The snow and ice of November mixed with the cold wind pierced the bone marrow like a knife blade, and the diamond-shaped ice crystals towering on the Far North Ice Sheet trembled slightly in the wind, making a piercing tremor. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dressed in white robes enchanted with the [Wind Guardian] magic, the four-member team walked through the snow and ice, and the two low-level blessing magics [Swift] and [Freedom of Movement] cast a subtle circle of pale silver light on their bodies, allowing everyone to ignore the ice and snow under their feet and quickly approach their goal.

After returning to the academy and handing in the certificate of completion of the mission, the team of four immediately set off and teleported to the space-time node of the ice field without stopping to rest.

For the possible gold, there was great enthusiasm in everyone's hearts.

Of course, as Ivan said, what the armored deer said may not be true, and it is not a strange thing for a monster to lie in order to save his life, but the question is, what if you go and see it?

Originally, they were going to conduct trials in various places and hone their skills in casting magic, as for where to hone it, it didn't matter, the giant wild boars in the White Frost Forest, the wolves and ghosts in the Ice Lan Forest, and the harsh environment of the Arctic Ice Field, there was not much difference.

The other three also thought the same, in Nick's words, that is, the Warcraft had already killed enough, their points in the academy could almost be said to be stable first, and it was time to generate and explore something new, after all, the most important thing for a mage is curiosity.

It turned out that the simple harsh environment was nothing for the prepared adventurers, and the four mages who were at most the Black Iron level were not stopped by the wind and snow, and came to the vicinity of the dragon's lair smoothly.

In the Arctic Ice Field, there are no powerful monsters, because this was originally the territory of the White Dragon, and around the Dragon Clan, it is impossible to have more than silver-level Demonic Beasts within a radius of a hundred miles, although now the entire White Dragon's Nest has been served by a certain lord, but in a year or two, cautious Demonic Beasts will still not rashly approach this forbidden land that has been passed down from the memories of their ancestors.

But even so, Ivan, as the captain, was still extremely cautious, he first raised his hand, signaled his companions to stop, and then whispered: "Let's detect the traces of the nearby demonic beasts first." ”

At this time, the four-person team was still about five kilometers away from the ruins of the dragon's nest, and the towering mountain peak could almost be said to be close at hand, although the dragon's nest at the top had collapsed, the towering mountain was still majestic.

Ivan's words were true, Karin wiped her eyebrows full of hoarfrost, and then carefully pulled out a magnifying glass-like instrument from her bosom, and a faint and almost imperceptible wave of magic flickered, sweeping across a radius of several kilometers.

This is the red-haired girl's father gave her a military detection magic device, [Shimmer Lens], it uses a radar-like principle to release a faint magic wave, if this wave is absorbed or cut off, it means that there are creatures nearby with strength above the black iron.

And Camilla also began to cast a spell, the girl with a white and gold ponytail raised her right hand, and pieces of crystal clear white dust covered the four-person team, and the magic of masking breath was also successfully released, and the smell and magic fluctuations on their bodies were temporarily covered by stardust powder, becoming the same as the outside world.

"Wait! There was a discovery! ”

A cautious move may not always be rewarding, but this time it was particularly unsettling, Karin frowned at the feedback on the lenses, and said to her companions in a low voice: "There is a massive magic reaction nearby...... There is a presence of silver above passing nearby! ”

"What then?" Nick touched his head, he tightened the white snow cloak on his body, and even said the vernacular of his homeland: "Don't talk about the silver level or above, the silver level can kill the four of us with one hand, whether it is a monster or a human." ”

Although the two often quarreled, the half-dwarf was still very convinced of Karin's judgment.

"Hide it first." Ivan looked around nervously, and then asked everyone to squat down, they were hidden in the wind and snow, their cloaks were covered with snow, and it was impossible to tell from a distance, the hunter boy thought calmly for a while, and then said: "The Arctic Ice Sheet is located on the other side of the Black Forest of the Great Ajax Mountains, and it is very normal to have demonic beasts around, it was originally only calm because of the existence of the white dragon, and now that the white dragon has been exterminated by the lord, it is not impossible for a silver-level demonic beast to flow near the dragon's lair." ”

Silver-level demonic beasts are not important existences in the Black Forest, compared with the black iron-level cannon fodder and the lower layers of the food chain, they are at most the level of high-level cannon fodder and high-level existences occasionally fighting tooth sacrifices, but for the four-person team, any kind of silver-level demonic beast is irresistible to them, and even escaping has to pay a huge price.

