The next morning, Baron was the first to wake up. As soon as he sat up, his subordinates woke up one after another. They were all sleeping in an igloo, and it was surprisingly warm inside. Naturally, there wouldn't be such snow. This was a shelter created by Reina's magic. They couldn't light a fire at night, so she created this igloo. The white-haired human wasn't here. That was to be expected. She was a human and a female. She slept in another place.
Baron bent over and walked out of the slightly crowded igloo. The sky outside was still a little dark. He found Reina standing outside, looking up at the sky.
"You woke up early. I hope you had a good night's sleep."
"Don't worry. I've rested long enough. I'm more worried about how to climb up. Maybe I can go up first and use magic to bring you guys up. "
Hearing Reina's words, Baron snorted. The corners of his mouth curved slightly. This might be his first smile. He picked up the backpack that was half buried in the snow and took out a bundle of rope and a square package tied with a string.
"You're a kind human. Unfortunately, you don't need kindness in war. Compared to the enemy's ferocity, I'm more afraid that you'll pity them. Besides, the birds in the sky are very sensitive to magic. You can use magic in this ditch, but not up there. They'll be discovered. "
He untied the rope and handed a section to Reina. Reina took the rope. Baron threw the rest to the soldiers behind him, who then distributed it to the others.
"Actually, you don't have to pity us. We're warriors. We fight for our beliefs. It's our honor to die in battle. And pity is a disgrace to us. Okay, tie it to your waist. Climb up in groups of three. " Baron tied the middle section of the rope to his stomach. The orc soldiers on the other end did the same.
Reina did the same. Their climbing tools were very simple. They only had this rope and a few long nails that could be inserted into the walls.
"Won't we be discovered if we climb up like this?"
"Yes, that's why we need some disguises. With this, they won't be able to tell if we're dead or alive."
As soon as she finished speaking, Baron threw her a piece of brown leather that was a little sticky. The texture was a little scary to the touch. Reina smelled an unpleasant stench. She didn't want to recall where she had smelled this stench before, but she already knew what it was.
"What skin is this?"
Reina said in shock.
"The skin of an evil spirit. Don't worry, the one in your hand is horse skin."
If Baron said so, then the other people might have …
Reina did not want to know the answer. She only felt a little nauseous, but in the end, she still leaned on her body. This feeling was terrible, as if something bad was sticking on her back.
After everyone was ready, tied their luggage to their bodies, and had their fill, they began to challenge the cliff.
Before setting off, Baron warned everyone not to make any noise. Noise would expose their position and attract the attention of the dead birds.
The twenty-one people were divided into seven groups. Reina, Baron, and a soldier named Dewell were in one group. In order to avoid accidents, each group was four or five meters apart and climbed at the same time.
For Reina, this cliff was nothing. She had been climbing all kinds of peaks since the beginning of the journey. Some of them didn't even have a foothold. She had to rely on controlling her magic to stick herself to the top.
And this Dragon Scale Mountain was full of cracks. It was not difficult for her at all.
Among the seven groups, her group was clearly in the lead. She admired the orc chief who was over fifty years old. He was still so energetic and could easily follow behind Reina.
Gradually, they were one or two hundred meters above the ground, but the top of the mountain was still out of reach. At this time, a cold wind blew. Sand drifted from nowhere into Reina's eyes. But at this time, she heard the sound of stones sliding. The thing she was most worried about had happened. Someone had lost their footing.
Fortunately, the remaining two had enough strength to hang him in the air. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and climbed up again.
However, the higher they went, the more difficult it was. The mountain was not vertical, but sloped. Some places were protruding, making it impossible to use the strength of the legs. About halfway through the journey, a strange gust of wind suddenly blew up from the ravine, causing Reina to feel as if she was about to be blown up.
What a terrible wind pressure.
However, with a sound of Sara, another person lost his grip and fell down. Lena turned her head to look and saw one person falling down. The other two didn't have enough strength to hold on to him and were dragged down one after another. Even the nails nailed into the cliff were pulled out.
