Chapter 229: The Snowman (The Anecdotes of Freeljord)
Nunu are from the Notai tribe, a nomadic people who have lived in Freljod for many years. Nunu's mother once told him one thing, and that was that there was a story behind everything.
The two of them collected the legends that had been passed down to Freljord, and then weaved them into songs by Reka. For Nunu, it was wonderful to be able to travel to the tribes and listen to her mother's tales of ancient heroes.
Every time the winter falls, the Notai bring their music and dance to every settlement they come across, lighting the flames of celebration in the biting cold wind.
Nunu wanders in the frost waves overflowing from Anivia's wings, his heart beats to the beat of the song, and his world is full of infinite possibilities.
On Nunu's fifth name day, Reka gave him a flute so that he could play the tunes she had made. Mother and son live in a caravan, playing strings and singing Reka's heart song. As the years passed, the songs they sang became a record of the journey.
One day, the Notai clan is attacked by thieves, and Nunu is forced to be separated from her mother. A group of Ice Guards break the siege, and the surviving children are taken to the villages near the Ice Guardian Fortress. Nunu worries about Reka's well-being, looking forward to hearing her mother's warm singing from the cold wind.
The snow was falling day by day, and the time passed for weeks. Nunu thinks about his mother, but the Ice Guard tells him that no child can go out and search in such a climate and return safely.
Even when Nunu showed off the flute his mother had given him, they remained indifferent. Nunu now calls it Sver Songs, a greatsword of his imagination.
Nunu spent more and more time alone, immersed in the ballads his mother had sung in the past, imagining the legends of those ancient heroes over and over again.
He dreams of being the hero of these stories, and while the Ice Guards are reluctant to send out their men to rescue his mother, he wants to be a warrior like them.
He even met with their leader, Lisandro. Lisandro frequently asks about Nunu's mother, and she seems to be collecting a very special ballad.
No one believed that Nunu was capable of becoming a hero, not even the other children of the Nortai clan. They laughed at Nunu because he had not a dagger in his hand, but a flute.
However, Nunu knew exactly what he was doing, and he chose to listen to the melody that reverberated in his heart. One night, Nunu realizes how to prove himself and how he can get the help of the Ice Guards to help him find his mother.
He had heard from Lisandro that Freljord had an extremely ferocious beast that he killed anyone who tried to tame him. The Ice Guards send troops to fight every year, but each time they are hit hard, and no one comes back alive.
Suddenly, Nunu understood everything. What she wanted to know was about it. Nunu knew his original name, and he would definitely respond to his declaration of war.
Nunu is determined to give the beast a taste of the wrath of Sver Songor! He tamed the beast Okul who was in charge of guarding it with his flute, and quietly slipped out into the bitterly cold snow outside the village.
The legend of a boy alone who fearlessly confronts the beast head-on, a legend he had never imagined, and now it is happening to him.
An ancient and sacred race that once ruled the mountains of Freljord, but their civilization was destroyed by a great snowstorm. One of them watched as his companion's magic was stripped away, and the beastly nature in his body instantly overwhelmed his reason.
As a family, his personality has gradually changed due to external stimuli. Although he was chosen as a Guardian to protect the Clan's magic, until the power could be used by the right people again...... But he couldn't find that person.
The humans who broke into the snow monster's stronghold were full of malice...... So he had no choice but to resist with his fangs and claws.
The Guardian had forgotten something important, and he knew it. His name...... and the names of his cherished companions...... Once upon a time, the people of Freljord were singing their songs. It all changed dramatically after the boy broke in.
The Guardian, who had been guarding it for centuries, sensed that humanity was approaching, and let out a roar of earth-shattering rage, intent on ending the boy's life. To his surprise, the boy reflected in the gem was a heroic crusade against the Wyvern and the Ancient Serpent.
The boy roared and pulled out the flute at his waist as if it were a legendary holy sword. When the boy looked at the Guardian, he saw not a beast, but one that needed companionship.
's anger was still high, and he didn't think that the snowball could easily hit the boy. A snowball battle unfolds. 's heart flooded with all kinds of emotions, at first angry, then shocked, and finally happy.
He enjoyed it, and for the first time in all these years it was no longer fearful, but infected by the innocence of the boy.
His sanity gradually returned, and what began as a roar turned into loud laughter. Until he broke the boy's flute.
The boy burst into tears, feeling a sadness around the gem that he could empathize with. He had studied the gem for centuries, and he saw through it the fall of a people – the threat of their own burial.
He heard a voice in the wind, and he felt something different in the boy's heart, something he had never felt in any other human, not even the three sisters who had come to visit him a long time ago. That kind of love is for the family, for the fight against despair.
At that moment, it became clear that Freljord's only hope was the power that already existed in the boy. The magic he guards is nothing more than a tool; What really matters is the mind that can take shape.
Make a gesture, and the magic contained in the gem is immediately transferred to the boy's body, giving him the ability to manifest what he thinks. In order to repair the flute, the boy imagined it as a real frost ice crystal in his heart.
Then the boy looked and gave his newfound friend the name "Willamp". The duo have traversed the tundra of Freljord, and with Nunu's mind and the power of Willamp, they can now do what they would never have been able to do alone:
It's an adventure!
Nunu follows Reka's song, hoping that one day she will see her mother again.
However, Willamp knew that Nunu, with such magical powers, would have to face the mission he had to undertake in the future.
The game will have to end one day when the dark ice crystals in the center of Freljord will melt.