The Ice Peak Fortress, which has a goal and a plan of action and is busy, is the normal Ice Peak Fortress. Ssina and Kelly will still quarrel, all for all trivial matters. Momm told Feich that the scars on Ssina's face were left by many men, so she was too unaware of dealing with men. Now she is both abnormal but also normal. Feich pointed to herself: "When she talks to me, can't you see any problems?"
"Although you are quite tall, she thinks you are a boy, so that you won't argue with you about management." Momm then explained: "Don't get me wrong. Ssina is not a very big boss here. She just doesn't like anyone to replace Kiplin. When the boss died, Ssina was watching from the side, and she couldn't accept it. You brought the news that the boss was living in the Kingdom of Gods as a saint, and she got better a little."
"Sorry, I don't care enough about you."
"Fart, we are all adults, much older than you, and need your care?" Mommy hummed hard, and the beard around his lips trembled. "If you have to care, then find more tasks for us so that we will always think of snowy owls when we stay in this place."
Feiqi nodded. After becoming the presiding pastor, this was his second time to return to the Ice Peak Fortress. The last time he was to attend the funeral of Old Kipling. The Ice Peak Fortress was the first place where Feiqi could feel at ease, care and warmth after coming to this world. In other words, it was home. Perhaps thinking about it carefully, he did not come back, maybe because there were no elderly people at home, so he always made him feel sad. But since he is already the "host" of this family, he should at least be in charge of the overall situation and make his family live a happier life.
"I will find a way. If you have any ideas, why don't we discuss it together."
"Okay, wait until this time to come back from the Land of Light."
Mom then asked about the situation of the Tibetan women, whether they were still raising mice, whether they had adapted to life on the ground, whether anyone bullied them, etc. Feiqi said that he was too busy and couldn't care about it, and encouraged him to go and take a look. Mom didn't say it, but Feiqi could see that he had approved the trip in his heart.
After knowing that the half-dwarf wanted to go to the Treasure Town, Feichi began to ask others what plans they had in the future. Giles shook his head and said that he didn't know, so he would continue according to his current state until he figured it out. Kelie still wanted to be an instructor. He urged Feichi to send some people to train as soon as possible. Monster hunters must be more and more. Sisina wanted to go out far and find those who left scars for her to take revenge, but she also said that there was no clue now, so she could only feel wronged and stayed to see "How Pokelie bullied the newcomers."
Tron said that he would continue to be a monster hunter, but he still wanted to be a knight in his heart, and perhaps he was waiting for the next martial arts competition. "What kind of celebration will a king usually hold when he ascends the throne? Will there be a knight competition?" Feiqi thought about it and thought that this is very likely, so he made arrangements for where Tron would go next.
Ramsden said he wanted to stay and look at the Bingfeng Fortress. He was already learning how to repair the castle and could start construction in the spring. He said he was quite carefree now and didn't need to train anymore, just don't be too fat. The only problem was that Wumama always beat him, although it wouldn't hurt.
Only Wumama didn't want to chat with Feichi at all, and Feichi found that he was always secretly observing himself in the dark. Finally, after blocking Wumama at the corner of the castle, he even took out a dagger to fight Feichi. "Uh... I didn't mess with you, did I?" Feichi didn't quite understand.
"You transformed monster, you can deceive others and you can't deceive me!" Wumama crossed the dagger in front of her chest, and her body made an attacking posture, but her eyes were looking for a way out. "Don't think I can't see that your face is fake!"
"You mean that?" Feiqi removed the illusion and pointed at his face: "If you want to be honest, even this face is not the original version. I am indeed Feiqi, but I can't go back for a while, so I have to use the illusion to cover it up."
"Really?" Wu Mama frowned more like a girl.
"Really." Feiqi nodded vigorously.
"Okay, I believe in you."
"Wait, isn't it too hasty to believe this? I was thinking about how to prove my identity in my mind just now! Including asking you to ask about the past, show off Hawkeye meditation and Dharma Seal..." Feiqi held his forehead and sighed hard: "Oh, okay, just believe it."
"Hehe, I believe even more when you look now." Wumama laughed, and Feiqi quickly turned his gaze to the ceiling to avoid errors in his cognition - he didn't want to live a life where he could only rely on Hawkeye meditation to distinguish gender in the future.
"Your spell will be seen through sooner or later, you have to find a safer way." Wumama tilted her head and said, "Do you want me to help you?"
"What are you going to do?" "Come with me!"
Feichi never knew that Wumama secretly arranged a small laboratory in an empty room on the third floor of the tower and tried to make a disguise mask here. "When you lived next door, you have never discovered it? Look, this is my collection!"
