Chapter 55: Icebound Forest, World of Warcraft II

  The sky had completely darkened, and the sled glided silently into the frozen forest. At the edge of the forest, the trees were still relatively sparse, and the sled could barely pass through the gaps in the woods.

  What amazed Duvie was that the old magician's method of driving those sled dogs was simply wonderful! He didn't use a whip or shout commands like any animal trainer, but just simple instructions, such as "run", "stop", even simplifying it to a whistle, or just a simple gesture. Those sled dogs seemed to understand human language and gestures completely, obediently following the old magician's every command.

  "You... won't cast the same magic on these dogs as you did on me, will you?" Du Wei asked curiously. These days of getting along, Du Wei had also grown fond of asking questions from time to time, although most of the time the magician wouldn't answer them. However, Du Wei knew that as long as he didn't try to escape or provoke the old man, he wouldn't be mistreated either.

  "What do you think?" The magician's reply was tinged with a hint of mockery: "These dogs are far more obedient than you."

  As he spoke, the sled began to slow down, and the forest in front of them grew narrower, making it difficult for the sled to continue moving forward.

  The magician stopped the sled and gently kicked Duwei with his foot: "Get off, kid. Don't crouch here without moving, haven't you been taught that in icy weather, the more you fear the cold and don't move, the easier it is to freeze to death."

  After Du Wei got up, the old magician looked around and said faintly: "We will stay here tonight."

  "Are we staying here?" Du Wei couldn't help but complain, "You... had a good town to stay in, but you insisted on rushing ahead and staying in the woods... I thought you were planning to travel through the night! Since you didn't plan to travel through the night, why didn't we just stay in the town earlier?"

  "Because I like it, are you satisfied with this answer?" The old magician smiled and replied, looking at Du Wei, still in a gentle tone: "Now, there is a tent in the package under your butt. If you don't get up again, I guarantee that your mouth will hurt again."

  My mouth hurts...... This old guy is going to order himself to slap his own face again! Du Wei couldn't help but shudder. Although Du Wei was very clever, when he encountered this kind of slippery old fellow, and the other party's strength almost exceeded his own by ten million times... there really wasn't much that could be done.

  In his belly, a sneer was brewing. Du Wei slowly got up and began to open the package and set up the tent.

  Setting up tents is a task that Du Wei has become quite skilled at in recent days while on the road.

  The old magician finally didn't wait like a big master for Du Wei to finish his work, and he also carefully got busy.

  Du Wei stole a glance at the old magician's every move: The old man took out a small bottle from his robe, and then evenly sprinkled some green powder from it.

  He sprinkled the powder around, forming a large circle that enclosed both men, the sled and the tent.

  The powder was also unknown what material it was, and after sprinkling it on the ground, it immediately melted the surrounding ice and snow, and in the dark night, it released a green glow... It looked like it had a few points similar to ghost fire.

  Moreover, Du Wei noticed that those obedient Samoyeds seemed to be abnormally afraid of these green powders! The originally gentle Samoyeds suddenly became extremely tense, their fluffy bodies shrinking into a ball, trembling all over, and continuously letting out mournful and terrifying howls.

  The magician finished what he was doing, looked around at the green circles with satisfaction, and then went over to gently comfort several dogs. He simply patted a couple of Samoyeds lightly on the back with his broad, thick palm, and then chuckled softly: "Alright, alright... don't worry... it's okay..."

  Those dogs lay down again.

  "Zha" finished setting up the tent, Du Wei walked over and asked: "What is this thing?"

  "To prevent trouble." The old magician put away the bottle, his whole body was covered in a thin robe, and it's unknown where he usually hid those bottles and jars, anyway, when needed, he just reached out and touched something.

  "Anything wrong?"

  The old magician laughed and said, "Little friend, this is the Ice-Sealed Forest! What's most abundant here isn't trees, but magical beasts! Many of which you've never even heard of, let alone seen. Especially at night, magical beasts love to attack those who are unguarded and fast asleep. Often many adventurers sleep through the night only to become a magical beast's dinner...and by the next day they're turned into feces."

  "You're such a powerful magician, yet you're afraid of magical beasts?" Du Wei chuckled.

  "I'm not afraid." The magician shook his head: "But the two of us humans in this forest, it's like throwing two pieces of meat into a swarm of flies! Do you understand? It will definitely attract many things. Those things may not pose much threat to us, but with too many flies, chasing away one group and another comes, it's also very troublesome. And I've said it before... Before reaching our destination, I want to minimize magic consumption as much as possible. Now, you start a fire, we'll prepare for sleep... Remember to do that set of movements I taught you before sleeping, otherwise you'll freeze into an ice stick at midnight, and I won't care about you."

  Du Wei couldn't help it... He didn't want to be controlled like a robot again, so he simply did as he was told.

  Although it still hurts when stretching and twisting his body, Du Wei knew the benefits of this set of movements for himself, so he endured the pain and finished it.

  The old magician looked at Du Wei as he completed his task, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. He took out a scroll from his bosom and gently unrolled it.

  This is a wind system magic scroll. The old magician used this scroll to create a windproof barrier around him, and then pointed at the tent: "Alright, sleep."

  "I still want to ask... what exactly are those green powders?"

  "Are you really curious? I'm worried that once you know, you won't be able to sleep at night." The old magician laughed with malice.

  "......You tell me." Du Wei said slowly: "My curiosity is heavy, you don't say it, I will sleep even less."

