Step into the iron door covered with a layer of ice crystals.
The first thing that caught Colin's eyes was a square hall about the size of a basketball court.
Secondly, there is a huge silver complex ring-shaped device placed in the translucent witch formation shield in the middle of the hall, occupying almost three-fifths of the entire hall.
"This is the communication ring tower. It is the only way for the Gubei Camp to communicate with the city of Neustadt." Dempsey noticed Colin's gaze and took the initiative to introduce it.
"Please give me your school badge, Lord Colin." Dempsey continued.
Colin nodded, handed the school badge to Dempsey, and then looked around curiously.
Behind the square hall, there is an open gray corridor that is only about four or five meters long, and at the end is connected to another heavy black iron door, which is locked tightly.
On the walls on both sides of the corridor, there is also a smaller iron door.
Buzz——
The silver communication ring tower on the side suddenly started to rotate, and after a moment, it lit up with pulse-like regular white light.
"It's ready, Lord Colin." Dempsey walked out of the shield and walked towards him. He respectfully handed back the school badge with both hands and said, "In about ten minutes, Neustadt City will be able to take over.
Information coming to us.”
"Yeah." Colin nodded and started asking questions that he was curious about.
"Why would the nine major sects set up such a stronghold in this remote place?"
Dempsey seemed to have never thought about this question. He was obviously stunned when he heard it, and then thought for a moment and replied:
"Maybe it's because of the blue cold crystal."
"Oh?" Colin was a little curious and searched carefully in his mind.
However, I found that I didn't seem to have seen any blue cold crystals, and I hadn't even heard of them.
"Who is this blue cold crystal?" He subconsciously continued to ask.
"It's a special kind of mineral...it looks like ice crystals and is blue in color," Dempsey described.
As if he felt that the verbal description was too vague, he paused and said, "Sir, please come with me."
Dempsey led Colin towards the corridor behind the hall, and finally came to the heavy black iron door.
"This is the warehouse where blue cold crystals are stacked. Every six months, someone will come to collect them."
As Dempsey spoke, he took out a special black key and opened the heavy black iron door in front of him.
A brilliant blue light suddenly shone out from the gap in the open iron door.
One after another, blue cold crystals of different sizes are neatly stacked together, forming a hill two or three meters high.
When he first saw such a scene, Colin couldn't help but marvel.
Although I don’t know what the specific function of this blue cold crystal is, but it looks really good.
"What are the specific functions of these blue cold crystals?" Colin continued to ask curiously, "Can I go in and have a look?"
"Yes, sir, as long as the blue cold crystal is not removed from the stronghold, it will be fine." Dempsey said, and walked in with Colin.
"As for the specific function of the blue cold crystal, I don't know."
Dempsey shook his head, with curiosity on his face.
Colin walked to the pile of blue cold crystals, picked up one and looked at it carefully.
These so-called blue cold crystals look a bit like crystals in appearance, but they are not as translucent as crystals. Instead, they emit blue light.
If you were in your previous life and encountered an ore that could emit light on its own, you would have to hide as far away as possible.
Because those are most likely radioactive materials.
But this is not necessarily the case in this wizarding world. Magic gives the soil for miracles to grow.
And after being here for so long, Colin didn't feel anything strange at all. Apart from the fact that the ore in front of him glowed, there seemed to be nothing special about it.
It showed no response to the temptation of magic and spiritual power, just like an ordinary stone.
‘Let’s check the information when we return to Neustadt City.
To be able to make the nine major sects go to war in such a big way and establish a stronghold in this barren extreme northern land...this blue cold crystal is obviously not a useless thing.'
"Tell me more about the mission, about those ice and snow monsters...and Gubei Village."
Colin put down the blue cold crystal, turned around and said to Dempsey.
"Okay, sir." Dempsey nodded and began to speak:
"The ice and snow monster just appeared last month. I remember that day was January 24, Sunday. I went to Gubei Village to collect blue cold crystals as usual, but I saw an ice and snow monster just leaving Gubei Village.
