novelonline Chapter 663: Meeting General Dong Again
Chapter 663: Meeting General Dong Again
Chapter 663: Meeting General Dong Again
“Xiao, Xiao Xiao Xiao… Xiao Lin, no no no no… It’s not good.”
"No, no, no, no... I didn't expect it to be this cold. My speech is slurred."
"Is this all the work of the snow elves? It's just as the rumors say."
There are simply too many snow elves on the plains.
And there were unnaturally many of them. The dense snow elves almost filled the entire plain. If you were not careful, you would touch them and feel a biting cold.
Although the snow elves are harmless and can even kill with the slightest touch, their presence affects the surrounding environment, making the temperature extremely unnaturally low, and the more there are, the lower the temperature.
At least Xiaolin also began to feel uncomfortable.
"Is that the reason? ...There were so many snow elves that they all collided with each other."
Huihui looked at so many snow elves and spoke with trembling teeth.
The key is.
With such a large number, it is impossible to reduce them.
General Winter will appear before he is defeated.
Thinking of this, several people's faces turned even paler.
"Xiaolin, are we going to endure this cold weather while avoiding the snow elves and moving deeper into the depths?"
"I don't know what to do either."
Xiaolin began to think hard.
Aqua wailed, "Ah, wait! My eyelashes are frostbitten! I say, think of a way! Xiaolin, Xiaolin?!"
She pushed Xiaolin's shoulder.
It's impossible to move forward like this, so let's go back to Axel and make plans.
"Huh, I'm finally back..."
The temperature started to rise again, and the frozen body gradually warmed up, as if the frozen blood was also flowing.
The temperature difference between there and here is too big!
Xiao Lin sighed and said, "It's even colder than I thought. It's not something that can be solved by just enduring it."
"Hoo-hoo, huh?"
Darkness' cheeks were slightly rosy, and she said with a look of enjoyment, "I quite like that kind of environment."
“But there’s no point in Darkness enduring alone. We must find a place where the whole team can cross that snowfield.”
Huihui's words made sense.
Darkness, Krillin and Ryuzu, the three of them might have no problem traveling through the snowfield.
But Aqua, Huihui and Yunyun are not so good.
Kobayashi originally planned to ask Liu Zi to help transport them there, but when he thought that the deep plains would be colder than outside, and they would only be frozen again if they rashly rushed in, he gave up this plan.
"I need to think of a way..."
"Why don't we find some equipment that can protect us from the cold... For example, how about a HeatRing?"
"HeatRing? What's that?"
"It's a cold-resistant gear made of a heat-storing ore that can form a heat barrier around it, so it should be able to withstand even a blizzard like that."
So that’s it.
The equipment Huihui mentioned sounds like it might be quite useful.
“I don’t know what that is, but let’s go to Wiz’s store and ask if they sell HeatRing. If they do, that would be a big help.”
"No!"
When Xiaolin suggested this, Aqua said reluctantly: "I still want to go back and take a shower early, otherwise I will freeze to death when I go back!"
"Indeed, my physical strength has almost reached its limit..."
"To be honest, I'm almost there..."
Huihui and Youyou were too embarrassed to say this.
This group, except for the thick-skinned Darkness, are all back-row characters with very poor physical fitness and extremely poor cold resistance.
"Ah, I see. I'll go by myself then. You guys go back to the mansion and prepare food."
Xiaolin waved his hand, indicating that they should go back to take a shower, and he would go to see Wiz.
Then he took Liu Zi to Wiz's magic tool shop.
Just opened the door.
Vanir smiled as if he had been waiting for a long time and said, "I knew you would be here soon, adventurer. It looks like what you want is a Heat Ring."
This guy can still see through everything as always.
"It's a great help, needless to say. Is there such a thing?"
"Well... we just ran out of stock. With the large number of snow elves appearing, the demand seems to be increasing."
Wiz said this somewhat awkwardly.
"Is this true?" Xiao Lin scratched his head in annoyance and complained slightly, "What bad luck! If this continues, we won't even be able to enter the snowfield... Is there any solution, whether it's equipment or props, or just let other people lend us their props..."
at this time.
