Episode 269: The Frozen Plateau

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The northern part of Azeroth, the icy plateau, is still covered in snow and ice, even during the hot months when most of the continent is in full swing. The thin air seemed to be frozen, and the pressure forced countless creatures to survive here, except for the most valiant warriors and the most ferocious monsters.

Snow deer is the most common low-level magical beast on this frozen plateau, although they tend to haunt in groups, but compared to other more powerful magical beasts, such as snow wolves, white bears and even ice dragons, their strength is really weak and not worth mentioning, and because of their delicious flesh and gorgeous fur, humans and snow demons who live here often take them as hunting objects.

At this moment, in a snow valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, because of the special terrain here, although the trees in the valley have been covered by thick snow and almost the outline is almost unrecognizable, but the mountains on three sides still block some wind and snow, making the temperature in the valley much warmer than the outside.

In the woods, dozens of majestic people have been lying in ambush here for a long time, the snow jungle, which is already scarce, is a rare food for the herbivorous demonic beasts, plus they have found a large number of snow deer traces here before. So, as experienced hunters, they are confident that they will definitely be able to make a difference here.

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"I said Gail, stop complaining, you should be glad that Stormwind is just asking us to pay double our taxes, not all of our gains. Next to the young man, an adult man in his thirties couldn't help but persuade: "I heard that many places on the land have been attacked, and Stormwind City is now greatly expanding its army, so the tax will naturally increase compared to previous years." ”

"It's double, not some. Gail's face was still full of resentment: "If they didn't have to increase taxes, I'd still be sleeping at home now! instead of hiding in the snowdrift waiting to catch the snow deer, ah, I'm about to freeze in this damn weather." ”

"Be quiet!" Cain hurriedly reminded: "I seem to smell the smell of snow deer, although they are only low-level demonic beasts, but their speed is faster than that of medium-level demonic beasts, once they are alarmed, do you think we can outrun their four legs with our two legs?"

"I see. Don't dare to complain again, Gail hurriedly lowered his head, and even his breath was hidden in an instant, this is the breathing technique that almost everyone in their hunting can do, otherwise, it is really not easy to hunt those clever and cunning Snow Monsters.

Sure enough, Cain was an experienced hunter, and not long after his words fell, he saw a large number of snow deer gathering in groups, like a white torrent, slowly entering the valley, although there were thousands of snow deer in this batch, but their formation was not the slightest confusion and crowding.

Gail's eyes lit up with indescribable excitement, and he turned his head to look at Cain beside him to say something, but Cain stopped him with the most stern gaze. However, it was evident that Cain's stern gaze also revealed some unconcealed joy.

This batch of snow deer is much more than he expected, as long as they enter the trap, when the time comes, not only can they settle the taxes of Stormwind City, but also have a large amount of snow venison for them to enjoy, and survive the coming cold winter.

The climate of the frozen plateau is already very cold, and if it is winter, the severe cold is even more difficult to resist, even a master who has cultivated his Dou Qi to the seventh level cannot endure it, so every village living on the snow field will reserve enough food to consume throughout the winter before winter comes.

On the plateau, there is a piece of ice, and it is impossible to grow any crops at all, so they can only rely on hunting to make a living, and the snow deer is their main source of food, which can not only be eaten, but also exchanged for some necessary daily necessities with the towns and villages outside the world.

Finally, under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eager eyes, this huge herd of snow deer, numbering in thousands, slowly entered the valley, and they consciously maintained the formation that was most beneficial to them:

The strongest snow deer stay at the mouth of the valley, so that they can block the wind for the weak snow deer, and the other can rush out of the valley in time when they are in danger, and the weak snow deer are likely to fall down in a hurry when they are in distress and escape, causing chaos and delaying the escape time of other snow deer, compared to the stronger of them, the probability of accidents is obviously less.

The little snow deer consciously surround themselves with their mother, who will teach them how to use magic and front hooves to break through the wind and snow on the ground and eat the grass and trees hidden underneath.

