"I have my ways," Brando replied. Naturally, he wouldn't reveal the secret of the Elapsing Needle. Now that the Petrifying Mist, the only threat to this big worm, had been sealed, and it couldn't compete with him in terms of strength. His Frenzy talent still had a long time to go, so it wouldn't be a problem to maintain this stalemate for fifteen minutes. He was now a little glad that the battlefield wasn't on the ground. Skills like the Frost Devourer's Earthquake and Roll couldn't be used under the ice. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to struggle and could just wait for death.
Noticing that Arreck was still a little worried, he added, "Don't worry, I would've killed you long ago if I wanted to. The crimes you committed in Ampere Seale are enough for you to die ten thousand times. But since I didn't kill you just now, I won't deal with you now before I find a way to get your Ringed Snake Ring. " This was an open secret between the two, and Brando simply mentioned it bluntly. Arreck listened and smiled coldly, but did not answer. However, Brando knew that this guy was obviously unwilling and was looking for a way to escape.
With this sentence, Arreck finally settled down a lot. At least Brando didn't have to worry that this guy would suddenly have thoughts of perishing together with him.
What followed was a boring stalemate. Arreck thickened the ice layer over and over again, and the Ice Wall formed a huge ice block in the throat of the Frost Devourer. Fortunately, this thing didn't need lungs to breathe, or it would probably be the first Boss to die from suffocation. But even so, Brando's existence still made it very uncomfortable. At first, this thing jumped up and down for a while, and about ten minutes later, it finally quieted down, as if it had exhausted its strength. In short, it was motionless, but Brando could still feel the temperature of this thing and knew that it was not dead yet.
As for whether it was pretending to be dead or really exhausted, he didn't know, but at least this was a good sign. It meant that this thing had temporarily settled down. As long as there were a few more minutes, they could escape according to the original plan.
Brando didn't know where Ko Hua and the others had dug to, but a quarter of an hour was enough for them to dig a few hundred meters. The Frost Devouring Giant Worm didn't have much intelligence. As long as it didn't make any sound, it wouldn't be able to catch up. Brando could only be thankful that this thing didn't rely on smell but hearing to track. Otherwise, with his body covered in blood, it was estimated that this thing would catch up even if he ran ten miles away.
But just as he was about to relax a little, he suddenly felt the big guy under his control shake, and then it raised its head slightly.
"What are you doing?" Brando was startled.
He felt that the Frost Devourer was shrinking back. Was it trying to escape? But his instincts told him otherwise. He was wondering, but he didn't expect the Frost Devourer to suddenly rush forward after retreating slightly. This time, even Arreck, who was in front, couldn't react in time and was directly knocked to the side. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been crushed into a meat patty by this giant beast. Arreck wasn't crushed into a meat patty, but Brando, who was stuck in its mouth, was unlucky. At this moment, Brando finally understood what this thing wanted to do.
It went crazy!
He didn't know if it was because of the toothpick in its mouth that made it unbearable, or because of the ice in its throat that made it uncomfortable. In short, after a short silence, the boss went completely crazy. It slammed directly into the ice wall in front of it, smashing a huge hole in the wall and moving through the underground glacier as fast as lightning. This was just an instinctive action for the Frost Devourer, but for Brando, it was simply miserable. The monster slammed into one ice wall after another with him. Even with Brando's physique, he was about to vomit blood at this moment.
Brando was seeing stars, thinking that this wasn't how the script should play out. At this moment, he wanted to start the elapsed needle, but there was nothing he could do. First of all, he didn't dare to move his hands at all. Otherwise, this big worm would bite him, and he would be sent to see Lady Martha. But if he didn't move, even he didn't know where he would be taken.
He only felt that he was shuttling through the dark underground, but he didn't know how far he had walked. Anyway, his back was already numb. Suddenly, there was nothing behind him, and only the sound of the wind was left in his ears. Brando instinctively felt that they should have passed through the range of the underground glacier. He wanted to look back, but when he did, he was almost scared out of his wits.
This thing brought him straight out of a cliff, and beyond it was a bottomless abyss. This abyss was even more ridiculous than the abyss below the Spiral Hall. It was pitch-black and seemingly endless, as if it led directly to the Sulfur River.
"Stop!" Brando shouted. At this moment, he finally couldn't care less. He quickly let go of the sword in his hand and reached for the elapsed needle hanging in front of his chest.
At this moment, the Frost Devourer had already let out a wail. Most of its body rushed out of the cliff, like a derailed train, falling into the abyss with Brando. It was not until this time that Brando finally touched the dial. "Start!" He shouted in his heart. With a crisp click, Brando felt as if a flowing ripple was spreading in all directions with him as the center. Then, at that moment, the whole world slowed down in his eyes.
He saw that he and the Frost Devourer were still falling, but the speed of their fall was negligible. The big worm seemed to be hanging in the air, and the big hole it drilled out of the cliff was just a few feet away.
