The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

The Central Legion bid farewell to Selene and their comrades in the North, and set off to return to their own country. Phoebe and the Holy Light Legion stayed behind. They will go to carry out the order of the God of Light with Selene and Hecate : Destroy Hussain.

But before we start, there is one very important thing that needs to stop Selene.

That was Raymond's funeral.

Selene also sometimes feels like a hypocrite.Mother, father, Raymond, or Hecate, who was also on the verge of life and death, she will be affected by their life and death with the most intense emotions, and the experience of losing any of them makes her distraught, but when As a commander, when she decides the life and death of everyone in the army, the life and death of an individual cannot cause her emotions to fluctuate too much.

That became a number to her, part of the plan, a "necessary sacrifice."

For a commander, that is actually necessary coldness.

People cannot completely abandon emotions, which is the greatest advantage of human beings, but also the greatest shortcoming of human beings.

The residents of Frost-covered City were slaughtered by puppet soldiers. The former ministers and officers were devoured. Hussein devoured the flesh and blood of the Nord Kingdom like a beast, leaving behind ruins of despair after escaping.

It wasn't just a castle that collapsed in this city, this country.

Any Northlander is cursing Hussein with the most vicious words, and this curse quickly developed into a large blockbuster. The soldiers are still full of fatigue after returning from the battlefield, but they can't stop them Take up arms again and seek revenge on Hussein.

Selene also noticed the commotion among the soldiers. She cleared her throat and said in a voice that everyone around her could hear: "In the short term, the Kingdom of Nord can no longer stand war."

So the mood of the Guards quickly calmed down again.

Selene knew that the Nord Kingdom would also pay the price in this battle, but she did not expect that the price would be so heavy. The capital became an empty city, and the ruling system that ensured the smooth operation of the entire country was now blank. She really She was just like her ancestors back then, standing on the empty land with the clansmen who survived the catastrophe, dazed and at a loss.

At that time, it was "Selene, Hecate and Phoebe" in the story who led the Northlanders through the difficulties, but she didn't know if she could do it.While she didn't know if she could do it, it was something she had to do.

Selene personally ordered someone to dig a tomb for Raymond in the royal cemetery in the back mountain, set up a tombstone, and prepare a coffin, so that he and the heroes of the country he served will be buried here forever. piece of land.

The Northlanders didn't have any grand funerals, not even a decent ceremony. They just put the deceased in a coffin and buried them in the soil, and then each mourned for him.

Just when people didn't realize it, the night wind started to get cold.Autumn in the Nord Kingdom is very short, and the north wind will soon blow, turning this place into a land of ice and snow again.

Winter is the most suitable season for Northlanders and the longest season for Nord, but it is never a season suitable for recuperation.

Selene was the last person to leave from Raymond's tombstone. She remembered that Joshua's position was not embarrassing but dangerous. After finding Joshua, she found that he was cleaning up with several Northlanders. Looking at the ruins, the Northlanders still accepted him as if they didn't realize that he was a Nagrand.

Hecate is also helping, her efficiency is several times higher than that of ordinary people, but it is nothing more than moving the earth and rocks from one place to another, exposing the original mountain body, how to deal with these things, none of them know .

"This project is too vast." Selene answered Hecate's question with a wry smile, "I can only take one step at a time."

Most of the soldiers of the Guards Corps took off their heavy armor to facilitate their carrying work. At this time, a heavily armed soldier approached Selene and Hecate, which naturally aroused the vigilance of the two people, but when he approached, , Selene recognized immediately.

"Father? Will you not be discovered like this?"

When the Central Corps left before, Roy, as Garcia, gave them an order to leave first. Garcia still has things to do while staying here, and he will go back later.Since the war was over and the only thing the exhausted soldiers wanted to do was to return to their hometown, no one had any doubts or objections to this order.

Then, Roy quietly got out of Garcia's body, wandered the streets, found a Northland soldier with an indistinct fatal wound, and got into his body.

"You must remind me to write to Charles in advance to explain this matter clearly." Selene sighed, "Although this is the most difficult thing to explain in my life."

