"Oh, it's Gao Xiu, how was the hunting today?"
"Very little, Kate. You know, the snow and wind today...is still pretty heavy."
The long and narrow structure of Ice and Snow Embrace is destined to have parallel residences for everyone, so the families living in the middle can often see people passing by their homes, except for the patrolling guards. , the people I have seen the most in recent days are my own clansmen. Such is the case with the centrally located Blacksmith House. Due to the special nature of the profession, the size of this hut is larger than other huts, and the lights inside are much brighter than other residents. It is second only to the patriarch's house located inside the central rock wall. In this small The place of residence is also particularly conspicuous. Some tribesmen coming and going would greet the blacksmith sitting at the door kindly from time to time, and the blacksmith with some gray hair would often respond with a kind smile.
However, except Duan Qing, who just walked over before.
"Alas, when will the anger of God stop?" The gray-haired Kate raised her hands to the sky, sadness seemed to flash in her eyes, and then she put on her normal smile again: "However, seeing you guys so energetic , the blacksmith is still very happy."
"Don't say that, Kate, who in the clan doesn't know the name of the most valiant warrior of the Nosier clan." The previous warrior had a solemn look on his face, thrust the spear in his hand into the snow, and pointed towards The blacksmith saluted: "If it hadn't been for that terrible disaster, you would have been a good patriarch."
"I am very satisfied to be able to build the best weapons for everyone." The gray old man shook his head and supported the other party with both hands: "As for the future of the Nosir tribe, it should be in your hands, but... ....well."
He looked at the sky where snowflakes were still flying randomly, and sighed slightly again: "Why did God become like this?"
"How can we guess God's will?" The young soldier shook his head: "We just need to obey and survive... that's enough."
"Use your own strength." He looked at the spear next to him, then firmly grasped the shaft and pulled out his weapon.
"The blacksmith should have provided you guys with the best guys, but...this continuous wind and snow stopped everything." Looking at the weapons in the other party's hands, Kate sighed and said: "Even the businessmen coming and going There are fewer of them coming, the original outsiders..."
The old man stopped talking, and the soldier standing opposite him also showed an angry expression.
"We don't need help from outsiders." He said seriously: "Olem, Uther, and Grau all think so."
"Their help is all a scam, their helping hands...are all in the hands of the devil."
The gray-haired old man nodded with his hands behind his back, then shook his head, and finally cast his eyes on the wind and snow that was the same color as his hair: "The Nosier people don't need charity to survive, but the Nosir people don't need charity. The current situation...sigh."
"How long has it been since anyone passed the trial?"
"...Since God began to be angry, there has been no more." The young man's expression became heavy: "The last warrior to go should be Rom, and he...still hasn't come back."
"Olem's mood has been getting worse and worse these days." Kate sighed: "God is devouring this land, and his son... may never come back. .”
The young warrior stood there with an ugly expression and said nothing. He seemed to be worried about the future of the clan, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly tilted to the side.
"Who is that?"
In front of him, the old man also noticed something unusual and asked him in a low voice.
"That person... seems to be an outsider who just arrived here today." Osho replied.
"Outsiders?" Kate said in surprise: "Grau agreed to let outsiders in?"
"No. But Grau seemed to... know one of them." The soldier shook his head and said, "So I agreed to let them stay."
"oh?"
The old man who heard this lowered his head and seemed to be deep in thought. While the two were talking, the figure they had spotted before glanced back and forth furtively a few times, and then appeared at a place northwest of the central area. He stopped in front of the huge hole. He adjusted his clothes, then waved his fists as if to encourage himself, and finally... walked into the hole with his head held high.
"That outsider... wants to meet the clan leader?"
"Ahem...it seems so."
"But they should have obtained permission." The young soldier said: "When I came back, I seemed to see Rat sending the woman back, and I also asked him about the situation..."
"Women?" Kate asked in surprise: "I have only seen one man before... Who are they?"
"A woman and two men. The woman was the person who claimed to know the clan leader, so she was taken for questioning before, and..." He pointed to the person who just walked into the cave entrance: "The man It's another man. I heard Latte say that he is very strong and easy to recognize, and there is another man who is a little weaker than him..."
"If that's the case, the blacksmith should have seen him just now." The old man waved his hand: "But I drove him away."
The young soldier didn't speak, just nodded, and then continued to recall what he knew: "They are currently placed at Terry's home, just in the southeast direction... By the way."
He suddenly said: "It seems that there is Laura with them. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have let them in easily before."
"Lola? That businessman Lola?" The old man grabbed the soldier's arms excitedly: "She's actually here?"
"Yes, and according to Rat, she brought a lot of things..."
"Haha, okay, okay, hahaha..." the old man shouted happily: "She must have brought what I want! Where is she? I'll go find her right now..." ."
A loud shout suddenly came from the huge bright hole.
"What happened?" Kate said in surprise as she was about to leave.
"I don't know, but..." The young man on the side had already raised his spear and rushed towards the place where the clan leader was.
"If those outsiders want to cause trouble, I will never spare them."
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"well......"
Duan Qing looked at the dim sky against the white snow above his head, and sighed heavily: "Alas..."
"How did it become like this?"
At this time, the three people were located at the foot of the hillside opposite the entrance to the Embrace of Ice and Snow. It was also a mountain made of rock walls, but it had been frozen into the color of ice under the howling cold wind, and was whining in the increasingly strong snowstorm. A whistling sound. But this is already the best sheltered area outside of the Embrace of Ice and Snow. In other places, let alone tents, it is difficult for even people to stand safely.
Yes, Duan Qing and the other three have been driven out at this time - in the words of the Nosier tribe, they were expelled.
"This question..." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was sitting quietly aside, said in a calm tone: "Of course I have to ask our eldest brother."
