, whispering canto

Early on Sunday morning, while Goldilocks was still sleeping, Shade, who got up early as usual, had already packed up his belongings and was ready to set off for a new adventure.

The new key obtained from Dr. Schneider corresponds to which year of the Fifth Epoch, Xia De did not find someone to identify it, after all, knowing the year would not help him.

And the cat who was woken up by Xia De seems to want to go to the past time with him this time. It's just that this is the first opening of a new key, and Xia De is not sure what will happen at that time, so he rejects Mia.

So it lay down on the sofa pitifully and watched Xia De prepare to leave, the aggrieved expression turned out to be as if Xia De was about to abandon it.

"Don't look at me like that, I'll be back in three seconds."

Xia De said to Mia, feeling that the cat is getting smarter.

He tightened the scarf around his neck, patted the heavy cotton coat on his body, and then inserted the key into the keyhole of the side bedroom door:

"May the world tree bless me in time."

Click~

He once again stepped into the white mist door.

[Outlander, you have stepped into the "corridor of time". 】

[Message from the ancient **** "Father of the Infinite Tree":]

[Fifth Epoch 903 winter, Northern Continent, Silver Mountains. 】

[Event: Lost in the Snow Mountain. 】

[The duration is forty minutes. 】

"It's not thirty minutes this time, it's forty minutes? Are you back to the North Continent again? Hope Town - 1068, Forest of Thousand Trees - 3002, Fort Dread - 1784, Nightshade Manor - 3014, Dead Valley -3024, Lost Lake -5177, this time 903..."

Xia De stood in the white mist, and the year 903 of the Fifth Epoch was the earliest year of the Fifth Epoch he had come into contact with. In this era, it is impossible for all his acquaintances to appear. Even in Hope Town, the witch who awakened after listening to his knowledge in that toy store must not have been born at this moment, regardless of her age.

"However, what does 'Lost in Snow Mountain' mean..."

Unexpectedly, the voice in my ear continued:

[You have obtained additional information. 】

[The figure of the father of the infinite tree is watching you. 】

[The ancient **** of time gives you a test. 】

[Assist the **** "Winter Maiden" to **** the lost people to the top of the mountain. 】

[The father of the infinite tree will give you rewards: thaumaturgy - light of imprisonment, spell - flying flower curse. 】

"The reward this time is a thaumaturgy and a spell? It's really good. However, the old **** [Winter Maiden]..."

Xia De frowned slightly in the white mist. This **** is quite famous, and it can even be said that it is second only to the five righteous gods in terms of popularity. Even though he has passed away, the reputation of this **** is still higher than most evil gods.

This is not because the old **** is very powerful, but because the power represented by the old **** is "winter". The old **** [Winter Maiden], also known as the "God of Winter" and "God of Snow", worships and prays for this kind of **** that symbolizes the seasons, and still exists thousands of years after the old **** left. Even in the Great Northern Ice Sheet region in 1853 of the Sixth Epoch, churches and shrines of this **** can still be found, and her believers and orders are still active.

The order of the old **** "Winter Maiden" is called the "Winter Chant", although the order itself is very small, but there is a thirteen-ring warlock "Winter Singer", she is a very talented ring warlock. This sect is similar to the Pantanal Voodoo Society, only active in a specific area; its behavior pattern is similar to the [Spiritual Order], and it remains neutral to most things.

The reason why Shade had heard of this sect was because the "Winter Chant" had a good relationship with St. Byrence Comprehensive College, which was also located in the extreme north. In the first-year college general education, this organization was mentioned emphatically. If the five members of the group cross the great northern ice cap in the future, endure the severe cold and enter the snowfield during the polar day and polar night, then this organization is most likely to help them when they encounter danger.

"This adventure has not yet started, but it has already been implicated in the future."

Xia De thought silently in his heart, and then took a step forward.

"oh!"

As the white mist dissipated, he fell directly into the snow.

Father Tree didn't move Shad into the sky, but put his feet on the snow. But the problem is that the snow on the ground is so thick that Xia De sank directly below the snow surface without any preparation, and the snow layer even covered his shoulders:

"Where have I been?"

The extremely cold temperature was quickly taking away Xia De's body temperature. He struggled to climb out of the snow, but when he looked up, he saw the terrifying dark sky. The black sky is not pure black, colorful traces flow in the blackness, as if there is an invisible and terrifying existence trembling in the height of the night.

