"That's a Saint-tier NPC, right?" The players behind them whispered to each other as they walked. That's right. Now that Vozmont was leading the way, while Li Huailin and the others were following behind him, they were curious about the NPC's sudden appearance. Hence, they couldn't help but discuss it among themselves.
"Those who can fly are all Saint-tier. I just don't understand why this guy wants to bring us up," Markor said. As he spoke, he glanced at Li Huailin and asked, "Friend, what do you think?"
"I don't know." Li Huailin, of course, pretended to know nothing and shrugged. "Anyway, we can only follow him for now."
"Yeah. Otherwise, we won't be able to complete the quest in time." Plashan nodded in agreement. "Although it's a little strange, we can only follow this NPC for now. Let's play it by ear."
As Vozmont didn't greet Li Huailin, the others didn't think that this NPC had anything to do with Li Huailin. Although it was a little strange, there was nothing they could do. They could only follow Vozmont for now.
Of course, with Vozmont's help, the group's speed up the mountain was a lot faster. Although there were a lot of monsters along the way, they were nothing in front of a Saint-tier Magician. Vozmont basically killed these monsters with a casual wave of his hand. Of course, the group didn't participate in the attack, so there was no EXP or equipment to loot. However, now was not the time to farm EXP. Vozmont's speed was still very fast, and the group had no time to care about these things in order to keep up.
After walking for about an hour, the few of them had already walked to the position of the snow line. Yes, the mountain was a little high. They could already see the snowline as they walked up. At the same time, the vegetation on the mountaintop had also decreased. Originally, the forest here was a strange black forest. The plants that grew here were all strange. Now, even the strange plants were gone. The whole mountain looked a little bare, leaving only white snow and a layer of ice that seemed to have not melted for many years.
Of course, due to the benefits of being a player, they wouldn't feel anything no matter how cold a place was. They would only feel a slight chill on the surface of their body to indicate the temperature of their surroundings. What bothered Li Huailin was not the cold, but something else.
"Damn, it's so noisy!" Li Huailin couldn't help but shout. Yes, he wanted to keep a low profile and not speak, but the problem was that the surrounding voices were a little too noisy.
Li Huailin's voice came from the sky. Above his head, there was a group of black things that looked like a bird. However, upon closer inspection, it looked like something like a bat. Unknowingly, this group of things had slowly followed Li Huailin's group, and their numbers were increasing. Of course, these things didn't seem like they would take the initiative to attack. They weren't even considered wild monsters because they didn't seem to be able to attack at all. So, they weren't really dangerous. However, even though there wasn't any danger, these things were really too noisy. There were all kinds of strange "chirping" and "groaning" noises. Yes, due to the benefits of being a player in the game, there wouldn't be such exaggerated and ear-piercing noises. However, the problem was that even though these things weren't ear-piercing, they were really noisy.
"Yeah, it's really noisy." Plashan couldn't help but say. Everyone would feel uncomfortable with this kind of noise.
"These things can't attack. What are they?" Marcus, who was next to him, asked. As he spoke, he shot an arrow directly at the thing in the sky. However, the arrow did not cause any ripples when it hit the black mass. The thing in the sky seemed to have dodged the arrow easily. Of course, it didn't have any attack, so it was useless to begin with.
"Ignore them." Plashan waved his hand and said, "Let's continue."
Originally, they didn't intend to bother with a group of things that couldn't attack. However, they didn't expect to ignore them. Because not long after, they encountered a huge problem because of this.
"What's that sound in front?" Their surroundings were already noisy enough, but they didn't expect to hear an even louder sound in front of them. It was a rumbling sound. As the visibility around them wasn't very good, they couldn't see very clearly in front of them.
Just as they were wondering, Vozmont who was walking in front of them suddenly teleported back and said, "It's an avalanche."
