"Huh~"
"call!"
"Hoo ho ho!"
A series of heavy gasps echoed in the snow.
More than twenty figures were running desperately in the snow without choosing the right path. Finally, after running wildly for half an hour, they could no longer hold on.
"thump!"
The person who fell was not the person at the end of the team, but a thin man in the middle.
"Ha~ha~Bulu! Ha~Jack~ fell down!"
The person next to Jack gasped and shouted to Blue with great effort.
Blue was not at the front, but at the back of the group.
I have to say that his behavior made everyone in the team feel happy and heart-warming, even the temporary joiners Nok and Leo.
No wonder he could become the leader of the caravan and pull up a field team of twenty people.
"Damn it, I shouldn't have agreed to him joining the caravan! His body is too weak!"
Blue scolded Jack as he ran up from behind the group.
Even though he was carrying cargo that was taller than himself, he still ran smoothly.
This is because he is a low-level professional.
If Nok and Leo guessed wrong, Blue should be a level 2 black iron hunter.
Because even on a vast expanse of snow, Blue could accurately guide the team forward.
Several times the person in front of him wandered off in the wrong direction, but he always scolded him to come back.
This is a snowfield with no reference. It is not impossible to make a big circle without looking at the footprints behind you.
But Blue has a way to identify routes. This ability can only be a hunter's professional skill: absolute sense of direction.
This is the core basic skill of a hunter. With this skill, a hunter will never lose his direction or let his arrows miss their target.
Of course, this ability is only useful in the wild and in the maze when there is no reference object.
Other times, it’s like tasteless.
But now, it is very practical.
At least the caravan group ran to the front of the white ghost group without worrying about running around.
"No, Blue, Jack needs to rest. Don't talk about him, even we need to rest. Carrying such a heavy cargo for so long, we have exceeded our daily limit."
"This..." Faced with the team members' suggestions, Blue didn't know what to do for a while.
As far as he is concerned, he wants to stay as far away from the White Ghost as possible.
That kind of ghost thing is simply not something humans can deal with.
But as the captain of the caravan, he couldn't be so selfish and abandon the caravan members.
He brought these people out, and even if he couldn't make any money, he would take them back intact.
This will live up to the trust of their families.
Just when Blue hesitated, Nok spoke.
"Mr. Blue, I think the others are right. We have been running for more than half an hour, and at least we are far away from the group of monsters. If they really want to chase us, at their speed, I think they will be long gone. I came after him."
"But now we are still safe, which means they haven't discovered us at all, so we should be safe. If you are worried, we can rest for ten minutes, take it easy, and then walk a short distance slowly. When it gets light, we should It’s safe.”
Nock's proposal was approved by most people.
Blue had no choice but to agree to repair on the spot, but they could not disperse. Everyone carried the goods on their backs and surrounded the city, and then sat in the snow, drinking water and eating dry food.
If you don't want to eat anything, just close your eyes.
Nok and Leo didn't have any salutes.
But because they had to leave in a hurry, Nok and Leo also helped some teenagers share some goods.
Especially Leo, in addition to the cargo, he also carried his ice armor shield.
As soon as the caravan sat down, everyone began to gasp loudly. Those who had water drank water, and those who didn't could only rub their mouths and throw snow into their mouths.
Nok also felt a little thirsty, but their luggage was lost and there was no water bag.
As for eating snow, he didn't want to.
There were footprints all around, and who knew which piece of snow had been trampled by the caravan members' boots that had been stepped on cow dung.
"Come and drink some water."
Blue handed Nok his water bag.
"It's hot water, heated last night." Looking at Nok's hesitant hand, Blue explained.
"Thank you." Nok took it. In this weather, the water in the water bag may freeze into ice even if it is held in the arms. Only hot water can remain liquid for a short time.
However, Blue probably slept with the hot water bottle in his arms last night, so after Nok opened the water bottle, he could still see the heat.
Nok greedily drank two mouthfuls of water for himself, not caring whether the water bag was dirty or not. At this time, it is not the time to be particular. Compared with snow mixed with cow dung, a little other people's saliva is nothing.
Nok took two sips and handed the water bag to Leo next to him. Leo was not polite and took a big gulp of the water bag and drank up the water bag in a few sips.
