Chapter 394: The Blue Stars (I)
"I don't know how long we're going to go."
Carter patted the snowflakes flying in front of him and looked at the dark street in front of him with a frown. After determining the position of the little girl through the mirror of water, all that remains is to determine the course of action. Luckily, three of the people who came, including Nadia, had been to the Ice City before, so they quickly concluded that the other party's location should be at the intersection of Keeper's Street, based on the image reflected in the Water Mirror before. But no one can say what happened after that. Although judging from the picture, it seems to be a downward passage, but Trustworthy Street only knows this place for Nadia and the others, they are not playing RPG games, and they can rush to other people's houses to rummage things in a grand manner. However, after some discussion, everyone thought that there should be some kind of tunnel or secret passage there, otherwise the Water Mirror would not have given them hints in this way.
But in any case, it was a good thing to have directions, and the Keeper Street was not far from the temple, so in the end the group decided to divide the troops into two groups, one of which went to find the little girl, and the other team stayed at the temple to avoid accidents. Of course, the team going out must be quite strong, and it must be able to withstand the spiritual curses from outside -- in the past few days of entering the wilderness, everyone has almost understood what that curse is. While it is obviously fanciful to say that they are eliminated, it is not impossible. For example, those mages have magic items that can negate psychic attacks, and paladins also have psychic words to stabilize their minds. As for Carter et al., although they don't have that good skills and characteristics. However, Qiao Sen was not completely out of the question, he used the Divine Wing Battle Banner to give everyone a "Divine Blessing". In this way, as long as the Divine Wing Battle Banner is not destroyed, then the blessing placed on everyone will not disappear. And after these blessings. They can also enjoy the same functions as when they are under the umbrella of the Divine Wings.
It's really an artifact, this effect is really not covered, if it weren't for this thing, it must be much more difficult for them to act in the Ice City.
After receiving the blessing of the Divine Wing Banner, everyone set off in two ways. The outgoing team was led by Carter, and in addition to a few adventurers, Jenn and Nadia also joined them. Jenn was not weak, and Nadia was familiar with the situation—after all, she had been to the Ice City before, and had lived here for some time. I always know a little bit more about this place than anyone else.
As for the people who remained, of course, it was Jossen and a few others, as well as Tinidel and Alice. Tinidel didn't like to go out, and he didn't bother to run around, he just took a book and curled up in the carriage all day long. So when Jenn mentioned it, she just nodded and didn't say anything. And Jossen did not object to this, firstly, Tinidel was a lady after all, and it was unreasonable to let her join the vanguard. Second, this young lady is the peak of legend after all, in case of any trouble. It's always reassuring to have her there.
It's just that to Jenn's surprise, the young man named Barty actually took the initiative to join the search team after hesitating for a moment, which surprised both Jenn and Carter. After getting along for a few days. They all already knew that Barty was not like them, that this young man was a descendant of a decorated nobleman, but his own strength was only an elite rank. However, he has a talent for making magic guides and alchemy items. At least the equipment on his body is stacked up to deal with an enemy at the peak of a master. Of course, in the realm of legends, that's a different story.
Barty belongs to the category of pure scholars. I like to research and invent, but I don't know how to turn it into substantial benefits. In the end, it led to sitting on the mountain, and by the time he found out that something was wrong, he was already at the level of the four walls of the family. If this continues, not to mention experiments, even eating will be a problem, and even a large amount of foreign debts will be owed. In order to avoid being tied to a stone and sinking into the sea, he joined the investigation team head-on, and to put it bluntly, Barty also went to the reward.
Because of this, both Jenn and Carter thought that the young man was not really interested in combat, and that he was not a pure adventurer, so it was logical that staying in the camp was the best option. I didn't expect the other party to choose to take the initiative to join the search team, but that was also his own business, since he was willing to come, then naturally there was no reason to refuse. And I have to admit that some of the alchemy equipment invented by this young man is quite interesting.
