The three of them set out on the road and continued walking along Dayuan Lake to the north of the forest.
The forest in front of them seemed vast and endless. The three of them walked along the lakeside, and finally reached the north bank of Dayuan Lake after two days of hard trekking.
Du Wei took out the map of the Bingfeng Forest presented by the leader of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, Beinrich, and looked at it. On this map, the south bank of Dayuan Lake is described in detail, where it is relatively safe and where there are more monsters.
On the north shore of Dayuan Lake, the markings are relatively simple: the large blanks on the map simply read the word "forest", and the only direction of progress in it is also based on the research of Captain Beinrich. It was written based on the information left by many previous adventurers.
"Okay, if we continue to go north, I think it's best to follow this road on the map." Du Wei unfolded the map and showed the two of them: "Look, this is probably the only road that has been walked by people in two hundred years." The place, follow here... This direction, just go up to the left at our current location... Keep going north, we will pass through a safe area. The map says that there are fewer monsters in this place, but after walking for two days, we will arrive at a The canyon, oh, this canyon doesn’t have a name, but it clearly states that the place is dangerous, and there will be high-level monsters infesting it. If you go further north... it’s completely unknown.”
Dardanelle looked at the map seriously, but Hussein looked indifferent.
"Let's decide. My companions, how do we go?" Du Wei said with a smile: "Should we follow the map and follow the canyon? Or just go northward aimlessly? Where do we go?" where?"
When he said this, Du Wei was probably looking at Hussein. He felt that the old magician's trip to the Bingfeng Forest must have a purpose, and the holy knight who betrayed the temple should know the destination of the trip. They didn't talk about it before, but when they got here, they should talk about it.
But Du Wei was disappointed, and Hussein looked indifferent. Indifferently said: "Whatever, as long as you go straight north, as for which way to go, you can decide."
"Let's go to the canyon." Dardanelle pondered for a while, and put forward his own suggestion: "No one has ever been to other places, who knows what's in those places. Only this canyon has been walked by people before, although There is not much information left, but at least we can be prepared."
"Okay. Then it's decided." Du Wei put away the map. He smiled and said, "Let's head towards the canyon!"
He seemed indifferent, after all, he was accompanied by the number one knight in the mainland, and a top super magician followed him at any time, even if he encountered any danger. It shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Heading north across Great Round Lake, the weather was unbearably cold. It can be said. If it was Du Wei's previous physique, he would have froze to death on the road. But now, he practiced the new routine that Hussain had taught him several times a day, enough to keep out the cold.
And Hussein, relying on his fighting spirit, is not afraid of the cold.
On the contrary, Dardanelle, although he is a strong warrior, but after all, his strength is only a warrior of the third level, seems to be gradually unable to support.
The north shore of Great Round Lake went into the forest. The weather here is very strange, there is no wind in the woods. There was silence all around, but the snow under my feet was so thick that it made my heart tingle!
Sometimes, if you accidentally step into a snow nest, the thick snow can almost bury a person's waist!
Moreover, the snow here is not only very thick, but also very hard! During the past two days when everyone camped, when they dug up the snow on the ground to set up tents, the land could hardly be seen under the snow! Several times they dug up the snow, but there was a hard layer of ice underneath!
"Damn... I suspect that there is no soil on the ground here! It's all ice! How do these trees grow on this ice? Can these trees grow in the ice?" Dardanelle sighed.
Du Wei frowned, and he whispered: "By the way, do you feel... Ever since I left the lakeside and walked into this forest, I always have a strange illusion... It's very quiet here, with almost no sound, but I seem to feel It's like we're being stared at by something all the time... Do you feel that way?"
Dardanelle shook his head, he said no. Hussein seemed to smile, and then the knight glanced at Du Wei: "Oh? Did you feel it too?"
Du Wei relied on his strong mental power and keen senses, while the knight relied on his transcendent strength. Only Dardanelle, who is relatively low in strength, is only an intermediate warrior and does not have such a strong sensory ability.
"Are we being targeted by some monster?" Du Wei frowned.
"Maybe not one, but a group." Hussein said lightly: "Whatever it is! They'd better not show up. If they do, we'll just have some extra dinner."
Du Wei had no doubts about Hussein's words.
In fact, along the way, along the Dayuan Lake, the three of them were attacked by monsters more than once.
In this icy and snowy place where food is scarce, the level of monsters is also very high. Some bloodthirsty monsters will even attack them recklessly for a little prey—even at night, Du Wei sprinkled dragon feces around the tent, It's gradually becoming less effective.
The monsters here seem to have relatively high intelligence, and the dung of the giant dragon can't scare them away. Although they dare not attack directly, they will launch some temptations.
One night, in the middle of the night, three earth dragons emerged from the ground under the tent to attack them. This kind of earth dragon is not a real dragon, but a small animal that looks like the pangolin that Du Wei had seen in his previous life, but this kind of thing can make people very headache!
They can freely dig holes under the frozen soil and ice layers that are harder than iron under the snow here. And the speed is still very fast! These guys are covered with a layer of hard scales... How hard is it, you can ask Dardanelle. Because in a night attack, Dardaniel, a third-level warrior, took a scimitar and slashed on the back of an earth dragon with all his strength. As a result, the earth dragon just shook its body, and Dardaniel The scimitar in Er's hand has been broken in two!
These earth dragons have extremely powerful defense capabilities, and their claws and teeth. But even more terrifying! Can easily bite off hard metal! You know, they rely on their sharp claws and teeth to make holes under the frozen soil and ice!
This kind of small thing is not big, but its speed is amazing, almost inferior to a knife or a gun, but if you are caught by them, or take a small bite, it can kill you!
If it weren't for the fact that there was a strong man like Hussein in the team, Du Wei had no doubt that he and Dardanelle would have been finished.
