The blizzard was still violently hitting the forest, and the elves who had fled all the way came to the entrance of the cave. Since the cave was not too big to accommodate the team of thousands of people, the elves had to let the injured and children in the team enter the cave first. To rest, the already exhausted elf kept pushing his body to walk down. After entering the cave, everyone sat down tiredly and shivered from the cold.
"Alojiel, please go inside and take a rest." Several elves picked up some wood and said to the female elf who was still settling her compatriots in the wind and snow.
The cold wind blew past the female elf's thin windbreaker and was blown up high. The female elf has long hair as dazzling as gold threads, and her dazzling eyes are bluer than the sea. The simple and plain robe sets off the Her snow-white skin looked like a princess that only appeared in fairy tales.
Ailuojier turned around in the wind and snow, shook her head and said to her companions behind her: "Let the injured and the children go inside to avoid the wind and snow first, I will just stay outside."
A tall male elf grabbed Elogel's white wrist and said worriedly: "Go in, you have been working hard for a day exploring the road today, you must take a rest."
"But┉┉Gressel, I can't leave the injured and the children alone┉┉"
The male elf known as Graysel said with a look of regret: "Elrogel, you are not only our leader now, but also the beacon that supports everyone. If you fall here, everyone will lose it. The last hope."
"Go into Airogel, don't hesitate"!
"Yes! Go into the cave and take a rest. Let us handle it here."
Many elves echoed, and as a last resort, Elrogiel was pulled into the cave by her companions. When she stepped into the cave, Elrogiel found that it was still dark inside, with only many elves hugging each other. Keep warm.
Frowning, Airojiel stepped forward and asked loudly: "Why hasn't the fire started yet?"
"It's strange, Elogel, we can't cast fire magic"!
What? After hearing these words, Elogel was stunned for a few steps and walked to the pile of wood. These wood and branches were picked up by the elves from the nearby snow, and they were still covered with cold snow water. Although It is not easy to ignite, but it can still burn as long as you continue to use flame magic. However, no matter how the elf on the side chants the incantation to concentrate the magic power, he can only produce a weak spark between his hands that seems to disappear at any time.
Ailuojier rolled up her windbreaker and squatted down and said, "Let me give it a try."
Although the young Airojiel, who has mastered a high degree of magic, recited each magic incantation slowly and clearly, the result is still the same! There was a subtle change in Elogel's expression. This was just an ordinary cave without any anti-magic barrier. Her spells were even less likely to go wrong, but they just couldn't produce flames.
Could it be! ? Airojiel suddenly reacted. After she stopped what she was doing, Airojiel calmed down and exuded magic waves, sensing the elemental atmosphere nearby!
"how so"
She suddenly said something in surprise, and the elf next to Airogel looked at her uneasily: "What's wrong, Airogel, is there something wrong?"
Elogel stood up and looked around and said in disbelief: "There are very few other elements here, most of them are water elements, and there are even fewer fire elements."
Following Elogel's words, all the elves looked at each other in astonishment. The density of elements will also change depending on the region. The natural fire element in the snowfield area will be much less, but it will never be so less that even fire can be found. Can't light up. This is so abnormal!
"Then what should we do? If we can't light a fire, everyone will freeze to death!" A female elf, whose whole body turned purple with cold, curled up on the ground and said uneasily.
"Although there are very few fire elements around, there are still some. As long as they can be concentrated to draw out the flames and ignite the wood, it will be fine." Elogel recited the incantation and began to focus the nearby fire elements: "Everyone uses magic together to focus the surrounding fire elements together."
As long as the fire can be lit, the burning flames can attract more fire elements from the spiritual world to the living world, and everyone will be saved! After several elf mages concentrated the fire elements, a small flame finally burned, quickly drying out the wood and branches, and then the first bonfire was lit.
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When the elves were happy about lighting the first bonfire, far behind them, Grete, the court mage of the Kingdom of Saxony, was leading a team of more than 40 people in the forest covered by ice and snow.
His student Relis has been in the forest for more than a month. During this period, according to reports from the garrison of Bellica Fortress, Relis never seemed to return for material supplies, although the fortress recovered from time to time the birds that Relis used to form ice elements to deliver. Although there was a message coming back, Gretel was still a little worried about her being an overly persistent student. Fortunately, Relis left many magic marks along the way. Using these marks to guide Grete and her party, they were quickly heading towards the storm area where Relis was.
When approaching the storm area, little bits of snowflakes began to fall in the sky. As a water magician, Gretel felt acutely that the density of elements in the area ahead became unusual.
The water elements in front are much denser than other areas, which is simply too unusual. Grete signaled the marching team to stop temporarily, thought for a moment and said to the two fire mages behind them: "Do you feel it?"
Damir and Adis, who had magic levels of 13 and 14 respectively, frowned and nodded after feeling it for a moment.
"I'm afraid that our best fire magic will be greatly weakened here."
"It's simply unbelievable. This completely violates the laws of the four elements. It's just like ┉┉"
"It's like someone deliberately concentrated a large amount of water elements in one area." Grete smiled faintly and added: "Every magician will arrange a battlefield that is beneficial to him before the war begins. We all know the magic of elemental concentration."
Damir took a few steps forward and said uneasily: "But no magician can cover such a large forest. Even Hillia, the star magician hundreds of years ago, probably can't do it." ".
"It's not 'estimate' that it can't be done, it's 'definitely' that it can't be done"! Grete replied with a positive tone and then ordered the two of them: "Both of you, it's best to store some now while the fire element is still relatively dense. Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid the deeper you go into the forest, the less fire element you will have."
