The sky in the north is gloomy, the clouds are stirring faintly, and the snow is getting more and more flakes in the wind, everything shows that a snowstorm is coming.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Allen and his party arrived at Howling Gorge. Not long after going deep into the canyon, they found the traces of the sword demon. It is hard to imagine what their purpose is for their activities in the wild at the end of winter, but no matter what it is, it will not be a good thing for humans. Allen found some traces one after another, and tracked them outside an ice cave. These holes eroded by wind and snow will be covered with thick frost and snow in winter, and there are traps everywhere. Some places that seem to be flat, maybe there is a gap leading to nowhere at the bottom of the foot, but it is covered by frost, snow and thin ice.
However, due to the planetary environment of Pluto, in a glacier zone like this, if it goes 100 meters underground, the temperature will be warmer than the ground. So when winter comes, the sword demons outside will often hide under the crypt, and survive the winter with the warmth from the center of the earth.
The devil's lair in the mountain can only go down, not up.
Allen made a cautious gesture and got into the ice cave first. The next three people entered one after another, not long after they entered. The wind in Howling Gap intensified, and large clusters of snow and fist-sized hailstones began to sweep the place. The snowballs were nothing more than that, but the hailstones were like bombs, hitting the entire Hancrown Glacier with a non-stop rumbling sound.
After the blizzard, I don't know how many mountains will be battered and riddled with holes. Hail is the culprit of many ice caves on this glacier. After they smashed through the mountain, the cold wind continued to erode it. Over time, the mountain took on this appearance.
Allen and the others crawled along a crypt passage that slanted downward. They dared not turn on the lights, for fear that the lights would attract the attention of the sword demon under the reflection of the ice and snow. Only the fluorescent stick was lit, and a corner was inserted in the chest pocket, illuminating a square inch of land.
This passage is covered with ice and snow, people are in it, and it is very cold. And the ground is smooth, it will slip and fall if you are not careful. In particular, the angle of the passage stretched downwards, making it even more cautious for several people to climb up.
Suddenly there was a strange howl behind him, and Broy thought that the sword demon appeared. In the aisle, he suddenly turned his head, and the soles of his feet slipped, and the whole person slammed forward uncontrollably. Immediately, people bumped into people, and several people quickly slid down. Fortunately, several people were of excellent quality and did not scream in shock. Especially Lucy, her face was pale, but she insisted on not shouting, which was very rare.
Allen was at the front, desperately trying to stop the slide. But the slope is too steep, and there is nothing to climb. Now that the passage was in sight, Allen thought he was going to hit the mountain wall. However, looking through the fluorescent light in front of him, there was a void in front of him. With a muffled snort, Qian Jun slammed into the ground. The frost-covered ground was inserted into the ground like cheese, and Allen just clenched the handle of the knife with both hands, and the whole person was thrown out of the void by inertia.
"Catch!" Allen yelled softly, and a figure flew over his head. He reached out with one free hand and took Bloy's arm.
Bloy grabbed Willick's foot with a big hand. In the end, Willick grabbed Lucy's hands up and down, and the four of them hung on the mountain wall at the end of the passage like this.
Because Willick was hanging upside down, the fluorescent stick on his chest fell off. I saw a group of fluorescent light falling, first hitting a raised rock, and frost and snow could still be seen spreading. Rolling down again, the frost and snow gradually decreased, revealing the bare rock of the mountain. Finally, with a plop, it sank into an underground pool. According to the fluorescent light, it seems that the water in the pool is very deep, and it should be some underground river vein. due to the temperature of the earth's core
So high that these rivers never freeze in winter.
"Throw me over there." Lucy looked towards the raised rock.
Allen nodded, he adjusted the angle, and led everyone to swing towards the rocks. After going back and forth a few times, Willick let go, and Lucy slanted lightly, stepping on the stone. It's just that the rocks are slippery, and she slipped when she stepped on them. Fortunately, the center of gravity was lowered in time, and the whole person was almost lying on top of it, so it didn't fall.
After Lucy fell, Willick used his fiery glove to pop out the blue flames, melted away the nearby ice and snow, and then inserted his five fingers into the crevices of the rocks, so Broy didn't need to carry him again. In this way, Bloy was able to free his hands to untie the big ax behind him. Use the edge of the ax to stick into the mountain wall to fix your body. Allen immediately retracted his arm and pulled out a section of downhill rope from his backpack. Tie it firmly to Qianjun's handle first, then pull the rope and swing down to the side of the stone where Lucy is.
He beckoned, and Lucy jumped on top of him. The two embraced tightly, Allen put the rope with one hand, and the two fell to the ground safely. After Willick and Bloy above reached the ground with the downhill cable, Allen shook the long cable hard, and Qianjun immediately broke out of the rock, raised a pile of frosty sand, and crashed into the ground not far away. In the ground pool. Qian Jun buzzed, and fell down with the sound of wind and thunder.
Allen stretched out his hand to fish, and then swiped sideways to remove the huge force brought by Qianjun's fall, and raised a gust of knife wind out of thin air, buzzing and ringing endlessly in the belly of the mountain.
