Soul of Burning Steel

Chapter 418: A Seamless Plan

Starfall 833, November 1st, winter, heavy snow.

Moldavia, Nissier Snow Mountain, Winter Castle Academy.

It was getting dark.

A small team wearing academic uniforms walked in the night, they were silent, they didn't even light torches or even use lighting magic, but just walked in the dark without making a sound.

This is the Ice Forest, which is twelve kilometers away from Nissier Snow Mountain. In the deep winter, the abnormal magic power here will condense the snow into ice, and the wind howls, and the flying ice crystals are full of sharp edges. Only monsters that can control the magic power of frost can survive here.

But it has not yet entered the deep winter, and there is no snowfall around Nissier Snow Mountain. Apart from the faint cold wind, there is nothing hindering the student team.

Winterhold College has been established for about a year, and most of the students in it have the ability of elementary spellcasters. Among them, the outstanding ones have completed the black iron enlightenment and become one of the professionals.

After all, this is the group of children with the best affinity for the elements in the entire Northland. Their talents are already considered excellent. Coupled with systematic training and nurturing with generous money, this speed of progress is as it should be. .

But this four-person team is collectively all black iron steps. They are undoubtedly among the best in the academy, but now they are exploring the forest in the middle of the night, as if they are looking for something.

The cold wind swept across and brought up a piece of icy sand. Among the team, a male voice suddenly complained: "Is that ice ghost here? We have searched most of the forest, and there is still no response to the detection magic."

"Nick, keep your voice down!"

A lowered female voice scolded with a trace of irritation: "This is the Ice Haze Forest, there are many other monsters besides Ice Ghost! Don't make trouble!"

After being scolded, the male voice also became quieter, but he still asked in a low voice unconvinced: "Karin, you said that the detection magic scroll you bought can directly find the target, but so far it has not only taken us in the forest Running around with penguins didn't help anything!"

"It's clearly shown that it's near here, and its lair must be..."

Just as the two were walking and arguing with each other in a low voice, behind them, a brother and sister with platinum hair looked at each other helplessly, then shrugged tacitly.

Ivan and Amira, two siblings who aspire to become dragon slayers, are currently completing tasks issued by the academy in the Ice Mist Forest.

Cold Winter Castle College is different from most noble mage colleges. It emphasizes actual combat, practical operation and practical application. Theoretical courses will not be covered until the fourth year of advanced courses. The early education is biased towards magic. Perception and control, the next step of higher education will not be carried out until the foundation is solid.

Because of this, after most of the college students have basic combat effectiveness, the college began to assign these young people one by one task to complete.

Or the wild bear, or the four-horned deer, or the big frost butterfly... or the ice ghost that Ivan and the others are currently tracking.

After these black iron-level monsters were identified by the instructors of the college, they were marked as the students' task. The students will form a four-person team to hunt these monsters, so as to exercise their searching, tracking, and physical strength in all aspects. , coordination and magic use and other practical combat abilities.

Since Ivan and Amira are among the first-class among all the students, their subjects are naturally the most difficult ones. , chose Bingyouhun as the target, and then, the two brought their friends and headed for Binglan Forest.

"The target has appeared!" Suddenly, Ivan and Amira shouted in unison.

Although it seemed that they were still arguing, in fact the four of them were very vigilant. When the detection magic reacted, the four of them immediately set up an array and then moved towards the direction of the target.

Two men, Ivan and Nick, stood in the front row. One of them was holding a long crossed sword and the other was holding a large folding shield. Behind them, Amira and Karin were guarding with a longbow and a crossbow respectively.

Nick is a strong boy with mixed dwarf blood. Although he is only 1.45 meters tall, his muscles are more developed than that of an adult. Is a mage apprentice.

And the red-haired girl, Karin, was taking out a bottle of plain holy water from her bosom. She quickly applied it to the arrowhead, and handed out a few bottles to Amira.

In the battles of low-level mages, it is impossible to hold a staff and release magic comfortably. Before the ability to cast spells is formed, most mages hold longbows and crossbows in the rear to support them. Some mages with melee capabilities also need Fight on the front lines.

However, this does not mean that they do not use magic. I saw Amira and Karin chanting something in a low voice, and the surrounding elements were aroused, blessing the two people in front of them and the crossbow in their hands. The unique resonance skills of human mages allow two people to cast spells on multiple targets at the same time.

