#434 - Ancient Gods
They set out in early spring, headed northward, covering a long distance, traveling hundreds of miles a day, and advancing continuously.
After more than ten days, they successfully broke into the land of Wandong and felt the biting cold wind from the north. The strong wind swept over and their muscles trembled unconsciously.
The Iron Lands occupy the fertile and rich Central Valley.
The Winter Land is also called the Northern Land.
It has a vast territory and more land area than Black Iron.
However, the price is a harsh environment and a severe climate. It is covered with ice and snow all year round, making it difficult to develop resources. It is a bitter and cold place at high latitudes, just like the land of Ego.
It is said that human civilization has not yet been able to explore the frontiers of the land of winter.
It is incredibly vast and boundless. The further north you go, the colder it gets. When you reach the endless ice field, all explorers have to stop.
They traveled from south to north, and entering the end of winter was just the beginning.
The target is deep in the snowfield.
This meant traversing the entire country of Winter.
Fortunately, this team is highly qualified.
There were more than twenty shining silver moon knights, led by Hermann. He was the deputy captain of the special brigade, and his rank was second only to Green and other generals. In addition, there were eight witches accompanying them.
The journey was difficult, and the biggest impression Wandong left on everyone was the collapse of order.
The Iron Lands had also experienced a collapse of order, but the order of the Conquerors was quickly taken over by the order of the Gods.
Although the Dark Iron people are suffering, the priests and nuns have been trying their best to maintain basic order and keep the unity.
But Wandong is completely different.
The Winter King died on his sickbed two years ago, only days after the Iron King Æolion was killed in battle.
This king had no heirs, the royal power fell into the wrong hands, and the huge country was torn apart in an instant.
The dukes of Wandong had their own armies and fought against each other.
Some dukes shouted the Order of the Conquerors, some dukes used the name of the gods of the Church, and some dukes used the name of the King of Winter.
There are nearly ten dukes of various sizes in Wandong, as well as a number of independent frontier marquises, some of whom are even more powerful than the dukes.
Today, most forces have joined the race for power.
But the war situation in Wandong had nothing to do with Hermann and others.
The Silver Moon Knights are light cavalry, with extremely light silver-white armor. They are light and agile, and have extremely terrifying mobility.
With the radiance of the Silver Moon Gem, the Silver Moon Knights' combat power can match that of the Winter Guards or the Winter Knights on the frontier. They are a powerful external high-end combat force.
The local forces in Wandong are hostile to them, wary of them, tempt them, use them, and even want to subdue them.
They traveled light and their supplies were quickly exhausted.
The Silver Moon Gem can restore their physical strength and energy, and has a miraculous effect on witches, and is even more effective on Silver Moon Knights.
But this does not mean that they can go without food and water. They can only replenish their supplies nearby and move forward with difficulty.
Hermann led his men across Wandong and spent more than a month to finally get out of the quagmire of civilization and reach the frontier of civilization.
The civilized frontier means that there are few people and no more villages and towns.
According to the information obtained by Herman.
There is a group of intelligent creatures active here.
Not humans, but the Frost Clan.
…
"Are you here to rescue Grandfather's daughter?"
They are descendants of giants, and seem to have come from ancient times. They are all over two meters tall, with bodies like jagged white stones, ice-blue eyes, pale hair, and deep facial features like some kind of stone statues.
Urak is the leader of the Frost.
When he first met the Silver Moon Knights, Tarek lost his mind and attacked them like a madman.
But the young Frostman soon became a prisoner.
Then, there is the current scene.
Hundreds of Frost Warriors came upon hearing the news, and Ulak also appeared and talked to the witches in front of him.
The Frost Leader said: "Valya left with the black-haired spellcaster and came back dying. We tried every possible way to heal her, but Valya has not woken up yet."
"That's why we came here!" Monica repeated. The black-haired spellcaster was Shasta.
The leader thought for a long time and said in a clumsy human language: "You let Tarek go... He was once a tribesman of Valya, and later his tribe was destroyed by human knights."
Gwen reminded: "The knight's name is Keton. He is a high-ranking knight of the Demon Hunter Knights and an enemy of the witch."
Shasta once said that in that battle, Valya's tribe was destroyed, and Keton himself was nearly killed by Shasta's cutting of his spine.
