Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 "But it's not my thing, I will return it to Dolores after this matter is over."

　　 Thinking of this, he retracted the ice chess piece held in his palm back into his body, and then picked up the cat. The latter looked sleepy and kept raising his paw to wipe his eyes.

　　 "Get a good rest, I have to hurry tomorrow."

　　 "Meow~"

　　 (Chocolate...Chocolate is still sleeping, Fini is praying...)

　　 vaguely heard Fei Ni's voice in her sleep, and couldn't remember what she said when she woke up. Jenkins missed Nolan's friends a bit, but he didn't know whether he could return to Nolan according to the original plan under the current circumstances.

　　 The huge snow monster that was killed yesterday was identified as the culprit behind the ice-bound railroad tracks. Maybe it was because it was killed, which brought people good luck. In the early morning of the next day, Thursday, Jenkins not only heard that three gifters were promoted suddenly last night, but also heard that in the early hours of this morning, go The bestowers of the nearest town report have also returned.

"We have contacted Ruen and reported the situation. Ruen said that support from other directions did not encounter such a situation, so there should be only this section of the track that was frozen. We now need to go along the track and go to the track. The nearest town of Roseburg, confirm whether the railway is available there. Ruen has notified Roseburg to prepare to take it."

　　 Although the town of Roseburg is not the nearest town, it is indeed the nearest town connected to the railway.

　　 When discussing the next plan, Jenkins was also invited to participate, which was originally only allowed by the captains of the church. The one responsible for coordinating the church was Mr. Odd, the old night watchman from [Night and the Secret Church], but after he finished talking about Loen, he let Jenkins decide.

　　 "You should be the strongest in our group, and..."

　　 He slanted his eyes and glanced at the two captains of the Church of the Sages. The experience and knowledge of growing older would never be wrong. It seems that this thoughtful old man can see some clues from their attitude towards Jenkins.

　　 "In short, not only did you save the train that was hanging in the air, you also led us to defeat the monster last night. I think you come to make your decision. There should be no objection."

Naturally, no one would object. People in other churches regarded Jenkins as a secret weapon sent to the front by the Church of the Sage, and the force and determination he showed was obvious to all. Although it was sloppy to let him come to make his decision, it was also sloppy. Understandable.

"Then follow Ruen’s suggestion to move forward. Since the town of Roseburg is not very far from here, I think those crew members can also follow us, so that it will be convenient for them to sign for confidentiality when they reach the next town. Treaties, as for these materials sent to the front lines..."

　　 Jenkins hesitated: "We are in a hurry to go to the front line, and these materials are buried on the spot. After breakfast, everyone will fix up and set off immediately, trying to reach the small town of Roseburg before the early morning. The situation on the front line is probably very unfavorable."

　　 This is a reasonable plan, so the captains of each church went to notify the members of their teams. Because they are all users of extraordinary abilities, burying materials, handling carriages, and dismantling camps will soon be completed.

　　 After all this, more than 200 gifters from the eight churches set off in small teams. Although more than two hundred people moved together, but because of strict discipline and did not drag out a long line, Jenkins was with everyone in the Church of the Sage, walking in the middle of the front position.

　　 The snow has stopped, and the originally vast snowfield has revealed some turf after sunrise. The ice on the rails showed signs of melting, which was a good sign, and it meant that the monster of last night was really the culprit.

　　 But everyone still doesn't know where it came from, and for what reason did this kind of thing happen. But this question will soon be answered. When the sun quickly rose above their heads, everyone stopped again because of the spectacle in front of them.

Chapter 1232 Chapter 1211 Ice and Snow Palace

　　 In front of the railroad tracks are towering and rolling snow-capped mountains. Because of technical reasons, it is impossible to excavate tunnels here, so the railroad tracks choose to go around on slightly lower hills.

　　 After turning several turns in a row, the advancing people have reached a higher position. After climbing the steep ridge, the original undulating mountains disappeared, and the people standing on the heights saw the snowy field suddenly opened up. The snowy field was shining with silver light in the sun, and the shining appearance made everyone who climbed up the heights happy.

　　From the current height, you can see the vast world and the buildings that represent the town in the distance, but this does not mean that they can arrive before night. After all, there are three low mountains between them and the town. In this cold weather, some subtle terrain cannot be passed directly, and the team has to circle in front for a long time. If they follow the current progress, they will not be able to reach the town until the early morning of the day after tomorrow.

