Under Lux's command, the team that was originally going to intercept the Freljord's return finally changed direction and headed east along the snow-covered foothills of the Dragon's Back Mountains.

Along the way, they packed up the tools and materials that had been discarded before, and their energy and energy gradually recovered. Under the leadership of Galio, they strode forward, and actually showed a somewhat rainbow-like momentum.

Then, just as the team reached the mountain pass where they had planned to block the Freljord, an accident happened.

In this mountain pass, they were shocked to find that some of the materials and tools they had left behind were scattered everywhere like crushed toys. It seemed that someone hated these tools very much, even a shovel or a shovel pole.

It had to be broken, the surface of the shovel had to be bent, and it had to be damaged to the point where it was absolutely unusable before it was thrown into pieces into the snow.

What is going on?

Have the Freljordians been here before?

But if the Freljordians had come, why would they completely destroy the tools left here?

In the eyes of many soldiers, this may be an operation by the Freljord barbarians to vent their anger, but Lux, who has made transactions with Avarosa, knows very well that the Freljordians actually have little regard for these tools.

It is still needed - although steel will become brittle under the erosion of Breath of Anivia, compared to the bone and wooden tools commonly used by Freljordians, iron tools are still more durable as long as they are properly maintained.

It can still be used for a while.

Therefore, if Winter's Claw passes by here, they should pack these tools away!

To put it bluntly, even if the Winter Claws were a tribe that only knew how to plunder and didn't care about production at all, there would be no need for them to spend all their energy destroying all these tools, right?

Too much strength and nowhere to use it?

How is this possible!

Lux, who felt something bad in her heart, immediately organized the magicians to activate elemental perception and observed the tools scattered on the ground. Then, everyone's expressions became solemn in an instant.

The reason is simple. They sensed a large amount of remaining thunder elements in these destroyed tools.

"Is this the elemental trace left by the Freljord mage?" Lux asked Kalya immediately, "Why do I have a familiar feeling?"

"Think about the plate of incense from before." Kalya's tone was rare and serious, "This may be the source of your familiar feeling."

The previous... incense?

Hearing these words, Lacus finally opened her eyes wide!

"Old God!"

"Yes, the old god." Kalya confirmed Lux's statement, "In other words, he is a descendant of the old god or something like that - the old god of Freljord is already a legend in the past, although in my opinion,

The old gods should be as real as the Titans, but at least now, there has been no trace of the old gods in Freljord for a long time, and the old gods of Freljord have never left Freljord.

Virtue, so there is a high probability that he is a descendant of the old gods."

"Are they the ones who believe in the old gods?" Lux took a deep breath, "Like the Rakkor people we saw on Mount Targon?"

"It should be about the same, but unlike the Rakor people, the dependents of the old gods may possess some of the blood power of the old gods." Kalya explained, "So, they may be more troublesome than the Rakkor people.

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"This is really an unexpected surprise." Although Kalya said that they were in trouble, Lux smiled when he heard this, "In other words, this should be the basis for Winter's Claw to attack Mithril City.

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"Oh?" After hearing what Lacus said, Kalya seemed to be interested, "What, do you have any ideas?"

"My thought is, if we can defeat this Old God Familiar, does that mean that all hopes of the Freljordians attacking Mithril City will be lost?"

"If it can really be done, it should be like this." Kalya affirmed, "However, you should know that this is not a simple matter."

"It all depends on people." Lux continued cheerfully, "Besides, isn't it because of you and Galio?"

"So, your idea is to rely on Galio's ability to absorb magic and actively attack those dependents of the old gods?"

"That's right, I know Galio's restraint on magic very well." Lux was very confident in her plan, "As long as he appears on the battlefield, within a certain range, all mages will face the Forbidden Magic Stone.

If we attack from both sides, the Freljordians will definitely suffer a big loss!"

"Well said, but I have a question for you." Kalya did not directly comment on Lux's plan, but asked, "Is the wall of Mithril City a forbidden magic stone wall?"

"Of course, regardless of the port area, the eastern city, or the western city, the city walls are made of forbidden magic stone." Lux did not realize the significance of Kalya's question, "Mithril City is an important town in the north, so the city walls are naturally made of forbidden magic stone.

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"If the Old God's Familiar can break through the Forbidden Demon Stone wall, do you think Galio's restraint effect on them will be very strong?" Kalya continued to ask, "And these Old God's Familiar should have supported Mithril City later.

Bar?"

"The one who later supported Mithril City?"

"Do you still remember what news the Dragon Bird Knight brought the day before yesterday? The Winter's Claw tried to attack the port city wall, but the siege failed." Kalya continued to explain, "If you calculate the time, these secretaries who came to support the city failed.

The relatives of the old gods in Silver City probably came here after the Winter Claw failed to attack the city, right?"

Lux blinked, and then finally understood what Kalya meant.

