The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

"Actually, I haven't been here for a long time, only about two years." Hecate said so when he poked his head out of the carriage window to see the outline of Yoda City in the distance.

In human terms, she is 20 years old.The first three years of her life were in the Nord Kingdom, and she was in Nord or Talis after escaping from the Nagrand Empire, but the sum of these three years and two years was only three of the 15 years when she was young. one-third.

The mark Nagrand left on Hecate was deeper than she imagined.

Before she figured out the rules of human survival and communication, she was exposed to the cruelty of this world.Three-year-old Hecate still couldn't understand why the people in the court of Joda City hated her. Later, when she gradually realized that part of it was because of her race, she even began to hate her own origin.

Why did she have to be a Northlander, why was she born in the royal family of the Nord Kingdom, why did her father send her to the Nagrand Empire as a hostage, if all of this hadn't happened, she wouldn't have to be here alone bear this pain.

The Nagrand Empire is not completely deaf to outside news.She would occasionally go to the streets outside the city to get some news about the Nord Kingdom from the herald's speech. No matter what the original appearance of these news, it was always ridiculed and absurd to the Nagrand Empire, but at least enough Hecate understood how Roy and Selene were doing.

Her father and her sister, her two relatives who are connected by blood, but gradually blurred and disappeared in her memory.

Selene is living a life that a royal member should have in the Kingdom of Nord. In order to be able to take on the important task of ruling a country, she must refrain from having fun, abandon all self-willedness, and work hard to learn what she should learn .This sounds like she lost her freedom too early, and her life was arranged too early, but at least she didn't have to bear the things that Hecate suffered.

For a long time, Hecate hated her fate, and at the same time hated the man who lived a very different life from hers.

selene.

The situation in Yoda City was not much better than other cities. The sky was as dark as the cities they passed by before, and black snakes were hovering over the city, but Hussein seemed to deliberately bypass the soldiers in Yoda City. , the Praetorian Guards on the street are still the same as before.

Gu Yinuo is a Penglai native who values ​​love and righteousness.Not only did she return to the Hindley Continent as quickly as possible to pass on the news for them, but she was also willing to stay and risk her life to help them. If there was no Gu Yinuo's Penglai identity along the way, it would be even more difficult for them to walk.

She really had no reason to do this.A Penglai survivor who yearns for the Penglai country in his heart has finally returned to his hometown and settled down there for a long time. Why should he come back here again and take such a risk?

Selene thought, at least let Gu Yinuo survive, so that she can go back to the longing Penglai country and continue her life.

"Hussein is obviously not stupid enough to completely lose his guard." Gu Yinuo is the only person sitting outside the carriage who can be seen. It's an ordinary Penglai businessman. If there are guards to check, a box of goods she prepared in advance in the carriage can also help them get away with it. "I hope our luck is good enough."

According to the best of luck, they can enter the palace of Yoda City without any entanglement with the imperial guards.

"Stop."

What happened was that they were stopped by the imperial guards not far from the palace, just like the ones they encountered in front of the city gate of Museg City. You can see that this cannot be a routine inspection .

"Penglai people... former member of the Talis Central Council, Gu Yinuo." The leading imperial guard rode a tall Nagrand war horse, and unfolded a list on the horseback, "You should realize that you How easy it is to be recognized."

"Do you want to do it directly?" Hecate asked Selene in a low voice in the carriage, "Although there are many of them, but..."

"This is the worst case scenario." Selene put the Crescent Blade into her hand, "But we can only bite the bullet. Hecate, you are in charge of launching the attack, and ordinary humans should not be injured. You? Udulla and I will follow you, Phoebe, God of Light, you just stay in the carriage and help us with magic."

"What about Yinuo?" Hecate glanced at Gu Yinuo who was dealing with the imperial guards outside the carriage, "She doesn't have any weapons on her."

"Don't worry, I will pull her in." The power of faith poured out from the hands of the God of Light, "I will ensure that the interior of this carriage is absolutely safe."

The God of Light was originally not good at fighting frontally, and she was weakened a lot after she came to the human world, but after all, she has been the main god of the mainland for 1000 years, so it is no problem to block the attacks of a group of mortals.

