The morning sun rises slowly, and the sky turns slightly white.
Winter is approaching, and the cold wind is howling and biting. On the road in front of the main entrance of the castle, Pariste is striding forward wearing silver armor and a long sword hanging on his waist. He has a pungent smell of blood on his body.
It seemed like a battle had just occurred.
When he reached the castle, Pariste paused and opened the door.
"Where is Master Enzo?"
As soon as he entered the castle, a male servant came forward. Pariste took off the sword from his waist and handed it to him to clean.
"Master Enzo is in the living room and has just had breakfast." The footman respectfully took the sword and replied.
Pariste turned around and walked straight towards the living room.
"Is there a problem?"
Enzo was a little surprised to see Pariste. Ever since he handed over the management of Kaiyuan City to the other party, Pariste would hardly come to the castle except for a report every four days. And since the last report, Pariste had hardly come to the castle.
It's only been two days.
"While patrolling the border of Kaiyuan City this morning, the soldiers below discovered the remnants of the Blood Hand Gang near the Ice Punishment Forest."
Pariste bowed slightly and his attitude was very respectful.
"I led a cavalry team to clear up and eliminate the remnants of the Blood Hand Gang. When I was about to return to the city, I was suddenly attacked by a [Snow Bear]. Many soldiers were killed and injured, but I was unable to kill it.
die!"
"A snow bear appeared near the Ice Punishment Forest?" Enzo frowned slightly.
The Snow Bear is a rare monster that usually lives in the far north of the icy wilderness.
According to records in the books, the Snow Bear has a violent temperament and is extremely powerful. It can reach more than three meters in length when it reaches adulthood. Its body is snow-white and its fur is very tough. The swords of ordinary warriors cannot harm it at all. Only knights with fighting spirit can fight it.
contend.
"Yes, an adult snow bear." Pariste looked solemnly and said, "Although I don't know why this snow bear appeared near the Ice Punishment Forest, it is within the scope of Kaiyuan City after all. If it is not dealt with in time,
, is likely to pose a threat to the town."
"So, I hope to go to the Ice Punishment Forest with Knight Tru to hunt the Snow Bear!"
"Okay, send 200 cavalry, plus the Tru knights to assist you, it should be enough to hunt the snow bear." Enzo thought for a moment, raised his head and said, "It just so happens that I haven't seen the snow bear, so let's go together.
Go ahead."
"That's...ok, as you wish." Pariste hesitated slightly, but still bowed and nodded.
...
Outside Kaiyuan City, on the road to the north.
The cold wind was howling, and the fine snow was flying like fluff. A group of black-armored cavalry riding tall horses were heading into the distance.
This team of knights advanced vigorously, with more than 200 people. The leading young knight was well-proportioned, riding a white horse on his crotch, with a delicate short blade hanging on his waist. He still looked calm in the wind and snow, and his handsome face was full of indifference.
.
Following closely behind were two tall black horses walking side by side.
The knight on the left is wearing silver-white armor, with a solemn expression, and is always paying attention to the movements around him, while the knight on the right is burly, with muscles all over his body bulging like an explosion, full of wild power, and looks like a humanoid monster.
This group of cavalry was Enzo and others who went to the Ice Punishment Forest to hunt the Snow Bear.
"We are approaching the Ice Punishment Forest soon. Be careful!" Paris, who was walking forward and wearing silver armor, said loudly.
As the cavalry team walked on the road, they could already see the Ice Forest in the distance. The closer they got, the faint smell of blood could be smelled. In the wilderness on both sides of the road, traces of battles and some bloody weapons could also be found.
Broken limbs.
Paris tightened the reins, approached Enzo, and pointed not far away.
"The remnants of the Bloody Hand Gang were active around this area before."
Following the direction of Pariste's finger, Enzo saw several corpses lying scattered in the field not far away. It seemed that they had been eaten by wild beasts not long ago. At this moment, they were completely changed and looked miserable.
"Since the Bloody Hand Gang bandit leader 'Abel' was killed by Clarence Knight seven days ago, the remnants of the Bloody Hand Gang have been fleeing in all directions."
"These guys should have come from Beacon Town." Pariste pointed into the distance.
Enzo nodded slightly. The crusade entered the wilderness 20 days ago. After discovering the Bloody Hand Gang's lair, they directly launched a clearing operation. Under the iron hoof charge, the seemingly outnumbered gang was vulnerable. After several rounds of attacks,
It was torn into pieces, and even the originally arrogant bandit leader 'Abel' was beheaded by the knights of Wildfire Town.
After that, the Blood Hand Gang fell into chaos and fled in all directions under the harvest of the cavalry.
"After all, they are just a group of gangsters. How can they withstand the iron hooves of the cavalry?" Enzo sighed with emotion, "It seems that it is only a matter of time before the Bloody Hands are destroyed."
"That's true. Winter is coming, and Clarence is clearing out enemies in the wilderness. The remaining bandits of the Bloody Hand Gang won't be able to hold on for long." Pariste nodded.
While the two were talking, they were approaching the Ice Punishment Forest. Pariste waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him divided into several teams, each entering the forest from different directions. Based on the surrounding traces, they began to look for the Snow Bear.
Enzo and Pariste led a part of the cavalry to search south of the forest.
The climate of the Ice Plains tends to be cold, with snow falling all year round. Plants that can survive in the Ice Forest have adapted to the cold. Most of them here are a kind of tree called 'Ice Leaf Cypress'.
The trees grow slowly, but their branches and leaves are extremely lush.
The cavalry team moved forward while clearing branches and leaves on the road.
"Ice Punishment Forest is close to Kaiyuan City. According to the rules of previous years, as soon as the winter is over, Lord O'Quinn will lead the army to wander around to drive away possible monsters." Parist always pays attention to the surrounding developments.
He warned Enzo, "It has been more than half a year since the last sweep. No one knows if there are any other monsters here except the Snow Bear, so please be careful."
Enzo couldn't deny it and nodded slightly.
The team continued to move forward, and not far away, several white birds flew into the sky, making bursts of screams.
Suddenly, a roar came from the forest.
"It's here, everyone, be careful!!!"
In the forest not far away, soldiers screamed in surprise, followed by a burst of noisy shouts and the neighing of war horses.