　　 But the problem is not here. The problem is that after turning the turn to reach the current position, the main body of the highest nearby Viltanin Snow Mountain has been exposed.

　　 This snow-capped mountain and the other two mountains are now completely covered by ice, and those cliffs, deep pits and rugged river valleys that cannot be traveled during the summer are all flat. The road to the town is unobstructed, and the three ice-covered mountains have opened up the nearest road for people.

　　 The Vertanin Snow Mountain in front of me is not a high mountain, and the snow on the top of the mountain only exists from October to May every year. Judging from the map, this mountain is completely barren, without any people. But at this time everyone raised their heads, but was shocked to see the ice and snow palace that was shining in the sun, and the penetration of the light even revealed the ice sculpture patterns in the details. The runes on the ice wall should be more than decorations.

　　 It stands on the side of the highest mountain, and the towering hexagonal pyramidal palace spire is almost flush with the main peak. The main body of the palace is leaning against the side of the mountain, almost perfectly blending with the sunny side of the mountain. The bottom is wide and the top is narrow. It is vaguely visible that there is an ice staircase carved with handrails at the bottom of the building, connecting the two ends of the valley.

Therefore, if a group of people has a whim and does not want to continue to the town but deviate from the route to try to climb, then there is no need to climb the towering Vertanin Snow Mountain, just bypass the side peak from the current position, and then nearly forty-five degrees Going up, through the ice stairs shining in the sun, you can reach the gate of the Ice Palace.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 The cat squeezed his head out of the buttons on Jenkins' chest, and looked over there with his wide, chubby eyes.

"There is no record of this kind of building on the map. Even if this version of the military map is two years ago, there is no possibility of such an omission... Moreover, with the current productivity, it is absolutely impossible. Can build this kind of thing."

　　 This kind of simple inference is understood by everyone.

It’s an acceptable idea to ignore it and move on, but thinking about the changes in the Yeti Legion and the accident last night. After discussion, the team was temporarily refurbished in the shelter of the mountain to prepare lunch, and Jenkins proposed to take a look at the palace. .

　　He is not reckless, but vaguely feels a force calling him. It's not the inexplicable attraction of a trick, but someone really welcomes him as a guest.

　　 "This is too risky. Our task now is to go to the town. For this palace, we can send someone to investigate. When we arrive in the town, we inform the locals to be careful, but entering the palace will definitely cause other incidents."

　　 Captain Sidorov said embarrassingly. To be honest, if it is not necessary, she doesn't want to oppose Jenkins.

　　 But unlike Jenkins, in the final voting, although most of the captains opposed his proposal, the two captains of the [Church of Everything and Nature] supported him.

"We can feel that the palace is the most coordinated place in this area nearby. Not only did the appearance of the palace not destroy the natural environment of the Virtanin snow, it promoted the natural circulation of the snow-capped mountains to a certain extent. This palace is not The destroyers of nature, the people who built it, and those who own it, must not be bad people."

　　 This is a rather sloppy inference, even more sloppy than Jenkins's view. Therefore, the idea of ​​exploring the palace was not approved in the end, and even sending teams to observe the palace and survey the terrain from a distance did not allow Jenkins to participate.

"Because of this trip, we acted with you, so the church contacted Nolan to explain the situation. Miss Audrey over there said that once you encounter something that may or may not be dangerous, it is best not to let you Get involved, otherwise the possibility of danger will increase to a terrible level."

　　Usia Captain explained in a low voice, Jenkins did not insist on participating.

　　Because they didn't plan to approach the palace, the investigation team came back soon. Instead of downsizing, they brought back a corpse, the corpse of the benefactor who was replaced last night.

　　 There was no obvious trauma on the corpse, but the accompanying [Death and End Church] tomb guards checked and confirmed that the cause of death was cardiac arrest.

　　 "Did you find the corpse near that palace?"

　　 Jenkins asked, but got the opposite answer:

"No, it should be okay with that palace. After going around the side peak, we need to go downhill for a while before we can continue going up. There is also the branch road where we go forward, one side leads to the ice ladder, and the other side is going down the mountain to the town. the way.

　　 During this period, we found that there was a large hole in the rock wall on the side of the mountain road, and there were a lot of unusual hoarfrost on the rock wall around the hole. We didn't dare to go directly in, but tried to climb up, only observed at the entrance of the cave, and then found this corpse..."