"Sorry, I finished my water."
Leo embarrassedly handed the water bag back and apologized.
"It doesn't matter, it's just water. Once we find a safe place to camp, we can melt some snow."
Blue didn't care.
In this kind of snow, what is needed is not water, but fire.
Unable to find dry firewood, it was easy to freeze to death at night.
However, Blue's team is not afraid.
Even though the caravan's goods were piled high, you might think they were carrying only goods.
In fact, half of the people carried solid firewood!
These spare firewood are just for getting through this desolate snowfield.
This was Blue's experience, so the two of them saw a bonfire on a snowy night and looked for it.
The firewood left by the team was enough for them to walk out of the snowfield.
If I could find other firewood along the way, there might be some left.
Therefore, as long as there is fire, there will be water sources everywhere in this thousand-mile snowfield.
"By the way, everyone would like to thank our two friends Nok and Leo this time. If they hadn't discovered the White Ghost and woke us up in advance. When the snow wolves and the White Ghost start fighting and wake us up, we will definitely If he screams because he is unprepared, if the white ghost notices him, we will definitely be doomed."
Blue told him about Nok and Leo rescuing the caravan.
"What! It turns out that these two new guys saved us!"
"Well done, new guy! Thank you!"
"I'm so grateful, new guy! I thought I was dead! My wife is still pregnant waiting for me to make a fortune and go back!"
"Thank you, newcomer. Without you, we are dead. My mother is still waiting for me to come home to raise her!"
The heartfelt thanks made Nok and Leo feel a little embarrassed.
The main thing is that the two of them are purely curious about what it is, and they are not afraid.
Although the attack methods of those white ghosts were weird, Nok and the two were not afraid.
I feel like even if they can't be defeated, they can still escape.
The speed of those white ghosts is not very fast, but the snow limits the running speed of land creatures, and the white ghosts can fly.
But these are not problems at all in front of Leo's mount Ukao. Riding on Ukao, they can get rid of those white ghosts at any time.
But now it seems that it is somewhat similar.
After all, people have said that there is no solution to those white ghosts.
Aren't the masters on the mainland better than the two of them?
Didn't one or two nosy dialogue ghosts take action?
This is unlikely. The only explanation is that an attempt was made but failed.
That's why Blue said those things are unsolvable.
"By the way, Mr. Blue. What kind of monsters are those things called white ghosts? Is it true that no one can defeat or kill them? I think they are very much like ghosts. To deal with ghosts, the clergy of the Holy Church should Very good at it!”
Nok asked the question in his mind.
Blue seemed to remember something, shook his head in fear and said: "It's useless."
"No one knows what white ghosts are. No one can figure out why they appear or where they come from."
"It is said that the earliest legend of the White Ghost can be traced back to the period after the end of the Age of Witches."
"A white ghost appeared outside a town, and then the white ghost turned the entire town into a dead city. Except for a few masters who took the opportunity to escape, everyone else's souls were devoured by the white ghost."
"Magic, fighting spirit, and the divine arts of the Holy Church are all ineffective against it."
"Even at that time, a god who participated in the 'Witch War' wanted to take action against the White Ghost because he was passing by. He almost died at the hands of the White Ghost. He only escaped by splitting his soul."
"The white ghost that devoured the town is said to have grown to a thousand meters in size. It can be said that if left unchecked, the continent will be destroyed by it."
When Blue said this, he couldn't help but stop and take a breath.
The others were listening intently, and immediately asked: "Then who killed the white ghost?"
"How did you know you were wiped out?" Someone asked the person who asked the question before in confusion.
The man said angrily: "You are stupid! If the white ghost hadn't been eliminated, mankind would have perished long ago."
"Yes!" The person who was scolded reacted, not caring at all about being scolded.
"No, the white ghost has not been eliminated." Blue denied the man's guess.
"What!" Everyone was shocked and looked at Blue, wanting him to give an explanation.
"The white ghost really wasn't destroyed. It just disappeared."
"When the sun appeared, the huge white ghost disappeared out of thin air.
Yes, just in the eyes of those survivors, they disappeared into thin air.
Not killed by sunlight like a vampire, but completely disappeared, leaving nothing behind.
