Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Chapter 865 [0862] Preparations Before Crossing the Sea

Voliber, who was on the Bearman Island, was preparing a trap to welcome the two guys who dared to blaspheme the majesty of the gods.

But unfortunately, his trap was destined not to catch the people he wanted - Lux and Ashe changed their direction and planned to cross the Frozen Sea elsewhere.

Although Lux was quite confident in her own power, this confidence did not swell into pride under the orders of Kalyal. She persuaded Ashe cautiously.

And with the change of route, Lux and Ashe needed to make more preparations.

First of all, because the journey across the sea was longer, the two needed to prepare more food and water, and they needed to take Yukal with them, so they needed a bigger boat than originally planned.

If Lux and Ashe crossed the sea to the Bearman Island, they only needed to prepare the simplest sheepskin raft - the inflated sheepskin was tied together with a wooden frame, and then a hull for carrying people and goods was assembled with wood and installed on it.

But if the landing point is chosen under the ice cliff of the Great Glacier, then this raft will not be enough to meet the needs. Lux and Ashe need a more reliable boat.

Moreover, since they need to bring Jukal, the boat must be deep enough to ensure that it will not capsize, and it must be loaded with enough grass for Jukal to eat. The more calculations are made, the larger the hull of the boat will be.

In the end, Ashe determined that they needed at least a boat that was more than 30 feet long and more than 10 feet wide, and to drive such a boat, they also needed to prepare simple sails.

There is no doubt that making such a boat is a big project for two people. Even if Lux can use light cutting technology to easily cut logs into wood, under normal circumstances, wood needs to be dried in the shade to build a boat, and a boat cut and made on the spot is prone to leak quickly.

For this problem, Ashe has "Freljord technology" to make up for it.

"Just wrap the hull with birch bark and oak glue to glue the rock sheepskin." When Lux asked her how to process the wood, Ashe's answer was that no additional processing was needed, "add a layer of Kronge, so that even if there are gaps in the hull, there is no need to worry about leaks."

"Spliced ​​rock sheepskin...even as a pressure-bearing material for the bottom of the ship, won't it break?" Lux was quite curious, "And what is Kronge? This seems to be different from the shipbuilding industry I know."

"Because the water in the Ice Sea is different from what you have seen in the past." Ashe obviously knows a lot about this issue, "The water in the Ice Sea is colder than ice, but it will not freeze. On the Ice Sea, birch bark and oak glue will be completely bonded together, stronger than iron."

Sea water colder than ice?

At first, Lux didn't understand this sentence, but when they turned west and arrived at the coast of the Ice Sea under Ashe's guidance, she finally understood what "sea water colder than ice" meant.

It is no exaggeration to say that washing your hands with the seawater of the Sea of ​​Ice and then grabbing ice cubes is like holding a charcoal fire!

Even Lux, without using elemental magic to protect her arms, will suffer from slight frostbite and even cracked skin if she touches this seawater!

"Is this really water?" After retracting her hand, Lux looked at the blue ocean again, her eyes seemed to be looking at a blue hell, "Unbelievable... I dare say that those big ships in Bilgewater may not be able to sail on this sea at all!"

"It is difficult for foreign things to gain a foothold in Freljord. Only the environment of Freljord can breed the unyielding Freljord people!" Although her personality is relatively calm, Ashe is also proud of the tenacity of the Freljord people. "The Sea of ​​Ice will only freeze briefly during the coldest time of the year. Otherwise, no matter how fierce the Breath of Anivia is, it will keep flowing."

Lux nodded.

"Many people say that True Ice is the frozen seawater of the Sea of ​​Ice." Ashe led Yukal and Lux ​​along the coast, "But you should know that this kind of cold is far from True Ice."

"You will really get hurt if you touch True Ice."

"But the seawater of the Sea of ​​Ice will not." Ashe smiled, "So you don't have to worry too much - I promise that the raft is absolutely safe and reliable."