"I'm saved!"
Brando shouted in his heart. He hurriedly pulled out the Halran Gaia and climbed out from under the terrifying mouth of the Frost Devourer. He then climbed up the long body of the thing, trying to return to the cliff.
But it was at this time that he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
As if he was possessed, he turned his head back — —
… …
Half an hour ago, at the other end of the dark underground world, the mountain girl blinked and woke up. She stayed in the darkness for a long time before she remembered what happened before she fainted. She quickly struggled to sit up. It was pitch black all around. The girl was usually quiet and strong in front of Brando, but now she was fumbling on the ground in a panic. It was not easy to grab a long object wrapped in cloth. She quickly removed the cloth wrapped around the object, and then used her hand to confirm what was inside in the darkness. It was a halberd. But she seemed to have found a rare treasure and breathed a long sigh of relief.
She sat for a while with the halberd in her hand, as if she was not used to the current situation. But her vision slowly adapted to the darkness, and she could gradually distinguish the surrounding situation with the glimmer of light from the glacier. As far as her eyes could see, it was completely different from what Brando saw when he woke up. This was the bottom of a long underground ice crevice, and the widest part could fit seven or eight people side by side. From afar, it looked like a canyon, but the canyon gradually extended into the darkness until it disappeared at the end of the vision.
Scarlet waited for a while, but no one else appeared. She then stood up in fear and called out softly, "My Lord …"
"My Lord …"
The echo was transmitted along the ice wall, echoing in the valley like a ghost.
The mountain girl's face was pale. She pursed her lips tightly, and her mind repeatedly recalled what happened when the hall collapsed. She watched the young prince and Metisha fall in front of her and disappear into the abyss below. Then the whole hall fell apart. She seemed to have fallen with the broken bridge, and then she lost consciousness. Right now, her chest felt as if it had been pierced through. Presumably, a few of her ribs were broken. Fortunately, she was a mercenary, so this kind of injury was not enough to make her cry. Although she was lucky enough to survive, she did not know if the Lord was safe.
At the thought of this, she trembled with fear. The mountain girl looked around, hoping to find Brando, but she was afraid to see a cold corpse. She searched for a while with this contradictory mentality. Suddenly, she found a pair of feet buried under the ice not far away. This discovery almost suffocated her, but when she came closer, she was relieved. It was the military boots of the Cruz people. It must be the bodies of the Cruz nobles who were near her at that time.
She took a light breath and began to move along the ice and snow that had fallen from above. Soon, she found that the bodies of the Kirrlutzian nobles were scattered everywhere in the snow. Some of them had been completely crushed by the accumulated ice, and their bodies and limbs were in a strange posture. But these things did not bring the slightest ripple to Scarlet's heart. She sat expressionlessly among the strange bodies, and her expression became more and more relieved. Finally, she confirmed that none of the bodies belonged to the people she said she was familiar with. She could not help but sigh softly.
However, she immediately revealed a look of disappointment. Where was the Lord? Ever since Brando took her in, she never left Brando's side. It was only this time that she could not see his tall and broad back, and she felt lost. Scarlet touched her chest. Her heart felt empty, but even she did not understand what was going on.
Just as she was walking aimlessly along the ice crevice, she suddenly heard a weak groan from the broken ice. She stopped and listened carefully, and finally determined that the sound came from under the ice. She hesitated for a moment. She was very sensitive to sounds, and it was definitely not the voice of the Lord, nor anyone she was familiar with. But after some consideration, the Highlander girl broke the ice and found a young man wearing a Cruz military uniform buried under the ice.
Scarlet looked at the golden thread on the man's collar and recognized that he was a Viscount. She naturally did not know this knowledge, but after following Amandina and Brando around, she gradually learned some things. Such a young Viscount was most likely a descendant of a large family. Moreover, those who were with Veronica most likely had some status and background in the Cruz Empire. The Empire worshipped martial arts, and the large families liked to send their children to the army to gain experience. Even the royal family was no exception. These things were told to her by Brando as a story.
Scarlet's eyes warmed when she thought of Brando.
The young man's face was purple from the cold. If it was an ordinary person, he would have died long ago. But this group of noble officers who came with Veronica were at least Gold-ranked, so he recovered quickly. A trace of color gradually returned to his purple face. The young man sat for a while longer before he recovered. He opened his eyes, and they were as blue as the shallow sea. He was a typical Cruz citizen. His bloodline was the same as Vahina's, and was envied in the Empire.
But it was meaningless to Scarlet. She looked at the young man and pondered for a moment. "Can you walk on your own?" Scarlet suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since she took the initiative to speak such a long sentence. Even her voice was a little dry. She wasn't like this when she was in the Grey Wolves Mercenaries, but the incident with Makarov was a huge blow to her.
