Chapter 818: Chapter 484: Glacier (Part 2)
After the black-robed wizard spoke, the remaining sorcerers spoke one after another, mostly choosing their original defense lines.
Booster and Gard did not make a decision immediately. Their understanding of the Extreme North was mostly established in this short half-day, clearly not enough compared to other sorcerers.
Therefore, they must be even more cautious when choosing.
However, after studying for a while, they were surprised to find that the front of the defense line they were responsible for was marked as a high-risk area!
By this time, almost all other sorcerers had chosen their respective areas.
Most were located in front of their current defense lines.
Booster and Gard finally understood.
Everything had been arranged long ago!
"No wonder the defense line I am responsible for is arranged with so many witchcraft traps... It turns out that it was originally a high-risk area frequently harassed by the Divine!"
Gard murmured in his heart. When he was assigned here, he already knew this, but recalling it now, he discovered a deeper meaning...
He glanced at the rest of the sorcerers in the room, whose expressions remained unchanged, and clenched his fist slightly.
Booster glanced at him, looked at the map projection, and finally spoke calmly:
"I will choose the original defense line, same as Gard."
The sorcerers present did not have much reaction. Lentria glanced at them and continued with the meeting.
"Next, let’s discuss the task details and cooperation at that time..."
...
Elsewhere, Colin had already penetrated behind the battle line, not far from the Ancient North Village.
It was snowing here, with feathers of snow falling continuously, cloaking the world in a layer of hazy filter that obscured vision.
The snowfall actually affects the use of the Hidden Crystal.
Although the concealment effect of the Hidden Crystal is powerful, it cannot completely eliminate traces of Colin’s contact with the outside world.
Therefore, Colin did not fly fast, his gaze always alert to the surroundings.
However, it had been more than an hour since he crossed the defense line, and he had not encountered any unusual situations.
Not a hint of Divine Believers’ presence, nor any trace of their activities was seen.
Of course, this could also be because of the Divine Believers actively clearing traces, coupled with the perennial snow of the Extreme North, leaving little to be seen.
After a while, Colin passed by the Ancient North Village.
This village located at the foot of a unique ice mountain was very conspicuous, and it helped him locate the coordinates of that glacier.
Using the positions of the glacier and the Ancient North Village, Colin confirmed the direction to proceed.
But before leaving, he slowly climbed to a high altitude and carefully glanced at the distant Ancient North Village.
Although he was prepared inwardly, seeing the current scene of the Ancient North Village still stirred his heart.
This originally orderly human village with neatly arranged circular ice houses has now been occupied by Divine Believers!
No corpses, no signs of battle, all ice houses intact.
But those on guard outside the Ancient North Village had clearly changed from ordinary villagers to Divine Believers!
Colin silently withdrew his gaze.
Although he did not see the group of ordinary villagers from the Ancient North Village, their end was obvious...
He was powerless to help them, as he had more important tasks to attend to.
Colin paused for a moment, observing the Divine Believers in the Ancient North Village carefully.
With the obstacle of ice houses, he couldn’t gather much information, but based on the current scene, this place wasn’t occupied by a large force of Divine Believers.
The Ancient North Village wasn’t large; if the Divine Believers hadn’t opened new and hidden dwellings, there would at most be a thousand Divine Believers here.
This clearly wasn’t the main force of Divine Believers.
These people... seemed more like they were guarding?
Colin speculated uncertainly after a moment of contemplation.
Not delaying further, he took one last look at the Ancient North Village and continued flying toward the Eye of Blizzard.
The journey that followed was equally smooth.
Following the path in his memory, Colin crossed the ice field, scaled the ice mountain, and finally reached a massive arc-shaped ’Gray-White Barrier’.
Under the dark sky, the Gray-White Barrier formed by the blizzard seemed still, covering the sky, silently blocking all vision.
Even in front of it, its circular nature couldn’t be detected; only a seemingly endless massive barrier could be seen.
Compared to many years ago when he came here, this Blizzard Wall now appeared more magnificent.
Colin stopped here.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue, but rather that he couldn’t proceed.
A large number of Divine Believers camped outside the Blizzard Wall, their numbers forming a tight defense line.
Furthermore, Colin could detect subtle Divine Power fluctuations on the ground, in the air, and even within the Blizzard Wall.
Clearly, the Eye of Blizzard ahead was covered by the Divine Believers like an impenetrable net.
Colin furrowed his brow deeply, a tinge of annoyance flashed across his face.
This was the worst-case scenario.
Unexpectedly, the Divine Believers were entrenched here!
He glanced at Shelley by his side.
The aura of this snow-haired Witch was weakening visibly, much more than at the start.
Even the frosted tips of her hair had partly disappeared!
The hair not covered by frost was shriveling rapidly, becoming dry and black before eventually turning to gray-white powder.
"There’s no time to delay." Colin took a deep breath, caressed the Hidden Crystal given by Booster, and made a decision. "We can only try to sneak in quietly..."
Colin moved forward, his body taut, ready for battle at any time.
Under the effect of the Hidden Crystal, he approached invisibly.
Within moments, he was less than a hundred meters from the Divine Believers.
The two nearest Divine Believers should be only priests based on their Divine Emblems. They were sternly watching in Colin’s direction.
But upon closer inspection, their focus was not on Colin, clearly not having noticed him.
This made Colin breathe a sigh of relief.
Swish!
Suddenly, a stream of light flew out from behind the two priests!
No, not just one!
Two, three... countless streams flew out, all heading toward Colin!
"Damn!" Colin’s expression changed dramatically. He halted and began to prep an attack.
"By our master’s command, the sorcerers have launched a full attack. Prepare, we now go to meet them!"
But the next moment, a voice interrupted his action.
The streams stopped after passing the defense line, revealing a group of bishops who were issuing orders to the Divine Believers below.
’A false alarm...’ Colin realized, exhaling lightly.
He then watched these preparing believers, his eyes suddenly brightening.