The door of the magic tool shop was opened again.
"Hey, Boss Vanir. I'm here just to look around but not to buy anything because I have too much free time..."
A provocative voice was heard.
Turning around, it was Dust, a gangster with dull blond hair.
He also saw Xiaolin.
"Xiaolin? What are you doing here?"
"What? It's Dust. I'm busy right now, let's talk later."
Xiaolin didn't want to pay attention to him.
Because this guy is so annoying, he always pesters you and even wants to get to the bottom of every little thing.
For example now——
"What's the matter? You look like you don't want to see me. I haven't caused you any trouble recently, have I? If you have any difficulties, just come and discuss it with me."
"Noisy customers are coming in. If you disturb my business, I will ask you to leave immediately. You better be careful, adventurer."
"Of course. You know I can't possibly disturb Boss Vanir, right?"
I don’t know what’s wrong with this guy Dust. He actually called Vanir “Boss”. Maybe he was frightened before.
But Vanir was a little unhappy.
"To be honest, this man has real character problems."
Dust is the most difficult person for Vanir. After all, he comes up to him shamelessly, with an attitude that he is not afraid of wearing shoes when he is barefoot, and you can't sense any emotions from him.
"So, what are you guys talking about?"
Duster will not look at the atmosphere's intervention.
With the idea of giving it a try, Kobayashi told him about his troubles.
Dust nodded slightly.
"Yeah, to put it simply, since we need to move in the snowy area, we need a HeatRing."
"But it's out of stock now..."
Wiz sighed.
Xiao Lin continued: "So, now I am worried about what to do."
"I see... Oh?! I just thought of a good idea!" Dust's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said loudly: "That is to buy HeatRing in other cities and sell it in this city. Wouldn't it be possible to sell it for a good price?!"
"Who is discussing making a lot of money with you?"
Xiao Lin couldn't help but complain.
Vanir praised him slightly, "You are planning to resell the goods. Isn't that quite courageous? I will not hold back on my business rivals."
"Just kidding! Just kidding! You can't be serious!" Duster confirmed, but found that Vanir's expression was slightly serious.
No, it's serious.
Dust quickly changed the subject and said, "So, Xiaolin's problem is the cold-weather clothing countermeasures, right? If you want a HeatRing, you can only go to another city. Well, cold-weather countermeasures, cold-weather countermeasures... Well, as long as you can resist the cold, it's fine... Can't we just surround it with Salamanders?"
"That's a great idea! Please make sure to confirm its practicality before making any suggestions! Thank you!"
Barnil immediately mocked his idiocy.
"Ignore his nonsense for now - W-what! This is actually a HeatRing!"
It pulled out something like a bracelet from under the table.
Xiaolin's eyes lit up.
"Oh? Really?!"
"——It's a cheap backward-compatible product. Although its performance is unreliable, it's better than nothing, right? So, do you want to buy it?"
"Hello……!"
Looking at Vanir who was determined to eat him, Xiaolin really wanted to punch it in the face, but there was no way...
"That's all, right?"
Grab the bracelet.
"Thank you for your review, 5W Eris!"
"One Eris costs 10,000... Never mind, it's pretty cheap."
Xiaolin bought it anyway.
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Salamander.
Having said that, it is neither an elf nor a ferocious monster. It is said that its name was imitated from the elven fire dragon, but it is a very common reptile creature in this world.
Characterized by the release of heat from the body.
"Look! It's a salamander! How is it? Can it be used as cold-weather gear?"
Huihui was holding a little fire dragon in her hand.
Darkness paused for a moment before saying, “It’s true that salamanders can also generate heat, but I don’t think it’s wise to do so.”
“No matter how you think about it, it’s really amazing to be able to catch a wild salamander. Seeing it up close like this, it’s surprisingly cute. It feels very friendly.” Huihui smiled and played with the creature in her hand.
And it also makes a cute sound.
"Reject it! Send it back to where it came from!"
Xiaolin distributed the bracelets he bought to them.
"I bought this at Wiz's store. Let's use this."
"HeatRing, you have it!?"
"No, it's the HotRing. It's slowly getting warmer."
