It was still early in the morning, and large groups of snowflakes mixed with the fierce cold wind kept blowing across the peaks of Tulash Mountain. The cold wind is fierce and makes a sharp whistling sound, eroding the mountain range all the time. Perhaps in another hundred years, the altitude of Tulash Mountain will be greatly reduced, so there will be nothing to protect the natural tundra to the west of it.
Nature is cruel and does not depend on the will of any creature. It only follows the invisible rules, and runs according to the set program like a super intelligent brain.
However, even if the Tulash Mountain is flattened due to the erosion of cold wind and snow, which reduces the altitude and exposes the tundra to the west to the cold wind. But at the same time, in the face of the threat of cold wind, the substances and microorganisms on the tundra will also adjust or evolve a suitable survival mode for different environments. This is the greatness of nature. As long as life continues, it will always find the best mode of survival.
Between one of the peaks of Tulash Mountain, a natural mountain road twists and turns, which is the only way to cross Tulash Mountain. And when this traffic artery passes the highest point of the mountain, a damaged fortress can be seen.
The fortress is built with reinforced earth and stone structures. It is so magnificent that it almost occupies the entire mountain, like a giant beast crouching between the mountain roads. From a high altitude, you can see the towering forts scattered on the commanding heights of the fortress. Inside the fortress that has not yet been capped, various functional buildings such as military training squares, dormitories, equipment warehouses, and material warehouses have been built, but now they are left to the wind. Snow whizzed past it, and I don't know how many years it has been abandoned.
This is Storm Fortress, even if it is not completed in time, it is occupied by Malrog the Icewing. But judging from the scale of the half-built fortress, it is not difficult to imagine that it will be a majestic military building when it is completed. In fact, in Green City's plan, Storm Fortress was designed as a self-sufficient small city. In addition to the functional facilities that have already been built inside the fortress, there should also be recyclable units such as water purification machine rooms and wind power generators inside the fortress.
Now there is a huge gap in the training ground inside the fortress. Looking down from the gap, it is a space like a black hole. That is where Malrog, a powerful mutant beast of the abyss, lives conveniently. If someone goes into its lair, they will find that part of the space in the fortress has been transformed by the ice wings into an environment suitable for them to sleep in.
There is a country of ice, and the ice crystal columns formed by zero-degree frost form an intricate maze. And Malrog the Ice Wing lives in the depths of the labyrinth. The complicated environment there and the frost-covered arena all the time make the crusade against Malrog an almost impossible task.
Malrog is still very young, less than ten years since he evolved wisdom and successfully advanced to an abyss-level mutant beast. Therefore, it did not usher in its own breeding season like Angie Gullit, so this monster that lived in the depths of the Storm Fortress was very stingy. After delineating the scope of its own territory, it does not allow other beings to live in its own territory.
Of course, for the few lives that passed by, as long as they stayed for a short time, Malrog didn't bother to wake up from his deep sleep to expel or kill these lives. Unless it happened to be during the active period of Ice Wing, then Malrog didn't mind cleaning up those guys staying at his door.
And now, there is still one month before Ice Wing wakes up.
So in this early morning, Betsy, who was still wearing a long trench coat, was able to stand unharmed on the edge of the gap between the fort training grounds and look down. Pedelphine stood beside him, looking into the dark abyss below the square, even the Bloody Queen couldn't help shivering: "Then it must be a monster's lair down here, it's just like this It's also chilling to look down on. I said, this place is too weird."
"Who knows what's inside, why don't you go down and take a look?" Betsy was pushing her colleagues, but her eyes fell on the same bloody and majestic figure not far away.
Red Grand Duke Merlin!
After the failure of the Mobystone Fair and the killing of the magician Bane, the red prince of Georgia found Betsy and the others again. Merlin claimed to know Zero Xingxing's course of action and was willing to provide help, so under its leadership, everyone arrived at the abandoned fortress before yesterday evening.
Leaving the square, Betsy came to the fort platform where the Red Duke was. Merlin stood on the fort like a statue, his gaze pierced through the wind and snow in a corner of the road, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Betsy coughed dryly and said, "I'm taking the liberty to blame, but for the sake of safety. I would like to ask you, the respected Grand Duke, why you are so sure that our target will pass through this fortress. You must know that if they take another route and miss them, we More time to waste. Right now, we don't seem to have much time to waste."