Lux smacked her lips, and just as she was about to ask about the birch bark and oak glue in detail, Ashe suddenly took off her longbow and quickened her pace.

"Aha, I finally found you!" She lowered her voice and motioned Lux ​​to slow down her pace, "Come here, be gentle - it's not easy to find a Grufin at this time."

Grufin is the Freljordan name for ice worms.

In spring, ice worms, like most animals, will enter the breeding season. These guys who usually like to catch prey in the shallow sea need to return to the deep sea to complete the task of passing on their family line.

Therefore, there are very few ice worms on the coast in spring. The ice worms that are still in the shallow sea at this time are either sub-adult individuals or too old to reproduce and dying.

And what Ashe found was an old guy.

"Grufin's skin is Krong." When Lux came to Ashe carefully, Ashe whispered, "You should have seen these guys?"

"We call it ice worms." Lux nodded, "Use its skin to wrap and live outside?"

"Yes, Krong is hard and tough. There is no problem except that it is difficult to process." Ashe nodded gently, "But my True Ice Dagger plus your magic is enough."

Lux suddenly realized.

"Also, although Grufen's meat looks a little too dark in color, it is actually quite good and can be eaten raw." Ashe smiled, "It's sweet!"

Old ice worms are not easy to deal with. This kind of top predator in the shallow sea has always been more dangerous as it ages. Age has given them more experience and allowed them to manage their nests very well. They usually dig dark areas as special waterways after eating, creating whirlpools and undercurrents near the nest.

Any prey will be attracted by the undercurrent as long as it approaches the nest. Even if it escapes at the first time, it will take a lot of effort. At that time, the ice worm can wait and easily take down the prey.

But this time, when this unlucky ice worm poked out of the nest and wanted to find an unlucky guy to fill his stomach, it unfortunately became that unlucky guy.

With Lux and Ashe working together, not to mention the ice worm, even its close relative, the soul-eating sea worm, could not get any advantage in the shallow sea.

The moment before, the ice worm proudly poked its head out to intimidate its prey, and Yukal, who was not far away, trembled and lost control of his bladder.

The next moment, before Yukal could finish defecating, the aggressive ice worm was shot in the head with three arrows and beheaded with a sword.

Yukal almost sat back.

Although it had seen Lux and Ashe hunting before, it was just hunting wild Yukal or Enuk, at most with some cunning ice mountain sheep and direwolves with ministerial eyes.

This was the first time Yukal saw them hunting prey of the level of ice worms, and it was so understated.

Yukal's intelligence was not enough for it to fully understand the power of these two humans, but from the way it flexibly sifted out a lot of grass seeds and piled them up flatteringly when it was eating that day, it seemed to have a new recognition of the identities of Lux and Ashe.

"Will Yukal do this kind of thing?" Looking at the grass seeds piled in front of her, which were covered with Yukal's saliva, Lux didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I really didn't realize that they have this habit."

"This is a good thing. Although Yukal is not very courageous, as long as they identify a leader, they will become very obedient - the kind that won't blink even if they rush down the cliff." Ashe looked at the grass seeds, then smiled and touched a tuft of hair on Yukal's head, "But it's not easy to let it identify a leader. This Yukal may be a smart guy!"

"So, do we have to accept its loyalty?" Lux looked at the handful of grass seeds next to her, "These things?"

"Just burn them later." Ashe nodded, "Anyway, you can't give it to it, that means rejection. If you refuse, it will sneak away."

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After making a fire, Lux finally understood why Ashe said that the meat of the ice worm is sweet.

This kind of ice worm meat, which looks dark red and seems to have blood clots, actually feels a little crunchy when eaten. When the granular substances wrapped in the muscle fibers are chewed, a fresh sweetness instantly spreads.

Even Lux, who has never liked to eat raw food, couldn't help but widen her eyes at this time - not the "fresh sweetness" to describe the deliciousness, but the real sweetness that is like honey but clearer and not greasy!

