The night passed quietly.
If you met other travelers in the wilderness, you could at least get along if you could communicate with them without any obvious hostility. Just like how Søren was willing to accept Aladdin on the road, the performers of the Phantom Circus also temporarily accepted him for a night after they felt that he wasn't dangerous. In this world, beliefs were more effective than moral constraints. Of course, the one who really spoke was the woman in the carriage who didn't show her face. She was the real core of the circus.
As for why Søren was sure that it was a woman, it was mainly because of the decoration of the carriage, the faint fragrance, and a legend that he had heard before. It was said that there was a sea witch in the Phantom Circus, but no one knew what this sea witch was. Some guessed that she was a sea demon, while others guessed that she was an undersea witch. Anyway, there were a lot of random guesses, and very few people knew the real answer. The Phantom Circus's performance fee was very high. The people in front of him had to spend at least five to six thousand Kindler coins.
Among most circuses, singing and dancing troupes, and performing troupes, the Phantom Circus had a relatively good reputation. Basically, it was rare to hear of any illegal activities.
Søren didn't know much about them. In the past, he paid the most attention to the most famous Darkmoon Circus.
In this world, there was a powerful deity called the Lady of Silvermoon. The Knight in Silver that Søren met was her believer. The Darkmoon Circus was also an organization that served her, but the latter was a hidden assassin organization. They would assassinate targets that they thought were evil. They represented the dark side of the moon. They were an organization that believed in a kind deity, but their methods were cruel and merciless. Søren had fought with them before he became a legend. He lost two fingers to a terrifying clown dancer!
Until now, he still didn't believe that those people who killed without batting an eyelid really believed in the Lady of Silvermoon.
In the circus, there were often special professions that advanced.
The green-skinned goblin called Copper Coin wasn't difficult for Søren to recognize his profession, but it wasn't so easy to judge the others.
The only thing that could be confirmed was that many of them were part-time bards!
Their acting skills were not low, and their acting skills were also quite good. When interacting with them, it was difficult to determine whether they were telling the truth or just acting in front of you.
For example, that beautiful elf girl.
Performance, Deception, and Intimidation were the three basic skills of the circus. Søren had trained his Deception ability in the past.
The drow who trained Søren had also given him a saying: "Life is like a play, it all depends on your acting skills."
Even if he had 200 to 300 points in his Acting Skill, that was still a real power!
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To be honest.
When Søren saw this group of people, he really missed the [Observation] ability that he had learned in the past.
The circus had people taking turns to keep watch. In the entire group, only the green-skinned Goblin didn't sleep. It didn't stand guard outside the circle. It just squatted by the bonfire and roasted frogs. It didn't know how much it ate that night. Anyway, it didn't seem to be full. There was a small pile of bones the next day. It was the real core of the group. It was able to detect Søren from a distance. This Clown Dancer that evolved from a Goblin wasn't simple. Søren didn't have much confidence in defeating it.
Even a mediocre race would give birth to some outstanding talents. Søren wouldn't underestimate anyone.
Under the morning sun.
The circus people began to prepare breakfast. They directly melted ice and snow in a pot. The elf girl even carried a basin of hot water into the carriage.
This should have been a very normal action.
However, Søren still carefully looked at it. He didn't expect to find something unexpected.
The water was hot when it was brought in. It was so hot that it emitted white steam.
However, when the elf girl carried it out, the water in the basin was cold. He could vaguely see a strand of floating ice. In less than five minutes, the basin of hot water turned into ice water.
"Interesting."
Søren's expression didn't change. He pulled out his curved sword to shave his beard. He had been rushing through the night, so his beard had grown a little.
Copper came over with a bowl of hot soup. He glanced at Søren's blade. The tiny fish scales reflected the light and looked very exquisite.
"Good sword." He praised and handed the hot soup to Søren.
The circus soon began to move. The people in the big carriage still didn't show up. The others were busy with their own things. They seemed very well-trained. The burly orc carried a whip to drive the pack beast and put the other two carriages on it. He should be the circus's beast tamer. However, there were no other beasts. Perhaps it was because the weather was too cold to bring them here. A good beast tamer could tame a beast in one or two days. It was guaranteed that they would be more obedient than Druil's animal companions.
The group soon began to move forward.
Søren slowed down a little and prepared to follow them through the Frozen Valley.
That place was a little strange. It would be safer with more people.
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It was quiet along the way.
No one would be in a good mood to travel in this world of ice and snow.
The elven girl was still wearing a slightly revealing dress. Her tall figure kept moving back and forth. From time to time, she would shout and command them to move forward. Looking at her footsteps on the snow, Søren estimated that her agility was more than 20 points. Because there were only shallow footprints on the ground, he didn't know what kind of special class she had advanced. From the rhythm and movements of her body, Søren judged that her reflexes and dodges were very strong. Her advanced class might be similar to the Shadow Dancer, but she should be a bard.
