my age of magic

Chapter 1162 266. A Special Barbarian

outside el
The snow covered everything on the ground, and there was only a vast expanse of whiteness in front of my eyes.

According to the general outline of the terrain outside the city, one can also tell where the flat road is. No one wants to leave the city at this time.

The road outside the city, the pond ridge in the wheat field, the gravel on the soil slope, the drainage ditches by the roadside, everything was buried by this heavy snow.

There were only two thin ruts and horseshoe marks on the road out of the city. These marks were left by the night watchmen when they cleared the garbage and snow outside the city.

The road to the southern part of the Northern Province is long and arduous. Skis are only used when chasing barbarians. Such a long distance is impossible without horses. We have a sled, which is obviously much more convenient for the journey.

Kalancuo rode a war horse at the front of the team. The horse was wading in the knee-deep snow, and it was very difficult to walk.

The war horse snorted from time to time, and a long stream of white water vapor spewed out from its nostrils.

Katerina and I rode two ancient Bolai horses behind Kalantso. This kind of horse has great endurance, but it is not well adapted to the northern environment.

The legs of Gubolai horses are wrapped with cold-proof leather, and they make a 'creaking' sound when stepping on the snow.

There is no Yagui beast in El City, otherwise you can buy a mount for Luka.

Now, Luka can only follow the team on foot, and occasionally sit on the shelf at the end of the sled to rest for a while when going downhill.

The docile long-haired stallion followed behind me in the sled, and excited chatter could be heard from the sled from time to time. The cold north wind could not completely calm Noah's excitement. I warned Noah and Shirley Newman , Don't stare at the dazzling snow for too long, once you suffer from snow blindness, it will be bad.

Ten orc warriors rode on horses to protect the two sides of the team. They were wearing white rock rhinoceros hard leather armor with magic pattern and a white cloak to keep out the cold. Knights are no different.

Flying against the wind in the howling sky of the north, Deborah scouted for the savages who were stalking through the area around the city of Ayr.

According to the information provided by Deborah, we quickly found a single barbarian. The barbarian's big footprints were clearly printed on the snow.

He walked south along a mountain road, stopping and going along the way, but at a very fast speed. Our team chased him for a long time, but we saw his blurred figure in the snow from a distance. Seeing the barbarians walking in the wind and snow, they excitedly jumped off the sled, ran up to me, and asked me, "Jijia, when are we going to do it?"

I quickly pulled the reins of Gu Bolai's horse, Gu Bolai's horse stopped, and said to Noah: "Don't worry, this snow is too heavy, it is not easy for the team to catch up with that barbarian, we To maintain this speed depends on when the barbarian can rest for a while."

"Let's go skiing and hunt him down!" Noah suggested to me.

While talking, the figure of the barbarian disappeared from my field of vision again, and I said to Noah: "Let's see where the road ahead leads, I don't want to go around in circles with him in the area of ​​El City. "

Actually, according to my idea, our team will go to the south of the northern border to find a large number of barbarians, so I don't plan to stay near El City for too long.

If we're going the same way as this savage, then of course I'm going to take him out.

But if the road ahead of him deviates from our current established route, then we must weigh the pros and cons. If the detour is too far, there is really no need to affect our entire hunting for a single barbarian plan.

But seeing Noah's excited look, I didn't tell him that if this barbarian didn't get in the way with us, I actually didn't have any interest in hunting him. I shouted to Kalancuo who was riding in front of him: " Kalancuo, check the map for me."

Kalancuo held the reins and raised his right hand high. The ten orc warriors stopped neatly. The sleigh of the long-haired stallion was caught in the middle and stopped with us. Kalancuo said to everyone: "Let's take a break first!"

There are no rocks or snow mounds that can be used to shelter from the wind. We can only park on the snow without any cover. It will feel very painful, the eyebrows, beards and hair of those orc warriors are covered with ice and snow, like old men with white beards.

The north wind took away the temperature of our bodies little by little. Under the freezing weather, there was almost nothing in this wilderness except snow.

There were only a few golden apple and chestnut trees on the hills in the distance, and even the low bushes were covered under heavy snow.

