The Glory of Noxus

Late at night in the middle of winter.

The biting cold wind danced in the night sky, rolling up the snowflakes and making a howling sound.

The dim starlight falling from the sky penetrates the snow-white curtain, covering the long Iron Thorn Mountains with a hazy cloud.

Between the low and flat mountains, there is a damp cave entrance covered with ice and snow.

The Noxian scouts who had marched for half a day were resting in the cave. They had not taken off their armor, either leaning against the wall or sitting cross-legged.

Huo Jixing exhaled a mouthful of frost, squatted down, and took out the fire box from his waist. Two pieces of iron were rubbed together, and tiny sparks burst out, but were extinguished by the cold wind in an instant.

He remained motionless and repeated the action, rubbing the iron again and again.

However, Huo Jixing seemed more silent than usual, and his mind was filled with the scene of dismembering a wild boar in the snow not long ago.

Although the [Wild Survival] skills given to him by his predecessor included some similar bloody scenes, compared with the reality, the images in his memory are two completely different concepts.

He endured the discomfort and suppressed his inner physiological reaction.

puff!

The fire suddenly appeared, tiny sparks ignited the rags, and a wave of heat slowly emerged.

Huo Jixing came back to his senses, fiddled with the rags, and slowly lit the piled dry and wet branches. The warm fire began to illuminate the dark and damp cave.

The Noxian scouts scattered around sat down around the campfire one after another, warming up their cold bodies.

Huo Jixing sat in the corner, stretched out his hands and started rubbing them, using the flames to dispel the chill in his body.

Since entering Freljord, as a newcomer, he has been unable to quickly integrate into the team even with the help of DeWitt.

So he adheres to the principle of talking less and doing more.

Through such efforts, he gained more or less some goodwill.

"Let's go clean the wild boar meat."

Not long after he sat down, before his body had warmed up, DeWitt came over, holding the cut wild boar meat in his hand.

After hunting the snow boars, they get a large amount of wild boar meat after skinning and deboning them, which eliminates the need for them to chew hard dry food that tastes bad.

Huo Jixing got up and walked outside the cave entrance with DeWitt, washing the wild boar meat with the accumulated ice and snow.

Facing the cold wind, Huo Jixing wiped the pork in his hands and thought to himself as he thought of the elk carcass in the cedar forest.

This is very Freljord!

The cycle of life and death looks different in this cold and cruel land, but the harsh environment ensures that little is wasted.

After the snow boar has eaten the elk, it eventually falls into their hands and becomes food.

One drink and one peck are all reincarnations.

After cleaning the wild boar, Huo Jixing and DeWitt quickly returned to the cave entrance. It was too cold outside, so it was better to be warmer inside the cave entrance.

Gurgling! Gurgling! Gurgling!

In the iron pot hanging above the campfire, boiling water bubbled, with some stains of ice and snow remaining on the edge.

Seeing the water boiling, Moore, who was in charge of cooking, quickly cut the cleaned wild boar meat with a short knife, put it into the iron pot, sprinkled it with salt, and covered it with an iron lid.

Half an hour later, dinner was ready.

Big portion of bone broth!

Huo Jixing took a gentle sniff at the air, and his hungry body let out a low groan.

It's not that the smell of meat is too good to fill the cave, but in the current severe cold weather, it is very good to have a mouthful of hot soup and a mouthful of meat.

Eric stood up and bent over, filling a large bowl for himself first. Regardless of how hot it was, he drank the broth and chewed the meat.

"tasty!"

Afterwards, the Noxian scouts surrounding the campfire began to grab cups of bone soup and wolf down it.

After everyone had eaten, Moore, who was sitting next to DeWitt, began to process the remaining wild boar meat. This part would become the food of the Noxian scouts for some time to come.

Of course, the amount of wild boar obtained from hunting must be more than that.

But considering the tasks ahead, it was impossible for the scouts to carry them all with them just to add to the burden.

They cut and processed wild boar meat, packed it with ice and buried it deep in the cave.

Huo Jixing did not rush to do it this time. He and DeWitt needed to rest early, because in the second half of the night, when it was the coldest, it was their turn to watch the night.

The night is getting darker and the sky is dark.

The brilliant stars that remain in the night sky may also choose to hide in the clouds because they are afraid of the cold.

Between the vast sky and earth, only white snowflakes were left dancing wildly, beating the mountain wall desperately.

"star!"

The call ringing in his ears made Huo Jixing wake up from his deep sleep.

Turning around, he saw that DeWitt had already stood up and was arranging his solid and exquisite composite armor.

"It's time for our vigil."

DeWitt looked sideways, his brown eyes bloodshot and tired.

"Sorry, I've been asleep for a while!" Huo Jixing said in an apologetic tone, stretched out his hands, and rubbed his slightly stiff face vigorously to wake him up.

While he still had some free time, Huo Jixing's heart moved and he opened the data panel.

[Name: Huo Jixing]

【Quality: 0】

【Strength: 1.24】

[Physique: 1.20]

[Agility: 1.24]

【Spirit: 2.15】

[Skills: Intermediate warrior, wilderness survival]

[Talent: None]

Compared with when he left the Noxus camp, his attributes were almost unchanged. This was also the reason why Huo Jixing had no time to exercise.

A whole day, from morning to night, apart from normal rest, is used to move forward.

"I hope the mission ends soon." Huo Jixing muttered.

Then he closed the data panel, stood up, sorted out the messy armor, and put on his gray-white cloak again.

The light inside the cave is dim and the gravel is densely covered, making walking on it a bit awkward.

Huo Jixing and DeWitt walked forward slowly with the help of the dim light coming from the front.

The nose was filled with an unpleasant smell, the smell of sweat mixed with the smell of animal fur. Occasionally, there would be snoring sounds, echoing inside and outside the cave.

This cave is one of the resting spots prepared by Captain Eric.

The inside of the cave is slightly damp, but it is well hidden and can block the invasion of wind and snow. It is considered a good place.

In front of the cave entrance, a bonfire burned.

The fireworks that should have been bright were a little dim in the biting cold wind.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind them, the two Noxian scouts who were huddled in the corner looked back into the depths of the cave, and happened to see the figures of Huo Jixing and DeWitt.

They couldn't wait to get up, nodded to each other, wrapped their cloaks tightly, and quickly returned to the cave, escaping from the biting low temperature of the frozen soil in the north.

Seeing this, Huo Jixing shook his head helplessly and chose to sit down near the wall of the bonfire, where there was still a little warmth remaining.

DeWitt also chose a similar location.

The two people's field of vision, while including each other, can also observe the environment outside the cave entrance.

Crackling!

Huo Jixing wrapped himself in a fur cloak and fiddled with the warm bonfire in front of him.