And the next moment, in the dark place of the distant forest, a burst of icy blue light suddenly lit up, and a human-shaped luminous body floating in the air, surrounded by layers of ice armor, appeared in front of everyone.

The venomous eyes swept across the four living people in front of him, and the soul of the adventurer who died in the severe cold let out a silent soul scream, the light blue frost magic power surged, and ice thorns began to emerge in midair.

"Nick, hold your shield and step forward to cover."

"Amila and Karin, you use holy water arrows to support the rear, and be careful of other monsters that are attracted after hearing the sound!"

As the leader of the team, Ivan gave a series of orders neatly. Afterwards, he himself rushed forward, followed Nick closely, and began to charge forward against the ice thorns.

The night was dark, and the howling of the wind was getting louder and louder.

After an hour of hard work, the team finally got a rare rest time after purifying the Bingyouhun and killing eight Jialu who heard the sound.

Although the armored deer are deer, they have sharp fangs and a carapace comparable to medium-sized armor. They are omnivores. They eat grass when they are alone, and eat meat when they are in groups. It is winter now, and there are not so many of them. Give them grass, and they will naturally eat meat.

The four young magicians are naturally good food for them, but these monsters underestimated each other's combat power and were killed one by one instead.

Panting heavily, Ivan was about to step forward to make up for a Jialu who was temporarily incapacitated due to a hind leg injury.

After killing four armored deer, this boy from the Northland, who is so good in physique that he doesn't look like a mage, is now almost exhausted. After using low-level magic such as spider web technique and flame hand many times, Ivan's magic power It was also in vain, if the long sword in his hand was not sharp enough, he might not be able to make up for this monster.

When the armored deer saw the long sword approaching its neck, it let out a mournful cry, and Nick, who was resting against the big tree, suddenly had a flash in his eyes, and the half-breed dwarf said in a deep voice: "Wait, Ivan , it seems to be saying something!"

Hearing this, the boy had no choice but to take back his sword. He was not in a hurry, but just reminded: "The smell of blood will attract other beasts, we have to leave as soon as we get the certificate."

"Do you actually understand animal language?" Amira, who was recovering arrows with Karin and searching Ice Ghost's lair by the way, looking for the certificate left by the instructor, turned around and asked curiously: "I didn't know you had this ability .”

Seeing Amira, a rare beauty in the college, asking himself questions, Nick suddenly regained his energy. He patted his chest proudly, and then said loudly: "Of course! I was able to talk to wild women when I was young, leave it to me! "

"It's just a simple mind, like a beast." Karin mocked in a low voice, and then she raised her voice again, scolding: "Don't be so loud, it will attract monsters!"

Nick didn't care about this, he stepped forward, and then whispered to the injured Jialu.

Half a minute later, he stood up abruptly and uttered a shout that made the leaves tremble: "What, is what you said true?!"

Unprepared, the red-haired girl who was startled got angry on the spot. This stone-like half-dwarf is good at everything, but his voice is always so loud, and he won't change it no matter what. During the fight, brothers and sisters Ivan and Camilla hurried forward to appease them.

"It's okay, Karin, his voice is so loud that even the monsters will be scared."

"Yes, Sister Karin, if it doesn't work, we can just leave Nick behind the queen, it's fine."

At this moment, Nick didn't care about what his companions said about him, he just gasped and said, "Gold? So much gold in the whole room?!"

"Gold?!" X3

The three people in the back row let out a chorus, extremely surprised.

Without any nonsense, Karin immediately ran up to the wounded armored deer with bright and pure eyes, which was completely different from ordinary armored deer. She decisively aimed the crossbow at the opponent's head, and then said viciously to Nick: " Quick, make him tell everything, or I'll shoot him in the head with an arrow!"

Although Ivan and Amira were not so excited, after they looked at each other, they also walked forward slowly with fierce eyes, and began to gather magic power in their hands.

The four people surrounded the armored deer, and immediately made it weak from fright, and Nick continued to press without hesitation. After a while, the armored deer stopped talking, and Nick also stood up, excitedly speaking to the other The three companions shouted: "Hahahaha! This armored deer knows where gold is!"

"Calm down, Nick." As the captain, Ivan has always been calm, he narrowed his eyes, looked at the shivering armored deer and said, "Don't take what an animal says too seriously... Where is the gold? "

"Yeah, it's just a deer, can it tell the difference between gold and other minerals?" Amira nodded in response to her brother, a cloud of silver-white cold light fluttered in her right hand, the cold magic power Surrounded by overflowing, the armored deer almost held its breath in fright: "Maybe he lied to save his life... Where is the gold?"

