Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji climbed over the cliff, but the monster with multiple legs also climbed up the slope smoothly.

This made Zhao Ji have to keep moving forward in order to maintain the distance between him and the monster.

Without the big trees in the forest blocking the way, the surrounding open terrain actually increased the movement speed of the monsters, which was unexpected.

He had no choice but to use both hands and feet to continue climbing towards the mountain.

Although the monster couldn't see its figure, the thick white mist would sometimes stop in place. At first Zhao Ji thought it was because the monsters stopped chasing him, but after a while, the monsters caught up again.

After repeated several times, Zhao Ji realized the trick. It turned out that it was different from the windless and weak wind environment in the forest. After entering the rapidly rising mountain, there was a strong wind blowing around.

The wind in those mountains was blowing, blowing away some of the snow that had finally fallen on the ground.

Whenever there was a strong wind blowing around the two of them, the monster would stay in place and not come after him. Zhao Ji, on the other hand, resisted the wild mountain wind and distanced himself from the monster.

When looking back at the monster, Zhao Ji always felt that the fog driven by the spider-like monster was very magical. Even though the surroundings are full of wind and snow, the magical mist will not scatter in the slightest, and it will not freeze.

Just like a white porcelain bowl that is half on the ground, it covers the body of the monster firmly, not leaking a little bit from the outside world.

Until now, Zhao Ji has not been able to see the whole picture of this monster.

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Zhao Ji didn't think about climbing to the top of the two tallest nearby peaks. His purpose was not to explore the mountains, but to cross the peaks to reach the bandit hiding area further south. Therefore, he tried to find something easy to walk, and he could walk quickly around the high and gentle slopes.

Zhao Ji was not the only one among the monsters chasing, sometimes the monster would suddenly turn in another direction. Zhao Ji felt strange, and looked over with concentration, only to find that the monster had also included some small animals that were rare in the mountains into its food range.

There are so many animals in this mountain, especially now when the wind and snow are blowing.

On the way that monster followed Zhao Ji all the way, it also ate two small animals, one of which was a golden pheasant with snow-white feathers that changed colors according to the surrounding environment. The other was a dazed bighorn goat.

The goat was not small, at least as big as a horse from a distance, especially the pair of flamboyant horns on its head, which were quite majestic and strong.

Unlike other animals that panic after feeling the monster, this bighorn goat did not run away after being discovered and approached by the monster, but just stayed there in a daze. Dash into the mist.

Zhao Ji was stunned by this. At that time, he really thought that the bighorn goat had the strength to fight against the monster. After a while, the monster spit out the mist of the two big horns that were probably not easy to digest, and the rest of the goat's body , there is no sound.

The monster stayed in place for a while, and Zhao Ji also took this opportunity to run a long distance, and then the monster continued to chase Zhao Ji.

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After crossing the first peak and other lower peaks connected to it, Zhao Ji came to the valley area between the two peaks.

The terrain here is not very flat, but in the middle of the valley between the peaks, there is a small slender lake.

It might be a lake, but whatever it is, after the recent cold weather, the water in this place has already frozen into solid ice.

The wind here is not as strong as in the mountains, so a thick layer of ice and snow has accumulated on the broken rocky ground in the mountains.

Seeing that it was going downhill at this time, Zhao Ji rolled his eyes and took out the new shield hanging on the backpack. Put the smooth shield face-on on the snow on the ground,

He himself sat down between the back handles of the shield.

Tightening his legs so that his feet barely rested on the front edge of the shield, he brushed away the snow on both sides of his body with both hands.

The whole person slipped forward for a short distance.

Zhao Ji continued to move his hands to accelerate himself. Soon, following the gentle downward slope and the slippery snow, he retracted his balanced arms on both sides of his body, and grabbed the shield handle under his buttocks with his backhand , fix yourself firmly.

He was skating faster and faster. Zhao Ji, who had never skied before, wanted to stop in fright, but found that he could not stop at this time anyway.

He broke the jar and slid down quickly all the way.

"Hahahaha! Yoho! Smelly monster, come and chase me! Hahahaha!" As he slid down quickly, the icy air passed by his side.

And the big cloud of white mist that was still on the high place hesitated and moved left and right repeatedly, sensing that the human being was slipping away strangely, it finally made up its mind and cautiously entered this large open valley with gentle slopes.

But the monster didn't know if its legs and feet were damaged by the frost. It first crawled down the gentle slope cautiously for a while, but then it couldn't control its movement.

Spider-like Warcraft, the bottom of its main body is relatively smooth. Although there are many rough burrs for sensing the environment, these burrs are still too rare. Not to mention that because of the cold weather, these burrs have been controlled by it to cling to the body to maintain temperature.

Therefore, the monster with a smooth bottom could not stop after moving its body close to the ground.

It slid faster and faster, and the squeaky sound came from the white mist, resounding throughout the valley.

Zhao Ji, who was also gliding, laughed loudly when he heard the scream of the monster.

