The two parties exchanged a few words of greetings. Unlike the verbal quarrels between Evelin and Anna, the exchange with Virgil was very polite and conventional.
It's just that under this cliché, both sides are quietly testing each other.
The clan leader's agent waited for the two competitors to fully communicate before coughing, attracting everyone's attention, and then began to announce the content of the final round of competition.
Because the clan leader competition spans more than several decades, and often exceeds half a century, the rules and content are actually different each time and are formulated by the current clan leader.
No one knows what the content is before it is released.
Not only Evelin and Virgil, but everyone else in the conference room was also ready to listen carefully.
The clan leader's agent took a deep breath and said slowly: "The final round of competition starts tomorrow. The content is that the two candidates will personally lead the team to the depths of the snowy mountains. Each of you can bring up to three followers and unlimited equipment. Whoever can reach the destination within ten days will pass."
Evelin and Virgil both showed surprised expressions after hearing this. The competition content was not too difficult, but too simple.
It's just a matter of leading a team into the mountains. What's so difficult about this?
The clan leader's agent seemed to have anticipated their expressions, and added: "The cable car going up the mountain has been closed. You can only climb up the mountain. You will take care of the dangers on the road yourself. The clan leader is waiting deep in the snow-capped mountains. You may have other tests.”
The amount of information added by this sentence was very large, making Evelin and Virgil deep in thought.
Nowadays, if you want to go into the mountains, you have to rely on a cable car. Hiking into the mountains has to climb cliffs and endure the severe cold in the mountains, which is a very dangerous thing.
In addition, the two also remembered at the same time that there were mutated snow wolves raging on the mountain. Hiking up the mountain might pass through the area where the wolves are active and be attacked by the mutated snow wolves.
The last thing is... Evelin and Virgil glanced at each other - both sides would most likely send people to sneak attack midway, or set up traps to hinder the process.
However, the snow-capped mountains are so large. If you don't know the opponent's route, it is not an easy task to find the opponent in the vast mountainous area.
In general, the difficulty of the competition content has increased hundreds of times, and both candidates are feeling the pressure.
What's more, it's not the end after arriving at the destination. The clan leader who lives in seclusion in the mountains may have other tests.
The patriarch's agent took out two maps from his briefcase, put them on the table, and pushed them to Evelin and Virgil respectively: "This is your route of action and destination. Take a look at them all."
The two of them picked up the map and opened it at the same time, guarding against each other's prying eyes.
Just when both parties were about to memorize the route in their minds and destroy the map to avoid leaking it, the clan leader's agent suddenly smiled: "Sorry, I took the wrong one. You took the other party's map. Change it back quickly. If If you don’t change, it can only be regarded as a failure.”
Evelin: “…”
Virgil: "..."
At first we didn't know each other's route into the mountains, and we couldn't send anyone to stop them. Now we're good at spoiling each other.
This clearly means that the two sides should fight each other, increase the difficulty, and block the possibility of them taking advantage of loopholes.
Evelin and Virgil looked at the patriarch's agent at the same time, and with two pairs of eyes filled with pressure, the smile on the patriarch's agent's face gradually stiffened, and they quickly said: "This is the patriarch's idea, and it has nothing to do with me."
If he still wants to spend his old age in peace, he must not offend both candidates at the same time, otherwise no matter who wins, he will not suffer the consequences.
Evelin threw the map in her hand towards Virgil, and he raised his hand to catch it, and also threw the other map back.
"Evelyn."
He put away the map and smiled: "The competition content is so difficult, why don't we send people to torture each other?"
"I agree, but do you believe this? Sorry, I don't believe it either."
Evelin caught the map: "Let's give it our all, and then meet again deep in the snowy mountains."
Virgil nodded, watching Evelin and Xu Cheng get up and leave, the smile on his face gradually faded and turned gloomy.
It's a pity that Qiu Gongyue is unwilling to help him with the assassination, otherwise how could he tolerate this woman being arrogant in front of him.
Both Evelin and Xu Cheng could feel the hostile gaze from Virgil, but they didn't care.
It's all a life-and-death competition, so of course you have to tolerate your opponent's hostility.
After returning to the manor, Evelin immediately wrote down the route into the mountain that she had just memorized, and then called the guard captain Ed and the intelligence minister Theresa, asking them to immediately formulate a plan to take people into the mountain overnight, and in the maintenance An ambush was carried out on Gill's only way into the mountains.
