Chapter 857 [0854] Gu Shuangkou

The closer we get to Gushuangkou, the more the north wind howls.

This is the passage connecting the Rakstak Plains and the Northern Freljord. The cold wind that cannot cross the Crampon Mountains penetrates into the Ancient Frost Mouth and heads south along the narrow pass.

In the old road of Gushuangkou, the wind surged, and even roared and pierced like muffled thunder. When Lux finally arrived at the mountain pass, she even suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.

"This is the old story of Gu Shuang!" Ashe looked at Lux's surprise and explained with a smile, "Anivia's Breath here becomes Anivia's roar. If you want to pass through this Therefore, you must be careful of the ice particles mixed in the storm.”

Lux nodded slightly.

She still understands this very well - many of Ino's spells have similar effects, and their lethality is indeed very powerful!

However, when Lux carefully prepared herself to face the oncoming ice and snow, Ashe's expression suddenly became serious.

The closer it got to Gushuangkou, the more resistant Jukar was pulling the sled. When the sled came to the outskirts of Gushuangkou and could enter the entrance of Gushuangkou just by turning a corner, Jukar simply stopped and let it go. No matter how hard Ai Xi drove it away, all four hooves remained motionless as if they had taken root.

At first, Ai Xi thought that Jukar was afraid of the sound of the roaring storm. After all, big animals like Jukar were timid, and Erniuk, who was not afraid of anything, was at the opposite end of the spectrum. He was frightened by the thunderous wind. It’s normal to be scared.

However, as Jukal began to tremble and even became incontinent, Ashe finally put away all her smiles.

"Something seems to be wrong." She jumped off the sled and took out a rope. After hesitating for a moment, she put down the rope and took out a whistle from her waist. "I haven't heard of Gu Shuangkou before. There is some dispute here, but now it seems... we may be in trouble. "

"Then let me go to the top of the mountain and have a look." Lux opened her light wings directly, "Will there be any battles here?"

"No, you can't go." Ai Xi grabbed her and shook her head gently, "Gushuangkou can be regarded as the edge of the lost people's activities. If those out-of-control guys come to Gushuangkou, you The flavor will be discovered quickly.”

"smell?"

"The nose of the lost is more sensitive than that of all beasts. Even if you are at the top, they can still find you." Ashe's expression was extremely serious, "It doesn't matter, I have a way."

As she spoke, she put the flute into her mouth, took a deep breath, and blew it suddenly.

The next moment, a weak but high-pitched and harsh sound sounded, and a similar response soon came from above the heads of Lux and Ashe.

Ashe changed the tone, and the flute sound became louder and louder; in the sky, the voice responding to her became clearer and clearer. Lux picked up the Hex telescope, and after searching carefully for a while, she finally saw it high in the sky. The birds of prey that answered Ashe's call.

The polar snow eagle is a special raptor domesticated by the Avarosan people.

It turns out that there are polar snow sculptures always on standby around Ashe!

"I thought I didn't need their help." Looking at the polar snow sculpture that first hovered in the air, then slowly landed, until it landed on his shoulders, Ashe skillfully used a knife to cut out the raw meat loaded on the sled. A few were fed to the polar snow eagle, "Let me introduce her. Her name is Bai Xue, and she is my partner."

Lux looked at the polar snow sculpture in front of her with some surprise.

I thought that I was the only one who had prepared the reserve force to escort (Iva) in the sky, but I never expected that Ashe also had a hand on his side!

Yes, the Avarosans are good at domesticating raptors to assist in combat and reconnaissance. As a war mother, Ashe should indeed have such a combat partner.

"I haven't introduced her to you before, mainly because the polar snow eagles can only move around Lakstaq. If we continue northward and pass through Gushuangkou and Ornkar, they will no longer follow." While Lux was in a daze, Ashe misunderstood her idea, "This road is generally not dangerous, so we don't need their help."

"Ah, I'm just a little surprised by how smart she is." Lux waved her hand, "I've heard that the Avarosa tribe is good at domesticating raptors a long time ago, but what I didn't expect is that you don't even need to Normally with her, I just use the whistle to call it... This is so surprising."