"Amira, you use farsightedness magic to see the situation."

Ivan gave a decisive order, and the four of them cautiously came to a small hill nearby, while Amira stood halfway up the hill and looked in the direction of the Dragon's Nest Mountain Range from a distance.

【Eagle Eye】

The girl's excellent magic affinity and control allowed her to easily cast most of the low-level magic, even some medium-level magic could be cast slightly, and the Eagle Eye technique was simply easy for Amira, but when she performed it this time, there was a slight nervousness in her heart.

But the fluctuations of the magic power flooded, and the vision extended outward, and the girl had no time to feel nervous.

In the distance, under the mountain range of the Dragon's Lair, more than a dozen humans dressed in black and extremely conspicuous in the snow are moving at the foot of the mountain, they are busy going up and down the mountain, as if they are doing something.

Because of the wind and snow, Amira could only see so much, and then she had to turn off the magic, and in the next second, a slightly slender figure among the men in black said 'huh', she turned her head to look at the position of the foursome, and frowned slightly.

"What's the matter, Lord Priest?"

Next to him, another man in black asked earnestly, and after the woman in black pondered for a while, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing, maybe there are demonic beasts that peep into the dragon's blood...... This lair is full of scattered dragon blood, which is a great attraction for those magical beasts.

"Don't stay here either, hurry up and let me explore the cave." After saying that, the woman immediately scolded, and the attentive man did not hesitate to run towards the dragon's nest at the top of the mountain.

At this time, although they were not noticed by the man in black, the four-person team still encountered a crisis.

Because the real Warcraft is coming.

The lens-like detection device flashed red, and Karin was so startled that she almost screamed, but she couldn't hold back when she heard Nick's embarrassing appearance.

Then, in an urgent and nervous tone, she urged her companions who were thinking about whether to continue to the dragon's lair: "Hurry up! There are gold-level monsters around! ”

The other three were shocked, and Nick even accidentally dropped the shield in his hand into the snow, but after all, they were all the best among the academy students, so they didn't panic at a loss, but calmly made a judgment: judge the route of the monster, and then avoid it.

At this time, it is not the time to complain about why there are gold-level demonic beasts here, what they need to do is to save their lives as much as possible.

"That beast came out from behind us!" While rapidly shifting in the wind and snow, the red-haired girl quickly recounted the current situation: "It should originate from the Black Forest on the eastern side of the Great Ajax Mountains, and only there may be gold-level magical beasts there!"

"Where should we run?!" Ivan asked hurriedly.

Karin only took a tenth of a second to make a decision: "Towards the ruins of the dragon's lair!" ”

This chick is undoubtedly a standard representative of order and evil, and her eyes are full of self-serving light: "It's really not good, just let that group of people and this monster face each other!" ”

The other three are undoubtedly not good guys.

"Great idea!" "So be it!" "Thanks to them."

And on the hill where the four of them were originally located, the wind and snow splashed, the earth shook, and cracks bloomed on the frozen soil and ice, and then they were broken by a huge force, and then there was a wild roar that spread for dozens of kilometers.

A whole body covered in an iron carapace, the whole body like a thirty-meter-old pangolin as huge as a monster drilled out of the earth, and then showed its existence in all directions, it swept around with its tail that seemed to be cast of steel, and the hills that were almost collapsing directly shattered into countless small pieces, and snow and dust flew all over the sky.

The earthquake-like impact and powerful coercion instantly affected the four-person team that had not had time to run far, and they sensed the movement, swallowed in unison, and then continued to accelerate towards the dragon's nest ruins without looking back.

Iron Mountain Dragon.

A terrifying creature that can only be seen between the mountains, the adult is the golden primary, its lair is located three thousand meters underground, close to the iron-rich area of the lava field, this huge magical beast with the blood of the ancient dragon of the original realm feeds on iron ore, rocks and the flesh of other high-level magical beasts, can travel through the magma, it uses the heat of lava to hatch offspring, can spit out high-heat air dragon breath, and its resistance to physical attacks and fire attributes has almost reached a limit.

