'...'
'Brothers, let's go quickly. If we go south for a few days, we will arrive at Ningshuang Port. We will be safe by then! '
'Ha ha! Not only is it safe, we also made a fortune this time! ! '
'Hush! Keep your voice down, you're crazy, don't let anyone listen! '
'ah? Sorry, boss, I forgot again...'
'Stop talking and hurry up. May the great Anivia protect us and the great Freljord...'
'yes……'
'yes! '
In the Freljord ice field, a group of traders were driving a small number of livestock back south in the knee-deep snow. Looking at their appearance, and for some unknown reason, they didn't seem too depressed. ?
If you count the time...
The distance now happened on the frozen tundra of Freljord. It was like destroying the world, and even completely disrupted the entire Freljord's frost energy for a while. Several days have passed since the brief battle that caused the entire land to tremble like an earthquake and caused many thousand-year-old snow-capped mountains to collapse. pinshu.com
However, the demigod-level battle that took place in this harsh, cold and harsh northern land had a far-reaching impact on the Freljord...
Although except for the two parties involved, a certain big bird who was severely beaten, gained a new life and was grateful, and a group of traders who escaped death, no more people know what happened at that time. things.
Whether it is the Avarosan Tribal Alliance led by Queen Ashe, the Winter's Claw Covenant tribe led by Sejuani, Fury of the North, or the Frostguard Fortress in the north and their leader, the one of frost and darkness. The witch, Lissandra, the only surviving member of the three ancient sisters, none of them currently know what happened on the land of Freljord.
All they know now is that the entire continent was violently turbulent for a short period of time, and the frost energy of this extremely cold land also gathered towards the south for a short period of time. It seemed that some powerful existence was forcibly plundering it. The cold power on this land?
Then,
Soon everything gradually became calm again, and that was all!
After all, on the vast icy tundra of Freljord, most of the land here is an uninhabited land. The harsh environment and small population have led to the destruction of most of Freljord. Did people gather in large numbers to live in only a few places with suitable environments, such as the warm port west of the holy land of Rakstak and the prosperous trade peninsula? In other bad environments, there are only scattered tribes and plateau herdsmen of different sizes.
so,
No one can completely monitor the entire North, not Queen Ashe, Sejuani the Fury of the North, or Lissandra the Frost Witch. None of them can! Therefore, they may have to wait patiently for more information for a while before they can possibly know it from the mouths of those who are lucky enough to have witnessed everything?
That's right, those who were lucky enough to witness everything were the traders who had been frightened many times, almost killed themselves, and escaped death many times. They were now on their way home and did not dare to continue trading north!
Although, in that seemingly devastating battle, most of the goods of the traders were affected and mostly destroyed by the terrible battle between the demigod and the little girl, it was just There were only a few livestock that had a chance to escape and a few broken sleds without much cargo...
However, in the end, they were still full of joy and smiles, grateful to Anivia and Avarosa for their protection and gifts, and gave a certain bald wandering mage and a powerful little girl two snowy cows as gifts. After being mounted, they happily teamed up and embarked on their respective return journeys.
And the reason why they were so grateful was not because they saw a great battle, or saw the rebirth of the patron saint Anivia, or they saw the ice crystal phoenix that was reborn and became more beautiful. Satisfied in the end, but because...
They picked up countless Zhenbing fragments on the battlefield. This is the key!
And Zhen Bing...
It is a treasure that is countless times more valuable than gold. It is a specialty of the frozen tundra continent of Freljord!
In the entire world of Runeterra, whether in Demacia or Noxus, or even the nascent land of Ionia on the other side of the sea, as long as a small piece of perfect ice can be easily exchanged for huge wealth!
Normally, in the land of Freljord in the north, Zhenbing is mainly produced from the northernmost Frostguard Fortress and the extremely cold mountainous areas filled with terrifying man-eating frost troll tribes, and the output is very small. A rare treasure!
This magical ice cube contains the power of powerful ancient frost elements. It is harder than the best steel and will never melt (of course, this is relative...), even if it is placed on the hottest In the furnace, it is still freezing! Therefore, even if only a part of the weapon is made of Zhenbing, or even a little bit is embedded into the blade, it will be an enviable and powerful magical weapon!
Maybe that's why they are so precious?
In normal times, the residents of the North, whether they are the Avarosans, the Winter's Claw tribe, or the Frost Guards in the north, generally regard Zhenbing as a treasure, cherish it extremely, and also pay attention to it. Consider them a divine gift from the 'Three Sisters' to the Freljord...
But now, those traders unanimously believe that:
In fact, that was not a gift from the ancient "Three Sisters", but the ancient guardian of the Freljord, the grace of the powerful demigod Anivia to them mortals!
