My Magic Age

The snow covered everything on the ground, leaving only a vast expanse of white.

According to the rough outline of the terrain outside the city, you can also tell where the flat road is. No one wants to leave the city at this time.

The road outside the city, the ponds in the wheat fields, the gravel on the slopes, the drainage ditches on the roadside, everything was buried by the heavy snow.

There were only two thin ruts and horse hoof prints on the road out of the city. These marks were left by the night watchmen who were clearing garbage and snow outside the city.

The road to the southern part of the Northern Province is long and arduous. Skis are only used when chasing barbarians. Such a long journey is impossible without horses. We have a sled, which is obviously much more convenient when we are on the road.

Kalancso rode a war horse at the front of the team. The war horse waded in knee-deep snow and walked very hard.

The war horse snorted from time to time, and long white steam spewed out of its nostrils.

Catalina and I rode two Gubo horses and followed Kalantso. These horses have great endurance, but are not well adapted to the northern environment.

The legs of the ancient Bolai horses are wrapped in cold-proof leather, which makes a "creak" sound when stepping on the snow.

There is no Agui beast in El City, otherwise you can buy a mount for Luka.

Now, Luka can only follow the team on foot, and occasionally sit on the shelf at the end of the sled to rest for a while when going downhill.

The docile long-haired stallion pulled the sleigh and followed me. Excited chatter came from time to time on the sleigh. The cold north wind could not completely calm down Noah's excitement. I warned Noah and Shirley Newman. , don’t stare at the dazzling snow for too long, it will be terrible if you suffer from snow blindness.

Ten orc warriors rode war horses to protect both sides of the team. They wore white rock rhinoceros hard leather armor with magic patterns and a layer of white cold-proof cloaks. If you don't distinguish their faces carefully, they are very similar to the Green Empire's structures. The knight is no different.

Deborah flew against the wind in the howling north wind, scouting out the barbarians sneaking through the area near El City.

According to the information provided by Deborah, we quickly found a lone savage. The savage's big footprints were clearly imprinted on the snow. His steps were very long, and he could take more than two meters in one step.

He walked south along a mountain road, stopping and stopping along the way, but at a very fast pace. Our team chased him for a long time, but we only saw his blurry figure in the wind and snow from a distance. Noah was far away. Seeing the barbarians moving forward in the wind and snow, they excitedly jumped off the sled, ran to me, and asked me: "Jijia, when are we going to take action?"

I quickly pulled the reins of Gubolai Ma. Gubolai Ma stopped and said to Noah: "Don't worry, the snow is falling too hard. It will not be easy for the team to catch up with the barbarian. We To maintain this speed, it depends on when the barbarian can take a break. "

"Let's go skiing and hunt him down!" Noah suggested to me.

As I was talking, the barbarian figure disappeared from my sight again, and I said to Noah: "Let's see where the road ahead leads first. I don't want to go in circles with him in the El City area. "

In fact, according to my idea, our team will go to the southern part of the North to find a large number of barbarians, so I don't plan to stay near El City for too long.

If we were taking the same route as this savage, then of course I would take him out.

But if the road he takes ahead deviates from our current established route, then we must weigh the pros and cons. If the detour is too far, there is really no need to affect our entire hunting for a lone barbarian. plan.

But seeing Noah's excitement, I didn't tell him that if the barbarian didn't go against our path, I actually had no interest in hunting him. I shouted to Kalantso who was riding in front: " Kalancso, help me check the map."

Kalancso pulled the reins and raised his right hand high. The ten orc warriors stopped neatly. The sled pulled by the long-haired horse was caught in the middle and stopped with us. Kalancso said to everyone: "Let's take a rest first!"

There are no rocks or big snow hills that can be used to take shelter from the wind. We can only stop on the uncovered snow. The north wind blows past us. The temperature here is very low, and the snow particles it brings fall on our faces. It will feel very painful. The eyebrows, beards, and hair of the orc warriors are covered with ice and snow, just like old men with white beards.

The north wind took away the temperature of our bodies little by little. Under the cold weather, there was almost nothing in this wilderness except snow.

There were only some golden apple trees and chestnut trees on the hills in the distance, and even the low bushes were covered under the heavy snow.

