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

"Tell Ashe or Sejuani—or both of them. I'm only saying this once."

"Cheng Xiao—the good friend of those two kids, the young man who is only about twenty years old."

"Killed by the Bear Spirit!"

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Half an hour later, there was dead silence in Ashe's tent.

There were four people sitting here, but no one broke the silence.

Ashe and Sejuani's faces were filled with disbelief - after listening to Kerr's narration, they were first questioning, then surprised, and finally desperate.

If someone else had said this, they wouldn't have believed it, but this was Kerr, the gravekeeper who had stood guard at the Bear Man Hunting Grounds for years and whom they had met only once...

If Cheng Xiao had gone somewhere else, they wouldn't have believed it, because Cheng Xiao possessed sufficiently powerful combat abilities and nearly unstoppable self-healing abilities, but the enemy he faced this time was Volibear...

With these two factors combined, they have to believe it now even if they don't want to.

That was the legendary Bear Spirit... a terrifying existence that even the three sisters couldn't contend with...

They really couldn't imagine how Cheng Xiao could escape from such a terrifying force.

Ash lowered his head, and after a long silence, he blamed himself and said, "I should have thought of it earlier... He left a letter without saying goodbye, saying he was going out to take care of something... I should have known what kind of crazy thing he was going to do..."

Hearing this, Sejuani, standing by, felt a surge of remorse. "He seemed to have mentioned this last time he fought Olaf... At the time, I thought he was just trying to trick that lunatic, or just throwing him over, but I never imagined..."

The two girls lowered their eyes and their hands were shaking slightly.

It's really impossible for anyone to escape from the Bear Spirit alone... Even the Frost Witch relied on Avarosa, Serilda, and countless mortal armies to escape, and she even paid the price of blindness.

"I... I should have kept an eye on him... I shouldn't have let him leave that night..."

The voices of the two girls blaming themselves echoed in the tent.

Keer felt a little sorry for them, so she walked out alone, while her granddaughter Kemi stayed inside to comfort them.

Of course, the young girl didn't know what to say to comfort others.

She could only dig out a wrinkled flower from her pocket.

She and her grandmother had planted it outside the Werebear's hunting grounds.

At that time, Cheng Xiao provoked a bear man, and she and her grandmother fled in a hurry. There was no time to take away all the flowers there, so she picked the most beautiful one.

This small blue flower that blooms in the snow symbolizes perseverance and courage.

"Sister...this flower is for you, don't be sad."

Kemi carefully took the flower and wanted to pin it on Ash's hair, but when she saw the shriveled flower, she felt it didn't look good, so she put it on her waist.

Then she left the tent as well.

With no one around, Ashe finally couldn't hide her broken emotions.

"Cheng Xiao..."

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"Ah chirp!"

Cheng Xiao, who was soaked all over, sneezed.

"Have you caught a cold? Winter travel is really dangerous."

Cheng Xiao looked back at the icy sea that was left far behind, and stretched out a finger when he was sure that he had completely escaped.

The magic power condensed on it is no longer the magic of icy breath.

But thunder and lightning.

The flashing lightning instantly ignited the dead tree next to it, and even caused another tree next to it to be chopped down due to poor control.

The charred wood pieces emitted thick smoke.

"Is this the power of Volibear... Even at just 5% it's terrifying. He truly deserves to be one of the three great demigods of the Freljord."

Cheng Xiao was very satisfied and sat by the fire to keep warm. Although he was not afraid of frostbite with his self-healing ability, it was still a bit uncomfortable to travel all wet.

As the firelight flickered, he could already imagine the scene of Gravekeeper Kerr spreading his name throughout the Freljord.

The Freljord Alliance challenged the demigod Volibear, and this reputation should help Ashe—helping her to more easily assimilate other tribes.

She doesn't know yet that she has challenged Volibear.

What Kel spread to other tribes probably would not be believed, but when he returned to the Freljord Alliance alive, the legendary rumor would be confirmed.

I just don’t know what the old woman would say... She can’t just tell everyone that she’s dead, right?

At least you can't just run to Ashe and tell her you're dead right after you get here, right?

That would be counterproductive. My original intention was to ask her to help spread the reputation of the Freljord Alliance, not to ask her to go to Ashe to "tell tales". Otherwise, the letter I wrote to Ashe so that she wouldn't worry would be useless.

If that were the case, Ashe would definitely be very worried, and might even force her way out to find him like she did in the Avarosa tribe before.

Probably not...

should……?

It seems I haven't really emphasized anything to Kerr... In this case, she can understand it in two ways: one is to spread this legendary story everywhere, and the other is to go to Ashe and Sejuani to inform them of her imagined death...

Cheng Xiao suddenly had a bad feeling.

He looked in the direction of the Freljord Alliance and recalculated how long it would take to get back.

Finally, he struck the fire with another bolt of lightning, turning it directly into charcoal.

"Why are we still roasting fire? We have to go back before Kerr arrives..."

It was originally estimated to take another day and a half, but we arrived tonight!

