Everyone marched in the white snow for nearly three days, but they didn't see a single snow elf. Not only the corners that could be seen with the eyes, Aranza's soul sensing ability had swept through every place they walked.
, except for the occasional detection of some wintering animals, there is nothing to gain.
These three days were also the quietest for the three of them. They were walking in the snow and resting. The cold made them reluctant to say a word. They just followed the route of the magic map and moved forward as fast as possible.
During a break, Aranza took out the magic ball again, activated the magic map in it, and after looking at the area carefully, he finally couldn't help but cursed: "Well, what on earth is this place?"
"This place... seems to be called 'Shuiyue Plain'."
A soldier who was a bandit leader a few days ago replied: "Before I became a bandit, I was a private soldier of a noble in Snowrun City. After the snow elves appeared in Snowrun City, we tried to escape from that damn place...
...We originally planned to flee to Alexia State, but we were intercepted by the snow elves here... In fact, the snow elves intercepted many troops trying to escape here, almost all the troops fleeing here in Skyrim State
Everything fell apart here... This place has a more suitable name, called 'Slaughterhouse'."
As he spoke, the soldier leaned over and dug up the snow under his feet. After about two or three minutes of digging, he successfully dug out a damaged human skull!
"Heavy snow conceals the truth here..."
The soldier carefully placed the broken skull in front of him and continued: "When the snow disperses, what will appear on this land must be a large number of bones. Here are our former comrades and former enemies. Only
A very small number of people fled to the forest on the border... In the end, as you can see, we became bandits."
When he said these words, the surrounding "bandit leaders" were silent. Aranza could feel the sadness and anger in their hearts through the soul sensing ability.
Aranza was also silent, but after a long time, he suddenly thought of something, so he bent down and dug through the snow under his feet, and found a human bone from an unknown part. He was horrified at first, and then asked: "Well, escape to the forest.
How many people are there?"
If you want to create a "slaughterhouse" with corpses everywhere, the premise must be that enough people die. Therefore, even if only a very small part of the people can escape from here, the number will not be small.
"I don't know the specifics."
The soldier replied: "But in the forest where I am, as far as I know, there are more than a dozen bandit gangs, and several other large gangs. In total, there are at least 500 people."
Another new warrior added: "The forest I'm in is similar."
"The forest I'm in probably has more!"
The other soldiers who were bandit leaders a few days ago also echoed. A rough calculation showed that on the border where Sarah Falco State and Alexia State intersected, in the area where Aranza passed through, there were over a hundred large
Bandit gangs of all sizes, and their total number exceeds at least three thousand!
But there probably won't be more people, because the place Aranza passes is the most common route, and there shouldn't be many brainless robbers after deviating from this route.
But what puzzled Aranza was why there were so many robbers, and he expressed his doubts.
"What else can we people do besides fight and kill?"
A soldier explained: "Not all nobles are as generous as your lord and are willing to take in us 'deserters', and... at that time, when we walked through the forest, we found that Alexia State had also become
In the territory of the snow elves, we hid in the forest. Later, the army took back Alexia State. Even if we did nothing, we were regarded as bandits or bandits... In the end, it was natural. "
After pondering, Aranza finally decided: "Let's go back and contact these bandits... If they are willing to return to the army, let them wait for me in the town we came to before, in Xingtana, and
My people.”
Among the soldiers present, several people immediately shouted excitedly. They knew very well what Aranza's attitude meant to the companions still in the forest. Moreover, they had also learned about it from the veterans before.
Aranza's identity is the son of the King of Heroes!
Being able to return to the army and follow the son of the great Hero King was something they had never imagined!
So, after hurried preparations, these soldiers almost couldn't wait to return the same way and ran towards the forest.
Aranza watched them leave and said with a smile: "Well, if I had asked earlier, they wouldn't have had to make an extra trip."
He is also looking forward to the formation of an army of about three thousand people. Those who can survive the interception of the snow elves, even if they are labeled as "deserters", their strength must not be bad. This point
, Aranza has already confirmed it from the bandit leaders he first conquered. Moreover, Aranza knows very well that both Sarah Falco and Alexia states were once occupied by snow elves, but these people were actually safe and sound.
What does it mean to hide in the forest?
You must know that although snow elves have no eyesight, the acuity of their other senses makes it easier for them to detect hidden prey. To escape their pursuit is a test of a warrior's overall strength.
