‘…’
‘Brothers, go quickly. If you walk south for a few more days, we will arrive at Ningshuang Port. We will be safe by then!’
‘Haha! Not only safety, we have made a fortune this time!’
‘Shh! Sigh down, you are crazy, don’t be heard!’
‘Ah? Sorry, boss, I forgot again…’
‘Don’t say anything, hurry up and hurry up, may the great Enivia bless us and bless the great Freljode…’
'yes……'
'yes!'
In the ice field of Freljord, a group of vendors were rushing a small amount of livestock back south in the knee-deep snow. Looking at their appearance, they didn't seem to be too frustrated.
Calculate the time...
Now, it has been a short battle between the cold and frozen tundra in Frelljord, which is like destroying the world, and even caused the entire Frelljord's frost energy to be completely chaotic for a while, causing the entire land to tremble like an earthquake, and at the same time, it has caused a short battle of collapse and disasters in the snow-capped mountains in the distance and a thousand years.
However, the demigod-level battles that took place on this harsh and cold extreme north land had a profound impact on the land of Frelljord...
Although apart from the two parties involved and one of them was beaten, got a new life and was grateful, and a group of vendors who escaped death, no more people know what happened at that time.
Whether it is the Avarosa tribe alliance led by Queen Ash, the Winter Claw Covenant tribe led by Serchonni of the Northland, or the Frost Guard Fortress in the northernmost part and their leader, the Frost and Dark Witch, the only Lisangor who survived to this day, all of them do not know what happened on this land of Freljode.
They only know at this moment that the entire continent had been violently turbulent for a short period of time, and the frost energy of this extremely cold land had also gathered towards the south for a short period of time. It seemed that there was a powerful existence forcibly plundering the cold power of this land?
Then,
Soon everything gradually returned to peace, and that's all!
After all, on the vast frozen tundra of Frellzord, most of the land here is an uninhabited area without anyone else. The harsh environment and a small population have led to the majority of Frellzord gathering in a small number of places with suitable environments, such as the warm port west of the holy land Laxtak and the peninsula with prosperous trade to live? In other bad environments, only tribes and plateau herders of different sizes are scattered.
so,
No one can completely monitor the entire northern territory, whether it is Queen Ashe, the Wrath of the North, or the Frost Witch Lisangor, they all do it! Therefore, for more information, they may have to wait patiently for a while before they can know from those who are fortunate to witness everything?
That’s right, those who were fortunate to witness everything were frightened many times, almost affected the fish in the pond, and survived many times. At this time, they were on their way home and dared not continue to go north to trade!
Although, in that seemingly devastating battle, most of the goods of the vendors were affected and mostly destroyed by the terrible battle between the demigod and the little girl, only a small number of livestock that escaped by chance and a few broken sled trucks with no cargo...
However, they finally felt happy and smiling and grateful for the protection and gifts of Enivia and Avarosa. After giving them to a bald wandering mage and a powerful little girl, two snowfield cattle, as mounts, they happily joined them and embarked on their respective homes.
And the reason why they were grateful was not because they saw a great war, or the rebirth of the patron saint Enivia, or because they were satisfied after seeing the ice crystal phoenix that had gained new life and became more beautiful, but because...
They picked up countless pieces of Zhenyi on the battlefield, and this is the key!
And Zhenbing...
It is a treasure that is countless times more expensive than gold, and it is a specialty on the frozen tundra continent of Frelljord!
In the entire Runeland world, whether in Demacia, Noxus, or even the newborn land of Ionia on the other side of the sea, just a small piece of ice can easily be exchanged for huge wealth!
Usually, in the northern Frellzord land, Zhenbing is mainly produced in the northernmost Frost Guard Fortress and the extremely cold mountainous areas covered with terrifying man-eating frost troll tribes. It produces very little, making it a rare treasure!
This magical ice cube contains the power of the powerful ancient frost element. It is harder than the best steel and will never melt (of course, this is relative...). Even if it is placed in the hottest furnace, it is still cold! Therefore, even if it is just a part of the weapon made by Zhenbing, or is embedded in the blade a little bit, it will be an enviable powerful magic weapon!
Perhaps this is why they seem precious?
In the past, the residents of the northern border, whether they were the Avarosa people, the Winter Claw Tribe, or the Frost Guards in the north, usually regarded Zhenbing as the treasure and cherished it very much, and believed that they were the sacred gifts of the "Three Sisters" to Freljod...
But now, those vendors unanimously agree:
That was actually not a gift from the ancient "Three Sisters", but rather the ancient guardian of Freljod, the grace of the powerful demigod Enivia to them all!
