"… We walked from the north to the south, following the foot of the mountain." Allen recited the words from the Book of Rodo under the firelight. The light illuminated his youthful face. At this moment, his expression was the same as when he was studying at Dawn Academy: focused, serious, and eager to learn more from the books.
— — We walked from the north to the south, following the foot of the mountain. The journey was definitely not pleasant. On the dark snowfield, the snow often reached your knees. I swear that if my legs become stiff when I get old, it will definitely be the fault of the damned snow. Occasionally, we would stop. At that time, everyone was busy resting. Even if we still had the strength, we could barely stand and scare the wandering beasts in the distance. I looked up at the mountain ridge on the right side of the team, which extended to the south. I didn't know if it had an end, or if it just extended to the end of the world.
It had been more than a month since we set off. To be honest, I didn't have much hope for the team's future. I was willing to bet that the place we had walked through was just the edge of the Forsaken Territory. Lord Sinan, who was leading the team, kept saying that we might have to climb over the mountain ridge to take a look. Damn it, I hope he doesn't put his thoughts into action. Walking at the foot of the mountain is already fraught with danger. Who knows what will happen if we cross the mountain ridge?
Perhaps only Lord Sinan will survive in the end? That's right, that's what I thought at that time. At least at that time, I didn't expect that the strongest person in the team would die, while a bug like me, who could be easily crushed, would survive. This is the interesting thing about fate. You never know what will happen tomorrow. It is a mystery, a mystery that can never be solved. — —
At this point, Allen couldn't help but quickly skim through. The Baltic named Rodo always liked to waste ink on unimportant matters. It seemed that recording these trivial matters was far more interesting to him than the details of the expedition. Of course, if he were to read it as a travel book, Allen wouldn't mind savoring it in detail. Unfortunately, he was more interested in the information related to the Forsaken Territory and that woman.
He quickly flipped to the next page. In the entire page, Rodo had recorded an argument, complaints about food, and a long paragraph of psychological narration. Meanwhile, what was even worse was that the contents of the following two pages were pretty much the same. Apart from the sudden attack of a wild beast, the attack patterns of several strange beasts were recorded, making Allen look at them a few more times.
Fortunately, after turning another page, the expedition team made a new discovery.
It took fifteen days, yes, fifteen days, before we could see the end of the mountains. It started from the north and stretched towards the southwest. At this point, the mountains were no longer as majestic as they were in the north. The high peaks had become low slopes, and the steep ridges had become flat land. We finally found the entrance to the depths of the Lost Realm. At that time I made a very wise decision that the ridge and the gate would be named after me.
In fact, they were the current Rhodo Mountain Range and Rhodo Pass.
Yes, at this moment, the team has already arrived at the Pass of Rado. I originally thought that the quest would end here. After all, the team had been reduced in number, and they didn't have enough supplies. Even their leader, Lord Si Nan, was injured. If you ask me, we'd better turn back. I swear, after following the team for so long, what I did should have paid off that bastard Hawk's bet long ago.
But damn it, Lord Si Nan actually asked to continue deeper. At this time, someone finally couldn't hold it in anymore. Unfortunately, the two who disagreed were very weak. They only quarreled with Lord Si Nan for two, and then their heads were twisted off. This made me realize one thing even more clearly. In this land, bedbugs didn't have the right to speak, so I chose to obediently keep my mouth shut.
This was a really wise decision.
After a day of rest, I have to say a word of justice for Lord Si Nan. This lord is not so eager to explore that he loses his head. At least, he let everyone rest for a day. I know that for those of you reading at this moment, this is not a big deal, but if you consider our situation at the time, then you will know how luxurious it is to have a day of precious rest.
Praise the lord.
In fact, I want to say more about what happened during this day. Believe me, it was interesting. But when I thought about what happened after entering the Forgotten Realm, I couldn't wait to share it with you. It was the best time of my life. Even though it was only a few short seconds, the beauty was engraved in my heart. It will be engraved in the depths of my soul, if I have that thing.
In short, whether we wanted to or not, Lord Si Nan drove us out of our warm tents like cattle. We packed our supplies, brought our equipment, and passed through the great gate in the dim light. Yes, the Pass of Roddo, it is an important milestone on our journey to explore the Forgotten Realm. No one has ever been so far. We paid a great price, and under the leadership of a stubborn lord, we crossed the gate.
