Several ice sculptures were either sitting or lying in the snow. Men and women had the same stiff and empty expression on their faces. Their eyes were almost frozen into ice as they stared straight at the sky. Freya felt a little sad as she walked past these ice sculptures. She silently touched their cold eyelids with her hand.
Just like what the scout said before, Emerald and Anika did not have any obvious wounds on their bodies. Their skin was gray and white, losing moisture and shrinking together. Together with the corpse of the warhorse that was kneeling below them, they were covered with snow. On the surface, they looked like people who had frozen to death in the snow. But how could five or six people coincidentally freeze to death together? Moreover, Anika and Emerald were both Gold-ranked warriors. This kind of low temperature should not affect them at all.
Freya noticed Emerald and Anika's empty eyes. In her memory, there was a way to die that had similar eyes, and that was to be taken away by the spirits. Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the night when they escaped from Fortress Riedon. Brando used the white stag to guide them.
Under the dense night sky, the majestic creatures emitting fluorescent white light opened a path in the forest. But what she remembered most were those who died in the hands of the spirits. Their faces were pale, and they were sweating profusely. They also had the same empty look, as if they had lost their souls.
Freya raised her head. She raised her head a little vigilantly. She and the team were already in a silver-gray forest. The whistling snow wind passed through the bare branches, and those branches made a strange sound, as if monsters were howling in the forest.
"It's ghosts. The monsters in the forest can absorb people's souls. This forest must be their territory. We have to leave here as soon as possible." Among Cruz's Knight, a dark-skinned young man said nervously, "When I was young, I often heard the old people talk about them. No one can kill them. Once they entangle us, we are dead."
"Enough, Rollo. You are a Gold-ranked warrior. Not many of those spirits and ghosts are your opponents. If they come, we can avenge Emerald and Anika! " The Knight named Alea replied impatiently. He turned back to look at Freya and asked, "Miss Freya, do you think there really might be ghosts in this forest?" The 'commander' he referred to had also been upgraded to 'Miss Freya', because Freya's decision had won the trust of every Cruz person present — and trust was the basis of cooperation.
"Anika is similar to you. They died without any warning. What can you do about it?" Lolo was unwilling to let him off. He stared at him and asked.
"So we should run away with our tails between our legs? Enough, don't mention Anika to me, it will only make me angry, Lolo, don't make me look down on you! "Alea replied angrily.
"Alea, shut up. Is this how you talk to your companions?" Little Pero finally could not help it. He tugged at the soft gray squirrel fur hood and reprimanded, then turned back to Lolo and said, "Lolo, a Knight swears by folding his sword that he will never abandon his companions. I will pretend I didn't hear what you said before, but don't let me hear it a second time."
The dark-skinned young man seemed to be a little afraid of him. After being warned, he did not dare to talk back. He could only stare silently. Alea also snorted coldly and turned back. He grabbed his sword and looked in the direction of the forest. It seemed that although he did not believe Lolo's words, he had at least raised his guard.
Little Pero turned back and looked at Freya and asked, "Miss Freya, what do you think? Lolo is at least right about one thing. Anika and the others died without warning. Even if it was a sneak attack, it was too peaceful. Anika is a veteran scout, not inferior to me in the slightest. "
Freya frowned. The bodies of Anika, Emerald, and the others did not look like they had experienced a fight when they were alive. They looked like they were walking and suddenly fell dead here, but those were four Gold-ranked warriors. She looked in that direction and suddenly noticed a subtle detail:
"Senior, did you notice their gazes?"
"Hmm?" Maynild raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Anika and the others should have been looking ahead when they were alive. That's the forest. There may be something in the forest that attracted their attention." Freya replied.
"What exactly did they find in the forest?" Alea asked.
"It certainly can't be an attacker. If the attacker came from the direction of the forest, Anika and the others would not have no reaction at all." Little Pero replied.
The others looked at each other and could not think of anything in the forest that could make Anika and the others relax their vigilance. After all, Anika and the others were professional scouts in the Folded Sword Knight Regiment. They were the best Nightingales, soldiers among soldiers, and would never let their guard down easily.
The wind and snow seemed to have stopped for a while, and everyone felt a strange silence between them. They could not help but look at the silver-gray forest, and suddenly felt a little creeped out.
"Did you hear something?" Someone suddenly asked. The man was wearing leather armor and a dark brown robe. He was the only priest in the Cruz Knight Regiment.
"What's the matter?" Alea asked inexplicably.
"Shhh – listen, there's a sound in the wind." Little Pero put a finger to his lips with a serious look and gave the others a look.
Everyone shut their mouths. The wind carried a low but sharp voice from No. 1 High School. It sounded like a whistle. The sound came from afar, and suddenly flew up from the forest with a crash. Everyone subconsciously held the hilt of their swords and looked up, and then they saw a spectacular scene.
A gray, crystal-carved bird flew up from the canopy and into the sky. The crystal-clear bodies of these birds reflected the blue light of the Great Demonic Tide in the sky in mid-air, flashing into one. They flapped their wings and flew high in the wind and snow, making a clear chirping sound, and in the blink of an eye, they passed over everyone's heads.