"What?" Everyone was shocked. When they heard the word avalanche, their first reaction was that this was bad. This was the worst thing to encounter when climbing a mountain. But why would it suddenly …
Just as they were thinking about the sudden avalanche, everyone immediately turned their attention to the top of their heads. Yes, the avalanche was likely caused by the sound, and the noisy things above them were the biggest source of the sound. Could it be that these guys caused the avalanche?
But it seemed that they didn't have time to think about this because a row of white, wave-like things had appeared in front of them. Although they were still a little far away and didn't look very exaggerated, experienced people knew that it only looked weak. If it really came in front of them, it would be too late to escape.
In fact … they couldn't escape now. No matter how fast they ran, they couldn't outrun the avalanche. This situation was really a natural disaster. If there was a strong monster, they could still fight it. But the current situation was that the enemy was nature.
Everyone turned to look at Vozmont. Vozmont nodded. Of course, he could escape by flying, but he couldn't leave now. He had to protect Li Huailin. Hence, he shouted to the others, "Stay behind me."
Of course, they quickly stood behind Vozmont. Vozmont's body flashed with light. They didn't know what kind of ornament he was wearing, but at the same time, he waved his staff in front of him. "Boom!" The ground suddenly began to bulge, and then a huge rock wall appeared in front of everyone. This should be an advanced earth magic. After casting the spell, Vozmont did not stop. He raised a cylindrical rock and placed it against the rock wall in front of him. It was like a support.
"Dodo, behind us!" Vozmont shouted. The others quickly hid behind the rock wall. As soon as they hid, they heard a loud bang. The front of the avalanche had hit the rock wall. Although the rock wall helped to block it, Li Huailin could still feel the snow pouring in from all directions. After a while, a large basin of snow came crashing down, burying Li Huailin.
Of course, Li Huailin was fine. The power of the avalanche was really terrifying, but most of the impact was absorbed by the rock wall that Wozmondt had created. Although they were now buried in snow, they were actually not in any danger. If the avalanche had hit them directly, they would have been in trouble, because they did not know where they would have been swept to.
By the time Li Huailin climbed out of the snow, it was already quiet. Yes, the avalanche had ended. Li Huailin looked around. His position was still behind the rock wall, but now this rock wall was almost completely buried by the avalanche. Only the top part of it was exposed.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Li Huailin looked up and saw Vozmont beside him. Of course, because the other three were not there, Vozmont just called Li Huailin "Your Majesty".
"Where are the others? Are they dead? "Li Huailin asked.
"The hunter seems to have been washed away," Vozmont said. "But the Magician and Priest are right in front. There shouldn't be any problems."
Vozmont said as he pointed in a direction. Li Huailin looked ahead and saw that it was still a vast expanse of white. Plashan and Fluffy must have been buried and had yet to climb out of the snow.
"What is that?" Li Huailin pointed at the black birds that were still flying in the sky and asked, "Did they cause the avalanche?"
"Looks like these are summoned creatures," Vozmont said after looking at them.
"Someone summoned them?" Li Huailin asked. "Did they deliberately stop us?"
"Yes, it should be on purpose," Vozmont said. "It looks like it's a Necromancer, or a Great Lich. It's a spell I've never seen before. I don't know much about Necromancy, so I don't really understand this spell."
"Is the Spellcaster at the top of the mountain?" Li Huailin asked.
"I can't tell for now," Vozmont said. "But … it should be."
"What's going on? Is this a test?" Li Huailin scratched his head. It seemed that the mountain was not easy to climb. Perhaps the Celestials deliberately chose this place to test the ability of their army? It seemed that they were going to take the route of elite soldiers.
"Your Majesty, what do we do now?" Vozmont asked.
"Hmm … Let's stick to the original plan. We'll go up the mountain first." Li Huailin thought for a moment and saw a person crawling out of the snow in the direction that Vozmont pointed. Li Huailin quickly said to Vozmont, "You lead the way. We've wasted too much time. We have to hurry, or else we won't make it."
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