As I said earlier, tomorrow is always unknown, a mystery. And now, we plunged headlong into the unknown, like blind men crossing a river by groping for stones. We had no idea what was waiting for us ahead.
Well, now I know. It was the abyss, the abyss that devoured everything. But if I were given another chance, I would still throw myself into that abyss without hesitation. Because in the abyss, there was her. — —
Reading this, Allen stopped, "She? Is it that woman? "
The sound of footsteps rang out. He raised his head and saw Trisley walking over. Behind her, there were two soldiers who brought food and blankets. After putting down the things, Trisley sent them away and spread out the blanket for Ellen. "Looks like you're going to finish reading this book today. I don't think you're going anywhere until you finish reading it, so I asked them to bring food …" she said as she spread the blanket for Ellen.
"Thank you, Trisley." Allen didn't stand on ceremony. Although he wasn't hungry, he still picked up the food beside him and ate it out of politeness.
"How is it? Did you see anything useful?" Trisley asked.
Allen nodded and said, "I just read the interesting part."
"Really? Looks like I'm disturbing you. "
"It's nothing. If you want, you can stay and read it together."
Trisley smiled and squinted, "I can't find a reason to refuse."
She laid out the blanket, walked over to Allen and sat down. She held the Book of Roddo and said, "Let me read it to you. You eat. Where are you reading? Oh, the Pass of Roddo, right … Let me see. Let's start here … "
"... It took us an entire day just to pass through the gate …"
Trisley's low voice sounded in her ears. Her voice seemed to come from an extremely distant place, like the wind telling a story from a long time ago. Allen ate, but listened attentively, unwilling to let go of any details.
It took us an entire day just to get through the gate. This was still on the ground. One could imagine that if Lord Sinan had really crossed the mountains and ridges as he had said, even if everything went smoothly, it would have taken several days. Fortunately, there was no danger on this day. It was as if the god of luck was watching us. Hawk was bitten by a strange beast a few days ago and could only lie on a stretcher now. Poor fellow, Lord Sinan said that he might not be able to keep his leg. In the future, perhaps people will call him Lame Hawk? That's not bad, then this bastard won't be able to catch me again.
Oh, I shouldn't be so unsympathetic. But the truth is, I don't like that guy, and of course I don't like anyone in the team. Including Lord Sinan, because if it weren't for him, I might already be on my way back happily. But if he went back now, he wouldn't be able to see her again. That's why life is often full of contradictions. Sometimes, if you want to get something, you have to give up something else first.
After passing through the Pass of Roddo, I walked for most of the day through a rolling hill. Let me tell you about this hill. It's the most depressing and gloomy hilly area I've ever seen. I saw it when we came out of the pass. A gray mound of earth was piled up on the ground. There were icy ribbons of light floating in the sky. The oppressive cold light was like the starlight in the deep night before dawn. Even though the sky in the Forgotten Realm was dark all year round, no different from night, it had never given me such an oppressive feeling. Especially when the cold light fell on the gray mounds on the ground, I seemed to see a cemetery.
An ancient graveyard.
Since those mounds were graves, were the bodies of gods and demons buried under the graves?
In short, even Lord Sinan couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere here. We crossed the hilly area as fast as we could. This place should now be called the Shadowy Hills. The name is very appropriate, isn't it?
I spent the three days traversing the shadowy hills in a state of trepidation. Even though nothing dangerous had happened, the atmosphere of danger could not be dispelled. Even the wind blowing through the hills made me feel nervous. Behind those mounds, there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at me. Not for the first time, I thought that those resentful souls were always telling me about their misfortune and trying to drag me into the same misfortune.
For the first time, I was troubled by my rich imagination.
But looking at the others, it seemed that I was not the only one who was troubled. Even Lord Sinan was much quieter than usual, and more than once when he rested, he looked east, where we had come from.
I thought he might have regretted it, but the dignity of the strong kept him from going back. Finally, after three days, we crossed the hills. A flat land spread out under our feet, and the other end was hidden in darkness. Although everyone was tired, everyone wanted to get as far away from the hills as possible, so the procession continued until we saw something strange.
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