Vol 21 Chapter 3 (1/2)
ACT3 Sler’s Pass
Hwiiiing!
Cold wind raged around the valley like a piece of ice Snoas piled up froo but the wind blew it everywhere like a storm In the midst of this white storm was a black wolf
“Phew……”
The black wolf, also known as Ark, sighed
“I expected it but this really is no joke”
Ark said as he looked at the area where he had to cross Ark was currently in a deep valley halfway up astones on a cliff like so It wasn’t just Ark stuck on the cliff Shambala, Lariette and 200 chosen people fro thick fur followed Ark All of the rocks But recently those protruding rocks couldn’t be seen at all
“We can’t move this way anymore”
Ark exa his head Then he turned his eyes to a cliff opposite him that was dozens of metres away
“Racard, check the cliff on the other side”
“Okay”
Racard e into Dark Wolf He flapped his wings and flew to the other cliff before returning after a while
“I checked it There is a way to move down on the opposite cliff”
“I’lad I orried ould have to turn back Shambala”
Ark turned around and grabbed the rope that Sha Ark then tied the rope firave the other end to Racard
“Find a suitable rock on the other side and tie it firmly”
“I understand”
Racard flew to the other cliff while holding the rope The snowstorm was intense and he couldn’t check it fully but the rope stretching between the two cliffs seehten And Racard immediately flew back
“That’s it I tied it firmly so it won’t come loose”
Ark pulled the rope several tiht that could be safely held by the rope There was a loud roar in the distance The winds that blew in the valley were so rough that anything would shake No, if it was already a different rope then it would’ve probably already been broken However, the rope Shah durability so it didn’t break that easily
“It is windy so only 1 person should move at a time I’ll move to the other side first to check it out”
“Yes, please be careful
Lariette blew out a white breath as she replied Ark nodded before using the rope to move to the other cliff
Ku ku ku ku, ku ku ku ku!
It happened when he was 2/3rd of the way there All of a sudden the entire mountain seemed to shake
“Again! Everybody stick closely to the cliff!”
Sha to the cliff In fact, this was a snow covered ht earthquakes occurred a few tiht earthquake was a tremendous threat to the people on the cliff Se dae Dozens of people without any rope had previously been hit on the head and lost their lives But fortunately that unhappy accident didn’t occur this time
“Phee survived that one”
Ark holding onto the rope as well as Shahed with relief However, this ti from the cliff
Ku ku ku ku, ku ku ku ku, ku ku ku ku!
“What the? There’s no shaking so where is this sound co from?”
Ark tilted his head to one side and looked at the cliff Sha the area paled and cried out with a stricken look
“Ark, the valley!”
Ark reflexively looked and he also paled like Shah the valley at tree tidal wave consisted of snow and rock! That’s right The snow piled up on the upper reaches of the valley had collapsed, causing an avalanche Ark who confirmed the avalanche quickly moved his eyes to the other side of the valley It would take at least 3~4 h time for Ark to be turned into finely minced meat
“damn, it’s already late! Everybody climb up as much as possible before the avalanche hits!”
Shambala shouted and the soldiers quickly ascended the precipice with their gear However, Ark as dangling from the middle of the rope stared blankly
“Oh ht in front of my nose……!”
A voice filled with exhaustion flowed fro when he had received the information from Lariette
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“Please explain more!”
The scene had returned to yesterday evening when Ark had grasped Lariette’s hand Ark quickly dropped his hands and the two people blushed…
Anyway, Lariette explained the secret passage in detail
“The ler’s Pass”
“Sler’s Pass?”
“Originally s and the Sinius Principality So it was called Sler’s Pass”
“Anyway, it is possible to go beyond Pabiun Fortress using this passage?”
“Yes I guess but……”
Lariette sighed as she looked through her memory and shook her head
“I said that but I don’t remember too well”
“You don’t remember? What?”
