The Icy Gloomy Forest was a forest that was completely frozen. Huge layers of ice blocked the roads and covered the tops of the trees. Even sunlight couldn't penetrate some areas. According to Toby, there was only a crazy female Magician and a few goblins living here. Of course, the goblins accidentally wandered in or were captured by the female Magician and used as slaves.
Goblins had excellent adaptability. No matter how bad the environment was, they could survive. Even in a freezing forest like this, it was difficult for them to freeze to death. They were simply the most suitable slaves.
Toby, on the other hand, fully displayed the Goblins' strong survival characteristics. While Tang Hao and the others were still sighing at the ice, Toby had already found the entrance. He used a rock to break through the thin layer of ice and easily made his way in.
"Here, here!"
Hearing Toby's shout, the three of them immediately rushed over. When they saw what was inside, they immediately had a headache.
Even a crazy Magician would not forget about magical research. Research required a lot of materials, which the Magician could not obtain. After all, normal society could not accommodate a powerful crazy Magician, so they could only rely on Goblin slaves. As long as a Magical Brand was placed on the Goblins, these weak and cowardly creatures would not disappear forever.
This entrance was obviously for Goblins. It was narrow and simple. Toby could easily enter, but it was difficult for Tang Hao and the others.
"Isn't there a bigger entrance?" Asuna asked.
Toby poked his head out of the ice cave and thought for a while. "There must be other entrances nearby, but this is the shortest. If we look for other entrances, we might waste a few hours, and we might not even be able to find them."
That's right. The crazy Magician sealed the forest in ice to completely isolate it from humans and prevent adventurers from disturbing her. Since that was the case, of course she would not leave the obvious entrances.
It was only then that Tang Hao finally realized that the things that could be easily done in the game would be exponentially more difficult in real life.
What did one have to prepare to enter the Icy Gloomy Forest in the game?
You don't need to prepare anything. You just need to click in with your mouse!
"Forget it, although this hole is a little small, it's not impossible. We don't have that much time to waste … Kirito, you lead the way." Tang Hao waved his hand. Kirito has the body of a fire elf, so he might be able to make the hole bigger.
"Okay." Kirito immediately crouched down and went inside.
With Toby's physique, he could easily move around the ice cave by squatting down, but the three of them had to crawl in the cave with their butts in the air. Asuna blushed because she was crawling in the middle of the group.
Only the heavens knew why she was in the middle!
"Guild Leader, don't look around!" Every time Asuna turned around and found that Tang Hao was looking straight ahead, she was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but want to kick his face.
"Aiya, what's wrong with you?" Tang Hao was also quite speechless. This ice cave was only so big. If he didn't look in front of him, what else could he see? Was he supposed to close his eyes?
"But I always feel that your eyes are always glancing at me …"
"You're delusional. You're just being peeped at. If you're really worried, then let's change positions and let you see my butt."
"Who wants to see your butt!" Asuna instinctively kicked back, but she didn't use much strength.
Snap!
Tang Hao reacted quickly and almost reflexively grabbed her bare feet, and then took a closer look … Ugh!
Originally, although Asuna's position was a little awkward, at most, he could only see her thighs and her butt covered by her skirt. But now, with Asuna's kick, her skirt was completely exposed, and he could even see what he shouldn't see.
"Ah!"
Asuna exclaimed and immediately reacted. Her face turned red, and she immediately retracted her foot, then clenched her teeth and crawled forward without saying a word.
Well, it's a good benefit.
Tang Hao smiled and didn't say anything else. It would be unkind of him to say something since he had already taken advantage of her. Otherwise, if he really angered Asuna, she wouldn't just kick him, but stab him with her sword instead.
"Phew, we're finally out …"
Not long after, the group finally left the narrow ice cave. When Tong comfortably stretched his arms, Tang Hao said seriously, "Be careful, we've entered Frost Kerache's territory. Pay attention to the surroundings at all times."
Tang Hao was deliberately diverting everyone's attention so that Asuna wouldn't bring up the previous benefit incident. However, his method was obviously a little unnecessary. Asuna couldn't wait to forget what happened just now, so how could she bring it up again?
After hearing his words, everyone's attention was quickly focused on the Frost Forest in front of them.
From the environment, the forest in front of them looked like a frozen tribe. There were tent-like houses built with rocks and trees everywhere. They were very short, and the tallest one wasn't taller than two meters. It was obvious that they were for the Goblins to live in.
But surprisingly, this obviously looked like a goblin's residence, but there was not a single goblin.
Maybe they were sent by Frost Kerache to do something?
Everyone continued to walk forward for a while and came to a wide square. Then, they saw the ground full of goblins … corpses!
