Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 220: Bandits

The sky to the north was gloomy, clouds stirred faintly, and snowflakes gradually increased in the wind. Everything indicated that a snowstorm was about to arrive.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Allen and his party arrived at Coldwind Gorge Shortly after entering the valley, they discovered traces of the Saber Demons. It was hard to imagine what their purpose in the wilderness was at the end of the cold winter, but it was not good for humans no matter what. Alan found some traces and traced them to an ice cave. These holes, which are eroded by the wind and snow, are covered in thick frost and snow in winter, and there are traps everywhere inside. In some seemingly flat places, there might be a gap leading to nowhere, but it was covered by frost and snow and thin ice.

However, Nether Domain's planetary environment meant that a glacier like this would be warmer than the ground if it was a hundred meters underground. Therefore, when winter came, the outer Saber Demons would often hide under the crypt and spend the winter in the warmth of the earth's core.

The Demon Cultivator's nest in the mountain would only go downwards, not upwards.

Ellen made a careful gesture and entered the cave first. The three people behind entered one after another, not long after they entered. The wind in the Wind Gorge intensified, and large balls of snow and fist-sized hail began to sweep through the place. The snow was fine, but the hail was like a bomb, causing the entire Frost Crown Glacier to rumble non-stop.

After the snowstorm, it was unknown how many mountains would be riddled with holes. The hail was the main culprit of the many ice caves on this glacier. After they smashed through the mountain, the cold wind continuously blew away, causing the mountain to appear like this after accumulating months and months.

Alan and the others crawled down an oblique underground passageway. They didn't dare to turn on the lights because they were afraid that the lights would attract the attention of the Saber Demon under the refraction of the ice and snow. He only lit up the fluorescent stick and stuck it in his chest pocket, revealing a corner, illuminating an inch of land.

This passageway was covered in ice and snow. And the ground is smooth, if you are not careful, you will slip and fall. In particular, the angle of the passageway was slanted downwards, causing the few of them to stand up even more carefully.

Suddenly, a strange howl sounded from behind him. Broy thought that the Saber Demon had appeared. A sudden turn of his head appeared in the passageway, and the soles of his feet slipped as he uncontrollably crashed forward. Immediately, they collided with each other and quickly slid down. Fortunately, the few of them had excellent qualities and did not shout out in alarm. Lucy, in particular, was very pale, but she did not shout out a single word, which was very rare.

Alan was at the front, desperately trying to stop the slide. However, the slope was too sloping and there was nothing to climb. Allen thought he was going to crash into the mountain wall when he saw the passageway. However, with the help of the fluorescent light in front of him, he could see that there was actually a void in front of him. He snorted and thrust Qianjun into the ground. The frost-covered ground was pierced into the ground like cheese. Alan had just clenched the hilt of his saber with both hands when he was inertia thrown out of the void.

"Capture!" Alan shouted softly as a figure flew over his head. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Broy's arm.

Bloy grabbed Willick's foot with his big hand. In the end, Wilick grabbed Lucy's hands from head to toe, and the four of them were hanging on the hillside at the end of the passage.

As Wilick was hanging upside down, the fluorescent stick on his chest fell off. A ball of fluorescent light fell, first hitting a protruding boulder, and it was still visible that frost and snow were spreading. As they rolled down, the frost and snow gradually diminished, revealing the bare rocks on the mountain. With a final thud, he sank into an underground pool. With the help of the fluorescent light, it seemed that the water in the pond was very deep. It should be an underground river vein. Because of the high temperature of the earth's core, the rivers did not freeze in winter.

"Leave me there." Lucy looked at the raised rock.

Alan nodded. He adjusted his angle and led the crowd towards the rock. After going back and forth a few times, Wilick let go, and Lucy leaned down lightly and stepped on the stone. However, the rocks were smooth and she slipped on them. Fortunately, he lowered his center of gravity in time, and his entire body was almost lying on the ground, so he did not fall.

As Lucy landed, Wilick used his Inferno Gloves to eject dark blue flames, melting away the nearby ice and snow, and inserting his fingers into the crevices of the rocks, so that Brooey would not have to carry him anymore. In this way, Broyle was able to undo the axe. He stuck his axe into the mountain wall and fixed his body. Alan immediately retracted his arm and pulled out a piece of fast-descending rope from his backpack. He tied it firmly to Qianyun's saber hilt, then pulled the rope and swung it down to the stone where Lucy was.

He waved his hand and Lucy jumped on him. The two of them hugged each other tightly. Alan put down the rope with one hand and the two of them landed safely on the ground. Upon reaching the ground, Wilick and Bloy also used the downhill cord. Alan forcefully shook the cord and Qianjun immediately broke through the rocks, raising a cloud of ice and sand and crashing into the nearby pond. With a buzzing sound, Qianjun fell down with the sound of wind and thunder.

Alan stretched out his hand to salvage it, then sliced sideways, removing the tremendous force carried by Qianjun's falling momentum. A gust of saber wind rose out of thin air, buzzing and ringing endlessly in the belly of the mountain.

Footsteps came from the depths of the mountain.

