"There are too many uncertainties in it, and this time, I mainly do it for personal reasons." Allen shook his head: "This is my business, I don't want to take you to take risks together."
Lucy said: "But everybody's going to be upset if you try to trick us back like that. After all, we're friends, aren't we?"
Hearing what she said, Allen had no choice but to nod and said: "Let's go out first, find a place to rest and talk about it in detail."
This time the girl had no objections.
It was not difficult to get out. Alan threw Qianjun to Broy, and took the devil's praise to dig a climbing hole in the mountain wall for use, and then climbed all the way up. Finally, use a dagger to fix the position, hang down the speed dragon cable, let the three get up one after another, and exit along the original passage.
The storm was raging outside, and with the fall of night, the world was pitch black, and the outline of anything could not be seen at all. Alan and the others walked close to a fjord, braving the wind and snow, and finally found a cave with a leeward side. Bloy found a few big rocks nearby to block the entrance of the cave, while Allen lit a fire with a marching stove in the cave, and the four of them formed a circle to keep warm and rest by the fire.
After eating some compressed food, Allen told the truth one by one what he heard in the ice cave. Bloy didn't say a word, but Willick said in a deep voice: "Boss, what you're doing is going too far. If we said that we didn't know each other before, then we have gone through so much, and we have gone through life and death many times. I thought we were brothers already."
"I just treat you as brothers, so I don't want you to take risks with me. This time, I don't even know where the holy site is. It's just mentioned in the teacher's notes. That place may belong to the sword demon." The origin of civilization. In addition to some of my own personal affairs, speaking of this, I have to tell you another thing casually." Allen took out the devil's praise, and with a thought, the dagger turned into a dagger, showing the first stage of awakening posture .
"Major Luda asked me to hand over the source device before, and this is what he said. It is called the devil's praise, and now it is its awakening posture, the blood hymn. Its ability is to activate the blood in the opponent's body and use it to form blood from within. The blade tore open the internal organs and muscles. And this is only its first-stage posture. I guess, it has a higher-stage posture. In other words, it can continuously break through and evolve like a living thing." Allen said: " The important thing is that when we were at the sword demon station in the Alex Plains that day. I used it to kill the commander of the opponent, and there was a sword demon next to him who once called out the name of the blade of disaster. I think that sword demon should be I have seen related records about the devil's praise."
"Because when I was testing the fire rifle, I got a piece of stone from a sword demon tribe. It seems that sometimes, there are some patterns drawn on it, which seem to be related to the devil's praise."
Willick's eyes widened: "You mean, this dagger should have appeared on Pluto a long time ago? God, how did you get it?"
"My father gave it to my mother, and my mother gave it to me. There are too many things involved in it, and the more I understand, the more I feel that there must be some kind of huge secret hidden behind all of this. Now you also see I realized that this secret does not only exist on the earth, it even spans the star field, and some clues have appeared on the star field of the underworld." Allen sighed: "The greater the secret, the greater the danger. This is what I don't want you to The main reason for following, in the final analysis, this is only my business. And we also need someone to bring the information back to Leihuo base, and Colonel Gao Lei must not let Colonel Gao Lei think that I disappeared out of thin air. "
"Let Miss Lucy take the information back, and the two of us will accompany you." Bloy said suddenly.
Lucy raised her head and said, "No, let Willick deliver the letter. I will follow. If the holy site is really the origin of the sword demon's civilization, that kind of place should probably be some kind of ancient civilization relic. My course happens to have ancient civilization. Take a subject, unless you two think you're better at it than I am."
"You're almost an encyclopedia." Allen looked at her in surprise.
Lucy said with pride: "It's nothing. We are far more advanced than you humans in terms of knowledge inheritance methods. Or do you think that our Idahua star can fight against the entire Jotun star field. The interstellar defense of your federation, It's less than one-tenth of ours!"
"Okay, Miss Archaeologist..." Allen looked at Willick.
Willick jumped up and yelled: "Don't look at me, I won't do it. How can such a wonderful thing be done without me, I can have the opportunity to explore the origin of the sword demon, and maybe I can get some valuable treasures, If you kill me, I won't do the boring job of delivering a letter."
"It seems that I can only deliver the letter, and the three of you are going to take risks." Allen said unhappily.
Lucy stood up suddenly, snapped her fingers and said, "Yes, I remember that there is still a reconnaissance team not far from Howling Gorge. We can entrust them to pass the information to the base, so it will be resolved .”
"Just do it." Willick hit it off.
Bloy also patted his legs and said, "Tomorrow I'll hunt some dangerous heads to make dry food. It seems that the place we're going to can't be reached in a day or two. Supplies will be a problem."
Allen shook his head and looked at them, a little helpless, but was moved by the sincere emotions of several people. It is decided that everyone's life is the priority in everything, and if there is danger, give up this adventure immediately, even if the answer is at hand!