…”
The two walked out together. Dempsey locked the door and briefly described to Colin what he saw and heard that day.
In fact, there was nothing special about the process, except that an ice and snow monster suddenly came to the door.
According to Dempsey, in this far north, such attacks by ice and snow monsters occur almost every one or two years.
After listening to Dempsey's story, Colin picked up his pocket watch and took a look.
It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. He thought for a while and continued to Dempsey:
"It's still early, why don't we set off for Gubei Village now?"
"Now?" Dempsey said hesitantly, "According to the weather beacon instructions at the stronghold, there will be a snowstorm within half an hour."
During this period of time in the far north, it is the polar night, the sun is always below the horizon, the sky is pitch black, and only occasionally the brilliant aurora shines.
Under such circumstances, if there is another snowstorm, even a senior wizard apprentice may lose his life.
"Sir, you are tired from traveling all the way, so why not rest for one night before heading back? I have prepared the unique snow rabbit here for you. The meat is tender and smooth, and has a unique aroma."
Dempsey continued, while pushing open the iron door on the left side of the corridor, "This is your room, I live next door."
Colin glanced around the room.
Perhaps to protect the physical and mental health of the wizards on duty, the area inside seems to be quite small. It seems to be a two-bedroom, one-living room with a kitchen and bathroom layout.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "No, go over now, the ice and snow monster may attack at any time. If you don't go today, if you miss the opportunity, not only will Gubei Village suffer more casualties
, and it also wastes more of my time.”
Colin explained calmly.
He didn't come here just for fun, it was only right to quickly solve the task and go back to the city of Neustadt, which was rich in magic energy and relatively safe.
"But the blizzard is coming... Lord Colin." Dempsey subconsciously raised his head and said, "The blizzard here is extremely violent, and ordinary first-level wizards are at risk of getting lost."
"Don't worry, I will keep you safe." Colin continued, his tone calm and calm.
This is the confidence of being a second-level wizard.
"Okay, sir." Seeing Colin's insistence, Dempsey naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and just said respectfully: "Then please wait a moment, sir, while I go pack my things."
"Yeah." Colin nodded slightly.
Dempsey walked towards his room opposite, feeling a little helpless.
He didn't believe that Colin was worried about the life and death of the villagers in Gubei Village. It was just his boss who insisted, so what could he say?
Alas, it's just that the snowstorm here is really not that easy to overcome.
This new wizard seems a little arrogant... Dempsey sighed inaudibly, feeling worried and planning to bring more dry food and be prepared to be lost for a few days on this trip.
Five minutes later, Dempsey packed up the things he needed to take when going out, set the stronghold witchcraft array to outgoing mode, and then walked out of the door with Colin.
The pale green hazy light shrouded the two of them like a veil, and Colin raised his head slightly.
In the dark sky in the distance, there is an ethereal and bright aurora appearing, waving in the sky like a ribbon.
Looking away, Colin put his hand on Dempsey's shoulder.
The latter was slightly startled and looked at him subconsciously.
"I'll take you to fly there." Colin explained simply, and then activated his flying magic to rise from the ground.
Arriving at a high altitude, he blessed himself and Dempsey with a steel temperature-resistant force field. After asking for its direction, it turned into a stream of light and shot away quickly.
Gubei Village is still quite a distance away from here, but for Colin's flight, it only takes about five minutes.
Feeling the speed of Colin's flight, Dempsey was also delighted, and subconsciously said: "Master Colin, according to your flying speed, maybe we can reach Gubei Village before the blizzard comes."
"Yeah." Colin responded calmly.
However, Dempsey's wish came true in the next second.
call--
A cold wind that was colder than the surrounding environment suddenly blew.
The aurora in the sky gradually disappeared.
Feather-like snowflakes were falling from the dark sky... The blizzard quickly formed in just a minute or two.
Dempsey was slightly startled, with a bitter look on his face.
"Don't worry, how to go ahead." Colin comforted him and continued to ask.
The weather in the Far North is indeed as unpredictable as the data shows.
