Dawn of the Grey Tower

Three days later, the cheese and the cursed crow had left Valley City before dawn.

Going upstream along the Dragon Blood Stream, the Dragon's Ridge Mountain ahead is getting bigger and bigger. Due to climate reasons and the lack of supplies in the valley city, they did not ride horses, but chose to advance from the frozen ice.

The two gray-robed mages wore wooden bases on their feet, skateboards reinforced with a small amount of metal, and wooden rods inlaid with metal tips on the top as supports and guides, advancing on the frozen rather solid water. The reason why they didn't choose faster transportation, such as taking the dragon, is mainly because they don't want to be the loser immediately.

The first purpose of this trip north is not to join the tense civil war, but to find the jeweler who sealed Cursed Crow's arm, and redeem or **** the stolen limb from him first. Therefore, strictly speaking, this was a covert operation, and even the robes on their bodies were turned into the same blue and white color as the ice surface in order to conceal people's eyes and ears.

Of course, the stealth of the gray robe is not just as simple as changing the appearance of the clothes. If you look closely around them, you will find that neither the ice on the ground nor the surrounding air has disturbed the slightest bit.

The usual tale of smelling someone passing by means nothing to two skilled spellcasters who can transform into ghosts when they want, unseen, unseen, untouchable.

From the small town at the foot of the mountain to the valley city, this snow-covered path is not completely deserted. There are also business people among the Ratmen, and the Frost Guards also need supplies from the underground in the south, but none of those people have noticed that there is something coming from their side. Passing through, even the animals drinking water in the weak part of the ice were not disturbed.

The cheese and the cursed crow are advancing in the darkness before dawn, the cold can't slow them down, and the same goes for the dark environment. This journey is destined to have few episodes, because no one can stop it unless it takes the initiative.

When the magic power can be used to a certain extent, the consumption of ordinary physical energy is no longer a problem. A mage's physical fitness may never match that of a truly trained warrior in the short term, but they can perform low-intensity activities such as reading or ice skating for long periods of time.

Skating itself shouldn't be so easy, but when all the equipment on your body has been enchanted beforehand? Circumstances will naturally change. The surrounding scenery turns into a mass of color blocks at the corner of the realization, and only part of the space in front of the eyes is not affected.

This is also the reason why the water surface was chosen as the channel of movement. On the shore with undulating terrain and dense forests, they could not move at high speed.

Their departure is as quiet as the movement of time, no farewell, no farewell, like the disappearance of morning dew, like the withering of flowers. Those things are meaningless, emotional comfort can only provide a little strength, and knowledge and determination are the continuous motivation.

Of course, today's cheese is not so decisive, he just doesn't want to say goodbye to Elsa immediately after seeing each other for such a short time, you can understand it as an escape, because there are some things, you know what you should do, you know You have to do it, but you still don't want it to happen, you instinctively procrastinate, and you instinctively don't want to face it.

Just let it go, because things will work out quickly. I promise.

Gray Robe convinced himself so inwardly that he didn't even say goodbye to his apprentices at their bedside, an irresponsible teacher and guardian, and a terrible lover at the same time.

It doesn't matter, as long as you are a powerful mage, a powerful mage will solve all problems, and then those evasions and hesitation will be worthless. Magic is his pillar, and magic is also his coat. Covered by this coat, the person who hides under Cheese's pseudonym can act freely. But this kind of hiding is approaching the limit, and the cheese knows this very well.

"We'll stop here. After that, we'll walk through the woods and cross the pass to reach the ice field. Are you sure where the jeweler's stronghold is?"

Cheese took the cursed crow into an inconspicuous tributary, left the frozen water and set foot on land. They didn't plan to pass through the Dragon's Ridge from the small town below the mountain. The reason was the same as before. If anyone could know that the guardian of the valley city was a gray robe, they should know how closely he had a relationship with the Frost Guard.

The will of the soldiers of the legion is as strong as the ice on Longji Mountain, but magic can still easily disintegrate it, allowing them to tell whether they have seen the whereabouts of cheese. So to be on the safe side, it is safest to go wild.

"I still think it's more convenient to just turn into a raven and fly there. Your Frost Guard friend also admits that this forest belongs to an uncivilized area. We are moving forward like this to avoid trouble. If we get into trouble, precious time will slip away. .”

Cursed Crow looked at the desolate surroundings quite dissatisfied. Most of the northern forests are composed of leafless tree species. They are tall and isolated. Although they are not as empty as the giant forest, they also have another kind of tense atmosphere.

The two carried the skateboards on their backs, and it was hard not to leave marks on the snow, but miraculously, shortly after they passed by, the footprints on the snow would automatically smooth out, as if a creature was healing a wound.

"There are only some frost trolls here at most. UU reading www.uukanshu.com I asked friends about it. They won't take much time. As for flying over directly, I must remind you that there are not many birds that live in the wasteland. There's a reason. If you don't want to freeze into a block of ice, you'd better be wearing clothes."

Cheese occasionally stops to identify the direction, and it is easy to get lost in such a wild forest. What he said is also true, beyond Longji Mountain, there are no four seasons, and the frozen wasteland will always be cold winter.

The Cursed Crow had no long-term flying experience on the ice field before, and he generally would not fly too high when it was not necessary.

"This is your home field, you have the final say." To be honest, although the gray robes grew up in the north of the world, they rarely stay here. It is barren and cold, and almost all gray robe mages grow up will leave far away.

Like Cheese, who set up their strongholds next to the gray tower, there was no such thing in the past, and it is estimated that there will not be many in the future.

Speaking of walking, Cheese didn't really intend to walk over Longji Mountain. Wangshan can run a dead horse, but because he abandoned the fastest route, he and the cursed crow have to go around a lot. The most urgent task right now is to use local materials to find tools that can replace transportation, such as beasts that can be ridden.

"I found it. This is the footprint of a reindeer. It meets our requirements in terms of size." If you want to say which animal is best used as a mount on the snow, the larger male deer is naturally the best choice. The two walked and paid attention to the footprints on the ground, and soon found the target.

After tracking them, a herd of deer appeared in front of the two gray robes. This should have been a joy, since they didn't waste much time on the trail.

"I don't spend much time in this area. But, is a creature like a deer staring at people like this?"

That's right, not far from them, a whole herd of deer turned their heads and stared at the two mages with those dark eyes without child holes.