Beyond Tunaya was the edge of the Valla North, the frigid high-altitude region known as Sotimi.
Regardless of whether it was the winter season or the flowering season, this place was always covered in pure white snow.
On the snowy plains, a boar-shaped monster covered in ice armor was sprinting at a speed that did not match its massive size, dragging a trail of icy mist behind it that resembled smoke and dust.
After a while, it stopped, perhaps feeling that the danger was averted.
However, at this moment, an arrow directly hit the base of its thigh. Immediately, ice shards splashed, and the ice armor on its lower body directly burst open. Although the damage was not considered serious, the Glacier Pig felt like it was limping when it started running again, and its speed was obviously reduced by several levels!
In just a short moment, a few more arrows flashed by, and while continuously shattering the ice armor on its body, they also stealthily changed the direction of the Ice Plain Boar's charge without it noticing.
Therefore, in just a few minutes, a black shadow suddenly burst out of the snow, holding a giant sword and slashing at the head of the Glacier Plain Boar. Just like that, the Glacier Plain Boar's charge was abruptly halted, causing it to stagger and fall to the ground!
"We managed to stop it! Yay!"
The sword wielding young man happily cheered. Just as he was about to deliver the final blow, an octagonal book covered in metal flew behind him. With a critical strike, it took away the last of the Ice Field Pig's health, causing it to be summoned by its main pet and become a dead ball.
"Eleena, can you not steal my kills every time …" Joe, who had been holding his greatsword high like an idiot, helplessly lowered his giant toe and turned to the little girl behind him. "How many times has it been …"
"Me." Eleena blinked and tilted her head. "The casting bar is a little slow."
"Is that so? Then there's no helping it." The muscular Joe could only shake his head regretfully.
No, that meteor hammer just now clearly wasn't a spell, but a pure physical attack!
Edward complained inwardly as he followed behind the girl and didn't get a chance to attack.
"There's no other monsters nearby to fight … Or rather, there's nothing in this godforsaken place."
Eggface popped out of nowhere. His head was covered in a thick layer of snow. It seemed like he had been hiding in a pile of snow just now.
As the scout of the party, his senses were all activated. Whether it was pain or other perceptive abilities, they were much higher than the average player. As a result, he was shivering from the cold.
At this time, the Glacier Boar's corpse had completely disappeared. What replaced it were two large pieces of pork chops that looked like they had been carefully processed. It seemed like these were the drops this time.
Edward picked up the steak and found a shallow cave with the others to temporarily hide from the wind and snow.
"We've explored far enough this time, and we've earned quite a lot of Adventure Points. Let's head back to the city to replenish our supplies after this meal."
He took out bundles of firewood from his backpack, untied the ropes, and laid them on the ground.
After Xi Wei obtained the divine kingdom of Wendy the Old Wind God, he gave the useless divine kingdom space to the Players to use as a backpack.
Naturally, the size of the Old Wind God's divine kingdom was not infinite. That was why, apart from Players who were Level 15 and above or Life Skill Specialist who had one-eighth of a cubic meter each, the rest of the space had to be unlocked by the Players through various methods.
For example, exploring unknown maps, building cities for the Players, completing side quests to accumulate achievement points, or even achieving high scores in the Players' forums …
Either way, apart from spending a huge amount of game coins to prevent the inflation of game coins, there were many ways to unlock items, which filled the Players who were still in their early stages with motivation.
The players didn't know that backpacks were free back on Earth. All they knew was that once they reached Level 15 or Specialist Life Skill, they would receive a dimensional storage equipment that could grow. They couldn't wait to praise the God of Games, so why would they think that the God of Games was evil …
That was why Xi Wei was able to profit off the Players. Not only did he use the free items as rewards to motivate the Players, he even replenished the divine power that the God of Betrayal had spent, and even earned quite a bit.
It was a win-win situation (meaning that Xi Wei had won twice).
Being the leader of the Players, Edward's backpack was naturally much bigger than the average Player's, which was why the others in the party had to stuff all sorts of stuff into his backpack.
He didn't mind that, however, since he was the king of children who could take care of the others back in the village.
"It feels like there are a lot more Life Players after Zonyan's Player City was built in the Western Continent. I don't know if that's a good thing, but it's good that we can live out in the wild."
Edward simply ignited the firewood with a small fireball, and took out various condiments that the Life Players had developed from his backpack, ready to roast the meat.
In fact, the Life Players had made rations as well, but they had been out for a long time this time and their supplies were almost used up.
"Jessica said that Sefarim's adjustments are finally done, and we can go on adventures together again."
"Is Sister Jessica coming back?" The little Saintess' eyes lit up at once.
"That's right. The forest elves' sense of time is terrible, and they're still not done after so long …" Joe complained even as he took out lard and cotton wool from his backpack.
"Edward, don't use Black Flame if you want to roast meat. Isn't that thing thousands of degrees? The meat would turn to charcoal in an instant!"
Gou Dan was the only one who complained unhappily at the pitch-black flames on the pile of firewood. "I'm starving, please do it faster …"
After all, his work as a scout was the hardest in every sense of the word.
"Weird. Didn't I just use a normal small fireball?"
Edward noticed that there was something wrong with the flames as well. It was clearly just firewood ignited by a normal fireball, but the flames weren't the usual orange-red. Instead, they were eerily black with a hint of purple, and different from Black Flame.
Relying on his flame resistance as a Skyflame Herald, he reached his hand into the fire to feel it, and his puzzled expression deepened. "This fire … doesn't feel different from normal fire. Why is it this color?"
"Hahaha, you must be mistaken, Edward. How can a normal fire be this color?" Charle, who was maintaining his sword, laughed. "Could it be that there's something wrong with the God of Flames?"
Still, he didn't get a response. Puzzled, he looked up to find that the others were staring blankly at him.
Even Joe himself was unsure at once.
Ah … that can't be, right?
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