"I know, otherwise the officer who would have become Talis died in Nord for unknown reasons."

Selene didn't respond to him.She turned her head to look at the busy soldiers behind her, at the ruins that had barely changed, and the sun setting again.

"I can't imagine how long it will take us to rebuild this country."

"Our ancestors used to build their homes from scratch on this barren land." Roy looked back at the ruins of the castle that had not yet been cleaned up, "Now we just have to do it all over again... let's back to how it was before."

"Father..." Selene felt that she was about to be completely overwhelmed by all the difficulties and exhaustion in front of her, "There are too many things waiting for us to do..."

"At least there is nothing to worry about here, and this is the only thing I can help you now." Roy comforted them in a low voice, "When you come back, Frostcovered City will be more prosperous than when you were forced to leave ..."

Yep, nothing to worry about.

Those Northlanders will bring their mead, brave the wind and snow to settle in this city, clean up the traces left by the war, and then rebuild the city, so that on the mountain in the center of the frost-covered city, there will once again be a castle representing The Kingdom of Nord stands tall.

"Hecate, can you listen to me?"

Hecate turned to face Roy, acquiescing to his request.

"I may not be qualified to treat you as my daughter, so I don't expect you to treat me as a father." Roy looked very serious, "Now I don't want to doubt you, as a senior, I hope You can remember my advice, don't trust your crescent blade too much."

Besides Selene, the Crescent Blade was the thing Hecate trusted the most.She held the handle of the knife almost subconsciously, showing hostility, and quickly restrained herself, clearly expressing disdain for Roy.

"You may have misunderstood me, it is a very good weapon, and... the weapon itself will never betray you. But how it came to your hands, and who made it, you have no idea Don't think you don't need to know, Hecate!" Roy emphasized, "You have to find out, you can't let yourself know the origin of your weapons."

"I'll figure it out." Hecate was obviously intimidating Roy, "Have you finished your sentence?"

Anyone other than Selene, who wants to discuss the origin of the Crescent Blade with Hecate, will probably be thought by Hecate as a provocation to her.

Even Selene had to be careful about bringing it up.

It's not that they haven't studied it in private, the problem is that starting from the appearance didn't bring them any clues.

The crescent blade is an extremely simple scimitar, without any extra decorations, without showing any style, it is just a very pure weapon - just like Hecate's power of faith, pure and stable.

There is no extra decorative pattern on the handle, and there is no mark engraved on the blade. To be honest, the curvature of the machete is somewhat similar to the standard of the Nord Kingdom, but it does not exactly match, and this discovery was quickly overturned. , because the comparison between the crescent blade and the scimitar of the Nagrand is also the same, similar but not exactly the same.

Later, Selene also overturned the idea that this knife might have been created by the Penglai people. If it was really made by the Penglai people, Gu Yinuo, a survivor of Penglai, would definitely be able to see it. Anyone would be surprised that someone used a Penglai machete, but Gu Yinuo didn't show any surprise - she probably thought it was a weapon from Beidi.

After thinking for a while, Selene found that she could only come to one conclusion: Crescent Blade does not belong to any country on this continent, nor does it belong to Penglai on the other side of the sea.

Hecate, who had been quietly listening to Selene's analysis, seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly raised his head to look at Selene: "Does that mean that it may not be a human thing at all? It was originally in a certain place. It was created in a kingdom of gods, so it can withstand any power of faith, magic, magic?"

Now, this is actually the most likely answer, but if it is really a creation of the Kingdom of God, why it was taken by Hecate at that time is even more puzzling.

Fortunately, this issue is not so urgent, and they have plenty of time to study it slowly.

The castle collapsed, and Selene and Hecate had to choose one of the empty houses in the city to live in.The weather was not too cold, and Hecate extinguished the fire in the fireplace before going to bed. After the sound of burning firewood disappeared, the whole room—or the whole city, fell into a disturbing silence.

When she wrapped the blanket around her body, she found that Selene beside her was asleep. Hecate didn't feel tired yet, but he still closed his eyes to calm himself down.

In any case, they finally went home.