Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 209: The rekindled ashes, the burning rage, the devil?
The snow and wind covered the ice valley, and the tundra lost all its green plants. Several young animals with thick fur rolled on the thick snow, using their small horns to dig up the frosty soil in an attempt to find green plants.

Not far from the small animals stood two Freljord men wearing thick clothes and holding whips.

Blowing a breath into her palm, the white mist turned into water vapor and filled her palm. Frost Crane narrowed her green eyes and said to the boy in front of her, "Xiao Crane, keep an eye on those calves. I'll go over there to get some information. A merchant happened to come to the tribe today."

"Okay, Sister Krena." The gray-haired boy nodded, and Krena also hung the whip in her hand around her waist.

She climbed up the frozen ground and walked towards her tribe, and sure enough, just as Krena had imagined, she saw from afar a group of Freljord people carrying packages lined up in front of the canyon between two huge hills.

Those guys are traveling merchants from Freljord. They come to Avarosa regularly before every winter to exchange supplies with Avarosa.

The winter in Avarosa is not as harsh as that in most tribes, because Ashe, the war mother of the Avarosa tribe, is a wise and brave leader. She opened up the land, carried out reforms and innovations, and proposed that the tribe engage in farming and planting.

Every spring, the Avarosans would draw water from the frozen lake to irrigate the fields. When the weather was not so cold, the Avarosans would plant a variety of crops.

Although the grain production was not high, with the addition of fishing, hunting and animal husbandry, Avarosa gradually became wealthy and began to accept refugees from surrounding tribes. Gradually, Avarosa had grown from only Ashe and a few scattered tribesmen at the beginning to the largest tribe in Freljord.

Unlike the savagery and brutality of the Winter Claw, merchants trust Avarosa, and therefore Avarosa is also a gathering place for merchants.

Ashe will also protect these traveling merchants and reserve a place for them to live in when they are in trouble.

In return, these merchants gradually regarded Avarosa as their holy land.

Or it could be said that it was not just the merchants, but everyone who had heard the name of Avarosa and the rumors about Ashe, yearned for Avarosa and regarded it as a holy place.

As Crana approached, she heard the voices of the merchants.

"Is it possible for us to see War Mother Ashe today? If possible, I would like to go to Rakstak to take a look. I heard that there is a huge ice sculpture of Avarosa there, which is more than fifty meters tall."

"Don't think about it. Today is a celebration. War Mother Ashe must be receiving War Mothers from various tribes. I heard that the Snow Chasing Tribe joined Avarosa a while ago. Wasn't there news a few days ago that War Mother Ashe was running around to various tribes to improve relations between them?"

"The Snow Chasing Tribe, their War Mother Hilde is really powerful. The ruined town we passed by before was where the Snow Chasing Tribe was destroyed. I didn't expect the War Mother would take her in and forgive her."

Kreina listened to the conversation without saying a word, but whistled into the tribe.

The Avarosa stronghold is a huge town where they have taken root, and a new civilization is being born in this generation.

The Rakstak mentioned by the merchants is the holy place of Avarosa. However, although it is a holy place, it does not prohibit outsiders from entering. Every follower of Ashe can go to Rakstak to see the statue of the War Mother.

The Snow Chasing Tribe they are talking about is a powerful tribe that joined Avarosa in recent times.

With the arrival of winter, the Winter Claw expanded its hunting range and prepared food. The original base of the Snow Chasing Tribe was also in the north, but they were no match for the Winter Claw, not even a branch of the Winter Claw.

Therefore, Hilde, the war mother of the Snow Chasing Tribe, chose to go south. Along the way, in order to survive, the Snow Chasing Tribe looted the surrounding villages, and those villages were protected by Avarosa.

Therefore, the War Mother led her people to hunt down the Snow Chasing Tribe. In front of the powerful Avarosa, the Snow Chasing Tribe was not worth mentioning at all.

But who would have thought that after the Snow Chasing Tribe escaped several pursuits, Hilde would take the initiative to lead his people to Avarosa one morning. The tall Iceborn knelt in front of Ashe and handed her his True Ice Axe.

The woman planned to exchange her life for Avarosa's forgiveness, and hoped that after killing her, Ashe would take in her people so that they could survive the winter.