However, given the intensity of the current snowstorm, there is nothing we can do about it. At most, it will make the trip longer.
"Dempsey." Colin urged in a low voice.
"...I'm sorry, Master Colin." Dempsey came back to his senses and said quickly. He took advantage of the wind and snow that had not completely blocked his vision, pointed to the bulging glacier in the distance and said:
"If you fly forward for a moment and cross the glacier, you can see a tall iceberg standing alone on the ice sheet - Gubei Iceberg. At the foot of the mountain is where Gubei Village is located."
Colin nodded slightly, increased his magic output, and crossed the ice slope in front of him before the wind and snow became fierce.
Turn around and look around.
Sure enough, as Dempsey said, a strange iceberg soon broke into his field of vision.
The iceberg is probably a thousand meters high, standing alone like a ferocious thorn on the ice sheet. The surrounding area is flat, and not even a higher bulge can be found.
This scene made the Palearctic iceberg look particularly strange and majestic...and also made Colin a little curious about how this iceberg was formed and how it was so unique.
The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier.
Before his field of vision was completely occupied by the white snow, Colin adjusted his flight direction and flew directly towards the Guarctic Iceberg.
The blizzard blocked the light and the field of vision. In the darkness, Dempsey was a little panicked: "Sir Colin, why don't we slow down a little, in case we hit..."
boom!
A dull crashing sound suddenly sounded in front of Demps, making him feel as if his throat was being strangled. He only uttered a short syllable and fell into silence.
"It should be an ice floe rolled up by a snowstorm, don't worry about it," Colin said calmly, with a calm face.
In fact, he had already let his mental power spread forward, and there was no risk of hitting something.
The collision with the ice floe just now was actually intentional.
Now it looks like the effect is pretty good... Colin used his mental power to look at Dempsey who fell into silence and smiled slightly.
As the apprentice on duty here, Dempsey may have some uses for him in this mission. His hesitant attitude towards the order just now is not good. He must be made aware of part of his strength and confidence.
The two of them flew quickly all the way.
Dempsey leaned against Colin cautiously, motionless, but his heart was inexplicably shocked.
As a not too young wizard apprentice, he has never seen a first-level wizard in his life experience, so he is very aware of the strength of ordinary first-level wizards.
The impact just now may have been just an ordinary ice floe, but due to the double superposition of the terrifying speed of flight and the speed given to the ice floe by the blizzard, the power of the collision was not small at all.
After all, those ice floes are not cotton, they are extremely hard, and it would be very difficult to actively break them under normal circumstances.
At least Dempsey felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to defend himself against an ice floe collision at such a speed.
Without Colin's protection, the ice floe might have broken his body on the spot.
Demps quietly changed his previous view of Colin——
The wizard who came this time is not arrogant, I'm afraid he is just confident in his own strength!
Ten minutes later, the blizzard has not dissipated.
But the two of them had already arrived at the foot of the Gubei Iceberg.
It's a pity that the snowstorm is still going on, blocking all the light, otherwise we can observe the Guabic Iceberg up close.
But now, Colin can only use his mental power to identify his surroundings, and it is difficult to see the entire iceberg.
As for Gubei Village, it is also invisible.
Colin searched around the iceberg, and after a few minutes, he finally found the hidden Gubei Village.
Gubei Village is located in a natural basin at the foot of the mountain. The wind and snow here are blocked by the surrounding raised ice hills, making it slightly smaller.
But the vision was still dark, and Colin spread his mental power out.
The houses in Gubei Village seem to be made of ice and snow. They are low and hemispherical in shape and are numerous in number.
There seemed to be no end to the spiritual power, and Colin estimated that there were at least nearly a thousand spherical igloos.
This is not so much a village as it is a small town.
Colin was a little amazed, but the next moment, the scene coming from his mental power made him frown.
He quickly headed towards Gubei Village. In order to make it easier for Demps to see clearly, he waved his hand and used the light spell.
Soft white light gathered in the palm of his hand, illuminating a gloomy and bleak scene.