Chapter 20

The cold of winter became more and more cold, drowning the light of the morning. The dense oak forest was bleak and silent. Looking up, the cold snow covered the whole renwal mountains.

Creak! Creak!

In the silent mountains, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed. Modrian cut off the dense hard branches in front of him with his sword and continued to move forward.

The cold wind swept his black armor, and occasionally ran into the lining, bringing a tingling feeling.

If modrian's strength had not already entered the quasi knight and could resist the cold wind all the time, he might have given up this exploration trip and his inner desire would be useless.

According to the crude map provided by Gregory, their party has been walking in the renwal mountains for three days, the signs on the map are increasing, and the lines representing the mountains are covered with parchment.

Unfortunately, in the journey of exploration, modrian has not met any demons, even violent beasts and monsters.

The reality is cruel after all. The exploration these days shattered his inner thoughts about the crystal core of the devil. The more he thought, the more cruel he became.

"Lord modrian, it's time to rest, and Kelvin needs to continue to draw the exploration map," dreus said in a low voice, turning his tall body.

"Well, then take a break." modrian gasped, stopped, waved his sword, cleared a slightly clean place, and then sat down tired against the oak tree.

After his first exploration trip, he did not adapt. Whether it was the extreme low temperature, the cold wind, or the invariable snow color of the mountains, it was torturing his body and mind.

Looking up at the sky, the dense leaves covered his vision, and there was no penetration of winter sunshine. In the extremely low temperature environment, the hard branches like iron and the soft leaves like swords troubled the way of exploration of the party. Coupled with the occasional beasts, they deserved to be called the forbidden area of life.

Modrian took the food handed over by dreus, a bacon and two dry cakes, chewed it hard, and then swallowed it raw. His wandering experience told him that this can recover his strength faster.

"Dreus, how long can our food last?" asked modrian after swallowing his food.

"Lord modrian, our food reserves can last about half a month," replied dreus. "However, we don't have to worry too much about food. The beasts hunted are enough to support the consumption of the team."

Modrian nodded slightly. For this exploration, he was well prepared and all kinds of materials were complete. In terms of personnel, in addition to him, there were dreus, Kelvin (War stonemason) and 10 Knox expeditionary cavalry. The number was small, but the elite was important.

Not long after eating, Kelvin and two Knox expeditionary cavalry left the team and began to explore the surrounding environment and geographical location.

Although Kelvin's function of war stonemason was biased towards architectural structure, it did not hinder his shallow scouting skills.

You know, during the expansion of the Knox Empire, the first sign of war was not the expansion of the Imperial Army, but the war alone. The stonemason went deep into the enemy's territory to explore the feasible invasion route.

The waiting time was very short. Kelvin and two Knox expeditionary cavalry returned safely soon. Many scratches were clearly visible on the black heavy armor, which was caused by sneaking into the strange mountain environment.

With their return, the exploration team set out again. The front was opened by two Knox expeditionary cavalry. They were dressed in black armor and waved sharp mountain knives. As the elite arms of the Knox Empire, the expeditionary cavalry had excellent horsemanship and extraordinary ground combat ability.

The atmosphere of silence filled the sky of the team. No one spoke softly. Everyone was paying attention to their surroundings. Only the sound of heavy footsteps and the sound of knives and swords staggered.

As time went on, modrian and his party gradually went deep into the renwal mountains, the surrounding environment became more and more gloomy, and the cold snow color lost its luster at some time,

The front of the noxas expeditionary cavalry began to slow down, signaling everyone behind to focus on preventing accidents.

Modrian is in the middle of the team, with dreus in front and Kelvin behind. He is very safe, but as a quasi knight, he still maintains a high degree of attention, especially observing the branches similar to the surrounding environment. I don't know when he will turn into a deadly withered Python and raid his side like lightning.

Withered Python is one of the unique snakes in the renwal mountains. The dried snake skin can perfectly hide on the bark or branches and hibernate. It seems that there is no such concept for them.

During the exploration along the way, they were attacked by withered Python many times, but no one was injured, but they were very upset.

"Dreus, did you find anything unusual?"

Looking around, modrian frowned. The light was gone. The shadow world came. There were no colorful colors. Even the pure snow color was submerged, only the dim gray.

"I'm sorry, Lord modrian, I didn't find anything. It's normal." dreus frowned at the surrounding environment. The continuous forest still couldn't see the end, and they walked only a hundred meters, but it was as strange as if they had changed the world.

"Fire, guard, prepare to camp." modrian decisively ordered that in the unknown environment, every step must be carefully. "Kelvin, take a few more people around to see the situation. If there is an emergency, send a signal directly for help."

"Yes, Lord modrian," Kelvin nodded and left the team with four Knox expeditionary cavalry.

The bright yellow fire light emerged and lit up the shadow area. Each of the remaining NOx expeditionary cavalry armed with a burning torch began to clean up the seemingly dangerous places around.

The cold wind blew the torch hard, but it didn't extinguish the flame. Instead, it blew more and more, and a faint smell of butter diffused and dispersed.

These torches are meticulously refined by the illiterate alchemists in the town of ewendel. The burning oil contains the effect of dispersing mosquitoes, and the duration has also increased significantly, which is very suitable for the environment of renwal mountains.

The rough and cold resistant tent has been set up, and the campfire in the camp is burning slowly. Modrian takes the lower armour and reveals his white face. The light of fire is reflected in his calm pupils, but his inner thoughts are like ripples.

According to the journey of the team, it's probably dusk, but there's no sunset. The gray shadow still covers the mountains. It's like the night comes in advance, which makes people feel a little uneasy.

Looking at dreus beside him, modry calmed down and waited. That's all he can do now.

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