The group drank hot drinks and left the camp.
Although the target of "Poison Monster Dragon Cub" is so fragile that it is almost worth mentioning, even the Poison Monster Dragon itself is not a difficult opponent for them.
But the hunters still dare not relax their vigilance after entering the hunting ground.
The village head lady specifically warned them when she issued the task receipt.
The frozen soil mountains in the Western Continent have always been known as the "Monster Cemetery", according to the legend of the "Ice People" who live in the frozen soil area.
——Deep in the frozen soil, there lives the "demon" that devours everything.
They are not afraid of the Poison Dragon, but if that "demon" comes out when they are playing with the Poison Dragon, who can they talk to?
Tactically, you should despise your opponent, but mentally, you should keep your tail between your legs.
Hunters walk through the snow-capped fields and forests.
The person responsible for opening the road is Hayata. She has been active in the Frasia area for a long time and can be called a "snow expert" to a certain extent.
The snow forest here is very similar to the outskirts of the Frasia region, and even the vegetation types are similar.
She could tell where the snow was solid and where there might be snow caves. With her leading the way, the group's efficiency improved a lot.
After marching like this for more than two hours, Hayata suddenly slowed down and her companions gathered around her.
The forest ahead became sparse, replaced by large glacial cliffs.
I don't know whether it's because of the terrain or some other reason, but the snow on the ground here has become very hard, close to the ice.
Even Ted wearing the Boomer Dragon armor can only make a shallow footprint when he steps on it.
"It's cool, this is called the ground! The thick snow in the damn forest is more tiring to walk than to swim!" Ted stamped his feet vigorously and cursed.
“More tiring than swimming”
"Still tired."
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The echo of Ted's loud voice echoed between the ice and rock walls.
"Brother Ted, keep your voice down," Gordon reminded.
"Oh." Ted lowered his voice.
"The terrain is too complicated. Let's change the formation, diamond shape. I'm behind Ted and in front, Hayata Maka, left and right, Pork Chop leaning forward, Pandan Babaka, pay attention to the ice wall and above."
Everyone quickly changed their formation, keeping a few meters away from each other, so that no matter what happened, they could quickly support each other.
The team started off again, but the speed was much slower than before.
In this way, the group advanced for more than half an hour in the area where the glaciers were lined with rock walls.
During this period, they encountered two sleeping dog dragons. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the smell of blood, Gordon asked Ted to kill them with the barrel of a blunderbuss gun.
Pork Chop ran back to report at this time.
It pointed to the continuous rocky mountains ahead, "A few hundred meters ahead, there is a large cave. Through the cave, you can enter the mountain."
I didn't meet any monsters, but it's very dark inside the cave. Gordon and you may not be able to see clearly. "
Gordon nodded, and after letting Pork Chop return to the team, everyone moved forward together, and soon saw the cave that Pork Chop mentioned.
The entrance to the cave is so huge that even a large flying dragon can easily enter it.
This is not good news.
Compared to the outside of the ice and snow, the cave is obviously more suitable for various monsters to nest.
In addition, the terrain inside the cave is complicated and there are many corridors, so you might plunge into something's lair.
Lack of light is also a big problem.
Fortunately, Gordon and the others were already prepared for this.
Gordon took off the portable barbecue from his back, placed it solemnly on top of Babaka's head, filled it with fuel and lit it on fire.
A bright torch that can travel with the team is completed.
Looking at Babaka, who turned into a light source on the barbecue grill above her head, Maka had a constipated expression on her face.
Isn't this a bit too much for you?
However, unlike Maka's entanglement, Babaka was simply shaking with excitement.
Every step he took was so cautious, as if what he was carrying on his head was not a strange thing like a barbecue grill, but a crown.
This is all because on the airship when they arrived, Gordon and Piglet told it the story of the strange-faced king they encountered that year, who had a barbecue grill on his head and could stand up to the top hunters head-on.
Of course, the part about how many strange-faced tribesmen were killed during this period was ignored by Gordon and the others.
Maka took it for granted that Gordon and the others were talking nonsense, but Hayata proved it to be true.
This directly led to Babaka's unusually strong interest in portable barbecue grills.
"Come on, Babaka, you go ahead."
Gordon smiled and pushed Babaka to the front of the team, "Ted Knight, protect it, don't let those nameless monsters harm our future King of Strange Faces."
"As you command!"
"Kaba, chirp!" Babaka raised the hammer-like weapon in his hand and cheered excitedly.
Maka covered her face and said, "It's almost done. It's really floating. Keep your voice down. The monster will be attracted to you in a while. You leave me to deal with it alone. I'll see how you cry then."
"Baba Kaa Gaa!"
"Shut up! You haven't ascended the throne yet!"
Hayata, who was watching this scene with a smile, glanced at the ground illuminated by the flames of the barbecue grill from the corner of his eyes, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Look at the ground!"
The atmosphere in the entire team immediately became tense.
Gordon put his palm on the hilt of the Fire Dragon Sword behind him and looked down.
Then he was shocked to find that the ground nearby was not rocky ground, but transparent ice. Under the ice, countless skeletons were buried.
There are so many layers upon layers that it’s astonishing.
His eyes quickly scanned the surroundings.
There are many bones scattered not only under the ice, but also on the ice. Some of them are relatively fresh in color, but there is no flesh and blood covering them.
Gordon glanced outside the cave entrance.
It is very close to the entrance of the cave, and there are still a few snowflakes blowing in with the wind. It must be accumulated over many years, forming this kind of ice surface with countless bones layered on top of each other.
"alert."
Gordon whispered, then walked over to a relatively fresh skeleton and examined it.
It is obvious that the skeleton of Sleeping Dog Dragon, judging from the completeness of the bones, died naturally, and it would not have taken too long, two or three weeks at most.
The flesh and blood has completely disappeared, but the bone structure is not much messed up. Are there decomposers such as insects?
Can decomposers survive in temperatures below freezing?
When Gordon was confused, he suddenly noticed something moving on a skeleton not far away.
Gordon narrowed his eyes, "Babakar, come here."
Babaka trotted over, and the firelight illuminated the skeleton. The little creature lying on the skeleton scraping the debris seemed to be afraid of the firelight, and crawled away in fear as it squirmed away.
Gordon quickly walked over and picked up the weird little creature, which was about half a meter long.
Glancing at the remains of the body, which still had some flesh and blood left, Gordon suddenly realized that this thing seemed to be a decomposer.
Wait, it's white, less than one meter long, shaped like a leech, with a ring-like mouth on its head and tail. This thing seems to be the goal of their trip.
——Poison monster dragon cub?
Gordon pinched the suspected neck part of the poisonous dragon cub to prevent the guy's ring-shaped mouth full of sharp teeth from biting him.
But the little thing actually twisted its body hard and bit the mouth on the other end of its body into Gordon's thigh.
It's a pity that he couldn't bite through the armor made of the blue fire dragon's scales.
Gordon twitched the corner of his mouth, used some force, pulled it off his leg, stretched his arms and hung it away from his body, and walked towards his companions.
"Then what, who will taste this thing first?"
(End of chapter)
