Broad World

The sky gradually darkened, and everyone who had driven for a day was a little tired. Henry glanced at the setting sun that was about to disappear, and shouted to the ranger who was walking ahead to explore the road: "We have to find a place to camp now. There is still plenty of time now, and there is no need to take the risk of walking at night."

Zuwartha turned around and nodded. "I'll go to the front to investigate and see if I can find a cave or something. Otherwise, everyone will spend the night in a tree tonight. For safety's sake, it's best not to start a fire. I saw a lot of monster footprints just now, and it would be dangerous if they found them."

"Take this bottle of invisibility potion and drink it if you encounter danger. After all, this is the Nether Mountains where monsters are rampant. You have to be careful." Vaughn took out a bottle from himself and handed it over.

Zuwartha smiled at him and slipped the bottle into his belt. "Don't worry, I have lived alone in the forest for a long time, and most of the beasts and monsters are not a threat to me." After she finished speaking, she ran forward quickly, and disappeared from everyone's sight after a while. The others followed unhurriedly, waiting for the news from the front.

Ten minutes later, Ranger ran back. Panting heavily, she pointed to a cliff ahead. "There's a cave in mid-air over there. I think it's safe to spend the night there. It's just that it might be troublesome to go up, and this big brown bear will definitely not be able to go up."

Henry bowed his head and thought for a while, and soon found a solution. "It doesn't matter, I can fly up and tie the rope first. Then everyone will climb up along the rope. As for Ares, use the cover to pull it up slowly."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's climb up and start a fire to cook, I'm almost starving to death." Vaughn rubbed his stomach and complained.

Ban Burke took the opportunity to fly over the head of the half-orc warrior and shouted: "You are such an idiot! You are the first to cry hungry every time." Vaughn waved his hand angrily, and drove the annoying parrot aside.

Henry shook his head with a smile, blessed himself with a flying spell, and flew towards the cave in midair. It didn't take him long to find this spot in the middle of the cliff. This is a weathered cave, and the strong air flow in the mountains has gradually opened up a gap here through the accumulation of time. Although the wind is a bit strong, it is still much better than encountering monsters at any time below.

After looking at the surrounding environment, he took out the rope from the dimension bag, found a relatively strong stone pillar and tied it, and then threw all the rope down along the hole. The few people who had been waiting below hurriedly climbed up the rope, and the nasty Ban Burke kept flying around them, laughing loudly at everyone's climbing posture.

Henry sighed, and directly used spells to catch it up and threatened: "If you harass your teammates again, I will use silence to make you unable to speak forever."

Ban Burke immediately covered his beak with two wings, and kept nodding his head. If he really couldn't speak in the future, he would suffocate to death. After everyone climbed up, Henry flew down and wrapped Ares up with a tough one. After tying the whole sheet, he stood below and waved his hands, and the people above began to pull the rope vigorously. The big brown bear was slowly dragged up to the cave in mid-air, and Henry kept following it to prevent it from hitting the protruding rock.

After finishing this work, everyone sat on the ground panting heavily. After a while, Vaughan stood up first, and he blocked one side of the hole with several quilts to prevent the strong wind from blowing over from the mountains. Amy poured some dry wood from the dimension bag and started a fire, and it didn't take long for the bright fire to warm the surroundings. Zuwosa put up the shelf and started to cook, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

Everyone simply drank a bowl of soup, ate something and then began to rest. Since it was in a mid-empty cave, no one was arranged to hold a vigil. The bonfire was quickly extinguished without anyone taking care of it, and there was no other sound except the whistling wind in the entire forest.

The next morning, Henry opened his eyes first, and when he was about to go to the cave for convenience, he suddenly saw countless monsters advancing below. They seem to have formed an army and are heading towards Silvermoon City. There are giants, trolls, bear goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, some wolves and a lot of normal goblins.

Seeing the endless army of monsters, Henry quietly retreated to the cave, and immediately woke up all his sleeping companions. When they saw the scene under the cliff, they all broke out in a cold sweat. If he had camped below last night, he would have been surrounded by this large army and become a snack in the mouths of countless monsters.