They fell in front of everyone's eyes. Reina saw the expression of one of them. It was a face of despair. With a bang, a dull sound came from the bottom of the ravine.
This long sound made people's hearts tremble. They were dead, but they did not make a sound during the whole process.
Reina closed her eyes. She might be able to save them, if she used magic …
However, when she opened her eyes and looked down, she saw Chief Baron and his subordinate Dewell looking at her. Those two pairs of bright eyes seemed to be able to speak. Reina understood what they meant.
Continue climbing!
She gritted her teeth and continued climbing up.
However, those three people were not the last victims. In the group furthest away from Reina and the other two, one of them accidentally let his camouflage leather coat be blown away by the wind. In an instant, a few rapid black shadows fell from the sky. The crackling sounds continued, and blood splattered. In the blink of an eye, that person was pecked into broken bones by the black birds. The orc on top of him was unfortunately implicated, and his lower body was nailed to the cliff.
The suicidal attack of the dead birds was terrifying. They were still on the orc's legs, flapping their broken wings. He endured the pain and cut the ropes on his body. When the last member climbed up, he found that the orc was already dead.
The surviving orc did not climb far. For some reason, he let go of his hand and fell down.
In just a few hours, they had lost six people. The chief's face was very ugly, and Reina's face was also pale.
She hoped that no more people would be sacrificed.
She did not know if God had answered her inner prayer, but the rest of the people were lucky enough to climb to their destination. It was not the peak, but the outside of the mountain. It was like a plank road, half buried in the mountain wall.
There were no traces of excavation here. It was a natural road eroded by differences.
Just when Reina thought that she could breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard the sound of air slapping.
The others heard it too. They held their breath and looked around. In the dark crevices of the rocks, pairs of small blue eyes suddenly appeared.
Reina's senses expanded instantly. She saw everything. It was as if she had put her hand into a blind box and touched countless squirming insects.
There was a huge space in the crevices of the rocks, and there were countless bats living in it!
"Run!"
Chief Baron shouted in a low voice. Everyone did not even have time to untie the ropes and ran.
In an instant, a black wave gushed out from the cracks in the rocks, bringing with it an ear-piercing screech. Everyone ran with all their might. Ling Nai, who wanted to use magic, was grabbed by the Chieftain. Only then did she remember that she couldn't use magic.
The last few members were grabbed by the bats and were lifted up. Their feet were off the ground. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not break free.
They ran along the steep mountain path, but the planned path was still very long. They would definitely not be able to last until the end.
At this moment, Baron saw the cave on the mountain wall opposite. The walls of the cave were white and smooth. He immediately thought that it was a tunnel.
He thought of a plan and shouted, "Jump into the cave in front! Quick! "
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone jumped up. Reina was directly lifted off the ground and flew to the entrance of the cave.
With a whoosh, Reina only felt that the world was spinning. She tried to maintain her balance, but it was to no avail. Just like that, she kept sliding, sometimes crashing into walls and sometimes hitting rocks. However, her head was very hard and even created sparks from the collisions.
After turning left and right, they kept falling. Finally, they slid into a stream of running water and fine sand on a slope.
With a few splashes, they survived.
"What is this place?"
When they came back to their senses, they found that their surroundings were dark and had some fluorescence. The cool running water was not as bone-chilling as outside.
Everyone kept looking around. Suddenly, Dewell said in surprise, "This is gold?"
Reina looked back and found that Dewell had scooped up a handful of sand from the stream. There was a faint light at the entrance of the cave that they had fallen into. With the light, they saw golden sand.
At this moment, everyone's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness. They found that the glowing things on the surrounding rock walls were actually priceless gems!
How could there be such a strange place?
Just as they were immersed in the scenery of the cave, suddenly, a loud snoring sound startled everyone and made them hold their breaths.
They focused their eyes. If not for this sound, they would definitely not have found that thing. Not far in front of them, in the direction of the source of the running water, there was a natural stone plate. There was actually a huge monster crawling on it.
Baron's mouth was wide open, his eyes were wide open, and he muttered in a frightened tone, "This is! A rock dragon? "
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