The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

A full month before Nagrand's advance cavalry came to the border of the Nord Kingdom, the Windblade Legion did not allow them to cross the border. On the contrary, they lost many knights, horses, and priests.I'm afraid it's not only difficult to explain to Hussein, they are also not easy to explain to the Church of Light.

These elite cavalry came here confidently, threatening to break through Frost-covered City within six months. Now that a month has passed, they have not even crossed the border. From Commander Burke to ordinary soldiers, They all started to panic.

Realizing that the opponent's new commander was more difficult to deal with than Wendy, Burke resolutely abandoned his original tactics, no longer gathered forces to launch a frontal attack, but sent small teams to continuously harass the Windblade Legion's station .

This trick worked very well at the beginning. No matter how amazing Selene's commanding ability is, she is just an ordinary human being, unable to prevent all-pervasive sneak attacks. It is precisely because of this that Burke boldly used it. This plan.It stands to reason that the Windblade Legion is stationed at the border, but the Nagrand cavalry is rushing for thousands of miles. If this stalemate continues, the Windblade Legion will definitely not be the first to survive. However, this will at least allow Burke to hand it over to Hussein. Battle reports can be better.

What Burke didn't expect was that there was a person in the opponent's army who surpassed the abilities of ordinary humans, Hecate.Except for sleeping time, Hecate patrolled around the garrison all the time. Naturally, those infantry squads that are good at sneak attacks would not be Hecate's opponents. Occasionally, when she encountered a slightly larger number, she held her thumb and index finger and blew a long blow. Whistling, the soldiers of the Windblade Legion closest to her will immediately come to support and surround the isolated and helpless sneak attack team.

"Is it okay in Frost City?"

"It's all right. Raymond's here."

When alone with Selene, Hecate tried his best to find topics, but no matter what she asked, Selene could answer all her questions with the shortest sentence, making it easier to ask questions that wanted to break the embarrassment. Embarrassed, so she wisely stopped talking and went to watch alone with the crescent blade.

The clear sky after the snow was exceptionally clear and bright, and the sun was even a little dazzling. Hecate squinted his eyes and leaned lazily on a stone.

The Pegasus horse that Selene brought was not tied up, but it was just wandering on the snow near Selene's military tent, with no intention of fleeing, like a tame pet.As it approached, Hecate stood up softly and took a small sugar cube from his waist pocket.

The horses in Nagrand's royal stables all like to eat sugar cubes and carrots. Unicorns and Pegasus are not ordinary horses, but they have the same preferences in this regard.Tenma looked at Hecate vigilantly, no matter how friendly Hecate was, it still took a few steps back to prevent Hecate from approaching it.

Frustrated, Hecate put the sugar cube on the ground and pretended to turn around to leave. Tenma immediately came up to him, stuck out his tongue and rolled the small sugar cube into his mouth.

"Hecate! Don't make it difficult for you anymore."

Hecate turned his head and saw Selene walking over with a snow wolf in surprise.The relationship between the Northlanders and the wolves has always been very close. The ponies in the Nord Kingdom can only be used for traveling and carrying heavy loads at most, and they are not suitable for the work of war horses. Therefore, when the Northlanders say "cavalry", they probably mean It's the snow wolf knight with a battle axe.

Snow wolves are much larger than ordinary wolves, their strength is far superior to that of ordinary war horses, and their stamina is not inferior. The only disadvantage lies in their numbers - among the several large legions of the Nord Kingdom, there are only a dozen or so at most. It's just a small team of snow wolf cavalry.The Windblade Legion raised snow wolves, and they also had soldiers who could control them, but Wendy usually didn't send them on the field easily.

Now Selene is bringing one of the snow wolves raised by the Windblade Legion. It seems to be a newly grown wolf cub, and has not experienced actual combat. After Selene saddled it, it couldn't wait to let go. With a few long howls, he rushed to Hecate's side, and rubbed his furry lips against Hecate's body.

Frustrated by Pegasus and unicorn, Hecate stroked the snow wolf in surprise, turned over and sat on the snow wolf's back.The saddle used by the snow wolf cavalry has a saddle and pedals, but there is no rein and bit, only a belt similar to a collar, which is convenient for the knight to stabilize the body and control the direction.

Hecate recalled a mural she saw on the wall of the royal palace in Joda. An old man with white beard and hair—that is, the image of the God of Light in people’s imagination—was covered in spotless white robes and held the power in his hand. The top of the scepter exudes a brilliant golden light, and under the light from the clouds, the wolves on the ground flee in all directions until they fall into the eternal hell.