Kalancso ordered: "Huck, bring out some fodder to feed the horses, and boil some warm water!"

The orc construct warriors jumped off their horses one after another. They performed their duties well-trainedly. Some took out the 'Fire Gathering' magic rune board to light a fire and boil water, and some took out beans from their bags. The horses were fed grain and fodder. In this extremely cold weather, the horses were worried about frostbite, so they wrapped a layer of rawhide around the horse's legs, covered the horse's back with a thick blanket, and even wore it on the horse's head. Leather hood.

After driving for a long time, these horses needed a rest.

I also jumped off the ancient horse, pulled out a small wooden mallet from the side of the saddle, and began to knock off the thin ice shell condensed on the horse's legs.

The tauren caught up from behind, and a thick layer of ice and snow had already condensed on the hair and horns on his head. The tauren warrior shook his head hard, shook off the ice and snow on his head, and then said to me : "The weather in the north this year is colder than in previous years."

Kalantso called Deborah, who was scouting for enemy traces in the sky, to come down and rest for a while. Deborah circled in the air, then folded her wings in the air and plunged down, just like an object falling from a high altitude, she quickly fell down until When he was only a few dozen meters away from the ground, he opened his wings again and stopped his rapid falling body.

She spread her wings and landed on the snow. The strong wind brought by her wings blew up the snow all over the sky. Kalancso pulled out a thick blanket from the package on the horse's back and threw it to Deborah. Deborah's face was ashen with cold. La's hands and feet were stiffly wrapped around the blanket, and she huddled together with several orc construct warriors to warm themselves by the fire. It seemed that Deborah was very familiar with these orc construct warriors, and the orc construct warrior handed her a glass of hot water.

"It's colder here than El City." Noah sat on the sled, wrapped in a thick blanket with Shirley, shivering from the cold.

He stretched out his hand to condense a ball of flame, but unfortunately the north wind blew by, and the magic flame in his hand was blown out by the wind.

"And the fire magic element here is very thin. I finally know why there are so many excellent water magicians in the North. This is a battlefield for water magicians!" He looked at the flames blown away by the wind in his hands. , said with a sigh.

Shirley Newman, who was next to me, said: "It seems that the bloodline talent of the Ally family that really controls the North is the power to control thunder and lightning. There are not many water magicians in Sloit Province!"

"Well, I think we should make a fire to warm up too!" Noah said to Shirley.

Shirley also tried to condense fire magic in the wind and snow, but it seemed to be very difficult.

Helena and Becky were cleaning the thick layer of ice and snow from the long-haired stallion's legs. Yingli was standing next to the sled, her face a little red from the cold wind. I walked over and pulled down the hat on her head. Come on, it will keep you warmer.

Ying Li raised his head, looked at me with a distressed look on his face, and said to me, "Did you hunt savages like this in previous winters?"

I nodded slightly and said with a smile: "It's almost the same, but it wasn't so cold last year!"

Ying Li hugged me tightly, threw herself into my arms, and whispered to me: "In the past, I always dreamed of walking into your life. Now, I have really experienced your life. I discovered that your life turned out to be so hard, and the achievements that led to your promotion to earl were accumulated little by little! "

I reached out and hugged the bloated Yingli. The cold-proof fur coat on her body was very thick. Fanny personally bought it from the most famous tailor shop in El City. I said to Yingli: "This is good." It’s not bitter, it’s just a bit cold. I’m a water magician and I’m good at ice magic, so I’m not afraid of the cold!”

Ying Li was amused by my words and laughed.

"Why aren't water magicians who are good at ice magic afraid of the cold? Because they are often exposed to ice magic, are they no longer afraid of the cold? This ridiculous theory has never been taught in class by the magic teacher!" She glared at me. He glanced at it and then said: "What makes you not afraid of the cold is your own magic resistance."

yes! My magic resistance.

Speaking of this topic, it reminds me of the days when I learned general magic from Old Kuru in the caravan. I remember that the first magic skill I learned was 'Magic Defense'.

I touched the hat on Yingli's head affectionately and said to her: "Okay, I'm from the north. This happens every winter. We are all used to it. In fact, the most powerful ones are the barbarians. They can Fill it up like this and sit naked in the snow and take a bath in it.”

