I originally thought that the group of goblins and ogres I encountered during this exploration would be the strongest enemy, but I never expected that this world would give me another big "surprise".

When the terrifying roar faded, I slowly stood up from the ground. At this time, Diana dispelled the "Air Shield" magic and hurriedly used the detection magic again, and the target must be the giant ice block ahead.

It was a frozen cave. The power of the magic just now was really terrifying. At this time, the light of the magic in the distance had not dissipated. I came to the edge of the high platform and looked at the battlefield below, and then I suddenly felt a little tingling on my scalp.

numb.

The red ice on the battlefield below was almost half a meter thick, and there were many incomplete broken limbs and broken arms and a small number of half-body remains standing on it. The scene looked very bloody, but it was

There was almost no smell of blood. I curiously took out my binoculars and looked below. I found that the broken ice mixed with various kinds of flesh and blood showed no sign of melting at all. The cold air emitted by these thinly broken ice blocks was still

It was so terrifying. Through the telescope, I saw with my own eyes a freshly broken goblin corpse that fell to the ground and was instantly frozen again before a few drops of blood spurted out. This was enough to know how high the temperature below was.

Standing on a high place and overlooking the entire battlefield, there are many goblins on both sides outside the path of magic that were lucky enough not to be caught in the ice. However, although they were not directly hit by magic, they were unfortunately also hit by magic.

The aftermath of the outbreak was felt. These unlucky Goblins all suffered from varying degrees of frostbite. Even some Goblins closer to the central battlefield had half of their bodies frozen or had their limbs broken off.

, it seems that they are probably in a state of half-death. Even if these goblins are lucky enough to survive frostbite, they will die from various pathological changes caused by necrosis of body tissue. If that time comes, I am afraid they will be in a state worse than death.

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At this time, the light in this underground space began to dim a lot. I looked up at the big ice mass at the entrance of the cave. In just a minute or two, it actually grew several times larger. It was like an iceberg.

It was attached to the entrance of the cave over there, and some outlines of the cave behind the ice can still be seen, and there are a lot of goblins that were directly frozen into the ice near the cave, and there were even

If you look carefully, you can see that there is an ogre that has not escaped and is frozen inside the cave entrance.

I don't know how far this magic can freeze the ice, but I think it is no longer a wise choice to stay here because the temperature in this space is so low that my fingers feel a little stiff.

Moreover, no one was wearing any warm clothing, especially the palms of the archers behind me had begun to show obvious redness and swelling. If we did not retreat, we would probably suffer non-combat attrition.

I followed the crossbowmen who were in good condition to gather all the personnel on the position, and those workers had already collected a large number of arrows. As for the others, there was no need to continue to collect them. For now, the priority was to retreat.

, As for the magic just now, I am too lazy to think about it anymore, because that magic must not have been in Diana's previous plan, and this sudden change is probably directly related to the roar just now, but the same problem is also

It can only be left to be discussed later.

After all of us packed up our things, Diana just ended her detection magic. She stared in the direction of the cave entrance alertly for a while and then turned to look at us who were ready to evacuate. At first, she seemed surprised by our actions.

But she suddenly noticed the heat coming out of her breath, and then understood our intention.

"Are there any wounded?" Diana asked, looking at the two archers being moved by others.

"Well, these two guys only wore a thin layer of linen clothes, so their knees were instantly frostbitten and need treatment." I rubbed my itchy fingers and said.

"What about you? Are you injured?"

"It's okay, it's just a bit cold. Let's go quickly." I reached out and took Diana's hand. Surprisingly, her palm was very warm, as if her body was not affected by the low temperature at all.

But at this moment, I didn't have time to explore the reason, so I hugged her body and followed the archers to withdraw from the high platform. Before I came down, I noticed something strange on Avrola and the others. I don't know what it was.

The reason was that I saw several magicians holding up magic wands trying to walk towards the battlefield ahead.

"What are they doing?!" I pointed at the magicians and asked Diana in surprise.

"I don't know either... Just ask Eve, use the intercom..." Diana suddenly paused in the middle of speaking, then she reached out and touched her bag and suddenly said with an apologetic look: "

Sorry... I just forgot to return the walkie-talkie to her..." Diana said and took out the walkie-talkie from her bag.

"In that case, let them retreat first and let's go there together." I pointed to the crossbowmen who had stopped and were waiting for us.

"Can't you retreat together?"

"Ruby is still over there. She's more afraid of the cold than me..."

"Oh well."

Diana gave them a few simple instructions and then used magic to light the torches for them. Then we left the team and ran towards Aurora. Since the light in the space has now completely returned to normal, it has become very dark.

So I took out a flashlight for illumination. The PKP I was carrying and the AK-74M that had run out of ammunition were originally intended to be given to Diana for her to help put away, but considering that she said that magic would be used every time,

It consumed a lot of magic power, so I resisted and continued to carry it on my body, while Diana slowly followed me and used her beautiful long bow to shoot the remaining goblins in the darkness.

Our advance was a bit slow, but we still reached the team on Avrola's side safely. When I just helped the knights on the protective side enter the position, I discovered that the place was actually ready for evacuation, and a large number of wounded people were there.

They had been carried on a stretcher to the back of the team, waiting for cover from the soldiers. The person in charge of commanding the retreat was Marco, who was leading the two knights to direct the workers to carry the remaining wounded.