Obviously, those extremely precious ice fragments must be the fragments that were knocked off the body of the ice crystal phoenix Anivia in that battle! And those remnants on the battlefield are enough for each of the merchants who survived the disaster to exchange for a wealth that is inexhaustible enough for them to enjoy for a lifetime! From now on, they will no longer have to do business in this dangerous frozen tundra, risking attacks from snow bugs, frost troll tribes, werebears or other dangerous ice creatures.
Therefore, although these traders lost almost all their goods and most of their livestock this time, compared to the losses, they received huge returns that others could not imagine!
And this is the real reason why they are smiling and grateful! In this Rune Land, not many people would be troubled by those shiny gold coins, even the simple, honest, warm and generous northern Freljord people are no exception!
Especially those who are traders, their desire to pursue profits and gold coins is more urgent than that of the average Avarosans. Otherwise, they would not risk doing business on the harsh environment of the Freljord continent. .
…
While the vendors are having a hard time returning, in the extremely cold mountainous areas in the north, some people are still walking in the wind and snow...
Two huge black and gray snowfield cows marched hard on the ice field against the huge wind and snow, leaving two long legs behind them. Hoofprints... However, under the howling cold wind and the heavy snow that covered the sky, before they could go far, the footprints left behind were quickly covered by the wind and snow and disappeared into the vastness. Above the snowfield.
The one on the left is carrying a person wearing a blue and white gorgeous mink fur lining on its saddle, a mink fur snow cap of the same style on its head, and holding a stuffed toy bear in its arms, revealing the One was a little girl who kept breathing hot air and had a very rosy face; while on the back of the other cow, in addition to a lot of salutes, there was also a person wrapped in a thick felt, with only one exposed. Zhang was a bald old man with blue-purple skin who was so cold that his beard and eyelashes were covered with ice beads.
That’s right!
The old man among them was the wandering mage Ryze who had a mission and needed to continue heading north to the Freljord. The other man was obviously a shameless person who wanted to follow him to join in the fun and had unknown intentions. Girl Annie!
In fact, it cannot be said that the intention is unknown...
Annie just wants to experience the unique scenery in this world of Runeterra, wander around in this ice and snow, and then... find an opportunity to get those powerful things from the hands of a certain old thief. Runes, and want to study and explore their rules and some wonderful connection with the world of Runeterra?
Therefore, Annie, who also has a legitimate reason, will not be polite to a certain old man at all. She just wants to join in the fun and see what he can do to her? Anyway, she doesn’t need the other party to take care of things like eating, drinking, or even her own safety. She can follow him as long as she wants and go wherever she wants!
Whoosh~ whoosh~
The frosty and biting wind is still howling continuously...
"..."
The wandering mage Ryze raised his head with difficulty from the hood wrapped in felt, squinting his eyes, letting the roar of the violent blizzard continue to blow past his ears, and letting the large tracts of icy snowflakes penetrate into his ears. The hood got into his neck.
He needs to observe the environment and direction...
Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything...
Because, wherever you look, you are surrounded by tall snowy mountains and glaciers in the vast snowfields. Looking around, you can't see anything else ten steps away. Everything in front of you is except the white wind and snow. Yes, it’s still wind and snow!
The snow is falling harder and harder, and the cold wind is getting stronger...
If he and the "extraordinary perseverance" little girl next to him were not both powerful mage, they would have turned into two ice sculptures on the ice field by now.
Ryze also saw that at this time, not to mention the road ahead, it was a bit unclear even up, down, left, and right, as well as whether the surrounding mountains were mountains or cliffs, flat land or downhill... He could only let the two snowfield oxen wander around. The frozen tundra of Freljord was trudging forward on its own in this northern mountainous area covered with vast white snow. Ryz could no longer judge whether they had lost their way or taken the wrong path.
Because the wind and snow are really too big...
At least, for him, a mage who is not a native of Freljord, here in the north, especially in the high mountains as you go further and further north and closer to the traditional sphere of influence of the Frost Guards. , the horror of this kind of snowstorm is something that outsiders like him cannot and dare not imagine in advance.
"..."
Turning his head, he looked at the little princess from the Gray Order next to him, at the freak daughter born by the mysterious warlock Gregory Hastur and his wife, the shadow witch Amorin, and at the other side's ruddy face. His face was still in high spirits, not affected by the severe cold and snowstorm at all. He even had time to stretch out his hands, shake the snow from the thick fur of the cow, and then build a snowman on the saddle to play. Afterwards, Ryze knew that some of his plans had failed.
Before that, Ryze had tried to force the little girl to leave on her own through the blizzard and the freezing cold environment of the North, so that she would not come and follow him again, but failed... So, after seeing that there was really no way to use this method, After forcing his opponent with dirty tricks and torturing himself quite a lot, he had no choice but to compromise and planned to find a place to rest and wait until the snowstorm stopped before setting off.