In turn, I believe that Virgil will definitely arrange manpower to block Evelin. This is something that both parties understand tacitly.
As for the candidates to enter the mountain, Evelin decided to bring Xu Cheng, Rika Ito, and vice-captain Daniel.
"I want to go too!"
The study door was suddenly pushed open, and Dinah who was hiding outside broke in.
Seeing that Dinah still eavesdropped despite repeated admonishment, Evelin was very annoyed: "No, go back to your room."
Dinah stubbornly did not move and turned her gaze to Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng thought for a while and asked Evelin: "Is it dangerous to keep Dinah here?"
If Virgil arranged for men to attack the Snow Mountain Manor and capture Dinah, it might make Evelin take advantage of her.
"Anna has already done this, do you think I will be defenseless?"
Evelin said coldly: "After we leave, someone will take her to hide. It will be much safer than going into the mountains with us. Dinah, please stop fooling around. Do you really want to make me angry?" ?”
Xu Cheng could only shrug at Dinah. It was impossible for him to take her into the mountains for adventure just because of the little girl's willfulness.
Dinah bit her lower lip, glanced at her sister resentfully, and then turned and left without saying a word.
Ito Rika said with a smile: "I think she will quietly follow us into the mountains tomorrow."
Evelin snorted softly: "If she can really keep up, then I will take her directly into the mountains."
Xu Cheng and Ito Rika looked at each other and felt that she had set a big flag.
Many people were awake that night, so Evelin worked out a plan with her men all night long to send people into the mountain. In addition to creating obstacles for Virgil, they also had to conduct reconnaissance and reconnaissance on the route into the mountain.
Although the chief agent requested that each candidate can only take three people into the mountain, he deliberately made the route map wrong, which was secretly encouraging both sides to send more people.
Early the next morning, the car arranged by Evelin had already sent Dinah away. The little girl got into the car with a sullen face. She didn't say a word from beginning to end, and she was obviously still angry with her sister.
After the convoy left, Xu Cheng and Evelin were also ready to enter the mountain.
"Miss, please go early and come back early. We are waiting for you at home."
The servants all gathered at the gate to bid Evelin farewell, and most of them had worried looks on their faces.
No matter what Evelin's character is, her attitude and treatment towards the servants are not mentioned, so the people below also sincerely hope that she can win and come back safely.
Evelin didn't say anything encouraging and told everyone to go back and wait, and then set off on the road.
She, Xu Cheng, and Ito Rika all carried professional equipment for mountain climbing, while deputy captain Daniel carried a huge package alone.
The servants watched helplessly as the group disappeared on the road into the mountain, and then gradually dispersed.
At the same time, at the lakeside manor, Virgil was getting ready to go.
"Jill, you must come back safely."
The fiancée wiped away tears, hugged Virgil tightly, and told her reluctance.
Like a gentle and good man, Virgil gently stroked his fiancée's face with his hand: "Don't worry, wait for me at home."
"Um!"
The fiancée stood on tiptoes and gave her fiancé a kiss, but her eyes took the opportunity to look around, but she did not find the figure of the vixen who seduced her fiancé.
But she knew that the vixen must be hiding nearby.
He wanted to prove to her that his relationship with his fiancé had not deteriorated at all.
She guessed right, Qiu Gongyue was nearby, and Virgil also knew this. He stayed close to his fiancée just to prove to Qiu Gongyue that he was gentle and dedicated.
The surrounding servants looked at the immortal couple with envy, but they didn't know that the intimate interaction between them was all pretending to be for another woman to see.
It's a pity that Virgil and his fiancée's performance was just a show of flattery for the blind, because Qiu Gongyue didn't care about them at all.
She stood on the top of a huge pine tree near the manor, looking up at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
During this period of time, she had been searching throughout the Violet family territory, but unfortunately she could not find any clues about Ito Rika.
This made her begin to wonder whether Ito Rika's disappearance was really related to Violet.
But this was the only clue, so she could only bite the bullet and continue to investigate. If Virgil still couldn't find her best friend's whereabouts after becoming the clan leader, then she would have to change her target first.
