Chapter 102: New member of the hall

Northern Region.

A certain village.

*Hoo, hoo, hoo. *

The cold wind whistled, and the sky was gray, as if it were forever shrouded in a layer of cold thin gauze.

In the open space dozens of meters away from the village entrance, a girl was waving a sword alone.

She had ice-blue long hair falling like a waterfall, and the hair danced with the cold wind, as beautiful as frozen flames.

Her nose bridge was high, her face was as exquisite as an ice sculpture, and her skin appeared snow-white due to the rare light in the north, setting off those emerald-green eyes as cold and clear as jade.

No matter from which angle one looked, the girl was a top-tier beauty, but the sharpness of her sword-waving and the firm expression on her face would make anyone subconsciously feel that she was a heroic knight when they saw her.

"Dorovai, it's getting dark soon, there might be a snowstorm, you should go back to the village."

A middle-aged knight walked over, stopped the girl who was practicing sword, and draped a thick sheepskin cloak over her thinly dressed body.

"Thank you, Uncle Lansen."

Dorovai wrapped the cloak tightly around her body. Only after she stopped practicing sword did she notice the coldness of her body. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been frozen into an ice sculpture long ago.

"Hoo," the girl exhaled, and it condensed into a white mist in the cold air.

Looking at the girl who had been practicing sword hard all day against the cold wind, a hint of satisfaction and imperceptible heartache flashed in the middle-aged knight's eyes.

If it weren't for that damn King of Gluttony and Crimson Fire, the girl should have lived in a magnificent castle, wearing a beautiful dress, learning etiquette and dance, enjoying the service of servants and the infinite pampering of her relatives, with a fireplace in winter and an ice cellar in summer.

And then lived happily until the end of the coming-of-age ceremony, and then married a handsome and powerful young man to continue to be pampered, and spent a happy life.

Instead of... far away from her hometown with a group of warriors, hiding in the north with harsh weather for thousands of miles, clearly a girl but having to shoulder the last glory of the Mason family, practicing swords and knives hard against the cold wind since childhood, and not stopping even when she fainted or her hands and feet were cold.

"Dorovai, you are only twenty years old now, and you have already achieved the New Moon Rank. In terms of talent alone, even that Crimson Fire cannot compare to you. Perhaps you can rest a little, go to Polar City to see the scenery, and don't have to spend all day practicing sword." Lansen advised.

Twenty years old, girl, New Moon... If this passage were heard by others, they would be stunned.

"Uncle Lansen, you think too highly of me, and you underestimate that Crimson Fire." The girl shook her head calmly.

"Although I can achieve New Moon at the same age as that Crimson Fire, he was only a commoner protection, while I have the Morning Star noble protection that my father painstakingly planned for me during the baby honor ceremony in the past. Therefore, in terms of talent, he should be above me."

"What's more, my enemy was never the dead Crimson Fire, but that high and mighty King of Gluttony who has at least the Radiant Moon Rank. For this, I must never stop."

"One day, I will bring the blood and tears of the family feud and the people of the Eastern Region to cut off the head of that tyrannical monarch!"

When saying these words, the girl's entire aura was as sharp as a sword, and the cold murderous aura she released even made Lansen, who was a Crescent Moon knight, subconsciously take a fighting stance.

"Good, very good, Dorovai. I believe you will definitely be able to inherit the Grand Duke's will and liberate the entire Soxia from the King of Gluttony's crazy rule."

Lansen's face was full of relief.

"But before that, perhaps we can first collect a blood debt for the Grand Duke."

"Kari has returned from the Southern Region and brought news about the Masha family. They are now lacking in talent, the head of the family is just an old woman, and there are only two New Moon knights, yet they occupy the Southern Region, the only place in Soxia with abundant grain."

"With our current combat power, perhaps we can directly kill Red Fox Castle, blood-wash Masha to take revenge and build a great cause, and then hide and occupy the vast dense forest in the Southern Region, absorbing people to develop and grow."

Lansen slowly stated his thoughts.

"Sorry, Uncle Lansen, I am not prepared to take revenge on Masha. My enemy is only the King of Gluttony." The girl rejected without hesitation.

"Dorovai, have you forgotten the blood feud of Crimson Fire killing the Grand Duke and taking the Grand Duke's head to claim credit?"