It is obvious that those extremely precious pieces of ice must have been broken from the body of the ice crystal phoenix Enivia in that battle! And the three remnants of the battlefield are enough to allow each of their survivors to live in the country outside of Frelljord to be able to enjoy them for the rest of their lives, not only to use, but also to use inexhaustible wealth! So that they will no longer need to go to the business on this dangerous frozen tundra, brave the attacks of snowballs, frost troll tribes, bears or other dangerous iceland creatures.
So, although these vendors lost almost all their goods and most of their livestock this time, compared with the losses, they have obtained huge returns that others cannot imagine!
And this is the real reason why they smile and are grateful! In this rune land, not many people will be unable to get along with those shining gold coins, even the simple, honest, enthusiastic and generous northern Frelljodes will be no exception!
Especially those who traded businessmen, their desire to pursue interests and gold coins is more urgent than the ordinary Avarosa people. Otherwise, they would not have taken the risk of trade on the harsh continent of Frelljod.
...
When the vendors were unable to return, in the extremely cold mountainous area in the north, some people were still moving forward in the wind and snow...
Two huge black and gray snowfield cattle, one foot deep and one foot shallow, stride forward on the ice field with difficulty facing the huge wind and snow. Behind them, two long long footprints were left... However, under the howling cold wind and heavy snow covering the sky and the sun, they had not yet been able to go far, and the footprints left were quickly covered by the wind and snow, and disappeared on the vast snowfield.
On the left one, it was carrying a long skirt wearing a blue and white gorgeous sable fur inside, a sable fur hat with the same style on its head, and a plush toy bear in his arms, revealing a little girl who kept breathing hot and rosy face; while on the back of the other sausage, in addition to a lot of salutes, there was also a big bald man with a blue-purple skin wrapped in a thick felt, revealing only a cold air that was frozen to the beard and eyelashes covered with ice beads.
That's right!
The old man among them is the wandering mage Ryze who has a task and needs to continue to go north to Freljord, while the other person is obviously some slutty little girl Anne who is willing to join in the fun and has unknown intentions!
In fact, it cannot be said that the intention is unclear...
Anne just wants to see the unique scenery in this runeland world, just wander around in this ice and snow, and then... by the way, find an opportunity to get those runes with powerful power from the old thief, and want to study and explore their rules and some wonderful connection with this runeland world?
So, Annie, who also has a legitimate reason, would not be polite to some old man at all. She just wanted to join in the fun and see how he could do to her? Anyway, she didn't need the other party to care about eating, drinking, or even her own safety. She could go as long as she wanted and go wherever she wanted!
Whoosh~swhosh~
The biting cold wind of frost is still whistling constantly...
“…”
Wandering mage Riz raised his head from the felt-wrapped hood, squinted his eyes, letting the whistling sounds of the violent blizzards blew through his ears, and letting the large icy snowflakes penetrate his hood and into his neck.
He needs to observe the environment and direction...
Unfortunately, he could see nothing...
Because, wherever you see, there are tall snow mountains and glaciers in the vast snow fields. Looking around, you can’t see anything else outside of ten steps. Everything in front of you, except the white wind and snow, is the only thing left in front of you is wind and snow!
The snow is getting heavier and the cold wind is getting heavier...
If he hadn't been for his "extraordinary perseverance" little girl next to him was a great wizard with profound magic power, he would have probably already turned into two ice sculptures on the ice field.
Ryz also saw that at this time, there was no way ahead, even the up and down, left and right, as well as the surrounding mountains, cliffs, flat ground or downhill... He could only let the two snow fields consume cattle in the frozen tundra of Frelljord, and struggled forward in this northern mountainous area covered with vast snow. Even if they were lost or went on the wrong path, Ryz could not judge any more.
Because the wind and snow are too big...
At least, for him, a mage who is not a native of Frelljod, the terror of this blizzard was something that outsiders like him could not imagine in advance, especially when they were getting north and approaching the mountainous areas of the traditional sphere of influence of the Frost Guards.
“…”
Turning his head, he looked at the little princess from the gray order beside him, looking at the freak daughter born by the mysterious sorcerer Gregory Hasta and his wife, the shadow witch Amore, and seeing the other party's rosy face, still in high spirits, not affected by the severe cold and blizzards, and even reached out to rush out the snow from the thick fur of the cow, and then build a snowman in the saddle. After playing, Ryze knew that some of his plans had failed.
Before this, Ryze had wanted to force the little girl to leave by herself through the blizzard and the cold northern environment, so that the other party would not follow his ideas and end up missing... So, after seeing that he could not use this despicable move to force the other party, but instead tossed himself hard, he had to compromise and planned to find a place to take a rest first, and wait until the blizzard stopped before setting off.
"No..."