At this point, Akimiya Yue has no hope at all whether Ito Rika is still alive. She just wants to recover her bones and at least know what happened to her.
In the distance, Virgil had already said goodbye to his fiancée and set off on the road into the mountains with his three men.
A cold wind blew over, and the autumn moon on the pine trees had disappeared.
…
This snow-capped mountain is very high and steep. For hundreds of years, the Violet family could only find a few ways into the mountain. Later, with the development of technology, they spent huge sums of money to build a mountain cable car.
Now that the cable car is not allowed to be used, we have to re-walk the mountain road that has not been traveled for nearly a hundred years.
It stands to reason that if you are afraid that your competitors will set up an ambush on the road in advance, the best way is to change the road, but this method does not work now.
Because there are only a few roads into the mountains, the only consequence of changing roads is to get completely lost in the mountains. Moreover, the destination has been delineated. There is no second option except following the road given on the map.
It was easy when I first started on the road, but gradually, the snow began to cover my knees, and every step was a difficult trek.
Fortunately, the four people who entered the mountain were not ordinary people. Evelin had been strictly trained in the snow-capped mountains since she was a child. Rika Ito was a professional killer with breathing techniques and an expert in wilderness survival.
Daniel is extremely talented. Even though he carries a mentality that is bigger than a human being, he climbs the mountain very easily.
Daniel originally had a strong opinion against Xu Cheng and took the lead in cold-blooded violence against him, but now he only has respect and admiration left, especially after knowing that Xu Cheng killed Anna and Felder.
Along the way, his mouth never stopped, and he kept talking about his admiration for Xu Cheng.
After climbing for a long time, when I looked back, the ground was completely white, and the buildings of the manor were completely invisible.
The four of them did not stop to rest, but kept up their efforts until nightfall. Then they found a sheltered place to rest and set up a tent.
The weather in the mountains changed at every turn. As soon as the tent was set up, the wind started blowing outside, and then it started to snow heavily.
Daniel made a windshield for the stove and was about to get into the tent when he noticed Xu Cheng walking out.
He asked in surprise: "Master Archer, where are you going?"
"Go out and pick up a hand warmer."
Xu Cheng replied, and then stepped into the dark wind and snow.
"Pick up a hand warmer?"
Daniel was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Xu Cheng's voice was about to disappear, he hurriedly stood up and wanted to follow.
"Daniel."
In another tent, Evelin sat at the door, stirring the stove with a branch, and said: "Let him go."
According to Xu Cheng's words, she had already vaguely guessed the reason in her heart, but she just didn't want it to happen.
"But……"
Daniel was quite hesitant. It would be very dangerous to get lost in the wind and snow, especially in such bad weather. The footprints would soon be covered, and he might not be able to tell the difference between east, west, north and south.
However, Daniel finally chose to believe in Xu Cheng's strength and did not follow rashly.
A few minutes later, Xu Cheng came back, holding a girl who was almost curled up into a ball and trembling.
Daniel's eyes widened: "Miss Dinah? Why are you here?"
The hand warmer picked up by Xu Cheng was undoubtedly Dinah who had followed her secretly.
However, her limbs were frozen to the point of stiffness, her teeth kept chattering, and she was unable to answer Daniel's questions.
Sure enough, Xu Cheng and Ito Rika guessed correctly, and she finally followed them secretly.
In fact, Xu Cheng had already discovered her when she followed her quietly, but Xu Cheng didn't tell anyone because he wanted to see how far Dinah could persist.
The result was unexpected. As a pampered young lady, she actually followed for a whole day, gritting her teeth and persevering all the way.
After nightfall, she dug a snow cave for herself to rest. If it hadn't snowed suddenly, she would have really planned to stay in the snow all night.
Although she had expected it, Evelin's heart sank suddenly when she actually saw Dinah appearing here.
But she didn't get angry. Instead, she quickly came to Dinah with the freshly brewed coffee and fed it to her bit by bit.
With everyone's busy work, Dinah, who was almost frozen, finally recovered. Fortunately, her hands and feet did not suffer from frostbite.
"Miss Dinah, it's great that you're okay."
Daniel almost cried, then turned to look at Xu Cheng with grateful eyes: "Thank you, Master Archer, thank you very much."
Xu Cheng: "..."
I saved my aunt, thank you so much.
(End of chapter)