Zuwosa glanced at Henry and asked: "What should we do now? Looking at it like this, the monsters below will not be able to finish walking for a while. Have we been waiting for opportunities here?"

"I'm afraid there is no time to wait any longer. As the weather gets colder, the food in the mountains will become very scarce. It won't be long before the monsters here will gather in groups, and it will be difficult to leave by then."

Amy glanced at the hole blocked by the quilt, her eyes lit up. "We can pass from the other side of the mountain, so that we can travel immediately and avoid those guys below."

Henry nodded, asked Vaughn to remove the blocked hole, and then asked Ban Burke to fly down to investigate. After confirming that there was no danger, they first sent Ares to the ground slowly, and then the others slid down the rope. Henry used a "North Pointing Technique" to recognize the direction, and everyone started walking along the mountain road.

It didn't take long for them to encounter a big trouble. A mountain stream not far ahead blocked their way. A group of people searched around but did not find a bridge, and the rope they carried was obviously not long enough. There was no way but to walk slowly down the rugged path next to it. I plan to search along the river below to see if there is any other way out.

Ares' huge size once again became a burden. It carefully stood up straight, tightly grasping the rocks on the cliff with its bear paws, moving little by little, and let out a low growl from time to time. Everyone laughed when they saw its naive look, which relaxed the nerves that were a little nervous.

After more than three hours of slow crawling, everyone finally came to the river below the mountain. Henry looked up at the position of the sun and found that it was almost noon. He shouted loudly at the ranger who was walking in the front: "Don't go! Let's take a rest here and continue on our way after lunch."

Zuwartha turned and nodded, then hacked some low shrubs around with his machete. Soon the bonfire was lit up, and everyone caught a few fish in the river, cleaned them up and roasted them on the fire. After grilling, take your own fish and start eating. While eating, Henry asked the ranger beside him: "Do you think it will take us a few days before we can get out of here? I feel that the road is too difficult to walk, and it may take a lot of time."

Zuwosa swallowed the food in his mouth and thought for a while before answering: "If we take the normal trade route, it will take about a week, but we are taking the mountain road now, and it may take twice as long."

"It seems that we have to drive at night, otherwise we won't be able to leave the Nether Mountains before the first snow falls." Henry picked up the stick that pierced the fish and began to write and draw on the ground. Soon a topographic map of the surrounding area was drawn.

Pointing to one of the lines, he said, "Here is the road we used to walk, and now we are on the other side of the mountain. We must follow the river to find an exit to the east, and then we can cross here to reach the Raven River. It is cold enough now, and it is estimated that when we arrive, the water will be covered with thick ice. We only need to pass through to see the gate of Sundabar."

Vaughn opened his mouth in surprise. "Boss! You mean driving at night in such a dangerous place? It would be bad if you accidentally broke into some monster's territory. As far as I know, there are several giant dragons living here."

"If you don't speed up, once it snows heavily, it will be very troublesome. At that time, you may not be able to go out even for a month." Amy looked at the current position of everyone on the map and said with a sigh.

Zuwosa nodded, agreeing with Amy. "In this case, let's prepare. It's not easy to drive at night, especially in this season, when the temperature at night is too low."

"Don't worry, I brought a lot of winter clothes when I came out, enough to keep out the cold at night." Henry took out several fur coats from the dimension bag. These were originally prepared for going to Icewind Dale, and now they just came in handy in advance.

Everyone took one and put it on, and Vaughan tried to move the whole body, and then cut off some parts that affected the movement with a dagger. "Head, these clothes seem to be a little big, and it's uncomfortable to move around."

"Let's just let it go. They are all custom-made, and I haven't measured your height." Henry shook his head helplessly. As a mage, he can bless himself with spells at any time to resist cold or heat. So when his impression of winter clothes was still at the stage of ordinary people, he thought it was for wearing outside to keep out the cold, and he never thought that there was such a thing as fighting.

Zuwosa quickly cut the coat according to her own needs, and she stood up with her weapon back on her back. "Now that the problem of keeping warm is solved, the rest is easy to handle. When it gets dark, we tie ropes around our waists to prevent people from accidentally slipping and rolling off the cliff. There is nothing else that needs attention." (To be continued.)