He opened a stone brick on the wall, reached into his hand and pulled out a square box, which was a finished mask. Everyone in the Bingfeng Fortress had a look here - in addition to Scinna - and there was also a pig head and a horse head funny style mask. Feiqi looked at the masks, surprised at their high quality, and his mouth had never been closed.
"I'm going to cause trouble when I'm doing tasks outside. I don't want to be treated like a girl or let other men touch me. It's so disgusting. But I can't make up my mind to give myself a few blows on the face. It was Ssina who told me this method. She once chased a vampire who could disguise, which she brought back. Then I studied slowly, slowly... But it's strange that I can fool other people, even Giles, but I can't cheat Ramsden."
"This shows that Ramsden is very talented..." Feich didn't know what else to evaluate. He looked at Feich's disguised mask and said, "You mean to give me a Feich's mask, I'll bring it with me?"
"This is definitely not possible. Your head is different from mine. You can't get it in." Wumama told Feiqi to sit down and stop moving, and then touched his face with both hands. He then took out a ball of mud, wet it with water and rub it hard, and then copied it to the mud according to the shape and size of Feiqi's face. "I know how to change it. Wait for a few days, and you can get the magic circle first. Oh, I suddenly feel that your magic may not be very good."
Feiqi had a new idea when he was driven out of Wumama. Monster Hunters have received professional training and have rich experience in adventure outside. So isn't it good to let them come to magic school? If a magician only has classroom knowledge and lacks experience in dealing with monsters, it is like a broken leg, and monster hunters can just make up for this flaw.
It seems that this is a good way out, but it also means that the Ice Peak Fortress will be in name only. Therefore, this kind of thing must be very cautious before being said, and it is obviously not suitable to say it when everyone is about to set out to explore. Feiqi just takes it as an alternative and keeps it in mind, and the main focus of his work is to focus on the teleportation array.
For four days, he spent this task on the city wall facing the "Land of Light". He measured the distance, adjusted, modified the runes, and finally came the day of actual testing. Ramsden brought a bundle of hay and placed it gently in the center of the magic circle.
"Go away a little, and then help me stare at where it goes." Feiqi first performed the light technique on the forage to make it more conspicuous and then teleported it out. All the monster hunters used Hawkeye meditation to stare at the direction of the light place, and then they saw hay appear in the air at the end of their sight, falling down for more than ten meters, and falling on a snow-covered hillside.
"It turned into a snowball... it caused an avalanche, but it should be much safer there after the avalanche." Ssina gave Feich a thumbs up: "This time it's at least nearly a hundred miles, right? I think it's close to the destination. If you can lower the height slightly and don't teleport it into the air, the effect will be better."
"Well, I will adjust. I will definitely finish it at this time tomorrow. By the way, will there be ravens in other fortresses be back?"
"No raven." Ramsden shook his head: "But Feich, our raven is used to seek recourse when encountering super-large-scale wandering souls. This time, there will be no wandering souls to survive. If there are wandering souls in other fortresses, they will not dare to land. Moreover, it is normal for no reply in this weather."
"I understand. I actually know that even if they have their reply, they probably have no clue." Feiqi looked at the broken castle, thought for a while and said, "This time, Giles, Kelle, Ssina, Mommy and you three have other tasks. Tron, go to Lord Diderit, tell her what happened here, and ask her to contact other fortresses. Of course, it is best to report it to the sect through her. This is very important, do you understand?"
Tron nodded, and Feich continued, "Ramsden and Wumama, after we leave, you go down the mountain. It's no point to stay in the castle and wait. It's better to go to Tsang Town to find Shani, so that she won't worry about where I've been."
"Yes, go down the mountain." Kelly also said: "After spring begins, we need to repair this place. What are you going to need to prepare in advance, not only the materials, but also some good craftsmen. Don't let anyone deceive you."
Ramsden agreed to come down. It was good to go down the mountain, warmer, eat better, and Wumama would not be bored by her side. But he was a little worried that Bingfeng Fortress would feel lonely here. "What if you leave and the wandering soul appears?"
"I'll just teleport back, don't worry." Feiqi gave a thumbs up. Even if he couldn't teleport, he could fly back with his wings. In fact, this distance is not very far for him now.
Since the teleportation array seems to be fine, everyone will enter the final preparation before departure. Everyone is checking weapons and potions, finally adjusting their armor and backpacks, and then checking each other again. At dawn the next day, Feiqi adjusted the array and then began to teleport supplies to the forward base.