Kreina remembered that the War Mother took the axe and raised it, but in the end, Ashe just slowed down and lightly tapped the axe on Hilko's shoulder. Then, her voice resounded throughout the ice field under the effect of magic.

"Stand up, Hilde."

"The Snow Chasing Tribe owes a blood debt. They are my enemy."

"But right here and right now, you have shown humility and repentance. You are no longer members of the Snow Chasing Tribe. From today on, you are Avarosans. In other words, we are one family. My bow will not be pointed at my family. You do not have to be afraid of me, sister."

Now think about it, War Mother Ashe was covered with a layer of light at that time. Everyone knelt down to Ashe at that moment, offered the most loyal etiquette to their War Mother, and believed what Ashe said.

Ashe is Avarosa.

All Avarosans firmly believe this, including Krena from the Red Frost Tree Tribe. Unfortunately, she does not know magic and is not an Iceborn, so she cannot become a warrior under the War Mother. She can only be a livestock manager.

But even so, no one in the tribe would look down on her.

Avarosa is a big family. There is no high or low in the family, only old and young, men and women.

Just as Krena was about to ask the merchants about the news of Winter Claw, a shrill whistle sounded.

The Avarosa warriors on both sides, carrying longbows and wearing armor, cheered when they heard the sound. One of them took out a worn-out horn and blew it hard.

"Warmother is back!"

"Quick, notify, War Mother is back!"

"Tell Lord Tryndamere to come and greet our Warmother!"

Krena's eyes lit up with joy, and she immediately gave up asking the merchant for news and chose to run to the canyon to greet the War Mother.

Avarosa fights a battle with the Winter Claw every winter. The reason is simple: Avarosa is rich and the Winter Claw is poor, and it seems that the Winter Claw's war mother is an old acquaintance of their own war mother?
In short, Avarosa fights a defensive battle every year, and the War Mother will be particularly busy in winter. Only when the weather is halfway through winter and it is so bad that people and beasts cannot walk at all, will Ashe return to the tribe.

This time, winter was just about to come, but his mother had already returned.

What does this mean?
This means that Avarosa may have already fought with the Winter Claw, and her own War Mother may have won!

Thinking of this, Kreina couldn't help but want to cheer.

The Avarosans around her obviously thought the same as Krena, and their faces were filled with joy.

But when a black dot appeared in the distance, and then got closer and closer, until Kreina could see a huge white and blue ice crystal longbow, the beautiful face of the War Mother was also revealed.

The blue cloak fluttered in the wind, making a rustling sound. Ashe had a scarf wrapped around her chin. She was wearing very thin clothes, with a blue ranger lining to facilitate her movements. Her two snow-white arms were exposed, and her hands were wearing blue leather armor. Her gloved left hand was holding the reins of the white wolf, and behind her was a huge blue ice bow, which was the holy bow of Avarosa.

She rushed to the front of the crowd, which numbered about fifteen hundred people.

As they got closer, the team slowed down, and Kreina saw the expression on her war mother's face.

Why doesn't it look very good?

Mother Zhan, she looks particularly serious
Ashe rode the White Wolf and rushed into the town. Behind her, several leaders of the Avarosa branch followed Ashe, while most of the soldiers dispersed on the spot.

Ten minutes later——

In the center of Avarosa, in a huge house, in front of a long table in the living room, Ashe had taken off her cloak.

A pair of icy eyes shone sharply. She rested her snow-white hands on the long table, looking at the group of people gathered on the other side of the table. Most of them were women, but there were also men. These people were all war mother leaders of various tribes.

Ashe looked at them and said:
"I know what you want to ask. We have already investigated the situation of the Winter Claw. They did not leave their hunting area this winter. This is very strange, but this is all we can investigate. It is impossible to go deeper."

"Warmother, are they planning to launch a sneak attack on us? There is no way Sejuani will not cause trouble for us in winter." Cidr, carrying the Frost Battle Axe on his back, said in a deep voice.

"I think what Cidre said is right. Sejuani must be plotting something. Over the years, she has gone more and more outrageous. Before, they were just hunting in our hunting areas. But since last year, they have directly invaded our villages and looted our food and people." said the short but muscular woman with red lines on her face.

"No, winter is here, and Sejuani can't move in winter." Ashe thought about it and denied everyone's idea.

She looked at the table and stretched out her hand, and saw a map sandbox on the table with densely packed small chess pieces on it. The blue one was Avarosa, the red one was Winter's Claw, and Ashe pointed to a place, which was a river.