"Okay, if we find that the situation is wrong, we will return to the carriage and rush in directly. As long as Hecate can get in touch with Hussein, we don't have to entangle with the Imperial Guard." Selene will hide under the cloak The long sword was pulled out of the scabbard, "Hecate, use your magic."

"No problem." After the seal of the Crescent Blade was untied by the God of Light, it was more compatible with Hecate's Nord magic. The invisible blade hovered around Hecate's wrist, ready to unfold at any time, "Let's go!"

The moment Hecate rushed out of the carriage, the God of Light also stretched out his hand to pull Gu Yinuo in. Her power of faith formed a protective layer around the carriage, blocking the attack of the imperial guards against the carriage—in fact, it remained in the The few people in the carriage are safe, and the order received by the Praetorian Guards is aimed at Selene and Hecate.

"The black snakes are not only used to plunder vitality and power of faith, they are also responsible for surveillance. It wasn't because Hecate and Selene attacked the slave market in Buho City, we were killed by the black snake when we entered the first city I found out, but all the troops currently available are in Yoda City." Gu Yinuo, who was dragged into the carriage, quickly explained, "So he hopes to catch us by surprise here..."

"We won't let him get what he wants." The God of Light released the magic much faster than Phoebe. When Phoebe was still preparing the big prophecy, she had already set up a complete protective layer outside the carriage, At the same time, part of this protective layer was spread out, so that the three people in the chaos would not be defenseless-they all entered the enemy's encirclement without wearing armor.

Naturally, Hecate didn't need to worry. The place she passed seemed to be run over by huge wheels. The Imperial Guards realized the invisible blades spreading around the Crescent Blade, but they couldn't dodge them. They could only watch helplessly on their comrades or themselves. There were many wounds with deep visible bones, or the head was directly beheaded.

Udulla is the supervisor of the Religious Arbitration Institute, proficient in divine arts and religious arbitration, but from the pure metal scepter she usually holds, it can be seen that she is not inferior to the native Selene in battle. Northlanders.

"stop!"

Phoebe's voice came from the carriage.

The big prophecy worked, and after a few seconds, all the movements of the Imperial Guard froze, as if time had frozen suddenly. Hecate told Selene and Udulla to stay away from her, and then used cast a Nord spell.

This is a bit like the magical spell she accidentally used when she was in Xueze Town. The power of faith was highly compressed and then exploded around her. The fragile human body burned quickly under the pressure of such power. .

If the Great Prophecy were to affect so many people at the same time, even Phoebe would not be able to last for too long. Before the explosion was over, the magic that stopped the guards would be ineffective.

"Too much," Selene murmured.

"And there are not only humans inside." Hecate looked at the few soldiers who were still struggling to stand up after the explosion, "There are puppet soldiers inside!"

Hussain's purpose was not to stop them here, but to weaken their strength with a large number of Janissaries and puppet soldiers-especially to weaken Hecate's strength.

Just when even Selene was at a loss, a feathered arrow accurately hit one of the leaders of the Praetorian Guards.

The sound of uniform footsteps was getting closer and closer, and what they turned around to see was the Legion of the Holy Light walking towards them.

"In the name of the God of Light and on the orders of His Majesty the Pope, we are here to clear the way for the Holy Maiden of Light and the Supervisor."

"Lucien finally figured it out." Phoebe stepped out of the carriage and raised her scepter towards the Legion of Light, "Soldiers!"

"Follow your orders, my lord."

"You three come up quickly!" The God of Light leaned out and waved in the direction of Selene and the others, "Leave this place to the Holy Light Legion, and we will rush in directly!"

The Imperial Guard wanted to stop the carriage, but the magic of the God of Light made their attack ineffective.

After breaking through the guards and entering the palace, the power of faith from Hussein became more obvious.

"Did you feel it?" Hecate asked.

"Of course." Selene squeezed out a smile, "Even I can feel it, the closer you get, the more obvious it becomes."

Compared with the last time we met, Hussein is now much stronger. The giant snakes made of black smoke are cruel and ruthless, but the power he obtained is far better than that of Hecate.

"Hecate?" Selene noticed her abnormality, "Are you alright?"

"It's okay..." Hecate muttered, "It's just that this place makes me feel uncomfortable."

This is, after all, the place where a 15-year nightmare continues.