　　 Talking is the temporary captain of the investigation team and one of the captains of the night watchman team. Seeing everyone looking at him, I continued to introduce:

"There is a seal, a seal with a very long history. According to my observation, the identification of the scribe of the Church of the Sage is a seal established before the 16th century. I can identify the very obvious traces of the seal of Ms. Yinyue. That kind of flowing moonlight cannot be faked. This is probably a seal set up by the predecessors of the church, but I don’t know why there is no information here in the church’s materials."

　　 "How did the seal break?"

　　 someone asked.

"On the one hand, the seal is weakened due to geological changes, which is very common, and one case occurs every ten years; on the other hand, the force that broke out in the city of Ruen this Tuesday impacted the seal, and the creatures sealed inside were also creatures with obvious ice and snow power. The two resonated to a certain extent."

Chapter 1233 The first thousand two hundred and twelve

　　 "So that snow monster escaped from the seal, does it have anything to do with the palace over there?"

　　 Mr. Lewis of [War and Victory Church] asked while holding a pipe. He put one hand in front of the pipe to cover the wind, and the other held a match to light it.

　　 "My conclusion is that it probably doesn't matter, and...I also have a strange feeling that the palace does not seem to be malicious...Of course, it's just a guess."

　　Even if the palace is really not malicious to everyone, the team has no intention to move upward. After the tomb guards helped converge the body, the group set off again. After going down the mountain, the road was actually straight because of the inexplicable freezing in the nearby area. Apart from worrying about sliding, they didn't need to care about the terrain at all, so they arrived at the town of Roseburg at 11 o'clock that night.

　　 This is two days early.

　　 There are only two churches in this small town, and news from Luen has already been received. Although I did not expect a group of people to come so quickly, at least even if the dinner and rest room were prepared.

　　 It took a lot of time to arrange accommodation and make plans for tomorrow, but fortunately, starting from the small town of Roseburg, the railroad tracks returned to normal.

　　 The town has temporarily coordinated a new train to send a group of people to the north. Although the steam locomotive that was originally used to transport coal is definitely uncomfortable to sit on, the emergency war ahead cannot handle so much.

　　 Jenkins was assigned to a separate room without squeezing to sleep with others. Although the room is a bit small, he is not fussy. It's just that the cat seems to dislike that the bed is not soft, but Jenkins can't help it. In the end, he can only put the dying flower on the window sill to the head of the bed and use his vitality to make it grow quickly. The petals' leaves finally broke through the limit of growth, and under Jenkins' deliberate control, they became wide enough to accommodate a cat.

　　 "Is this the head office?"

He grinds five threads for sewing clothes into one strand, and then stacks two large blades together, punches three holes at each end of the blade and then threaded them, and tied the two threads to the floor-standing bedside lamp and the bed respectively. On the side column, the pillowcase was removed and placed on it with the blanket, which was barely a small hammock.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 The cat jumped up quickly, crouched for a while and yelled softly at Jenkins, then kept half of the cat's head out of the hammock, and slowly closed his eyes.

　　 "Then see you tomorrow."

　　 Jenkins said to his cat like this, and got into the quilt.

　　 He doesn't know how many things he will experience in the next night.

The world of dreams is mysterious and mysterious. Some people think that since the non-existent "world in the mirror" can really become a world of its own because of people's cognition and the accumulation of time, then maybe the "dream world" will also Appear on a certain day.

The "Emerald Dream" of the elves itself has the characteristics of the so-called "dream world", but because its essence is still the accumulation of the spirit of life and has an unexplainable relationship with the legendary world tree, it is not regarded as a dream. World.

　　 But Jenkins can be sure that he is definitely not dreaming at this time, nor is he falling into a strange world. He was still at night in the material world, standing in the mountains with the cold wind blowing, looking around blankly.

　　 In his cognition, he just got into the quilt last moment and said goodnight to the chocolate. I closed my eyes and stood here suddenly.

　　 raised his head and looked at the two missing moons above his head, then turned to look at the stars and lights in the distance, and finally looked at the crystal clear staircase in front of him.

　　 At the end of the stairs, the door of the Ice Palace was open, as if to welcome Jenkins in.

　　 took a deep breath, because the temperature at night was a bit low, this breath condensed into a white mist in the air for a long time. The young man raised his hand and scratched his face, and then realized that he was still wearing pajamas and barefoot.

　　 The reason why I didn't feel the cold and pain just now was because I was surprised by the scene that suddenly appeared.

　　 "Should I say it was too surprising, or should I say it was unexpected?"