This incident led Valya to leave the snowfield, join the Witch Forest, and become one of the members of the Witch Forest.
Silvermoon Lysa gave Herman a look, and the latter moved the Silvermoon sword away from Tarek's neck.
"I'll take you to see your grandfather's daughter." Ulak turned and left.
Valya holds a very high status in the Frost Tribe and is respectfully called 'Grandfather's Daughter'.
Grandfather refers to the frost giant in mythology.
The grandfather's daughter is the elder and mother of all Frost people.
The Frost People are descendants of the Frost Giants. They came from the Endless Icefield and later migrated to the Snowfield of the Last Winter.
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Although Valya has only just reached adulthood, she is the only one with awakened bloodline in hundreds of years and the only hope to lead the tribe back to the endless ice field.
However, the Frost People tried their best but failed to save Valya from the dying state.
Now the great enemy of the previous generation has walked out of the ice field and set foot on the snow field.
After seeing the traces of those vicious creatures, the Frost Tribe became increasingly desperate and could only hope that these outsiders would wake up Valya.
"Sir Monica, is our trip really necessary?" Hermann was disappointed. After seeing the legendary Frost Man, he began to doubt whether all this made sense.
Because the Frost People are not strong.
The flesh is not as strong as the Silver Moon Armor. The wooden spear is not as sharp as the Silver Moon Sword.
If Valya couldn't resist the combined attack of twenty Silver Moon Knights, was it worth it for them to wake her up?
Hermann knew that a big move was about to take place in the valley. His Highness was in urgent need of manpower.
At this critical moment, they were unable to share His Highness' worries, being thousands of miles away. Even though the order came from His Highness himself, they still felt guilty and worried.
"Of course there is, you don't understand." The witch smiled mysteriously, but her eyes were full of mockery.
Hermann was repulsed.
These witches have a casual personality and like to play around with the world. They even find joy in suffering when they are punished.
Don't bother with them, Hermann told himself.
The actual leader of this team is Silvermoon Lysa.
She did not participate in the Battle of the Holy City and has little experience, but she is the source of the Silver Moon Knights and the appointed seat witch, so her status is second only to the sleeping Valya.
Ulak took them to the tribal camp, which was made up of fur tents of different sizes. The Frost People lived a nomadic life of eating raw meat and drinking blood.
The frost people in the camp came out to greet their leader and spoke to each other in the frost language.
After a moment, Ulak's face turned as cold as ice. He thought that these outsiders should know the current situation, so he turned to Silver Moon Lisa and said, "We found the enemy's footprints ten kilometers away from the camp. This is the closest they have been to us."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The prophet had mentioned that this journey would be full of difficulties, but the outcome would not necessarily be a good thing.
Otherwise, Roman would never have sent twenty Silver Moon Knights and several combat witches here in person, as they could have played a greater role elsewhere.
Silver Moon Lysa asked: "What is the great enemy you are talking about?"
"You don't know? Don't humans have any cold stories related to them?"
Gwen responded with a smile: "The human race has many ancient legends, and each country is completely different. Wandong is quite unfamiliar to us. I have only heard of legends about Wandong prisoners, the fall of snow and wind, and the strange gods of the cold night, but I don't know much about them."
Ulak then told a cold story:
"It is our enemy that has been fighting against each other on the ice field for countless years.
"Our ancestors, the Frost Giants, fought a great war with their creators in ancient times. We, their descendants, followed their ancestors and regard them as our great enemy.
"Later, the Frost Bloodline weakened, but they remained strong. We had to migrate from the Endless Icefield to the less cold Snowfield more than a hundred years ago.
"We thought that they would stop fighting and reproduce in peace, as they had the entire ice sheet to themselves, until we could take back their homeland.
"But two years ago, my people saw a mutilated, eaten animal carcass while hunting, and were shocked to realize that they had crossed the boundary of the cold and desolate permafrost and invaded the space outside the ice field..."
Ulak lowered his head and stared at these outsiders with his icy blue eyes:
"They are cold evil creatures that hide during the day and come out at night. They are vicious and cruel, and love death. And their creator... is none other than the alien god of the ancient cold night in your human race's legend!"