There were footsteps coming from deep in the mountainside.
Allen frowned and made a covert gesture. He and Lucy hid behind a few stalagmites, while Bloy and Willick spread out and found a few reclining rocks as cover. Just after hiding, the flames appeared, and two sword demons appeared 20 meters away holding torches. Behind them is a deep passage, which seems to lead to another place.
The sword demon illuminated it with a torch, and seeing nothing unusual, he turned and returned.
After they left, the four of them came out of their hiding place. Allen said: "You are waiting for me here."
He wanted to do the reconnaissance by himself. In this kind of place, having too many people is not necessarily a good thing, and there were no objections from them. Allen took off his rucksack, took off his camouflage uniform, and left with only Qianjun. He got into the passage where the sword demon left before. This passage was only six or seven meters away, and there was a faint fire at the exit. Allen carefully poked forward, and when he got out of the passage, there was a slope, and the fire was flickering down the slope, and a few demons were lighting a bonfire on the ground.
There is still a passage behind the demon, but it is not known where it leads. Alan asked himself that he didn't have the ability to kill these demons at the same time without making a sound, so he gave up his plan to kill down the ramp. He looked around and saw several dark gaps in the mountain wall above, which seemed to lead to the depths.
Allen silently touched a gap, and rushed inside. At the beginning, the sight was dim, and gradually it brightened up, as if there was a fire shining in from the outside. Obviously, the mountain wall here is very thin. And began to hear the sound, Allen determined the direction according to the sound, and crawled towards the direction of the sound. After crawling for a few minutes, it stopped, and the sword demon's voice sounded from outside.
He cut a small hole on the mountain wall with a thousand balances, looked out, and saw the fire rising from below. Below is a clearing where some sword demons sit around the fire. There are not many of them, and the strange thing is that all of these sword demons seem to have a lot of energy. The source of light on their bodies is stronger than the warriors of ordinary tribes, and the weakest among them is probably at the tenth level.
Among the sword demons,
The devil sitting on a stone pier is the tallest. Judging from the brightness of the source of light on his body, this sword demon is at least seventeen or eighteen levels. Throwing this level into a small tribe is enough for the role of a chief.
Looking at the situation, the sword demons here don't look like a tribe. After all, their number is too small, less than thirty people can't even be considered a small tribe. And there is no clear division of labor, all men, not even horned wolves. The sword demon seemed to be talking, but since the distance between the two sides was more than ten meters, their voices were not loud. Although Allen understands the language of the sword demon, it is difficult to hear what they are saying.
Suddenly a skinny sword demon stood up and shouted at the sword demon who looked like the leader: "Bazba, that's a sacrificial team of ten departments, we can't afford to mess with them."
"Coward." The leader of the sword demon roared with his chest heaving: "Don't you look at the Ten Divisions on the Alex Plains, the human army is retreating steadily. They are no longer the Ten Divisions before, let alone the Ten Divisions and pay attention. If you put all your energy on the plain, how could you notice the sacrificial team in the barren land?"
"But if we rob the sacrificial team, what should we do if the ten departments issue an order to behead us?" Another sword demon asked in a deep voice.
The leader laughed loudly: "With the sacrificial team, we can form a tribe ourselves. Then hide here first. The terrain of Hanguan Glacier is complicated, and it is also near the human base. Unless the Ten Department wants to pull the front line to Come here, otherwise it will be very difficult to move us. Hide for a while, and when they have no time to pay attention, when we lay down that human base and swallow a few small tribes, will the Ten Division know that we did it?"
"At that time, you will be the priests of the general, and I will be the chief. Who would have thought that we would rob their priest team."
The leader's loud laughter sounded from below, and Allen stepped back, thinking that there was actually a bandit composed of sword demons below. And it seems that it is ready to play ten attention. However, the sacrificial team that Bazba talked about made Allen very concerned. If he guessed correctly, it should be ten sacrificial teams sent to the holy site. Let's not talk about whether this group of daring sword demon robbers can snatch the sacrificial team, but if Alan follows them, he can find the sacrificial team, and he may also find the holy site of the sword demon.
According to Windsor Bello's speculation, the holy site may be the origin of the sword demon. As for Allen, there is more likely to be a record of the devil's praise there. Whether private or public, Allen felt the need to take a risk.
He retreated to the hiding place where everyone had been before, and when Alan came back, Lucy and the others came out of the hiding place. Allen called them aside and said, "Now the wind and snow are interfering with the signal, we can't contact the base. We can only go back and report the information here, but someone has to watch here. So, the three of you go back first, I will stay here."
Going to the holy site, he didn't know what kind of danger he would encounter. Alan didn't want to pull the three of them in, so he thought of an excuse to distract them. Willick and Bloy didn't think much about it, but Lucy was more thoughtful. She pulled Allen to another corner and whispered: "Tell me, what are you going to do? Your expression is not as simple as staying where you are."
Allen smiled wryly, raised his hand and said, "Well, actually, the guys there are a group of robbers, and they are planning to do a business. I want to go with them, because the target they are going to rob is people from the ten departments. "
"Then why don't you take us with you?"
(end of this chapter)