Kalantso ordered: "Huck, bring out some fodder to feed the horses, and boil some warm water!"

The orc warriors jumped off their horses one after another. They were well-trained to perform their duties. Some took out the 'Fighting Fire' magic rune board to make a fire and boil water, and some took out beans mixed with them from their bags. Feed the horses with forage and grains. In this extremely cold weather, the horses are worried about frostbite, so a layer of raw cowhide is wrapped on the horse's legs, a thick blanket is covered on the horse's back, and even the horse's head is covered with Leather headgear.

After driving for most of the day, these horses need to rest.

I, too, hopped down from Guberley's horse, drew a tiny wooden mallet from the side of the saddle, and began to knock the thin crusts of ice off the horse's legs.

The tauren came up from behind. A thick layer of snow and ice had already formed on the hair on his head and horns. The tauren warrior shook his head violently and shook off the ice and snow from his head. Then he said to me: : "The weather in the north this year is colder than in previous years."

Kalancuo called Deborah, who was scouting the enemy in the sky, to come down and rest for a while. Deborah circled in the air, then folded her wings in the air and plunged down. Like a falling object, she fell quickly until When it was only a few tens of meters away from the ground, it opened its wings again to stop the rapidly falling body.

She spread her wings and landed on the snow. The strong wind brought by her wings blew up the snow all over the sky. Kalancuo pulled out a thick blanket from the package on the horse's back and threw it to Deborah. Deborah's face was ashen with cold. Pulling his hands and feet stiffly around the blanket, he huddled together with a few orc warriors to enjoy the fire. It seemed that Deborah was familiar with these orc warriors, and the orc warrior handed her a cup of hot water.

"It's colder here than El City." Noah sat on the sled, wrapped in a thick blanket with Shirley, shivering from the cold.

He stretched out his hand to condense a ball of flames, but unfortunately the north wind blew, and the magic flame in his palm was blown out by the wind.

"And the fire magic element here is very thin. I finally know why there are so many excellent water magicians in the northern border. This is the battlefield for water magicians!" He looked at the flames blown away by the wind in his palm. , said with a sigh.

Shirley Newman beside her said, "It seems that the blood talent of the Aili family who really controls the northern border is the power to control thunder and lightning. There are not many water magicians in Sloit Province!"

"Well, I think we should also light a fire to keep warm!" Noah said to Shirley.

Shirley also tried to condense fire magic in the snowstorm, but it seemed to be very difficult.

Helena and Becky were cleaning the thick layer of snow from the legs of the long-haired stallion. Yingli was standing beside the sleigh, her face was a little red from the cold wind. I walked over and pulled down the hat on her head. Well, it can be warmer this way.

Ying Li raised his head, looked at me with distressed expression, and said to me: "Did you hunt barbarians like this in previous winters?"

I nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Almost, but it wasn't so cold last year!"

Ying Li immediately hugged me tightly, threw herself into my arms, and whispered to me: "In the past, I always dreamed of being able to walk into your life. It turns out that your life is so hard, and the merits that made you promoted to the earl have been accumulated little by little like this!"

I stretched out my arms and hugged the bloated Yingli. The fur coat she was wearing was very thick. Fanny bought it from the most famous tailor shop in El City. What a pain, but it's just a little cold, I'm a water magician, I'm good at ice magic, so I'm not afraid of the cold!"

Ying Li was amused by my words and laughed 'puchi'.

"Why are water magicians who are good at ice magic not afraid of the cold? Because they are often exposed to ice magic, are they no longer afraid of the cold? This ridiculous theory, the magic teacher has never taught in class!" She glared at me He glanced at it, and then said: "It is your own magic resistance that can keep you from being afraid of the cold."

yes!My magic resistance.

Speaking of this topic, it reminds me of the days when I learned general magic from old Kuru in the caravan. I remember that the first magic skill I learned was 'magic defense'.

I touched the hat on Yingli's head affectionately, and said to her: "Well, I'm from the north, and we are used to it every winter. In fact, the most powerful ones are those barbarians. This stuffed up, sitting naked in the snow and bathing in snow."

