The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Eight Mountainside

Ai Xi worked tirelessly to help Furnace move forward, but the power of one person did not play a big role.

But Ashe has no choice. She can’t say that the Ice Bloodlines in the tribe will help Furuto with her. They are all fighters, needing to conserve their strength for battle, and they only obey Grena’s orders.

Lothar only rested for a short while every day, and then went to help the furnace household with Ashe. But he didn’t receive any gratitude for his help, because he was a wolf cub and an outsider.

But Lothar doesn’t care, as long as Ashe smiles at him on the road, that’s enough.

After marching for several days, the furnace households were not strong enough, but they were strong enough. Under the encouragement of Ashe and the care of Marukolo, the furnace households followed the team of Iceblood without dying.

“We are almost at the Ice Son tribe.” Ashe carried Lothar’s big luggage, and said to the wolf cub who was trying to please a billy goat beside him, “When you are fighting, you stay with other people, don’t My brain rushed to the battlefield.”

This billy goat is Ashe’s property, and he was taken up the mountain as emergency food. Lothar stuffed a handful of snow into the goat’s mouth, and the billy goat glared at him angrily, and spat out the snow.

Lothar tapped the goat’s head: “You’re not short tempered, believe it or not, I’ll stew you tonight?”

“Lothar!” Ashe said loudly, “Did you hear me?”

“Don’t worry, Ashe.” Lothar smiled and touched himself.”Although I can’t beat the Ice Bloodline, I can escape without any problem. I am very good at escaping.”

“No matter how good you are at escaping, don’t take risks.” Ashe repeatedly urged.

“Why, are you afraid of my death?” Lothar smirked and wanted to hug Ashe’s waist.

Ai Xi slapped Lothar away: “Don’t think about it, I am the future war mother, and I care about every life in the tribe.”

Lothar laughed twice, and took out his own bow and arrow from the bag behind Ashe.

“Where are you going?” Ashe asked.

“Go get you two rabbits or snow mice to eat meat. You haven’t eaten meat in so many days, and you can spit out clear water.” Lothar checked the arrow as he said.

“Don’t leave the team, I don’t want to eat meat.” Ashe wanted to reprimand Lothar, but for some reason, the words that came out of her mouth were not harsh.

“All right, all right, I’ll eat if you don’t want to eat.” Lothar carried the quiver on his back, “Don’t worry, I’ll be back before the sun touches the top of the mountain.”

“But your feet…”

“Don’t worry, it’s just a few blisters. I’ll go find a koji grass and dip it in some snow to paint it on.”

Ashe sighed. She knew she couldn’t stop this wolf cub, but she also had confidence in Lothar’s hunting skills. The most experienced hunter in the tribe caught less than half of Lothar’s prey last year.

“Hurry up and come back,” Ash said.

“Okay, dear.” Lothar ran away after saying this.

Ashe was stunned for a long time, and then angrily shouted at Lothar’s back: “Who is your dear!”

But Lothar had already run away, and Ashe could only hear his hearty laughter echoing in the snow-capped mountains.

“Little wolf cub, I’ll beat you up when you come back.” Ashe waved her fist in the direction where Lothar left.

Looking away, Ashe found that the furnace owners around her were looking at her with strange eyes.

“Ahem!” Ai Xi blushed, coughed twice in embarrassment, and continued to help the furnace owners push the carts.

“That… Ai Xi.” A furnace woman said to Ai Xi hesitantly, “I think you should not get too close to the wolf cub, he is an outsider.”

Ai Xi’s expression froze, and she said, “Well… I know.”

“But you…”

“I said it, I know.” Ashe interrupted the woman from Fuhu, and continued to push the cart.

…

“We’ve reached the mountainside!” A sentry shouted from the front of the team.

Ashe looked up, apologized to the furnace owners, and ran back to the front of the line.

There is a lush grassland on the snowy mountainside. The plants on the high mountain are very cold-resistant. Before winter comes, you can still see them growing all over the mountains.

On the grass, there was a group of long-haired livestock grazing with their heads down.

“It’s the Erniuk herd!” Ashe watched this scene in surprise, and ran to Glenna’s side.

Grena was standing with Marukolo. Like Ashe, Marukolo showed a joyful smile, but Grena had her arms crossed and her face was expressionless.

“Aixi!” Marukolo saw Aixi and waved to her. The large luggage on Aixi’s back made his face stiff again, but Marukolo quickly recovered.

Glenna looked at the map in her hand: “It’s the Ice Children’s herd. The shepherds abandoned them and fled.”

“We must have been discovered by scouts.” Yilu said standing behind Glenna.

“These herds are ours now.” Marukolo said with a smile, “We won without a fight. The Ice Son will definitely not have time to organize people to fight us. We can take these herds down the mountain directly.”

“There is food for the winter, and there is no need to fight. This is the best result, Mom.” Ai Xi’s tone was filled with joy that could not be suppressed.

Glenna sneered: “The Ice Children escaped because they wanted to protect something more important.”

Ashe was stunned for a while: “What did you say? Mom.”

“Avarosa’s throne must be at the top of this mountain!” Grena’s eyes revealed fiery ambition. “Give up the herd! Let’s move on! The Ice Sons will definitely gather men to chase us! We must climb up before then.” Up to the top!”

Ashe’s eyes widened. She didn’t expect such an ending.

“Wait! Mom!” Ashe stood in front of Glenna, “If you give up these foods, how will the tribe survive the winter?”

“The treasures in the throne of Avarosa will make our tribe forever rich.” Glenna didn’t even look at the fat herd beside her.

Ashe couldn’t say a word. Glenna’s obsession with the legendary treasure had already exceeded her imagination.

Grena pushed her daughter away and was about to walk forward when a hand grabbed her arm.

Grena looked back, and the person who grabbed her was Marukolo.

“What do you want to do? Frost Priest.” Glenna said coldly.

Facing Glenna’s coercion, Marukolo did not flinch: “Warmother Glenna, the food that can make the whole tribe survive the winter is right in front of you, but you want to give up on them and go after them.” The Throne of Avarosa that doesn’t even exist”

“Ha! Did my ears hear me right?” Glenna sneered, “My Frost Priest actually told me that the myth is not true.”

“Many myths are true, but this one is absolutely not.” Marukolo said firmly.

“I’ll judge whether it’s true or not.” Grena shook off Marukolo’s hand.

“Don’t you care about the lives of the furnace owners?” Marukolo demanded sharply, “Look at how exhausted they are! You will definitely send them to their deaths if you let them climb the mountain again!”

“What do you mean Frost Priest?”Glenna pulled out the Ice Ax hanging from her waist with her right hand, and pressed the Ice Spear with her left hand.

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The natural climate of the Freljord is very cold, which makes food extremely scarce. There is very little land that can be cultivated, and how much food you can get from fishing and hunting depends on luck. Winters in the Freljord are long and blizzard-ridden, making it difficult for even the Iceborn to forage for food in winter. Therefore, it is a matter of life and death for every tribe whether they can store enough food for the winter before the winter comes.

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travels: The Freljord