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

Perhaps madmen don't need a reason to do anything.

If he had to give a reason to comfort himself... he would think that if he helped Ashe, he would meet Lissandra sooner or later, and if Lissandra killed him, he would gain a very powerful magical power - that old monster who had lived for thousands of years was a real T1-level combat force in the entire Runeterra.

As long as I get killed by monsters of this level a few more times, I'll soon have the strength to fight Leblanc...

Then, I won't have to hide from place to place and worry about being caught and played with by that vicious old woman every day.

This is such a perfect goal and plan...

As Cheng Xiao thought about this, her determination to go north with Ashe to find the witch and seek revenge became even stronger.

But now, they are facing a serious problem...

"We have to find a way to get food first."

Ashe glanced at the map, and her pretty eyebrows gradually frowned.

There are no other tribes near the Avarosa tribe camp, and the road to the north is even more deserted. It takes three or four days to reach the nearest tribe.

But they had no food left - they had thought that they would have enough food when they returned to the tribe, so they did not deliberately save on dry food on the way.

Now that the tribe has been destroyed and even the warehouse where supplies were stored has been burned down, they must first find a way to obtain food before they can continue.

"Yeah." Cheng Xiao nodded, not seeming to care much about this question.

Anyway, he definitely won't starve to death.

If Ashe was really starving to death... he could just cut some meat from his own body and feed it to her - at that time, he wouldn't care about etiquette or being disgusted.

Food is not a problem.

"I know there's a place where you can get food, but it might be a little dangerous."

Ashe put away the map, but her frown did not relax even though she had come up with a solution.

"The Lost's hunting grounds... there'll be meat there for bait. We can try to steal some."

"Oh?" Cheng Xiao was a little surprised when he heard that.

He knows the loser.

In order to gain power, some normal humans choose to betray their tribes and join the "religion" of the barbaric demigod Volibear, and finally become half-bear monsters that are neither human nor ghost under the strange [Gift from God].

Although those things still have intelligence, they have lost the rationality of being human, and their desire for flesh and blood is comparable to that of the demons in legends.

Cheng Xiao was very surprised that Ashe would have the idea of ​​stealing the lost people's food.

It's not just because this risky behavior is not in line with Ashe's character, but also because of an agreement from ancient times - after the ancient war between the three sisters and Volibear, humans and the Lost Ones reached a non-aggression agreement.

Going to the Lost's hunting grounds to steal food is undoubtedly violating the agreement and provoking the Bear People.

"This is the only solution." As if she understood what Cheng Xiao was thinking, Ashe explained tacitly: "We need some food to sustain us to the next tribe... Don't worry, if we only steal a little, we shouldn't be discovered."

"Yeah." Cheng Xiao nodded in agreement.

in fact……

Ashe didn't need to explain to him.

She still doesn't know Cheng Xiao well enough.

A bold plan has quietly taken shape in Cheng Xiao's mind...

"About twenty miles north of here is a Lost One hunting ground," Ashe said. "I'll go in to find food, and you can just watch outside for me. Don't worry, I won't let you take any risks."

"That's all easy, that's all easy." Cheng Xiao smiled as if she was not worried at all.

Ashe didn't quite understand where his confidence came from, but she also liked it.

The smile on her face had long disappeared, but she was still natural when she held Cheng Xiao's hand.

The two of them walked along the route planned on the map. Twenty miles was nothing for their extraordinary physical fitness.

With the full moon high in the sky, they took advantage of the cover of darkness to sneak into the Lost's hunting grounds.

A fresh carcass of a reindeer lay in the middle of the empty ice.

"The Lost Ones will use these pieces of meat to lure a gigantic ice monster called the Grufen. They are taller than a house and more powerful than the strongest Iceborn warrior... We must be careful."

Ashe whispered a warning to the "outsider" Cheng Xiao, and slowly approached the reindeer's corpse, her footsteps so light that they made no sound at all on the ice.

"That monster will crawl out of the frozen soil like an earthworm, but it will make quite a noise. We can use this to decide in advance whether to escape or continue moving forward..."

"Of course, if we alarm Grufen, it would be equivalent to alarming the Lost."

"To those who dedicate their lives to the Volibear, our flesh is as delicious as Grufen's."

As Ashe spoke, she was less than ten meters away from the carcass of the reindeer. She gestured, signaling Cheng Xiao to stay out in front of the carcass and keep an eye on Grufin.

Five meters, four meters, three meters...

She touched the carcass of the reindeer.

The sharp dagger cuts through the frozen meat, and the aroma of barbecued meat has almost turned from fantasy into reality.

Ashe was busy and quiet.

Cheng Xiao was alert to any movement coming from underground.

What neither of them noticed was... a tall, dark figure had appeared outside the hunting grounds.

As in all fables, the Lost One who could hunt Grufin could just as easily hunt humans.

Any food that is easily available is bait...

"Roar--!!"

A loud roar broke the silence of the night, and even the huge Grufin buried under the frozen soil trembled.

Ashe's hand that was cutting the meat stopped instantly, and her high alertness made her hold the ice crystal longbow tightly in the blink of an eye.

"Cheng Xiao, run!"

Cheng Xiao, who was standing outside the hunting ground, followed the girl's footsteps and fled, but the half-human, half-bear Lost possessed a strong physical fitness that no mortal could match.

In just a few moments, he was caught up by the Lost One.

