In the alliance, the more they attack me, the stronger I become!

One of Ashe's hands had already climbed over the edge of the cliff.

She tried to push herself up with all her strength, but she didn't dare to open her eyes.

It was not until her entire body lay on the top of the mountain that she opened her eyes nervously.

And everything in front of me...

Nothing.

This is a cruel truth.

At this moment, Ashe's heart seemed to have become numb. The scene she least wanted to see did not make her feel sad or desperate. Instead, she only felt a calm sigh of enlightenment.

That's why the stories that have been told have never been verified, and why we never talk about the throne...

Because no one wants to be completely helpless.

We don’t want everything we do to end up...

Ashe walked to the center of the mountain top, but what stood in front of her was not a magnificent golden hall.

"A lost and lonely grave..."

A deep feeling of powerlessness hit Ashley, and for a moment she didn't know what expression to make.

Funny? Sad? Or tearful?

Ashe slumped to the ground, letting the cold seep through her thin knee-high socks.

She wanted to give up. She wanted to go back and tell her mother that all this was just a comforting lie, and Cheng Xiao’s sacrifice was...

But she didn't have time to be decadent.

Cheng Xiao bought her precious time, but the group of Drakrons obviously could not be delayed for too long - neither Cheng Xiao's resistance nor the broken bridge could stop their advance.

The sounds of battle had long since ended, replaced by the cacophony of footsteps and climbing.

They were getting close.

Without his help and without the avalanche, the number of Drakon was even greater than before... Cheng Xiao's failure was almost foreseeable.

He eventually...

"Damn Frost Priest..."

Ashe gritted her teeth and stood up, but when she reached for the quiver behind her, she found nothing.

The arrows...are all shot.

She touched her waist again, but found that the only dagger was also lost in the previous battle.

She began to search on this empty mountaintop, even for a rusty iron sword or a broken axe handle...

At least let me die in battle!

Ashe grew increasingly anxious, but she could find nothing. A hand had already climbed up the cliff behind her, followed by figures in black armor.

It's almost dawn.

Dawn is coming soon, this might be an opportunity... If those Drakons are right behind us when the sun rises, maybe I can blind them for a while...

This is the last chance.

Ashe thought optimistically, no longer obsessed with looking for weapons that were impossible to find, but instead directly took a large enough stone from the lonely stone grave.

The sun has risen.

The pursuers climbed to the top of the mountain one after another.

The dazzling early morning sun shines on the ice, and the reflected light is a bit dazzling.

Ashe rushed forward with the stone in hand and her back to the sun.

But only children can be so optimistic.

"It's not easy to catch you."

The sunlight did reflect onto the pursuers' faces, and it was also dazzling to Drakron.

But how could he completely close his eyes and wait to be attacked just because of a little glaring sunlight?

Even if we were attacked by surprise, what could a piece of stone do?

Snapped!

Ashe's wrist was easily caught by Drakron, and the stone in his hand fell to the ground.

"Stones... well, are you planning on stoning us to death? Perhaps you mistake your opponents for a swarm of locusts devouring your crops?"

Drakron laughed openly, the sunlight filtering through his broken horn helmet to his injured cheek.

That is proof that Cheng Xiao has worked hard.

That is the glory of Cheng Xiao's selflessness.

Ashe made up her mind and kicked out again.

The other party did not dodge.

But how could the girl's soft feet possibly break through Drakon's hard armor? It would only cause her pain.

"Stop struggling. Defying the will of Lady Ice and Lady Dark will only lead to death."

Drakron raised his bone staff, deadly dark magic brewing at its tip.

Ashe could neither escape nor stop.

Looking back at this ridiculous mountaintop, perhaps that lonely grave was prepared for her...

"Sleep, child of the Freljord."

Drakron released freezing magic.

Can……

Just then, a stone hit him hard in the face.

He tilted his head and his arm shifted with it, and the magic on the bone staff shot towards one of his companions - the latter was frozen into an ice sculpture before he could react.

"Damn...!"

Drakron and Ashe both turned their heads to look in the direction where the stone was thrown, but their reactions were completely different.

"Cheng Xiao!"

It was that young man from Noxus again.

That unkillable cultist...

