It is a rolling hill, and the heavy snow for several days has covered the hill in a pale layer of silver.

Now it seems that there is something different.

But Ingres remembered that when he first arrived at Overwatch Fortress, he had stood on the tower and looked out over it, and it was pitch black, barren and bleak.

This is the Hill of Shadows.

Through the clues given by Boporta, Angel arrives here.

Because there is a river in the Shadow Hills, if you are lucky, you may occasionally find the Misty Silver Ring here. In addition, the Shadow Hill is near the fortress, which can be seen with the naked eye, so it is considered a safe zone. Therefore, from time to time, there are apprentices who take advantage of their free time to come here to explore opportunities.

Just yesterday afternoon, Bobota and two of his friends were wandering around the Shadow Hill.

Then, they saw Toby here.

"At first, I saw it fishing in the river with its beak chiseled into ice, but then it didn't seem to catch anything, and it flew away. As for where to go, I didn't pay attention, because the snow was so heavy and it was dark, and as soon as it melted into the sky, I couldn't see anything clearly. ”

That's Boporta's rhetoric.

Although the others didn't see it really, Dusty did see Toby flying into the sky, so it can be roughly determined that Toby was still in the Shadow Hill just yesterday afternoon.

Angel immediately searched for him.

When he came to the Shadow Hill, the snow was undulating as far as he could see, and the sky was constantly snowing, and it was not so easy to find Toby's traces here.

The first place he went was the river where Toby fished, as Bopota said.

At the valley of the snow mound, a fairly spacious river channel is frozen at this time, and there are occasional snow-covered fish baskets on the bank, which shows that there are still many people coming to this small stream.

The place where Bobota discovered Toby digging the ice was a curved channel beneath the ice cliffs, with two trees on the opposite bank intertwined like acacias.

The features were obvious, and it didn't take long for Ingres to confirm the location. However, after the night, even if there were holes, the surface of the river had re-formed a layer of ice.

However, depending on the thickness of the ice, Angel was able to confirm where Toby had previously drilled the hole.

He tried to reopen the hole, and the water was still flowing underneath, and if you listened closely, some fish began to gather under the hole because the air was pouring in from the hole.

Angel had no intention of fishing, and was about to leave when he noticed something black in the ice.

Curiously, he chiseled open and took out the black fan-like thing.

Licked it, a salty smell after smoking.

"This taste is ...... Mana's maid smoked dried fish?" Anglemo rubbed and removed the sand from the surface, revealing that it was actually a fish's tail.

This is obviously Toby's thing, and it is estimated that Toby did not forget to nibble on small dried fish when he was digging a hole to fish here.

Now Ingres can be sure that Bobota and they are not lying.

It's just that although the leftover fish tail was found, where will Toby go?

Ingres thought about it, found a high ground, and released several probe golems. The round metal balls with eyes flew out in all directions.

"If you can't even find Toby by scouting the puppets......," Angel whispered, and would have to ask Sanders for help.

Detective golems are all over the Shadow Hills, and due to its small size, many hidden hides can be explored, much faster than Angel to explore.

Not in the east, not in the west.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and Angel's expression is becoming more and more solemn, he is now a little skeptical, could Toby be too comfortable in the abyssal breath, playing crazy, and running out of the safety zone?

Time passed, and just as Ingres was determined to return to the fortress and seek Saunders' help, he suddenly noticed that a detective puppet had seen two cowering figures.

It was a man and a woman, dressed in apprentice's robes, running down the slope of a hill trembling.

Their faces were pale, their hair was frosty, and their lips were turning blue, as if they had been frozen out...... However, Ingres remembers all the apprentices who came to the front line, and Frost Moon distributed wizard robes with a thermostatic effect.

When he looked closely, he found that the robes on the two apprentices had obvious holes. Moreover, there are blood stains and scratches, and it looks as if it has just been through a battle.

Judging from the expressions on their faces, they were also panicked, and they were relieved to turn their heads from time to time to confirm that there were no pursuers behind them.

Anger's eyes flashed with doubt: not to mention what had happened to them, that made them so panicked. What he cares about the most is, how did these two people come out?

The probing puppets had flown all over the Shadow Hill before, and they didn't find these two people at all, they seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Could it be that there are some hidden passages here?

Angel thought for a moment, a faint glow flashed on his boots, and the next second he appeared in front of the two people who were still a little frightened on their faces.

The appearance of Angel immediately attracted the vigilance of the male apprentices and blocked the female apprentices around him.

Judging from the movements of his guards, Angel pondered, these two people are probably a couple?

Angels took off his hood and showed his face: "I just came from the fortress, and I found you. ”

Angel's appearance was still a little boyish, and the gentle smile on the corner of his mouth made them relax their guard a little.

