It must be said that with the elves leading the way, the rest of the journey became much easier for Fang Zheng and the others.
The most important point is that they have a new means of transportation.
Because of the overcrowding, and the fact that everyone except the astrologer sister refused to ride Fang Zheng's planetary landing vehicle, the elves found a new mount for them, which was - goats!
Different from the goats raised in the ranch, these goats that grew up in the Forest of Life were taller than ordinary war horses and quite docile. Under the guidance of the elves, these goats could easily carry people and jump across mountain streams, which saved Fang Zheng and others the trouble of climbing mountains.
"As long as we continue to move forward along this road, we will reach the mouth of the Ice and Snow Peak in half a day. From there we need to go through the cave and then deal with those dwarves. As long as we can get the dwarves' consent and pass through the Ice and Snow Gate, we can reach the top of the Ice and Snow Peak."
Walking beside the crowd, Jasmine explained to them with a smile on her face. At this moment, she no longer looked desperate and painful. Instead, she was full of the vitality that only elves have, and she looked more cheerful.
"I never expected that you are so amazing, Mr. Fang Zheng..."
Looking at the elf girl running and jumping in front of her, Fina couldn't help but sigh, and then she looked at Fang Zheng curiously.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, how did you do it? I have seen some victims rescued from goblin and orc nests. They were completely unable to respond, so that those poor girls could only go to the monastery to serve the gods to calm their hearts. Some of them even never left there for the rest of their lives. But you restored them to normal in such a short time..."
"Well... well, I have my own way..."
Hearing Fina's question, Fang Zheng couldn't help but curl his lips. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He couldn't say that he was "fighting poison with poison". To be honest, Fang Zheng was a little regretful now. Because from the eyes of this elf girl, he could feel a very familiar look. That was the look she often showed when he and his girlfriend were dating before his rebirth... For Jasmine, the experience with him before was too wonderful. Now it seems that she is addicted?
"May I ask what the method is? If it can be promoted in the temple, I think it should be able to save more people..."
“No, this…”
Faced with Fina's aggressive questioning, Fang Zheng didn't know what to say for a moment. But fortunately, perhaps the goddess was blessing him in the dark, at this moment, suddenly, the goat that was moving forward stopped, and Jasmine also quickly stopped, lowered her body, and stared at the ground carefully.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Realizing the situation ahead, Fang Zheng quickly wiped a cold sweat from his heart, then he jumped off the goat, walked to Jasmine and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, Mr. Founder."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Jasmine nodded, then she stretched out her hand and pointed forward - there, another pair of huge footprints went up the hillside and disappeared in the complicated rubble.
"That is..."
"Those are the footprints of a frost giant. But that's strange. Generally speaking, frost giants rarely come to such a far place."
"Don't they say that frost giants also live on top of the ice and snow?"
At this time, several other people also came to Jasmine's side. Hearing what the elf girl said, Hellion asked curiously.
"Then it's not surprising that they appear here."
“This is different.”
In response to Hellion's question, Jasmine shook her head.
"The reason why the Frost Giants are called Frost Giants is because they prefer cold places. The climate here is quite comfortable for us elves and humans, but it is already quite hot for Frost Giants. Not to mention, the entrances and exits here are controlled by the dwarves. If the ordinary Frost Giants rashly go down the mountain, they will be cut off by those bearded men. Although the Frost Giants don't have much brains, they won't seek their own death."
"Could it be that he left the tribe and came out alone?"
"It's not impossible..."
Hearing what Fina and Jasmine were saying, Fang Zheng raised his head and glanced at Nymph beside him, and Nymph shook her head.
"Nothing was found around, Master."
"I see."
After getting the answer from Nymph, Fang Zheng nodded, then he looked at the others.
"Alright, although we don't know where this footprint came from, it seems that we have to be more careful next time. Everyone should strengthen their defense to avoid accidents. Miss Jasmine and Miss Katie, you don't need to continue to be the vanguard. Come back to us and be ready for battle at any time. As for the reconnaissance, leave it to Nymph."
"Okay, Mr. Founder."
"clear."
After receiving Fang Zheng's order, the elf girl nodded, then took out a longbow from behind her and looked around vigilantly. Beside her, Katie's voice was heard in the empty air, and then Fang Zheng could feel Katie's breath passing by everyone silently like a ghost - it seems that Katie's stealth skills have improved a lot in the past few days in the elf village.
but……
"Frost Giants... Goblins..."
While muttering to himself, Fang Zheng seemed to have thought of something and looked at the elf girl beside him again.
"Jasmine, is it usually like this here...are there monsters running around everywhere?"
"This...is not the case, Mr. Fang Zheng."
Jasmine was not stupid. She understood the hidden meaning behind Fang Zheng's words in an instant. Recalling her experience that day, the elf girl's expression became a little stiff, but soon returned to normal.
"The Forest of Life is usually very peaceful, but it's really strange... the animals that used to live here seem to have disappeared along this stretch of road... Although it's the time for them to leave their nests and look for food, it's not like there's no movement at all."
Although it was a bit strange, everyone continued to move forward cautiously. However, as they moved forward, the situation became more and more beyond everyone's expectations. Because on the next mountain road, they not only saw the footprints of frost giants, but also the footprints of goblins, goblins and gnolls. It can be said that almost all the monster tribes with names in this mountain area have come out in full force.
"What on earth is going on?"
At this moment, Jasmine also felt that something was not right. It was as if all the monsters in the Snow Peak Mountains were rioting. Were they planning to form six major sects to besiege Bright Summit?
"Oh no, maybe something happened to those bearded men!"
Although the relationship between elves and dwarves is not very good, the two races are more like "bad friends". It is common for them to quarrel on weekdays, but if they face an evil attack, the two sides will still have some communication with each other. Logically speaking, if the dwarves were attacked by so many monsters, they would at least give the elves some signals!
But why is there no response at all?
"We have to get to the Boulder Tunnel immediately! There's a good chance something is wrong there!"
Led by Jasmine, everyone quickened their pace and continued to run forward along the mountain path. However, the further they advanced, the worse Fang Zheng felt, because along the way, Nymph responded to him that there was no sign of life around, which meant... the situation was obviously not normal.
As expected, just as Fang Zheng had expected, when they arrived at the boulder tunnel under the guidance of Jasmine, the scene before them shocked everyone.