There are crates in the Ice Peak Fortress, which are now filled with tents, food, camping materials, tools for building fortifications, etc. It even brings a set of bridges that can be assembled, which can launch heavy siege crossbow arrows that can penetrate rock walls, and pull up ropes to cross the gaps between the cliffs. Giles attaches great importance to this weapon, treating it as a treasure, and does not allow others to move around.
The magic circles teleported six large boxes each time, and teleported six times. Those boxes arrived safely and fell on the snow slope. After many trials, the teleportation magic circles have proved that they are not only effective but also safe, which also means that everyone can set off. When everyone said goodbye to the three friends, Wumamace gave Feiqi a pocket and asked him to pay attention to everyone's safety. Feiqi didn't need to open it and knew that there was a disguise mask inside. She smiled at Wumama and said don't worry, and then took the exploration team to teleport away directly.
In just a blink of an eye, everyone arrived at their destination. The lack of direction caused by teleportation made everyone unsteadily stand, and everyone except Fitch fell into the snow. Ssina felt it interesting and laughed, but was stopped by Kelly: "Don't make a sound, be careful of the avalanche! Look at what Mom said."
The half-dwarf inserted his hand into the snow and leaned down hard. After a while, he pulled it out and said to everyone: "Don't be nervous, the possibility of an avalanche is very small, and it's okay to speak normally. In addition, I found that there was a flat rocky ground there, which was probably a leeward."
"Then let's set up the camp first." Ssina went out into the wild and immediately became lively. "Let's go there and take a look!"
After walking for more than 30 meters, everyone saw a good campsite. Feiqi used magic to clear the snow on the ground, revealing an area about ten meters square. Then everyone brought the box over and began to check if the things inside were broken. Giles and Kelly went to investigate, while the other three took out the stone nails and hammers and started to build a shelter tent.
The camp was close to the top of the mountain, just in the valley between the two cliffs. The rock walls on both sides blocked almost all the wind. From here, you can vaguely see the Ice Peak Fortress, and the towering castle has now become a tiny black dot. Feiqi glanced for a long time, reversed the vector coordinates of the teleportation, and calculated a set of teleportation runes combinations. When he started to make magic circles on the rocky ground, Ssina asked: "Do you have to spend a lot of days to make a teleportation array?"
"No, this teleportation array only cares about people and things." Feiqi glanced at her and said, "This magic array is not that complicated. It can be done today and will not delay the advance. I made the setup. As long as the mana is correctly transferred to the inside, it can be teleported back to the Ice Peak Fortress. I can be not next to me."
"Regularly delivering mana? How is the correct method?"
"Using the Seal triggers. In this way, we can all use it, and we are not afraid of being triggered by creatures with spell abilities incorrectly."
"Spiritual ability monster? Are you really cautious!" Ssina curled her lips: "By the way, what is Wumama giving you, mysterious?"
"Amulets, mascots or notes full of good ideas, I won't say them, just keep it mysterious."
"Okay, okay..." Ssina curled her lips: "As long as it doesn't affect our exploration plan, you can do whatever you want."
The tent was quickly built, and the boxes and supplies were also fixed with ropes. Kelly and Giles came back. "This is a good place. We have seen it. The distance from here to the glowing place is less than two days. There are several canyons in the middle, but the span is not very large, so we have no problem. Giles and I will build a crossbow and assemble it, and open the road first."
"Please use bridge building as a weapon, I will do all the things to build a passage." Feiqi knocked on the ground with a cat-knitting stick, drilled dozens of tentacles out of the ground, entangled with each other, and formed a rope ladder on the hillside. "The maximum span distance is fifty meters, and you can walk in the air. Then I have a rope of air element, so it is actually very simple to cross the terrain."
Giles squinted his eyes and observed carefully for a while, then walked up and stepped on it, saying "Rank". Kelle waved his hand: "So that's why you must let Tron and the others learn magic?"
"Yes, I hope you are the strongest in the world, and you must share good things with your family." Feiqi replied.
"Okay, I'll take a look back. At least this spell is much more practical than making a piece of paper fly or making things shine." Kelly commented.
Even with Feiqi's spells, the monster hunters did not reduce their preparations. This was not their slow or slow acceptance of new things, but a responsible attitude. If magic is a novel and more efficient tool, it cannot replace the already formed system until everyone grasps it. Feiqi also understands this, and from a safe perspective, he did not stop others from preparing for crossbows and other equipment.
They completed the rest on the cliff and set off on the same day. This time, it was not to reach the destination, but to push forward a section of the road and some supplies to the middle. Then they would return and move forward with a batch of supplies. With Fitch's spell, bridges can cross a larger distance this time, and some mountains that were not suitable for supporting ropes can now be used under the reinforcement of soil elements. Therefore, they were able to choose a more direct direction to move forward, and the distance was greatly shortened. Therefore, it was estimated that it would take two days to get there. After taking a lot of roads, it only took half a day to get there.