"No more..."
"The wind and snow are really too heavy. Our cattle can hardly hold on anymore. Annie... let's find a place to avoid the snow and wind first..."
Sighing, he looked at the cow under his crotch, which was slowly walking forward in the snow in the cold wind and heavy snow. He looked at the large mouthfuls of hot air sprayed out from the cow's big nose. After the alpine snow-dwelling cattle, which are good at surviving in extremely cold environments, found it extremely difficult to move forward, Ruiz just pondered for a while and finally decided to repair temporarily to avoid the strong wind in the north. Snow.
Obviously, he failed in the silent battle of wits and courage with the little girl next to him...
"oh!?"
∑(￣□￣;)
"But I think it's quite cool like this... Okay, Ryze Monster... Grandpa, since you want to rest, let's rest. You have the final say anyway!"
(lll￢ω￢)
Originally, Anne wanted to continue walking until dark! Because she is really not afraid of the cold at all. After all, she can freely control the frost and flames that are even more ruthless than this weather. Therefore, in this ice and snow, she is actually like being in flames.
Of course, a certain bad old man must not have thought of such a thing. Otherwise, the other party might not have had the outrageous idea just now and wanted to force her away with the help of the wind and snow.
"Well……"
"If we don't want to leave, we will decide to stay here in this mountain col. Find some dry wood to light a fire, and then get an arcane shield. Let's rest for the night."
Feeling the bad weather in the North, knowing that it would be impossible to travel at night, and that the weather would not clear up easily, Ruiz lowered his head again, pondered and observed, and quickly made a decision.
In this situation, it is definitely not possible to find a cave. Besides, it is difficult to even walk in this wilderness, icy and snowy place, and there is a vast expanse of white everywhere, and it is difficult to distinguish between east, west and north. Where should he go to find a cave or a tribe where he can rest?
Therefore, he felt that now he could only use magic to make do with this mountain col, a place where he could take shelter from the wind for one night... When the weather cleared tomorrow, they would continue to set off north, striving to reach his goal as soon as possible. land!
Because he remembered that it didn't seem too safe in this mountainous area?
"Going to camp?"
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"Then it's my turn today. I'm going to make a big polar bear igloo like the one you saw 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 those in the North Pole on TV, so Annie feels that she is like the one in the cartoon, digging out pieces of ice. Wouldn't it be super fun to build an igloo?
Thinking about it seriously, it seems that she rarely sees this kind of weather with heavy snow closing the mountains!
The place where Queen Anne grew up was a tropical swamp climate with many mosquitoes and rainwater. It was hot all year round and it never snowed! And if she hadn't traveled to different worlds on her own, she might have never seen what snow looks like until now!
"..."
"What is television?"
Of course Ryze knows about bears and igloos!
Because there are many bear tribes here in the northern mountains of Freljord! He had heard from those traders that in order to fight against the frost trolls and bear tribes in the North Mountains, they have now formed an alliance with Sejuani of Winter's Claw? Moreover, there is an extremely powerful demigod bear named Thunder Roaring Volibear among the Ursine tribe?
So, he could understand things like polar bears and igloos, but...he couldn't figure out what a 'television' was.
"A TV is a TV. It is the same as the magic props or spells that transmit magical images, except that it uses electricity and is a technological item!"
╮(ˊ?????ˋ)╭
While explaining, Annie jumped off the cow and prepared to cast a spell.
Soon, she used her powerful magic power and extreme manipulation to pull out huge square pieces of ice from under the distant piece of earth. Then, with a wave of her hand, she With the guidance and help of her mage's hand, they quickly flew over against the cold wind, and began to automatically build a barrier on the relatively flat mountain col ground in front of them.
Boom!
Boom! Boom!
Huge and tough ice bricks soon began to be built up in circles in the high mountains of Freljord... The sound of their collisions was also heard in the surrounding cold wind. Extraordinarily harsh.
"So this is ah……"
After hearing the other party's vague explanation, Ryze nodded, asked no more questions, and began to wait patiently for the little girl to cast the spell, while also marveling at the precise magic manipulation ability of the other party's magic.
He could see that the other party was not only stronger than him, but even in such subtle spellcasting, he was no worse than him, a veteran archmage, which made him feel a little guilty...
"..."
"Ahem! It's such a waste..."
Originally, Ryze wanted to say that he only needed to light a fire and open a shield to prevent the wind, but who would have thought that this little girl would waste her magic power so wantonly... Although he was not incapable of doing it himself. At this point, after all, spells such as cutting ice and mage's hand test the precise control of magic power and spells. They will definitely not be able to defeat Ryze, the arcane archmage!