"You guy...!" Drakron didn't seem surprised by Cheng Xiao's appearance, but was more angry - he knew that the other party was immortal.

He had originally wanted to freeze and take this cultist away according to the Frost Witch's oracle, but he was too difficult to deal with.

He was on guard and didn't give them a chance to freeze.

When they finally cornered him and were about to attack him, he jumped off the cliff...

If I had to say something surprising, it was that he was able to crawl back so quickly.

"You annoying thing!!"

Dracon waved his hand angrily and told others to attack Cheng Xiao.

But something unexpected happened on his side - Ashe took advantage of his distraction to break free and punched him in the face again.

The corner that was previously broken by Cheng Xiao came in handy at this time.

Ashe's fist was just enough to hit him directly on the bridge of the nose.

Once his nose bone was broken, Drakron could not bear the severe pain at all, and tears and nosebleed spurted out at the same time.

“Damn it…Damn it…!”

"Ashe! Dig up that tomb! Avarosa's legacy is inside!"

Cheng Xiao shouted and rushed towards Drakron, trying to buy the last bit of time for Ashe.

"Ah...oh!" Although Ashe didn't think there would be any treasure in the lonely stone grave, she still followed Cheng Xiao's words and rushed over.

The Drakonians wanted to stop her, but Cheng Xiao stood in front of them.

"You want to leave without killing me?"

Holding a sword in one hand and an axe in the other, Cheng Xiao rushed towards the Drakons in the most desperate way.

On this narrow mountain top, it was difficult for them to disperse and cast freezing magic on Cheng Xiao, so they could only choose to fight head-on.

However, Cheng Xiao's first sword was not aimed at them, but at his own heart.

Although the violent state after death could not make up for the gap in numbers and strength between the two sides, it could allow him to hold on for a while longer.

Ashe rushed to the lonely grave and dug desperately, trying to find anything useful inside.

After her hands were torn to pieces and bleeding again and again, she finally saw something different...

An ice-blue foreign object.

"I found it!"

Ashe cried out in surprise and quickly reached out to grab it.

Yes, that’s a bow… a magical longbow made of blue ice crystals!

That is the legacy of Avarosa!

Ashe's hand almost touched the longbow.

But a foot suddenly kicked open the bow buried in the stone pestle.

The Drakron who was attacked by her just now has recovered, and took advantage of the opportunity when Cheng Xiao was too busy to catch up with him.

"You annoying thing...die!"

Draconid smashed down with his bone staff, and Ashe quickly rolled over to avoid it.

Looking at Cheng Xiao's side, the situation is also not optimistic.

He was already covered in wounds from the attacks of several Drakrons, and the area below his knees had been frozen, with the wound about to spread to his upper body.

The two looked at each other, speechless.

Cheng Xiao was forced to the edge of the cliff, and the Drakon seemed to have given up the idea of ​​freezing him and were ready to push him down and kill him directly - at least in a short time.

Ashe glanced at the Ice Crystal Longbow that was stepped on by Dracon, and then looked at Cheng Xiao who was in danger.

Without any hesitation, she gave up the so-called treasure that was hard to obtain.

She pounced on Cheng Xiao who was about to fall off the cliff.

She grabbed his hand just before he fell.

"Cheng Xiao... hold on...!"

Cheng Xiao didn't say anything, just kept smiling and looked at the other person.

He... is a little numb.

I originally thought that my previous act of "sacrificing myself to cover the rear" would make the girl cry, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear the system notification sound indicating that the task was completed.

I had no choice but to follow, but this Ashe still didn't cry...

Now I have to think carefully about whether this is my only chance in this life...

The final sacrifice should at least make her cry, right?

"Let go, Ash."

Cheng Xiao had a smile on her face, and her gentle eyes seemed to be saying her final farewell.

"Let me go, and inherit Avarosa's Ice Crystal Longbow... You can defeat them. Please don't let this ruin everything because of me. If you don't let go, your sacrifice will be in vain."

"No...!" Ashe shook her head desperately, her seemingly fragile body bursting with immense strength. She clutched the other's hand tightly, showing no sign of losing strength.

Cheng Xiao smiled on the surface, but she felt numb inside.

Do you have to be so strong... Are all women in Freljord like this?