Chapter 882: Chapter 620: Forest Sea and Snowy Plains Chapter 882: Chapter 620: Forest Sea and Snowy Plains Alia had never imagined that she would leave Neverwinter City under these circumstances.
As she stepped out of the gate and turned her head to look at the snow-covered city before her, Alia felt as if she was being exiled… They were the only investigative team allowed to leave Neverwinter City. Indeed, although Lady Eribeth’s statent was not wrong, Alia still felt as if she had been chased out of the city because she was in the way.
“Alright, what are you sighing about? Let’s set off.”
In contrast, Duanmu Huai seed unconcerned and even urged her to hurry.
“How do we get to Heim Fortress? It’s up to you to lead the way.”
“To be honest, Mr. Duanmu, I really think your idea is a bit too exaggerated…”
“Do you still think so after seeing those things?”
“Indeed, we saw the plague mutants underneath the warehouse, but there is no evidence to suggest that these things have anything to do with Dessel…”
“Aren’t we going to find the evidence now?”
“Sigh…”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s reply, Alia sighed again. She wasn’t sure why Duanmu Huai was so hostile toward the Heim Believers, even equating them with Cultists. Alia had seldom left Neverwinter City. She had only seen Heim Believers a few tis and was not very familiar with them. But at least in Alia’s view, they did not seem like the kind of people who would betray their faith and deity.
Yet Duanmu Huai spoke as if the Heim Believers were like cockroaches…
Logically, Alia could entirely refuse Duanmu Huai’s request, but she still led the way to Heim Fortress. On one hand, as a Sacred Knight who followed Tyler, Alia was not good at refusing others, and she also wished to resolve this matter quickly. As long as there was nothing out of the ordinary at Heim Fortress, she believed Duanmu Huai would no longer focus his attention on them.
On the other hand, Alia herself also felt that sothing was odd.
Although the investigation ended inconclusively due to Lady Eribeth’s forceful intervention, this was completely out of character for Lady Eribeth. In fact, Alia herself admitted she had suspicions about Dessel deep down, and the actions of the Heim Believers after entering the city now seed indeed suspicious…
Still, Alia did not believe that Heim Fortress had fallen. After all, Heim Fortress was a frontier fortress. If Heim Fortress had fallen, it would an that the territory of Neverwinter City was almost on the verge of collapse—could the situation really be that bad?
The winter of the Northern Land was undoubtedly harsh. Duanmu Huai strode through the snow, while Ogis sat on his shoulder, and Alia and Luganis followed behind, sheltered from the howling snowstorm by Duanmu Huai’s large body.
Duanmu Huai and Alia were both managing fine, but it was Luganis who could not keep up after a while.
“So, so cold, let’s find sowhere to hide!”
“Aren’t you a Mage? Can’t you just create that ‘Mage’s Mansion’ or sothing?”
“That’s a Seven-ring Spell, I’m only a fifth ring Mage!”
Luganis glared at Duanmu Huai discontentedly. If it wasn’t for the fact that the armor he wore looked incredibly hard, she might have gone and bitten him. Since she graduated from the Magic Academy, she had never been looked down upon in terms of magic…
“There is a cave over there; let’s go check it out.”
Alia was also a bit tired. She quickly noticed a cave not far away and hurriedly suggested they check it out. No one opposed the idea, so the group quickened their pace and reached the cave. However, as they were about to enter, suddenly…
“Roar!!!”
With a roar, a large black bear fiercely stuck its head out and glared at the group. Seeing this huge black bear, Alia and Luganis were taken aback.
“A bear?!”
“Roar—roar!”
The bear, clearly hibernating here, was very unhappy to be disturbed and stared nacingly at Alia and Luganis, letting out angry roars.
“What, what do we do now?”
Alia drew her Longsword and looked nervously at the black bear, whispering to Luganis, who shook her head.
“There’s, there’s no way, let’s go. We don’t have a Druid; we can’t communicate with it…”
“Don’t worry, leave it to .”
Just then, Duanmu Huai also walked over. He simply said the words and then stepped past the two, walking towards the black bear.
“Roar! Roar!”
The appearance of Duanmu Huai made the black bear even more agitated. It roared loudly and even stood up on its hind legs, raising its front paws—however, even so, it only reached Duanmu Huai’s chest.
And Duanmu Huai just looked down, staring at the bear standing up.
“Shut up, get back, or you’ll be sorry!”
While saying this, Duanmu Huai clenched his fists and glared at the black bear, then snorted coldly!
“Go!!”
“Whimper—!”
The next mont, the black bear quietly reverted to its original position and curled up in a corner of the cave, trembling silently, not daring to even glance their way.
“Co on in.”
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