"Let's do it!" Bain's heart skipped a beat, his teeth gritted, and he immediately decided to do it.
Holo is not afraid of attracting firepower openly, so what is he afraid of?
At this time, the apprentice Wuyang Wuyang who was transferred from the target point was surrounded by a large area of soul energy fluctuations. No one could detect the two of Heluo through these chaotic soul energy fluctuations.
Taking this opportunity, Holo and Byrne reached a consensus and separated first so that Byrne could observe in secret without being noticed by others.
"Apprentices who can't stand the cold, come here! Come close to me!"
Outside, there was an older apprentice greeting everyone.
Although everyone can consume soul energy to maintain body temperature, and apprentice robes or special clothing can also insulate against the cold, there are still some apprentices who are not well prepared or have special systems who are shivering at the moment.
Hearing this cry, a dozen apprentices naturally squeezed out of the crowd and clung to him.
Huh~ crackle!
An apprentice next to him used spiritual magic to pull out a few withered sticks from the snow, and then lit them with a fire in his hand.
The violent reaction showed that the wood strips were fully burned, and the surrounding snow melted into snow water for a while, and the temperature in the air also rose a lot.
Perhaps due to the soul technique, this fire can actually block the invasion of a small part of the surrounding wind and snow.
Let the apprentices feel comfortable.
"It's finally warm. This time I received the mission and came straight here. I didn't even have time to change my clothes. If I had used my soul energy to resist, I would have probably died of exhaustion!"
"That's right! If the soul can withstand the wind and snow, the road ahead probably won't go very far!"
"Me too, the system I chose cannot withstand the wind and snow. Plus this time, everyone is rushing to reap the benefits, and they are not well prepared."
Several people chatted and laughed heartily.
Hero sighed secretly. It seemed that these people were the latest batch of apprentices to join the tower. Even after passing the examination and training, they had not gained any survival experience.
I just heard that this mission was extremely simple and was specifically for apprentices, so I came to pick it up.
Pity……
He had already anticipated how big the casualties would be this time. It just depends on whether these guys know how to stop when enough is enough.
Seeing everyone huddled around the fire to keep warm, the old apprentice smiled kindly and said:
"We are all just apprentices, unlike those adults... who are full of souls."
Several people looked not far away, and there were several teams of magicians stationed far away from the apprentice group. Some apprentices came forward and wanted to join, but they were all driven away mercilessly. It was obvious that they did not want to play with apprentices.
The old apprentice patted the shoulder of his companion next to him:
"We apprentices can only save soul energy and use it to clean up the spread of pollution. I heard that the degree of pollution this time is very low and will not be transmitted to the magician, so we only need to be responsible for physical cleaning.
Even if you are contaminated, here! Look... the magician of [Scarlet Tower] is right there, and you can go there to receive purification treatment."
In the other direction, a white and red tent with the "Scarlet Tower" logo engraved on it stood there, with magicians coming in and out from time to time.
"More reminders. If it weren't for you, we would probably have to spend soul coins to buy some cold-proof equipment."
One of the sturdy apprentices thanked him.
Seeing this, Hero quietly came closer and blended in beside the fire to keep warm.
The old apprentice noticed him, but said nothing and continued to greet everyone.
"Have you heard about the snowfield incident not long ago? It is said that the pollution spread from there, but that area was jointly sealed by thirteen towers. We only need to be responsible for cleaning up the outer areas."
The worried apprentice immediately asked: "Wouldn't pollution corrupt the soul? Wouldn't it be dangerous to be so close to the center of the incident?"
After all, even the tower's cleanup team cannot be completely isolated, resulting in the spread of contamination, which is also a problem that everyone is worried about.
"No! Many apprentices have already proven that this mission is not dangerous at all. Moreover, it is not very close to the center, so everyone can rest assured!"
"That's good, how about we form a team? I think everyone seems to be able to work together as a team."
An apprentice looked around and saw that all the apprentices around him were looking for familiar people to cooperate with.
Right now, there happens to be a senior who can protect them from the wind and snow. Judging from his age, he is a veteran who has passed two or three assessments. He is obviously more reliable than ordinary apprentices.
Seeing that someone finally proposed the idea of cooperation, the old apprentice immediately hit the snake with a stick and began to persuade others without waiting for their agreement:
"Of course there is no problem. Only by uniting can we achieve more results." He glanced over and saw that some people were still hesitating, so he started to add more information.
"You don't think you don't need to take the free credit... This place is outside the scope of the tower. If two teams encounter pollutants at the same time in an unsupervised place, do you think there is an advantage to fighting alone?"
Hiding behind everyone, Holo narrowed his eyes, tightened his collar and put on his hood.
He smelled the smell of 'the same kind' in this old apprentice.
‘Interesting, it’s impossible that the tower didn’t know about this result and encouraged the apprentices to compete for resources? Do you think there are too many apprentices and plan to clear out a group of them?’
Sure enough, the apprentices who had never seen the world and had no experience all raised their hands and agreed to form a team.
This is a normal reaction. When entering an unfamiliar place for the first time, get together and explore the rules of the game.
It’s just that it’s not clear who is the sheep and who is the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
"Okay! Those who are willing to follow me to explore and clean up will go together. I won't force the rest of them. Keeping this fire here is a small help to everyone, let's go!"
The old apprentice counted the number, and when he saw that most of the apprentices were willing, he immediately expressed excitement and urged his companions to make special wooden strips.
Each person takes one, and then he uses a special flame soul technique.
This way everyone has a mobile source of protective fire.
Of course, Hero was also assigned a branch. He needed to use this person to find out what happened here.
After identifying the direction, several people began to walk toward the northwest of the target. Judging from the giant wooden map standing next to the target, there was a town and village located next to the lake and snow-capped mountains in that direction.
Crunch, crunch...
Everyone left a line of footprints on the thick snow, and their figures gradually separated from the target group and disappeared into the wind and snow.
Hidden at the end, Hero looked back, and the original source of fire flickered and then went out.
From a distance, I saw the apprentices who were left behind waiting for other opportunities jumping around and cursing, obviously angry.
Hero looked back at the old apprentice leading the way, snorted in his heart, and hurried to follow.
Phew~
They didn't know how long they had been walking, but they also encountered some scattered teams of apprentices on the way. Some were in high spirits because they had successfully hunted, while others were as if they were mourning for their heirs, and there were many high-level magicians among them.
Just as a strong wind blew, large snowflakes flew all over the sky, and at the same time, a boundary monument was blown out as a reminder.