While explaining, the bracelet in his hand began to emit heat, and the coldness in his body was dispelled a lot.
……not at all.
After feeling the temperature, Aqua said with disdain: "It feels like a kind of warmth that is not easily perceived..."
“The temperature of human skin.”
"Isn't this a fake? You've been fooled. So you should use Salamander, right?"
"turn down!"
What Huihui said was a bit hurtful, but Xiaolin would rather use this than something as dangerous as the Salamander.
"Don't complain, it's better than nothing. If you don't want your eyelashes to be frozen again, just use this."
Don't listen to the complaints of a few people.
Xiao Lin looked at the depths of the snowfield and said, "Well, let's go deep into the snowfield. Be sure not to provoke the snow elves."
One reason not to use Salamanders.
It is because the snow elves are too fragile. A little damage will kill them. If they are accidentally killed in large numbers, General Winter will be attracted.
Everyone moved forward cautiously.
but--
"There are really too many of these guys! No matter where I go, there are snow elves. How many more are there?"
"We've been walking for a while and it's still like this. The entire snowfield should be like this..."
Seriously, they couldn't move an inch.
"Wow ah ah!"
Huihui suddenly screamed.
Darkness was slightly stunned, then said, “Well, the snow elf flew over and got into Huihui’s back.”
“Don’t explain calmly, just help me get it out quickly!” Huihui was alert.
Darkness helped her take out the snow elf.
"I'm talking to Xiaolin."
"What's wrong Aqua, still want to complain about the bracelet?"
"That's not it. I've been patient with the bracelet. I want to say, look over there."
"What? What is that?"
Following the direction of her finger, Xiaolin saw a very unnatural landscape on the white snowfield.
It was something like dough piled up into a wall.
"…That's a snow elf."
"It's the snow elf."
Everyone curled their lips.
Darkness asked curiously, "But this is the first time I've seen such a dense population. Even if they appear in large numbers, this is too strange."
It was so dense that it blocked the way forward.
This is how to do?
“…Rush forward.”
"Xiao Lin, are you serious?! With so many snow elves gathered here, the temperature should have dropped a lot!"
"If we take a detour now, we may not be able to find a safe way. Wouldn't it be better to rush over while we still have enough energy?"
Kobayashi retorted.
It was quickly recognized.
Huihui nodded and said, “That makes sense. Snow elves themselves are not dangerous. We just need to be careful not to get frostbitten.”
"Is it really okay? I have a bad feeling." Aqua said timidly.
"Okay, let's go!"
Xiao Lin didn't want to waste any more time, so he shouted to the others, "If you don't want to be frozen, it's better to cross the snowfield as soon as possible."
But just touched the snow elf.
The biting cold penetrated into the body without any hesitation.
Aqua grinned and said, "Waaaaaah! Xiaolin, it's really cold!"
"When they get densely packed together, there will be such a big difference..."
Xiaolin gritted his teeth.
“Hey, Darkness, you’re behind!”
"Ugh! Sorry, I tripped over the snow."
Darkness said this with an apologetic tone.
Was it because the equipment was too heavy that it was affected by the snow?
It's not a second to fall behind so much.
"Xiao-Lin..."
"What's wrong, Aqua? If you have time to complain at a time like this, you might as well just leave."
"I can't do it! Because of that shadow...!"
"Shadow? What's so scary about a shadow—"
Before Xiaolin could finish his words, he saw a tall figure wearing armor, like the last samurai, appear in front of him.
“It, it appeared ahh ...
Aqua yelled in panic.
"Damn it! Liu Zi, please!"
"Yes, Master Kobayashi."
At Kobayashi's command, Liu Zi used the imaginary switch to pause time and quickly left the place with a few people.
This is his back-up plan!
Now that they can't defeat General Dong, can't they escape?
With Liu Zi, there will be no problem!
"H-H-H...Are you safe?"
"Probably."
“I’m so scared…!”
The few people who survived the disaster took a breath.
Although they did not fight with General Dong, the powerful oppressive feeling brought by the opponent's appearance made them unable to move at all.
(End of this chapter)