The young man nodded and replied with some gratitude. "Thank you for saving my life." He wobbled as he struggled to get up from the ground. He had thought that the beautiful lady would come up to help him, but he didn't expect the mountain girl to be like a puppet, looking at him without any trace of politeness. He could not help but feel a little awkward, but he still introduced himself. "My name is Babarn, and I —"
But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Scarlet. He finally realized that she did not want to talk to him. He quickly stopped her. "Please wait."
Scarlet stopped and looked back at him, but her eyes were full of caution. It was as if she was saying, "What's the matter? If not, I'm leaving."
Babarn smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I'm sure I'm not the only survivor under the ice. Miss, can you do me a favor and save them? Or at least help me move the corpses of my comrades out. I can't just leave them exposed in the wilderness. "
Scarlet shook her head.
Babarn gulped. He felt that it was a little too difficult to deal with this lady. But for some reason, he felt that this Highlander girl was more real. He was the son of a big family. He had seen the so-called upper-class socialites, but in reality, they were just so-so. But when he faced Scarlet, he felt his heart skip a few beats. He scratched his head and thought to himself, I'm not a young boy anymore. What's wrong with me today?
But this hesitation only lasted for a moment. Babarn paused for a moment and immediately replied, "Miss, you are also looking for companions, right? With all due respect, I mean if they are also sealed under the ice like this one, they need your help right now."
Scarlet heard Babarn say this and was slightly startled. She showed a hesitant look, but finally nodded.
She was not afraid of Brando being sealed under the ice. Such a thin layer of ice could not seal the Lord at all. But she was worried about the little prince. Brando entrusted Haruze to her and Metisha to take care of. Now that the little prince was missing, it was her responsibility.
So the two began to search and rescue along the ice crevice. In less than twenty minutes, they rescued seven or eight people one after another. But there were more corpses. The corpses of the Cruz people were lined up in a long line at the bottom of the valley. At first, Babarn was still in the mood to curry favor with Scarlet, but later, his expression gradually changed. Most of these people were nobles, and most of them died here. And this time, the blame could not be pushed to Veronica's head, because they were the Empire's Military Observation Group, to put it bluntly, they were here to supervise Veronica. If the Folded Sword Squad was mostly lost here, they would most likely gloat. But until Babarn dug up the last Kirrlutzian's body from under the ice, he looked at the surviving person in charge with a pale face. The guy's face was already ashen.
In this pile of corpses, the others were fine, but two of them were the heirs of House Cecil. This was a big problem. Originally, everyone knew that House Cecil and House Ashric were sworn enemies in the Empire. These two had originally grasped Veronica's weakness in the Loop of Trade Winds and came to catch the head of the female corps. They thought that this would be a pleasant trip. Thinking about it, the Empire's military observation team never went to the front line, and under normal circumstances, they would not encounter any danger. But this time, Veronica was determined to enter the Holy Cathedral of the Hibernator. Of course, they could have stayed outside, but these two guys were also obsessed. They had to encourage others to follow in, wanting to see what tricks Veronica had up her sleeves.
Of course, they suspected that Veronica had colluded with Tónigel. This was a tacit secret in the observation team. People like Babarn did not want to participate in the struggle between House Cecil and House Ashric, but they also did not want to offend the heirs of the two great families. With the tacit consent of the person in charge, everyone followed in. The most important thing was that Prince Lenarette did not object, which was equivalent to a tacit consent.
But the problem now was that they did not know if Veronica had any conspiracy, but two of the heirs of House Cecil died in an accident. If only one died, it would be fine, but now it was impossible to explain.
Thinking this clearly, everyone, including Babarn, could not help but feel a little dejected. They sat next to a large pile of corpses, unable to find any way out. If nothing unexpected happened, they would definitely suffer the retaliation of the Cecil Family. These large families wouldn't be reasonable. Babaen's family was enough to keep him out of this whirlpool, but the rest of them weren't so lucky.
But there was an exception among these people.
That was Scarlett.
The mountain girl did not understand the intrigue between these nobles. She could not say whether she was lucky or unlucky. She did not know any of the people who were rescued or dug out. The young prince, Metisha, and Miss Aloz all seemed to have disappeared. This made her feel both disappointed and fortunate. Disappointed that she did not know what to do, and fortunate that at least she did not see their cold bodies.
As for those sighing Kirrlutzian nobles, it had nothing to do with her. She didn't even look at those people and walked away with her Azure Lance. She knew that Brendel didn't like Kirrlutzians, and she instinctively kept a respectful distance from these arrogant Kirrlutzian nobles.
Anyway, the Lord must have his reasons.
The mountain girl's thoughts were simple.
But she did not know that as soon as she walked away, she attracted the attention of the Cruz people.
"Who is that little girl?" Someone among the sighing nobles suddenly asked.
… …
(PS: Day 5, continue to ask for votes ~)
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