Chapter 382: 381. Snow Lake

Chapter 382: 381. Snow Lake

   Chapter 382 381. Snow Lake

The winter hunting grounds of the nobles are about 50 miles away from the city of Hailansa. It takes more than three hours to ride a horse. There are eleven magic caravans in the hunting team, and the road is covered with a very trampled The solid snow, which greatly reduced the speed of the hunting team, all the way through the red pine forest, all the way north into the rolling mountains.

  The mountains here are not steep. There are stretches of woodland and open land among the mountains. Bushes are overgrown on the open land. Some small forest beasts fled into the depths of the jungle when they saw the horse team.

  The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and the mountains were covered with pure white snow. Surdak rode his horse out of the red pine forest, and felt that his eyes suddenly opened up.

A group of young nobles who rode at the front galloped and chased each other in the snow, which suddenly broke the dullness of the team walking through the red pine forest. Karl also ran out of the team on horseback and rushed to a car. At the window of the magic caravan, the window of the carriage was pushed open from the inside, and Mrs. Christie's happy and angry face was exposed through the window.

  Miss Brenda was unable to participate in the winter hunting this time because she was ill.

Llewellyn could only honestly stay in the team and chat with Suldak and Byrd tax officer. Byrd tax officer liked a hunting leather suit, and the palm-wide belt could not tighten his beer belly. It seems to be recalling the great achievements in the hunting field twenty years ago, and telling Surdak how an arrow shot through a thousand-pound wild boar. The wild boar was covered with tree oil, as if it had a layer of armor , a pair of tusks a foot long.

   Baron Llewellyn listened with relish, and occasionally interjected to ask the Byrd tax collector about the details of the hunt.

"It's a pity that in recent years, it's hard to see such a big wild boar on the outskirts of Hailansa, but the forest gray wolf is multiplying more and more." Bird tax collector rode on horseback, breathing white gas from his mouth, even if Even riding this horse, he was also a little out of breath.

Suldak recalled the experience of being hijacked by the black magician a few days ago. He was followed by a group of forest gray wolves in the red pine forest with Darcy Christie on his back. Those two nights were really fresh in his memory, so he was quite happy. He said with emotion: "I met a group of forest gray wolves in the red pine forest a few days ago, and they followed them all the way to the outside of the village before retreating quietly."

The Byrd tax officer wiped the frost and snow from the stubble, and introduced to the two people: "These forest gray wolves were not at the top of the food chain. In the past, there were first-order monster rock tigers living here. They specialize in predation. Forest gray wolves make their living, but besides the precious leather, these rock tigers also give birth to magic-weave spirit bones. They are also first-order monsters, which attract demon hunters to the southern area of ​​Mount Pagolos. As the rock tigers gradually disappear , the forest gray wolf population here is multiplying more and more, until now, it has almost occupied the entire red pine forest."

  His finger points to the large pine forest among the distant mountains.

The team walked on the edge of the bushes. Along the road, you can almost see patches of red fruits, which are still hanging on the branches in clusters after being frozen by frost and snow. The sour soup beef stewed with this kind of red fruits is also a characteristic of Hailansa City. dishes.

Suldak originally wanted to hunt sand wolves in the hunting ground in order to obtain some primary sacrifices, but now that his leg injury has healed, there is no need for primary sacrifices, and the hunting mood is not so urgent. Now I heard that there are rocks here. Tiger haunted, and there was some curiosity in my heart.

   "Are there any traces of rock tigers at the hunting ground?" Suldak asked curiously.

Bird tax collector shook his head lightly, and said: "It has disappeared completely for a long time, and now occasionally some sand wolves are used to pass through the barren land to come to this woodland. Those sand wolves will not hunt forest gray wolves. On the contrary, sometimes there will be some strings left behind, and because of the blood power of the sand wolf, this kind of gray wolf will mostly become the wolf king of the wolf pack, and sometimes it will be promoted to a first-level monster."

  Llewellyn looked around curiously, and saw no trace of wolves among the snow-covered mountains, so he asked, "Why didn't we meet any gray wolves along the way?"

