Early on Sunday morning, the blonde girl was still sleeping, while Shade, who got up early as usual, had already packed his belongings and was ready to set off for a new adventure.
The new key obtained from Dr. Schneider corresponded to which year in the Fifth Epoch. Shade did not find anyone to identify it. After all, knowing the year would not help him.
The cat, who was awakened by Shade getting up, seemed to want to follow him to the past time this time. However, this was the first time a new key was opened, and Shade was not sure what would happen at that time, so he rejected Xiaomi.
Ya.
So it lay pitifully on the sofa and watched Shade getting ready to set off, with an aggrieved expression as if Shade was about to abandon it.
"Don't look at me like that, I'll be back in three seconds."
Shade said to Mia, feeling that the cat is getting smarter and smarter.
He tightened the scarf around his neck, patted the heavy cotton clothes on his body, and then inserted the key into the keyhole of the side bedroom door:
"May the World Tree protect me in time."
Card~
He stepped into the white mist door again.
【Outlander, you have stepped into the "corridor of time".】
[Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":]
[Winter 903 of the Fifth Epoch, Northern Continent, Silver Mountains.]
[Event: Lost in the Snow Mountain.]
【Duration is forty minutes (1/3).】
"It's not thirty minutes this time, it's forty minutes? I'm actually back to the Northern Continent again? Hope Town - 1068, Forest of a Thousand Trees - 3002, Dreadfort - 1784, Night Manor - 3014, Valley of Death
-3024, Lost Lake -5177, this time it’s 903.”
Shade stood in the white mist. The year 903 of the Fifth Age was the earliest year of the Fifth Age that he had ever come into contact with. In this era, it was impossible for all his acquaintances to appear. Even in that toy store in Hope Town
The witch who awakened after listening to his knowledge must not have been born yet, even if her age is calculated.
"But what does 'lost in the snowy mountains' mean?"
The voice in my ears continued as expected:
【You have obtained additional information.】
[The figure of the father of the infinite tree is watching you.]
[The ancient god of time gives you a test.]
[Assist the god ‘Winter Maiden’ to escort the lost people to the top of the mountain. 】
[The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you rewards: Thaumaturgy - Light of Confinement, Curse - Flying Flower Curse. 】
"The reward this time is a thaumaturgy and a spell? It's really good. However, the old god [Winter Maiden]"
Shade frowned slightly in the white mist. This god is quite famous. It can even be said that he is second only to the five righteous gods in terms of popularity. Even though he has left, this god's reputation is still higher than most evil gods.
This is not because this old god is very powerful, but because the power represented by this old god is "winter". The old god [Winter Girl], also known as the "God of Winter and the God of Snow", for this symbol
The worship and prayers of gods with seasons still exist thousands of years after the departure of the old gods. Even in the Great Northern Ice Cap region in 1853 of the Sixth Age, churches and shrines of this god, her believers and religions can still be found.
The group is still active.
The sect of the old god "Winter Maid" is called the "Winter Choir". Although the sect itself is very small, there is a thirteen-ring warlock "Winter Singer" in it. She is a very talented person.
The Circle Sorcerer. This order is similar to the Pantanal Voodoo Order, which only operates in specific areas; its behavior pattern is similar to the [Spiritual Order], remaining neutral on most things.
The reason why Shade had heard of this order was because the "Winter Hymns" had a very good relationship with St. Barrons Comprehensive College, which was also located in the far north. In the first-year college general education, it focused on
I have been to this organization. If in the future the five members of the group cross the great ice cap of the Far North, endure the severe cold and enter the snowfield in the polar day and night, then this organization will be the most likely to help them when they encounter danger.
"This adventure hasn't even begun yet, but it's already involved in the future."
Shade thought silently in his heart, and then took a step forward.
"oh!"
As the white mist dispersed, he fell directly into the snow.
The tree father did not move Shade into the sky, but let him set his feet on the snow. But the problem was that the snow on the ground was so thick that Shade fell directly without preparation.
When we reached below the snow surface, the snow layer even covered our shoulders:
"Where have I been?"
The extremely cold temperature was quickly taking away Shade's body temperature. He struggled to climb out of the snow, but when he looked up he saw a terrifying dark sky. The ink-like sky was not pure black, and there were colorful traces on the inky black sky.
It flows in the air, as if there is an invisible and terrifying existence trembling in the heights of the dark night.
The wind swept the snowflakes across everything around him, but it was not that there was no light source around him. On the contrary, everything around him was a light source. Whether it was the snow or the snowflakes in the sky, they all exuded a holy silvery white color, which also made him see that he seemed to be
It was on a gentle slope somewhere in the snow-capped mountains, and it was surrounded by fine, pure white snow. When the foreigner was young, he was very keen to leave his footprints on this soft and flat snow, but
He is not in the mood to do such a thing now:
"Silver-white snow? No wonder it's called the Silver Mountains. I thought it was rich in silver."
