The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

V Duel

After a day and night of migration, the clan returned to a village—Weskar.

This place used to be the residence of the Avarosa tribe, and it was also the place where Ashe grew up. However, Glenna’s last expedition to find the throne of Avarosa took away all the tribesmen, making this place dilapidated and dilapidated.

The number of people who come back now is much less than the number of people who left at the beginning.

Lothar felt that his legs were about to break, but he still gritted his teeth and started to set up the tent. The night of the Freljord without a shelter was terrible, and Lothar didn’t want to become a frozen corpse tomorrow morning.

He wanted to set up the tent as soon as possible, cook something to eat before going to bed, and get enough energy for tomorrow’s migration.

But a loud uproar interrupted Lothar.

“what happens?”

Lothar dragged his exhausted body towards the center of the village, where almost all the people in the tribe gathered, whether it was the Iceblood or the Furnace.

Lothar was looking for Ai Xi. Not many people in the tribe were willing to talk to him as an outsider. They thought that children raised by wolves were unlucky. If Ai Xi was not found, he might not even know what happened.

Fortunately, Ashe is easy to find. Standing in the crowd, she looks like a sunny flower growing on a barren rock wall, very conspicuous.

Lothar got through the crowd and patted Ashe on the shoulder: “Hey! What happened?”

Ashe turned her head and found that it was Lothar. A complicated expression flashed across her face, but it was quickly covered up by worry.

Ai Xi saw more and more people gathered around her. She pulled Lothar away from the crowd, and climbed up to a watchtower not far away with him: “Aunt Heerno wants to challenge Mom.”

“Haernuo is going to challenge Warmother Glenna.” Lothar was startled, “Is she going to take the position of Warmother?”

“Aunt Heernuo is definitely not doing this to usurp the throne.” Ai hoped to move towards the center of the village, where the crowd surrounded a large open space, and two tall and strong women were wiping their weapons.

“What is that for?”

“For the sake of the tribe, another furnace household died on the road today.”

Haiernuo walked into the battlefield first. She carried a two-handed long sword. The faint coldness proved that it was actually a pure ice weapon.

Haiernuo’s face was serious, but on the contrary, Glenna, who was challenged, had a relaxed face, and even smiled frivolously, as if she was not taken seriously by her sister’s challenge to her power.

Glenna holds a small ax in her right hand and a short spear in her left hand, both of which are True Ice weapons.

She walked slowly into the battlefield. Heernuo raised his long sword and pointed it at her sister: “Glenna, immediately stop the migration! Don’t go after the nonexistent Avarosa throne!”

Grena laughed twice: “Sister, you can’t challenge my position just because of you. It’s still too late for you to give up. At least in this way, I don’t have to beat you so hard that you can’t get out of bed.”

The surrounding crowd roared with laughter, and Glenna’s supporters and Heerno’s supporters began to swear at each other. If the duel between Glenna and Heerno was not very important, they might all fight.

Ashe looked at the crowd sadly. The tribe was not of one mind, and there were many people who opposed her mother’s search for the throne.

Lothar put his arms around Ashe’s shoulders: “Don’t be afraid, no matter who wins, I’m on your side anyway.”

Ashe’s eyes shook, she didn’t break away from Lothar’s hand, and let him hug her.

Until Lothar’s hand slowly drilled into Ashe’s chest.

Snapped!

“Oh!” Lothar was overturned by Ai Xi’s slap. If Ai Xi hadn’t kept his hand, the slap might have knocked out Lotha’s teeth.

“Running to death during the day,How do you still have the strength to think about such things!” Ashe kicked Lothar’s back fiercely.

Lothar smiled apologetically, and blocked Ashe’s feet: “I was wrong, give me another chance to hug you, and I promise not to cross the line!”

“Good idea!” Ai Xi still wanted to punch Lothar a few times, but the duel between Glenna and Haier Nuo had already started. Ai Xi hurriedly leaned over the railing of the watchtower, watching the duel.

Heernuo’s sword swung a cold wind, and the ax and spear in Glenna’s hands crossed each other, blocking the wind that was sharper than a knife.