Alan frowned and made a concealed gesture. After he and Lucy hid in a few stalagmites, Bloy and Wilick scattered and found a few lying rocks to hide themselves. Just as they were hiding, flames appeared, and two Saber Demons appeared twenty meters away with torches in their hands. Behind them was a deep passageway that seemed to lead elsewhere.

The Saber Demon used a torch to shine a light on it. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he turned around and returned.

After they left, the four of them came out of their hiding place. "Wait for me here," said Alan.

He wanted to scout by himself. It wasn't necessarily a good thing to have so many people in such a place, so they didn't have any objections. Alan took off his backpack, took off his camouflage uniform, and left with Qianjun. He drilled into the passageway where the Saber Demon had left earlier. This passageway was only six to seven meters away, and there was a faint flame at the exit. Ellen carefully peeked forward, and the exit path was a slope. Flames flickered under the slope, and a few Devil Cultivators lit a bonfire on the ground.

Behind the Devil Cultivator was a passageway, but he didn't know where to go. Alan asked himself if he didn't have the ability to kill these demons at the same time without making any noise, so he dismissed his plan to kill them down the ramp. His gaze moved, and he saw a few dark gaps in the mountain wall above, as if they could lead to the depths of the mountain.

Alan silently touched a gap and rushed inside. At first, his vision was dim and gradually lit up. It was as if a fire was shining in from outside. Clearly, the mountain wall here was very thin. Alan began to hear the sound. He decided on the direction according to the sound and crawled towards the direction where the sound came from. After crawling for a few minutes, he stopped. The voice of the Saber Demon came from outside.

He used Qianjun to make a small hole in the mountain wall and looked out. Fire rose from below. Below was an empty space. A few Saber Demons were sitting around the fire. There weren't many of them. Strangely enough, all of these Saber Demons didn't have low Origin Energy. The Origin Energy radiance on their bodies was stronger than that of ordinary tribal warriors, and the weakest among them was probably at the level of a rank ten warrior.

Among the Saber Devils, the Devil Cultivator sitting on a stone pier was the tallest. Judging from the brightness of the Origin Energy radiance on his body, this Saber Demon Young Master was at least Level 17 or 18. To throw this level into a small tribe was already enough for the role of a chieftain.

From the looks of it, the Saber Demon here did not look like a tribe. After all, their numbers were too small, less than 30 people, not even a small tribe. There was no clear division of labor, and there were no men, not even horned wolves. The Saber Demon seemed to be conversing. Because the two of them were more than ten meters apart, their voices weren't loud. Although Alan knew the language of the Saber Demon, it was hard for him to hear what they were saying.

Suddenly, a thin Saber Demon stood up and shouted at the leader-like Saber Demon, "Bazba, that's a ten-tribe sacrificial team. We can't afford to offend them."

"Coward." The Saber Demon leader's chest rose and fell as he roared, "If you don't look at the Alex Plains, the ten armies that have been defeated by the human army are no longer the ten that they used to be. Besides, the ten armies and their attention are all on the plains, how can you notice the priests in the Barren Lands?"

"But what if we snatch the sacrificial team and the ten tribes decapitate us?" Another Saber Demon asked in a deep voice.

The leader laughed loudly, "If we steal the sacrificial team, we can form a tribe ourselves." At that time, he would first hide back here. The Cold Crown Glacier had a complicated terrain and was also near the human base. Unless the Ten Tribes want to pull the front here, it will be very difficult for them to touch us. After hiding for a while, when they have no time to pay attention, we will take down that human base and swallow a few small tribes. Do you still know that we did it at that time? "

"At that time, you will be the priests of the general and I will be the chief. Who would have thought that we would snatch their sacrificial team?"

The leader's loud laughter echoed from below. Alan retreated, thinking to himself that there was actually a bandit composed of Saber Demons below. Moreover, it seemed like he was going to play the Ten Tribes' attention. However, Ellen was very concerned about the sacrificial team in Bazba's mouth. If he guessed correctly, it should be ten sacrificial teams sent to the Holy Site. Ignoring whether this group of daring Saber Demon bandits could snatch the sacrifice troop, if Alan followed them, he could find the sacrificial troop, and he might even discover the Saber Demon's sacred site.

According to Windsor Belo's speculation, the Sacred Site might be the place where the Saber Demon originated. For Alan, it was more likely that there was a record of the devil's praise. Allen felt that it was necessary to take a risk.

He returned to the hiding place where everyone had been hiding, and when he saw Alan return, Lucy and the others came out of the hiding place. Ellen called them to the side and said, "Now that the snowstorm has interfered with the signal, we can't contact the base. We can only go back and report the intel here, but we need someone to keep an eye on them. So, the three of you go back first, while I stay here."

He didn't know what kind of danger he would encounter when he went to the Sacred Site. Alan didn't want to drag the three of them in, so he thought of an excuse to dismiss them. Wilick and Brooey didn't think too much, but Lucy had an extra eye. She pulled Ellen to another corner and whispered, "Tell me, what are you going to do? Your expression isn't as simple as staying where you are."

Alan smiled bitterly and raised his hand. "Well, the guy in there is actually a gang of bandits. He's going to do a business. I want to follow them because they're going to rob people from the Ten Tribes."

"Then why don't you bring us along?"

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