Chapter 52: Sean, right? You call it fighting fun, right?

Noxus's mages may not be the strongest in Runeterra, but their black mages are definitely the most formidable in the world.

Due to the Black Rose's thousands of years of research into unorthodox methods, the various strange magics mastered by black magicians are hard to guard against.

There is also some hidden magic among them.

The magic developed jointly with the Assassin's Guild can conceal magic power to the greatest extent, allowing black magicians to carry out some secret operations.

Of course, for some powerful people with extremely high magical attainments, their concealment magic is useless and can only make their magic power look weaker.

But this is enough.

"We don't need the Frost Witch to find us. We just need her to not care about us."

The thin black magician took one last look at the giant carriage loaded with weapons of war, full of confidence.

"She's very busy right now and doesn't have time to care about us little fry. As long as we don't use our magic first, by the time she realizes there's something wrong it will be too late."

"By then, we will probably have conquered the two barbarian tribes." Another black magician echoed with laughter.

The group seemed very relaxed and confident, as if they were tourists visiting the Freljord.

If the losses were ignored, with this terrifying weapon of war, they would hardly have to take action themselves.

The carriage and the black magicians moved slowly forward, getting closer and closer to their destination - tonight, they would unleash "war".

But before that, one of them had one more thing to do.

"Don't get too close. Don't get discovered. Just wait here for a while."

The thin black magician who spoke at the beginning waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and the others were willing to listen to him - even though they were not in a superior-subordinate relationship and no one knew his true identity.

"I will disable their defense system. Wait for my instructions before you enter. You can also directly release the weapons of war. In short, you must wait for my instructions first."

"No problem." Everyone responded, but they didn't seem very respectful - they only knew that this man was a special black magician designated by the Black Rose, but they didn't quite understand his position in the organization.

There are too many people whose identities are unclear in Black Rose.

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The tribal camp was very quiet under the cover of night, with only a few warriors occasionally passing by on patrol or guards on the high walls standing guard.

But sometimes there are exceptions.

A diligent leader always thinks about the tribe and may not fall asleep even when the night is late.

Ashe, the most admired strong man by War Mother Dalvarli and one of the current leaders of the Freljord Alliance, is such a person.

"Aren't you going to rest yet?"

Mother Dalvarli saw a familiar figure in the dark night, which made her admire him even more.

"I can't sleep." The person's voice was soft and pleasant, but it revealed a firmness that was not what her age should have.

She walked slowly to Dalvali, who knew it was Ashe.

"Hmm..." Dalwali Zhan's mother nodded slightly, her expression not looking particularly good. "I know the news that the gravekeeper named Keer brought today... I'm sorry. Cheng Xiao... but I hope you don't grieve too much. Your health is also important."

"I will."

Ashe waved her hand, and the hint of doubt in her eyes disappeared in an instant, replaced by helplessness and pain.

"I'm glad you're thinking of me... but you should also make sure to rest. It's getting late, you should go back."

"My injury keeps me awake." Dalwali Zhan's mother smiled bitterly and raised her broken arm towards the other party - the bandage no longer bleeds, but the wound inside always makes her toss and turn at night.

"I'll sit outside for a while. If you have anything else to do, go ahead and do it. Don't worry about me."

"Okay." Ashe nodded and continued walking towards the outskirts of the camp.

What Dalwali didn't notice was that her respected leader only took his hands out from behind his back when he left... as if he had been hiding something.

She continued to sit on the ground and admire the moon.

Ashe quickly arrived at the outskirts of the camp. Along the way, she met many patrolling soldiers who greeted her. She responded with a smile and told them that there were also patrolling soldiers on the other side. It seemed that there was some error and conflict in Sejuani's arrangement.

But no matter what, it was worth being happy that they didn't have to patrol the other side of the camp - it meant that the soldiers could go back and rest earlier.

Then, Ashe walked to the high wall of the camp and waved to the guards standing guard there to take a short rest.

After doing all this, the time is almost ripe.

Although some things can be done by force, smart strategists always like to get the biggest reward at the lowest cost.

Ash smiled slightly and slowly walked towards her tent.

She hid one hand behind her back again.

A deadly magic is building up.

But just as she was about to lift the curtain... a little girl suddenly walked out from the tent next to her.

The little girl rubbed her eyes and was in a daze, but the moment she saw Ashe, her sleepiness disappeared.

"Sister, are you still awake?"

"Hmm..." Ash smiled and looked at the little girl. "Sister is going to sleep soon, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I need to sleep... I just got up to pee..."

"Oh, then go ahead. Sister is going to sleep. Good night~"

"Good night……"

Kemi yawned and left, but just as she walked around Ash, she suddenly discovered something.

She pulled the corner of Ashley's clothes, "Sister, sister..."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Ash asked patiently.

"Where is the courage and perseverance I gave to my sister? Have you lost it?"

"Well... of course not." A hint of doubt flashed in Ash's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

She half-knelt down and gently stroked the girl's hair. "I will take the courage and perseverance you gave me to my heart. Thank you~"