From the perspective of the caravan owner, the four women gathered together intimately and seemed to be chatting happily.
But the actual situation is that opposite Lux and Ino, two extremely sharp pieces of ice exuding cold air are touching the lower abdomen of the two people. As long as the other party makes the slightest movement, the result will be life.
Not guaranteed.
However, even though the situation was under control, Lux and Ino were still in a bad mood.
The two of them had set out from Berghun, spent almost half a year, and traveled across most of Shurima, covering a straight-line distance of more than 10,000 miles - but even so, they still had not encountered even one.
Sand pirate.
You know, Shurima is now fragmented and has no unified state!
It's good now. Less than a day after returning to Demacia, the two of them encountered a gangster. When did Demacia's security get so bad?
What's worse is that even if they are controlled by others, the old and the young still show no fear or worry at all - the way they look at Ino seems to be saying, "Idiot, our cause is just."
, awe-inspiring and fearless.
There must be something wrong here!
Therefore, even if Lux and Ino wanted to directly deal with the two guys who attacked them, at least they had to find out what happened before dealing with them.
Did something happen to Demacia?
Lux habitually asked Kalya what she should do.
But this time, Kalya just told her to calm down.
"Believe in Ino, Lux." Kalya's tone was quite gratifying, "Ino is much better at this kind of thing than you."
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"Do I know you?" Facing the hostile gazes of the two people, Ino asked calmly, "I don't remember that I have met you."
"Hmph!" the old woman snorted, her tone full of disdain, "Frost Witch's lackey, stop pretending, I'm all too familiar with the disgusting smell of ice blood on your body!"
"The ice bloodline is correct." Ino was even more surprised, "But, who is the Frost Witch?"
After hearing what Ino said, the old woman curled her lips and had an expression on her face that said, "Just pretend, just keep pretending with me." She seemed to disdain to answer this question.
"Answer me, who is the Frost Witch?"
Ino moved his fingers, and the sharp ice spikes penetrated the young woman's clothes and touched the skin of her lower abdomen, causing her to widen her eyes and shudder. Ino could see it clearly.
, this old woman seems to be full of hatred for the Hanbing bloodline, and she seems to be looking forward to death. She obviously cares more about the young girl next to her than herself.
Even though Ino is very gentle in front of Lacus, as the former secretary-general of Zaun, in many cases, her skills are sharper than Lacus.
Although Ino doesn't like killing in battle, and her style mainly focuses on providing control and assisting, she doesn't mind taking some extraordinary measures when necessary.
Although the young girl did not speak, her suddenly enlarged pupils and subconsciously holding her breath still exposed her state. Seeing that something was wrong, the old woman could only reluctantly speak after humming.
"The Frost Witch is the Frost Witch of Freljord, the source of the Ice Bloodline." The old woman's voice seemed to be soaked in hatred, "Ten years ago, her lackeys took away my biological child. Now,
Are her lackeys going to take away the children I teach again?"
"So you think that all the ice bloodlines are the lackeys of that Frost Witch?" Ino narrowed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, "Frost Witch, I seem to have heard of this name...
…Lissandra?”
"Keep pretending." The old woman just couldn't help but sneer when she heard this, "Do you want to make fun of me? This is meaningless!"
"I really don't know what the so-called excess of self-awareness is." When dealing with outsiders, Ino fully developed the language style inherited from her teacher, "I'm not interested in playing with an inexplicable fool - what about you, little girl, why are you
Attack me?"
"Evil mage, everyone will kill him!" The young girl said righteously, "You deserve to die!"
"Are all mages evil?" Ino was quite helpless about this attitude of hostility towards spell casters, "Even mages who are not evil?"
"Only dead mages don't do evil."
Very good, this reason is very Demacia - However, Ino keenly noticed that when the young girl said these words, the old woman's expression changed slightly.
She looks...a little depressed?
That's interesting, why is she so depressed?
Ino's heart moved slightly, and he stretched out his hand and put it on the old woman's shoulder.
