The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Thirteen: The Top of the Mountain

the top of the mountain.

Under Lothar’s guidance and three consecutive days of climbing without a break, Ashe finally reached the top of the mountain.

The end of her mother’s dream.

Lothar lay on Ashe’s back, his eyes narrowed. He was almost out of strength, but the scene he saw still made him want to laugh.

“No…” Ashe murmured, “No…”

On the top of the mountain, there was only a huge flat pit, and there was nothing else except the frozen rock under the feet and the cold wind in the air.

There is no resplendent golden hall, no towering immortal throne, no rich treasures of pure ice.

Nothing at all.

“No!” Ashe ran down the pit with Lothar on her back, eagerly looking for anything that might be a treasure.

Although she knew that such an ending was very likely, Ashe didn’t want to accept it, and didn’t want Glenna’s efforts to be in vain.

Ashe only found a bunch of stones.

In the center of the huge pit, there is a pile of stones as high as a person.

From anyone’s point of view, this is just a lonely grave.

“The treasure must be under the stone,Definitely!” Ashe tried to find a reason for herself to keep moving, she laid Lothar flat beside the stone pile, “Wait for Lothar, when I find the treasure, I will take you home!”

Lothar could no longer speak a word. He didn’t have the strength to separate his frozen lips. The cold on the high mountain kept destroying him, a warm-blooded person.

Ai Xi was digging the pile of stones with bare hands. The frozen stones were as hard as steel. Ai Xi struggled to push them away, and there were blood marks on her fingers.

“Wait for me…Lotha…will be ready soon…” Ashe kept talking, not only for Lothar, but also for herself.

Dig down, don’t stop, there will definitely be treasures below.

Ai Xi couldn’t bear it anymore, big teardrops gushed out of her eyes and splashed on the ground drop by drop.

The night sky has already begun to light up.

Ash suddenly felt a palpitation, the shadow of death enveloped her body, and she felt as if the blood in her whole body had froze.

Delacron, climbed to the top of the mountain.

“No…” Ashe saw the dark figure approaching her step by step, desperately digging at the pile of stones, but no matter how she dug, there were still stones under the stones.

Dracron is approaching.

He slowly approached Ashe, the battle ax in his hand was still stained with frozen blood, Ashe knew that the blood belonged to her mother and the sworn fathers.

Ashe drew out the iron sword, stood in front of Lothar, and yelled at Delacron, “Get lost!”

Ashe was actually exhausted. It was very difficult for her to lift the iron sword, her hands trembled uncontrollably, and the blade could not even hold the enemy in front of her.

Delacron and his subordinates pressed forward step by step. It seemed that his magic was almost exhausted, and there were only two subordinates who accompanied him here.

Ashe instinctively wanted to back away, but she held back.

She has no way out, Lothar is behind her.

Delacron walked up to Ashe’s upper body. He threw the iron ax on the snow and took off the horned helmet engraved with the one-eyed totem, revealing his true face.

For a moment, Ashe felt like she was going to faint. She couldn’t believe what she saw with her own eyes.

“Marukolo”

“Ash.” Marukolo calmly called out the girl’s name.

The astonishment only lasted for a while, and Ashe’s feelings quickly turned into anger and hatred: “You betrayed the tribe.”

“Listen to me, Ashe…”

“You betrayed Avarosa!” Ashe roared.

Marukolo was silent for a while, and said, “I’m sorry, Ashe, I have no choice.”

“Hehe…” Ashe laughed, “Tell me, let me hear your excuses! Betray my excuses!”

Marukolo lowered his head and said in a sad tone, “I am a frost priest. I returned from a pilgrimage to the Frostguard Fortress and joined your tribe. I pretended to be weak in order to complete my mission.”

“What mission?” Ashe’s sword edge slowly approached Marukolo.

Marukolo didn’t back down, he continued: “Prevent Glenna from looking for Avarosa’s throne.”

Ashe was startled: “So, mom is right, this is really the throne of Avarosa!”

“Yes…and no.” Marukolo did not directly admit, “For so many years, you and Glenna are alive because I promised my master, my teacher, that I can stop Glenna from continuing to search. . . . but I can’t persuade her.”

“Ha!” Ash said angrily, “So you started approaching me, trying to make an oath with me, climbed into my bed, and asked me to stop Mommy”

“No, Ashe, I can’t make an oath with you. I can’t even the Frost Guards. Our allegiance is only the endless ice and snow, and our master—” Marukolo said the name, “Lissandra. ”

The Frost Priest narrated her mission, but Ashe didn’t look at Marukolo, she looked at her hair, the golden hair slowly becoming shiny.

The sun has risen.

The dawn light shone from the hills, Ashe turned his back to the sun, but Marukolo and his soldiers did not.

The harsh light temporarily deprived them of their vision. Ashe knew that this was her only chance.

The iron sword thrust out with all its strength, pointing directly at Marukolo’s neck.

But the sword failed to penetrate, the black cold shield blocked the sword, the sword edge slid to one side along the shield, Ashe decisively took advantage of the opportunity to chop the sword on Marukolo’s men, He doesn’t have a shield on him.

Ashe exerted all her strength, and the blade sliced ​​into his throat.

Before it was over, Ashe immediately reversed the sword and swung it around. The iron sword took the life of another soldier.

“Ai Xi!” Marukolo recovered from the dazzling sunlight, the dark cold air turned into a chain, imprisoning Ai Xi, she let go of her iron sword, and the cold air bound her hands and feet, Ai Xi wanted to stabilize her body, But she felt that her strength was drained, and she could only fall helplessly to the ground.

“I’m sorry, Ashe.” Marukolo walked to Ashe’s side, with only sadness and apology in his eyes.

“Traitor!” Ashe did not accept Marukolo’s apology at all. She tried her best to break free from the confinement, twisting her body constantly, but the pitch black and cold air remained motionless.

Marukolo let out a long breath, and grabbed Ashe’s neck with both hands: “I want to know one thing, Ashe…have you…have…even just for a while…have you ever loved me? ”

“No!” Ashe wanted to bite Marukolo’s hand, but she couldn’t reach it.

“That’s it…” Marukolo began to force his thumb into Ashe’s throat, “Farewell, my love.”

Ashe’s eyes were wide open, and her face gradually turned red.

“Is this going to end… Sorry, Mom, I couldn’t find the treasure…”Ashe’s spirit began to be in a trance, “Also, I’m sorry, Lothar…can’t protect you anymore…”

“Ai Xi!” As she was about to die, Ai Xi seemed to hear Lothar’s roar.

A clear cold wind suddenly blew across Ai Xi’s face. Even on the verge of death, Ai Xi woke up instantly.

This cold wind awakened something, something hidden deep in Ashe’s body.

The cold wind blew away the restraint on Ashe’s body. She instinctively stretched out her hand in the direction of the wind and held it tightly.

Ashe remembered Lissandra’s prayer.

“It doesn’t bring pain, but submission.”

But Ashe knew that Lissandra was wrong.

What ice brings to Ashe is power.

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Lissandra is the youngest of the legendary three sisters. Legend has it that she is proficient in all kinds of ice magic. She is the god of magic, the keeper of the Freljord, and the master of the frost guard.

According to legend, her image is a beautiful blind witch with an incurable scar on her eye, which is said to be left by a giant bear god (will be introduced later).

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travels: The Freljord