed a bit dull, but everyone's attention became more and more concentrated. No one wants to die in humiliation by falling off a cliff.
After more than an hour, they finally climbed over the top of the mountain along the "plank road".
"Finally here!" The giant eagle folded its wings in the sky, and Elisteen transformed into a human and landed beside Qin Lun, with an unconcealable exhaustion on his face.
"Feral, Elistin, do you see that piece of green in the distance?" Mileras leaned over, pointing to the giant forest in the distance of the mountains, "That is the Mir Forest in Ilfaron, we are almost there !"
A silver light flashed across Qin Lun's eyes, and he looked into the distance with all his eyesight. The shape of Mill Forest resembles the Arabic numeral "7", with the north facing east-west and the east facing north-south, forming an included angle of 90 degrees. It is less than 20 kilometers away from the western foot of the Alamer Mountains, and it is already faintly visible from the top of this mountain.
"Hehe, we haven't gone down the mountain yet! Although the west side of the mountain is gentler than the east side, once you fall down, it will still be a lump of minced meat." Qin Lun smiled and looked at the steep slope below the mountain.
The western slope of the mountain faces the inland of Calimshan, without the water vapor from the Lake of Steam, the wind and snow are much less. More than 100 meters below the top of the mountain, dark brown rocks are exposed, and even black soil and green vegetation can be seen in some places.
However, as Qin Lun said, it is also not easy to go here. Although there is no ice crystal cliff in the east and the slope has slowed down a lot, there are strange rocks everywhere, and the road down the mountain is still extremely rough.
"At least it won't be like before, making it too late for rescue!" Mileras sighed sadly. He also saw Joka when he fell just now. Although he was not familiar with the members of this mercenary group, the loss of a companion still made the Sun Elf prince a little sad.
"Let's go, Captain Robin is urging him!" Qin Lun patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and walked down the mountain first.
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"It's a mistake. It's not so hard to cross the Alamer Mountains. It seems that we have to spend the night halfway up the mountain!" Looking at the sunset slowly setting in the sky, Robin stroked his hair, and said helplessly.
"That's right. If it's an ordinary person climbing such a mountain, even a rock climber would need several days. We're already fast." Kelly rubbed her little nose, which was a little uncomfortable from the cold wind, and praised her rarely. Everyone said a word.
"Hee hee, the key is that a few plot elves didn't cause us much trouble. The two elf princes are not very coquettish, and the harsh environment that our apostles can't bear, they have survived along the way!" The one in the lost team The female elf carrying the beast king hunting bow said with a light smile.
"Is the elf prince?" Kelly frowned slightly, looking at the three of Mileras with flickering eyes.
"Kelly, what's the matter?" Robin was keenly aware of Kelly's gaze, and asked quietly.
"Nothing!" Kelly withdrew her gaze, shrugged and shook her head, "I always feel that the moon elf prince named Feral is somewhat familiar!"
"You still feel that he is an apostle?" Robin's eyes flashed, and he asked softly, "Do you want to test it again?"
"No, now the two teams are working together. They even shared the 'Road to the Ancients (Pseudo)'. There is no need to tear yourself apart." Kelly said lightly, "Whether that guy is an apostle or not, he will It won’t last long. Even if it’s the apostles, it’s just to let them have a little more dominance in the plot. Don’t worry about him, the distribution of benefits among our apostles will ultimately be determined by strength.”
"Sister Kelly, you are still so domineering!" Robin was taken aback, and nodded with a playful smile.
"Be serious, you are now the leader of the regiment!" Kelly rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Ah..." While Kelly and Robin were communicating, there was a sudden exclamation from the team, and a figure staggered and rolled towards the cliff.
"What idiot again!" Kelly yelled in surprise and anger, and the fighting spirit flashed behind her, rushing out of the team to save people.
The slope to the west of the peak was not so steep, and they were now commanding, and the mountainside was not so thickly covered with snow and ice, so there was no need for her and Philip to rush ahead to explore the way.
However, she was a little far away, and before she could make a move, one person was snatched from the team. The man took off the longbow on his back like a cloud and flowing water, and put on a fine iron long arrow tied with a rope.
"Zheng!" A bright white light lingered in everyone's retinas for a long time, and when everyone came back to their senses, the unlucky guy who almost fell off the cliff had cleverly grabbed the long arrow stuck beside him and was pulled back .
"Filar, thank you!" Mileras nodded gratefully to Qin Lun, and the person who fell was one of the four remaining elf rangers beside him.
"Idiot, thank you Lord Filar." Several of his companions laughed and scolded the unlucky guy with lingering fear, but the elf ranger who fell just now frowned and bent over to fumble on the ground.
"Did something drop?" Qin Lun's heart moved, he took two steps forward and asked with a smile.
"No, Your Highness Feral, I just seemed to..." Hearing Qin Lun's inquiry, the elf ranger finally blushed, his expression was still a little confused, but he finally shook his head, "Forget it, it's nothing!"
"I can't forget it!" A voice suddenly interjected next to the two of them, and said in a very serious tone, "It seems that your fall just now was not an accident, you see..."
Qin Lun turned around and found that the speaker was actually Long Er, a thief from the fortress team. Looking in the direction pointed by Long Er, everyone couldn't help being slightly taken aback. The place was unremarkable, with neither abrupt rocks nor slippery soil.
However, without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Longer took two steps forward, knelt down and moved gently with the palm of his hand carefully. Soon, a tiny rock gap appeared in front of everyone.