Chapter 866 [0863] The Fantastic Journey of Laxana, No Longer a Teenager

Even though Lux could use magic and Ashe was very skilled at work, it took two people almost half a month to build an oversized raft that could cross the Ice Sea.

During this time, Lux cut down more than 20 birch and oak trees. The bark of the birch was completely peeled off and then cut into pieces by Lux, while the oak was first cut into circles of diversion rings around the tree body, and enough gum was collected before being divided.

On the other hand, after Ashe processed the ice worm skin, she hunted a total of 21 mountain goats. These mountain goats were skinned and boned and perfectly utilized.

The sheepskin was peeled off and simply air-dried, and then connected with birch bark and gum to serve as the middle wrapping layer of the hull.

The lamb legs were tied up and pickled in the sea water. Although the low temperature and high salt content of the sea water would make the surface of the lamb meat inedible, after being immersed in the Ice Sea for ten days, the inside of the lamb would react similar to ham, and it could be eaten directly after removing the surface.

Even the sheep bones that were picked off were frozen and crushed into powder by Ashe, and mixed with the grass and lichens found locally as supplements, and used as feed for Yukal for the next period of time.

After completing the preliminary preparations and preparing all the materials, the two of them used boards of various lengths to build a wooden boat like building blocks - connected with mortise and tenon structures, and then filled with oak glue in the gaps.

After the main part of the boat was completed, Ashe began to skin it.

First, the sheepskin was wrapped around the hull, and then connected with birch bark and oak glue, wrapping the entire outside of the boat like a puzzle.

Then the sea worm skin - stuff the entire boat into the hollowed-out sea worm skin, open a hole at the position of the sail, then evacuate the air in the middle, and seal all the openings with birch bark and oak glue.

In this way, a leather-wrapped wooden boat was completed, and the specifications of the entire boat were almost exactly the same as Ashe's initial estimate.

When Ashe and Lux ​​sent the boat into the sea together, as the bonding parts came into contact with the extremely low temperature sea water, the birch bark and oak glue that originally seemed not very solid quickly gave off an oily luster as if they were coated with wood wax oil.

Lux tried to knock on the joints and found that it was indeed as solid and reliable as if it was coated with waterproof paint.

At this time, the time has come to early summer.

Although the Sea of ​​Ice is located in the far north of Runeland and is still very cold even in summer, at this time, the Ionian Breath that blows all year round will gradually stop, replaced by the short south wind that only appears in summer along the coast of Northern Freljord.

Ashe and Lux ​​will ride this wind, sit in a kayak, carry food and water, carry Yukal, cross the Sea of ​​Ice, and reach the bottom of the Great Glacier.

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“Everything is ready.” After checking the ropes and simple anchors again, Ashe breathed a sigh of relief, “Today’s weather is good, it’s a good time to set off!”

“Food and water are no problem.” After counting the pickled lamb legs, drinking water and Yukal feed in the simple cargo hold, Lux also gave a thumbs up, “These are all ready!”

“Then let’s go!” Ashe first led the reluctant Yukal onto the boat, then jumped on herself and waved to Lux, “Take advantage of the wind, get on the boat and set off!”

Lux nodded, jumped on the boat lightly, and then untied the rope.

As the leather hard sail was lowered, the boat quickly left the coast and drifted to the north.

Lux sat on the boat, watching the boat gradually move away from the land, with one hand covering her chest.

"What's wrong with you?" Ashe, who was adjusting the sail, was a little surprised to see her action. "Not feeling well?"

"No, I don't feel any discomfort." Lux shook her head. "To be honest, this is quite surprising to me."

"No discomfort, isn't this normal?" Ashe was a little puzzled. "This is the most wonderful time in the North Freljord, the daytime is long, and the weather is neither cold nor hot..."

Lux smiled and didn't say much, but from her appearance, it seems that she doesn't quite agree with Ashe's statement.

As a blood of ice, Ashe's judgment of "neither cold nor hot" is somewhat biased. Now the temperature on the Ice Sea is almost the same as in the winter in Xiongdu, which is considered cold for most Demacians.

And don't forget that Lux is a seasick person-when she was on the boat before, she was often ridiculed by Kalya for this reason.

But this time when she was sitting on the boat, she didn't feel dizzy as before, which was what surprised her the most.

I don't know if it's because the Ice Sea is so calm that it doesn't look like a sea, or because the boat is different from the big ship.

