Chapter 379 [0376] Quiet Summer
Frey has been observing Ino silently.
Through the previous brief confrontation, Frey had confirmed Ino's ice bloodline and the extent of her development of the bloodline.
It is no exaggeration to say that among the many war mothers Frey has dealt with during her years of wandering, Ino's strength can definitely be at the forefront.
This discovery made Frey fearful and uneasy.
Worried about Ino's tyrannical power and hostility towards Vayne.
Uneasy with Inno's unknown purpose and unabashed solicitation of himself.
Ino's performance indeed made Frey suspicious.
But what she doubted was whether Ino "wanted to use herself as cannon fodder" rather than doubting whether Ino "was a war mother of ice blood."
For Frey, "Ino is of the ice bloodline and is a caster who has awakened the ice bloodline." This is the fulcrum that can be used as a basis for judgment.
Even though Enoch's accent was somewhere between Freljord and Demacia, and even though Enoch didn't look like a war mother in many cases, Frey didn't have any doubts about Enoch's identity.
Because accents can change, habits can change, but blood cannot be faked.
And to be honest, it is rare in Freljord for young ice-blooded people to leave the tribe and go south to seek refuge with warm-blooded people, but it is not unheard of.
Within a tribe, if two ice bloodlines are born, they may work together, or they may have many conflicts - if the conflict between the two parties reaches the point of irreconcilability, even if their relationship is that of mother and daughter, or sisters, it is often necessary to Fight to decide the outcome.
After a duel, the winner has the final say and stays to continue being a war mother, while the loser is expelled from the tribe and starts a new one.
The exiled Bare War Mother has no furnace door to work for her, and if she is too young, she does not have the support of the blood alliance. In the end, she can only live in Demacia... This is a very normal thing.
Eno fits the bill perfectly.
What Frey really doubted was not Enoch's identity, but the reason why she was wooing her - she always felt that Enoch wasn't too interested in wooing her. The war mothers of a tribe are not all the same.
This kind of cold attitude is often reserved for those from the War Mother Blood Alliance who are only responsible for combat or a certain matter.
On the contrary, it was the one named Lux. Every time Frey saw the familiar look on her face when communicating with others, he felt that she was more like a war mother dedicated to forming and expanding the tribe...
Could it be that Ino wants to use himself as cannon fodder?
But even if he hesitated in his heart, Frey had no choice after all.
Frey didn't know about the demonic seed in Vayne's body, but she had discovered that after her identity as a mage was exposed, the hatred and intimacy in Vayne's eyes were gradually becoming clearer.
Maybe Vayne might not kill the enemy as Lux said, but the relationship between the two will never go back to the past - so Frey simply proposed to "send Vayne to Forsbarrow, and then follow Yi Come back to the Freljord."
Ino readily agreed to this.
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Three days later, the caravan left the road along the river and turned west.
After another five days, the terrain began to rise and the caravan also climbed up the slope.
As the altitude gradually increases, the road conditions become worse and worse.
Although there is an obvious dirt road at the foot, compared to the roads in other parts of Demacia, this dirt road is not only rugged, but also quite muddy in many places.
"Isn't anyone repairing the roads here?" After a bumpy day, Lux couldn't help but ask the owner of the caravan, "It's too strenuous to walk on this kind of road."
"It can't be repaired, it can't be repaired." Hearing what Lux said, the caravan owner smiled bitterly and shook his head, "These loose and muddy places are all rivers. The rivers in the mountains in the north are the same every year. If they are repaired this year, they will be repaired next year. It's all ruined."
"How could this happen?" Lux's eyes widened in surprise, "Could it be that the river course will be different every year?"
"It's just different." The boss nodded, then pointed to a shallow river not far away, "This river was still flowing at our feet last year, but it has gone there this year. You How to cultivate this way?”
Following the boss's finger, Lux saw the river he mentioned.
The river is not wide and the water is very shallow. It is not even an exaggeration to call it a stream.