"You're saying that these old gods' descendants are probably the means used by Winter's Claw to deal with the forbidden magic stone wall?"

"That's right." Kalya confirmed this, "Although you have seen the remnants of the thunder element, this is not enough to prove that the followers of the old gods are all spell casters, and the spell casters may not be completely restrained by the forbidden magic stone——

There is no room for taking things for granted in a war!"

Lux blinked, and then she realized that she seemed to have a preset position, and had determined in advance that there were elemental residues = mage, and Galio = restraint caster.

"So, the information is insufficient and we need to strengthen the investigation?" Realizing that her thinking had fallen into a misunderstanding, Lux suddenly said, "First, find out what kind of existence those familiars of the old gods are?"

"That's right, we can't wait for news from Mithril City." Kalya chuckled, "Shyvana should take some exercise now!"

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After realizing the existence of the Old God's Familiar, Lux led the army to slow down their advance and asked Shyvana to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Mithril City.

On the Mithril City side, Henchal, who originally thought the situation was still under control, is now facing an extremely severe challenge.

The Freljordians...reinforcements are coming.

In fact, according to Henchal's plan, the defense of Mithril City should not be a problem in the future, because the two previous attacks by Winter's Claw have proven that there is nothing they can do against the forbidden magic stone wall. Mithril City

The ice is cut directly on the city side, and they don't even have an angle to attack the city. Unless they are willing to go outside the eastern city or the western city and use their lives to consume the defenders' arrows in a narrow area, otherwise they want to break through Mithril City.

defense, that is simply a fantasy.

As the Pearl of the North, Misilver City's defense system can be bluntly said to be integrated with water, land and air. It is a city surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a narrow attack area, the protection of the dragon and bird knights in the air, and the trinity of defense.

Want to attack a city?

dream!

Then, just when Henchal was thinking about whether he could take this opportunity to train the Second Legion in actual combat, and use Galen to defeat the nobles on the side of the Crown Guard who always caused trouble for him, a strange team walked along

On the river bank, we arrived at the foot of Mithril City.

And along with this team came another piece of bad news: the Dragon Bird Knight, who was out on a routine trip, did not return on time.

The weather is good today, the sky is clear and clear, there is no haze, and the view of the battlefield is good.

On the high command platform in the main city, Henchal used the Hex telescope he bought at a large price to observe the Freljord reinforcements from a distance.

Then he was extremely surprised to find that these new guys looked a little... not quite human.

He doesn't look like a human being in a literal sense.

In the slightly distorted field of view of the Hex telescope, Henchal saw a group of guys in strange clothes and hair. This made Henchal, who knew a little about the legend of the Freljord, immediately think of

The legendary snow monster.

But snow monsters...can they also become an army?

Henchal's eyes began to scan these strange guys, and then his eyes suddenly widened.

These weirdos all wear a lot of weird jewelry and decorations, and among them, the decorations on one of them are a series of feather-like armors connected to iron chains!

This kind of armor is very light, and can resist wind when arranged densely. In Demacia, this kind of armor, which is light, wind-resistant, and has slightly inferior defensive capabilities, is the standard equipment of dragon and bird knights!

Shocked, Henchal finally squinted his eyes and carefully observed the Dragon Bird Knight armor on this guy. Under the sunlight, the continuous armor pieces were shining with the unique metallic brilliance of rune steel, although there was no complete set of armor.

, but Henchal still dares to say that this is definitely a pair of fragments left after a carefully maintained armor was dismantled!

Realizing this, Henchal's expression was a little bad.

The appearance of such armor fragments means that something happened to the Dragon Bird Knight who has not returned for a long time.

And judging from the fact that the dragon bird has not returned and the fragments of the knight's armor have become trophies, I am afraid that what happened was a sacrifice.

You must know that the normal flying height of the dragon bird is often more than 200 yards. Even for low-altitude reconnaissance, it will not be lower than 100 yards. The last time the dragon bird rider had a problem, he encountered a large number of Freljord people throwing weapons.

This time, a dragon bird knight died, and I am afraid that the situation he encountered was even worse.

In the previous siege battles, the long-range attack methods of these Freljordians were very primitive slings, and the threat to Mithril City was quite limited.

But judging from the fact that the opponent obtained the dragon bird knight's armor as a trophy, they clearly have the ability to attack dragon birds that fly at least a hundred yards above...

Comparing the two, this support army probably possesses quite amazing long-range firepower!

In the past, the Freljordians had no way to attack the city wall in the port area. That was because they had no foothold to attack the city. The ice near the city wall in the port area was cut open, and the ice-making spells would be interfered with by the wall of the forbidden magic stone.

And now, if the opponent has strong long-range firepower and shoots against the defenders on the magic-reinforced ice far away from the port city wall, I am afraid that the soldiers of the Second Legion guarding the city wall will face a lot of trouble.

casualties!
To be continued...