The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Selene had imagined what Hecate, who was taken hostage by the entire Nord Kingdom and grew up in the Nagrand Empire, would think of these two countries.

In all fairness, although she was born in Nord, she only spent three short years there - that was the first three years of her life, with a vague memory - and from the age of three to the full 15 years, she was in Nag Lan grew up.Moreover, this 15 years will probably leave more traces than any 15 years in his life. It will polish Hecate like a native of the Nagrand Empire. If it is not for the facial features that are very similar to himself Selene was hardly sure it was Hecate.

From the current Hecate, it seems that the shadow of that younger sister can no longer be found.

"No creature should be able to escape life detection." Selene asked her calmly, "Why were you able to escape my magic spell that night?"

Hecate did not speak.She looked at Selene carefully, and said in a low voice after a long silence: "I thought people in the North would not believe in the God of Light."

"Most people really don't, I'm just an exception." Selene shrugged her shoulders, "I'm surprised that a person who has lived in the Nagrand Empire for 15 years doesn't believe in the God of Light."

"I used to believe in it. This is the tradition of Nagrand, and it is not too difficult for a three-year-old child who has left his hometown to believe that there is an omniscient and omnipotent god in the world. It was only later that I discovered that this god In fact, it can’t really save me from suffering.” She suddenly frowned and looked into the room, “Is there any movement outside?”

After she finished speaking, Selene noticed the sound of footsteps slowly approaching. At least 20 people were approaching here at the same time.Selene knew that it couldn't be the townspeople, they wouldn't deliberately cover up their footsteps and breath like this.

Hecate raised his index finger to his lips, beckoning Rita to keep quiet, and then glanced at Selene—Selene thought it was probably a way to keep herself out of the way.She followed Hecate lightly, and saw that she was holding down the handle of the knife, ready to draw out the crescent-shaped scimitar at her waist at any moment.

Passing through the narrow mill hut, the moment the door was pushed open, the soldier in Nagrand armor stabbed out the spear in his hand. Hecate's right hand was still pressed on the handle of the knife, but his left hand was growing. He held the handle of the gun before himself, restraining the soldier's movement.

The fact that the northerners are good at fighting is a fact known throughout the continent, but no one expected that Hecate, who looked like an ordinary person, could quickly burst out such a powerful force, and the soldier almost used the strength of his entire body to move forward Even if he pushed it, he couldn't move the tip of the gun any further.

And Hecate breathed evenly, as if she wasn't exerting any effort at all.

Then, she took a step forward, walked slowly along the body of the gun, and swung the knife at the immobile soldier.

Selene seemed to hear Hecate exhale impatiently, and without hesitation pushed away the fallen corpse, and rushed towards the encirclement formed by spearmen and archers.Selene watched in horror as she ran out against the wall, almost passing the arrow feathers. At the same time, the blood of a spearman was added to the crescent blade. The archer who lost the protection of his teammates Before reaching out for the arrow in the future, he had already died under the blade of Hecate.

Then she didn't give the rest of the people any chance to form an encirclement circle. While her strength was unbelievably strong, her speed was also astonishing.The crescent blade is shorter than ordinary scimitars and long swords. Long/spear and bows and arrows can be said to be the nemesis of this weapon, but Hecate seems to be very aware of her weakness. She always uses long/spear Get close to them before the pawns attack - that's the dead end of the spear/spear, but where the crescent blade can easily decapitate the enemy.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for Hecate to dodge the arrows that have been aimed at her at such a short distance, but her movements have never had a certain routine, and sometimes she will give up the advantage of being able to attack and go around aimlessly in another direction , the archer cannot predict her movements.Naturally, she wouldn't stay where she was for too long, giving the archer a chance to draw the bow and aim.

All of this does show her instinctive genius in combat, but to execute these perfectly, it still depends on her beast-like speed and strength, as well as her amazing explosive power.

Selene didn't want to stand by at first, but she had to admit that Hecate's performance left no room for meddling. Except for a few scratches on her clothes from arrows, she passed Selene unscathed and expressionless. Back in the house, he took a piece of cloth from the table and wiped the handle of the knife.