This is the legend of the first white ghost. "
Blu paused and continued: "After that, for a long time, legends of white ghosts will appear in winter all over the continent."
"Some of them were witnessed by someone."
"Some of them were guessed by people based on the corpses of creatures at the scene afterwards."
"So, people inferred that white ghosts only appear on snowy nights. They appear in random places, but their purpose is very consistent. To devour souls and devour the souls of all creatures they encounter. They especially like to command the souls of creatures."
"I believe that the legends about white ghosts you have heard are all versions that have been circulated in the last hundred years or so, so you don't know much about white ghosts. You only know that they are very dangerous, and those who encounter them will basically not survive."
Nok looked at Blue who was talking eloquently, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Blue, I think other people only hear about the White Ghost. Why do you seem to know the White Ghost very well?"
Blue didn't expect Nok to ask this, and was stunned for a moment.
He looked at the group of caravan members around him who looked at him with doubtful eyes, gritted his teeth, and simply confessed.
"Actually, there's nothing bad to say. Yes, the legends about white ghosts on the mainland are actually passed down from person to person, and some are even exaggerated. But they are basically all facts."
"But I am different. One of my ancestors, I don't know how many years ago, was a survivor of a village that was attacked by white ghosts. His family was devoured by white ghosts in order to save him. "
"In order to kill the white ghosts and avenge their loved ones, my ancestors determined to become white ghost hunters."
"The ancestors collected all kinds of legends about white ghosts at that time, and then collected all the items that could restrain evil forces at that time. Holy water, exorcism holy objects, magic circles, and even the witchcraft left behind by witches who had become forbidden magic. ”
"He has been studying this for thirty years. During these thirty years, he searched for the snow he could walk through every winter and spent every snowy night."
"Even when his child was born, he refused to go home. He would rather spend a snowy night in the wild than fulfill the responsibilities of a husband."
"Until his children grow up and he gets older, he is unwilling to stay at home."
"But he began to train his sons again, hoping that they would inherit his research and search for white ghosts."
"But his children hate him and hate him for abandoning his wife and children just to find a monster that causes death!"
"His children refused to inherit the ancestor's business, and the ancestor was very sad. Later, he set his sights on his grandson."
"However, the ancestor's son knew that he would do this, so he never gave him a chance to be alone with his grandson."
"The ancestor was disappointed, but he discovered his neglected granddaughter."
"So, the ancestor's granddaughter became his heir. As you know, in ancient times, women's status was not high."
"My grandmother-in-law was naturally overjoyed when she suddenly received care from her elders. In order not to disappoint her grandfather, she worked hard to learn the knowledge that her ancestors taught her."
"Later, when my ancestor was seventy-five years old, and my grandma was fifteen, she finally met the White Ghost."
"But that time, it wasn't that they took the initiative to find the white ghost, but the white ghost suddenly appeared in the village!"
"The sleeping villagers have become the food of the white ghosts."
"My ancestors slept lightly at night because of their old age. When they noticed something was wrong, they woke up the family members."
"Finding out that the white ghost appeared, my ancestor excitedly found his treasure that had been hidden for many years. He took his grandma and rushed out of the house to look for the white ghost, regardless of his family's objections."
"But they walked around the village and only found the bodies of the villagers. Disappointed, they had no choice but to go home, only to find that their family was being attacked by white ghosts! Grandma's parents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters had been killed. Only Grandma’s two brothers are left!”
"When the white ghost emerged from the body of Grandma Grandma's sister and planned to attack Grandma Grandma's two younger brothers, the ancestor finally reacted and shouted with a bow and arrow infected with holy water to shoot the white ghost."
"However, the ancestor's attack was useless, and the white ghost still got into the body of Grandma Grandma's cousin."
"When my grandfather saw this, he rushed over crazily, hugged my grandma's cousin's struggling body, rushed into the house crazily, and lit the house on fire with the fire in the room."
"In the fire, the ancestors shouted to grandma and her brother to escape as far as possible. Stop thinking about revenge. The ancestors finally knew that they were wrong. The white ghost cannot be killed, it is a disaster. Human beings You shouldn’t try to find this kind of disaster and kill it!”
