Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Frey has been observing Ino silently.

Through the previous brief confrontation, Frey had confirmed Ino's ice bloodline and the extent of her development of the bloodline.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the many war mothers Frey has dealt with during her years of wandering, Ino's strength can definitely be ranked at the forefront.

This discovery made Frey fearful and uneasy.

Worried about Ino's tyrannical power and hostility towards Vayne.

Uneasy with Inno's unknown purpose and unabashed solicitation of himself.

Ino's performance indeed made Frey suspicious.

But what she doubted was whether Ino "wanted to use herself as cannon fodder" rather than doubting whether Ino "was a war mother of ice blood."

For Frey, "Ino is of the ice bloodline, and is a caster who has awakened the ice bloodline." This is the fulcrum that can be used as a basis for judgment.

Even though Enoch's accent was somewhere between Freljord and Demacia, and even though Enoch didn't look like a war mother in many cases, Frey didn't have any doubts about Enoch's identity.

Because accents can change, habits can change, but blood cannot be faked.

And to be honest, it is rare for young ice-blooded people to leave the tribe and go south to seek refuge with warm-blooded people, but it is not uncommon in Freljord.

Within a tribe, if two ice bloodlines are born, they may work together, or they may have many conflicts - if the conflict between the two parties reaches the point of irreconcilability, even if their relationship is that of mother and daughter, or sisters, it is often necessary to Fight to decide the outcome.

After a duel, the winner has the final say and stays to continue being a war mother, while the loser is banished from the tribe and starts a new one.

The exiled Bare War Mother has no furnace door to work for her, and if she is too young, she does not have the support of the blood alliance. In the end, she can only live in Demacia... This is a very normal thing.

Eno fits the bill perfectly.

What Frey really doubted was not Enoch's identity, but the reason why she was wooing her - she always felt that Enoch wasn't too interested in wooing her. The war mothers of a tribe are not all the same.

This kind of cold attitude is often reserved for those from the War Mother Blood Alliance who are only responsible for combat or a certain matter.

On the contrary, it was the one named Lux. Every time Frey saw her familiar look when communicating with others, he felt that she was more like a war mother dedicated to forming and expanding the tribe...

Could it be that Ino wants to use himself as cannon fodder?

But even if he hesitated in his heart, Frey had no choice after all.

Frey didn't know about the demonic seed in Vayne's body, but she had discovered that after her identity as a mage was exposed, the hatred and intimacy in Vayne's eyes were gradually becoming clearer.

Maybe Vayne might not kill the enemy as Lux said, but the relationship between the two will never go back to the past - so Frey simply proposed to "send Vayne to Forsbarrow, and then follow Yi Come back to the Freljord."

Ino readily agreed to this.

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Three days later, the caravan left the road along the river and turned west.

After another five days, the terrain began to rise and the caravan also climbed up the slope.

As the altitude gradually increases, the road conditions become worse and worse.

Although there is an obvious dirt road at the foot, compared to the roads in other parts of Demacia, this dirt road is not only rugged, but also quite muddy in many places.

"Isn't there anyone repairing the roads here?" After a bumpy day, Lux couldn't help but ask the owner of the caravan, "It's too strenuous to walk on this kind of road."

"It can't be repaired, it can't be repaired." Hearing what Lux said, the caravan owner smiled bitterly and shook his head, "These loose and muddy places are all rivers. The rivers in the northern mountains are the same every year. If they are repaired this year, they will be repaired next year. It will be completely destroyed."

"How could this happen?" Lux's eyes widened in surprise, "Could it be that the river course will be different every year?"

"It's just different." The boss nodded, and then pointed to a shallow river not far away, "This river was still flowing at our feet last year, but it has gone there this year. You How do you cultivate this way?"

Following the boss's finger, Lux saw the river he mentioned.

The river is not wide and the water is very shallow. It is not even an exaggeration to call it a stream.

After a little comparison, Lux found that the width of the "road" under her feet seemed to be almost the same as that of the stream...

"This is amazing." Lux couldn't help but shook her head, "The river changes its position every year... We are not walking on the road, but on the river bed last year?"