As if seeing a bolt from the blue, Lansen was full of disbelief, and he asked in a panic.

"But Crimson Fire is already dead." Dorovai said calmly.

"In the few years after I first learned of my father's death, I did hate the Masha family from which Crimson Fire came to the bone, and even in my dreams at night, I could dream of myself slaughtering Red Fox Castle, cutting off the heads of everyone there to comfort my father."

"But later I learned of the wish made by Crimson Fire. He didn't ask for a promotion to nobility or the King's godson and other extravagant wishes, but chose to exempt the people of the Southern Region from the grain tax."

"If he chose the former, no matter what, I would not abandon this blood feud. One day I would make the Masha family, who took my father's head in exchange for benefits, flow with blood, leaving no chickens or dogs."

"But since he chose the latter, then I think he is a great knight just like my father. Therefore, although our positions are different, I will still respect him and no longer fall into hatred, but look at it as a debt paid by death."

"What's more, in order to overthrow that high and mighty King of Gluttony, we must unite all the forces that can be united."

"Since the Masha family can govern the Southern Region into the only paradise in Soxia, then not only are they not our enemies, but on the contrary, they are allies that need to be drawn in and cooperated with."

Under the girl's well-reasoned statement, Lansen's panicked expression gradually calmed down.

"Dorovai, you have really grown up!" He sighed sincerely.

"... I'm just used to the days of facing the cold wind."

The girl looked up at the snowflakes falling slowly under the gray sky, her expression slightly dim.

Looking at this scene, Lansen felt incomparable heartache. He thought for a while and said:

"Dorovai, I picked some mushrooms today, I can cook mushroom porridge for you to drink."

"Really? Thank you, Uncle Lansen. Great, finally don't have to gnaw on black bread that is harder than stones!"

The girl, who was just melancholy, cheered and jumped for joy instantly. At this moment, she finally had the vitality of a girl of the same age.

"At the beginning, perhaps I shouldn't have taught Dorovai to learn sword skills, and let her grow up happy and happy like a normal girl..."

Looking at Dorovai who was happy because of a bowl of mushroom porridge, Lansen smiled, but his heart regretted his past choices.

Spark Hall.

The towering crystal dome was covered with countless exquisite murals, and the murals told of wars full of blood and tears.

The ground paved with cyan-green copper iron, eleven black stone prisms soared into the sky, making that only crimson prism appear exceptionally unique.

"What is this place?"

Dorovai drew the long sword from her waist and observed this magnificent hall in front of her vigilantly.

After she finished drinking a whole pot of delicious mushroom porridge, she soon entered a dreamland.

Then, when she regained consciousness, she found that she had come here.

"Is it some kind of illusion? Or an ability involving space transfer?"

Dorovai was contemplating various guesses in her heart. No matter which possibility it was, she had to be prepared for battle.

*Tap, tap, tap. *

The girl's light footsteps also appeared exceptionally harsh in this empty hall.

Soon, Dorovai's vision was attracted by the lifelike murals on that only crimson prism.

Having specifically learned about the life of Crimson Fire, she naturally recognized that what was described on it was the life of Crimson Fire.

"This is Father!" Suddenly, the girl stared at one of the murals and couldn't move her eyes away anymore.

On that mural, a tall headless corpse stood in a giant pit, and on the corpse's right hand, it was holding a bloody head—it was exactly Grand Duke Mason!

"Damn..."

Seeing the miserable appearance of her respected father with her own eyes, Dorovai's palms clenched into fists silently, and those emerald-green eyes were filled with anger at this moment.

For a time, her heart was as chaotic as hemp.

Who did this cruel scene? It could only be Crimson Fire.

Is this his deliberate humiliation of my father? Then should I still put down the hatred because I respect him as a great knight...

Why was I summoned to this hall? Is it because the person behind the scenes wants to cut off the Mason family?

Then, the person behind the scenes must be related to Masha!

*Crackle, crackle. *

Just as she was immersed in anger, two torches suddenly emerged not far away.

Then the flames dispersed, revealing the figures of Tamerlane and Hagek Kesi.

"It's a new companion, hello..."

Seeing the newcomer, Tamerlane greeted her friendly, but what greeted him was a slash as swift as wind and thunder!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 103 =====