The legendary immortal dragon, the Nightmare of Frost, is back. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Bai Ye still remembers the story of how he traded pickled beef jerky for the old man of the night watch in Grey Raven Castle when he was a child:

At the end of summer, the dragon Frost Nightmare, which lurks in the molten gold dream, wakes up from its slumber and tears the edge of the dream with its razor-sharp claws, spreading its black wings again and soaring under the blue skies of our real world.

Everywhere the Nightmare of Frost went, the cold wind suddenly rose, and the freezing rain was miserable.

Since the bridge between the real world and the Molten Gold Dream is a forest and a meadow, the gold dust mist that overflows from the cracks torn by the Nightmare of Frost will erode into the real world, turning the originally green grass into yellow, which is the source of the autumn and winter seasons.

Later, Bai Ye, who was fascinated by the Nightmare of Frost, offered his slingshot with both hands, and the old man of the night watch swore that he had witnessed the Nightmare of Frost when he was a young man traveling to the Fist Peak in the north.

At that time, this terrifying monster was concentrating on hunting a herd of long-haired mammoths, because the raging blizzard obscured the view, and the huge black shadow of the evil dragon loomed in the white air, but on the ground, the long-haired mammoths as tall as the city walls were panicked, like a herd of deer chased by fierce tigers, and fled in all directions.

Finally, a long-haired mammoth, left alone in a panic, fled to the edge of the cliff and had to turn back, wailing and calling for his companions.

But nothing but black death came.

The Nightmare of Frost emerged from the blizzard and landed gracefully in front of the cliff, its long, sturdy body swaying seemingly at random, with a deadly grace and calmness, obsidian-black dragon scales shrouded in frost, each scale bloomed with a twisted and painful human face, they screamed, and the sound of resentment lingered around the Nightmare, converging into a song of undead that cursed all things.

When the old man of the night watch said this, the young white night couldn't help but shiver, although he was in the warm afternoon, his heart was still flooded with a chill.

Cautiously and expectantly, he asked the Old Man of the Night's Watch, "Has that lone woolly mammoth been able to defeat the Nightmare, you said that the mammoth is the strongest and bravest creature in our world, and its fangs can easily pierce the thickest shields!"

The old man of the night watch took a sip of ale and suddenly smiled meaningfully.

"All I remember is that the hairy mammoth hung its head and knelt down to die, becoming food for the Nightmare of Frost. Even the strongest and bravest creatures in our world could no match for the dragon, who saw everything as prey. ”

For many years after that, the dark shadow of the Nightmare of Frost haunted White Night's mind, lingering.

The inhabitants of Grey Raven Castle laughed at him, saying that he would believe the madness of the Old Night's Watch, and that with just two more glasses of ale, he would have to boast of himself as a dragon slayer in the rest of his story.

But whether or not the Nightmare of Frost really exists, winter is coming.

On the morning of the first snowfall, White Night woke up from the nightmare of the Nightmare of Frost, and found that his limbs had frozen stiff, and the scarf that wrapped his head was full of ice slag that stuck to his mouth, and his head was groggy and uncomfortable.

He struggled out of the burlap sleeping bag filled with torn cotton wool and dead leaves, and it was cold and dark in what the stray children called a rat hole, and it was impossible to tell what time was up. There were a few children curled up sleeping beside him, and Bai Ye was careful not to make a sound, and walked lightly to the entrance of the cave.

Bell was awake, and he sat silently on a wooden chair in front of the entrance to the cave, his emaciated and sickly face with high cheekbones and a pair of gloomy but piercing gray eyes staring at the white night.

Of all the street children who live in rat holes, Bell is the oldest, almost in his early 20s. Despite his thin body, he acted ruthlessly and resolutely, and people saw him as the guardian and leader of these children.

"You don't sleep well, you toss at night like a fish thrown on the shore, what's going on?"

Bell asked casually.

Bai Ye rubbed his temples, and the figure of the Nightmare of Nightmare came to his mind, on the edge of the steep cliff, its three dragon heads entangled and bitten each other, devouring the steaming organs and flesh of the long-haired mammoth, and from time to time spewing out a miserable white frost flame, which White Night's intuition told him was transformed by the hot vitality of the long-haired mammoth's body.

Bai Ye couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, watching his hot and humid breath cool into a fine white mist in the air.