"I know her, I know her better than any of you. Her inner self is different from her outer appearance." Ashe first said something that no one present understood, but Ashe did not explain, but continued:

"This is Neltzayag." Ashe pointed to a gray chess piece, which was the neutral town of Neltzayag in Freljord. She continued:
“And the Winter Claw has a branch hunting area over here.” She picked up a red chess piece and placed it in front of Nelzayag’s gray chess piece.

"This is where we're patrolling this time." Picking up the blue chess piece, Ashe placed it on the Glacier River. This river was continuous, running across the Freljord. Along the way were Avarosa, Winter's Claw, Frostguard Fortress, and at its end was the Sea of ​​Ice.

"If Sejuani was going to send people to invade us this winter, then we would definitely find people from the Winter Claw branch during our patrols. However, we asked merchants and villagers along the way, and they all said that they had not seen the Winter Claw during this period of time."

Ash made a judgment and said, "So, she will not invade us this winter."

"Let our warriors guarding the sidelines come back. They haven't participated in the celebration for a long time." Ashe ordered.

"This is not appropriate." Hilde said anxiously. She had just entered Avarosa. Although she admired Ashe very much and was determined to sacrifice her life to protect everything in Avarosa, she thought Ashe's decision was too hasty.

Based on one-sided information, we assume that the Winter's Claw will not invade and let the warriors come back. But what if the Winter's Claw suddenly invades?

Many people will die when operating in winter, but except for Avarosa, which tribe doesn't kill people in winter?

Cidl understood what Ashe meant, but that was Sejuani! A cruel and ruthless conqueror!
Does she care about the lives of her own people?
Ashe looked at Cidre calmly, a faint arc appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she said softly: "Believe me, sister, I will not be wrong."

"I know her better than any of you. I told you that she is different from what you have heard and seen. She cares about her tribe and every life of the Winter Claw more than anyone else."

"War Mother, why are you so sure?" Hiddle asked puzzled.

"Because she and I are childhood sweethearts. We have known each other since we were young, for twenty years. After Gujia's death, I am the person who knows her best in the world." Ai Xi replied.

Then, she clapped her hands and said, "Okay, next thing."

Siddar hesitated, then nodded.

"While exploring the north, another tribe there was slaughtered." Ashe said.

"Was it the Winter Claw who did it?" a tribesman interrupted.

This kind of genocide of a whole race of people happened in the north. Eighty percent of them were done by the Winter Claw, and the other 20 percent were done by the Frostguard Fortress, and the other half were done by the Snow Chasing Tribe.

But the Snow Chasers have joined Avarosa.

As for the Frostguard Fortress, they rarely come out, appearing once or twice at most in a few years, and only guarding their own place. Therefore, this person speculated that it was Sejuani who did it.

Perhaps it is because a tribe was wiped out that the Winter's Claw has enough food to survive the winter, so Sejuani will not attack Avarosa this winter?
Well, she felt that what she thought was right!
Ashe shook her head and said, "No, that place is full of blood and corpses, and body parts are everywhere. Sejuani would never do something that would humiliate a warrior. This is very strange."

"According to the hunters nearby, the tribe was wiped out in one day. During that time, the hunters around didn't even hear any fighting sounds, but they said that they vaguely saw a huge shadow, like an evil."

"boom!"

The brazier suddenly flew out from behind the curtain, and the grayish-white carbon ash rolled to the ground. With the cold wind blowing, the sparks were rekindled, and the carpet was stained with sparks, giving off a pungent burnt smell.

A disheveled man pushed open the curtain with one hand, revealing a pale and terrifying face, distorted and hideous, with blood oozing from the corners of his lips.

Ashe looked at him blankly, never expecting that this usually silent barbarian whom she used as a shield actually had such a side to him.

"Tryndamere, you." Ashe murmured, and her body involuntarily took a step back.

Ashe actually felt a hint of fear towards this barbarian. Was she afraid of Tryndamere?

A man who is afraid that the tribe will be destroyed and displaced?
On Tryndamere's ferocious face, his red pupils stared at Ashe. In his other hand, he held a big knife, and his hunched body gradually straightened up.

"Tell me where it is."

He roared, like a wild animal about to escape from its cage.

(End of this chapter)