"Grandma cried, picked up her brother and ran away. They ran away all night until they collapsed on the roadside from exhaustion."
"Later, grandma and grandpa were rescued and finally survived."
"Later, my grandma married a big shot, and my grandma married a wife and had children, and became a commoner."
"Until Grandpa Xiaozu passed away, Grandpa Xiaozu never saw Grandma Grandma again."
"It wasn't until more than ten years after Grandpa Xiaozu's death that an old woman found Grandpa Xiaozu's son and handed him a box. She told him that it was Grandma Grandma's relic."
"The old woman didn't say how Grandma Xiao died, nor did she explain why Grandma hadn't found Grandpa Xiao for so many years."
"Grandpa Xiaozu's son is illiterate. Children of farmers only know how to dig the ground."
"In order to find out why Grandma, who was missed by Grandpa Xiaozu, ignored her younger brother, Grandpa Xiaozu's son decided to let his child study!"
"He succeeded in getting his children to work as servants in noble families and as playmates for noble sons. After hard work, he finally learned to read."
"It's just that when he was able to decipher the letters and relics left by his grandma, he discovered that grandpa's son was already dead."
"After reading the letter, Grandpa Xiaozu's grandson realized that Grandma Grandma had never given up looking for White Ghosts to take revenge. She married a big shot to use his energy to investigate White Ghosts."
"But white ghosts are so scary that even big shots are not willing to get involved."
"So, my grandmother ran away from home and searched for a white ghost alone, and finally found a white ghost in her lifetime."
"My grandma fought with the white ghost. She didn't kill the white ghost, but she discovered some weaknesses of the white ghost that were not fatal."
"The price paid was naturally heavy. But grandma became the only person I know who survived after being attacked by a white ghost."
"Of course, she died in the end. Her survival cannot be replicated."
"When she was attacked by the white ghost, it happened to be sunrise, so half of the white ghost's body got into her body, and the other half disappeared out of thin air in the early morning."
"So, grandma survived. But she didn't survive completely. Her body was very weak. She forced herself to return to the big man's side. As the big man's wife, she just ran away from home, but it was still her home. .”
"It's just that when the big shot knew that she was attacked by a white ghost, he was so frightened that he locked her up without any treatment at all."
"My grandma could only write about her experiences and her findings while she was imprisoned. Then she died of illness in the place where she was imprisoned."
"It wasn't until my grandma's granddaughter heard about her existence and the place where she was being held that she ran away out of curiosity to see her. Only then did she discover her body and belongings."
"At that time, Grandma's husband had also passed away, and Grandma's son was in charge. He hated Grandma for leaving her to look for the illusory white ghost, and even died because of it in the end. So, he wanted to burn Grandma relics.”
"Later, grandma's granddaughter couldn't bear to have grandma's hard work burned, so she secretly stole it, gave it to her wet nurse, and gave the relic to grandpa. These were all added in the letter by grandma's granddaughter later. "
"It's just that the young lady didn't expect that grandpa Xiaozu had passed away long ago and she couldn't wait for grandma grandma's letter."
"Grandpa Xiao's grandson knew the truth and did not regard the White Ghost incident as a family feud, but he also did not burn up Grandma Grandma's hard work."
"After all, he has been a playmate for a nobleman. He knows that if a family wants to have a legacy, it must have its own history."
"He believes that the story of his family and the white ghosts is a good historical inheritance."
"So, he regarded the relics left by his grandmother as a family story and passed it down from generation to generation."
"Until my grandfather told me this, I thought it was just a legend."
"Later, I ran to become a professional when I was young and arrogant. As a result, our team encountered the white ghosts. It was the same group of white ghosts as today. Naturally, the whole army was wiped out."
"I relied on the legends and experiences left by my grandmother to escape death."
"Later, I stopped being a professional. I returned to the village and worked as a farmer honestly, but farmers could earn a little money. I started to work as a trader. With the experience of being a professional, the team became bigger and bigger. .”
"I didn't expect that I would be unlucky again tonight. I really wonder if my family is really cursed by white ghosts. Why do people in my family often encounter white ghosts!"
Blue finished telling the legend about the White Ghost that he knew in one breath.
"Wow! Leader, your family actually has such a history! Your family must not be some down-and-out noble!"
