There are quite a few tribes and cities entrenched in Ferreljord, and they operate in their own ways, without interfering with each other, and they also spy on each other. Once upon a time, it was a united country, but now, of course, it is clearly divided. To the north of Freljord was Ash's tribe, more of a city-state than a tribe, like Noxus. It was a huge town, with at least 10,000 people, who governed the town and the surrounding tribes' villages.

The snowy night in the town was silent, the shops on the street had long since closed, and there was only a scattered light in the houses on both sides, and I don't know who was sleepless in the middle of the night.

At the very center of the town, this is a tower, and at the top of the tower is the highest point of the town, where Her Majesty used to live, and now Her Excellency Regent is temporarily in charge of it.

The lights at the top of the tower had not yet been extinguished, silently shining on the light snow falling in the sky, shining on the people sitting on the top seats. In the room, a middle-aged woman sits on a chair and pretends to sleep. Wearing a long black and purple dress, her skin was a little pale, she was nearly forty years old, but there were no obvious wrinkles on her face, and her long brown hair was mixed with some white hair, which was coiled on her head and arranged very carefully.

Half-kneeling in front of her was a middle-aged man in full-body armor, unlike the other snowfield soldiers, his armor was not mixed with fur to protect against the cold, only cold steel and cloth. It's clear that he's very resistant to the cold, and in that sense, at least a heroic soldier. The man had short pale hair, the symbol of the Freljords, some vicissitudes on his cheeks, a bit of stubble on his chin, and a scar that stretched from his left eye to his cheek.

"How's it going?" The woman's voice seemed a little calm, and she didn't seem to have any interest or energy, but asked lightly, without any emotion.

"Nine people died in the team sent this time, and one person ran back, but he was not mentally stable." The man in the steel armor lowered his head and spoke, his voice a little stiff.

"Huh?" The woman's brows furrowed slightly: "Why do you say that?" ”

The man paused for a moment and said, "Since the soldier came back, he has been acting very frightened, unable to communicate with people normally, and can only say a few words, traces, footprints, black fog, and ghosts. ”

"Ghosts?" The regent sat reclining in his chair, one hand on his neck, and his tone was a little cold: "Ridiculous, did they find Ash?" ”

"It's not clear, I didn't ask about it." The man shook his head and said, "We'll do our best to ask." ”

"No need." The woman's tone began to become impatient, and she said lightly: "Kill that person, send fifty people to investigate again, this time the team leader, it's just you, Kadir." He closed his eyes as he spoke, as if in deep thought.

"Regent, the last time the person sent back said Princess, oh no, Ash fell into the cliff, I think there is also a certain credibility." Kadir whispered.

"I don't think so."

"Regent."

"Do you have any questions?" The woman opened her eyes slightly, looking at the person in front of her dangerously.

Kadir was silent for a while, then said weakly for a long time, "No, Lord Regent. ”

"Remember, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death. Step aside. The woman waved her hand impatiently.

"Yes."

Kadir turned and walked out of the room, clutching the sword at his waist, a flash of gloom in his pupils.

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The night in the snowfield is a little deeper, and the night here is not as poetic as elsewhere. There is no bright moon here, and there are no shadows into three, only endless wind and snow and hungry beasts.

"Ahh

Of course, there was also the cold, and Anchen stood in the snow and sneezed fiercely. She was only a fifth-level rune force, and she didn't have the ability to completely resist the cold, and this temperature of more than twenty degrees below zero made her a little unbearable. The black knives on his waist were all condensed with a layer of frost.

"It's cold." An Chen rubbed her shoulders and shivered fiercely, her lips were a little blue, and she lost her previous ruddyness. The point is that this is not the coldest time, from twelve o'clock to one o'clock at night, it is the time when the weather is cold.

MDZZ, this is really not a human job. Anchen sighed in the palm of his hand, hoping to get some warmth, but obviously this was not a very effective solution. Looking at the fire in the cave not far away, An Chen's eyes were a little yearning, and he wanted to go in and sit down, but then shook his head.

The cave was Ash's temporary campsite, and of course maybe some beast lived. But Ai Xi didn't care so much, and made a fire inside, and planned to rest in it for the night. Anchen can only protect in secret, and he can't enjoy the warmth of the campfire with Ash.

"Ah, I can't stand it, it's so cold." An Chen gritted his teeth and shook off the snow on his body, and hid in the shadow space. In an instant, the warm room temperature enveloped Anchen, and the blood that was frozen and stiff on his body sped up the flow rate.

"Whew, what a happy temperature." Anchen breathed a sigh of relief. The shivering in the snow disappeared, and the wind and snow night was calm again. Don't ask why Anchen didn't hide inside in the first place, because she essentially forgot.

Ash sat by the campfire, and she knew that it might be some kind of beast's lair, but as long as the beasts on the snow field did not appear in groups, even the snow tigers were not much of a threat to heroes like her. Even now, she was seriously injured, but she could kill a ferocious beast at some cost.

But it's different if you take them in the wild, and the packs of wild wolves will definitely make some ignorant travelers who underestimate them memorable.

At night in the snowfield, wolves are definitely more terrifying than lone beasts.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a cave and light a campfire.

Ash gently took off his cloak and unbuttoned his shirt, the bandages were bloodied and needed to be replaced. Anyway, there was no one, and Ash naturally opened the bandage to reveal the delicate skin inside.

It's not like Anchen had to pay attention to the impact when he bandaged her before, after all, Ize was still sitting on the side at that time. Be more cautious, there are some unnecessary places to take off, even if it is troublesome, it will be bandaged first. Ash was obviously more natural when she was alone, and for the sake of bandaging, she stripped off her underwear and wrapped a hemostatic bandage around her wound.

There's really no need to pay too much attention, she's the only one around anyway.

"Don't look at indecency, don't look at indecency." An Chen, who was standing in the snow, blushed, turned around in embarrassment, looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and sighed secretly, the work of a bodyguard is really not easy.