At this time, Kalantso unfolded a geographical map of Sloit Province drawn on parchment on a large package. I also leaned over and found the city of El on the map at first glance. Then use a charcoal pencil to draw a circle on the location of El City, and then draw a black line in the direction of leaving the city.

Kalancuo recognized some of the surrounding landforms, placed his finger on a location on the map, and said to me: "Our current location is here!"

After speaking, she pointed to a mountain range across the map and said to me: "If we want to go further south, with such heavy snow, we can't risk climbing over the mountainous area ahead, so we have to go around this fault. The valley road of the mountain, this valley road will reach Hamamatsu Castle, the northernmost town of Nato City. That town is surrounded by low and barren fault mountains. Only a few chestnut trees grow there. The most famous one in that town is Shumi.”

I didn’t expect that Kalantso would be so familiar with the towns around El City, so I asked her curiously: “Are you familiar with that?”

Kalancuo brushed the broken hair around his ears, with an expression of nostalgia on his face. He took a deep breath and said to me: "I used to worry a lot about how those young boys could survive the long cold winter. I always had to In the fall, look for some cheap and filling food.”

"Have you ever bought tree rice in that town?" I finally understood why Kalantso went to that town.

Kalancuo lowered his eyelids and seemed unwilling to say more: "I didn't buy it. The people in that town are very repulsive to outsiders, especially the wandering orcs, so the transaction was unsuccessful."

Hearing Kalancuo say this, I hurriedly said: "Why don't we choose another way to go south? There is no reason why we should run over to help the people in that town who treat you badly against them to resist the barbarians."

After all, we still have to consider Kalancuo's feelings, and there are as many small towns as stars in the southern part of Schroite Province. There is no reason to choose a small town that once criticized us.

"It's been so long since the incident, I almost forgot, what can't I let go of." Kalancuo looked at me in surprise, and said to me calmly, and then she carefully observed the map again. It seems that the surrounding roads need to cross the mountains. In this kind of weather and heavy snow, crossing the mountains is definitely a bad idea.

She said to me: "Besides, we are not hunting barbarians just for them. This road is the closest road to Nato City, and the barbarian in front seems to have walked into the valley of the fault mountain. If we chase him now, he will have nowhere to escape!"

I hesitated for a moment, and she stared at me and said: "Even if it satisfies Noah's hunting wish, we have to chase him along this road!"

I looked at the map again. In fact, I am quite familiar with the western part of Schloite Province, especially the section from El City to Baipu Cliff, but I am not familiar with this southern area at all.

But since Kalancuo decided to go through Hamamatsu Fort, I had nothing to say, so I said: "Well, let's go to Hamamatsu Fort first and see how long it will take us to get there?"

Kalancuo tapped his forehead, thought for a while and said: "At the current speed, we will reach the town before dark the next day!"

I exclaimed: "It seems to be quite far, but it doesn't seem to be visible on the map!"

The weather was too cold, and we were worried that the horses would be frostbitten, so we didn't dare to rest in the snow for too long. Once we started walking, the horses would not be so cold.

I originally wanted to ride on the Gubolai horse again, but Noah wanted to experience the feeling of riding a horse in the snow at this time, so he asked me to ride a sled. He pulled Shirley Newman to steal the Gubolai horses of me and Catalina, and I was happy to hide in the warm sled.

The team continued to chase the footprints of the barbarian warriors and continued to head south.

Soon, the front was no longer a field with open vision. Some ups and downs, endless hills appeared in my sight. A fault mountain about 60 to 70 meters high appeared like a black belt between the white sky and earth. The black line continued to the south and finally disappeared in the snow.

Our team stopped on the hillside. In front of us was the valley leading to Hamamatsu Castle. The barbarian warrior sat under the cliff at the entrance of the valley to rest.

He raised his head as if he had noticed something, and saw our team on the hillside at once.

However, this barbarian was not like other barbarians. When he saw someone appear, he rushed towards us with his teeth and claws. Instead, he stood up from the snow, patted the remaining snow on his buttocks, turned around and ran into the valley...