Its carapace, is a special alloy, is the ironclad mountain dragon devouring various metals, and then solidified on the surface of the body to produce, this alloy is one of the best choices for forging armor, also known as dragon pattern steel, such a monster is completely a biological war machine, whether from the ground or above, can easily break through the protection of the city wall, causing a lot of damage in the city. Fortunately, these creatures are relatively uncompetitive, they are hardly interested in non-iron humans, and they do not live in the Black Forest, so they never join the beast tide.

Now, it's attracted here because of a certain kind of breath.

After killing the white dragon in the dragon's lair, Joshua returned to the territory without doing anything, and his knight also picked up the dragon corpses on the periphery later, but there were still a lot of white dragon corpses inside the dragon's nest. In addition to liking to eat rare metals, the Iron Mountain Dragon's favorite thing is to devour the flesh and blood of the same level, there is too little human flesh, and only the monster can satisfy its appetite, and the dragon's corpse is undoubtedly a big meal.

After observing for several months, it was determined that there was indeed no life around, and the cautious Iron Armor Mountain Dragon simply broke through the soil layer and came to the surface, and at this time, it also found humans near the dragon's nest, and the sea found that these humans seemed to be excavating the dragon's nest.

"Mmmm The mountain dragon let out an angry roar, it couldn't allow its target to be touched by others, and suddenly, the huge demonic beast rushed towards the group of black-clothed men in the dragon's lair in the distance, with steps that could make the great earthquake tremble.

In the middle of the way, it also spotted the four people who were running away quickly, and the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon was about to sweep away these small points with a tail, but suddenly stopped moving.

Because it felt a breath.

Very familiar breath.

The Iron Armored Mountain Dragon couldn't help but shudder, the owner of this breath, it had seen it from afar once a few weeks ago. At that time, it had just crawled out of the ground, ready to go to the surface to breathe, but it was shocked to perceive that there was a far more powerful existence than it was fighting with some creature, the mountain dragon cautiously poked its head out, looked in the direction of the battle, but saw the overlord of the Black Forest on the east side of the Great Ajax Mountains, a golden mid-level steel-feathered eagle was easily killed by a human, like a killing chicken.

"Is this really good thing to be a harvest offering?" He seemed to be muttering to himself, "It doesn't look like there's a lot of meat." ”

The next moment, the human turned his head to look in the direction where the Iron Armor Mountain Dragon was hiding, and then shook his head in disappointment: "Tsk, there is less meat, the body is full of iron, and it doesn't look very good." ”

Just being looked at, it was like being in the abyss, and the gold-level demonic beast didn't know that it was just a little flesh and ugly to be let go, but this did not prevent the Iron Armor Mountain Dragon from keeping this breath firmly in his mind after surviving it, and retreating after encountering it.

Retracting the tail that was about to be swept out, and letting go of the four insignificant little creatures, the Golden Demon Beast even slowed down, no longer running towards the dragon's nest in such a hurry, it carefully observed its surroundings, sensing the breath of the human.

Killing these four weak little ones is naturally easy for the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, but even the Demon Beast knows that if it attacks the cubs of one side, then there is no doubt that it will be hit by the fiercest blow from that side, even if there is a slight possibility, it will definitely not do anything to these few little people with that human breath, it has not lived enough, and does not plan to kill itself.

At this time, the four-person team was talking breathlessly.

"Why is it still chasing us?!"

"Wasn't it about to pass us just now, why did it slow down?!"

Amira, however, frowned thoughtfully, and she whispered in a nice voice, "This demonic beast seemed to be about to attack us just now, but it suddenly stopped again...... It probably doesn't want to hurt us. ”

"Why?" Nick was confused, but at this time, the half-dwarf couldn't care so much, and he said in a rough voice: "Forget it, let's continue to run towards the dragon's nest, it will definitely confront the group of men in black!" ”

Ivan had a vague guess.

A few days ago, their team was rewarded by two deans, Nostradamus and Joshua, because they had completed the most tasks and ranked first in points, and all four of them had been in close contact with the two extremely strong men at that time, and they each received a small medal.

