In the dead of winter, the weather was so cold it could freeze a person to death, yet these people claimed it was warm!

People around them moved away slightly, lest they catch the foolishness.

Troy, leading a group of four, found a relatively clean inn.

"How many rooms do you need?" he asked Luo Wei.

"Five rooms, please. Everyone's tired today; we should each have a room to rest well."

Just as Luo Wei finished speaking, the innkeeper spoke apologetically, "Sorry, guests, we only have two rooms left."

Luo Wei was a bit surprised, "Are there that many tourists here?"

"There are always this many, all year round. You know, half of the bounty hunters and adventurers from the Western Continent are here, along with many wandering swordsmen and magicians. After all, our town is the closest to the Magic Beast Mountains, and everyone makes their fortune from the mountains."

"Actually, with five of you, two rooms should be enough. I'm telling you, there's no better inn in town than mine. Those inns downstairs are all taverns, full of drunken nuisances!"

"If you really mind, you could try elsewhere, but it's cold these days, and many swordsmen who used to sleep outside can't stand it anymore and have come in. It's likely you won't find this many rooms elsewhere."

The innkeeper's persuasion dispelled Luo Wei's hesitation.

"Then two rooms it is. We girls will take one, and you boys take the other."

She had Troy pay, and the innkeeper enthusiastically led them to the rooms upstairs.

"Hey, did you hear? A bunch of fools came to town, standing in the freezing snow saying it was warm!"

A few burly men entered the lobby, laughing heartily.

Luo Wei glanced at her companions, and the four of them quickened their pace, taking two steps at a time, heads down as they hurried upstairs.

The Magic Beast Town is actually called Legdavor Town, but because it's at the entrance to the Magic Beast Mountains and the largest magic material transfer station, outsiders like to call it Magic Beast Town.

Despite being called a town, it's actually much larger than Siria City.

Magic Beast Town doesn't belong to any country; it, along with the Magic Beast Mountains behind it, is under the jurisdiction of the Magic Association.

The Magic Beast Mountains are open to everyone, but those who enter the mountains do so at their own risk, and those who come out alive must undergo a detailed inspection by the Magic Association. They must also give two-tenths of the magic materials they bring out to the association as operational funds.

Laura had told Luo Wei all this.

Laura also mentioned that her home was originally near the Magic Beast Mountains. As a child, she wandered out and was recognized by a magician.

Her parents were killed by the magician trying to save her, their fur was stripped away, and the person even said he would make a cloak out of her parents' fur.

"I went to Siria Magic Academy to become a magician, so that I can join the Magic Association in the future, find that magician, and avenge my parents."

"But my magical talent is not good at all; I can't become a magician. I can only become a magic array master."

Luo Wei held her hand, "It's okay, Laura. Magic array masters are also powerful. You can still join the Magic Association."

"Thank you for comforting me, Miss Luo Wei," Laura's amber eyes glistened with tears, and she sniffed, "I'm the last beastman of the cat tribe. Once I get my revenge, I'll leave here and go to the Wastes to search for the ruins of the Beast God."

The Beast God is the deity worshipped by the beastmen, who perished in the War of Faith.

The Wolf God, whom Gladys worships, was once a subordinate god of the Beast God. After the Beast God fell, it turned to the embrace of darkness.

Two thousand years ago, beastmen were a prosperous race, their population not less than that of humans.

And the disaster for the beastmen seemed to have begun after the fall of the Beast God.

"Let's sleep, Laura," Luo Wei held her warm hand, her voice gentle, "Someday, your wishes will all come true."

After spending a warm night at the inn, the five officially began their adventure.

The Magic Beast Mountains are home to many ferocious and murderous magical beasts and poisonous creatures. The Holy Magister who founded the Magic Association set up a magic array here, keeping the vicious beasts within the mountains.

Those who wish to enter must also pass through the magic array.

Fortunately, the Holy Magister left a teleportation magic array in the town, which can transport people into the Magic Beast Mountains.

The five paid the fee and entered the teleportation array in Magic Beast Town.

"Is this the teleportation magic pattern inscribed by the Holy Magister?"

Luo Wei stood on a circular stone platform sixteen feet long, seeing the magic stone at the center emit a golden light that flowed like water into the grooves at her feet, illuminating the entire magic pattern in the blink of an eye.

"This is a medium-sized magic pattern array that can teleport ten people at once."

Laura, being an apprentice in magic patterns and already learning the drawing of teleportation patterns, explained to Luo Wei, "The magic stone in the middle is a mixed magic stone refined from five-element magic stones, providing pure magic power instead of a magician for the teleportation pattern."

"Unlike enchantments, teleportation patterns require a lot of energy for each use, so most magicians choose to use a magic stone to activate the array, so it doesn't drain their magic power."

Luo Wei looked at the golden magic patterns on the ground, feeling the lively magic elements around her, a sense of wonder rising in her heart.

Magic patterns are truly a defiance of science.

Just drawing a circle of dense and complex patterns on the ground, adding a magic stone, can really achieve space travel?

"It's about to start, quick, let's hold hands and stand firm, or we'll get separated," Laura reminded everyone.

Luo Wei held Laura's hand with her left, and grabbed Troy's sleeve with her right. Troy, on his right, held onto Theodore and Hol.

A circle of light columns rose at the edge of the platform, enclosing them within the magic pattern. The air around them suddenly thinned, and the lively magic elements playfully passed through them. A strong sense of dizziness came over Luo Wei, and she quickly closed her eyes.

She had wanted to see how the teleportation pattern allowed them to traverse, but she didn't expect the teleportation pattern to be like high-level spells, with a built-in dizziness effect, making it unobservable.

Magic power is like intelligence; when it's too low, you can't understand anything!

After a while, the whistling wind in her ears suddenly stopped, and strange sounds echoed all around.

Luo Wei opened her eyes to see a brown-furred monkey swinging through the treetops, jumping into the forest not far away. A few rabbits darted into the bushes, and within a twenty-meter radius centered on them, no small animals were in sight.

"Are we there?" she asked in confusion.

How come the Magic Beast Mountains look no different from an ordinary forest, with animals so afraid of people?

"This is the outskirts of the Magic Beast Mountains. The magic elements are sparse, and there are no large magical beasts, so it's relatively safe. Just watch out for poisonous snakes, insects, rats, and ants," Troy said, cutting through the thorns in front of him and leading the group to an open area.

"Are there poisonous snakes in winter?" Luo Wei questioned.

"There are," Troy replied, "Frost Poison Snakes like to appear in winter."

"If you cross that mountain ahead, there are even more poisonous snakes on the other side."

"The Magic Beast Mountains are located along the Eastern Sea coast, forming a crescent shape. Magic Beast Town is on its bowstring. Crossing seven or eight mountains, you can see the crescent-shaped coastline. The coast is still blowing warm winds in winter, with temperatures higher than inland."

Warm winds, could it be a warm current?

How does this contradict the geographical knowledge she learned, where mid-low latitudes are warm in the east and cold in the west, while mid-high latitudes are cold in the east and warm in the west?
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