"The wind and snow are so strong that our cow is almost unable to hold on. Annie... Let's find a place to avoid the wind and snow first..."
He sighed and looked at the ox under his crotch, who was slowly burying his head in the snow against the cold wind and snow. Looking at the big mouth of the other party's big mouth of the bull's nose and mouth, seeing that even the ox ox that was good at surviving in an extremely cold environment was extremely difficult to move forward, Rez just pondered and thought for a while, and finally decided to temporarily repair it and avoid the heavy wind and snow in the north.
Obviously, in the silent battle between the little girl next to him, he failed...
"oh!?"
∑(￣□￣;)
"But I think it's quite cool like this... OK, Riz monster... Grandpa, since you want to rest, let's rest, anyway, you have the final say!"
(lll￢w￢)
Originally, Anne wanted to continue walking forward until it was dark! Because, she was really not afraid of the cold at all, after all, she could freely control the frost flames that were even more ruthless than the weather. So, in this ice and snow, she was actually like a fire.
Of course, some old man must have never expected such a thing, otherwise the other party might not have had that outrageous idea just now, and wanted to force her away with the wind and snow.
“Um…”
"If you don't leave, I decided to find some dry firewood to make fire in this valley, and then make an arcane shield. Let's take a break for the night."
Feeling the bad weather in the north and knowing that I would definitely not be able to rush to the road at night and the weather would not turn sunny easily, Rez lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then quickly made a decision.
In this situation, it is definitely not possible to find a cave. Besides, in this wilderness, ice and snowy place, it is difficult to even walk. And there are white areas everywhere, and even if he can't tell the difference between the east, south, west and north, where can he find a cave or a tribe that can rest?
Therefore, he felt that he could only use magic to use this valley, and in this place where he could escape the wind for a night... When the weather clears tomorrow, they will continue to set out north and strive to reach his destination as soon as possible!
Because he remembers that it doesn’t seem too safe in this mountainous area?
“Are you going to camp?”
??(′??`)???
"Then I'm going to make a big polar bear smirk like I've seen on TV. It must be super warm and comfortable!"
(*?′╰╯`?)?
There is so much snow here, the ice is so thick, and the weather is as cold as the Arctic on TV, so Annie thinks that if she digs out pieces of ice and then builds it into a snow house, wouldn’t it be super fun?
If you think about it seriously, she seems to have rarely seen such heavy snow-covered weather!
Where Queen Anne grew up, the voodoo land is a tropical swamp climate, with many mosquitoes and rain, it is hot all year round, and it never snows much! If she hadn't been to travel and wandering around in different worlds herself, she would have never seen what snow looks like until now!
“…”
“What is TV?”
Of course Riz knows about bears and smirks!
Because there are many bear tribes in the northern mountainous areas of Freljord! He has heard those vendors talk about the frost trolls on the northern mountains and those bear tribes, now they have formed an alliance with Sejonni of Winter's Claws? Moreover, there is an extremely powerful demigod bear called Thunder Roaring Wallybel?
So, he could understand polar bears or smirks, but... he couldn't figure out what "TV" is.
"Television is TV. It is the same as the magic props or spells that transmit magic images, but it uses electricity and is a technological item!"
╮(ˊ?????ˋ)╭
While explaining, Anne jumped off the body of the ox to prepare to cast the spell.
Soon, she used her powerful magic and extreme manipulation to pull out huge pieces of ice that were squarely cut from the faraway ground. Then, with a wave of her hand, with the guidance and help of her mage's hand, they flew over quickly against the cold wind and began to build up automatically on the fairly flat valley ground in front of them.
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
The huge and tough ice tiles soon began to build in circles in the valley of the high mountains of Frelljord... Their collision sounds also seem particularly harsh in the howling cold wind around them.
"So that's what it is..."
After the other party's vague explanation, Ryz nodded, stopped asking more questions, and began to wait patiently for the little girl to cast spells, while also sighing at the other party's precise magical operation ability.
He could see that the other party was not only stronger than him, but even such subtle spell casting was not inferior to him, the old master, which made him feel a little guilty...
“…”
"Well! It's really a waste..."
Originally, Ryz wanted to say that he just needed to set fire and then open a shield to defend against the wind, but who would have thought that this little girl was so squandering magic power so recklessly... Although he himself could not do this, after all, the kind of magic tricks such as cutting ice and the mage's hand tests the precise control of magic and spells, and it would definitely not be difficult for Threz, the arcane wizard!
But……
He was not crazy yet, how could he waste so much of his precious magic? He just wanted to build a sleaf and stay for one night and leave? Moreover, this sleaf seemed to be a bit big, and there was a hall and two bedrooms. Is it really necessary?