The next day the blizzard stopped, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of silver frost. Allen and the others hit another team near Howling Gorge, and asked them to pass the news back. Allen concealed the matter of the devil's praise, and only said that it was related to the holy miracle, and that it was possible to solve the alien race of the Blade Demon once and for all. The matter was so important that the other Leihuo officers did not dare to stop them, so they had to agree.
When Allen returned to Howling Gorge, Lucy was waiting for him at the meeting point. But Willick and Broy were not there. It turned out that they discovered that the sword demon robbers had started to move. Willick and the two caught up and kept a close eye on them, and asked Lucy to wait for Allen to come back before catching up.
Since Willick had already set off for a while, Alan and Lucy stopped staying and followed the marks left by the two of them. Out of Howling Gorge, go north along the foot of the Dongdu Mountain Range. The temperature gradually dropped, and at night, the four met in a cave on the north side of the mountain range. Willick and the two had already set up a fire, and Bloy had killed a dangerous wolf-type species. He had already peeled the beast and removed its bones, then sliced it into pieces and threw it on a tree branch to roast on the fire. Allen and the two arrived just in time for dinner, and Broy carefully washed the wolf fur with snow water to remove the dirt, dried it with fire, and gave it to Lucy, so that he could wear it on his body to keep out the cold.
"How's the situation?" Allen sat on the fire, blowing the wind all afternoon, and the muscles on his face were a little numb. He grilled and took a skewer from Bloy.
Willick had already eaten, belched and said, "It went well, they didn't know they were being watched by us. Now they are resting in a cave half a kilometer away from us, and I will watch them later."
Bloy said, "I'll replace you in the middle of the night."
So the two set a time.
"Crossing the Winter Dusk Mountains, and continuing north is the Ice Demon Valley. From the Ice Demon Valley, you will pass through the Abyss of the Stars, where there is an abandoned Sword Demon Outpost. After that, it is a barren land." Allen said : "I have seen some map data in the base, but there is no detailed information on the barren land in the Leihuo base. I only know that there is an endless snowfield and few people. Even the sword demon, I am afraid that no tribe will live in that kind of severe cold. The land took root, so even the outposts were removed."
"It seems that those sword demon robbers are planning to attack in the barren land. I'm curious how they got the route of the sacrificial team." Willick picked his teeth with a sharpened twig.
Allen ate some meat skewers, his body temperature rose, and his hands and feet were no longer as numb as before. Wen Yan said: "The sword demon has never been a united race, and the beheading order can only affect it for a while. Ten tribes defeated the stick on the Alex Plains, which had a huge impact on their reputation. Other tribes began not to sell them. It’s not surprising that those robbers dared to fight ten, especially the attention of the sacrificial team. But in my opinion, things are definitely not that simple. These guys may have insiders in the sacrificial team, or even be sent by A certain big shot from the ten films is hosting, otherwise the news would not be leaked so easily."
"Another point is that the distance from Coldcrown Glacier to the barren land is limited. And they have already drawn up various countermeasures after the robbery. This shows that they entered Howling Gorge before winter was not unintentional, but intentional. If there are really ten reasons behind this If other big figures of the sword demon in the ministry are presiding, then this is a premeditated action against the king of the sword demon." Lucy analyzed.
This is not impossible, after all, once the sacrificial team makes a mistake, the prestige of the Sword Demon King will naturally be affected. If there is a disadvantageous situation in fighting the federal army, it is not difficult to imagine that someone will take the opportunity to blame. Therefore, this series of events may involve a power struggle.
"In any case, our goal is the holy relic. If the situation permits, we will have a glimpse of its secrets. As for the internal struggle of the sword demon, we don't care about it." Allen said.
When Bloy came back in the morning, it turned out that the sword demon bandits started to act. Alan and the others also packed their bags and hung them far behind their buttocks. If there is no accident, they will be able to reach the Ice Demon Valley this evening. Pass the Abyss of Death Star early tomorrow morning, and that's where the barren land is. The infighting between the sword demon and the leak of the route of the sacrificial team gave Allen a chance to approach the holy site. If you miss this time, you will have to wait another ten years. Naturally, Allen will not stay on Pluto for so long. So he still has some expectations for this operation. Today, the team began to advance into the Winter Dusk Mountains. Allen's three men took turns watching from time to time to confirm the path forward of the sword demons.
At noon, when they passed a mountain depression, Willick and the two had already got into it first. But Alan stopped, and Alan was frowning and looking up. The mountain walls on both sides soar up, and gradually close together at the top, forming the shape of a line of sky.
"What's the matter?" Lucy also felt that there was something wrong with him, so she asked.
Allen said: "Look at this place. If we go halfway, the knife demon cuts off the way from the front and back, and then throws gravel from above. The space here is limited, and we will be seriously injured even if we don't die."
"you mean?"
"They noticed us." Allen said with a wry smile.
(end of this chapter)