Merlin replied in a deep voice: "Because I know Ademili, she is a person who does not want to take risks, so she will definitely take the route of Storm Fortress. You can rest assured about this, if you still have doubts If so, I am willing to use the head as a guarantee!"
You are at best a fish head. Betsy thought inwardly, but said: "Since Your Excellency said so, I naturally have nothing to doubt. But the Grand Duke has done so much for us, but I don't know what kind of reward you need?"
Merlin turned around like a whirlwind, and said word by word: "Killing that man with black hair and golden eyes is the best reward for me!"
"There is no problem with this, our target is actually this man. I'm just curious, why are you so obsessed with a human being's life, Grand Duke Red?"
"This is my private matter, I have no obligation to answer you." After coldly dropping these words, the cloak was raised, and Merlin in bright red heavy armor turned and left.
Looking at his back, Betsy put one hand on her left chest, bent down and said indifferently: "Of course, everyone has privacy, and I respect yours."
But when he raised his head again, a cold smile appeared on the cowboy's face.
Merlin left the fort, not knowing where to hide in the fortress. Although the red grand duke of Georgia was hanging out with Betsy and the others these days, except for the necessary communication, he was usually alone, very withdrawn and weird. Not long after Mei Li left, Pedafini also came to the fort. She just sat down on the stone railing on the edge of the fort, swinging her thrilling long legs in the void outside the stone railing. A cold wind blows from time to time, making Pedfanie's red makeup flutter like a ball of flame.
The Bloody Queen pulled back her hair that was blown by the cold wind, and said a word from her mouth: "I can't trust that murloc."
"I don't believe him either." Betsy put her hands on the stone railing and said lightly, "But this does not prevent us from cooperating with him. Merlin is familiar with the environment here, and even knows the female murloc who is with Zero. With the Red Grand Duke here, we can save a lot of energy."
"Do you think that when Zero and the others show up, will the red brick make a move?"
"It's impossible to judge this. But it doesn't matter, anyway, I didn't count Merlin in our combat power from the beginning."
Pedafini's face showed anger: "The Destroyer is mine, I will tear that woman into pieces and bathe in her blood!"
"It's up to you, but you'd better use all your strength to suppress it from the beginning, or don't cry and beg me to save you." Betsy took out a cigar from the long trench coat and put it to his mouth, then stretched out his fingers to pop out a flame ignite. Taking a deep breath, the cowboy exhaled a smoke ring, but it was quickly blown away by the wind.
"However, with our current strength, is it too thin? Besides Zero, they also have a great swordsman, a destroyer, and a martial artist. Besides these four high-ranking ones, there are also some annoying bugs." Ped Fanny frowned.
Betsy bit her cigar and said with a smile, "I'm glad you think so. You finally learned to use your head to think about things instead of using your two extra clumps of meat."
Pedafini giggled when she heard the words, and deliberately rubbed towards the cowboy. She straightened her upturned peaks and rubbed them against Betsy's chest, and said, "My two lumps of flesh are sometimes more useful than my head."
The cowboy reached out and grabbed the queen's chest hard, and he even used a little bit of flame power. The palm of the hand grasped one of the peaks of Pedelphine with faint blue flames. The bloody queen's red dress showed no signs of burning, but the high temperature fell on the sensitive flower buds on her chest. But for Pedafini's physique, this kind of stimulation not only could not make her feel pain, but gave birth to a strange pleasure, which made her moan uncontrollably, her face was as red as a ripe cherry, delicate and charming.
Betsy squeezed and kneaded, the crotch of his trousers was already bulging, but he still said in a cold voice as if he didn't know the reaction of his body: "Our strength alone is not enough, and the day before yesterday, I received a summons from the adults. Sol also came along. My lord means to solve Zero before Thor appears. For this reason, I have contacted our reptile allies. Those reptiles in Kaiseras should arrive in two days, and we will be here Let's make a complete break with Zero on this mountain."
