Chapter 62:

The four adventurers stopped and looked at the river that cut the forest ahead.
Early in winter in the north, the river is already freezing. Hey Pine didn’t let go of every opportunity to reflect his own culture, and hurriedly pointed to the ice surface and said,
We can’t walk directly over! Now the ice surface is not strong enough to bear the weight of the human body. This can be seen by observing the ice texture. judgment……"
Rose Green sneered: "You still need to talk about it? We already knew it."
"That's right. You have lived in the mountains all your life like a savage. You must be experienced in this area."
"Then how did you learn the experience of survival in the wild? Did it rely on getting lost and falling into the water again and again?"
Augilia waved her hand irritably to stop the quarrel between the one red and the black two naive ghosts: "You are endless? Isn't it just a river? Is there anything to argue about? Everyone is a person who can cast spells, try to fly Isn’t it enough for the past?"
Siegfried didn't say a word, and only talked to Augilia in consciousness: "Are you sure? Should we cross the river?"
"You must cross the river," Augilia replied silently, "you should have felt it, too. The breath of Odette is just ahead."
"After the Khiva River, the northern frost plain without any jurisdiction..."
"Are you worried about the Frost Plains barbarians? Or are you worried about the magic trap left by Yylil?"
"No, I...I can't tell what I'm worried about..." Siegfried said, "I just don't think something is right. You think, we felt Odette for the first time near Fecisit, and then Slowly follow her breath, walk from the gem forest to the riverside... Think about it..."
Augilia also realized: "I understand! You are right! We can feel Odette, then he should be able to feel us too! If he stays in the Frostfield without moving, then we cannot be there. Fessit felt him, the distance was too far! He was also moving, and he deliberately maintained a distance from us..."
"It's weird," Siegfried walked to the river and observed the woods on the opposite side. "Could it be that she hasn't remembered the memory of the past, so she can't recognize us?"
Augilia said: "It's possible. It's also possible that he is looking for something very important, so he can't stop to find us."
"Or... she wants us to follow her?"
After communication, the two looked at each other and nodded to each other.
The four floated in their own way and slowly flew over the Shiva River. The forest on the Hebei bank is more lush and dark, and the temperature is much lower than that on the south bank. Augilia and Siegfried are not afraid of the cold. Warlock Rossi can manipulate the elements to keep himself warm. Only the black pine must rely on cotton coats and fur cloaks.
After arriving at the North Shore, the bickering Rose and Black Pine became quiet and well-behaved. The forest seems to be filled with invisible coercion, making people awe from the bottom of their hearts.
Rosie Green pulled on the cloak of Lasig Fei: "It's not normal here..."
"What's the matter?" Siegfried asked.
"There are all kinds of alien elements floating here, mixed with the existing elements in our world, like a bowl of salad that is evenly stirred. This is not in line with common sense."
"What do you think is abnormal?"
"Under normal circumstances, the elements will not blend together naturally. Either fire evaporates water, or water extinguishes the fire. Purgatory and God's realm repel, and the undead and light cannot coexist... If the elements of different worlds are piled together, they It will not merge naturally. We were like this when we were in the Lunar Mountains. The purgatory element on you floats in the entire mountain forest, very abrupt and powerful, just like oil and water are incompatible.
"But it's different here... There are many magical fluctuations here, there are magic remnants from a long time ago, there are breaths left by alien creatures, there are incomplete magical veins, there are gods, purgatory, undead and other powers... Of course. , There are normal common elements.
"I can feel everything, but can't catch any of them, because they are'combed' very evenly, very orderly, showing an abnormal fusion state. This state does not conform to the rules of the elements, only It could be man-made. What kind of people...or what kind of creatures can do this?"
Siegfried knows the answer vaguely-it is probably Odette Gan.
"Is there any harm in this state?" Siegfried asked.
Rossi said: "There is no harm to the human body, only good. We will become very comfortable and will not be harmed by any of these alien elements. But it is not necessarily a good thing for the caster, for example, if the forest There are dangerous alien creatures, someone evokes a large-scale undead, the sudden appearance or disappearance of magical veins... we can’t detect it. Whether it is remote monitoring or personal inspection, it is difficult to detect, because As soon as the magic wave appeared, it was'sorted out'."