"It tastes good, right?" Seeing the surprise on Lux's face, Ashe smiled and said, "However, only the ice worms around the Frost Sea have this taste - in Frost Harbor, the ice worms taste very fishy."

"Different things will always be different in different places."

Ashe nodded when she heard it, because in her impression, Walrus Tusk never eats ice worm meat, and when the Avarosa tribe held the trial before, the ice worm meat was also abandoned.

It turned out that it was because the species of the Frost Sea were different!

Thinking of this, Lux lifted a piece of meat and observed it carefully - she even used a strong light to illuminate the meat, and under the strong light, she finally saw the "blood congestion" in the sea worm meat.

The sugar particles felt by the tongue were not an illusion, and there were indeed such tiny particles inside the muscle fibers of the ice worm meat!

At this moment, Lux suddenly remembered the parasites that Karya had told her about.

Wait, this thing could not be...

Lux, with a slight chill in her heart, looked curious on the surface. While observing these sugar particles, she manipulated the slender beam of light and cut open one.

There was no pulp, and it seemed that its interior was all crystals, not parasites.

Hmm, wait, why do I suddenly feel that this crystal is so familiar?

Blinking, Lux began to carefully recall similar crystals she had seen, and then she finally remembered that Karya had mentioned the phenomenon of crystallization in the body when talking about magic supplements in the black market of Uzeris.

According to Karya, many animals in extreme environments have the ability to create elemental crystals in their bodies to adapt to the local extreme elemental environment. Some organs in their bodies are enriched with crystallized elements, and these parts have always been regarded as tonic by the Shurimans.

Could it be the same for ice worms?

Lux, with a slight thought in her mind, simply released a de-crystallization magic on the piece of meat in her hand.

Under the strong light, the particles dissipated visibly with the naked eye.

Then when Lux put it into her mouth, the sweet taste completely disappeared, replaced by a fishy smell that was hard to swallow.

Sure enough!

It was the overly cold water in the Sea of ​​Ice that caused the ice worms to spontaneously form sweet elemental crystals to fight against the extremely harsh environment.

Speaking of which, the taste of this crystal is really good. I might have the opportunity to study its elemental composition in the future - although elemental synthetic crystals cannot be used as a substitute for sugar, they can at least be used as a high-end product!

Thinking of this in her heart, Lux turned around and spit out the piece of meat. After a long breath, she finally ate it again.

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After a meal of ice worm meat, Ashe and Lux ​​found a cave to rest for a night. The next day, they climbed up the nearby hills and began to look for usable wood.

In the boreal coniferous forest, Ashe turned around and carefully observed for most of the day, and then initially selected three pine trees - Lux didn't know the specific species, which was completely different from those in the Dragon Ridge Mountains.

After arranging the task of chopping trees and cutting wood for Lux, Ashe returned to the cave from yesterday and began to process the skin of the ice worm.

After a night of dehydration, the surface of the ice worm skin has dried up and has obviously shrunk, which is a good time to peel it.

Although it has been a long time since she did this kind of work, when Ashe picked up the True Ice Knife, accurately cut into the third section of the ice worm spine, and easily prepared a circular incision, her movements quickly became proficient.

When Lux returned to the cave at noon with a pile of slightly charred wooden boards, Ashe had preliminarily completed the skinning work. The huge ice worm had turned into a pile of divided and packaged meat pieces and a tightly tied leather bag.

"Very good, the outermost layer of Krong is ready. Next, just catch a few ice rock sheep and find a birch forest!"

However, looking at the giant leather bag on the ground, Lux couldn't help shaking her head.

A few ice rock sheep?

Look at this posture, at least twenty!

Karya's small class: birch bark and oak glue:

At room temperature, birch bark and oak glue can stick together like glue sticking paper, but at extremely low temperatures, this connection relationship will change from "adhesion" to "welding".

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