"It's just a nightmare, it's not a big deal. Bai Ye walked over to the table beside Bell and took the wooden spoon from the bucket on the table.

Bell suddenly reached out and pressed his shoulder, his shoulder aching with his thin, powerful fingers.

White Night looked at Bell in bewilderment, and the latter's indifferent gaze made him uncomfortable, and he looked away uneasily.

"I've heard you've been getting close to those people of Bliss lately, and I don't like the news. ”

"What's the matter with you?" Bai Ye said in annoyance: "Don't think that those little cubs listen to you, you think of yourself as the boss here, I'm fifteen years old, and it's my freedom to be with whomever I want." ”

Bell smiled meaningfully, he withdrew his hand, and Bai Ye grabbed a wooden spoon and scooped a spoonful of cold water from the bucket, and drank it in large gulps, because he was choking on it and coughing because he drank it so quickly.

"Of course it's none of my business, but I've heard rumors of bliss that she and a few of her brothers stole some séance powder from the Greyraven Lord's warehouse, and that several nearby gang bosses coveted the aristocratic thing. It is said that if you suck a little bit of that thing, you can be fluttering, but it is a bit of a side effect, and people will become moody after the drug power passes, and they will be thirsty anytime and anywhere. ”

The white night seemed to be a little cold, and his body unconsciously started to tremble.

"Nonsense, you really should beat up that guy who is full of nonsense, these rumors will put us all in danger, how crazy is Bliss to dare to steal the lord's things? “

Dropping the wooden spoon, Bai Ye wiped his mouth, passed past Bell, pushed open the simple door of the rat hole, and was about to go out.

Behind him, Bell said in a deep voice: "You are only half right, only you will be in danger in this matter, and it has nothing to do with us." If the séance rumors were true, I'd kill you before you brought the danger back to the rat hole, you remembered for me, White Night. ”

Bai Ye froze, and then he walked out without saying a word.

The bitter cold wind blew in his face, and it was as painful as a knife cut, but Bai Ye raised his head and squinted at the gray clouds in the sky, through which the pale sunlight poured on the ruins at the foot of Bai Ye, and a sickly cold light appeared. The ground was covered with a thin layer of first snow, but it could not hide the harsh black of the charred bricks.

Twenty years ago, his father, Bai Yuxi, was a well-traveled Oriental merchant who met a wizard's maid when he was buying leather at Grey Raven Castle, and the two quickly fell in love. Bai Yuxi then settled here and built a house here, and married the maid as his wife. Five years later, they have the crystallization of their own love, White Night.

Bai Ye still recalls the gentle touch of his mother's embrace, and the slight smell of medicinal herbs wafts from his mother's body between his snorts. Of course, I can't forget my father's quiet and dark eyes, faintly in the green smoke of sandalwood, and there is a slight smile in the corner of his eyes.

But all these memories came to an abrupt end in the sudden outbreak of the black plague eleven years ago. Bai Ye was only four years old that year, and his memory became fragmented for some reason, he only remembered that he was hidden by the housekeeper's grandfather in the secret passage of the warehouse, and the shouts and shouts of people kept coming from outside the cave, and looking out from the crack in the door of the cave, he could only see the flames accompanied by thick smoke, devouring everything he knew.

The frightened White Night had no choice but to hide in the deepest part of the secret passage, trembling and curling up in a ball, holding his head tightly, hoping to keep it all out.

I don't know how long it took for the surroundings to be quiet, and then a slight sound of footsteps came to my ears, and Bai Ye looked up in a daze, and saw Bell's long, thin, thin face for the first time.

Bell told White Night that his family had been burned to death in the house because of the Black Plague.

From that day on, the wanderer Bell became the owner of the secret passage, which he called the Mouse Cave. And Bai Ye has become a street child in his own home.

White Night didn't want to stay here for long.

He walked through the wreckage of his house, through the fields overgrown with withered yellow weeds, until he came to the rushing Turtle River, and over the pontoon bridge, the dirty, dilapidated walls of Grey Raven Castle were on the other side of the river.

Before the Black Plague ravaged the area, Grey Raven was thriving. But the Black Plague has killed the vitality here, and now the outer city of Grey Raven Castle has basically been abandoned, and only the inner city where the lord lives is still somewhat popular.