According to the records of the Holy Scriptures of Light, wolves are creatures exiled by the God of Light.And just below this line of records, the God of Light stretched out his hand lovingly, stroked the unicorns and their close relatives, Pegasus, and announced that they were his loyal servants and deserved to be rewarded.

Rather than saying that Hecate rejects divine arts, it is better to say that she is rejected by divine arts, and this "faithful servant of the God of Light" certainly does not like her.

"In contrast, I, a 'faithful believer of the God of Light', really like them." Tianma saw Selene, and also leaned over to show his favor, and for Hecate who was sitting on the snow wolf's back, It is even more unavoidable.

"Your Majesty, the things you told me are ready." A soldier of the Windblade Legion walked over holding a set of saddles for horses. The sharp-eyed Hecate saw the Nagrand coat of arms printed on it, and understood this. Certainly one of the trophies of the Windblade Legion.

Selene nodded, took the saddle from the soldier, and walked towards the pegasus.Pegasus is no different from unicorns except that it has wings on its sides and can fly. The same is true of its proud personality. It is almost impossible to saddle them, but Selene did it. Pegasus Standing there motionless, Selene allowed Selene to saddle it, then turned over and rode on its back again.

"The habits of Pegasus are even more unpredictable than unicorns, but I think there are two points that can be roughly determined." Selene kept stroking Pegasus's mane to calm its emotions, "First, as a light Servants of the gods, they are very friendly to the followers of the God of Light—yes, that’s why I can easily tame them. Second, they always like to get close to women.”

"what do you mean?"

"I mean, Pegasus knights may become a member of King Nord's team like snow wolf knights. But this is just a concept, Pegasus is probably the most difficult animal in the world to tame .”

Hecate couldn't help but yearn for it, she couldn't help but imagine, holding a long spear and riding a Pegasus to dive down from the air, that speed and strength should be able to break all the armor on the Hindley continent.

"Selene." It is rare for Hecate to take the initiative to call out Selene's name, "Do you really believe in the God of Light? Believe in his existence, believe in every word in the Holy Book of Light?"

Reason told Hecate that this was unlikely, but Selene always acted like a devout believer, making people have to wonder what her real thoughts were.

"Hecate, you can think about it, if I am really like this, will you still stand in front of me alive now?"

"You can't kill me."

"Really?" Selene flicked the rein, walked around behind Hecate, and stroked the back of her neck, "If you are fighting on the battlefield, one feathered arrow—or many— Shooting where you have no armor at all, are you really confident you can dodge?"

Hecate really weighed it seriously in his heart: "Unless the archer is too close to me and I have no time to react, otherwise I can avoid it completely, but if he is too close to me, I will jump when he shows his murderous look." You'll notice something different."

"Okay, let's go assassinate at night instead, anyway, you never woke up when I covered you with a blanket in the middle of the night."

Hecate blushed obviously, still trying to save himself some face in front of Selene: "Actually, I'm awake, I'm just too lazy to move."

"That should be the case." Selene seemed to be in a good mood today, humming a song from the Northland, jumped off the Pegasus, and removed the saddle from her body. "It seems that this idea has changed." It will take a long time before it becomes a reality.”

"Whether it's an animal or a human, it won't be tamed casually." Hecate also slacked off, laying his entire upper body on the snow wolf's back, "No one is born to obey others' orders." .”

Just when Hecate was about to fall asleep in a daze, Selene visited her military tent. For some reason, she was shivering in the cold wind without wearing a cloak and coat, and crawled into the tent while clapping her hands. He took off Hecate's blanket warmed by his body temperature, and put his cold hands along Hecate's lapel.

"Itch!" Hecate made room for her, "What are you looking for me for?"

"Nothing special, just..."

The coldness pressing on the lower abdomen suddenly disappeared, replaced by the same cold metal touch on the back of the neck, Hecate raised his head in surprise, just in time to meet Selene's sly smile: "Look, now I press the knife down, can kill you."

Furious, Hecate snatched all the blankets.

After laughing for a while, the two fell silent, and just as Hecate was about to fall asleep again, Selene held her hand.

"Hecate, I don't know if you are my real sister, why you are rejected by the magic, and where your powerful power comes from. I will try my best to find out these things. But in my Until I know the truth, I'll pretend they don't exist."

"...Why do you treat me so well? Even I feel suspicious."

Two pairs of identical blue eyes stared at each other in the gloom.

"Please add this one to the string I didn't know just now."