  "Alright! Those are... dragon droppings." The old magician shrugged: "You won't mind sleeping in a pile of dragon dung, will you?"

  Du Wei: "………"

  Dragon's dung?

  No wonder... Many animals and beasts are relying on smell and the taste of feces or urine to divide their territory. And dragons, without a doubt, are the most powerful creatures in nature.

  Sprinkle dragon dung here and other monsters will definitely think there's a dragon here!

  What kind of monster would dare to provoke a dragon?

  Although this method is quite good... Du Wei shook his head. Fortunately, these dragons' feces didn't stink.

  Du Wei woke up in the middle of the night, or more accurately, he was startled awake by the cold.

  In the tent, the old magician narrowed his eyes and slept soundly, breathing evenly. Originally, a small crystal ball was hung above his head in the tent, but the old magician still showed some kindness. He used a fire-type magic scroll to turn this crystal ball into a slow-release heating "heater", making the inside of the tent much warmer.

  But halfway through the night, the heat on the crystal ball had dissipated, and Du Wei's hands and feet were icy cold. He couldn't help but get up, open the tent, and honestly repeat that set of actions in the snowy ground again.

  As he finished a set of movements, Du Wei's whole body had regained its warmth, and his hands and feet were gradually warming up. He let out a sigh: His body's flexibility was getting better and better, and the old magician's set of movements was really effective.

  "If you had met me a few years earlier and practiced this set of movements twice a day, your body wouldn't be in such bad shape now." The old magician said suddenly with his eyes closed inside the tent.

  Du Wei wasn't surprised at all... This old man seemed to be sleeping soundly, but any slight movement couldn't escape his ears! Du Wei had already confirmed this point when he tried to escape several nights ago.

  "I really couldn't have imagined... a proud and illustrious family of martial heroes, the Luo Lin family's descendant, would actually produce someone as frail and weak as you." The old magician said, then turned over and continued sleeping.

  Du Wei sighed and stood in the snowy ground, gazing into the night...

  The moon on top has come out, the moonlight is sprinkled in the forest, and it's reflected on the white snow, shining brightly, which is quite beautiful.

  In the woods, a faint howl or two could still be heard in the distance, but it was unclear what kind of monster had made them. On the other hand, several snow dogs were sleeping exceptionally soundly. Du Wei tiptoed to one side and went away.

  He slept for half the night, and when he had some urine, he found a large tree root in the circle of dragon manure, pulled down his pants and urinated, then shivered violently.

  It's said that further north, the weather will be even colder, so cold that even urinating can be dangerous! It's said that in such cold weather, if anyone dares to pull down their pants and urinate outdoors, they'll definitely freeze off their little brother!

  Du Wei sighed and turned back to look at the tent... when would this kind of day come to an end?

  This old man hijacked himself and walked away, but didn't answer any questions. Du Wei had been holding back a belly full of doubts. He didn't even know what the purpose of his own kidnapping was.

  Was it for the sake of her apprentice? Heaven and earth, Du Wei was quite good to that little fool except for extorting a few magic tools from Vivian. When they were stranded on the deserted island, he even took care of that little girl.

  Even if you want to vent, you've suffered a lot along the way, and whatever anger there is, it's probably been vented already.

  So, kidnap yourself and extort the Luo Lin family?

  Du Wei smiled... This old guy must have a big background, the Luo Lin family is very powerful, but it's not necessarily in his eyes, what can make him greedy?

  So... Is it for Chris who is being held captive on the deserted island? But this old man must know more than himself! What's the point of kidnapping myself?

  Du Wei thought for a while, still had no clue, and was about to go back to sleep with a headache...

  Suddenly, in the dark woods, a voice startled him!

  Whoosh!

  Du Wei's heart skipped a beat! His current spiritual power was quite impressive, and he was extremely sensitive to the movements around him! He had been staying in the military camp next to the castle for so many days, and as soon as he heard it, he knew... This was the sound of bows and arrows!

  Then, suddenly, a mournful cry of human voice came from afar!

  A loud roar echoed through the dark night accompanied by a person's mournful cry, followed by more people's voices of surprise...

  In the distance, roughly in a northeast direction, Du Wei vaguely saw a flash of red light in the darkness! It seemed as if something big was on fire!

  A faint rumbling sound came, followed by the sound of human footsteps in the woods... The sound was very flustered, as if it were running away...

  Du Wei furrowed his brow, crouched down and listened quietly with an ear tilted to one side...

  It seemed like there were five or six people's footsteps, these people were breathing urgently, running very flustered, and they were coming straight this way!

  A loud roar... seemed like the roar of some wild beast, immediately followed by a human scream, as if the beast was chasing after someone who was running away...

  Yeah, there's one less set of footsteps now, I guess another guy has died.

  In a short while, the footsteps had already arrived in front of him. Du Wei saw four people rushing out of the forest one after another, all wearing leather jackets, with one of them wearing a suit of armor on top, and one holding a curved knife... but the knife was only half left.

  The last one was the most miserable, with half of his body red, and it's unknown whether it was his own blood or that of his companions. He held a bow in his hand and ran while shouting loudly: "Quick! Quick! It's coming after us! It killed our captain! Run quickly!!"

  The man in front had run past a row of trees and suddenly saw Du Wei, shouting: "There's someone here!"

  Du Wei hadn't spoken yet, but the four Samoyeds behind him had already gotten up, baring their teeth and growling at the approaching person while jumping and barking...

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