The Glory of Noxus

Chapter 6 Freljord

Freljord.

Biting storms raged, and biting cold currents whipped the vast frozen soil of the Northland.

Looking from a distance, the earth is silvery white, and the snowflakes are like catkins and cotton, falling from the dim sky, melting the sky and the earth into one white body.

Hoo hoo!Hoo hoo!
On the snow-white steep mountain road, Huo Jixing panted heavily and raised his head from his gray-white fur cloak. His handsome face had long been frozen, and his eyebrows and the tip of his nose were covered with ice shards.

The wind and snow in front of me was so strong that it intertwined and formed a messy oil painting, reflected in my pupils.

At the same time, the ice and snow piled up on his body weighed down his luggage, which made him feel increasingly weak and breathless.

But Eric, who was at the front of the team, kept walking, so he could only choose to move forward silently.

As time went by, the wind and snow seemed to get stronger and stronger, beginning to compress everyone's vision. Nothing could be seen four or five meters away, leaving only a silvery white that filled the sky and the earth.

However, Eric seemed unaffected and was still traveling on the right path. However, how he discerned the correct direction was a skill that Huo Jixing could not understand.

Or see the situation in the team.

Eric, who was moving forward, turned his head and wiped away the ice shards covering his face. His brown eyes looked around at the people behind him, and he said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and rest in front."

"Yes!"

The silent team burst into uniform shouts. Each Noxian scout suppressed his inner fatigue, maintained his formation, and continued to advance against the wind and snow.

Snowflakes fell, swaying all over the ground.

After everyone walked four or five miles, a low hill covered with ice and snow came into view.

The hill is not high, about [-] meters, which is very common in the rolling Iron Thorn Mountains, but it has a leeward area where bare rocks can be faintly seen.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly followed Eric's footsteps, stepping on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and quickly stepped to the foot of the hill.

The solid rocks are rough and cold, polished by ice and snow, and covered with a smooth and clean layer of ice.

The slightly sunken mountain can barely stand, covering the scattered wind and snow, and resisting the raging cold wind.

woohoo!

Huo Jixing took off his gray-white fur cloak and shook it gently. Snowflakes fell down and covered the ground.

Then he turned the fur cloak over, smoothed it on the ground, leaned against the mountain wall, and sat down on the cloak.

Huo Jixing hates the cold!
Hate winter.

It brings not only endless torture to the body and mind, but also a cruel test of the will.

"Huh!" Huo Jixing stopped complaining in his heart, took a deep breath, stretched out his hands, and rubbed them slowly, a subtle warmth appeared in his palms.

He lowered his head and looked at the grooves covering his palms, which looked like old pine bark, filled with solidified ice slag, and he became more aware of his predecessor's disgust and fear of the Freljord.

And this is just the beginning of the scouting mission.

Huo Jixing licked his cracked lips, took out a water bag from his waist, poured the cold water mixed with ice slag into his mouth.

In an instant, the biting cold penetrated his soul, driving away the fatigue from his body and refreshing him at the same time.

After unpacking his bag, Huo Jixing took out the hard dry food, ground it with his teeth, and swallowed it in small bites, absorbing as much of the nutrients in the dry food as possible.

The dry food is rough and hard, and looks like dough mixed with some vegetables and dried meat solidified together.

The taste is very ordinary, but it can effectively replenish the energy consumed.

Huo Jixing observed the surrounding environment while eating.

Counting the time, it was already the fourth day he had entered the Freljord. Apart from the Noxian scout team, he could not see anyone along the way, and it seemed like he had entered a cold and dead place.

However, the Noxian scouts are still moving forward cautiously and will promptly deal with any remaining traces along the way.

The rest was short, and Noxian scouts got up one after another.

Huo Jixing swallowed the last mouthful of dry food, picked up the cloak, put it on him again, and looked up at the ice and snow world in front of him.

The cold wind is still there, and the snow falls all over the mountains and plains, covering the Iron Thorn Mountains.

Although they have entered the Freljord region, the stretching Iron Thorn Mountains span the Noxus border and penetrate deep into the frozen soil of the North.Within the field of vision, there are snow-capped mountains, one after another, one after another, like a dragon's spine, extending into the distance, majestic and magnificent.

This is a magnificent scene that I have never seen in my previous life, but I am used to it now.

Just as everyone was about to leave, the sound of scattered footsteps suddenly broke the calm under the ice and snow.

Huo Jixing turned around and looked around. In the deep snow, Moore was rushing over, an excited smile appeared on his weather-beaten face.

Moore, a member of the Noxian Scouting Team, is a calm and friendly person.

The biting cold wind wrapped around the strong figure and poured into the sunken hills.

"Captain Ten!" Moore crossed the crowd, walked up to Eric, and gasped: "I found something good!"

Hearing this, Eric, who was leaning against the mountain wall, raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the excited Moore in front of him, then looked up at the snowy dusk sky, and began to think in his heart.

He knew Moore's character and would not act without aim.Since it is a good thing, it is probably pretty good.

"Let's go take a look!" Eric looked around at everyone and spoke in a solemn voice.

Fragmented footsteps were imprinted on the white snow, along the traces left by Moore, extending straight to the other side of the hill.

Covered with snow, scattered cedars, like dark green dye, are dotted on the white snow.

Huo Jixing was still at the back of the team, scanning his surroundings with vigilance.

Not far in front of him, Eric and Moore were squatting, looking at the traces left on the snow, and talking softly.

"Is it some kind of animal footprint?" Huo Jixing saw the traces left on the snow from the corner of his eye, and thought to himself: "But the footprint is too huge?"

The snowflakes danced wildly, seemingly non-stop, eroding the heaven and earth.

As Moore went back and forth, the snow still did not cover up the traces of the footprints, which shows the size of the animal that left the footprints.

Huo Jixing searched for all the animal impressions in his memory. Compared with the footprints he saw in front of him, it seemed that only giant animals such as elephants and rhinos could vaguely match.

"It's a snow boar!"

At some point, DeWitt walked to Huo Jixing's side and spoke in a deep voice.

"Get ready to hunt!"

"This guy is a rare good thing in the frozen soil of the North. At least it can stop us from eating that hard and tasteless bad dry food."

The Noxian scout team began to set off again, following the remaining traces deep into the cedar forest.

On the Freljord, the frozen soil of the north, there is almost no other vegetation. Only cedars, despite being destroyed by the cold wind and snow, are still tall and straight.

But after going deep into the cedar forest, Huo Jixing's expression gradually became serious.

As far as the eye can see, some rough cedar trunks have broken and fallen to the ground, and there are only a few dark green leaves on the branches.

Occasionally, you can see some ferocious marks on the trunk and branches, as if they have been bitten by some giant animal.

"Hey, Xing, did you hear anything?" DeWitt came closer, his expression under the cloak extremely heavy.

"I heard it." Huo Jixing nodded and looked straight ahead.

The bone-chilling cold wind was mixed with some weird and strange sounds, echoing over the woods.

At the same time, at the front of the scout team, Eric stretched out his palm and waved forward.

Huo Jixing tightened his gray-white cloak, and together with DeWitt, he carefully stepped on the snow and slowly walked to the side of the team along the shadow of the hanging cedar.

Not only the two of them, but the other Noxian scouts also seemed to be gray-white worker ants, with Eric as the center point, forming a fan shape and slowly surrounding the target area.

"What it is!?"

Behind the tall cedar, Huo Jixing's figure seemed to melt into the snow. His gaze fell into the distance, but his expression could not hide his horror.

"This... wild... pig??"

　Seek collection, seek follow-up
　　
　
(End of this chapter)