The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

: Winter’s Claw

The port of Winter’s Claw was already in sight, and Ashe helped Lothar take off the canvas.

Sejuani prepared [resources]: 9? 8; 0; 2? . 0′. 5,,8″5.;6 Prepared a thick rope, and said to Ashe: “The frost priests in my tribe don’t like outsiders very much.If they know that you are Glenna’s daughter, they will definitely do everything possible to get rid of you. ”

Lothar didn’t care that Sejuani ignored him, and asked, “Is there anything you can do?”

Sejuani patted the thick food reserves around her: “As soon as we land on the shore, we will send out all the food as soon as possible. We want to win the hearts of the priests and my mother’s wife, so that everyone in the tribe can remember that we are with you.” The friendship of the Avarosa, remembering that the Winter’s Claw and Avarosa are sister tribes.”

“Can it work?” Ashe folded the canvas.

“It must be useful.” Sejuani looked at Ashe, “Remember the lies I taught you, and don’t say anything else that shouldn’t be said. It will be fine.”

The port was getting closer and closer, and a large crowd was piling up there, obviously waiting for them.

“Welcome to Winter’s Claw.” Sejuani took a deep breath, “I’ll make you fine, Ashe.”

Lothar smiled wryly. It seemed that Sejuani really didn’t care about his life or death at all.

The boat finally approached the port, and Sejuani also saw clearly the leader standing on the port.

One war mother, three frost priests.

“Why is your mother waiting on the pier?” Ashe asked.

“Die!” Sejuani cursed inwardly, then turned around and whispered, “The plan has changed, I’ll hold them back, you guys hurry up and find a chance to distribute the food.”

Ashe and Lothar looked at each other in blank dismay. It seemed that the matter of going ashore had become less simple.

The boat arrived at the shore, and everyone could faintly hear the whispers of the tribal civilians on the shore.

“Sejuani brought two strangers…”

“Who are they…”

“I can’t see clearly…do they have anything to eat…”

Sejuani jumped ashore and tied the boat with a thick rope to a stake.

The Warmother of Winter’s Claw is tall and tall, wearing a horned helmet. She looks a bit like Sejuani. Holding a long handle and wide blade similar to Sejuani, she looked at her daughter coldly: “Sejuani, who did you bring into my tribe?”

Sejuani replied coldly: “She helped me hunt a Gruffin, and I brought back fish and wolf seals. She is eligible to stay in the tribe.”

Lothar and Ashe worked hard to carry the food onto the pier, and tried their best to show friendly smiles to the tribesmen of Winter’s Claw.

The three Frost Priests, all covered in bone ornaments and wearing pitch-black cloaks, looked at Aixi and Lothar unkindly, especially Aixi, who received more scrutiny. Aixi felt that the eyes of the three priests seemed to penetrate her.

“War Mother Kuojiya.” The leading Frost Priest said, “We shouldn’t trust these two… these two outsiders.”

Koujiya frowned and glanced at Ashe and Lothar, and pointed his broad blade at them: “My tribe will only provide shelter to honest people, and those with evil intentions will not enter. Tell me, who are you, and where are you from?” Where did you find the prey?”

Ashe’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she recalled what Sejuani had told her beforehand on the boat.

The Frost Priest and the Lost Ones once signed an ancient non-aggression treaty. The bears obtained a vast hunting ground, and people from all tribes could not hunt in their hunting grounds, provided that the bears would not attack any tribe.

If the frost priests of Winter’s Claw knew that the Gruffin snake they were hunting came from a bear hunting ground, then Ashe and Lothar would be driven out of Winter’s Claw by them, even Sejuani was no exception. Even the war mother, Koujiya, couldn’t keep her.

But the troublesome thing is that the Frost Priest has the ability to see through lies.

“I’m Ashe, from Avarosa.” Ashe tried her best to be as magnanimous as possible.

“I’m Lothar, her lover.” Lothar said calmly.

Ashe’s cheeks flushed, and she glanced at Lothar with some complaints, but after hearing what he said, Ashe relaxed a lot.

The eyes of the three Frost Priests hidden under the shadow of their crowns were as sharp as swords, observing any unnaturalness on the two of them.

Kuojiya saw that Ashe was of ice blood, and the longbow on her back was obviously a pure ice weapon, so she naturally ignored Lothar who was a warm-blooded person: “Little girl, tell me, you Where did you get the prey from?”

Ashe swallowed, seeing the encouraging eyes of Sejuani and Lothar, her beating heart gradually calmed down.

“We are Gruffins who were hunted at sea.” Ashe looked at Korkia calmly, “Gruffins attacked Lothar and I’s boat, and it was Sejuani who saved us.”

“Sejuani will never save me.” Lothar couldn’t help cursing after hearing the lie that Sejuani had made up for Ashe in advance.

“This outsider is lying.” A frost priest said coldly.

Ashe’s heart rose to her throat.

Sejuani hurriedly stood up, and stood in front of her mother aggressively: “Ash is very courageous, we worked together to kill this Gruffin, this hunting should be half of her!”

“It’s not up to you to decide how we distribute the food, daughter.” Kokiya looked down at Sejuani with a stern tone.

“Without me going hunting this time, there would be no food, mother.” Sejuani faced Kokiya without fear, without giving an inch.

Koujiya glanced at the food on the boat, and there was indeed a lot of food.

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“Hmph…” Koujiya turned around and left, “Put aside the treatment of these two outsiders for the time being, Sejuani, come talk with me in the hall.”

Sejuani gave Ashe a thumbs up, indicating that they were safe for the time being, and then followed Kokiya and left the pier.

“Should we send out the food now?” Ashe asked Lothar in a low voice, the cold eyes of the three frost priests made hervery uncomfortable.

“Let’s do it like this.” Lothar replied, and then said loudly to the crowd, “We hunted the food with Sejuani together, and now all of it is given to Winter’s Claw! You can queue up to get it! Every family has a share!”

As soon as Lothar’s words came out, the people of the Winter’s Claw tribe who had been staring at the food on board for a long time became excited. Now is the time when food is most scarce, and it would be best if someone could bring food.

The Frost Priests didn’t stop the tribesmen from getting the food. They just watched with cold eyes and whispered to each other from time to time, as if they were plotting something.

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According to legend, in ancient times, Lissandra, one of the legendary three sisters, once fought a battle with Volibear, the god of storm and war. The battle ended with Lissandra being blinded and Volibear badly wounded. After the war, Lissandra’s Frost Priests signed a non-aggression pact with Volibear’s Lost Ones.

The specific content of the treaty is unknown, but generally speaking, the bears occupied the most abundant hunting grounds in the Freljord, and humans were not allowed to go hunting, but the bears were also not allowed to invade human tribes.

Whether this contract is a good thing for human beings is very difficult to judge. Although human beings were saved from war with the powerful bear people, they also lost a lot of food sources.

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travels: The Freljord