The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 267: Longmian and the Frost Beast

"...Yes, Your Highness, Princess. But regarding the trade of goods in Frozen Water Port..."

Dmitri suddenly paused mid-sentence.

The young man with a straight back and a stern expression frowned slightly and looked at the decadent and thin old man.

"Where's Annan?"

Seeing old Merlin come back by himself, Dmitri asked calmly.

His deep ice-blue pupils were like the frozen sea. Not a trace of emotion can be seen.

Elizabeth knows that this is the talent of Winter's direct bloodline... its name is the Heart of Winter.

This is proof that the blood of the cold-blooded lady flows in their bodies.

The Principality of Winter is a country where winter and harvest alternate. Just like the underground city-state, the grandmother's mere existence can unconsciously transform the surrounding ecology on a large scale.

Grandma is a righteous **** with two forms.

When He is awake, He is a three-meter-tall beauty with frosty hair and blue eyes. The old grandmother in this form is the **** of tradition - whether she gave birth to the blood of Winter, established the Principality of Winter, or taught her young descendants, helped the contemporary Grand Duke handle government affairs, presided over domestic festivals and activities, or even took charge of her descendants. Marriage, birth, and funeral ceremonies are all His actions at this time.

Like an immortal grandmother... she has absolute say within the family and is extremely active. When the old grandmother is awake, everyone will be very respectful to the Winter clan - because behind them there is a righteous ancestor who protects their shortcomings, is strong and has outstanding abilities.

This is why He is affectionately called "Grandma". Because this habit of caring for descendants and loving children is not limited to his own bloodline... He also often gives gifts to obedient and lovely children, or likes to mediate other people's family conflicts. The Principality of Winter at this time was called "Feng Nian" by the people of Winter.

But because of her habits before becoming a god, the old grandmother had the habit of falling into the "dragon sleep" of unknown time from time to time.

At that time, He will transform into a giant dragon that is only a hundred meters tall when lying down.

That is more than thirty stories high.

He is the God of Frost at this time.

His breath will stir up a never-ending blizzard. This blizzard can serve as a barrier to protect the Principality of Winter from being eroded by gray fog when the old grandmother falls into dragon sleep, and can also serve as a barrier against external invaders.

But this blizzard will also cause the already cold temperature in the Winter Principality to plummet. Some newborns and the elderly will freeze to death at this time, crops in the wild and weak ordinary beasts will not be able to survive, and even trees will fall into "hibernation" that lasts for several years or more than ten years.

Even those extraordinary people who die in the blizzard will not have nightmares - because even the curse will be frozen and become part of the blizzard. People in the cold winter call this cycle "winter year".

Inside large cities, there can also be constant-temperature barriers arranged by wizards, greenhouse crops made, and food crops imported from other countries through underground passages. In those villages, only those powerful hunters and warriors can go out in the snowstorm, in the woods, snowfields or sea, to hunt for the villagers the same frost beasts that can survive in the snowstorm.

These frost beasts are monsters that have undergone physical changes due to being immersed in cursed blizzards for a long time. They feed on curses, so when humans are locked in cities by snowstorms, they are able to reproduce in large numbers - once their numbers gather to a certain level, they will attack human gathering areas.

But those who possess the blood of winter can tame and command these frost beasts in winter. This is also the fundamental reason why the Winter clan cannot be replaced.

Yes.

They are also Grandmother's followers...and her descendants.

After all, this is the part of the old grandmother as a dragon that affects the beasts when the dragon sleeps.

This is why the Winter family is called the "Wolf King" and uses the white wolf as its emblem - the frost beast with the largest number is a "social species" with the appearance of a "wolf".

But one thing to point out is that frost beasts do not attack humans because they are thirsty for blood food... They are special species similar to elemental life and do not need to eat meat.

They just want "love".

But it’s not just love either.

Hope, sympathy, loyalty, happiness... Frost Beast has the ability to swallow positive emotions. But the frost beast itself has no emotions and little intelligence.

