Chapter 247 Heart of Nature
“Let’s take the people back first.” Kathleen withdrew her gaze from Gothe.
Surprised, but Roic and Kathleen will not change their itinerary.
"Okay." Loic responded.
Subsequently, Loic came to Gothe's side, stretched out his hand, and quickly groped Gothe's body.
Even though Gothe is just a first-level mage whose magic power is limited by the banned ice needle, Loic is still very cautious. Before taking Gothe on the road, he must first conduct a body search on Gothe.
Fortunately, Gothe had already asked Flora to put away "Breath of the Wild" one step ahead.
Although the things left on him were valuable, they were nothing to two hunters who were at least second-level mages.
Even the remaining two drops of first-level ice marrow, Luoic just glanced at it, and after saying "Ey", he returned it to Gothe.
"This is my magic pet."
Subsequently, Loic discovered Flora hiding in the pocket of Gothe's clothes.
Hearing Gothe's answer, he looked at Flora twice in surprise.
Obviously, this was the first time he had seen such a familiar.
It was fresh, but he didn't say much, let alone think anything about it.
One is that he himself is not that kind of person, and the other is that a magic pet is a type of summoned object and cannot be taken away.
In the end, Roic just took away the bone dagger that Gothe carried and the "Fang of the Hidden Mist" that could be used as a murder weapon.
"Okay." After doing this, Loic nodded to Kathleen who was wearing a mask.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them each made a strange spell-casting action, and strong fluctuations of magic power were generated.
This time the spell was cast and lasted for an extremely long time.
About a minute later.
The fluctuations of magic power in the air are so strong that they are almost visible, and the air seems to have become a little heavier due to the accumulation of magic power.
Then, a dazzling light flashed.
Under the guidance of this powerful magic power, two lifelike spirits with different shapes appeared out of thin air, standing firmly in front of Loic and Kathleen.
What Loic summoned was a majestic and majestic spirit body in the form of a war horse, with eyes shining with spiritual light.
But what Katherine summoned was a vigorous spirit in the form of a snow wolf, with unyielding and wildness in her eyes.
Although they are all spirit bodies, they feel that they possess the spirituality and wisdom that normal creatures should have.
【Summon Mount】, a 2-level conjuration spell.
Compared with Baruch having an ice-maned tiger as his mount, the mounts of the two hunters on the snowfield came from spells.
The mount summoned through spells is definitely not as strong as the ice-maned tiger in terms of strength or speed, and it requires extra mana to maintain its existence.
But it is not without its advantages. It is better than being portable and can disarm the mount at any time by dispelling the spell.
For hunters who have to perform various tasks, the latter is obviously very important.
Roic and Katherine, almost at the same moment, with one flexible movement, they nimbly turned over and jumped onto the backs of their respective mounts.
As for Gothe
Roic glanced at him and actually extended his hand to him, "Come up."
Gothe didn't hesitate, took Luo Qi's hand, also climbed on the broad back of the war horse spirit body, and sat behind Luo Qi.
Roic didn't seem to worry at all about Gothe who was so close to him.
"Sit tight." Loic greeted him, but he didn't see any movement. The war horse spirit body naturally chose a direction and started running wildly.
The fierce cold wind is coming towards you.
"Where are we going?" Gothe sighed in his heart and asked.
His voice seemed extremely ethereal in the howling cold wind, making it difficult to hear clearly.
But Loic quickly replied to Gothe, "Go back to the headquarters. We are only responsible for bringing you back. The rest is not our concern."
When I heard what Roic said, Gao De's heart became cold again.
Loitch and Katherine looked cold on the surface, especially Katherine wearing a bronze mask, who looked even more ruthless.
But Gaode can still clearly feel that the two of them have their own bottom line, and their work style is also more orderly.
But if we get to the Snowfield Guardian headquarters and change a group of people, it will be hard to say.
After all, within the Snowfield Guardian, it has been confirmed that there are high-level officials practicing forbidden necromancy.
Since the top management is already like this, the people below are bound to not be completely clean either.
Furthermore, in Gaode's view, among the group of people who have been replaced, there is a high probability that there will be people behind the scenes.
It’s good if you don’t kill yourself, so where is the bottom line?
“How long will it take?” Gothe asked again.