That evening. Dardanelle slashed at the body of an earth dragon. When his own knife was broken, the earth dragon just swayed and pounced on Dardanier's body. The claws that could dig through the frozen ground had already rested on Dardanier's shoulder. It easily pierced his leather armor, and even pierced the bones of his shoulders!
Just then. Hussein, the number one knight on the mainland made a move. He swung an old long sword with a faint golden arrogance. This kind of pale golden vindictiveness was extremely dazzling in the night. In such a brilliance, three extremely hard earth dragons , Twice, decapitated at the same time! The three earth dragons were broken into six pieces. The one on Dardanelle's body was still lying on his shoulder, but its head had already rolled into the snow.
this evening. The three enjoyed a meal of barbecue ground dragon.
After the hard scales on the outside of the earth dragon were broken, the meat of these little creatures was also very tough and could not be bitten at all... But their internal organs were very delicious.
Hussein even peeled off the scales of the three earth dragons, put them in a heavy bag, and gave them to Du Wei: "Use these things to make armor. They are very light, but harder than metal. Should be good material."
This knight even pulled out the tendons of three earth dragons, the tendons were extremely tough, and he used this thing to exchange the bow for Dardanelle's bow. The bow made of earth dragon's tendons is several times better than ordinary iron tire bows!
Dardanelle has no hatred for Hussein anymore, although Hussein almost killed him, but now this knight not only saved his life, but also bought himself a good bow... In any case, after all, it is I owe this knight myself.
Hussein still looked indifferent and didn't talk much. When he was free, he folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest.
Dardanelle was embarrassed to talk to Hussein, but Du Wei didn't care. He was full of questions and could only get the answer from the knight.
"Hey." Du Wei walked to Hussein and sat down: "How is the wound? I still have some ice berries here."
Hussein looked up at Du Wei: "Thank you, but no need. If you eat too much of that kind of thing, you will become addicted. Besides, I ate ice berries that day, and I already said something that shouldn't be said. Now I can I can support it, I don’t need these things anymore.”
Du Wei smiled, and then said in a low voice: "I noticed that your vindictiveness...is golden. I have heard that only the vindictiveness of a paladin is golden. You were previously regarded as the closest to a paladin in a century. The strong man, now look at the color of your fighting spirit... you are already a paladin now, right?"
Hussein raised his eyebrows, with a half-smile: "Paladin... If I were already a paladin, I wouldn't have so many injuries on my body."
"Aren't you a paladin?" Du Wei was a little surprised: he killed two ninth-level knights of the same level as himself, and also killed a top magician (judge) in the temple. I know what level of magician the presiding judge is, but I think there must be at least level eight or above. In addition, there is an eighth-level holy knight, plus several intermediate knights...
Hussein has such terrifying strength, hasn't he reached the realm of a paladin
"I'm still at level nine." Hussain sighed, "I feel that I'm almost at the critical point of breakthrough, but I'm still a small step away... This step is clearly in front of me, but I don't know what to do." Don't know how to get over it. Maybe today, maybe I won't get past this in my life, only God knows."
Du Wei took a deep breath: "So... what is a paladin like?"
"I don't know." Hussein shook his head, and his eyes were also a little confused: "But what I know is that there is an insurmountable gap between the holy rank and the ordinary rank. Ordinary knights, whether they are eighth rank or ninth rank , although the strength varies greatly, it is not impossible to win the challenge of leapfrogging. For example, a ninth-level knight is stronger than an eighth-level knight, but if you can gather a few eighth-level knights together, you can defeat a ninth-level knight But the holy rank... that is a realm I don't know... According to ancient legends, only the holy rank cannot be challenged. When your opponent is a lower-level knight than you, even if you gather a lot of ninth-level knights, you will never be able to defeat a paladin! There is only one level difference between the ninth-level and the holy knight, but this level But it represents a huge gap that cannot be bridged!"
"..." Du Wei didn't speak, he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Sometimes, I feel that I am already very strong." Hussein said with a wry smile: "In the decisive battle with Knight Commander Luke and Knight Commander Kaili, although I am stronger than them, I can deal with it at most. The joint attack of the two of them has reached my limit. But if I were a paladin..." Hussein shook his head, closed his mouth, and did not continue.
Seeing that Hussein stopped talking, Du Wei knew that this guy didn't want to continue the conversation, so he could only sigh, shook his head, and went to the side to help Dardanelle light the fire.
The next afternoon, the trio finally approached the last marked place on the map: the canyon.
In fact, the terrain of this place is very simple. There are two hillsides in front of you. Yellow rocks are exposed on the steep hillsides. The rocks are covered with ice and snow. That "canyon".
The three of them walked to the entrance of the canyon, but they were all stunned.
Because at the entrance of this canyon, on both sides, as if on purpose, there are two stone sculptures standing!
The one on the left is a human knight, about the size of an ordinary person. This stone carving is extremely exquisite, and the carving skills can be called master level! The long sword in the knight's hand was still waving, the expression on his face was angry, his eyes wide open, his expression was lifelike, almost extremely realistic! The armor on his body was a little broken, but even every broken gap was carved extremely finely!
Gently wipe off a layer of floating snow on it, and even the patterns on the exposed knight's armor are so delicate and clear! !
Du Wei looked at this too realistic stone statue, and suddenly his expression changed!
"This... doesn't seem to be a stone carving! It's not carved! It's a real person, petrified!"
Soon, Du Wei and Dardanelle glanced at each other, and they both uttered a sentence from their mouths at the same time!
"Golden-eyed python!"
Hussein's face was gloomy. He suddenly pulled out his long sword, frowned and said in a low voice: "Hey! I have that nasty feeling again! Something is watching us from the dark!... It seems... right here! "