The trolls climbed the glacier leading to the bridge with their hands and feet, and the human warriors dragged their mounts to the glacier with great effort.

The stone bridge that connected the fortress was shrouded in the ubiquitous ice mist, and only the huge icebergs that bloomed outwards like fangs on both sides could break out of the fog.

Seeing that they were only a bridge away from the legendary fortress, the warriors of Winterclaw breathed a heavy sigh of relief - the long, damned journey had finally come to an end, and it would be all about coming to an end as they rushed into the fortress without a door to let off steam.

But before they could rejoice, a gust of wind blew away the fog that hung over the bridge, exposing the far other end, and the atmosphere was frozen by the sudden appearance.

A group of frost guards were at the bridgehead, and they had been waiting there for a long time. Ice guards are uniformly dressed in angular black armor, covering their entire body as well as their nose and mouth, and their helmets grow a pair of sharp horns that grow parallel to each other, I don't know what the meaning is.

The armor covered in white frost emitted a cold air, facing the United Army across the bridge, and there was no trembling in the hands of the ice guards holding swords and strong bows, and there was no retreat under their legs, like a pair of still statues.

"Get out of here!"

With no special presence in the Ice Guard, Sejuani waved the flails of the north wind to drive away the trolls that stood in her way, urging the steelmane to the bridge, and the hooves of the Guevaque boar stomped heavily on the ice, echoing with the roar of its owner in the abyss on either side of the bridge.

An old man touched his forehead and walked out of the middle of the frost guards, walked to the bridge at the other end and faced Sejuani, then lowered his right hand, revealing the black mark on his forehead painted with sea monster ink.

Even from a distance, the shape of the mark is clear enough to be seen at a glance. It was a black one-eyed, vivid enough to make you feel it was staring at you.

"You're not Lisandro, let the real Frost Witch out."

Serenia would not make such a low-level mistake as recognizing the wrong person, even if she had never seen it, but just listening to the legend, she should know that Lisandro's body was a woman who had been frozen in time, and it was by no means the skinny, haggard, sunken cheeks, and deep eye sockets in front of her.

The old man had a piece of holy black ice hanging from his neck, and the tip of the scepter in his hand was also facing a piece of black ice. Sejuani had seen the Frost Priests wear similar ornaments in the tribe before. She guessed that the old man was most likely one of the Frost Priests under her command, and that his status was not low.

Indeed, the Frost Priest in front of him even the Frost Guard warriors who could return from the abyss had to call out the Frost Father respectfully. He is one of the oldest and most experienced old-timers returning from the Land of Terror.

"The goddess walks in the world, the goddess is everywhere, and the eye of Lisandro is watching us." The Frost Priest said calmly, causing Sejuani to frown.

"So many of us came from afar for her, but she wouldn't even show her face. Could it be that we ordinary people are so unattractive to her? She said in an accentuated tone word by word, and asked again and again.

"Our matriarch, Lady Ice and Dark, has guarded the treasures of our ancestors for thousands of years, and has never left the main castle. So it was, so it is, and so it will be. ”

The priest replied calmly, and Sejuani began to be angry at Lisandro's disdain. As if sensing the anger of his master, the steel mane slashed his hooves vigorously, and could rush over at any moment to break up the formation of the frost guard.

As soon as the Frost Priest raised his hand, the Ice Guard behind him lined up with bows and arrows, ready to attack.

"Frost Priest, listen to me!" A loud voice interrupted as Ash stood at the bow of the ship and addressed the Frost Priest, "If your patriarch is willing to let our army in and let us deal with the threat hidden in the fortress, then we don't have to face each other. ”

"There is no one in this world who knows more about what dwells below than the goddess Lisandro, and if she can't solve it, the old gods can't, and you can't. Please return, your arrival will only disturb the One Eye in the abyss and bring doomsday calamity. The old priest rebuffed Ash's request with great firmness, and there was not a hint of kindness in his gaze, just as their faith was harsh and cold.

"Then there's nothing more to say, Charge!" Sejuani let out a battle cry, and the long-awaited Claws of Winter immediately swarmed onto the bridge.

Trandel let out a loud roar in response, and the trolls sprang across the bridge on all fours.

Geno acquiesced to the imminent war, which he had probably guessed - that Lisandro would refuse their help out of distrust, and be an obstacle to them sealing the Void.

The Frost Guards were ordered to hold their ground and stand for it, not flinching in the face of the unstoppable Combined Army.

But at this moment, the tips of the two huge obelisk pillars on both sides of the main fortress gate behind him suddenly shot out two salvos of ice blue light, and the ancient mad magic tore the bridge in an instant!

Boom Boom –

The earth shakes and the mountains shake! The stone bridge cracked in the middle and collapsed into the abyss below. The Winterclaws and the trolls immediately regretted it, and quickly turned around and galloped back under the threat of falling to their deaths.

The old Frost Priest stared at what had happened suddenly, apparently he didn't know what the patriarch's order meant.

The bridge collapsed, and the massive stone rolled in front of her, and the imprisoned Sejuani let out a defiant cry of death, swinging the north wind flail to smash it before the stone hit the steel mane. The fall was a seemingly slow process, but it was actually fast, and Sejuani let Steelmane rush to shore without his life. As long as they jump over the last crack, they will be able to make it back to shore!

However, the speed at which the bridge fell was too fast, the slope under his feet became steeper and steeper, and the hooves of the steel mane began to slip, and the speed slowed down instantly. Seeing that the line was getting farther and farther away, Sejuani couldn't get any closer, so she could only make Steelmane jump for her life.

But just before the jump, a troll lying on the bridge with no hope of escaping grabbed Steelmane's hind legs, trying to make it jump ashore with him. Steelmane's hind legs slipped as a result, causing Sejuani to break out in a cold sweat for a moment.

In a moment of panic, Steelmane issued an unparalleled will to survive, broke free from the troll's claws and glared at its shoulder, no longer slipping and jumping, and jumped back to shore, saving two lives in this sudden accident.

Steelmane fell to the ground, and so did Sejuani. The surviving Blood Alliance stepped forward to help her, but she threw her away. She approached Steelmane, looking at the bloodstains on its hind legs, and thinking of the victims who had fallen into the abyss with the bridge, her heart slowly swelling from heaviness to anger.

She didn't blame the troll who scratched the steelmane, but piled up her hatred on the frost guard on the other side.

Sejuani looked sad, and with her three fingers she smeared the blood from the wound of the steel mane, and then pressed it on her forehead and cut it down her eyes, the scarlet blood staining her face even more terrifying.

"Get up, lad! Our battle has only just begun. She patted the steel mane to get it up, and then walked to the edge of the abyss, and through the two glaciers towards the frost guard on the opposite bank, she squeezed all the strength in her chest and roared:

"Today! You will pay for it! ”

Sejuani's roar echoes through the glaciers, and the battle won't stop there! She took off her helmet and tied her hair in a dead knot again, promising victory or death to the Precursors.

Their sacrifice will not be in vain, Winter's Claw - Victory or Death!