He didn't expect that this ferocious and huge monster had never skied before like him, and both of them were screaming in fright as they were also skiing for the first time.

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It was the first time that a beast could not control its body so much, it panicked, and randomly poked its remaining six scarred legs and feet on the ground, trying to slow down its slide.

But it didn't expect that at the same time, six legs poked into the rocks on the ground, and the height decelerated caused it to overturn itself directly.

Roll into a ball.

Once the huge and bread-shaped monster rolled, it couldn't stop.

It rumbled and picked up the snow on the ground, and the snow was compacted and then covered with snow again.

With the 'help' of Xue Xue, the originally irregular body became fatter and firmer.

The magic fog that surrounded the body could no longer be maintained, and the spinning monster had no energy to maintain its natural magic.

In the distance, Zhao Ji stared dumbfounded at the six legs and feet of the monster swinging outside, while its body rolled towards the middle of the valley covered in white snow.

Gradually, the entire Warcraft was grouped into a huge snow ball with a height of more than 20 meters, and it rolled down with a roar that resounded through the valley.

Even though Zhao Ji was skiing very fast with the shield at this time, it was still far from the huge snowball. The giant snowball rolls just as quickly, and with each turn, it becomes even bigger.

The speed is much faster than Zhao Ji.

On the contrary, he overtook Zhao Ji not far from him, and fell into the middle of the valley first.

Fortunately, the previous snowfall was not long. Although there was a lot of snow, it did not seem to cause the terrible consequences of an avalanche.

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At the same time, at the cliff outside the mountain.

The hunter team led by Knight Lanisa has already chased here. They followed the conspicuous moving traces of the monster all the way, and followed here with ease.

"This footprint?" A hunter looked at a human footprint on the ground in front of him, and said to himself full of doubts.

An old hunter next to him called everyone, and after careful observation, he came up with a conclusion.

"Unbelievable, that person was chased by monsters all the way from the middle of the forest, and he escaped here without being eaten."

Another hunter next to him chuckled twice: "Isn't it because the monster suffered serious injuries, which affected the monster's ability to move."

Knight Lanisa caught a feather-sized snowflake with her gloves, turned around and jumped off her horse and said to the hunters: "Everyone, don't forget the weather at this time, and the cold weather is also a factor."

Another old hunter squatted on the ground, and carefully measured the only human footprint that was not destroyed by the move of the monster, especially when he compared the depth of the footprint with his own footprint. Comparison.

"Master Knight, everyone. I also found something here." He said.

Knight Lanisa took out a kettle and drank the water in it, which was too cold to store next to her body, in a few sips: "Please tell me."

The old hunter made a gesture between the footprints left by Zhao Ji and his footprints: "Look, everyone, this unknown footprint is deeper in the ground than the footprints I left. At the same time, if the footprints are removed The snowflakes that fell after walking on the ground, this footprint actually trampled the snow on the ground at that time."

"On my side, even if I stomp hard on the ground, I can't make such footprints." As he said that, the old hunter stepped on the ground twice to let everyone see the footprints he just stepped on.

"So this man is heavy?" one hunter guessed.

"If he was obese, how could this person run so far under the pursuit of monsters?" Another hunter retorted.

Knight Lanisa looked at the footprints of the unknown person, as if someone had rang a wind chime in his mind, and looked at his feet in a strange way.

She moved a little bit, her eyes widened under the steel visor: "Everyone, I really think I know the reason. Look at the footprints I stepped on."

When everyone heard what the knight said, they all looked at her footprints.

It was an ordinary footprint, but what was different from the footprints of other people around was that this footprint deeply compacted the snow on the ground with just one foot.

"Exactly the same."

"Really. What does that mean?"

"That's right, it's impossible for Lady Lanisa to run ahead."

Knight Lanisa tapped the steel armor on her arm, and made a clear and clear voice: "Actually, the reason is very simple, that person is also fully armed, and the reason why he is not light enough to prevent monsters from catching up is because the other party is wearing A full suit of armor. I don't hear of any knight coming, though. Or is this man not our Kendalshire knight?"

An old hunter reminded: "Maybe it's not a knight? This place is remote, could it be a bandit?" He took out a small and simple map of Kendall County, and pointed to the location on the map to show everyone: "You guys Look, here you turn south over the mountain, as long as you are lucky and don't run into any beasts in the mountain, you can reach the Bingxun Pass area where there are many bandits."

"It's not impossible. In this way, the direction of this person's escape from the monster is indeed southward. The possibility that he is a bandit leader is not low. Heh, if this person does not die in the mouth of the monster, I think Let’s see how capable these bandits are.” Knight Lanisa patted the armor-piercing rapier on her waist and said.

Just as they were talking, there was a continuous roar and vibration from the mountain to the south of the cliff.

It's like thunder and lightning in spring, but it's more dull than the sound of lightning.

The sound came from the mountain, but it did reflect from the snow clouds above their heads from above and below.

