Chapter 263: The North Wind Behind You
The wind, howling. When you stand on a high place, there is always the kind of wind that is not on the ground. The red hair fluttered messily in the air, and was pulled back by a slender hand, revealing Elsa's face under the red hair. She frowned slightly, looking out the window, as if completely unaware that behind her, in the stone room with plant tendrils, a somewhat gauntlet figure was slowly approaching her.
"It's dangerous for you to climb up on your own again. Something behind her made a sound, and the light from the window came in, reflecting her hairy cheeks and bulging snout. However, her unusual appearance could not hide the clarity in the speaker's eyes and the grace of her demeanor. This makes her look like a noble lady in a puppet suit, with a subtle incongruity in her demeanor and appearance.
"No place is safe now. There is no place in this world that is safe, and all the mountains and rivers you are familiar with can be frozen forever for thousands of years in the blink of an eye. Elsa said this in a serious tone, but smiled as she turned her head to look at the other, "It's a frosty proverb. As for me, it's probably just because I'm bored and don't like going underground. Don't get me wrong, I'm not unhappy with the nezumi. ”
Gloria smiled too, she shook her head lightly, and walked to Elsa's side, "Of course you won't, you've spent so many days and nights with us, and there aren't many people in this world who are as popular with our people as you. I can understand how you feel, life underground is a bit too boring. Although efforts have been made to transform it, it is far less open than the world on the ground. Sometimes I want to run away, too. ”
"This should not come out of the mouth of the queen of the rats. What would they do if you all ran away from here?" Red Fox knew the other party was joking, so he joked.
"I'm not the queen of the nezumi, and even if I were, I wouldn't be able to do without it. The people of Vale have all been through that turmoil, and they're more resilient than we thought, and with the wisdom taught by Master Cheese, the Nezumi can survive any tough time. The Baroness of Valley City said with a convincing tone of pride in the rats. She has plenty of faith in her kind.
Compared to Gloria's optimism, the smile on Elsa's face looked rather reluctant. She turned her head to look out the window, the north side of the sky, beyond the shadows of Dragonspine Mountain, the incredible light swayed like writhing ribbons. The ribbons are wonderfully coloured and always change with the passage of time, and they hang high in the sky, so magnificent, so dangerous.
"Those things are still there. The baroness also noticed something strange in the sky, "I have read in the book that such a phenomenon does occur in the north. But that should be further north than Longji Mountain. ”
"From Longji Mountain to the north, all the way non-stop. The permafrost under your feet could not tell whether it was frozen on the ground or made up of pure ice, and there was a sea of ice floating like mountains, and it was a land of ice and water. There are no ordinary days and nights in the kingdom, only long sunrise and night, and it takes a year to alternate between the two. Occasionally, in the long night, there was such a light in the sky, the mark of the chariot of the gods, or the spark of their battle with the evil. This is what my people have to say about the light, and it shouldn't be here. Elsa looked at the band of light in the air and muttered.
"What's the solution? There's nothing in their war that shouldn't be there. Gloria reluctantly said that she had seen a much more mysterious and terrifying scene in that sky than the aurora in the past few days. Thanks to what Cheese had told them, they were finally able to deduce the source of these visions, "Does the Legion still insist on not agreeing to the migration?"
This time it was Elsa's turn to feel helpless, she hugged her shoulders, recalled the stubbornness of her people, and frowned, "The commander rejected my proposal and gave a reason that could not be refuted. Years ago, our ancestors had to abandon their homeland north of Dragon's Back and settle here. For so many generations, the Legion has endured the gaze of others, and we will always be the Northlanders in your mouth. Now, if the Legion retreats again, where will our home disappear again?How much time will it take us to convince ourselves and our descendants that there is no cowardice in this concession? I can't argue with him. ”
"Because what he said was right. Commander Jon has always been a resilient commander, and you don't have to blame yourself for that, and you're both right in this matter. Besides, things haven't gotten so bad that maybe it's a big deal to plan the legion south now. The battle between the wizards took place on the ice field, and it has nothing to do with us. The lady tried to comfort her friend, and she tried to comfort herself.
"Five days ago, a demon rushed over from the ice field, climbed the rocks of Dragonspine Mountain with its bare hands, jumped onto the patrolling boardwalk, and killed twenty members of the legion. In the end, the Legion had to have people block it and freeze it to death by the wind and snow to solve the thing. I can't imagine what would have been here if they had fought any longer. Elsa spoke of the terrible encounter, her eyes full of grief. To the listener, it was twenty soldiers of the Frost Guards, but to her, it was twenty relatives, blood relatives, who died in an unknown way, and even their corpses were eaten and destroyed.
"How could it be..."Gloria looked horrified when she heard the news, the demon, she had encountered it in Vale City years ago, and she knew how terrible those things were. A single demon is an uncomprehensible disaster for an ordinary person's army, and the Frost Guardian was able to kill it at the cost of twenty people, relying entirely on the natural hazards of Dragonspine Mountain and its adaptation to the cold weather.
"Do you need me to send someone over? There aren't many people who can use it, but at this time, one more person can do more work. "In the past few years, in order to deal with the possible liquidation of the rat people in the country, in addition to vigorously developing underground construction and solving the food problem, the rat people in Valley City also have a certain scale of armed forces, and this force is the elite of the rat people.
Elsa shook Gloria's hand and thanked her for her help, "Thank you, but don't worry, those things are not something that physical mortals can resist. I have already sent a letter to Mona and Peg, and Commander Jon has also sent a message to the Grand Duke of Hammer and Sir Marcus through channels, it is not convenient for the kingdom to send troops directly, but the Hammer Lords can still provide reinforcements. When the Wolfwalker clan and the Witch Order arrive, I don't think it would be a big deal to encounter a scattered demon again. I'm afraid that in the future, it will affect more than just things of the demon level. ”
The Baroness nodded, thinking for a moment, "Why don't you ask Migo to help?" It doesn't like the cold wind of Dragonspine Mountain, but it should be okay to fly around every few days, and it can be regarded as finding something for him to do." Otherwise, the dragon would have hibernated, and it had been depressed since Cheese was gone. ”
Elsa was silent for a moment, then snorted softly in agreement. Gloria realized that she had mentioned someone she shouldn't have mentioned in front of the red fox, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she could only whisper a few words and leave the place, leaving Elsa alone at the top of the tower. When the baroness had gone, Elsa gently pulled out the chair behind the workbench and sat in, where she had been sitting lately, her fingers running over the armrests of the chair, hoping to feel some kind of warmth.
"Actually, it's not just the dragon who is depressed?"