The towering peaks are not far away in the dark night, and the rolling mountains cannot be seen at a glance. All of this is really spectacular, but Shade has no time to appreciate the "beauty" of the snowy mountains. He feels that his
The limbs are close to a semi-numb state.
According to his physical condition and the thickness of his warm clothes, he should not have experienced such severe hypothermia in such a short period of time. There must be something wrong with the silvery-white snow, just like other environments in the time adventure.
.
It is not easy to climb out of such a thick layer of snow. Even if you climb out, you will fall back in without a good way. Fortunately, there is a big rock protruding from the snow not far away, and Shade is shaking.
He transferred directly to the stone using "Raga's Leap".
"Silver Mountains" is different from Lost Lake, the use of space power is not prohibited here.
Although every time he comes to the past time, he will definitely be in a dangerous situation, but this time the environment is definitely the worst. Shade, who was shivering from the cold, huddled on the stone and looked around, trying to find gods or mortals.
traces.
And when his eyes followed the gentle slope and looked towards the mountain crest, scarlet light lit up little by little in the darkness behind the mountain ridge. A figure melted into the darkness and was even taller than the mountain peak.
The giant thing is slowly approaching the mountain crest.
The door of time seems to be opening here, and the ancient evil thing trapped in the snowy mountains is projecting its true posture in the material world.
At that moment, Shade really felt that his whole soul was stiff. He forced himself to look away, but found that the power of the ancient snow-capped mountain evil thing did not allow him to do so. The power of the ancient evil thing was that foreigners in this world were not allowed to do so.
Apart from God, the most powerful force the world has ever seen.
The giant creature that existed in the Silver Mountains for an unknown amount of time seemed to have noticed him. But before Shade tried to escape, a figure climbed onto the mountain crest.
It was a girl whose whole body exuded pure white light. She was wearing a white robe and her long silver hair was flying with the wind and snowflakes. She stood barefoot on the mountain ridge. Her back was to Shade and she was facing behind the mountain ridge.
In the terrifying darkness, he raised the white oak staff in his right hand:
"Lighting Technique!"
The pure white light erupted from the top of the long staff, illuminating part of the terrifying body in the darkness. The evil thing in the snowy mountain made a cry similar to "Ang~" that made the wind tremble.
As blood flowed from the corner of Shade's mouth, it receded in the light, but the snowflakes were still flying, and the cold did not leave this strange mountain range.
Shade wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, feeling that he was probably shocked by the cry. He looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and for the first time he discovered that there were other people who could use the "Light Technique" as well as him.
.
But he soon understood why the other party was able to show such amazing power, because the cold and numb senses reminded Shade that he was looking at a god.
The girl in white robe on the mountain ridge turned around and noticed Sha De. But the god did not approach him. Instead, he pointed at his feet, then walked barefoot along the mountain ridge towards the left side of Sha De's field of vision.
Go, there is an upward slope in that direction, and that is also the direction of the highest peak of this mountain range.
"Point to your feet?"
Shade, who was huddled on the big rock, looked at the glowing snow around him. The knowledge of the stranger's hometown told him that any object that could shine independently without being stimulated was very dangerous, and the knowledge of this world told him that autonomous
Luminous objects signify transcendence and mystery.
He grabbed a handful of glowing snow with his hands and had to admit that they were indeed beautiful:
"What's this?"
A murmur sounded in my ears:
【This is a handful of snow.】
"Yeah, I know, I mean element traces."
[All four elements exist, but they are very weak.]
"As long as it's not poisonous."
Not long ago, he had speculated whether Mia would lick the snow. Shade didn't expect that he would actually do it so quickly. He opened his mouth and took a bite of the cold snow. The silver-white snowflakes melted in his mouth and entered down his throat.
stomach.
The cold chill made Shade stiff for a moment. When he recovered from the stiffness, he did not feel the warmth. Instead, he felt that the coldness was getting worse, but he also adapted to the cold.
[Foreigners, within half an hour, when you walk barefoot on the snow, you will not fall into the snow. When you communicate with people in a snowy mountain environment, you can understand each other's language. 】
So Shade took off his shoes and jumped down from the big stone with bare feet:
"oh!"
A chill ran through his heart from the soles of his feet to his whole body, but he was really standing on the snow.
He raised his arms in front of him and bent down slightly. In the snowstorm, Shade walked up the snow slope towards the mountain ridge.