The remaining people still followed Aranza towards Snowrun City.
At sunset that day, they finally arrived at a small town, or rather the ruins of a small town. The dilapidated streets and houses had no life left. Even so, everyone was thankful for this. At least they had a place to stay out of the wind.
. And in the afternoon of the next day, the figure of Xueman City finally appeared at the end of the line of sight.
It was like a corpse abandoned in the wilderness, motionless under the cold sunshine.
When entering Snowrun City, Aranza realized how the snow elves occupied a city. No, they did not occupy it at all, but destroyed it, the most complete destruction.
The roads in Xueman City have been covered with snow. There is not a single intact house on the pale surface. Traces of damage by war magic machines can be seen everywhere, as well as some bones that are not covered by the snow.
On the second floor or windows of half-collapsed houses, people were wailing silently.
Everyone walked around the broken eaves and broken walls of Xueman City, and everyone was silent. They were not afraid of war, but the traces of war made them feel scared. From a macro perspective, the war between human races is about survival of the fittest and evolution.
A higher civilization, and the snow elves' war method is to destroy, destroy, and erase the traces of a race's civilization.
Such a war is not allowed.
Aranza couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Well, it seems that our upcoming allies are not as friendly as we thought."
Cyril was looking at a platform exposed out of the snow. On it was a skeleton embracing each other, maybe a mother and a child, maybe a couple. She did not change her gaze because of Aranza's words, but spoke directly and said: "
Do we still want to ally with them?"
Aranza exhaled deeply before saying: "We have no other choice...but after the alliance collapses, we may be able to do something, well, let's talk about it then."
He turned his head, looked to somewhere outside the ruins, and said, "Before that, let's go to a place first."
This place is somewhere in the Luohan Mountains. It is the secluded residence of Hel Esauron, the former friend of the King of Heroes and the father of Jessie Esauron.
Aranza and Cyril had been there before, and this time they were familiar with the road and arrived at their destination in only two or three hours.
Hull's hut was still huddled in the snow intact, but it was obviously deserted, with a thick layer of snow on the ground and eaves, and the medicinal herb field that Hull once cultivated was missing. Push the door and go in
, the window was mostly blocked by snowflakes, making the house slightly dim. The snow outside turned into a layer of light gray inside. There were spiders in several corners. The little spiders on them were either starved to death or frozen to death.
gained vitality.
Aranza frowned and said to herself: "Well, has Uncle Hel left here?"
Presumably, the snow elves emerged from under the Luohan Mountains, and this place is the closest, so naturally no one can live there anymore.
"Your Highness the Prince!"
At this time, a soldier stood next to Aranza, handed him a dusty envelope, and said, "I found this on the table in the back room."
"letter?"
Aranza was a little confused, but when he saw a line of words on the envelope, his doubts turned into shock. There were only three words: "To Mitti".
Mitty, it would be interesting if instead of having the same name, she was someone Aranza knew. And that is exactly what happened.
Aranza hesitated a little, but still opened the envelope and read the contents. It was a message from Hull to Mitty. The content was not much, but Aranza still read some information, and then he realized that Hull not only
Mitty regards him as his apprentice, and even more so as his granddaughter. He mentioned in the letter that the ancient snow elves had extremely advanced civilizations, and these civilizations must still be discovered in the snow elf caves under the Luohan Mountains.
He will go to this cave to study the secrets of the Snow Elf, and will search for some Snow Elf antiquities as a gift for Mitty.
This paragraph also specifically states that Hel knew that Mitty wanted to own a real one-handed sword, and if possible, Hel would collect several one-handed swords made by ancient snow elves for her.
"this……"
After reading the content of the letter, Aranza no longer knew what to say. Perhaps she should laugh at herself at the joke of fate. Ever since Aranza went to Sarah Falco State with Hancock and met Mitty, she never
After seeing her, the worst-case scenario was that Aranza would throw her into the mayor's cabin, and Mitty, who was unconscious, had already been pushed to the gallows by the local residents.
But then, when she saw the date of signing the letter, Aranza suddenly felt an ominous premonition in her heart - the time of Hull's message was consistent with what was recorded in the archives of Alice Fortress, and Yvette suddenly fell off.
The Thorn Mercenary Group has only a negligible few days to go to the Snow Elf Cave!