The wind swept the snowflakes and swept everything around, but the surroundings were not without light sources, on the contrary, everything around them was light sources. Whether it's the snow or the snowflakes in the air, they all exude a holy silvery white color, which also makes him see that he seems to be on a gentle **** somewhere in the snow mountain, and the surroundings are all dense and pure white snow layers. When the outlander was young, he was keen to leave his footprints on this soft and flat snow layer, but now he is not in the mood to do this kind of thing:

"Silver snow? No wonder it's called the Silver Mountain Range. I thought it was rich in silver."

The towering peaks are not far away in the night, and the rolling mountains cannot be seen at a glance. All this is really spectacular, but Xia De has no time to appreciate the "beauty" of the snow-covered mountains, he feels that his limbs are close to a semi-numb state.

According to his physical fitness and the thickness of the warm clothes on his body, the temperature loss should not be so severe in a short period of time. There must be something wrong with these silvery white snows, just like the other places and environments in the time adventure, all have problems.

It is not easy to climb out of such a thick snow layer. Even if you climb out, you will sink again without a good way. Fortunately, there was a big rock protruding from the snow not far away, and the trembling Shade directly transferred to the rock using "Ragley's Jump".

"Silver Mountain" is different from Lost Lake, the use of space power is not prohibited here.

Although every time you come to the past, you will definitely be in a dangerous situation first, but this time the environment is absolutely the worst. Shade, who was shivering from the cold, huddled on the stone and looked around, trying to find traces of gods or mortals.

And when his eyes followed the gentle **** and looked towards the high ridge, in the darkness behind the ridge, a scarlet light lit up bit by bit. A giant that melted into the darkness and was taller than this mountain was slowly approaching the ridge.

The door of time seems to be opened here, and the ancient evil that lives in the snow mountain is projecting its true form in the material world.

At that moment, Xia De really felt that his entire soul was stiff. He forced himself to look away, but found that the power of the ancient snow-capped evil did not allow him to do so at all. The power possessed by the ancient evil is the most powerful power outsiders have ever seen in this world except for gods.

The giant that existed in the Silver White Mountains for an unknown amount of time seemed to have noticed him as well. But before Shad tried to flee, a figure climbed the ridge.

It was a girl with pure white light all over her body, wearing a white robe, with long silver hair flying along the wind and snowflakes, standing barefoot on the ridge. Her back was facing Shad, and she was facing the horror behind the ridge. Darkness, raised the white oak staff in his right hand:

"Light Art!"

The pure white light erupting from the tip of the staff illuminated a part of the terrifying body in the darkness. The evil thing in the snow mountain made a cry similar to "ang~" that made the wind tremble.

While the corner of Xia De's mouth was bleeding, it receded in the light, but the snowflakes were still flying, and the cold was not far away from this weird mountain range.

Xia De wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, feeling that he was probably hurt by the scream. He looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and found for the first time that there were other people who could use the "Light Art" as powerfully as himself.

But he soon understood why the other party was able to display such amazing power, because the cold and dull and numb senses reminded Shad that he was watching a god.

The white-robed **** the ridge turned around and noticed Xia De. But the **** did not approach him, but pointed to his feet, and then walked barefoot along the ridge, towards the left side of Xia De's field of vision~lightnovelpub.net~ There is an upward **** in that direction, and that is also the The direction of the highest peak in a mountain range.

"Pointing down?"

Shrinking on the boulder, Xia De looked at the glowing snow around him. The knowledge of the outsider's hometown told him that any object that could glow independently without receiving incentives was very dangerous, while the knowledge of this world told him that autonomous Luminous items signify the otherworldly and mysterious.

He grabbed a handful of glowing snow in his hands and had to admit they were beautiful:

"What's this?"

A whisper sounded in the ear:

[This is a handful of snow. 】

"Hmm...I know, I mean Elemental Traces."

[The four elements are all present, but very weak. 】

"It's fine if it's not poisonous."

Not long ago, he had guessed whether Mia would lick the snow, but Xia De didn't expect that he would actually do so so soon. He opened his mouth and took a bite of the icy snow. The silvery white snowflakes melted in his mouth and entered his stomach along his throat.

The cold chill made Xia De instantly stiff. When he recovered from the stiffness, he didn't feel the warm current. Instead, he felt the coldness was more serious, but he also adapted to the cold.

[Outlanders, within half an hour, when you walk barefoot on the snow, you will not fall into the snow. When you communicate with people in the snow mountain environment, you can understand each other's language. 】

So Xia De took off his shoes, and jumped off the big rock barefoot:

"oh!"

The heart-warming coolness rushed from the soles of his feet to his whole body, but he really stood on the snow.

He raised his arms in front of him and bent slightly. In this blizzard, Xia De walked up the snow slope, towards the direction of the ridge.