Siegfried frowned and imagined, and Rosette added and explained: "You imagine a lake. It doesn't matter if you throw things in it, or go swimming, or the crocodile in the lake comes ashore... These behaviors will cause ripples and even spray. Right? If this lake is always smooth as a mirror, even if you hit a meteorite in it, there will be no waves. Is this normal?"
Siegfried looked at each other again with Augilia. This should be Odette's work, but they didn't understand Odette's purpose.
Hei Song heard this too. As a mage, he also understood how abnormal this situation was. He was a little scared, and wanted to suggest Augilia to turn around and return. What's so fun about this gloomy and quiet forest? Even if he had the opportunity to see the burnt white tower of the ice sheet, he didn't want to move on... But he didn't want to take the initiative to speak out, Augilia was not afraid at all, how could he look timid as a mouse...
Thinking of this, a light flashed in his eyes. He has the best eyesight among the four. Across a long distance and numerous trees, he found a piece of water before it had frozen.
Rossi used lake water as an example, and it turned out that there was a lake in front of him. Augilia took out the map and found that this was the Jingbing Lake connected to the Shiva River. It is said that Jingbing Lake freezes earlier than Shiva River. Now Shiva River is covered with a thin layer of ice, Jingbing Lake is still sparkling.
She looked at Siegfried, who was also looking at her. They all felt it. Odette is ahead.
They quickened their pace, and Rose and Black Pine could barely keep up with them. When he was about to walk out of the bushes by the lake, the black pine suddenly yelled.
"Stop! Don't go!" Seeing that he couldn't make it out of time, he simply raised his hand and used a force field shield. The shield was small enough to go around, but it was enough to stop the two of them temporarily.
Augilia turned her head. Hei Song held a blue turquoise spirit pendulum in his hand, and the stone hovered towards the lake, continuously producing small tremors.
"Don't go there," Black Pine said, "Someone is casting a spell by the lake."
"We may know that person." After all, Augilia bypassed the force field shield, intending to move on.
"No! You don't know!" Hei Song ran to catch up, "Did you see this pendulum? This was done by my instructor. It can detect if anyone nearby is using necromancy magic, and can Analyzed the general composition of the spell. Now someone is casting a necromantic spell by the lake, and I don't understand the spell at all!"
Augilia frowned: "Necrotics?"
This is a bit strange. It is impossible for Odette to use necromantic power.
Listening to their conversation, Roussey's expression became more and more nervous. Hei Song detected that someone was casting a spell, but in Rossi's perception, the surrounding magic fluctuations were still very gentle. As a warlock, his elemental perception was almost deprived of this place.
Augilia is not afraid of necromantic spells, she herself is made of necromantic power. She wanted to check it out, but Hei Song stubbornly tugged her arm and didn't let go.
Siegfried looked at them helplessly: "I'll take a look. If it's really dangerous, anyway, I'm much stronger than you."
He backed up a few steps, regained his huge griffon form in a black mist, and leaped into the sky.
Not long after, Griffin happily turned and flew back: "It's really her!"
He even forgot to talk consciously, but shouted directly. Augustia broke away from Heisong's hand and ran to the lake like a gust of wind. Heisong and Rossi looked at each other, so they had no idea, so they had to follow.
In the shallow waters of the lake, a thin figure in a white robe stood.
Augustia and Siguffet came to the man, but the man was motionless, as if in a daydream.
The black pine hiding by the big tree couldn't help but sigh: "How can such a small child run to Jingbing Lake alone?"
Rossi looked at him strangely: "What kid?"
"It's the one by the lake, you see, he is an elf kid! How could he..."
"Are you blind?" said Roussey. "That is obviously a hunched old human lady."
"What are you kidding? That's a kid..."
Their argument is not surprising.
Augilia lunged at the silver-haired youth, wrapped her hands around his neck, and buried her face between his neck.
The plentiful hair of the Griffin gently rubbed the two girls, expressing the joy of reunion after a long time.
In Augustia’s eyes, Odette was a tall and thin young man with silver hair and snow-skinned; in Siegfried’s eyes, Odette was a young girl with a similar appearance to Augusta; Aojie seen by Black Pine The tower is an underage elf child; the Odette in Rossi's eyes is a gray-haired human old woman.
Everyone sees Odette differently. Moreover, Augilia and Siegfried already knew and adapted to this.
After a while, Odette came back to her senses like she was waking up from a big dream: "Siegerfee? Augilia?"
His voice is strange. It sounds like a man or a woman, not too old, as if it has all the characteristics, and it seems that it has no characteristics.