"Fuck you, I told you. Except for the grandma who married a big shot, our ancestors were all farmers. The grandson of my grandpa was a playmate for a nobleman, and later I heard that he was a playmate for that nobleman. The butler.
But because the noble young master later offended someone and was killed, the grandson of the grandpa also died. His descendants had to move, so they ended up in our current village. "
Blue laughed and scolded his caravan members, but found that there was something wrong with Nok's expression.
"Brother Nok, do you have any questions?"
When asked, Nok nodded and looked up at Blue.
"Indeed, Brother Blue, I do have a doubt. Do you mind telling us how you escaped when the team was attacked by white ghosts? At that time, it should not have happened to be dawn, right?"
Nok's words caused a sudden silence in the surrounding area.
Only then did everyone remember that it seemed that Blue had indeed not elaborated on this matter.
When Blue heard this, his face was a little ugly, but he finally decided to answer the question.
"It's actually not difficult. As long as you avoid the White Ghost's sight and hide your aura, you can avoid the White Ghost's pursuit."
"I knew I couldn't run away, so while my teammates were yelling and running away in a panic, I directly stole the body of a companion, then hid behind a tree and dug a hole with snow as hard as I could. , I got in by myself, and then blocked the entrance of the cave with the bodies of my companions, then I collapsed the snow cave and buried myself."
"Even if the white ghosts hear the noise and come to check, they will only find a corpse lying on the ground. They are not interested in the corpse and will not check whether the corpse looks familiar or where it was originally."
"So, when I almost suffocated myself to death, I dared to secretly dig a hole under the corpse with my fingers, and secretly ventilated myself by pushing the corpse open."
"Because I didn't know it was daytime, I hid until the corpse started to stink, and then I crawled out of the hole with my feet weak."
"My great-grandmother hid herself in the snowdrifts to get close to the white ghost. She waited for a time close to dawn to attack the white ghost."
"It was also written by my great-grandmother. The white ghost will only capture the prey in sight first, and then the breath."
"That's why when I saw the white ghosts chasing the wolves, I immediately asked everyone to leave. If we had stayed where we were, I guess the white ghosts would have probably turned back to hunt us down."
"After all, even if we are downwind, the presence of a large number of people gathering here is too strong."
Blue's words immediately caused Nok's expression to change suddenly.
He suddenly stood up and asked: "You said white ghosts have a sense of smell?"
"Yes." Blue was a little surprised by Nok's change, but he still answered honestly: "Although he is not very sharp, he does have..."
"No! Let's go quickly! Don't stop before dawn! Hurry!"
Nok shouted quickly, urging everyone to get up.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, but still obeyed his instructions and stood up slowly.
"Hurry up! Don't delay! Otherwise the white ghost will chase you!"
The caravan members who were still dawdling due to lack of rest were suddenly frightened by these words and jumped up on the spot.
"What! Will the white ghost come after you?"
"I'm not sure! But based on Brother Blue's words, this may be huge!"
Nok's words surprised everyone.
"Give me Jack, I'll carry him, and others will carry his goods, or give up! Life is more important than money!"
Nok's words made Blue finally understand that now was not the time to care.
He immediately yelled: "Unload half of the firewood! Leave enough for two days! In two days, even if we can't get out of the snowfield, we can get out on the third day! Save some, it won't freeze us to death! Hurry!"
At Blue's urging, several members who were carrying firewood quickly removed the firewood from their bodies, tied it up in a panic, and then carried it on their backs.
"Let's go! Brother Blue will guide the way from the front, I will direct from the center, and Leo will be on guard from behind! If you find a white ghost, alert him immediately!"
No one cared about Nok's behavior of snatching command.
Everyone is panicking. It’s hard to find a backbone. No one cares about who is who.
Blue also knew that if the White Ghost really came after him, he, who knew the direction, would be the best guide to avoid taking the team in the wrong direction. If they were trapped deep in the snowfield, even if they got rid of the White Ghost, they would not be able to lead the way. There will be no escape from death.
"Two chapters in one. Although I have almost no readers to follow, I still want to wish the students who took the college entrance examination today a divine help in writing, and their thoughts will flow freely, and they will be named on the gold list!"