The ice on the ground was getting thicker and thicker.
The others gradually became nervous. After a valley appeared in front of them, they took a little rest and began to speed up.
The goblin clown walked at the front of the group. He looked up at the cliffs on both sides and the top of the mountain. He said in a deep voice: "There is a possibility of encountering Ice Trolls here. Everyone, hurry up and pass through. Don't shout. If you are unlucky, you will be unlucky if you encounter an avalanche."
There were cliffs on all sides, and the cliffs were covered with ice.
The elven girl stood on the carriage and looked up at the sky. Of course, it could also be the steep top of the mountain. She seemed to have found something. It should be the Ice Trolls.
There were many Ice Trolls living on the top of the mountain.
If it weren't for the scarcity of food, these Ice Trolls would not attack travelers below the valley.
"Søren."
The elven girl landed lightly beside him, looked at him and blinked: "It seems that you are also a knowledgeable adventurer. Since you know the legend of Arendell, do you know why this place is called Icebound Valley?"
Is this a test?
Or does she want to know something from me?
Søren frowned slightly, looked at her and said: "The real Icebound Valley is ahead, but it used to be called Icewind Valley a long time ago."
"It is said that the valley was completely frozen because of a legendary battle. The ice there is very thick. The ice will not melt all year round. The people of the Frost Kingdom don't dare to go out there. They usually trade by sea after spring. Druil once tried to remove the anomaly in front, but it seems to have failed. There is a special energy in Icebound Valley. "
"You should be careful later."
"Elementals may appear in Icebound Valley in winter. Generally, no one goes there in winter."
"That's right."
"The real ice in Icebound Valley is half a meter below, and its hardness is similar to diamond. If you are interested, you can try your weapon! It is said that there is some treasure below, but no one can cut through the ice. "
Hearing Søren's words, the others could not help but be surprised.
As they continued to move forward, the thickness of the ice became higher and higher. Almost everything in front of them was covered with a layer of ice, and the road was slightly slippery. The elven girl seemed to be very interested in what he said. She whispered a few words beside the goblin clown, and it quickly broke the ice with a dagger. Soon it dug about fifty centimeters deep, and then saw a layer of light blue ice.
"Clang!"
Its dagger pierced the ice with a crisp sound. The goblin clown moved its palm and seemed to be a little numb. Then it said: "It's really as hard as diamond! How come I've never heard of it before? "
There was only a shallow mark on the light blue ice.
Søren shrugged and said: "I actually heard about it, but it seems that the legend is true."
Icebound Valley.
The thickness of the ice on the surface was not high, about the same as other ice cubes. Below was a special layer of ice that was as hard as diamond. Rare-grade weapons could only leave a shallow mark on it. At the beginning, many people wanted to find the secret below, but no one succeeded. It was said that something was frozen below, and it might be a divine artifact. Anyway, it had been frozen for a long time. It was not until the end of the [Frost Riot] that the ice here suddenly melted.
The elven girl was obviously very interested. She reached out her finger and stroked the light blue ice, then walked into the carriage and said something.
Then the team continued to move forward. The others also tried it curiously and found that the hardness of the ice was really beyond imagination!
This was something left behind by supernatural abilities.
There seemed to be whispers in the cold wind. It might be an illusion, or it might be real. Anyway, this sound had been there for hundreds of years.
The people of the Frost Kingdom thought that there was a mysterious witch living here.
In the past, all the locations had been explored, and there were basically no traces of human life. So the final conclusion was that this whisper-like sound mixed in the cold wind was not the work of supernatural abilities, but the sound was caused by a special environment. In Icebound Valley, as long as the wind was strong, there would be this kind of whisper-like sound.
Fortunately, the journey here was not long. If they sped up, they could walk there in half a morning!
They did not encounter any monsters along the way.
Søren noticed that only one of the three carriages had a thin layer of ice, which was the carriage where the leader of the Phantom Circus stayed.
From here, they parted ways.
Søren headed towards the glacial mountains near the north, while they followed the road to the sea. Arendell was a kingdom of ice and snow near the sea.
The Princess Royal, who was about to ascend the throne, seemed to be a legendary Destiny Sorcerer.
If he didn't remember wrongly.
After the mysterious disappearance of the Frost Goddess, her magic was out of control for a while, and the nearby sea was completely frozen. In the end, the [Frost Riot] broke out, and the Princess Royal fought against the Lesser Divine Power [Winter Maiden].
It seemed that the Lesser Divine of the Evil Alignment, the Maiden of Pain, also joined in the fun this time.
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