On the other side of them, the face of the big man in black armor was as dark as his armor. He sat on the cold rock wall without saying a word, and his eyes became dull, as if he had not learned from the series of things that had happened before. After a while, I came to my senses - when the two warriors rushed into the house where Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing were staying and "friendly" asked them to go out, waiting outside were already a large group of Nosier warriors and... .....The figure of Nan Tieshan being escorted.
Then they were thrown out like dogs.
"It's not that I can't defeat them, I'm just afraid of injuring everyone..." the big man said with an ugly face, and then closed his mouth again in the eyes of the two people.
"You know we don't want to hear this." The woman in the black cloak shook her head.
"Okay." The big man in black armor patted his thigh and stood up as if he was risking his life: "It's all my fault. Isn't it okay that it's my fault?"
Duan Qing touched his nose and said nothing. The woman's clear eyes were still staring at the man's eyes, so the man hesitated again.
"I... have a mission."
After a long time, Nan Tieshan finally explained his mission, and then told what happened before - with his efforts and heartache, he successfully received a powerful weapon from the hands of the girl Laura. Although I spent a lot of money on the equipment, the sense of accomplishment of obtaining powerful equipment also makes people feel greater joy. So Nan Tieshan, who was in a very good mood, immediately remembered the commission order he carried in his arms, as well as the goal he finally wanted to achieve after all the hard work he had done to find this place.
Since he had successfully bought two things from the merchant in a row, how could Nan Tieshan continue to wait for this task? So he anxiously found the place where the clan leader was, and then without thinking, he confidently proposed his Task - or requirement.
And then... there was no more.
"It took me a long time..." After listening, Duan Qing looked up to the sky and sighed: "I have no mission, and you have no mission. In the end..."
"But this big brother has a mission."
He said to the woman with a frosty face: "It's still the same mission..."
"The Nosir tribe is an exclusive race, you should know that." The woman explained calmly: "But as far as I know, for some reasons, they now... extremely distrust us. Outsiders.”
"Ah? Why?"
"I don't know the specific situation, but...according to the information I learned, there should be some outsider who did something extremely bad to them, so..."
"That means...I've stirred a hornet's nest?"
"Look at our current situation." The woman spread her hands and said, "This place can't even light a fire."
"Wait a little longer, it will be dark, we must take action, there is no way to camp here." Duan Qing also said at the side: "Even if we can't find a suitable resting place, we still have to run, even if It's better not to sleep than to freeze to death..."
"...Everything is my fault."
Nan Tieshan said suddenly. But this time, his voice was much deeper.
"I was too complacent, and ended up making things like this." Sitting on the ground, he lowered his head and let the strong wind pour ice and snow into his neck: "Although you... we There should have been many opportunities, but because of me, there were no opportunities at all.”
"Don't say that, brother." Duan Qing and the woman looked at each other, and finally it was up to him to persuade the man who suddenly became serious: "Anyway, I didn't know... uh, there would be such a change. happened, and we didn’t want anything in the first place, we just came out to take risks and have fun..."
"I know." Nan Tieshan raised his hand to interrupt Duan Qing: "But the mistakes I made are facts... The free world has taught me another lesson."
He clenched his fists.
"Anyway, my mission failed. We will set off soon and go back to Falling Star Mountain. Let's try to... climb the mountain." He raised his head and his eyes became firm again: "If there is any dangerous situation, I will do my best to protect you, even if it means death..."
"I will die before you too."
"Uh..." Duan Qing felt a little embarrassed when he saw the other person's expression of despair: "Brother, don't be like this..."
"It would be faster to die."
Xue Ling Huan Bing supported her chin with one hand and nodded in agreement: "We have nothing to do anyway, so...it's a good idea."
Hey, hey, you two are not normal anymore...
The three of them packed up their things and their emotions for a while, and then prepared to go back the way they came. Although the slit they came from has been blocked, and they don't know where to find the way up the mountain, as long as they are determined, they will always find the way up the mountain.
If you’re not afraid of death, what else do you have to be afraid of? The worst thing you can do is do extreme rock climbing.
Before leaving, Xueling Huanbing stood at the entrance of the windy and snowy slit, as if he wanted to see what was inside through the snowflakes in the sky. The black hood was still covering her head, so only her black cloak was floating in the wind and snow.
"I remember you said before that they are all good people." Duan Qing stared at her back for a long time, and finally stepped forward: "The results don't seem to match what you said."
The woman under the hood tilted her head slightly, but said nothing.
"I know, that's because the time we spent together was too short, but... the most important thing is just bad luck."
Duan Qing shook his head, then stretched out his hand to pull the other person's shoulder: "Let's go, there will be a chance in the future..."
Suddenly there was a noise in the wind and snow.
The two of them looked towards the source of the sound - the entrance to the Embrace of Ice and Snow, the slit in the snow. Several figures vaguely appeared there. Due to the fact that their sight was restricted by the wind and snow, they could not reach those few figures. Only when the pusher got closer did the two of them see clearly what was going on.
Several soldiers pushed the man in the middle to the snow.
There were a few more incomprehensible quarrels. The soldiers pointed at the nose of the man who fell on the ground and cursed a few times. They ignored each other's arguments and planned to turn around and go back together. One of them even pointed at his companion next to him. After shouting, the companion hesitated, then turned around and threw his spear on the snow in front of the man who fell on the ground.
Then, those few people looked at Duan Qing and the two men not far away with the same contempt, then turned back to the Embrace of Ice and Snow.
"Look, they are becoming more and more unfriendly. They even bully their own people... Huh?"
Duan Qing, who was standing aside, said in a funny tone, and then suddenly ran forward as if he had discovered something.
"It's you?"