The powerful bear paw scraped across his scalp, and Ashe, who was not far away, immediately turned around and drew his bow.

"Bearman... I apologize to you for my despicable behavior and will make corresponding compensation - I can give you plenty of stones and firewood, please forgive us!"

Ashe was unwilling to provoke such a terrifying creature.

But it was obvious that the Lost, whose sanity had been devoured by the savage power and anger, would not pay any attention to her. They only knew to kill everything that broke into their territory.

Ashe felt no guilt in stealing the Lost's food because these monsters were murderous and betrayed their clans. Accordingly, their desire to hunt humans was no different from hunting a skinny Grufin.

The moment the Zhenbing Longbow began to brew magic and release magical aura, the bear man changed his attack target.

It roared and rushed towards Ashe.

At the critical moment, Cheng Xiao pulled Ashe and barely avoided the bear man's swift and powerful claws.

Ashe rolled over on the ground, and as she stood up, she shouted again: "Bearman, we have no intention of risking—"

But before she could finish her words, Cheng Xiao covered her mouth.

Then, under her surprised gaze, he said loudly:

"Bear man, huh? I'm deliberately offending you, not only your entire tribe, but also the so-called god you believe in—that big bear Volibear."

After the words fell, not only Ashe, but even the violent bear man fell silent.

Cheng Xiao, whose plan was already half successful, continued to laugh and taunt:

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry yet."

"If you really need to rush, you might as well let your boss rush you."

"Yes, I'm talking about that useless big bear who claimed to be a god but was beaten up by his brother Ornn, then dropped his little pearl to fight mortals and was tricked by Lissandra."

Chapter 23: Prepare to freeze your hands! Prepare to freeze your hands!

Volibear, the brutal demigod who once ruled the Freljord.

He is known for his terrifying brute force and extremely hates mortal animal husbandry and agriculture. He believes that only hunting and fighting are the ways for life on the ice to survive.

Unlike his reclusive brother Ornn and his peace-loving sister Aviya, Volibear uses his otherworldly power to excessively interfere with the Freljord's mortal world.

The first to face his wrath were the three sisters who had led this ice field to end tribal disputes and move towards unity, peace, and agriculture.

In ancient times, a terrible war broke out between the bear people led by Volibear and the mortal army led by the three sisters.

The final outcome was that Volibear won—a visible victory.

She blinded the eyes of Lissandra, the most powerful of the three sisters, repelled the mortal army, and swore to the Freljord with roar and blood who was the master of this ice field.

But... he couldn't stop the three sisters' "conspiracy".

Even though he won the war, he was powerless to stop mortals from continuing to develop agriculture and animal husbandry - people understood the beliefs of the three sisters, and this belief subtly influenced human society, and eventually the quarreling tribes became peaceful.

People no longer risked their lives hunting, nor did they use their so-called courage and bravery to resist the strong winds and snowstorms. Instead, they built high stone walls and then planted crops and raised livestock under the warm shelter.

This incident has always been a shame that Volibear cannot erase.

As a demigod, he lost to three mortals, which made the other demigods who were watching the joke laugh their heads off.

As his believers and followers, the bear people are also very secretive about this period of history, and regard every word of it as an unspeakable secret.

But now...

A human who trespassed into the bear people's territory without permission actually told this history in front of the bear people.

They even exaggerated things - well, maybe not exaggerated, but they definitely took things out of context and picked out disgusting things to talk about.

The Lost Ones don't have much wisdom, but that doesn't mean they have completely forgotten their human language.

It heard every word and every syllable of Cheng Xiao's provocation.

This humiliation turned into an angry and sharp roar:

"Roar--!!"

"Why are you yelling so loudly?" Cheng Xiao covered her ears defiantly, removing the iron sword from her back. "How many of your people did you kill when you abandoned your human identity and degenerated into a Lost One? Isn't it okay for me to mock you?"

“Human…!”

The bear man was so angry that he spoke in human language, and his powerful feet launched a charge in an instant.

It didn't even bother to attack Ashe, who had a stronger magical aura and looked more threatening, and vowed to eat Cheng Xiao alive first.

"Get down!"

Ashe loosened her fingers, and an ice crystal arrow suddenly appeared on the empty bowstring.

The bear man smelled danger, but in his angry state he still rushed forward regardless.

It used its strong arms to block the ice arrows.

And the result is...

Bang!

With a crisp cracking sound, the ice arrow shot by Ashe shattered. Although it successfully froze the bear man's arms into ice and directly broke his bones, it failed to stop it from continuing to rush forward.

This arrow was far inferior to the one that killed a group of Drakrons on the iceberg.

That arrow was her full-strength attack. The size of the arrow alone was several times larger than the one she was shooting now, and the magical energy contained in it was not at the same level at all.

Because Ashe's physical strength is really insufficient.

She was hungry and tired, and had just experienced the despair of her tribe being annihilated. Her magic power had long been severely depleted.

The arrow that could have killed the bear man instantly now only crippled his arm.

Cheng Xiao was knocked to the ground by the flying bear man, and the six rows of deformed and sharp teeth in the huge mouth instantly pierced his neck.

Puff! The carotid artery ruptured, and the blood spurted out to such a height that Ashe was terrified.

She quickly drew the bow again, gathering all the remaining magic power in her body into an even thicker ice arrow.

But... she didn't dare to ejaculate.

The bear man and Cheng Xiao were fighting each other, and the arrow she shot would definitely hit Cheng Xiao...