　　 He muttered to himself, reciting a short spell to call out a unique miner's lamp. Lifting his right hand, he raised the metal miner's lamp with mechanical beauty. The deserted blue light illuminates the first half of the ice ladder.

　　 Finally, looking back at the town down the mountain, Jenkins didn't waste his energy to draw the shoes, but stepped barefoot on the first step.

　　 "hiss~"

　　 He took a deep breath, and took a deep breath, feeling the piercing chill from the soles of his feet to his brain, and then his brain commanded his whole body to tremble.

　　 The ice chess piece immersed in the spirit shook abruptly, and the chill seemed to have found the target. Most of it penetrated Jenkins' body and soul, and a small part got into the chess piece.

"Really cold!"

　　 Jenkins still breathed out the cold breath, sighed, and then stepped on the ice steps with his other foot.

　　 He is not a masochist, nor does he have any special hobbies, so he walks the ice stairs barefoot in this season. If I said that I was thinking about saving the soul at the beginning, after feeling the cold that stimulated the soul, I realized that walking barefoot should be good for myself.

　　 This ice ladder is entirely made of ice, so it is very slippery to step on. Jenkins dared to walk up slowly step by step while holding on to the railing. The railing was also carefully carved, even if compared with the white jade staircase "painted" by Jenkins in the state of deification, the angels and demons entangled.

　　 This ice ladder spans the deep stream and connects the side peak of the snow-capped mountain with the main peak. Because the ice cubes are translucent, when Jenkins walks up while breathing in the cold breath, he occasionally lowers his head to see the bottomless abyss.

　　Even if he doesn't have a fear of heights, his heart is a little hairy, and he even got goose bumps on his arms. Of course, this may also be because the weather is too cold.

　　Walk away from Jenkins for half an hour. When his feet stepped on the snow again, he actually felt a little warm on the snow. This is a good thing, at least his feet can still transmit touch.

　　'S exhaled breath turned into a white dragon in front of him and then disappeared, standing at the end of the ice ladder and looking up at the ice and snow palace standing under the night sky. Observing from such a close distance, the sense of shock is even more obvious.

　　The ice ladder and the palace gate’s layered steps are in the middle of the square-like open space, the edge is the snow layer where Jenkins is standing, and further forward is a complete crystal-like ice surface. These ices have a high refractive index and appear to glow under moonlight.

　　 Jenkins raised his foot and stepped on it cautiously. As expected, he once again felt the deep-hearted cold.

　　 "Oh, sage, what am I doing?"

　　 He shivered and said, missing his cat that can keep his chest warm before.

　　PS: Hahahahahaha, the exam is over!

Chapter 1234 The first thousand two hundred and thirteen chapters more than one piece

　　 Jenkins under the night sky stood alone on the gentle **** of the empty snow-capped mountain. Because of the cold, he wanted to call out the fire of gifts to warm his body, but instinctively told him that once he did this, the chill that constantly penetrated into the body would disappear. Moreover, the owner of the palace in front of him might not like flames, so he gave up after thinking about it.

　　 There was nothing on the square, but after Jenkins’ feet stepped on, it seemed to be suddenly activated. A bright blue line extended from the position of Jenkins’s feet to the center of the square.

　　 When it reached the center of the square, the light gathered into a group of light spots, which beat three times, and then emitted more lines of equal angle distribution in all directions.

　　 These lines together form a huge ritual base on the ice surface, and the lines that rotate like a spiral outline runes and incantations. When all of this took shape, as the ice surface vibrated, an ice sculpture of a swordsman with a sword rose from under the ice surface.

　　 He wears a set of light armor covering half of his body, and the skirt armor has fine scale marks.

　　 When the feet wearing boots also appeared from under the ice surface, the ice sculpture's right hand drew a long sword from his side and pointed it at Jenkins:

　　 "If you want to enter the palace, guests, you need to prove your bravery."

　　Ice sculpture uses lingua franca, but it has a different accent.

　　 "How can I prove my bravery?"

　　 Jenkins asked tremblingly, not surprised by this change, he was ready. While talking, spread his hands to prove that he has no weapons or armor, only a light pajamas.

　　 "Beat me."

　　 The ice sculpture replied powerfully, and the sword pointed at Jenkins was thrown down, and then inserted into the ice surface in front of the boots. .

　　 "In any way?"

　　 he asked rhetorically.

　　 "Yes, any way."

　　 Ice Sculpture nodded, then pointed his sword at Jenkins again. He does not possess a physical body, so even his eyes are ice. It's just that the ice flakes at the eye position are very reflective.