Guarding and growing, it is precisely because of this unity that the snow deer herd can survive and reproduce on the frozen plateau with a harsh environment. Compared to humans, they are the true masters of this frozen plateau, although they have always been at the bottom of the food chain.

The area of the valley is huge, so even if thousands of snow deer pour in at once, it is not crowded at all. Seeing the snow deer leisurely abandoning the ground, looking for plants and trees to eat, the hunters who were lying in ambush in the shadows couldn't help but feel very hot, but they all knew very well that it was not yet time to make a move.

Every hunter knows how to be patient, so even in the face of the lure of the snow deer in the valley, not a single one makes a single movement, they are waiting, waiting for the best time to come.

The so-called best time is the trap they have laid in the valley before, and there is a large amount of magic potion stored in it, this magic potion is called rosemary, which can invade the depths of every grass and tree in the wind and snow, as long as the snow deer eat enough, they will be eroded by the rosemary and become weak, and when the time comes, they can easily harvest this large number of snow deer.

The wait was always so long, as if it had been a full century, that the snow deer herd had finally finished their feeding, and at the same time, they were tired from the medicinal power of rosemary, and then began to hide in groups of three or five to rest in a less windy and snowy area.

From a distance, they look like piles of snow, as if they merge with the outside world, this is their natural disguise, but for the hunters, this is just the most ridiculous little trick.

"It's time!" Cain suddenly whispered, and just as he finished speaking, two griffons, one high and one low, were heard at the mouth of the valley.

This is a signal that an attack is about to be launched! Gail looked at Cain's eyes, with a hint of admiration, and quickly subconsciously clenched the weapon in his hand.

Although rosemary is a magic potion, after all, the medicinal power is limited, and it can only deal with those weak snow deer, and if they want to harvest this batch of snow deer, they must defeat those strong snow deer that are not eroded by the medicinal power. Even if Snow Deer is only the lowest-level Demonic Beast, they are still Demonic Beasts after all, with magical power that is difficult to ignore, and their strength should not be underestimated.

"Ready to attack!" Cain stood up suddenly, and almost at the same time, all the hunters who were lying in ambush throughout the valley stood up, but just as they were about to attack, suddenly, there was a slight tremor above the ground.

The earth was shaking, from the beginning of the slight, gradually became violent, even people could not stand steadily, not to mention those perched snow deer, one by one, were awakened one after another.

"Not good!" Seeing that the snow deer herd was about to escape, Cain and the others hurriedly launched a charge, and if they didn't act, their previous hardships would be in vain.

The snow deer hurried to the valley mouth, the hunters rushed to the snow deer herd, a sudden accident, broke the original established fate, in the hunters and the snow deer in the frightened eyes, he saw the valley mouth on the ground, suddenly a huge beam of light, crashed into the thick clouds in the sky, suddenly, the wind dissipated, the sky was full of wind and snow for a stagnant!

With the huge beam of light rising into the sky, the shaking of the ground began to intensify rapidly, the snow on the grass and trees in the valley kept falling, and the panicked deer had already completely lost their cool in the face of such a vision, and the scene was chaotic.

Caine and the others subconsciously paused in their steps, because, at this moment, they all clearly felt that a terrifying aura was permeating, and the unexpected changes made the dozens of hunters present shocked, and everyone's faces were full of wry smiles.

The huge beam of light that was constantly swaying, the sky was shocked, the beam was in the middle, the ground began to crack slowly, and the huge buoyancy force urged a mysterious and inexplicable force, constantly clashing upward, passing through the disintegrated clouds, spreading towards the higher part of the sky, where there was a thundercloud flashing with infinite electric light.

"Roar!"

As if from the ancient times of the terrifying beast, a red dragon, a flame unicorn, along the beam of light soaring into the sky, soared up to the nine heavens, the terrible coercion, instantly enveloped the entire valley, like the top of the mountain, for a while, whether it is a snow deer or a hunter, all of them feel that their breath is sluggish, their legs and feet are weak, and they have fallen to the ground (to be continued). )