No, not likely. The hunter boy shook his head vigorously, he felt that this idea was too nonsense, even the lord was not so terrifying that even a trace of breath could scare the demonic beast into not daring to move.

Yes, it's impossible.

On the side of the man in black, there was a great commotion the moment the gold-level demonic beast appeared.

"Monsters are coming!"

"It's the Iron Mountain Dragon! The strength is gold intermediate! ”

"Explorers, come back soon! Hear me, the explorers inside the dragon's lair hurry up! ”

Warnings rang out one after another, and the woman in black who was called the priest also looked at the ironclad mountain dragon who was walking slowly with a shocked expression, and she scolded angrily: "What's the matter, the plan has been ruined!" This is the Arctic Ice Field, how can there be an Iron Mountain Dragon?! ”

If it was an ice pterosaur or a giant ice element, she would still be able to accept it, because these were originally creatures that should have appeared in the Arctic Ice Field, but the white dragon maintained its territory, so it drove them away and exterminated them. Most of the magic items prepared by the entire team are also used to deal with these ice monsters.

But the Ironclad Mountain Dragon is a war machine, they never thought of provoking it!

And just when the slowly advancing golden giant beast and the group of black-clothed men who were gradually gathering together and waiting for each other were facing each other, the four-person team used the attention of the other party to focus on the Iron Armor Mountain Dragon and successfully arrived on the other side of the Dragon's Nest Peak.

Halfway up the mountain, they condescendingly watched the confrontation between the two sides, their hearts pounding and beating, even if they came to their destination, the four of them did not mean to be happy.

"What can I do?" Karin looked sadly at the scene of the battle that could break out at any time at the bottom of the mountain, and couldn't help but complain softly: "What's the situation, the plan has become too fast." ”

The other three nodded in agreement. The plan really couldn't catch up with the change, and before setting off, the ghost knew that there was actually another group of mysterious people who had taken the lead and came to the dragon's lair in advance, and a golden demonic beast actually peeked here, and it happened that they all caught up.

Just as the four people on the mountain were showing their worries, and the demonic beasts and the men in black under the mountain were about to start fighting, on the edge of the Arctic Ice Field, Joshua and the black who had turned into human form stood in front of a cluster of flowers like ice crystals, seemingly hesitating.

"Ice Diamond Thorn Flower." The warrior looked at the small silver-white translucent flower in front of him, and whispered to himself, "I actually found this thing." ”

Like snowflakes, the beautiful flowers with an icy cold light swayed slightly in the wind, releasing obvious and incomparable magical fluctuations, and the cold air of more than minus 120 degrees Celsius was released towards the surroundings with its breathing, plunging this small area into a cold like an ice hell.

This magic plant has a high ornamental value, in addition, it can also be used as a raw material for making high-level ice magic scrolls and equipment, it is very precious, and the growing conditions are also very harsh, even the entire Northland, may not be able to produce more than ten bushes a year.

"It's so beautiful." Black words, but she didn't know the value of this flower at all, she just let out a happy sigh from the bottom of her heart, and then approached, wanting to touch it: "Hotaru, you should like it, right?" It goes well with her hair. ”

"Don't touch it, your magic will clash with it."

Stopping the sea-born fire dragon from touching the ice-based magic plant, Joshua also thought seriously for a while: "But it's true, it's a bit like Hotaru's hair." ”

Remembering that the Divine Machine Girl had been with her for a long time, even in the face of evil gods and legendary powerhouses, she had no fear, and the warrior couldn't help but show a smile: "Give her this flower, you should be happy, right?" ”

However, he didn't take it off immediately, and the warrior just spread his fighting spirit and aura around him, so that the possible demonic beasts and dangerous factors around him could be avoided. Joshua patted his black head and said, "Okay, let's go for a walk first, and then pick it when we get home, so as not to break it accidentally when we get it." ”

"Okay." Hearing her master's words, even the Black Dragon Maiden seemed extremely well-behaved, she stayed away from the Ice Diamond Thorn Flower, and then turned into the body of a dragon again, and the warrior also stood back on top of the black dragon's head.

"Take a walk, explore the distribution of Warcraft, come back and pick flowers."

Joshua nodded and said with satisfaction: "Sure enough, the plan is seamless." ”