Ch 374: We Meet Again, Little One. Tsk, Still Holding A Grudge, I See

In the morning, looking at the soft and fragrant Catgirl in his arms, Bal successfully prevented a molestation incident, thanks to his unwavering willpower.

“Time to get up.”

“Mmm… What time is it…”

Phia rubbed against Bal’s chest a few times; last night’s activities left her a little sleep-deprived. Bal glanced at the clock and found it was only 6 a.m., so he decisively lay down and hugged Phia.

“Forget it, let’s sleep a little longer.”

The two of them hugged each other and slept for another two hours before Phia woke up.

“Dumb Dog, time to get up.”

Phia patted Bal through the blanket, and Bal slowly got up and stretched.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning?! It’s already 8 o’clock!”

“A little laziness is good for your physical and mental health.”

“Don’t be silly, get up quickly.”

The couple changed their clothes and went downstairs, where Xiaoyue had already set the breakfast on the table. Yselle, Nia, Grey, and Philia were already sitting at the table eating.

After Bal and Phia washed up, they sat down to eat. Phia took a bite of bread and felt something was wrong.

“Xiaoyue, is the butter finished?”

“Yes, there’s been heavy snow for days, and it’s impossible to go shopping.”

“It seems we need to speed things up!”

Phia glanced at the distant snow mountain, her resolve to solve this abnormal blizzard strengthened.

“How many days’ worth of food is left?”

Bal looked up at Xiaoyue, who thought for a moment before answering.

“At most three days.”

“Okay, I understand.”

After finishing his breakfast, Bal packed his equipment, and everyone gathered around Phia.

“Let’s go!”

With the familiar light and familiar teleportation, they arrived at the border between the Wyvern Territory and the Snow Mountain Cave Entrance where Turner had sent them yesterday. Everyone walked out of the cave entrance, and as soon as they went out, they encountered a violent gust of wind.

“This wind is too strong! Everyone be careful, don’t get blown away!”

Bal held Phia’s hand tightly, and Nia also grasped Bal’s other hand. The group lined up in a single file, advancing against the wind and snow.

At this time, Grey, at the end of the line, sensed magic flying towards him. Just as he was about to block it with his dagger, Phia had already dispelled it with her magic, and she even counterattacked with her own magic.

“Everyone, be careful, we’re under attack!”

Bal let go of Phia’s hand. He drew the long sword from his back and stuck it in the snow to stabilize himself. Others did the same, except for Grey, who struggled to reach Nia and was hugged by her.

The alert continued, and the group confronted the unseen attacker until Phia finally constructed a movable barrier.

“It’s still my wife.”

Inside the barrier, the wind and snow were gone, and everyone relaxed a little. This time they could finally hear Grey.

“Philia, did you feel that the magic attacking us was somewhat familiar?”

“It did feel familiar.”

At this moment, it was the Small Green Dragon that charged into Philia’s barrier first, flying above Bal.

“Wow, it’s really you! Just wait until I give you a good beating!”

Bal jumped up to try to catch the small wyvern, but the small wyvern had learned its lesson. The moment Bal jumped, it flew to a place Bal couldn’t reach. But was Bal that dumb? He had already anticipated the failure of his original move, after all, he had many other ways to catch the small wyvern, such as tying a rope to his throwing knives.

Seeing Bal jump into the air, the small wyvern was very proud. It thought Bal could not do anything to it, so it began to spit out ice spikes at Bal. But what it never expected was that Bal was no ordinary person. His throwing knives intercepted the ice spikes, and several throwing knives with ropes attached bound the small wyvern. Seeing that the rope had caught the small wyvern, Bal pulled hard, and the small wyvern was captured again.

“Did you think you could fly and I couldn’t catch you? Little thing.”

Bal brought the small wyvern, tied up like a caterpillar with rope, to Nia.

“Nia, translate for us.”

“It’s you again?”

Nia caught the small wyvern Bal threw. The small wyvern looked up and saw Nia; it immediately rubbed its head against Nia, and Nia could even see tears in the small wyvern’s eyes.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry, big sister will pet you.”

Nia untied the small wyvern. For some reason, the small wyvern wouldn’t resist being held by Nia, but it would hiss if Bal got close.

“Tsk… It’s cute, but it’s not as well-behaved as Xiao Jiu.”

“It’s all because you attacked it as soon as you saw it.”

“I was acting in self-defense! It attacked us first!”

Bal pointed at the small wyvern in Nia’s arms, and the small wyvern, like a child who had done something wrong, turned its head to the side.

“Forget it, I’m a magnanimous adult, I won’t argue with you, little one. Nia, I leave it to you.”

“Got it!”

Nia held the small wyvern in front of her and began to communicate with it.

“So, what’s with you attacking us again?”

The small wyvern lowered its head.

“Sigh, if you want revenge on Bal, don’t use this method. Come, let me teach you…”

Nia leaned close to the small wyvern’s head and started whispering. The small wyvern listened attentively, nodding occasionally.

“I have a bad feeling about this… I hope it’s just a feeling.”

Bal, watching the wind and snow at the edge of the barrier, didn’t know that his sister was plotting to get him back.

“So, how did you find us?”

Hearing Nia’s question, the small wyvern flapped its wings twice.

“So it can sense magic fluctuations within a certain range, that’s pretty amazing. So, you came to greet us?”

The small wyvern nodded vigorously, and with a childish roar, the wind and snow outside the barrier lessened.

“The wind and snow have lessened, that’s a bit magical.”

Yselle watched the changes in the wind and snow outside the barrier. This was the first time she had seen a creature that could change the weather.

“Should I let you go?”

The small wyvern nodded, and the moment Nia released it, the small wyvern flew onto Nia’s shoulder, pointing in a direction with its front paw.

“That way? I understand.”

Nia shouted to everyone inside the barrier.

“Gather around me, the small wyvern is showing us the way.”

Everyone gathered around Nia, and because Bal was disliked by the small wyvern, he was pushed to the outermost edge.

“It seems only Moony and Snowdrift are close to you.”

Philia jokingly teased Bal, who was helpless. But there was no way, if they wanted to find the wyvern settlement, it would be difficult. The main issue was that their home’s food supplies were running low.

Following Nia, they walked for a long time, and after passing through the snow and wind, they arrived at a forest full of greenery.

“Is this still inside the snow mountain?”

Bal couldn’t help but complain. Although he had heard from the small wyvern that this place was warmer, the environment here was too good.

“Speaking of which, this place doesn’t seem to be affected by the snow and wind. Why are you short on food?”

Nia asked the small wyvern on her shoulder, and the small wyvern began to explain.

“It says that the temperature here used to be much higher, equivalent to summer in the human world. Now, due to the cooling effect of the snow and wind, the temperature here has gradually decreased. It’s now spring in the human world, and in a while, even this place will be covered in snow. Most of the wyverns’ food comes from the fruit here, but the drop in temperature has caused the fruit trees not to bear fruit, and the other animals here are almost all eaten by the wyverns.”

“That’s a problem. Little wyvern, take us directly to the Dragon King you mentioned.”

Philia walked to Nia’s side and touched the small wyvern’s wing. The small wyvern nodded after hearing this, and pointed in one direction. Everyone looked, and it was a towering mountain that soared into the clouds.

“So high! Philia, it’s up to you.”

Bal looked at Philia, who nodded. She could take everyone up at any time.