Pedafini's eyes were about to burst into flames from the cowboy, and she roared like a mother beast from her throat: "Don't worry about it, let's end it now."
While speaking, Pedafini reached out to untie Betsy's pants. But the cowboy grabbed her hand and pushed the bloody queen to the void outside the stone fence. Pedafini's [desire] disappeared immediately, and she quickly stretched out her hand to grab the stone railing, and stuck herself against the outer wall of the fortress.
"If you want to do it, go to Denton, his big guy will definitely make you very happy." Betsy winked at his colleagues mockingly, and then bit his cigar and left without even looking at the Bloody Queen.
Pedelphine took her hand and jumped onto the stone railing. She screamed at the cowboy's back: "Betsy, you [sexual] impotent guy, don't you even dare to sleep with my mother? You coward! Coward!"
The Bloody Queen's hysterical voice hovered over the fortress, but it was not enough to vent her anger, so there were loud noises in the fortress not long after. Even the lair where Ice Wing lived was constantly blowing down streams of stone dust from above, which made Malrog open his eyes involuntarily. But before opening his eyes halfway, he felt tired, so Bing Yi yawned, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Another night.
The difference is that Zero and his party have come from the foot of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain. This is a leeward col where the team rests. It is already night at this moment, it is obviously an unwise choice to hurry. What's more, they were already very tired, and even Zero felt a little tired. Tulash Mountain is far more difficult than they imagined. Not to mention the steepness and narrowness of the mountain road, the ground covered with a layer of vertical ice alone makes walking on foot a chore.
Even the high-ranking members of the team cannot advance quickly in the face of this environment. Others have to lower their center of gravity to maintain a sense of balance in order to move forward slowly on this icy mountain road. In some places, there are almost no mountain roads to speak of, and the mountain walls are so steep that they are almost perpendicular to the ground. If there are not many protruding stones on the surface of the mountain walls that can be used for climbing, the team will have to spend more It takes strength to pass.
At this time, the limitations of the human body are fully exposed. Except for a few high-level people who walked with ease, the others, including the big guy Brown, were almost exhausted by the difficult mountain path. But the murlocs walked much more easily, not only because they were familiar with the environment, but also because of their special body structure.
But Ademili, who has nearly 90% similarity to a human body, is obviously not so relaxed. She has to be taken care of by Balmore along the way, and in some places, the head of the guard directly carries her on her back. If this special murloc was allowed to walk Tulash Mountain by himself, Ademili would definitely be buried on this high mountain.
At the end of the day, due to the slow speed, the team only came to the halfway up the mountain. But if you stand on the edge of the cliff and look up, you can see the outline of the Storm Fortress. Judging from this speed, the team should be able to reach the fort tomorrow evening. The environment there is much better than this halfway up the mountain. At least on the premise of not waking up Bing Yi, the team can set up tents in the fortress, instead of wrapping themselves in a marching blanket to barely keep out the cold like now. After all, the place is uneven. The uneven terrain is not suitable for camping at all.
Standing on the edge of the cliff with his hands in his hands, his slender body looked so small in the cold wind, as if a gust of wind could blow him off the cliff. But in fact, he was stuck into the ground like a nail, no matter how fierce the cold wind was, he couldn't move him at all.
Looking down the mountain, the earth is pitch-black, like a bottomless abyss. Just like this era, human beings, animals and other different life forms are helplessly living in an abyss called despair. Every day, every moment is a fight for survival. Fighting against other beings, fighting against one's own compatriots, even if it means staining the earth with blood.
To change the status quo, we must cast a ray of light into this abyss. What Zero is doing now is looking for that spark that can bring light. Sometimes he would think that in Greek mythology, the god who stole fire from the gods and brought hope to the world did not end well in the end. And what will happen to myself who wants to do the same thing
He stretched out his hand, feeling the cold wind blowing through his fingers. The answer is like this gust of cold wind, you can feel it, but you can't grasp it anyway.
At this moment, Ling suddenly felt something, and quickly looked to the smooth mountain wall in the distance to the left. There, a tall figure slid over the mountain wall like a gecko, and kept climbing up, before disappearing from Zero's sight in the blink of an eye.
what is that? This question flashed through Zero's mind, but it was another question without an answer.