"That's it!" The boss nodded again, "Is this your first time coming to Forsbarrow? Haha, there are many places in Forsbarrow that look strange to outsiders, and walking along the river bed is one of them. !”

"Then why does the position of the river change every year?" Lux asked doubtfully, "Is it okay to build artificial rivers and water storage lakes to utilize the water? Just like Mithral City!"

"Have you also been to Mithril City?" The boss raised his eyebrows, "But unfortunately, Forsbarrow is different from Mithril City. The weather in Forsbarrow in the beginning of spring is much worse than that of Mithril City. Every March When the time comes, the ice on the snow-capped mountains will break, and large chunks of glaciers will slide down the slopes. That battle will be comparable to thousands of armies!"

As he spoke, the talkative boss opened his arms in an exaggerated manner.

"Then those large glaciers plowed out these rivers?" Lux seemed to be imagining the flow of glaciers. After thinking for a moment, she said, "So the rivers will change every year?"

"It's almost the same." The caravan boss nodded, "If you want to fix the river channel and introduce the water into the storage lake, then you have to find a way to stop the first wave of glaciers on March 1st... The barbarians in the north said that it is called [ The last breath of Anivia is the aftermath of the power of the gods. It cannot stop those large glaciers, and even the construction of artificial waterways is in vain."

Lux was stunned.

According to the description of the caravan owner, every year at the beginning of winter, there will be a particularly cold wave in the Freljord, called [Breath of Anivia]. When the cold wave arrives, the entire northern mountain range will be filled with waves. It's snowing heavily.

As soon as March arrives in the next year, the cold wave will end on time, and the temperature near Forsbarrow will rise rapidly, causing the glaciers on the mountain to quickly break off and break away from the mountain in a short period of time, and move along the slope like thousands of troops. Rushing down, with great momentum, it plowed new river channels on the ground.

Around March 17th, these glaciers will stop sliding and slowly melt. Because the size of the glacier blocks is different every year, the trajectories of the glaciers are also different, and the river channels are naturally completely different.

The reason for this situation, according to Kalja's speculation, is probably related to the abnormal impact of Breath of Anivia on the climate of Freljord, but I am afraid we have to see it in person to know the specific situation.

"We Fosbairo people also want to build a smooth road connecting the capital." After finishing talking about the glacier, the caravan owner spread his hands and showed a helpless expression, "I have also been to Miyoshi. It’s from Yincheng, where every summer the nobles of the capital go to relax and enjoy the coolness to escape the heat. But when it comes to coolness in summer, how can it be better than our Forsbairo?"

Hearing this, Lux couldn't help but nodded.

It's midsummer, but as everyone gets closer and closer to Forsbarrow, the temperature is also dropping rapidly. Coupled with the gentle breeze blowing in the mountains, when it comes to summer vacation, this place is probably better than Mithril City and Owendale. .

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After getting acquainted with the caravan boss and the guys, Lux learned a lot of information about Fosbairo from them, from climate and geography to humanistic features. Everyone was happy to chat with this cheerful little girl.

The only troublesome thing is that many people are asking about Lux's marriage status in a roundabout way - the owner of the caravan has mentioned more than once that his nephew is a very capable person, "He is serving in the army." , defeated the barbarians in the north."

Every time at this time, Lux would directly state that she had no such thoughts and that she "had to go back to Xiongdu to live", which made people feel a little disappointed.

In this way, the caravan followed the traces of the riverbed of last year's river and headed northwest. Finally, after spending more than half a month, it successfully arrived at Forsbarrow.

When the caravan bypassed a mountain ridge and arrived at the foot of Forsbarrow City, Lux and Ino immediately remembered a Shurima language.

One man can guard the gate, but ten thousand men cannot open it.

The towering branches of the Northern Mountains run northeast-southwest as a whole, and between these mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, it seems as if a giant ax plunges down from the starry sky, forcibly cutting off the continuous mountains. There was a gap.

Forsbyro was stuck in this gap.