"This is?" Everyone's face suddenly changed, and Toby was even more scared.
Tang Hao immediately walked forward and checked the goblins' corpses. He found that these goblins died from a variety of causes. Some were killed by lightning, some were slapped to death, and some were frozen into ice sculptures … Of course, most of them didn't even have a complete body, they just turned into pieces of ice.
"This is … the work of that crazy magician?" Asuna asked with a pale face.
"I don't think so." Kirito shook his head, "Although I don't know what kind of magician she is, since she can kill goblins with ice magic, there's no need for her to use other means. But here, many goblins were killed by sharp weapons."
"Ice can also be made into sharp weapons."
"But why did she do that? All the goblins here are her slaves. If she just wanted to intimidate us, killing a few would be enough. But there are nearly a hundred goblins here. This number is almost the total number of the magician's slaves, right? "
"This …"
Asuna was suddenly speechless.
"Kirito is right." At this time, Tang Hao slowly stood up.
"Why?" Asuna couldn't find any room to refute, so when she heard this, she was somewhat unhappy.
Tang Hao didn't notice her little emotion and pointed to somewhere on the ground. "Here."
The two looked and saw a huge footprint — the footprint of a cow's hoof!
"Minotaur King Sauta!"
The two said at the same time.
"That's right." Tang Hao nodded. "After Sauta kidnapped Celia, if he wanted to return to his territory, he had to pass through this Frost Forest. With his strength, he didn't need to find an entrance like we did. He just needed to break through the ice and rush in the shortest distance. But Krach is a crazy magician, so when the two meet, there will be a fight, so these goblins became cannon fodder. "
Speaking of this, Tang Hao frowned slightly.
In his impression, although Sauta was a minotaur, his nature was very gentle. Toby also said before that as long as you didn't provoke him or deliberately destroy the forest, even if there was a conflict, Sauta generally wouldn't directly kill them.
But now, these goblins died one by one …
Obviously, Sauta's situation was not right.
"Let's go, I think Sauta is very likely to go berserk." Tang Hao immediately followed the cow's footprints and ran forward. Before, he wasn't worried about Celia's situation, because no matter what, Sauta was still Celia's subordinate. Even if she didn't remember, if Sauta really went berserk and lost his rationality, then Celia's situation was very dangerous.
With her small body, a casual swing of the axe would be enough to split her into two halves.
"Where's Krach?" Asuna asked as she ran.
"There's no need." Tang Hao shook his head. "We didn't see her just now, which means that she's either dead or escaped. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many goblins dying."
After all, Sauta was the guardian of Grand Forests, and Krach might not be his match. And these goblins were probably controlled by Krach to be used as cannon fodder to delay Sauta … Otherwise, under normal circumstances, when these two strong forces fought, with the cowardly nature of the goblins, they would have long run far away. How would they dare to come out and be cannon fodder?
As for whether Krach successfully escaped or was already dead, that was no longer important.
…
Graeca, Tauren Tribe.
"Great King! What's wrong with you, Great King? Stop it! "
An Ox-head Soldier half-knelt on the ground and cried loudly. However, no matter how loud it cried, it could not stop the axe from chopping down … With a crash, as the heavy axe fell, the Ox-head Soldier was instantly chopped in half. It was a tragic sight to behold.
At this moment, the Tauren King, Sauta, was filled with black energy. His red hair was like flames, and his eyes were red as if he had completely lost his mind. Not only his axe, but even his body was covered in blood and minced meat. As he roared, he continuously hacked at the Taurens around him.
More than ten meters away, a Tauren King already had tears streaming down his face, but he quickly turned around and carried a human girl on his shoulder. He cried, "The Great King has been completely corroded by the dark energy, and it's impossible to save him. But, I will definitely save you. While my brethren are still alive, no matter what, you must escape … Miss Celia!"
The girl pursed her lips. "But …"
"You must survive!" the Tauren King said loudly as he ran forward with all his might.
But soon, a heavy sound came from behind him.
The Tauren King instinctively turned around and saw that the last of his clansmen had fallen. At the same time, Sauta's heavy axe flew towards him like a whirlwind.
"Ah!"
With a scream, the heavy axe had already cut into the Tauren King's back, and his life was instantly cut off. But before he fell, he used the last bit of his strength to throw the girl off his shoulder.
The girl fell to the ground, but ignored the pain and immediately got up. Seeing that Sauta was only a few steps away from the Tauren King, she couldn't help but shout, "Sauta, don't …"
"What are you doing!"
Without waiting for the girl to finish, the Tauren King raised his head and shouted, "Run, run, you're our last hope, so don't stop …"
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