Our goal now is to find Ruby, but we walked back and forth in the position twice without finding her figure. I couldn't help but start to get a little nervous, and I was very worried that Ruby would be injured, so I lay on the stretcher to avoid it.

I saw that, so I started to pay attention to the wounded on the stretchers during the third search.

Most of the wounded who were carried on stretchers were the first soldiers who came in with Aurora and the others. Their injuries were all sword wounds caused by goblins, and they all received emergency assistance in time after being injured, so their injuries were serious.

It's not too serious. It can be restored to normal as long as it is brought back to the team and given a complete treatment. But unfortunately, there are still many casualties. At least I encountered two transports while searching for Ruby.

A stretcher for corpses. If I count correctly, almost 11 people, 10 soldiers and 1 knight died in this battle, and judging from the scars on the knight's body, he should have been killed by a heavy blow from an ogre.

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I don’t know that knight, and he was wearing a helmet, which made it impossible for me to know his identity, but judging from the fact that he didn’t let go of the sword and shield in his hands until he died, he definitely died a heroic death, and the broken long

The sword and broken shield, as well as the dented armor that was still dripping with blood, were enough to show the fierce battle he went through before he was sacrificed.

I stood silently not far away and looked at the corpses of the soldiers and couldn't help but stand in awe. Their condition was very different from that of this knight, but most of them died under the cold arrows of the goblins, because they

The corpses were all still embedded with crude arrows made by goblins.

It’s really hard to describe this feeling. Seeing dead bodies is actually not a bad thing for me. After all, so many people died in my hands that I can’t even remember them. Just the number in my impression.

To put it bluntly, it has almost reached three digits or more. If you include some special battles, it may be close to four digits, so I have always been numb to the death of others. But now my overall mood has changed.

It's very complicated. When I first came to this world not long ago, I always felt that these soldiers and knights were indifferent, but now when they are killed in battle, I actually feel a little sad.

Just as I was staring at the corpses in a daze, suddenly Diana patted my shoulder from behind.

"What's wrong?"

I was slightly frightened to a certain extent, and then quickly returned to normal. I thought about what just happened in my mind and briefly explained it to Diana. Diana was also stunned after hearing this, but I

No useful information could be read from her expression, and this was the first time since we met.

Diana was silent for a while, then looked at the group of corpses being carried away and held my hand tightly.

"Perhaps... it's because the position has changed. This group of people has changed from insignificant existence to comrades fighting alongside you... so..."

"It's not that simple." I interrupted her and then pulled her away.

"Sorry, I'm too talkative." After walking for a while, Diana behind her said quietly.

I suddenly stopped, then turned around and hugged Diana.

"You're right... maybe it's just as you said, but I need some time to calm down."

We hugged each other in silence, and then I let go of my arms and looked directly at Diana's face.

The swaying firelight around her flickered on and off her face, and the hazy light made the atmosphere at this moment a bit ambiguous. At this moment, I inadvertently thought of the night we met.

For some reason, I subconsciously put my face in front of hers, and she cooperated and leaned forward slightly.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

An inappropriate voice came from behind me, and the delicate atmosphere just now was completely destroyed.

Diana blushed and turned away, while I turned around angrily and looked at the culprit who ruined the atmosphere.

"If you had come a minute later... no, if you had come 10 seconds late, I might have pretended that nothing had happened." I pulled out the Glock 37 on my leg and pointed it at Aurora.

"What do you want to do? Kill someone and silence them?" Aurora asked, pretending to be panicked.

"What do you think?" I still pointed the gun at her angrily.

"Stop making trouble, others are watching..." Diana hid behind me and tugged on my collar and said quietly.

Only then did I notice that many people around me stopped and looked towards us. Although I didn't care about other people's eyes, I didn't like being watched either, so I simply turned around and planned to pull Diana away.

"Hey, don't go, you don't want the child?" As soon as we took a step out, we heard Aurora's provocative question behind us.

At this time, Diana and I looked back at the same time and saw that she was holding something vague in her hand. Due to the dim light, I had never noticed the thing in her hand before, but even now I still can't understand it.

What exactly is this thing?

"Ruby?" Diana seemed to notice, and then hurried over.

When I followed her to Aurora, I could barely see clearly, but I suddenly felt very funny. What Aurora was holding was a roll of camping blanket, and wrapped in the blanket was the inexplicable pout.

Cheeky Ruby.

I reached out and pulled up the blanket covering her head, but she quickly pulled it down, and then she continued to peek at us quietly from the gaps in the blanket.

"Ruby...are you preparing to hibernate?" I asked with an awkward smile and poked the blanket.

Ruby didn't reply, she just resisted fiercely when I poked her with my finger and then snorted at me. Seeing her in this state, I couldn't help but look curiously at Aurora, whose hands were a little unsteady.

, she shook her head at me and then handed Ruby to me.

"Don't ask me, I don't know anything. Anyway, she was already like this when I just found her." Aurora said as she moved her sore arms.

"It's okay, she's just afraid of the cold." Diana quickly took Ruby from my arms and said.

"Afraid of the cold? That's not the case, is it?" I pulled Aurora over, and then took the opportunity to quietly pinch her butt hard in retaliation for her behavior that just ruined the atmosphere.

But this bastard didn't scream as expected. Instead, he quickly reached out and touched my wrist and started to discharge electricity.

"Don't forget, she is an elf, so she is very affected by magic..." Diana hugged Ruby and turned to look at the two of us, and then said angrily: "I'm taking her out of here first, please wait.
To be continued...