At this point, Lux was even a little modest. Not only had she heard about the Avarosan people's methods of domesticating raptors, but she also knew that the Northern Air Force's giant snowy owl scouts relied on the intelligence team's breeding technology. Stolen from Avarosa - the main reason why Lux was stunned was just as she explained, because she didn't expect that Ashe could get air support with just a whistle.

This is completely different from the situation of the Northern Air Force. Those big snowy owls are quite expensive to raise and very troublesome to mobilize. They are far less convenient than just blowing the whistle like Ashe.

"Because we have the same mind." Ai Xi's expression was somewhat serious when he mentioned this topic. "It is not easy to be recognized by the snow sculpture. The relationship between Bai Xue and I only went through a series of mutual exchanges and trials. , and finally we have the tacit understanding we have today.”

"Yes, that's what Quinn said." Lux narrowed her eyes, remembering an old friend, "Her partner is a blue rock falcon - a very big one that can catch her and fly."

"...There are no raptors this big in Freljord." After hearing what Lux said, Ashe first complained subconsciously, then seemed to feel that what she said was not accurate enough, and changed her statement, "If you have to say, only the snowy owls can grow this big, right?"

Lux blinked her eyes - did she know that the intelligence team had been secretly stealing the knowledge?

"But what's the use of those big snowy owls? Those guys are simply dung-making machines." Ashe had no idea how guilty Lux was at this time. While continuing to cut meat with a knife to feed the snow sculpture, she complained, "The tribe has tried to tame those more common and more friendly guys before, but unfortunately, they can't afford to raise them at all..."

Hearing what Ashe said, Lux's expression became more complicated in an instant.

So, the Freljord people can tame snowy owls more easily, but because snowy owls are too greedy and not as smart as snow sculptures, they finally chose the more difficult snow sculptures?

If that's the case, then taming snow owls is really the right choice for the Northern Air Force!

Just as Lux laughed, Ashe had almost finished feeding the snow sculpture. After swallowing a piece of meat, the pure white raptor stretched its wings with satisfaction, and finally couldn't help but use its curved beak to pick up Ashe's long hair.

"Okay, Bai Xue, stop making trouble." Ashe put down the knife and used a special bone comb to comb her feathers. The technique was quite similar to the way the dragon knight usually took care of the dragon's hair. "When you're full, go and help me check what's in Gu Shuang's mouth."

As she said that, she also sucked her lips in the direction of Gu Shuang's mouth.

However, after Ashe finally gave her order, the snow sculpture, which had just eaten its fill, showed a coquettish resistance - she pretended not to hear and continued to grab Ashe's hair until Ashe stretched out his fingers and flicked her head, and then the snow sculpture reluctantly spread its wings, circled and took off, heading towards the direction of Gu Shuangkou.

"Snow White is still a little girl." Ashe watched Snow White's figure merge into the clouds. "When I first saw her, she had just broken out of her shell and was all wet... Two years ago, her mother Storm disappeared in the storm, and Snow White learned to work. Until now, she is still so playful."

"I heard that snow sculptures can live over sixty years old." Lux's eyes also fell on the clouds, "How old is she this year?"

"Sixteen." Ashe's mouth corners slightly raised, "Almost seventeen - lend me your Hex telescope."

Under Ashe's gaze, Snow White hovered in the sky for a long time, and seemed to dive down several times, but finally held back.

Not long after, she fell back on Ashe's shoulder and cried in a low voice.

This was the first time Lux heard such an eagle cry.

Ashe seemed to understand Bai Xue's voice. She nodded while listening and continued to cut meat with a knife to feed her. After she was completely sure of Bai Xue's meaning, she lifted the hide covering the raw meat on the sled and let Bai Xue eat it by herself.

"There's trouble." Putting down the knife, Ashe's expression finally became completely serious. "Bai Xue told me that there are many lost people in Gu Shuangkou."

"A lot?"