The tall city wall and the steep mountain are integrated into one natural entity. There is only a steep slope of at least 30 degrees leading to the city gate, and the road is quite narrow, even with thousands of troops and horses, it is completely impossible to unfold.

This steep slope was densely covered with traces of glaciers. At a glance, Lux could completely imagine how the glaciers roaring down outside Forsbarrow City when spring comes...

What a dangerous pass!

Under the city wall, an army was on guard duty. After meeting the caravan boss, the leader of the team quickly showed a smile on his face.

"Uncle! You're back!"

"I'm back, I'm back!" A smile appeared on the caravan owner's face, "How are you in the city?"

"There are still people who fall asleep." The team leader couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, "But the effect of holy water is very good. I heard that those who used holy water have no recurrence - has the Illuminati agreed to set up a parish here?"

"It's difficult." Hearing this, the caravan boss shook his head helplessly, "The bishop said that the population here is too small... I tried my best to persuade him, but in the end I only got a 20% discount on the price of holy water."

"Even if it's 20% off, it's still too expensive." The soldier shook his head again. "It would be great if there was a bishop who could stay here permanently."

"Even the masters of the Schnellon family have left the capital. If there weren't still troops stationed here, I'm afraid everyone would have moved away in two generations!" The caravan boss heard this and shook his head, "Okay, let's blow the whistle. Hurry up and ask Chengtou to lower the rope, there won’t be any problem with the holy water in the car!”

"good!"

A sharp whistle sounded, and the soldiers raised the flag high and waved it several times regularly. After a while, several rather thick ropes came down the slope. The guys skillfully threaded the zip lines on the sides of each truck, drove the animals and started climbing up the slope.

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Lux and Ino got out of the car and followed the convoy up the hill, talking in low voices.

"I always feel that something is wrong with this city." Ino glanced at Frey and Vayne, who were also muttering and biting their ears, "Do you feel it?"

"A little bit." Lux nodded, "But I can't tell why."

"Have you tried elemental reaction?" Ino reminded, "Didn't you say that there is a strange disease prevalent in Forsbarrow, which is very similar to elemental erosion?"

"It was a convenient excuse just now. I tried it quietly - the elements here are indeed a bit abnormal, but they are not active, but silent." Lux said in a subtle tone, "Where the elements are silent, some people have been infected by elements. This is really It’s the first time I’ve seen him.”

"Teacher Kalya, do you know what is going on?" Ino was a little confused after hearing this, "Elemental infection appears in places where the elements are silent."

"Two possibilities." Kalya thought for a moment before answering, "One is that there is a violent elemental tide here. The peak elements are active causing elemental infection, and the trough elements are silent."

"I don't feel any obvious fluctuations in elemental energy. This shouldn't be the reason."

"That's right, the situation here doesn't look like a place that can cause elemental tides." Kalya continued to explain, "There is also a possibility that there is indeed a sub-plane here, and the oppression of the plane has caused the silence of the elements - and People who accidentally come into contact with the sub-plane through certain means are injured by the high concentration of elements in the sub-plane, and elemental infection occurs!"

"So we are in the right place?" Lux finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "There is indeed an entrance to a sub-dimensional space here!"

"This is obviously good news." Kalya's tone became much more relaxed. "In addition to keeping an eye on Vayne and Frey, we can also start with those who are infected by elements - if the Shadow Realm and Demons are... If one thing is the same, then we can achieve the same goal through different paths and work on both ends; if it is not the same thing, then we can also pull it off!"

"So, Ino and I are going to act separately?" Lux touched her smooth chin, "Who are you following?"

"I'll follow Ino." Kalya thought for a while and then said, "If you find traces and clues in the Shadow Realm, don't act rashly - Ino's side is about the devil, it's safer for me to keep an eye on it!"

Lux and Ino looked at each other after hearing this, and then nodded at the same time.

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Breath of Anivia:

Legend has it that the breath of Anivia is the source of the cold in winter, so the Freljordians call the cooling down at the beginning of winter the breath of Anivia.

PS. The author is finally alive! There is another chapter in the middle of the night!