But after the death of the old lord Sloane, the younger Sloan who succeeded him was a mean and inferior fellow, not only setting all kinds of harsh taxes and collecting the people's fat and ointment, but he was also moody and used torture to maintain his authority. The slightest resistance from the inhabitants was punishable by death and their heads nailed to the market square.

Thinking of Bell's warning, Bai Ye couldn't help but be vigilant, he didn't dare to enter the city with such a swagger, but waited by the bridge, until a few dusty dragon-robed monks came from a distance, and then followed behind them, bowing their heads and walking towards the city gate.

The guards in front of the gate of the Grey Raven Castle saw the dragon robe monk's iconic dragon scale tattoo, and they all shifted their gaze, took two steps back unnaturally, and gave way to the road.

It is rumored that these dragon-robed monks have drunk dragon blood and are burdened with the curse of the dragon, and those who come into contact with them are either festering or riddled with bad luck.

After Bai Ye quietly followed the dragon-robed monk into the city, he cautiously entered an alley. After turning around and making sure that no one was following him behind him, Bai Ye turned to his destination, an inconspicuous stone house.

Bai Ye looked nervously left and right for a moment before knocking lightly on the door, he listened with bated breath, but found that there was no movement. Tentatively pushing with his hand, the door opened a gap weakly.

Didn't lock the door?

The young wanderer, feeling uneasy, went sideways through the door, and the rough room, though small, was unusually empty, for there were no windows, and the room was gray, except for the glimmer of firewood embers in the fireplace.

The only remaining light reflected the back of a man sitting cross-legged in front of the fireplace.

Bai Ye stepped forward and found that the man seemed to be asleep and did not move. At his feet, a goblet fell to the ground, leaving a little wine residue in it.

The man was hunched over, his head hung down in front of his chest, unable to see clearly from behind, his upper body was naked, and he was wearing only a pair of coarse cloth shorts.

Reaching out and patting him on the shoulder, Bai Ye felt his skin rough and cold, like a dead man. Bai Ye turned to him worriedly, and found that the man was holding a dagger in his hand, and the black blood stains on it had coagulated.

On his left chest, there was a long, narrow wound, but it was already scarred.

The man suddenly raised his head, revealing a fair and handsome face, and a pair of dark green eyes looking at him.

"Damn, I thought you were dead, what was this doing, you hurt yourself with a knife?"

White Night let out a long sigh, and he recognized that this was one of the brothers of Bliss, called Astonishing.

The man grinned, revealing his sharp, specially polished teeth, which looked a little weird.

"You're late, Bliss is disappointed in you, she thought you'd come to our meeting sooner, and she's been complaining, I think you'll have to apologize to her, it's not too late. ”

"It's not too late, it's the next morning! How much of that stuff did you suck up, it's going to kill you. ”

Bai Ye was stunned, although he looked very weak, but the man in front of him was unusually awake and looked happy, this is probably also the credit of the séance powder.

"It's morning?" muttered in confusion, "I'll be gone for a while, and it's already the next day." ”

"Looks like I missed the party," the man became annoyed, "How about it, do you want to go find Bliss, let's have a second one?"

"You don't want to die, let's quickly bandage the wound, it's just a party, why do you want to hurt yourself?"

"Oh," he said, looking down and touching the wound on his chest, he didn't seem to care, "I seem to be sucking a little too much, I feel like my heart is beating too hard, it's about to pop out, I need to make it quiet." “

He reached for his goblet and tried to pour some more wine into his mouth from the empty glass, but it was clear that he was going to be disappointed.

"I'll have to get some more wine, I'm dying of thirst. “

Startled, he got up and stumbled out of the door.

Feeling ridiculous, he resolved to ignore the madman, turned and walked towards the bedroom, and as he approached, he suddenly became nervous, as if he had also smoked séance, and the beating of his heart was pounding in his ears. He stopped in front of the bedroom door and hesitated.

Inside, a naked girl was sitting at the head of the bed, leaning quietly against the wall. Her long, waterfall-like hair ran over her slender shoulders and covered her chest. Beside her, her other two brothers lay asleep on their beds, a room full of bottles and clothes.

In the cold air, there was a strong smell of wine, vaguely mixed with a special smell.

In the pupils that shone like emeralds, Bliss reflected the helplessness of the white night.

"You've missed the party. She said softly.