Seeing that they were slackening, Angel said, "Looks like you need some help?"

Angel casually took out a fiery red orb from his bosom - the Shattered Fire Transmission Stone, which had been obtained from the Fire Bone Witch during the Battle of Ember Rock Giant. It doesn't work very well, but it's very convenient for heating.

Ingres placed the broken flame stone in the palm of his hand, "I can give this to you, but I need you to answer a few questions from me. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and a hint of joy flashed in their eyes.

Both of them are intermediate apprentices, and after the previous escape, not only were the wizard's robes broken, but the demon source in their bodies was also empty, and they couldn't even summon the fire element to keep warm.

Although this place is not far from the fortress, they are exhausted, and with the wind and snow, maybe they will not die at the hands of those flying fish monsters, but will freeze to death in the Shadow Hill.

Unexpectedly, when they were desperate, they met Angel.

They dare to come to the abyss to break through, and naturally they also know the "broken fire stone". Don't look at this in Angel's eyes, it's useless, but to them, it's at least more than a hundred magic crystals!

Now, just by answering a few questions, they can get this item that can not only keep warm, but also sell at a good price, how can they not agree.

They nodded without hesitation.

......

After a while, Ingre's eyes lit up, not only did he get the information he wanted, but he might even get Toby's news, so he didn't hesitate to throw the shattered fire stone in his hand.

The handsome female apprentice reached out to take it, but as soon as the hand was stretched out, somehow, with a stagger, the fiery red orb fell into the male apprentice's hand.

After the male apprentice got his hand, he immediately looked at the female apprentice with a worried face: "It's okay, be careful, there may be gravel in the snow." ”

As he spoke, he helped the female apprentice up, and at the same time muttered in his mouth: "Put the fire stone here first, I am angry, you can rely on me to order it." ”

The female apprentice wanted to say something, but the male apprentice interrupted forcefully, and then bowed to Angelha, "Thank you for your kindness, let's go back to the fortress first." ”

With that, he took the female apprentice with a crimson face and walked in the direction of the fortress.

Angel turned his head, squinted, and looked at the figures of the two of them who had gradually disappeared in the wind and snow, and his mouth snorted twice.

The reason why the female apprentice was stumbling before, Angel felt it very clearly, it was the male apprentice who made the ghost. Not only did he grab the broken Fire Transmission Stone, but he also took advantage of the situation to grab the female apprentice, but he didn't suffer any loss.

There seemed to be a whisper from the male apprentice to the female apprentice in the wind: "This thing is quite expensive, when I go back, I will sell it, and then the magic crystal will divide half of your ......"

Will the male apprentice really give away the magic crystals he sells?

Ingres didn't know the answer, but from the glowing eyes of the male apprentice when he saw the Flame Stone, he guessed ...... It's hard, isn't it?

Before, it seemed that the male apprentice was protecting the female apprentice quite sincerely, but I didn't expect the defection to be so fast.

Angel shook his head, no longer thinking about the others, but walked towards the top of the hill with a twinkle in his eyes.

Just now, from their mouths, Angel learned some secrets about the Shadow Hill.

Speaking of which, it's not a true secret, but there are very few people who know about it, and the scope of dissemination is limited.

It is said that on the other side of the hill, in the hollow of a dead tree, there is a secret passage. The secret passage leads to a cave under the hill, which is called the Shadow and is the source of the Shadow Hill.

Legend has it that every once in a while, strange white shadows will appear in the Shadow Hill, and a baby screams like ghosts.

There was a lot of buzz among the apprentices, but in reality, the white shadows were white smoke evaporating from the geothermal springs in the Shadow Cave, and the screams of babies were some kind of long-whiskered fish that regularly swam from the underground rivers in the cave.

Although the Shadow Cave is hidden, there are still some people who know about it, but the underground river in the cave produces more misty silver rings, and for personal interests, many people don't say anything about it even if they know about it.

The previous apprentice of the couple was to go to the Shadow Cave to find the Turbulent Silver Ring.

When they went to the Shadow Cave this time, they were originally looking along the underground river, but halfway through, they encountered some accidents, and the inky flying fish monster that swam out of nowhere suddenly attacked them like crazy.

These flying fish monsters are at most the level of junior apprentices, but they can't stand the sheer number of them, and the wizarding system is slow to recover here, so they are eventually defeated and escaped.

These are the experiences of the couple apprentice, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.

However, Angel got a clue from them, and it was very likely that it pointed to Toby.

Although they hadn't seen Toby in the Shadow Cave, the female apprentice was extremely sensitive to sound, and she said she seemed to hear birdsong from the depths of the cave as she fled.

Angel imitated Toby's voice with the technique of sound illusion, and the female apprentice was very sure when she heard it.

"That's the chirp!"