After a little comparison, Lux found that the width of the "road" under her feet seemed to be almost the same as that of the stream...
"This is amazing." Lux couldn't help but shook her head, "The river changes its position every year... We are not walking on the road, but on the river bed last year?"
"That's it!" The boss nodded again, "Is this your first time coming to Forsbarrow? Haha, there are many places in Forsbarrow that look strange to outsiders, and walking along the riverbed is one of them. !”
"Then why does the position of the river change every year?" Lux asked doubtfully, "Is it okay to build artificial rivers and water storage lakes to utilize the water? Just like Mithral City!"
"Have you also been to Mithril City?" The boss raised his eyebrows, "But unfortunately, Forsbarrow is different from Mithril City. The weather in Forsbarrow in the beginning of spring is much worse than that of Mithril City. Every March When the time comes, the ice on the snow-capped mountains will break, and large chunks of glaciers will slide down the slopes. The battle is comparable to thousands of troops! "
As he spoke, the talkative boss opened his arms and put on an exaggerated look.
"And those large glaciers plowed out these river channels?" Lux seemed to be imagining the appearance of the glaciers rushing. After thinking for a moment, he said, "So the river channels change every year?"
"Almost the same." The caravan boss nodded, "If you want to fix the river channel and divert water into the reservoir, you have to find a way to stop the first wave of glaciers on March 1st... The barbarians in the north said that it was called [The Last Breath of Anivia], which was the aftermath of the power of the gods. If you can't stop those large glaciers, it's useless to build artificial waterways."
Lux suddenly realized.
According to the caravan boss's description, every winter, Freljord will have a particularly cold wave called [Breath of Anivia]. When the cold wave arrives, heavy snow will fall throughout the entire northern mountains.
As soon as March arrives in the second year, the cold wave will end on time, and the temperature near Fosbyro will rise rapidly, causing the glaciers on the mountain to break off and break away from the mountain in a short period of time, rushing down the hillside like thousands of troops, carrying a huge force, and plowing new river channels on the ground.
Around March 17, these glaciers will stop sliding and slowly melt - because the size of the glacier blocks is different every year, the glacier trajectory is also different, and the river channels are naturally completely different.
According to Karya's speculation, the reason for this situation is probably related to the abnormal influence of Anivia's Breath on the climate of Freljord, but the specific situation may have to be seen in person to know.
"We, the people of Fosbyro, also want to build a smooth road to connect to Xiongdu." After talking about the glacier, the caravan boss spread his hands and showed a helpless expression, "I have also been to Miyin City, where the nobles of Xiongdu go for leisure and vacation every summer, but in terms of coolness in summer, how can it be compared with our Fosbyro?"
Lacus couldn't help but nodded when he heard it.
It was midsummer, but as everyone got closer and closer to Fosbyro, the temperature was also dropping rapidly. With the breeze blowing in the mountains, in terms of summer escape, this place might really be better than Miyin City and Urwendale.
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After getting familiar with the boss and guys of the caravan, Lacus learned a lot of information about Fosbyro from them, from climate and geography to cultural features. Everyone was happy to chat with this cheerful girl.
The only trouble was that many people tried to inquire about Lux's marriage situation in a roundabout way. The boss of the caravan had mentioned more than once that his nephew was a very capable person, "He was serving in the army and had fought against the barbarians in the north."
Every time this happened, Lux would directly say that she had no intention of doing so, and "I always had to go back to Xiongdu to live", which made people feel a little disappointed.
In this way, the caravan followed the riverbed traces of last year's river and headed northwest all the way. Finally, after spending more than half a month, it successfully arrived at Fosbyro.
When the caravan bypassed a ridge and arrived at the foot of Fosbyro, Lux and Ino immediately remembered a Shurima language.
One man guards the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it.
The towering branches of the Northern Mountains are generally northeast-southwest in direction, and it is between these mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles that it seems as if a giant axe has fallen from the starry sky and cut a gap in the continuous mountains.
Fosbyro is stuck in this gap.