Bird Tax Officer laughed and replied: "There are so many people in our team, and there are so many young nobles and guards in the team. Those forest gray wolves are not fools. How could they seek their own death? They must be lurking in the In the dark, as long as someone in our team is alone, within a quarter of an hour, we will definitely meet those gray wolves, and I can guarantee that there will definitely be more than a group."

   Baron Llewellyn heard what Bird Tax Officer said, couldn't help touching the saber on his waist, and asked nervously: "Byrd Tax Officer, is it really so scary?"

  Bird tax officer patted his fat-filled belly hard, and said with certainty: "My territory is here, of course I know it very well!"

"Okay, how long do we have to go?" Baron Llewellyn awkwardly touched his inner thigh, which was already a little sore from being worn on the horse's back, and his stomach also protested, but he still seemed to be walking. endless road.

  Bird tax officer looked at the surrounding scenery, and said to Baron Llewellyn: "Cross the mountain in front and we will arrive soon."

  …

A group of people arrived at the residence of the winter hunting ground at noon. It turned out to be a manor built near a lake. This glacial lake covering an area of ​​nearly four hectares was covered with a thick layer of white snow. In the oak and fir forests, since the number of hunters in this winter far exceeds the previous ones, the villa of the Christie family simply cannot accommodate so many people. Therefore, the three manors around the hunting ground have also become temporary residences for entertaining these hunters.

  There are three manors around this icy lake. In addition to the manor built by the Christie family for vacations, the lakeside villa of Bird tax collector, and the manor of the Goss family.

Arrived at the hunting ground, but did not see any ferocious prey. Some young nobles were a little impatient, and wanted to go for a stroll in the forest together, but were stopped by experienced nobles. After the group allocated their residences, Su Erdak followed Bird tax collector to his lakeside villa.

Originally, the three manors were separated by a certain distance, and they could only look at each other across the lake, but at this time the lake was frozen very hard. Bird tax collector led Carl, Suldak, and Baron Llewellyn across the ice. It took about twenty minutes to arrive at the lakeside villa of tax collector Byrd, accompanied by Mrs. Christie, Carl's lover, and several other young nobles whom Suldak was not very familiar with.

  Bird Tax Officer This lakeside villa is a two-story attic. Although it looks a bit old, it still looks like it has been renovated.

  This villa is built next to mountains and rivers, with rolling mountains behind it, it looks like a location with excellent scenery.

When everyone came to the villa, the servants in Bird’s tax collector’s house had already cleaned the villa in advance and lit a fire in the fireplace. Everyone walked into the villa and immediately felt that the room was as warm as spring. Bird’s tax collector’s house The housekeeper thoughtfully divided Karl and Mrs. Christie into two adjacent rooms, while Suldak was in the guest room on the side of the lake.

The original plan was that after everyone settled down, they would return to the Christie family's manor for lunch, and then take a walk in the woods in the afternoon to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain, but because everyone rode for nearly half a day , are already exhausted, and the butler of Bird Tax Officer also prepared barbecue steaks, Bird Tax Officer suggested that everyone might as well have lunch here, take a rest and go to Christie Manor to meet up.

By the time everyone returned to the Christie Manor in their hunting clothes, some young nobles had already started marching into the back mountain woodland. Darcy Christie was wearing a thorn tail crystal lion leather armor and a white cloak, and several The young nobleman was riding a horse and waiting by the lake. From a distance, Suldak saw Leonard who was beaming and chatting with Darcy Christie, and beside him was Miss Fanny with a sharp voice. Besides these guests Besides, Miss Hoyle was actually by Darcy's side.

  Seeing Suldak rushing over through the frozen lake, Dacie Christie waved at Suldak, signaling him to go over.

The meeting between Suldak and Leonard swordsman was a bit embarrassing. Leonard never expected that Miss Darcy Christie, who was originally a deadly enemy with Hathaway, would become friends with Suldak. Leonard couldn't figure out the reason. He stared at Darcy Christie with wide eyes, hoping to get an understandable answer from her, such as what was due to family pressure, or He was setting a trap to make this hateful Suldak fall into the abyss of eternal doom, but seeing how familiar Daxi and Suldak were, these conjectures became unreasonable.