"Soon, it will arrive in half a month." Loic replied to Gaode again.
In the snowfield, time seems to be shortened.
For people in the north, traveling for a month or two is actually a normal thing.
half a month.
After communicating with Roic, Gothe thought about his current situation.
First of all, the restriction of the forbidden ice needle is a top priority.
No matter what idea you have, you must first eliminate its threat.
Luckily, the solution is already right in front of us.
Next, all he needs to do is to continuously trigger the forbidden ice needle to adapt himself to the extreme cold.
But don’t be too reckless.
Because although the triggering of the Forbidden Ice Needle is carried out inside his body, it is difficult for outsiders to see it, but the intense pain caused by the Zhenbing Cold will allow Gaode to show what he is doing in another way.
Unless you can keep your face straight, you must not trigger the forbidden ice needle in person, and you must avoid the two people.
But this is not difficult.
When the two of them rested, he would just find an opportunity to trigger the forbidden ice needle.
In addition, the Snowfield Guardian headquarters is absolutely not allowed to go.
Must find a way to make these two hunters change their minds.
It was already night when Roic and Kathleen found Gothe.
It's just that as Gaohuan mages, the two of them are highly skilled and bold. They don't need to be as cautious as Gothe, and they can still go on the road at night.
But people still need to rest.
So in the second half of the night, the two of them cast [Wild Agility], quickly packed up a camp, and set up camp for the time being.
The only advantage of being controlled by others is that Gaode no longer has to worry about food issues.
Surrounding the newly lit fire, Loic took out three frozen rats from the package that had been peeled off and turned hard.
He skillfully brought it close to the fire, thawed it slightly, skewered it on a wooden stick, and then handed one of the skewers to Gothe.
"Do it yourself."
Goth took it quickly, sat next to Roic, and skillfully turned the wooden stick in his hand so that the rat meat could be heated evenly to achieve the best taste.
"What is this?" he asked casually while busy with his work.
"Snow squirrels, one of the most delicious foods on the permafrost tundra."
"Although snow squirrels are only first-level earth-line creatures, they live in underground burrows all year round and their whereabouts are secretive. It is difficult for ordinary people to catch them. Even for us, we have to be lucky to get a few. This time you are in luck."
Although Gothe was their "captive", Loic did not feel superior because of this, but introduced Gothe very easily.
"Then I have to taste what it tastes like." Gothe said with a smile, and he didn't seem to be resentful because he was arrested by the two men.
He also gradually realized that these two people were essentially "good people", even the cold-looking Kathleen was the same.
Zizizizi.
As the flames roast, oily flowers gradually appear on the snow guinea pig meat, exuding a unique meaty aroma and even a hint of vegetation, which makes people salivate.
Roic saw that the fire was almost done, picked up one of the bunches and handed it to Kathleen who had been silent.
This made Gothe glance at Kathleen subconsciously.
She has been wearing that bronze mask from beginning to end. Now she has to take it off when eating, right?
What Gothe didn’t expect was that after Kathleen took the skewer of roasted snow squirrel, she didn’t take off her mask, but looked up at the sky, casting her gaze into the distant night sky.
A moment later, a sound of flapping wings sounded.
In the darkness of the night, an owl with a dark body and shiny feathers descended from the sky and landed obediently on Catherine's shoulder.
It turned its eyes, which still looked bright in the night, from time to time, lowering its head and rubbing it slightly on Kathleen's shoulder, which seemed extremely intimate.
"This is Katherine's pet, a seven-night owl with magic affinity and extraordinary intelligence. It can guard us when we rest." Loic noticed Gothe's surprised gaze and took the initiative to introduce it.
"Similarly, if you want to sneak away at night while we are resting like in the branch, it will also remind us as soon as possible."
"He also "reminded" Gaode meaningfully: "Of course, I don't feel that I have been hit by the forbidden ice. Needle, if you have no spells and cannot use mana, you can survive in this dangerous snowfield without us."
"I think you are a smart person, you shouldn't have such an unwise idea, right?"
Gothe grinned, "Of course."
He must wait until the forbidden ice needle wears off before escaping. He added in his mind.
Here, Kathleen slowly tore off the snow guinea meat in her hand and fed it to the Seven Nights Owl on her shoulder.