The tall city walls and steep mountains are connected by nature. There is only a steep slope of at least 30 degrees leading to the city gate, and the road is very narrow. Even if there are thousands of troops, they can't deploy at all.
This steep slope is densely packed with traces of glaciers. At a glance, Lux can fully imagine the roar of glaciers outside Fosbyro when spring comes...
What a dangerous pass!
Under the city wall, an army is on guard. After seeing the boss of the caravan, the leading team leader quickly smiled.
"Uncle! I'm back!"
"I'm back, I'm back!" The caravan boss smiled, "Is the city okay?"
"There are still people in coma." The captain couldn't help shaking his head, "But the holy water is very effective. I heard that those who used the holy water didn't have a relapse - did the Illuminati agree to set up a parish here?"
"It's difficult." The caravan boss shook his head helplessly, "The bishop said that the population here is too small... I tried my best to persuade him, but in the end I only got a 20% discount on the price of holy water."
"Even if it's 20% off, it's still It's too expensive." The soldier shook his head again, "It would be great if a bishop could stay here permanently."
"Even the master of the Schnellon family has gone to Xiongdu. If there were no garrison here, I'm afraid everyone would have moved away in two generations!" The caravan boss shook his head, "Okay, blow the whistle, and quickly ask the city head to let the rope down. There can't be any problem with the holy water in the car!"
"Okay!"
A sharp whistle sounded, and the soldier raised the flag high and waved it regularly. After a while, several thick ropes came down from the slope. The guys skillfully inserted the zip lines on the sides of each truck, drove the animals and started climbing the slope.
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Lacus and Ino got off the car, following the convoy up the slope while talking in a low voice.
"I always feel that something is wrong with this city." Ino glanced at Frey and Vayne, who were also muttering and biting their ears, "Do you feel it?"
"A little bit." Lux nodded, "But I can't tell why."
"Have you tried elemental reaction?" Ino reminded, "Didn't you say that there is a strange disease prevalent in Forsbarrow, which is very similar to elemental erosion?"
"It was a convenient excuse just now. I tried it quietly - the elements here are indeed a bit abnormal, but they are not active, but silent." Lux said in a subtle tone, "Where the elements are silent, some people have been infected by elements. This is really It’s the first time I’ve seen him.”
"Teacher Kalya, do you know what is going on?" Ino was a little confused after hearing this, "Elemental infection appears in places where the elements are silent."
"Two possibilities." Kalya thought for a moment before answering, "One is that there is a violent elemental tide here. The peak elements are active causing elemental infection, and the trough elements are silent."
"I don't feel any obvious fluctuations in elemental energy. This shouldn't be the reason."
"That's right, the situation here doesn't look like a place that can cause elemental tides." Kalya continued to explain, "There is also a possibility that there is indeed a sub-plane here, and the oppression of the plane has caused the silence of the elements - and People who accidentally come into contact with the sub-plane through some means are injured by the high concentration of elements in the sub-plane, and elemental infection occurs! "
"So we are in the right place?" Lux finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "There is indeed an entrance to a sub-dimensional space here!"
"This is obviously good news." Kalya's tone became much more relaxed. "In addition to keeping an eye on Vayne and Frey, we can also start with those infected by elements - if the Shadow Realm and Demons are... If it’s one thing, we can reach the same goal through different paths; if it’s not the same thing, then we can pull it off!”
"So, Ino and I are going to act separately?" Lux touched her smooth chin, "Who are you following?"
"I'll follow Ino." Kalya thought for a while and then said, "If you find traces and clues in the Shadow Realm, don't act rashly - Ino's side is about the devil, it's safer for me to keep an eye on it!"
Lux and Ino looked at each other after hearing this, and then nodded at the same time.
Kalya's Little Classroom·Breath of Anivia:
Legend has it that the breath of Anivia is the source of the cold in winter, so the Freljordians call the cooling down at the beginning of winter the breath of Anivia.
PS. The author is finally alive! There is another chapter in the middle of the night!