The next moment, a thin layer of ice appeared on her body surface. Under the sunlight, the transparent thin ice mysteriously glowed with purple-red light.
The ice layer is so thin that it quietly melts into clear water within a few breaths.
Seeing this scene, a subtle smile finally appeared on Ino's face.
"Are all mages evil?" She looked at the young girl again, "All mages are unpardonable?"
"Of course!" The other party nodded carelessly, "The more powerful the mage is, the more he should be eliminated!"
"Including her?" Ino pointed at the frustrated old woman, "It seems that she and you should have a very close relationship, but didn't she tell you that she is also a mage? Well, look at Bing Sanse
Map, should it be a shape-shifting caster?"
"That's enough!" The old woman interrupted Ino excitedly, "Who are you?"
"Before asking me who I am, you should introduce yourself first." Ino, who finally found the key to breaking the situation, finally showed the gentle smile he usually had when facing Lux on his face, "Pay attention to your identity."
As if accepting her fate, under the disbelief in the young girl's eyes, the old woman lowered her head and told the story of herself and the young girl next to her in detail.
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The old woman's name is Frey, and she is a Freljordian.
The young girl's name is Vayne, who is from Demacia. It was a murder that brought the two people together.
It all started four years ago.
At that time, Lux mentioned the duel with Fiona. After the news spread, almost everyone in the capital of Demacia focused on the duel, and Vayne was no exception.
Vayne, who was just sixteen years old at that time, was full of curiosity about things like duels - although she was not from a noble family, and her parents were not even born in Demacia, she heard about it
After the news of the duel, he and many curious citizens gathered outside the duel hall, waiting for first-hand gossip news.
However, when she finally received the vague news and happily returned home to share it with her family, all she saw was the cold corpses of her parents and a slim figure dissipating in the air.
That's a demon!
Although Vayne's parents are foreign settlers, they have a lot of money, and the area they live in can be considered a middle-class area in the capital of Demacia. Under normal circumstances, if such a terrible murder occurs, the city guard will be dispatched with all their strength.
However, because that duel was so special, after Lux accepted the punishment of the Stone Crown, the city defense army was completely on alert, guarding against the trouble that the Illuminati might cause, so the murder case of Vayne's parents did not get a result in the end.
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(Of course, even if the city defense force is free, I'm afraid this case will still be fruitless.)
Since the city defense army is unreliable, if Vayne wants revenge, she can only rely on herself.
Vayne, who holds a large inheritance, first thought of recruiting a group of mercenaries to serve her.
But the problem is, according to Vayne, her target enemy is the legendary demon!
For Demacians, this is undoubtedly a mission of "if it's fake, it's nonsense, if it's true, it's very fatal", and Demacian mercenaries, specifically bodyguards, who are they?
Will a bodyguard be hired by a sixteen-year-old girl to fight against possible demons?
Now it's better, not only the city guards are unreliable, but the mercenaries are also unreliable.
Just when Vayne was at a loss what to do, the city defense army finally responded - not that they found the murderer, but that they found a new guardian for her through the Illuminati.
As a young girl who was about to become an adult, she also had a large inheritance. Vayne was completely unaware that when she reported the case to the city guard, she had already appeared on the lists of many ruined nobles. Many people would be happy to give it to their sons.
Find a "child bride who can pay a large dowry".
Fortunately, Vayne was more clever. After being appointed as a guardian, she immediately packed up her home to cash in some gold and silver, and escaped from the capital of Demacia before being controlled.
Vayne wants revenge, but revenge requires strength. She has to find a way to learn how to fight and how to track. Only in this way can she avenge her parents!
Vayne needs a teacher.
Swordsmanship is very popular in Demacia, but in Vayne's opinion, this flashy swordsmanship is not enough to get her revenge. What she wants is not elegance and grace, she wants ruthless power and perfect revenge!
Recalling the stories her parents told her, Vayne's eyes finally fell on the north.