The owl seemed to have been used to this kind of treatment for a long time. He opened his sharp beak slightly, took the piece of meat lightly, and then tasted it slowly and slowly, making a satisfied cooing sound from time to time.
Gaode no longer hesitated and took a bite of the snow guinea pig meat in his hand.
It was clear that no seasoning was added, but a fresh aroma similar to herbs mixed with the aroma of meat exploded in his mouth, forming an indescribable and wonderful taste.
No wonder Loitch calls it one of the most delicious foods on the permafrost tundra. There is indeed something.
Gothe also tore off a very small piece of the roasted golden and crispy snow guinea pig meat and handed it to Flora, who had her head out of his pocket and was looking at the Seven Nights Owl curiously.
Flora took the snow guinea pig meat from Gothe, but did not eat it. Instead, she flapped her little wings and flew to the Seven Nights Owl, and handed the piece of meat in her hand to it with great interest.
"Wait." Katherine was about to say something, but the owl took a look at the snow guinea pig meat that Flora handed over, and did not mind the small piece. Without hesitation, he lowered his head to pick it up with his beak, and then swallowed it in one gulp.
原本要说话的凯萨琳看见这幕，先是怔了一下，然后愣愣看着小小的芙萝拉，半晌没有说话。
Even Loic on the side was stunned for a moment, looking back and forth between Seven Nights Owl and Flora, and the expression on his face became extremely strange.
After a long time, he turned his head and looked at Gothe seriously, with a strange light shining in his eyes.
"You just said that the guardian Baruch was seriously injured in order to save the Snover clan and was recuperating in the Snover clan?" Loic asked.
"Yes," Gothe spread his hands and said helplessly: "It's a pity that the Snover clan is gone now, so I can't say anything."
Roich looked up at Kathleen, who nodded slightly to him. He understood immediately, turned to Gothe and said: "Although the Snover clan is gone, the geese passing by will leave some traces."
"Tomorrow, let's go to the original site of the Snover clan."
He didn't understand why the two people who had previously refused to believe his words and were anxious to take him back to the Snowfield Guardian headquarters to revive him suddenly changed their minds.
"She is your magic pet?" Loic pouted angrily at Flora and asked.
Yes.
“Kathleen’s Seven-Night Owl will not eat anything thrown to it by anyone other than Kathleen, including me.” Loitch pointed to the Seven-Night Owl on Kathleen’s shoulder, “But now, it has eaten what your magic pet handed it without any defense.”< br/>
h "This shows that your demon pet possesses a rare natural heart."
h "I believe that as the owner of the natural heart, you should not be a villain. There may be some misunderstanding in this."
Gaode was stunned.
This is not the first time he has heard of the term "Nature's Heart".
When he met Baruch for the first time, he also said the same thing about Flora, but Gothe didn't take it too seriously.
After all, this thing is too mysterious and has no real benefits.
But unexpectedly, this time he gained the trust of Loitch and Katherine because of Flora's "Heart of Nature", which brought about a turn in the originally almost unsolvable dilemma.
Although Roic said that he believed in Goude, he only said nothing about the five forbidden ice needles in Goude's body.
If he didn’t mention it, Gao De wouldn’t say it either.
Furthermore, if Roic really wants to take out the forbidden ice needle for him, he may not be very happy.
After eating, Loic and Katherine took a rest.
In the snowfield, falling asleep quickly anytime and anywhere is actually a required survival skill, because only in this way can you recover your physical strength and condition as quickly as possible.
But as Loic reminded him, the Seven-Night Owl was always staring at him with its bright eyes.
But Gaode didn't care either.
He lay down and waited for a while. After confirming that the two of them were asleep, he quietly activated his magic power.
The next moment, a chill swept over me, followed by unimaginable pain.
Gothe's face instantly turned pale, and the muscles on his body tensed up.
At this moment, he clearly felt extremely cold, but large drops of cold sweat were already seeping out from his forehead.
Gaode gritted his teeth, controlling himself not to make any sound, and keeping his body motionless.
【Withstand the extreme cold, your cold resistance is increased by 100.4% 100.6% 101.2%】
【Withstand the pain of extreme cold, your ability to withstand pain is increased by 67.6% 67.9% 68.5%】
[While suffering from extreme cold injuries, your body's ability to recover from injuries is increased by 3.1%].
(End of this chapter)