"What's that sound? It's snowing and there's no thunder, right?"

"How is it possible, or is it that the previous monster met other monsters in the mountain, and they fought?"

Amidst the rumbling roar, Knight Lanisa listened carefully. Even though the sound was a little blurred by the reflection of the clouds, she still recognized it: "It's an avalanche. You haven't been in the mountains so I don't know. In the mountains in winter If there is thick snow, once the snow on the mountain cannot keep rolling down, it will shake all the snow on the entire mountain together. The power is no less than the legendary magic in storybooks or bards .”

The hunters who had never entered the mountain finally stopped panicking after the knight's explanation. They speculated that the avalanche might have been caused by the monster that entered the mountain.

This can't be regarded as their guess wrong. Although there was no avalanche in the valley, the unlucky monster accidentally rolled down from the mountain, and the huge snowball rolled up was no less powerful than the avalanche.

At least Zhao Ji thinks so.

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After the giant snowball rolled up and landed on the ice in the middle of the valley, it didn't fall apart because it touched the solid ice surface. Instead, the whole snowball slid, flipped and slid all the way to the ice face, and then fell apart. Then he rolled up the mountain with strength.

In Zhao Ji's shocking expression with his visor opened and his mouth wide open, the monster snowball rolled and climbed to the high place opposite the valley, and finally stopped without any strength.

But that pause was only short, and then, the entire huge snowball fell backwards, then gradually accelerated with a bang, and rolled down again.

Zhao Ji slid his shield, already considered fast, but when he slid from the gentle slope of the valley to the thick ice in the middle of the valley, the huge snowball with the monster as the core had already traveled back and forth three times on both sides of the valley .

Of course, the rolling of the snowball also has friction. As the snowball travels back and forth, all the snow is captured by the snowball, and the hard and rough scattered rocky ground replaces the rolling track of the snowball.

After going back and forth a few times, the huge snowball still landed on the thick ice in the middle of the valley.

At this moment, the snowball was already at least thirty meters high.

It is round and white as a whole. Although there are still many scattered rocks on the surface, it looks like cream ice cream sprinkled with chocolate chips from a distance.

After Zhao Ji's shield slid on the ice, it slid a distance with a sharp sound. Zhao Ji stretched out his feet in front of the shield, and relied on the soles of his armor boots to slow himself down.

Soon, he stopped.

Looking around, Zhao Ji clenched his fist and hit the ice surface next to him a few times. The ice surface did not vibrate at all, and there was almost no sound.

Very good, a solid ice surface.

Zhao Ji was actually not too worried about whether the ice surface was solid or not. After all, the super huge snowball standing there not far away was ten stories high, which clearly told him that it was very strong here.

It's just that Zhao Ji doesn't feel relieved if he doesn't try it himself.

He took out two pieces of sackcloth for wiping weapons from his backpack, wrapped them around the bottom of his armor boots, and then Zhao Ji stood up on the ice.

With the shield back, Zhao Ji took out his ax and slowly approached the huge snowball.

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This place seems to be an ice lake in a valley between two mountain peaks. I don't know how deep this ice lake is. At least Zhao Ji pushed aside the thin snow under his feet and looked into the ice layer, only seeing a deep darkness.

It seems that the ice below will not thaw all year round, and it seems that the depths of the frozen lake seem to lead to another eternally cold world.

When Zhao Ji walked not far from the huge snowball, he stopped. It wasn’t that he couldn’t move forward, but he looked at the round snowball that was as huge as a castle in front of him, and his body unconsciously produced A feeling of fear.

He knew that this was a giant phobia derived from life instinct. The bigger and within reach of a huge object in front of human beings, the stronger the sense of fear originating from the depths of the species.

He took a deep breath for a while, and told himself repeatedly that this thing was just a snowball. Although the core inside was a mysterious and terrifying spider-like monster, after such a toss, he didn't believe that monster was still alive.

After all, even the low temperature in the middle of the snowball can freeze the monster to death, right?

Having said that, it seems that the Warcraft really hasn't shown its cold side. not sure.

not sure.

There was silence for a while, when Zhao Ji was holding an axe, wondering if he should step forward and think of a way to break the super huge snowball.

click.

I don't know where the sound came from.

click.

Zhao Ji looked up and couldn't see clearly from the top of the huge snowball.

click.

He stepped back slowly, and soon saw what seemed to be an irregular large crack on the top of the snowball.

It seems that this super huge snowball can't maintain its appearance at last. The outer layer is not obvious, and the inside has begun to break.

Click, click.

Large flakes of ice and snow and adhering rock debris began to fall on the ice.

Finally, after reaching an invisible critical point, the entire super-huge snowball shattered into many pieces larger than the house amidst the rumbling sound, and finally disintegrated.

Zhao Ji ran far enough that the flying debris from the disintegration of the giant snowball just now missed him.

Zhao Ji dared to approach carefully with an ax after the large amount of debris, ice mist and dust settled.