Leonard couldn't figure out how Cole Norton couldn't even keep Darcy Christie after losing Hathaway. He wanted to write a letter to his good friend Cole Norton at night , Tell me in detail what he saw and heard in Hailansa City.

"Aren't you going to hunt sand wolves? You can look north through this golden oak forest. There are often sand wolves there, but you'd better form a reliable team. Those sand wolves are not like forest gray wolves. That's easy to deal with." When Darcy Christie spoke, she liked to lift her white chin to show off her snow-white neck, just like a proud swan.

   Leonard was secretly delighted, it turned out that Darcy dug a hole here...

   Then he was worried about gain and loss, worried that Suldak would see through Daxi's trick, and he was not willing to look for those sand wolves at all.

  Because in his opinion, encountering a pack of sand wolves in the wild without the company of a Constructed Knight or a professional demon hunter is simply asking for a dead end, and he is not going to give any warning to Suldak.

   "Okay, I will take the time to try my luck. If you find any traces of Yanhu, please let me know."

When Suldak spoke, he showed a very careless look. He really didn't want to go through this oak forest. There was snow everywhere in the forest. It is easy to break his legs. He has lost interest in sand wolves now, and there are five devil antelope heads in his backpack, which are enough to deal with any emergencies.

However, Suldak didn't want to mix with Darcy Christie's team. Leonard's hostile eyes made the whole team look at Suldak warily. Suldak planned to surround Karl with him. It's fine to walk around the lake casually, so he waved to Daqian, motioning him to go around the lake.

   Of course Darcy Christie couldn't leave behind her classmates who came from afar, so she had to watch Suldak turn and leave.

Seeing Aunt Mrs. Christie and Squadron Captain Karl being very sweet together, Darcy Christie's hair was full of black lines, and her mood became a little irritable. She didn't want to have any intersection with Aunt Mrs. Christie's circle of friends, but However, Karl and Suldak are good friends...

Bird Tax Collector looked at Miss Hoyle with a melancholy face, his eyes were a little dazed, and Suldak was also a little speechless. At the age of Bird Tax Collector, it was more than enough to be Miss Hoyle's father, and he even put on a face Looks like Brother Pig, although Miss Hoyle has been a bit miserable recently, but no matter how miserable she is, she is still a Viches who has inherited a large territory.

Suldak saw someone digging into the ice cave with a big iron spear on the icy lake, who seemed to be preparing to catch fish, so he rode over to watch the fun, leaving Karl and Mrs. Christie far behind. I don't want to get close to the two of them and become the most annoying person.

   Baron Llewellyn and Tax Collector Byrd stayed behind, and Darcy Christie and his party got into the dense oak forest to look for prey in the forest.

In the depths of the oak forest, the sky lit up red. When the magic signal flared, Suldak was pulling up the eleventh whitetail fish on the ice. After a few thumps, it will soon be frozen hard.

  Some of the guards guarding near the manor also saw the distress signal deep in the oak forest. Everyone immediately put down their work and rode their horses towards the direction of the magic flare. Suldak didn't expect someone to send a distress signal, so he didn't have time to deal with the whitetail fish, so he whistled to the Gu Bolai horse by the lake, and ran to the horse quickly.

Suldak rode his horse and broke into the oak forest with other guards who went to support. The inside of the oak forest was not as dense as it looked from the outside. Be careful of the tree roots hidden under the snow and the rotten wood lying in the forest. Fortunately, someone rode by on horseback. Suldak only needs to follow the horse's hoof prints to find the safest path.

When we arrived at the scene of the dense forest, we happened to see a group of young nobles surrounding five glazed beasts. These cats, which are significantly larger than snow leopards, are much more ferocious than leopards, because their fur looks full of radiance. , especially in the snow, it looks more crystal clear, so it is called the glazed beast by the imperial people. The glazed beast belongs to the second-level monster. Because its leather has a certain concealment effect in the snow, generally speaking, assassins and thieves like it very much. Light leather armor made of this kind of leather, so the leather of glazed beasts is also very valuable.

Suldak didn't expect to see the glazed beast in the suburbs of Hailansa, and someone seemed to be injured at the scene. With the guards of the Christie family arriving one after another, the young nobles and guards were gradually fighting against the glazed beast. gained the upper hand…

  (end of this chapter)