And Karin was much more straightforward than the siblings. She asked directly, "Where is the gold?"

It's no wonder they are so fanatical about gold, mainly because they have been too poor for a long time.

Although the tuition fee of Winter Castle College is low, and the fee for basic textbooks and basic experiments is waived, additional advanced textbooks, extra-curricular tutoring, and extra magic experiments all require money. Although Nick and Karin’s family is not poor, there is no way to provide them. There is too much money, and Ivan and Amira's family is slightly better, but the old man Edward can't give too many extra gold coins.

As the top group of students in the college, these four people have long been dissatisfied with the simple knowledge of basic textbooks. They urgently need to purchase advanced textbooks and extracurricular tutoring from their tutors, and they also need money to update equipment so that they can better complete their work. As for the task, in fact, they chose to kill the Ice Ghost because it is possible that the Ice Ghost could condense into primary frost crystals, which can be sold for hundreds of gold coins, which is much better than the skin of some wild beast.

"In the dragon's nest."

Nick is succinct.

The smiles gradually disappeared from the faces of the other three.

"In the dragon's nest?"

Ivan muttered in a low voice, with strange eyes.

"Dragon nest?"

Amira whispered to herself, her eyes cold.

"Are you an idiot Nick!"

It was Karin again, who cursed bluntly, and she spouted bluntly: "Why don't you say it in your heart! Shit! That's the Dragon's Nest, who doesn't know that there is gold in the Dragon's Nest, how dare you go there !"

"In the dragon's lair that Lord Lord exterminated!"

Nick didn't change color at all because of his companion's suspicion, contempt, and insult. His expression was firm, and his words were clear and forceful: "It's the ice dragon's lair! The lord has not sent anyone to recover the supplies after killing those ice dragons. There's a whole floor of gold below the floor! We just have to get in there and dig them out!"

The other three instantly felt reliable.

Ivan murmured: "A seamless plan."

At the same time, in the extreme northern ice field, near the Dragon's Nest.

A group of men in black walked in the snow on the ice field.

Surrounded by barriers against the wind and snow, they quickly arrived at the ruins of the dragon's lair. A man in black at the head said in a hoarse voice: "It's right here, the lair of those northern white dragons, Joshua After Van Radcliffe wiped them out, he didn’t send anyone to recover the resources, so the plague poisonous fog might still be inside.”

"Recover these first." Among the team, a woman with a sharp voice sounded, and she ordered unceremoniously: "Quickly dig, we don't have that long, the high priest is coming soon, we need to disrupt the situation as soon as possible." The situation in Moldova makes it convenient for the priests to explore the ruins."

"yes!"

Many men in black spoke together, and the next moment, they hurried to the dragon nest ruins and began to dig and explore.

Seeing this scene, the female man in black thought about her next move, and couldn't help chuckling, "It's a seamless plan."

The next day, Joshua was at the Lord's Mansion, eating breakfast at the dining table.

Today's breakfast is a traditional Northland style, grilled wild pork steak, two eggs and a bowl of mashed potatoes. For a soldier, this is something that can be solved in three seconds. After eating, he felt very uncomfortable, not Because of hunger, but because someone is lying on his back.

The black dragon girl lay on Joshua's back, and said in a deliberately lowered voice: "Master, that... I haven't been out for a long time..."

"Okay, okay, I see."

The soldier nodded helplessly: "You want to go out for a walk, right? Yes, I will take you out later...Where are you going?"

"Extreme Arctic Ice Field!"

"Okay, you go and prepare first, I'll come later."

"Master is the best!" Hei suddenly cheered happily, and then ran out to get ready.

And Joshua sat in his seat and thought for a while.

Although Jiyi-level fighters no longer need to eat, they only need to absorb the free energy in the air to survive, but eating is still very pleasant. If it is food like Warcraft meat, it can bring health benefits to the body. Come benefit.

"While taking Hei for a walk, let's catch some monsters along the way."

Joshua said to himself, "I can move my arms and legs a little bit. It's just right to see how the monsters walk in the ice field after losing the white dragon."

He nodded in satisfaction with his thoughts.

"Walking the dragon, hunting, probing the spread of monsters, a seamless plan."