When Vayne was a child, her parents told her the story of the warriors who resisted the Frost Witch in the north - they had guarded their homeland for generations, resisting the invasion of dark forces.
Although Vayne doesn't know what the dark power in the story is, she thinks that no matter from which perspective, the devil is an out-and-out dark power. Maybe she can find a Freljord warrior to serve as
tutor?
With this idea in mind, Vayne, who was only sixteen years old, sold a lot of soft goods (she was cheated out of a lot of money), bought a set of thick clothes, and bought a ticket to Ningshuang Port.
The ship arrived at Ningshuang Port smoothly, but after arriving, Vayne found that this place was completely different from what she had imagined.
According to the description in the story, Vayne thought that Freljord was a place where everyone was a soldier and everyone was always on guard.
But in Frostport, there are only winemakers and fur collectors here. As the largest or the only trading city in Freljord, the flavor of money here is countless times stronger than the atmosphere of adventure.
After wandering around the entire Ningshuang Port in disappointment, Vayne decided to go east to see if she could meet someone who could hunt demons to be her teacher.
The Freljord is not too cold in summer, and Vayne met Frey here.
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The first meeting between Vayne and Frey was a bit awkward - the inexperienced Vayne stepped into the ice troll's trap and almost became the ogre troll's reserve food.
Thanks to Frey's helping hand, Vayne survived.
Frey is a Freljordian who lost her tribe and family. Her tribe died because of the Frostguard Priests under Lissandra's command. Even her son was buried under a terrible avalanche, and Vayne
Likewise, she is also an avenger who overestimates her abilities.
Vayne wants revenge on the demon, and Frey wants revenge on Lissandra.
Then, what Frey, who accidentally saved Vayne, never expected was that he just did a good deed, but ended up being relied on by someone else. After seeing Frey's skills, Vayne began to pray.
The other party accepted me as his apprentice and was willing to give everything.
But the problem is that the money Vayne has means nothing to Frey, and Frey simply doesn't want to deal with this troublemaker who comes to her door.
Seeing Frey planning to leave, Vayne had an idea and proposed to challenge Frey to a duel - if she won, Frey would be her teacher; if she lost, she would be the bait.
, responsible for luring out the target priests of the Frost Witch, and asking Frey to kill them all.
His own life is the only thing Vayne can call precious at this time.
Vayne lost many times and acted as bait many times, but even though she was used as bait, she still learned a lot from it and showed her amazing will.
The long time of getting along day and night brought the two people with blood feud closer and closer. Finally, when Vayne had some ability to protect herself, Frey, who had lost his child, felt soft and agreed to be Vayne's mentor.
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Vayne forged the identity of a "distant relative" for Frey and made her his guardian. The two returned to the capital of Demacia from the Freljord and began a three-year training.
And this training only lasted for three years, and it was not because Vayne had already left the army or had no financial resources to continue. This time they brought so many potentially useful supplies and set off to leave the capital of Demacia, mainly with the previous ones.
It is related to the murder of the envoy.
Taking the blame, Taric endured the punishment of the Stone Crown and was favored by the Guardian Star.
But in order to appease their allies, the Demacians did not give up investigating the case. After the Illuminati took action, the matter finally achieved some results.
Although after searching for a long time, we still don't know who the enemy is, many of the gathered clues point to Forsbarrow in the northwest.
After the case occurred, Vayne immediately realized that it might be related to the murder of her parents, so she kept paying attention to the subsequent developments. After confirming that the clues pointed to Forsbarrow, she and Frey
We set out together, packed all the things we could possibly use, and set off for Forsbarrow.
As a result, the two of them met Eno just after leaving the capital of Demacia.
Ino's magic power is restrained, and ordinary people cannot discover her identity as a mage - but for Frey, her long silver-white hair is not too conspicuous. She guessed it almost the first time they met.
Ino's ice bloodline identity, so she and Vayne took action without hesitation, hoping to capture Ino on the spot.