“My dear sister! Only this ability is not enough!” Grena laughed wildly and rushed towards Heerno, slashing with axes and stabbing with spears, each blow was accompanied by howling cold wind.

Haiernuo was not afraid of Glenna’s fierce attack, he opened and closed his two-handed swords, and the cold wind danced wildly.

“Wow, they are really fierce.” Lothar was watching the duel from the watchtower. Even Ashe and Lothar who were on the watchtower could feel the cold wind and waves created by the confrontation of the two pure ice weapons. Many onlookers couldn’t resist the cold wind and ran to the periphery of the crowd.

Heernuo blocked Glenna’s slash and shouted angrily: “Glenna! You are no longer fit to lead the tribe!”

“Then you are suitable!” Glenna dodged the sword light pierced by Hai Nuo.

“We should find a place to settle down! Sow rice and catch summer eels!” Hiernuo stabbed Glenna’s face with his sharp sword, and a small piece of frost condensed on Glenna’s face.

“Sister! I’m not here to listen to a coward! If you have anything to say, use your weapon to say it!” Glenna kicked Heernuo’s chest, knocking her back a few steps.

“Then come on!” Haier Nuo quickly regained his posture, and his long sword moved forward indomitably.

“Don’t…” Ashe looked at her mother and aunt facing each other with regret, but she couldn’t do anything.

Lothar gently put his hand on Ashe’s back.

“Sister! Listen up!” Glenna’s offensive became more and more fierce. “I am the sharp spear!” The Ice Spear in Glenna’s left hand stabbed at the gap beside Haier Nuo, and Haier Nuo hurriedly raised his sword to resist.

Section 4

“I’m a sharp axe!” Grena slashed down with the Ice Ax in her right hand, and Haiernuo turned sideways, narrowly avoiding the blow.

“I’m Blizzard! I’m Lightning!” Grena waved her arms wildly, and the two pure ice weapons interleaved and attacked continuously. The biting cold wind wrapped the ice crystals, like an avalanche of continuous attacks, attacking Heernuo without interruption line of defense. The crowd of onlookers hurriedly dispersed to avoid the aftermath of Glenna’s terrifying attack from hurting them.

“I’m Glenna!” The sharp ax and the sharp spear slashed down at the same time, and the ice waves several people high engulfed Heernuo, destroying several houses behind her.

“The outcome has been decided.” Lothar said softly.

Ashe jumped off the sentry tower and ran towards the duel.

The cold fog dissipated, and Haier Nuo tried her best to stand up while holding on to her long sword, but she finally fell down powerlessly.

“Fate did not choose you, sister.” Glenna put the Ice Ax on her right shoulder, and then raised her arms high. Glenna’s supporters in the crowd burst into loud cheers.

Aixi ran to Haier Nuo and picked her up. Haier Nuo was pale and angry.

Lothar and Marukolo then ran to Ashe’s side.

“How is Aunt Marukolo?” Ashe asked the Frost Priest.

Marukolo checked Heernuo and heaved a sigh of relief: “She will be fine, but Ashe…”

Ashe looked straight into Marukolo’s eyes.

“Ash, you have to stop your mother, Avarosa will not be able to hold on if this continues.” Marukolo said seriously.

“I know…” Ashe hugged the unconscious Hierno, and lowered her head deeply, “I know.”

Lothar looked at Heerno, then at Marukolo, and finally stopped on Ashe, his eyes flickering.

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True Ice is a wonderful and powerful magical substance that is only produced in the Freljord. It contains a large amount of frost magic energy inside, if a small piece of pure ice fully releases the energy, it can even freeze a giant beast to death.

But as soon as Zhenbing is touched, magical energy will invade the human body, usually causing severe and irreversible frostbite. Ordinary people can hardly use the weapons made by Zhenbing, and they will die when they touch them. Only the blood of the ice that is not afraid of the cold can resist the backlash of the pure ice weapon when it grows to a certain stage. This also made the gap between the Ice Bloodline and ordinary people’s combat power infinitely widen. It is almost impossible for ordinary people to defeat the Ice Bloodline with True Ice Weapons.

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travels: The Freljord