"It's me!" Augilia took his hand, "Now the three of us are gathered together!"
Odette was facing them, but her eyes moved unnaturally, as if chasing something that others couldn't see.
"I can feel that the master is back, and he is somewhere in this world..." Odette said in a daze, "Does he want you to find me, and let us look for a thin spot together?"
Augilia nodded.
"Don't help him find it! At least not now!"
"Why?" Augilia and Siegfried were taken aback.
Odette asked again: "Did he retrieve the chronicles and carols?"
Augilia and Siegfried looked at him blankly. What chronicle carol collection?
Odette urged: "Answer me! Has he retrieved the book?"
"What... a book?" Augilia looked at Segfa.
Siegfried tilted his head: "I don't know... Wait, I remember there is a book. It seems that Odette always carries it... what is it..."
Odette sighed: "I understand. After a long time, we have some problems with our memory... I guess the owner is the same. Augilia, Sigfe, I don't have time to answer all your questions. You want Remember what I said, be sure to remember-go back to the south bank of the Shiva River immediately, don’t bring the master, and don’t help him continue to look for a little face, if he has not found the book, don’t remind him, Don’t help him find it either! You just treat it as if it doesn’t exist until I get rid of the shackles...
"Binding?" Siegfried observed Odette with low body. "What kind of restraint? Who restrained you?"
Odette said: "As you all know, my appearance is not my true face. My body is still sleeping somewhere in the frost... I can't change back to my original form by myself, because my power is deprived of it. It’s gone, and it’s continuing to drain right now!"
Among the three of them, only Augilia has a human appearance, and neither Sigfei nor Odette are human.
Just as Siegfried can become a red-haired man, Odette can also be transformed into a human form for convenience. His way of incarnation is quite special: he can incarnate into an indefinite number of humanoids, it can be one, three or five, or ten or more... all his incarnations have the same consciousness, The same soul.
The greater the number of avatars, the more fixed each image in the eyes of others; the fewer the avatars, the more others will see different images in that individual.
Siegfried asked: "Now you are just one of the incarnations, so where is your body?"
Odette shook his head: "I don't know... My memory will be broken. I can't even remember what I was doing ten minutes ago. In short, someone is using my power to split my soul. I am now I have become too weak, and I can’t resist... When the other party controls me, I can vaguely read his intentions. I don’t have time to speak too carefully. I can only tell you that he is also looking for Heihu. Will use us and the master..."
As he said, Odetteta's voice gradually weakened, and he returned to the trance state just now. He was motionless, only his eyes were rolling.
Siegfried looked at Augilia: "Just now Black Pine said that someone was casting a necromancy spell on the lakeside, and it was a spell he didn't understand..."
Augilia replied in her consciousness: "Odette's power is the power of God's Domain. It is impossible for him to cast necromantic spells."
Just after saying this, the lake in front of her suddenly set off a huge wave. A huge translucent shield emerged from under the water, separating her from Odette.
Siegfried leaped into the air in time, and he was surprised to find that the waters behind Odette began to churn.
"Augilia! Come ashore!" Black Pine hid behind the tree, and it was him who cast the spell and raised the shield. "Hurry! Just listen to me once!"
Augilia moved very quickly and withdrew back to the shore like a flash of light. At the same time, the shield of the black pine was smashed, and ice crystal-like fragments and water droplets mixed together, rustling back to the lake surface, causing waves of waves.
Odette was still standing where she was. Although her eyes were open, she obviously had no self-consciousness.
Several snake-shaped creatures of various sizes appeared on the lake behind him. Their bodies are like water boars, their heads are gray devil's claws, and their palms are embedded with eyes with vertical pupils.
Just now they jumped up instantly from the water, tearing the shield set by the black pine to pieces. Now they stared at all the living creatures on the shore, seeming to be annoyed at the failure of the sneak attack.
The companions were all at a loss, but Heimatsu immediately understood what it was. He was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he took a few deep breaths before he calmed down. Looking back, the red vulture that had been hidden by his side had disappeared. This warlock must have noticed the danger as well and slipped away without saying a word!
Hei Song took out a dragonfly made of straw rope, said a few words to its head, and raised his hand to send it to the sky.
The dragonfly used for communication will find the mentor Burris and tell him what happened here. But the black pine did not see it. When the dragonfly passed through the forest and flew over the Shiva River, a gray palm python jumped out of the water and easily crushed the dragonfly.