Dawn of the Grey Tower

Five days after the footprints were found. On this day, the cheese and the cursed crow did not move up any meter. The reason was very simple. There was a strong mountain wind blowing outside the cave where they were hiding. How strong is the mountain wind? That is to say, it must be possible to pull a person who is close to the rock wall to the size of the air.

At this point, the two mages discovered that in addition to equipment and supplies, climbing the mountain also had to face bad weather. The wind continued to blow all day, and it stopped a little in the evening, but no one would like to climb the mountain under the low temperature, so there is indeed no progress today.

Fortunately, Cheese had roughly guessed this situation in the morning, and he used alchemy dice in the cave to expand the cave area so that the two could stay more comfortably. In fact, if there is no gust of wind, the two of them plan to stop and take a rest in two days. Some fatigue cannot be felt intuitively, so the rational approach is not to wait until the physical strength is exhausted before resting.

Of course, the rest time of the gray-robed mage will not be spent in sleep. Even in the mountains and cliffs, Cheese and Curse Crow can find things for themselves.

However, on this day, the two of them did not follow their temperament to do divergent research. Instead, they exchanged the previous preparations, making food with cheese, and improving props with Curse Crow.

Cheese even taught Curse Crow how to use the alchemy dice, because in his opinion, the legacy of the alchemist should not belong to him alone. This relic of the same family is the common property of all gray robes. To find a home for it, there is nowhere but the treasure room of the Gray Tower.

The reason for exchanging jobs is, on the one hand, to prevent inertia when a person is engaged in specialized work, and on the other hand, to prepare for possible emergencies. If the work is split too finely, then if two people are separated on subsequent climbs or unfortunately lose one of them, the person acting alone will get into trouble.

In order to prevent this situation, exchange the content of the preparation work with each other and exchange experience as much as possible, so that everyone can deal with emergencies more easily.

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You can say that these two people have ulterior motives and are ready to abandon their companions at any time; or they are worried and overly cautious about unforeseen dangers, but this is how they act, they cooperate without negotiation, and they don't need agreement.

This is the equality that only gray robes and gray robes can have. They don't need to chatter and explain to others what they know. This kind of quietness is rare for them.

"Do you think the wind will stop tomorrow?"

These words sounded like the beginning of two neighbors casually talking about the weather, but in the current environment, Cursed Crow's words were somewhat worried. Bad weather is often not temporary. If the wind continues, they are likely to be locked here for several days, which will not only delay the progress of the climb, but also increase the pressure on supplies.

The dry food carried by mages is not unlimited, and the stock will be less after refining, because the part that may produce metabolites is discarded, and the food on hand is actually far from being able to be squandered at will.

Cheese glanced at the hole, where only a fist-sized part was opened for observation purposes this morning, and the stones piled up last night were still blocking the wind and snow, "If it doesn't stop tomorrow, we have to consider countermeasures .There are not no windproof spells, the key is the effect and duration."

"It's simple, I can curse us first, for example, the body cannot leave the rock, and then the curse will be lifted when we rest." Being able to give a solution so quickly, it can be seen that Curse Crow had the same plan before asking , and even further, he already has countermeasures.

"It's a way. But there is no guarantee that we will be hung on the mountain as a flag. If we don't handle it well, the progress will not be much, and our energy and time will be greatly wasted."

Cheese's reminder is not unreasonable. After all, the situation that the curse can deal with is relatively simple, and in reality, problems always rush by themselves.

Curse Crow spread his hands, and put the improved climbing equipment in front of him, "So, I say, the best way is to find a creature that can move freely in the heavy snow, and then imitate it with Transfiguration."

"Are you thinking about that thing I saw?"

Cheese was a little surprised by Curse Crow's second plan. There are many types of transfiguration. The types that the gray robes learn are destined to prevent them from becoming too large or too small creatures. From crows to brown bears is probably the threshold of the range of changes for the two of them.

But how difficult it is to find a deformation target that meets the standard in this threshold on the snow mountain. The most standard one is naturally the white-haired ghost that Cheese saw two days ago. No matter what it is, it just fits the target at this time The transformation needs of the two.

"If there is a chance. Like if that thing comes again, you know, curiosity is a dangerous thing, and we are undoubtedly curious for the residents here. But if it doesn't come, I don't recommend it. go find it."

Curse Crow talked about the loopholes and execution conditions of his plan in an indifferent tone. When he spoke, his eyes swept across the gap in the stone wall, as if he wanted to see the white-haired creature from the outside.

At first glance, it seems that Curse Crow has no kindness towards that shadow, and it is the same in fact. The situation in front of him is bad, and kindness may not be able to overcome the difficulties.

The cheese didn't continue this topic, just like the curse crow said, the matter of the white-haired shadow is not their main purpose, if the other party no longer appears, then this is just a small episode in this trip.

However, that appeared to change when the wind died down the next day.

"Did you see it?" Curse Crow stared at the platform that protruded slightly forward after the stone wall was removed, and asked softly to Cheese, who nodded silently. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

In front of them, on the rather thick snow accumulated by the strong wind, a pair of huge, clear footprints were well preserved.

"It seems that we won't be alone on the road." Thinking about when the two of them were resting in the stone cave last night, an unknown creature stood here across the stone wall. It may have seen the mage inside through that gap.

Thinking of this, the two of them couldn't help feeling a little cold.

Curse Crow chuckled, raised his foot to wipe off the footprint, due to the size of the footprint, he wiped it several times before finally succeeding.

"Do you have any spells that can be used on the stone wall?"

Cheese certainly understands what this means, "How many, let me tell you the spell?"

"Well, be prepared."

The gray-robed mage poked his head out and looked around. Except for the footprints, there were no traces outside, as if the footprints were left on purpose.