At this time, Kalancuo unfolded a geographical map of Sluit Province drawn on parchment on a large package. I also leaned over and found the city of El City on the map at first glance. position, and then draw a circle on the position of El City with a charcoal pencil, and then draw a black line in the direction out of the city.

Kalancuo identified some surrounding landforms, put his finger on a position on the map, and said to me: "Our current position is here!"

After finishing speaking, she pointed to a mountain range on the map and said to me: "If we want to go further south, we can't risk crossing the mountain in front of us with such heavy snow, so we have to detour around this fault." The valley road of the mountain, this valley road will reach Hamamatsu Castle, the northernmost town of Nato City. The town is surrounded by low and barren fault mountains, where only a few chestnut trees grow. Shumi."

I didn't expect Kalancuo to be so familiar with the towns around El City, so I asked her curiously, "Are you familiar with that?"

Kalantso brushed the broken hair by his ears, with a nostalgic expression on his face, he took a deep breath, and said to me: "I used to worry a lot about how those young boys survived the long winter. In the fall, look around for something cheap and filling."

"Did you buy Shumi in that town?" I finally understood why Kalantso went to that town.

Kalancuo lowered his eyelids, as if he didn't want to say more: "I didn't buy it. The people in that small town are very repulsive of outsiders, especially the wandering orcs, so the transaction failed."

Hearing what Kalantso said, I hurriedly said, "Why don't we choose another way to go south? There's no reason why the people in that town treat you badly, and we have to run over to help them resist the barbarians."

After all, we still have to consider the feelings of Kalancuo, and there are so many small towns in the southern part of Sluyte Province that there is no reason to choose a small town that has criticized us.

"Things have passed for so long, I almost forgot, there is nothing I can't let go of." Kalancuo looked at me in surprise, and said to me calmly, and then she carefully observed on the map, It seems that the surrounding roads need to climb over the mountains. In this kind of weather and with such heavy snow, it is definitely a bad idea to climb over the mountains.

She said to me: "Besides, we hunted barbarians, not all for them, this road is the shortest road to Nato City, and the barbarian in front seems to have entered the valley road of the fault mountain , we catch up at this time, he has nowhere to escape!"

I hesitated for a moment, she stared at me, and said, "Even if you can satisfy Noah's hunting wish, let's follow this road to chase!"

I looked at the map again. In fact, I am quite familiar with the western part of Sloit Province, especially the section from El City to Hundred Falls Cliffs, but I am not familiar with this southern part at all.

But since Kalancuo decided to go through Hamamatsu Fort, I had nothing to say, so I said, "Well, let's go to Hamamatsu Fort first. How long will it take us to get there?"

Kalancuo tapped his forehead, thought for a while, and said, "According to the current speed, we will reach that small town almost before it gets dark the next day!"

I exclaimed: "It seems to be quite far away, but I can't seem to see it on the map!"

The weather was too cold, and we were afraid that the horses would get frostbite. We didn't dare to rest in the snow for too long. Once we moved around, the horses were not so cold.

I originally wanted to ride on the ancient horse again, but Noah wanted to experience the feeling of snow riding at this time, so he let me ride the sled, and he pulled Shirley Newman and robbed me and Katerina. Gu Bo came to the horse, and I was happy to hide on the warm sled.

The team continued to chase the footprints of the barbarian warriors and continued southward.

Soon the front was no longer a field of vision, and some undulating, continuous hills appeared in my sight, a fault mountain about 70 meters high, like a black belt, appeared in the white Between the sky and the earth, the black line continued to the south, and finally disappeared into the white snow.

Our team stopped on the hillside, in front of the valley road leading to Hamamatsu Castle, and the barbarian warrior was sitting and resting under the cliff at the entrance of the valley road.

He raised his head as if aware of it, and immediately saw our team on the hillside.

However, this savage was not like other savages at all. When he saw someone appearing, he rushed towards us with teeth and claws.Instead, he stood up from the snow, patted the snow on his butt, turned around and ran into the valley...

(End of this chapter)