So they will follow their instincts, find humans by following their smell, attack them, and devour their feelings - but they will not show mercy to humans who "produce food."

After encountering an attack, humans tend not to have many positive emotions... This will make the frost beasts even more violent and look for the next gathering point.

Only other frost beasts, the "Hand of Winter" without positive emotions, and humans with the Heart of Winter talent can avoid being attacked by frost beasts. In the perception of the frost beasts, the humans of the Winter clan are a kind of "humanoid kind", and they are their superior species. Therefore, they will be loyal to these "similar people" they meet.

Then he will be arrested and taken into the army. After being tamed, the frost beasts can form a symbiotic comrade-in-arms relationship with the warriors - they have learned to "save a bite" and will not directly chew their partners into despair.

The Heart of Winter is not just a talent used to tame frost beasts.

It allows the holder to have a certain sense of immortality.

Once the damage received exceeds the limit, the damage will be transmitted to the old grandmother and she will bear it on her behalf; if she is awake, she can be found immediately, and even if she is asleep, once she has endured too much ...will gradually wake up.

If you want to kill the Winter clan, you can only use frost elements. This is the "family law" reserved by the old grandmother for herself - after all, he is the **** of tradition.

But as we all know, all gold-level extraordinary beings who have awakened the frost element were born in the Principality of Winter.

So it is almost impossible to kill people from the Winter clan.

The only option is to tie up the hands and feet and throw them into the sea, or tie them up and throw them into the basement... until they can no longer bear it and kill themselves.

In addition, the Heart of Winter can also give the holder a cold and indifferent heart.

Since birth, the Winter clan has to endure the eternal training of "never being happy". This is so that they will not be addicted to the desire for power, always stay awake, and always act for the people.

No matter what they do, they will never be happy. So for them, only the "rules" and "traditions" they have learned since childhood are worth noting... They are the ice-hearted kings who have acted for others since they were born.

This is undoubtedly cruel.

But for the Principality of Winter, which sometimes falls into winter, only a king who is strict, self-disciplined, and inhumane, and can endure people's resentment, curses, and incomprehension can stably maintain the shaky public life. order.

The old grandmother's idea is very simple.

If people need such a sacrifice - then the sacrifice should be made by their own children.

This may be unfair to his children... but this is a "traditional" choice.

While the old grandmother was extremely protective of her shortcomings, she also had extremely strict requirements for her children. Under such training, every generation of Duke Winter...even just the descendants of Grand Duke Winter, are the best rulers in all countries.

They will not be lazy because of the pursuit of easy happiness, nor will they be arrogant because of the pleasure of superiority. They will not be flattered by the compliments of courtiers or envoys~IndoMTL.com~, nor will they accept the temptation of beauty - for them, reproduction of offspring is just an "obligation" rather than a "happiness".

With such a ruler...and such a terrible and desolate country, why should we go to war with them?

Elizabeth's idea is so simple and pure.

She tried her best to resolve the aftermath of the war caused by her father... just because she was afraid.

She doesn't want to go head-to-head with such an enemy.

This is also the main reason why the eldest princess is willing to put aside her dignity and offer to receive the eldest son of Grand Duke Ivan in person.

She didn't want her stupid younger siblings to mess things up.

They simply don’t understand... how terrifying the Winter clan is.

"...what?"

After Old Merlin whispered to Dmitri, Dmitri was stunned for a while.

He shook his head and murmured in a low voice: "Annan actually..."

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

Elizabeth's heart tightened and she asked nonchalantly.

Dmitri turned around.

She vaguely seemed to see a little confusion in Dmitri's emotionless ice-blue pupils?

"Annan seemed to be having a lot of fun with a girl named Kafni."

Dmitri shook his head and replied calmly: "My brother is rude, Your Highness the Princess."

Hearing this, Elizabeth's heart moved. .

"...No, Your Highness Dmitry."

She smiled sweetly and said gently: "How about we talk about... His Highness Annan's affairs?"