"Exceeding her cognitive limit, at least more than a hundred." Ashe nodded, "With this number of lost people, it's no wonder that Yukal is so scared."

"You said you wanted to build a sled before." Lux was not scared by the number, and even had the mood to joke, "Now it seems that even if my driving skills are fine, I will overturn if I do what you say."

"No, that's different." Ashe shook his head gently, "If it's to escape, Yukal can still run very fast, but the problem now is that we have to take the initiative to go over, so That's why it's so scared. "

"So, as long as we get rid of those Lost Ones, Yukal will calm down, right?" Lux said with a relaxed look, "They know fear, so they should be able to distinguish whether they are living Lost Ones or dead Lost Ones, right?"

"Ah?" Lux's words made Ashe's eyes widen, and she could hardly believe her ears, "That's more than a hundred Lost Ones - not ten!"

"Yes, a hundred Lost Ones." Lux said with a relaxed expression, "To the east of the Valar Mountains, I seized a Lost One's totem - a hundred or eighty Lost Ones, that's about it."

Ashe opened her mouth wide, and the whistling wind poured into her mouth, almost making her cough on the spot.

The Totem of the Lost Ones, this thing is the most valued thing by the Lost Ones among the Lost Ones - if Lux really seized the Totem of the Lost Ones, then she might have killed more than a hundred messengers!

"This really shocked me. You never told me this." After coming back to her senses, Ashe cleared her dry throat and shook her head. "If that's the case, then we can be more direct... But before that, I need to remind you that there are differences among the Lost. The closer the messengers are to the Bearman Island, the more violent they are. They may even use some of the power of the Old Gods."

"Don't worry, one hundred Lost is far from my limit." Lux waved her hand lightly, "Besides, don't we still have you?"

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When Lux and Ashe tried to drive Yukal in the opposite direction, the big animal that seemed to be nailed to the ground before suddenly became extremely docile - Lux even saw some joy in its steps.

After shaking their heads helplessly, they found a relatively sheltered place and placed Yukal and the sled there.

And Bai Xue, who was still tearing the raw meat, stayed here as a guard to help control Yukal and the sled.

After nailing Yukal's reins to the rock wall, the fully armed Lux ​​and Ashe finally approached the entrance of the ancient frost pass carefully.

Then, before they turned the mountain pass and entered the ancient frost pass, a pungent smell of blood came to their faces, making Lux and Ashe's breathing stagnate.

"Your worry about me being discovered when I go to investigate seems to be over-concerned." Lux couldn't help rubbing the tip of her nose, "No matter how sensitive the Lost's nose is, I'm afraid he can't smell anything."

"It seems that the Lost is enjoying his prey." Ashe's face became visibly gloomy, "There have never been any beasts in Gushuangkou."

No beasts?

The source of the bloody smell is... people?

Realizing this, Lux's eyes suddenly widened-then, when she quickened her pace, bypassed the foot of the mountain and came to the entrance of the ancient road of Gushuangkou, and looked up, everything was just as Ashe said.

The source of this pungent bloody smell was the corpses lying all over the ground.

And the murderer who caused all this was... the Lost who was currently lying on the corpses and gnawing at them.

Lux clearly saw that the horns on the heads of these Lost Ones, which were made of twisted bones and decorations, crushed the abdominal cavities of corpses one after another. One after another, the Lost Ones were lying on the corpses, not eating, but simply enjoying the spoils of killing and destruction.

At this moment, anger rose from Lux's heart, almost swallowing her whole body. Although she had long known that the Lost Ones were no different from beasts, time and time again, the Lost Ones were still refreshing the bottom line of Lux's cognition.

Even if they were irrational beasts, they killed people for food, but these Lost Ones were slaughtering them just to show their brutality!

"Ashe, cover me." Lux's voice seemed to come from the Netherworld, and even made Ashe, her comrade-in-arms, shudder. "By the way, keep an eye on it for me... to see if there are any fish that slip through the net."

Kalya's Little Classroom: Snow Owl:

This large owl is very popular in the North, but in the Freljord, it is the representative of a glutton.