In addition, the search team is joined by the elusive shadow killer Noan, a half-elf killer who has never had a presence in the team, and many times everyone does not know where he is doing. Several times they thought he had fallen behind, but when they reacted, they found that the half-elf had silently walked beside them without knowing when - a strange situation, but most people were used to it.
On the contrary, Jenn was a little wary of this half-elf, because he keenly felt that this half-elf exuded a strange smell, which was not unfamiliar to Jenn.
That's the taste of demons.
Naturally, this half-elf can't be a demon, so the rest is the possibility that he has recently come into contact with a demon. Although judging by Nuo'an's deeds, it is not uncommon for demons to come to him for trouble. But at this time of year, it is unlikely, so it is more likely that there is some deal between Noan and the demons.
It's just that I don't know if the other party is targeting that girl or my own territory. Either way, Jenn couldn't have allowed him to get out alive, and in fact, in Jenn's plan, the mission needed to be victorious -- but of course, they had to sacrifice themselves for the sake of victory. And what Jenn is doing now is laying out this process.
"Trustworthy Street is just around the corner ahead."
At this time, Nadia, who was walking beside Carter, also spoke.
"According to what we saw in the Water Mirror, there should be a secret passage near the entrance........."
As they spoke, everyone turned around the corner in front of them, and soon, a street that was not very spacious appeared in front of them.
As a city of believers, the City of Ice is not as distinctly divided as other cities, and in fact there are no particularly wealthy people in the city. Most of the rich people pay attention to material comforts, and people with a little spare money will not come to places like the Ice City, which are remote, lack of materials, and inconvenient to go up and down. Therefore, there are no magnificent buildings here, and most of them are stone houses. It didn't look any different, but when the crowd looked around, they couldn't see anything.
Jenn reached out and pulled out the azure light from his waist and pointed forward. The next moment, I heard only a cold wind howling, and then the snow covering the ground immediately left the ground as if it was attracted by something, and then a wall of snow was piled up at the street not far away, revealing the dark earth under everyone's feet.
"There are no secret passages."
Carter glanced at the ground in front of him, then shook his head. The legendary powerhouses all have amazing eyesight, and they remember the scene in the previous Water Mirror almost instantly. Carter was even able to determine that the front of the house was turning to darkness. He even saw that the scratches on the broken door panel were exactly the same as they had been shown in the Water Mirror.
But there is nothing here.
Originally, when they looked at the mirror surface of the water, they thought that there might be some cracks or something here, but now it seems that there is nothing here, and the ground under their feet is thick and flat, and there is not the slightest hole or gap in the light of the fire.
On the other side, a mage who had cast a high-level spell shook his head at them, indicating that they hadn't found anything.
"That's in the room."
Seeing the mage's answer, Carter shrugged his shoulders and looked at Jenn. Sensing Carter's gaze, Jenn only smiled slightly, and then he turned and walked towards the stone house next to him.
The door of the stone house in front of him was a little tattered, Jenn stretched out his hand to push the door open, and soon, with a whistling sound, a black monster stretched out its claws from the shadows and pounced towards Jenn, Jenn didn't even look at it, the sea blue light in his hand flashed, and easily split it in half from the middle. Then the frozen cold exploded in an instant, and before the monster could howl and scream, it was frozen into ice cubes, and fell into pieces at Jenn's feet, and there was no more movement.
Jenn didn't even look at the corpse, he walked slowly into the room, looking around. It was a typical ascetic room, simple, unpretentious, with nothing but stone tables, stone chairs and stone benches. Jenn swept around inside and out, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. But it didn't bother him, and he saw Jenn close his eyes, and then open them again.
Soon, a red glow emerged from his eyes.
The Evil Eye activates.
The next moment, all obstacles vanished in front of Jenn, and his eyes pierced through the thick stone walls to see the secrets hidden behind them. Sky, earth, and huge, wide underground tunnels......... And also............
Jenn lowered his head and looked at his feet, and then, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a cold smile.
Got it. (To be continued......)