The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Negotiations

Ashe has a good temper, but that doesn’t mean she has no temper.

An arrow condensed from the True Ice Longbow, and Ashe shot directly at Olaf’s feet. The Berserker was taken aback, but the cold had already directly frozen one of his legs.

Ashe looked at Olaf proudly: “Now, what should you call me?”

Olaf raised his beard, smashed the ice on his legs with the back of the axe, and pointed the ax at Ashe: “I’ll call you a bitch! Listen up! I don’t care if you belong to Laoshizi Avarosa Reincarnated, Rockfarers will never submit to the weak!”

Ashe also became angry a little bit: “Am I a weak person? Do you want me to freeze you into an ice sculpture to prove it?”

“Come on! I’m afraid of you!” Olaf raised his ax and was about to strike at Ashe.

“Protect Ai Xi!” The people behind Ai Xi raised their weapons and rushed forward.

“Stop!”

“Don’t come here!”

Muthas stopped Olaf, and Ashe told the followers to stop, and there was no conflict between the two sides.

Muthas and Ashe glanced at each other, and saw that the leader of the other party didn’t think about the dispute.

“Olaf!” Musas punched Olaf in the stomach, “Ash is here for peace! She’s not here to fight you!”

“Fucking peace!” Olaf pushed Musas away. His strength was obviously much stronger than that of the old soldier. “The most fucking annoying thing for me is peace! I want to fight!”

Ashe raised her eyebrows. This berserker named Olaf seemed to be a militant.

“Olaf.” Ashe stood straight in front of the berserker, “I am Ashe Longbow. I came here to seek peace with Lokfar, not to fight you.”

“I don’t care! I just don’t like our Lokfar people talking to other people in a friendly manner!” Olaf shouted at the Lokfar warriors behind him, “The Lokfar people are a tribe that fights! We were born to fight! Born to die on the battlefield! Are you right!”

The Lokfar fighters looked at each other, and they didn’t know who to listen to, but most of them still responded to Olaf’s words and let out a loud battle cry.

The shaman of Lokfar also came forward and saluted Ashe: “The reincarnation of Avarosa, we Lokfar people are indeed a nation born for fighting, maybe the alliance is not a good choice for us , we Rockfarers need this kind of fearless courage to survive in the Freljord.”

Ashe frowned. Originally, he and Lokfar were about to further negotiate a peace, but he didn’t expect that a soldier like Olaf would come out to make trouble and completely change the situation.

Olaf chuckled: “That’s right! What’s that girl called…”

“Ash!” Ashe gave Olaf a cold look.

“Oh yes! Ashe!” Olaf swung the axe, staring at the Zhenbing longbow in Ashe’s hand with burning eyes, “You can enter Lao Tzu’s village if you want! Duel with Lao Tzu! Stepping on Lao Tzu’s corpse to enter That’s it!”

Muthas held his forehead: “He’s here again.”

Ashe thought for a while, and said, “Is it all right as long as I defeat you?”

“No way!” Olaf waved his hand, “I don’t see the honor in a life-and-death duel! Either you die or I die!”

Section 18

Ashe was in a dilemma for a while. With Olaf around, it would be difficult for Ashe to sit down and have a good talk with the Rockfarers, and avoiding a duel is a sign of cowardice in the Freljord.

But if Olaf is killed, it is equivalent to killing a member of Lokfar. Even if the Lokfar people don’t turn against her, it will be difficult for them to cooperate again.

Olaf saw Ashe’s hesitation, and he spit out two rough breaths from his nose: “I value your bow so I want to duel with you. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t bother talking nonsense and just cut it! Anyway, I am sitting at the entrance of the village. , if you duel with me, come to me, if you don’t come, get out as soon as possible!”

After finishing speaking, Olaf carried the huge sea skunk away without looking back.

Muthas sighed, but there was both helplessness and admiration for Olaf in his eyes: “Ash, you heard it too, if you don’t fight him, we have nothing to talk about.”

Ashe looked at Muthas suspiciously: “Is Olaf your leader?”

“No.” Muthas shook his head. “He is the strongest fighter in Lokfar, yes, but he is not the leader.”

“Then why do you listen to him?”

“Because Olaf is right.” Muthas and the shaman took the Lokfar people away, leaving behind this sentence, “We Lokfar people only like war.”

…

Ashe returned to the boat depressed, and stood alone on the side of the boat in a daze, watching the setting sun in the distance.

In the distance, several small boats slowly approached the shore.

“Ash!” Lothar stood on the boat and waved to her, “We’re back from fishing!”

See Lothar, Ashe’s badAfter calming down a bit, she wanted to stand up and ask Lothar loudly how many fish she had caught, but when she thought that there were her followers watching on the boat and needed to maintain her image, she simply waved to Lothar.

Lothar came back with the fishermen who went out to sea to fish, and everyone looked happy.

“Master Lothar is really unusual. Find a fish and find a quasi [resource; source’ group]: 9? 8; 0; 2?. 0′. 5,, 8″5. ;6!”

“Pump-headed whales are such cunning beasts, Lord Lothar just found three of them!”

“Have a good time tonight!”

Ashe listened to the fishermen’s discussion, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

Lothar boarded Ashe’s boat: “I’m back.”

“Thank you.” Ashe welcomed him back with a smile. “Your injury is not healed yet. After we left Ibrato Village, you have been leading people to fish every day. Pay attention to your health.”

“I’m afraid that if I only leave it to the fishermen, the fish caught will not be enough for so many boatmen.” Lothar hugged Ashe, “Don’t worry, I’m just responsible for finding the prey, and they will do all the work of harpooning and netting. gone.”

Ai Xi saw that there were still many people watching around, so she accepted Lothar’s hug a little bit shyly: “Then… what’s the result?”

Lothar put his arms around Ashe’s waist: “The fishing ground here is very good. In just a short while, I caught three pilot whales, two seals, and a lot of bluefin fish. I’ll cook something delicious for you tonight. ”

“Then I’ll wait and see.” Ashe narrowed her eyes, looking happy.

“What about you? How is the talk with the Lokfar man?” Lothar asked.

Ashe’s expression froze and she didn’t reply.

“It seems that something is wrong.” Lothar said softly, “Tell me about it.”

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Pilot whales are found in the western and northern waters of the Freljord. Adults can grow to be eight to ten meters long, and they basically move alone except during the breeding season. The meat is delicious and the fat is thick, suitable for various cooking methods. But the pilot whale is cunning by nature and is good at shuttling through the ice, making it difficult for even experienced fishermen to catch it. If you’re thinking of eating this whale in the Freljord, you better hope the fisherman you pay for is lucky enough.

——Excerpt from “Valoran Travel Notes: The Freljord