“It’s been two years since I’ve gone through that path so I don’t reh there The path is also quite steep so at least 20 of ler’s Path is a dangerous place where the sler had to risk their lives I don’t knohat it will be like in winter……”
“That isn’t a problem”
Ark said with flames in his eyes If the Bristania expedition took the leadershi+p then Haverstein would be replaced as cohts would fly away Ark would have a huge aame that he would become bankrupt in He would also become bankrupt in reality It was a proble possible to pass through Pabiun Fortress He couldn’t hesitate in the ga
“I’ll take care of the rest so Lariette-nim should just tell me what you remember”
Ark listened to Lariette’s expression and indicated the location on the ure out the approxiler’s Pass
‘But I can’t just go there blindly with only Lariette-ni terrain’
“Summon Demon, Racard!”
Ark gave the map to Racard and said
“Check the terrain carefully and mark any difficult spots on the map”
“What? You wantsnowy mountains?”
“If you coive you one holiday whenever you want”
“Really?”
“This is important”
“Understood!”
Racard fleards the mountains with an expression filled with desire for a holiday Ark’s life was valuable so he needed to check the route meticulously If Ark died several times then he could recover the stats lost But if he incurred a debt and became bankrupt then he wouldn’t be able to recover That’s why Arkto turn back several tiain, Ark would becoe And the ti expedition captured Pabiun Fortress in 2~3 days then they would take a few days to move to the Silrinad
‘The expedition could use the Sler’s Pass to capture Pabiun Fortress The problem is that there are only four days left If a proble would be finished There is only one chance Despite the urgency in my heart, I have to collect as much information as possible to increase the chances of success’
This was Ark’s judgement So he impatiently waited for Racard to return After 12 hours had passed, Racard tearfully returned with a runny nose
“Ohh…c-cold, everything seems to be frozen”
“Did you examine it?”
“I-I checked it There is a lot of snow piled up but Master should somehow be able to move to the other side of the mountain Well, that’s by my standards The places that I saw are indicated separately”
Racard replied as he handed back the map He opened the map and saw the new route that Racard drew The parts that Lariette couldn’t remember and had been left blank were connected with dots
‘Okay I’ve secured the necessary information!’
Ark immediately visited Haverstein with the information
“Viscount-nim, I have a way to solve this!”
“A way? What are you suddenly saying?”
Haverstein asked He was still worrying about the news that Bristania wastowards Silrinad
“A way to capture Pabiun Fortress”
“Capture Pabiun Fortress? What is it?”
Haverstein hurriedly asked Ark opened the map on the table and summarized Lariette and Racard’s information Haverstein frowned at the map before he looked towards Ark
“This is……sler’s Pass?”
“Did you know about it?”
Haverstein stared at Ark with an astonished expression before shaking his head and saying
“No, I’ve heard of it before That there was a secret route s and the Sinius Principality souards searched for a few years but they couldn’t find anything so I thought it was just a ruet this information?”
Should he say that aby Haverstein’s anxious expression, he couldn’t joke around at a time like this
“I got my hands on it accidentally”
“The route drawn on this ler’s Pass?”
“Yes The person who toldmy pet”
“If you say so then I’ll have to trust you……”
Haverstein sighed as he looked at the ain and muttered
“Like I said, the border guards investigated for a long ti it as rumours That’s because the Albana Mountains are so steep that it is impossible to think there is another route other than Pabiun Canyon Moreover, winter is when the Albana Mountains is the erous It will be iler’s Pass”
“Moving 30,000 troops isn’t necessary”
Ark answered bluntly
“What do you mean? There are tens of thousands of ainst them……”
Haverstein spoke before suddenly closing his mouth It was because of Ark’s response His expression cleared and he nodded
“The method you mentioned……”
“Yes Currently the expedition can’t penetrate Pabiun Fortress because of the monsters stationed there But to be precise, it isn’t because of the ‘monsters’ The problem is that the Black Obelisk Forest would resurrect the killed monsters”
That’s right The e from the expedition’s attacks But the reason it didn’t fall was that the black obelisks restored the monsters after a period of time The effects of Earth Blast lasted 24 hours so the monsters could be restored in ti Earth Blast, they would just be restored so the situation repeated again and again It ht seem weak but it was a successful defense tactic There was no doubt that so the monsters