"From the top of the mountain to the top, this saves a lot of trouble. And how did you twist the rope, like a living snake, and then tie it into a knot by yourself?" Sisina asked and answered: "Okay, it's magic, I understand."
Feiqi smiled, at least this time, the joint action allowed the monster hunters to see their latest magic achievements and left them a good impression. With this foundation, perhaps the success rate of inviting them to the magic school will be higher? But now is not the time to consider this issue. Feiqi knew that his intelligence is not as good as in the past, so he always reminded himself to focus, especially to complete the important work first...
"After getting closer, I can find more information, which is still very strange." Feiqi said after casting the detection spell at the Land of Light: "The conclusion drawn from here is the same as the content in the Ice Peak Fortress, but it is clearer. I can now be sure that those lights actually do not exist, they are just projections caused by some kind of magic power..."
"I can't understand, I speak human words." Kelly said.
"Okay. There is a small hill in front of you, and someone raised a bonfire on the other side of the hill. What we see is the light emitted by the fire, but not the fire itself, the fire is blocked by the hill. What we are looking for is the fire, and what we are studying is also the fire. Just looking at these lights, I can't know what is burning in the fire."
"I understand." Giles gently said. Mommy, too: "So you have to climb over the hills and see the fire before you know whether it is good or bad, right? If it is good, let's roast the fire, and put out the bad ones."
"Isn't this an obvious truth? It sounds like a waste of time. Go to bed!" Ssina yawned and said, "I'll say it first, don't get close to my sleeping bag. I'm not worth the night. You four men will do it yourself."
Feiqi is not in the mood to joke with her men and women now. He is still thinking about the red and blue lights. Although he is already very close, he still hasn't figured out why he can't see it if he let go of the cat stick. Is he missing something less than other monster hunters without the cat stick? Hawkeye meditation, Dharma seal, and all of them are? It doesn't make sense that Tron, Wumama and Ramsden can do it, but he can't.
Although he was very curious about the answer to this question, it was not enough for Feiqi to leave everyone and slap his wings and fly over to take a look. At night, they lit the fire and covered it with canvas, forming a light and dark fire to communicate with the Ice Peak Fortress for a long distance. Ramsden and the others had already packed up their things and prepared to go down the mountain the next day. Tron had already taken a step forward today. He wanted to mark the way to go down the mountain and go to report the message early. A raven flew back, and the letter on his feet was not moved. It was probably because something happened in the middle, so it gave up the mission. However, this had nothing to do with the overall situation, and other fortresses would not affect the actions of everyone in the Ice Peak Fortress.
The next morning they set off, carrying large and small bags, and advancing along the road opened yesterday. At noon, Momm pointed to a bright valley on their left, shining by the sun, and said to Fitch: "Look, we killed five monsters there and were also dismembered there. Now they should be buried in the snow."
"But there are no footprints here, so there is no problem. The last time the snow was a month and a half ago, right? Yes, there was no light at that time." Kelly recalled, then looked at Feige: "Do you still want to go and see it? What do you say?"
"To be safe, I have to go and see. This distance... I will go faster by myself, so you can wait for a moment."
After saying that, Feiqi took off his backpack, picked up the cat-knitting stick, and jumped off the cliff with a run-up. Then the air element rope flew out, hooked the opposite cliff, and then slid downwards. The earth element tentacles were constantly stretched out from the cliff as steps, and stepping on it would not cause an avalanche.
"Why do I think he would explore it faster than taking us with me?" Ssina hugged her arms and shook her head slightly. There was no fool among the monster hunters. Everyone understood the reason for Feich to do this after a moment of thinking. They watched Feich jump on the cliff, and their thoughts were turned on in their hearts.
By using spells to sweep away the snow on the surface, Feiqi found the remains of burning the corpse. With the blessing of the terrain, most of the ash was still in place, and the fragments of bones covered with knife marks were half buried in the soil, forming most of the monster's skeletons. "This thing is still there! And it looks quite normal." Feiqi shouted to his companion with spell transmission: "At least it is certain that those lights have nothing to do with this monster."
Kelly gestured to indicate that he had heard it, and then signaled Fitch to come up. Fitch nodded and was about to leave, but felt a little hot under his feet.
He raised his feet and saw some sand pressing under the monster's corpse. It was the sand that had just heated up, and they had cooled down quickly now.
Chapter completed!