But……
He wasn't crazy. How could he waste so much of his precious magic power just to build an igloo, stay there for one night, and then leave? Moreover, this igloo seems to be a bit big, with a hall and two bedrooms. Is it really necessary?
According to what Ryze wanted to do, he could just build an ice wall around him to avoid the wind. During these years of running around in Runeterra, he had long been used to living in the open air.
"Don't worry! You'll be fine soon!"
???(?)????
After saying that, little Annie no longer paid attention to the ugly face of the bad old man next to her or the rambling words of Rory. She just continued to work happily in the howling snowstorm and continued to use magic. Go build her big fun blocks.
She hasn't played with building blocks for a long time. This time, she must build a big house!
"..."
well!
Ruiz could tell that the other party was not building a temporary igloo for a night, but a small castle?
Because, after that little girl built a rough snow house with two rooms and one living room and successfully capped and reinforced it, she didn't stop yet. Instead, she continued to build it, continued to build a second-floor room, and even... ...and also made the spire of the castle, quickly polished and decorated it, and even put a statue of a giant bear on top?
To be honest, he really just wanted to rest for a night before leaving. Why is this little girl addicted to playing this now? I don’t know how this little guy will go about the next task?
As expected, Rize himself is still more used to being alone...
Just this time, when things here in Freljord are over, he will definitely get rid of this little girl and go somewhere else. He will no longer bring any followers, and he will never let a little girl... Guy follow yourself!
I just hope that this eating mission will go smoothly and not cause any trouble...
'...'
'...'
However, what Ruiz didn't know was that while he was watching a focused little girl fussing and complaining, on the other side of this mountain col, in the snowdrift of a high mountain in the distance, there was a young girl lying down in the snow. Two figures with strong bodies, about the size of two to three humans, with blue skin, red hair, and eyes glowing with faint blue light, were watching secretly. them?
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~ whoosh~!
While little Annie is working hard to build her ice castle, while a certain bearded bald mage is patiently waiting for the other party's mischief, and while some ill-intentioned snow mountain creatures in the distance are peeking at and harboring ill intentions, the blizzard The whistling sound became louder...
"This weather in the Freljord..."
The howling and fierce winds, in addition to being mixed with ice and snow from the sky and hitting them diagonally, causing Ryze's skin to feel stinging, they even blew the top layer of floating snow on the ground like a Dust flew up, making it difficult for him to see clearly what was happening three or five steps away.
Sure enough, he, Ryze, doesn't like this ice-covered continent...
But it's a pity that he, who has a mission on his shoulders, has to come for the sake of the world and the safety of Runeterra!
"OK!"
?★, :*:?\\(￣▽￣)/?:*?°★*
"It's done! Grandpa Ryze, come in quickly and welcome to Lady Queen Anne's ice castle!"
(*′▽｀)◇ゞPlease come in!
In the icy world where the cold wind howled and the snow fell, a castle made entirely of huge ice crystals appeared in this mountain col, and appeared in the eyes of the wandering mage Ryze, who was slightly amazed.
Moreover, he also saw that as the little girl pushed open the heavy castle door, which was also made of solid ice, and made a gesture to invite him in, the lights inside the amazing ice and snow castle automatically lit up. Wall lamps made of fiery red beating flames were set up. Their light penetrated directly through the thick ice crystal walls and reflected into the wind and snow outside. The orange walls and fiery red windows In addition, the icy blue spiers even reflect colorful light in some places, making it look beautiful, like the residence of fairies in a fairy tale wonderland...
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, except for the light coming out, he could not see anything inside. Condition?
Ruiz remembered that when the little girl cut the ice cubes, they were all square. In this case, it shouldn't be impossible to see the inside!
"Hello!"
~(￣0￣)/
"What are you waiting for? If you don't come in, I will close the door?"
|?ω?=)o
A little girl's little head wearing a blue and white mink fur hat was half exposed from the ice gate of the castle, urging a certain old man who was still outside.
"By the way, I want to tell you!"
?乛?乛?
"Just take the Xiu Niu 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 break in, otherwise my little bear will beat you. !”
(o゜▽゜)o☆
(…)
?????Super fierce!
"..."
Ryze finally understood...
It turns out that those two small rooms were reserved for him... and his treatment as an arcane archmage was, in the eyes of the little girl, the same as that of two cows?
This is really...
cough! !
…
'Gulu! '
'Snort! quick! Go back and tell the Troll King that we have something to eat tonight, it’s a human mage! '
At this time, when the door of the ice crystal castle in the distance slowly closed, and when the two humans, one large and one small, and the two snowy cows entered the dreamy castle, the mountains in the distance were originally covered in snow. The lying monster slowly stood up, snoring inexplicably with excitement in its throat, then quickly ran in the other direction at high speed, and soon disappeared in the heavy snowstorm flying in the sky.
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