The fortunate thing among misfortunes is that in human territory, the Moon Soul Elves dare not be too presumptuous. They will only launch raids in the wilderness and uninhabited places.
After losing more than ten people, the convoy fled to the Kingdom of Huolin, where they repaired for a month.
During this period, some people in the two mercenary organizations proposed to abandon the mission, but Jader and Emora insisted on completing it.
For no other reason than reputation, they do not want or dare to abandon tradition.
Besides, this is the Middle-earth region of the world. Although humans are superior in number and power, it is actually the area where the most diverse races gather. When it comes to force, humans and other races are only divided 50-50.
If the barbarian tribe and dark-blood dwarves retreat under the attack of the moon soul elves who come from afar and are not part of the Middle-earth forces, then they will not be able to continue to mix in the future.
Jadel's ancestors, with their group of barbarian beastmen of all types, migrated from the barbarian tribe in the southwest of the earth - the Kipchak Khan tribe to the Kingdom of Denland, but they were not prepared to be unable to survive and fall into desolation again. And left.
Similarly, Emora did not want to return to the Earth Alliance Kingdom in despair. He and his supporters had suffered enough discrimination in Honglu City.
The two used the honor of the tribe to convince the opponents in the team, and the convoy was able to set off again.
Out of caution, they listened to Princess Atasha's advice: not to rely on the noisy river in the north of the Holin Kingdom to pass through the Snow Mist Mountains——
The Hustle River starts from the West Sea at the western end of the world, passes through a small half of the world, runs through the canyon pass of the Snow Mist Mountains, and connects with the dark South River in the Pelevit dense forest on the east side of the Snow Mist Mountains.
This waterway is the fastest route through the Snow Mist Mountains and can reach directly to the border of the Kingdom of Darkness.
However, the reason proposed by Princess Atasha is also correct: Moon Soul Elves are good at ambush in dense forests and waters, and they are the favorites of water and shadow.
Therefore, they decided to sacrifice time and apparent safety and take the risk of forcibly crossing the Snowy Mountains.
Crossing the Snowy Mountains... This is a super difficult task. Even if the team is full of masters - masters from the Middle-earth region of the world, it is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, the whole army may be annihilated.
But compared to "fighting against the Moon Soul Elves on their absolute home ground - the river", the Snow Mist Mountains became an easy option.
No matter what, you can reduce losses by making adequate preparations and careful consideration when crossing the mountain, but the attack of the Moon Soul Elf is really unpredictable.
Based on a map from a thousand years ago, they discovered that on the eastern border of the Huolin Kingdom, close to the Snow Mist Mountains, there was a winding mountain road built by dwarves. It was an area with the least wind, snow, clouds and fog, and the most gentle mountains.
But when they arrived at the mountain pass named Red Kok Pass by the dwarves, they found that it had long been abandoned and the dwarves had already evacuated.
In desperation, they had to climb the mountain while building the road.
Fortunately, as Atasha said, almost all the regular troops of the Moon Soul Elves were ambushing in the Hustle River, with only a very small number of scouts following the team.
The battle between the escort team and the Moon Soul Elves was no longer one-sided, but evenly matched.
During the battle, there were no casualties on either side, but each lost several tribesmen on the rugged mountain road, intertwined with wind, snow, clouds and mist.
It only took Taiyi and the others less than a day and a half to cross the Twilight Mountains, which was more dangerous and was constantly attacked by groups of dark demons. However, it took the escort team and the Moon Soul Elf scouts more than three months to cross the Snow Mist Mountains.
"Aren't you going to the Kingdom of Darkness? Why are you walking along the dense forest instead?"
On weekdays, under the influence of Cheng Guang and Mei Ling, Mikoto paid great attention to the details of the problem. She did not care about why Atasha escaped, and first asked about the unreasonableness of the escort team's route.
"After we passed the Snow Mist Mountains, we arrived at the western edge of the dense forest. We originally wanted to go in for help, but we were ambushed by a large army of Moon Soul Elves. They entered the Dark South River from the Hustle River and then went south to find us."
Jader answered honestly.
Even when he questioned Princess Atasha in shock and anger, he did not dare to treat Mikoto and others lightly, and even the thought of escaping no longer existed.
As long as the opponent has a magician who can communicate mentally, he would not dare to run. Likewise, Emola would not dare to run, including the escort team behind them.
"Is there a collusion between the Dark Kingdom and the Moonlight Kingdom?" Mikoto roughly understood what Jardel meant. The Moon Soul Elf can move freely in the Dark Soul Elf's territory. It would be strange if there was no private deal between the two parties.
"We didn't dare to gamble, so we had to hide for now."
"Then why don't you stay away from the dense forest area and still walk next to it?" Mikoto had a new question.
"To the south is the blue and brown land, the cursed land. We dare not go there."
"For this reason, we could not choose the shallower and gentler area of the Angruit River in the south. We could only forcefully cross the rapid area of the Angruit River near the dense forest, and more than a dozen team members were killed by the Moon Soul Elves in the river. .”
Jadeel was also very sad. All they encountered along the way east were dangerous areas. Far away from dense forests and rivers, there were snowy mountains, cursed soil, and death swamps. If they were not far away from dense forests and rivers, enemies might come out at any time.
"You seem to be afraid of us?" Mikoto found that not only the tiger-headed man who answered, but also the entire team behind were in a state of trembling.
"Being able to use mental communication, there must be a high-level magician in your team." Although Jadel didn't understand why Mikoto asked such an obvious question, he didn't dare not answer it.
A magician who can use mental communication spells will inevitably use attack-type mental magic. When facing small characters like the escort team, they don't even need a second move. They can achieve group destruction with just one mental control.
To be more ruthless, you can also control the escort team to kill each other, so that they die without knowing how - for example, the black-hearted Guanguan Cuihua likes to do this.
Moreover, high-level magicians are definitely considered national treasures in the world, at least in the Middle-earth region. Small countries like Denlan and Huolin cannot afford to enshrine them.
Taiyi and others have a group of special dragons and high-level magicians. After seeing clearly, the escort team began to tremble collectively.
"Your Excellency's team is bound to be invincible throughout the Middle-earth, and it is no problem to found a country. Why do you have to make it difficult for us, a small mercenary escort team? We are willing to pay everything we can, just to let us go."
Jardel first flattered and then begged in a low voice. There was nothing he could do. It was not a question of having no backbone, but simply a question of whether he could survive and continue his inheritance.
Just as he was talking, suddenly, there was a commotion at the junction of the dense forest and the plain, and rows of soldiers riding various mounts and wearing fine leather armor and light armor came out!