Everyone present was stunned. They didn't expect that this seemingly lifeless place would have so many beautiful creatures hidden in it. "It's the Crystal Swan. Oh my God, these are elemental creatures that are rare even in the Mountain of Ceasing Storms, so many of them! Shido will go crazy when she sees them! "A Knight suddenly shouted.
It was indeed a spectacle, but little Pero and Maynild reacted much more directly. The two pulled out their longswords and reminded the others, shouting, "Be careful, there's something in the forest!"
More than a dozen Cruz Knights suddenly froze.
After the Crystal Swan, there was the sound of trees falling down in the forest. Obviously, the Crystal Swans were startled by these things behind them. Everyone stared at the forest with wide eyes, trying to see what had attacked Anika and the others.
But soon, they held their breaths.
A huge shadow gradually appeared behind the wind and snow, and the shadow gradually moved forward and became clear.
Then they saw a wolf, a huge wolf as tall as a mountain. Its silver mane fluttered fiercely in the wind and snow. Its ears were long and pointed, a little different from ordinary winter wolves. However, one of its eyes was golden, and the other was golden. Inside, there was a light of wisdom and coldness.
It looked down at everyone from above, the forest was like a meadow under its feet, and the Cruz Knights present were like ants in the meadow.
"This … This is …" Little Pero looked up and stared dumbfounded at the scene.
"Alpha Échis …" Maynild could not help but change her expression, "Impossible, shouldn't it be sealed in …"
She suddenly realized something and subconsciously shut her mouth. "What should we do?" Everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to their only commander, Freya. But at this time, everyone noticed something very strange.
Freya was gone.
It was as if she had disappeared into thin air.
Maynild's heart sank.
But at this moment, no one understood that Freya was actually standing in the same place, and she was more surprised than everyone present —
Because what she saw was completely different from the others.
At the moment when the wind blew, Freya first heard the howls of wolves in the forest. There was no Crystal Swan, nor was there Alpha Échis. She only saw many pale eyes suddenly appear in the darkness, and those eyes gradually walked out of the shadows of the gray woodland, and then formed a huge snow-white wolf.
Freya did not recognize these strange wolf-like creatures, but Brando might be able to call out their names here:
The Pale Sons.
One of the Alpha Échis's favorite Twilight species. Legend has it that they ran across the snowy plains, bringing storms wherever they passed. But their Alpha, Lepeiser, died at the hands of the Sky Dragon, Chilie, and they also fell in battle with the Frost Giant King, Milos.
Freya's eyes turned cold, and she immediately pulled out her long sword. But it was at this time that she discovered something very strange. The future Valkyrie found that the Knight of Cruz around her — Little Pero, Alea, Rollo, and even Senior Maynild — were all standing on their horses with a blank look, as if they had not noticed the scene around them at all.
Freya was shocked for a moment, and the death of Anika and Emerald instantly appeared in her mind, and she could not help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Senior Maynild!?" She hurriedly pushed Maynild, who was in a daze beside her, with her hand, and the latter swayed slightly, as if she had just woken up from a dream.
She first saw Freya and was slightly startled, then frowned and asked with some confusion, "Freya, where have you been? Run, Little Pero and the others are dead, I'll help you block Échis … … "
"Wait, what are you talking about! Everyone's still alive and well! " Freya hurriedly interrupted her, "We've been surrounded, get ready to fight, Senior Maynild!"
"Fight?" Maynild was stunned, and then noticed the scene around her. She was stunned on her horse and could not help but blurt out, "The Pale Sons? How could it be them? Where's Échis? "
As soon as she finished speaking, a scream suddenly came from the forest.
"The Goddess of War! This is impossible! Why would the bloodline of the Goddess of War still exist in this era! " The voice was so sharp that it did not seem to be any intelligent creature on the continent of Wohnde, as if two files were crisscrossing together, making a metallic noise.
Freya and Maynild were startled and subconsciously looked in that direction, and they immediately saw a silver figure over there.
That thing looked a little like a human because it had four limbs. It stood on two feet on the ground, and its hands were long and slender, reaching below its knees. Its entire body was covered in silver-white skin, but the most terrifying thing was that this thing had no eyes, nose, or ears. Its smooth face only had a black hole that could be called a mouth.
And beside the human-like monster stood an old acquaintance of Freya and Maynild.
"Marquis Yoakam!?" Freya looked at the man in disbelief and asked, "Aren't you dead?"
Marquis Yoakam smiled faintly. "I will not die so easily before I dedicate my life to the True God. Freya, you and your lord should have arrived by now, right? In fact, we've been waiting for him here for a long time. "
Freya's heart thumped.
… …
(PS: I wasn't feeling well two days ago, so I took a break. By the way, Amber is about to enter the magnificent main storyline, so I also need to organize my thoughts. I'll start updating today, but I'll have to slowly recover, so I won't make any promises. The only thing I can say is that everyone wait and see what's behind the continent of Wohnde.
Also, the chapter 'Eternity' involves a lot of content, so it might be a little long.) If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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