"I heard the news that they were going to fight in advance, so I ran away from Yoda in a hurry, avoiding Nagrand's search for me all the way here." Hecate raised his head and glanced at Selene, "You'd better Don't be prepared to put all the blame for the outbreak of war on me, my escape was only later one of their excuses."

"Rita." Selene poured out more than a dozen gold coins from her waist pocket and stuffed them all into Rita's hands, "You take these money, it's best to pack your luggage and set off tonight or tomorrow. Run northwest—"

"Your Majesty." Rita shook his head and returned the gold coin, "I can't escape. Not many people in this town can really escape."

Selene didn't pester her any more, and then she turned to face Hecate who was sitting on the edge of the bed wiping his blade: "I'm not going to shift the responsibility for the outbreak of the war to you, but those people just now were not for the sake of They came here when they invaded the Nords. They came after you."

Illuminated by the dancing candles in the room, Hecate temporarily stopped what he was doing: "I will think that you are really as smart as the rumors say...so please explain in more detail."

"You have lived in the Yoda Palace for 15 years. It stands to reason that you should know Hussein better than me. Is he the kind of person who makes senseless attacks before the official attack? He will only use his full strength at the beginning, thinking It is necessary to crush all the enemies in one go. This imperial squad does not look like a team for raids. There are no Nagrand cavalry, nor a decent commander, and most of them are archers and spearmen... ...It is easy to deduce that this is a team prepared to kill you. They did not go back to report the success of the mission. These teams used to hunt you down will continue to flow in the days to come, and there will always be you A day you can't handle alone."

When Selene said this, she stopped to observe Hecate's reaction, and she felt that she had made it clear what she wanted to express.

Hecate sneered: "After all, you still have to make sure that I have enough reasons to return to Frost City with you. Selene, you'd better find out that I can maintain hatred for Nagrand, yes Because I have never been accepted, from the first second I set foot on the land of Yorda, people except Cole tried their best to make things difficult for me. Anyway, they only need me to live. No one cares how I live. Hecate slowly put the crescent blade back into its scabbard, "What if the people of Nagrand treat me well? Not to mention being respected as a royal family, what if they can give me the most basic dignity so that I can live a peaceful life?" I don't guarantee that my position will be pushed to the Nord kingdom by the hatred of Nagrand, I have no country I want to fight for. Nagrand wants to drive me out of existence, so I choose to join Nord against it, that's all .”

Hecate stood up from the edge of the bed as he spoke, thinking that Selene had nothing to say to her position, but what Selene said next was something she had never thought of.

"Do you think the Nord Kingdom cares about you?" Selene asked her softly, "I am the monarch of the Nord Kingdom, and I can confidently say that I am probably the best commander in this country. This is especially true in commanding large-scale battles. I appear here alone, risking the border line being broken by the Nagrand army at any time to bring you back. Do you really think you are so valuable? Do you really think that the entire Frost Chengdu supports me in such an adventure, sitting in the conference room doing nothing, expecting me to take you back?"

For the first time since meeting, Hecate showed a look of helplessness.She held the crescent blade subconsciously, but she didn't intend to draw it at all, as if she just found a little courage for herself to continue listening instead of turning around and running away.

"No matter how embarrassing the identity of the proton is, it is the royal family of a neighboring country after all. I believe that the Nagrand people probably gave you the conditions you should have. Judging from your words, what you should accept is to be with other Nagrand royal families. Members have the same education, but I think, with Hussein's mind, he probably won't let the protons of the enemy country learn anything about governance and military command." Selene could clearly see the panic in Hecate's eyes , She took a breath and continued, "Your skills are indeed much stronger than many northerners of the same age. In a single fight or a small-scale conflict like just now, you are a rare A warrior can be described as a genius. But what about on the battlefield? You are at most a charge leader, and I can easily find dozens or even hundreds of such charge leaders in the Frosted City alone."

"...Then why do you still appear here? If it's what you said, Nord should have completely given up on me."

The door of the hut was still open, and Hecate's voice trembled in the cold Northland wind.

"Even if the Kingdom of Nord recognizes your tactical value, it won't be me who comes here to greet you." Selene stared at her quietly, "I came here because you are my sister, and I have to bring You go home."

silence.Hecate stood on the spot without saying a word, but let go of the handle of the knife, letting it hang powerlessly on his side.

"Frostcover is cold," Selene said.

"I know."