After hearing this, the two nodded and took out the magic devices they carried with them and began to slowly collect the rare fire elements in the air. The team continued to move forward. The further they walked into the forest, the snow became heavier and heavier, just as Gretel had expected. The density of the fire element is rapidly decreasing. After everyone had advanced for several days, the blizzard in the forest was already so heavy that it was hard to believe that it was still summer. It was probably even scarier than the previous cold winter when the snowstorm was heaviest.
The last mark! Even though Gretel was a water mage, she had to put on a heavy woolen coat to withstand the terrible cold. She lightly touched the mark with her wand, and the magic wave was transmitted along with the mark. She looked in front of her. The sky was full of snowflakes. Grete stood in the snow, waiting for her student's response.
Suddenly, the trunk of a big tree in front of Gretel suddenly shook. Pieces of white snow fell to the ground. A unique wooden door appeared in the center of the trunk. As the wooden door slowly opened, a figure wearing a heavy windbreaker appeared. In front of Gretel's eyes.
"Teacher, you are finally here"!
Fortunately, she took off the hat on her windbreaker, and the blue-haired woman with a ponytail happily waved her hand to Grete! Relis Shafir! A genius magician with level 12 magic at the age of only 21, he is the most valued student of the water magician Gretel.
After seeing her students, she looked at the sky again. Grete gave the order to the soldiers in the team to station. After fighting in the wind and snow for a day, everyone hurriedly pulled the long-haired cotton boll sheep close to the big tree, tents and cooking utensils. They were taken out one by one. The tents set up in the wind and snow were easily blown away. However, Gretel also thought of a good solution. After the tent was set up, he directly used frost spell to condense a layer of ice on the tent, so that the tent It is strong and should not be blown away. As long as the soldiers hang their windbreakers around the inside of the tent, they can effectively resist the severe cold outside.
After this magical ice-armored tent was set up, Gretel and the two fire mages were naturally invited into this peculiar tree house by their students. Gretel immediately felt a lot warmer after entering the tree house. This tree is quite tall, and the entire trunk is divided into two floors ingeniously in the middle. The lower part is where Relis studies and stores food, and the upper room is used for sleeping and resting.
The trunk was surrounded by dried butchers and some wild fruits. In the center, a table and several chairs were pieced together with several logs. A magic lamp was placed on it. A small stove was built with stones beside it. The branches and wood were crackling and burning, and the small iron bucket filled with water was steaming on the stove.
"Haha! You are really amazing. You deserve to be the first in the field survival test!" While admiring Reilis's ingenious tree house, Gretel took off her windbreaker covered in snowflakes and placed it by the stove to bake.
"You have given me a compliment, teacher"! Leilith also took off her windbreaker and put it aside.
After Damir and Adis also took off their windbreakers, Relis had already taken some food and poured three glasses of hot water and placed them on the table. After a few sips, the three of them lifted them up until their whole bodies felt warmer and more comfortable. .
Grete picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth and asked, "Lelis, you have been living in the Forest of Mist for almost more than a month."
"41 days to be exact"!
"I've read the information you sent, and even Instructor Faron from the Tower of Sage is incredulous about what happened in the Forest of Mist." While Gretel told her students, she also concealed things she shouldn't have said.
Reilis clapped her hands lightly and smiled happily: "Teacher, are you saying that Mr. Faron, the great mage, has read my research materials?"
"If it weren't for the busy schedule, Teacher Faron would have planned to come in person." Grete nodded with a smile and continued: "Apart from the endless wind and snow in the Mist Forest and the unusual density of elements during this period, have you discovered anything unusual?"
Relis said hurriedly as if she suddenly thought of something: "Yes, teacher, when I was collecting food outside some time ago, I discovered a huge team of elves. It looked like there were at least thousands of people heading deeper into the forest. ".
Grete and the other two mages were naturally aware of this matter. Seeing Relis' worried expression, Grete slowly told her some of the major events that had happened in the mainland recently, including The riot and escape of the elves in the eastern kingdom of Karut.
"No wonder┉┉" Relis sighed sadly and said: "Those elves don't have any winter supplies at all. If the snowstorm doesn't stop, they won't be able to get out of the forest alive. If I had known this was the case, I should have┉┉".
Grete knew that Reilis was usually kind-hearted and disliked the slave traders of the Free City the most. She patted Reilis on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "You can't help them. Now you can only pray for them."
When Grete asked Reilis something in the tree house, the camp outside the house was already very busy. The soldiers had set up the tent and started to light a fire for cooking. Considering that the wood in the snow-covered forest was basically destroyed, It is difficult to ignite when wet. The entire team had prepared fire rock ore and coal before setting off. They used a small amount of ore to light the coal and then put in the wet wood. Soon the bonfires in the camp were rising one after another. Put some snow water in the iron pot and wait until it boils. Then the food is thrown in bit by bit.
"Lead all the wooly cotton sheep to the tree on the right side of the camp. Don't forget to have dinner in an hour!" A big man with a beard patted his companion and shouted loudly. When the snow was falling, he could only be heard by shouting hard into his ears.
The soldier, who wrapped himself tightly in a windbreaker and led the long-haired cotton boll sheep, turned back to the big man and gestured with an OK gesture to indicate that he had heard. The big man nodded in confirmation and walked away.
After humming a tune and leading the long-haired cotton boll sheep to the tree and tying them up, Princess Luo Jie'an, disguised as a soldier, took off her hat and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no one around. Looking excitedly at the flying snow and the towering trees, Princess Luo Jie'an clenched her fists happily!
"What a beautiful scenery! I didn't expect that I was already deep in the Mist Forest"! \