1270 Pursuit 2 (1/2)
In an unknown snowy mountain range, the sharp and straight peaks of the mountains were reflected in the lake water.
The surface of the lake was as clear as a mirror, free of even the slightest ripple. It was just a sea of deep blue. Other than the reflection of the snowy mountains, all that remained was the blue sky.
The lake was oval in shape and not very large, bordered completely by the broken edges of the white ice. The water was so clear that it was almost transparent.
On one side of the lake, there was a large and quiet white snowy mountain, grey-brown in the parts that were not covered in snow.
On the other side, there was a layer of snowstorm clouds.
Looking at it from afar, the cloud layer was forced into the distance, enveloping the ground there completely within a flurry of snow. It looked like a completely different world from the quiet cleanliness over here.
The sunlight faintly fell onto the surface of the lake and the left side of the snowy mountain. It projected a faint golden light, but also some miniscule dark shadows on the other side of the mountain.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Boom…!
Just then, two figures abruptly shot out from the white snowstorm cloud layer.
The one in front was a smaller white Dragon Whelp that looked to be in bad shape, and seemed to pretty badly injured.
The one chasing behind it, on the other hand, was a pitch-black humanoid in black knight armor.
On after the other, the two of them shot out toward the snowy mountain like bullets, leaving a long white trail in the sky.
”Here?” Garen vaguely sensed that something was amiss with this place, but he did not have the luxury to dwell on it.
He felt weak all over. His attributes had been reduced twice consecutively, and his Agility had already dropped by four points. The Knight behind him was faster than him now, and the distance between them had been reduced from more than a thousand meters before to just several dozen meters now. Thank goodness he had added four points to his Agility in time, and he still had eleven points to be used, but he still managed to put a distance between them in time.
This was the place his Soul Rings predicted would be able to help him.
He had no other choice now.
The quiet snowy mountains, the mirror-like lake. This was a place nearing perfection, but there was no sign of life whatsoever. Even an idiot would have noticed that something was wrong with this place.
But this something wrong was precisely what Garen wanted right now!
He dashed straight for the snowy mountain fearlessly.
That place was the center of everything without a doubt. If there was something unnatural here, it would surely be concentrated there.
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”This place!?”
Soon after the Suffering Knight entered this area, it sensed that its connection to its master had been instantly severed.
Shocked, it slowed down slightly and began to observe the snowy mountain ahead of it hesitantly.
Its surroundings were completely clean, without even a single living creature. The atmosphere here was heavy and dead, completely devoid of life.
A feeling that sent shivers down its spine rose from this place faintly.
”Should I continue to give chase?” The idea had barely occurred to it before it was immediately squashed down.
”The master's orders are absolute, no degree of danger should stand in the way of my mission.”
It instantly tossed everything to the winds and quickly gave chase, showing no intention of leaving whatsoever.
”But I have to finish off that guy ahead as soon as possible… I can't drag it on any longer.”
He looked down at the red glyphs on the sharp Greatsword as they lit up slowly. They glowed with a blood-like red light.
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Garen could feel the strength draining out of his body and hurriedly added another point to his Vitality. He only had ten attribute points left, so if he could not dispel the curse this time, he would incur heavy losses even if he used up all of the attribute points.
His body felt slightly better now, and he flew toward a crevice in the snowy mountain, swaying as he went.
It was ice-cold in the crevice. Even though he was a White Dragon, he could still that piercing cold permeate through his entire body.
Resisting the discomfort, Garen sped up and flew into the crevice. The crevice had many twists and turns, curving around and around as it stretched on downward.
He could not see the bottom of the crevice below him. All he could see was a sea of pitch-black darkness, as though it was a bottomless abyss.
Psst!
Suddenly, he felt as though something brushed past his face.
Garen was stunned. That thing was extraordinarily fast. On the other hand, he was completely exhausted right now, his spirit stretched to its tolerance limit. Two days of non-stop flying without daring to take even a moment's rest had pushed him, a mere Dragon Whelp, to his limit. That was why he had no idea what the thing that flew past him was.
”It does not have the aura of a living creature… Whatever! No matter what, it beats falling into the hands of a Soul Master!” He continued to dive head-first into the crevice.
The crevice grew wider and wider as he went, becoming larger and also colder, bone-chillingly cold.
Garen felt as though he was flying toward the center of the world. It was a very eerie feeling.
Ahead of him, there was only darkness without the slightest hint of light. Even if he had a natural talent for night vision as a White Dragon, he still could not find even a fleck of light. He had to rely on the flow of the current to sense the area around him.
The Suffering Knight behind him was growing closer and closer, as though it had gotten somewhat hurried.
Psst!
Psst-psst-psst!
All of a sudden, several black things shot past Garen abruptly.