According to Tarez, at most, he could just build an ice wall around to avoid the wind. During the years he had been traveling around the Runeland, he had long been accustomed to the days of sleeping in the wind and sleeping in the open.
"Don't worry! It'll be fine soon!"
???(?)?????
After saying that, little Annie no longer cared about the ugly face and the silly words of a bad old man next to her, but she continued to work enthusiastically in the howling and harsh snowstorm, and continued to use magic to build her interesting big blocks.
She hasn't played building blocks for a long time. This time, she must build a big house!
“…”
well!
Ryz could see that the other party was not building a smirk that he would stay for one night, but building a small castle?
Because, after the little girl built a rough, two-bedroom and one-living room and successfully capturing and strengthening it, she did not stop, but continued to build up the second floor room, and even... she also made the spire of the castle, polished and decorated it quickly, and even built a statue of a giant bear on the top?
To be honest, he really just wanted to take a break for a night and leave. Why is this little girl still addicted to playing this now? I don’t know how this little guy will do the next task?
Sure enough, Tarez himself is still quite used to being alone...
This time, when the matter here in Freljord was completed, he would definitely get rid of the little girl and go to another place, never bring any followers, and even if he would not let a little guy follow him!
I just hope that the eating task will go smoothly and there will be no trouble...
‘…’
‘…’
However, what Ryz didn't know was that when he was watching a focused little girl busy and complaining, on the other side of the valley, in the snow pile of a mountain in the distance, two strong bodies were about two to three humans, with blue skin, red hair, and dark blue light in his eyes, staring at them secretly?
However, because the distance was too far and the wind and snow were too heavy, he did not notice the plateau creatures watching them.
Whoosh~swosh~!
As little Annie struggled to cover her snow castle, while a bald wizard with a bearded man patiently waited for the other party's turmoil, and while some bad-minded snow mountain creatures were peeking at her and maliciously, the whistling of the blizzard became even louder...
"This Frelljord weather..."
The whistling wind, in addition to the slanting blows of ice and snow from the sky, felt the stinging pain in the skin of Derez, even blew the uppermost layer of floating snow on the ground, flying up like dust, making him unable to see the situation three or five steps away from it.
Sure enough, Tarez doesn't like this ice-cold continent...
But unfortunately, he, who has a mission, has to come for the sake of this world and the safety of the Runeland!
"Okay!"
?★,:*:?\\(￣▽￣)/?:*?°★*
"It's done! Grandpa Ryze, come in quickly and welcome to Queen Anne's Ice Castle!"
(*′▽ｍ)◇ゞPlease come in!
In the cold wind and snowy ice and snow, a castle made of huge ice crystals appeared in this valley and appeared in the eyes of the slightly amazed wandering wizard Ryze.
Moreover, he also saw that as the little girl pushed open the thick castle gate, which was also condensed from solid ice and made a gesture to invite him, wall lights made of fiery red beating flames were automatically lit up in the amazing ice and snow castle. Their light directly penetrated through the thick ice crystal wall and reflected into the wind and snow outside. The orange-red wall, the fiery red windows and the ice-blue spire, and even some places reflected colorful light, making it look beautiful, like the residence of fairy tales and fairylands...
Moreover, what surprised him even more was that although this small ice and snow castle looked smooth and translucent on the outside, when he looked in from the outside, he could not see anything inside except the light that was revealed?
Ryze remembers that when the little girl cut those ice cubes, they were all square ice cubes. In this case, she shouldn't be able to see what's inside!
"Hello!"
~(￣0￣)/
"What are you waiting for? If I don't come in, I'm going to close the door?"
|?w?=)o
A little girl's little head with a blue and white sable fur hat appeared half out of the ice gate of the castle, and urged to a bad old man who was still outside.
"By the way, I want to tell you!"
?华?华?
"Just take the cow to the room on the left and let them stay. You can sleep in the empty room on the right. The big room upstairs is mine. Don't rush around, otherwise, my little bear will hit you!"
(o゜▽゜)o☆
(…)
?????? Super fierce!
“…”
Ryze finally understood...
It turned out that those two small rooms were left for him... And in the eyes of the little girl, the treatment of him, as a great arcane wizard, was actually the same as that of two cows?
This is really...
cough!!
...
‘Gurl!’
‘Ho sno! Hurry! Go back and tell the Troll King that we have something to eat tonight, we are the mages of humans!’
At this time, when the gate of the ice crystal castle in the distance slowly closed, when two humans, one big and one small, and two snow-field cattle entered the dreamy castle, the monster that was originally lying on the snow on the distant mountain slowly stood up, and a sound of inexplicable excitement came from his throat, then quickly ran to the other direction at high speed, and soon disappeared in the flying wind and snow.
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Chapter completed!