Although she didn't know why she didn't get seasick, Lux obviously didn't intend to expose the fact that she got seasick, nor was she interested in challenging her limit of not getting seasick. So seeing that Ashe could easily control the sails, she simply lay down in the cabin and looked up at the sky.

The daytime in Freljord in summer is very long, the sun hangs in the sky all day, and there are even situations where the sun and the moon appear in the sky. Lying on the boat and looking at the sky, Lux didn't feel the sun's glare at all, but when she looked up at the sun, she felt a little warm.

Could this be the manifestation of the element's transformation of the body?

On the Ice Sea, there was only a breeze from the southern land, and the swaying amplitude of the boat was almost negligible. Half a day later, when the wind weakened slightly, Lux even felt that time had stopped at this moment.

Ashe had tied the rope of the sail. When Lux climbed up, everything between heaven and earth seemed to have turned into a picture scroll. Only the stupid Yukal standing on the bow broke the harmony - it was chewing happily, chewing with white foam at the corners of its mouth. After noticing Lux's gaze, it snorted in a flattering manner.

In this way, a fantastic drifting journey began.

During the day, there was wind, and Lux ​​and Ashe would take turns to control the sail to ensure that the boat kept heading north; and at night, they would fold the sail and take out the oars to paddle.

In this summer with long days and short nights, the nights on the Ice Sea did not last long in total.

But compared with the calmness of the day, the nights on the Ice Sea can only be described as magnificent.

When night falls and the starry sky emerges, the sea water seems to have turned into a deep black crystal under the shining starlight. When you look at the sea surface, you often can't tell whether the light you see is reflected from the starry sky or some kind of animal that can glow in the sea.

And every time at this time, Lux and Ashe will share stories while waving their oars - the last time Lux traveled under the starry sky, she listened to Karya telling her about the distribution of the starry sky under the night sky of Shurima, and this time, Lux on the journey introduced the stars in the sky to Ashe under the night sky of the Sea of ​​Ice.

When talking about "familiar people" such as the War Constellation and the Fertility Constellation, Lux's tone often becomes subtle, and when Ashe asks her why she has this tone, she always waves her hands in a very bad way and says nothing.

As revenge, when Ashe was telling the Freljord legends she had heard since childhood, she would often stop at the critical moment, leaving Lux hanging. After the long journey, the two seemed to have completely lost the politeness caused by unfamiliarity, and were replaced by a kind of intimate mutual teasing.

Due to the further widening of the difference between day and night, and the monotony of the scenery they usually saw, when the two did not speak, they would have a subtle feeling as if they were in a dream.

Under the sky, above the ice sea.

The whole boat was filled with clear dreams and the stars.

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When the lamb legs turned into bone sticks and were thrown into the sea; when Yukal's rumination frequency became lower and lower; when the barrels gradually reached the bottom, the shadowy figure of the Great Glacier finally appeared in the north.

After seven days, not knowing whether they were taking a straight line or a detour, Lux and Ashe sat in the small boat they built by themselves and arrived at the Far North of Runeland north of Freljord.

Great Glacier.

Only when you really come to the Great Glacier, you will understand why the word "great" in Freljord language is used as the suffix "great".

After approaching the high ridge of this rune land, Lux and Ashe saw with their own eyes that ice blocks as big as mountains broke off from the glacier, and then turned into an iceberg, slowly floating on the sea of ​​ice.

It is no exaggeration to say that the size of this iceberg is enough to be a tourist attraction on the Demacia Plain - and in the Great Glacier, it is just a corner of the endless Great Glacier that stretches across the Far North and reaches into the sea.

Looking at the entire Great Glacier, the breaking of such an iceberg seems to be as painless as cutting a little nail.

"Can you fly up?" While being amazed at the grandeur of the Great Glacier, Ashe was also a little worried, "Perhaps, we need to give up Yukal?"

Not going to the Bearman Island means starting from the sea and climbing the ice cliff that is thousands of feet high. At this height, even if Lux can fly, Ashe dare not say whether she can bring Yukal and the sled.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." Although Lux was always worried about seasickness when drifting on the ice sea, now that she came under the ice cliff of the Great Glacier, she quickly became confident again, "I have climbed mountains ten times higher than this. Believe me, I can handle it."

Ashe raised her eyebrows.

Although Lux briefly told her about climbing Mount Targon, the distance between Freljord and Mount Targon is really too far. Although the Dragon Spine Mountains and the Ice Claw Mountains are also towering mountains, their greater feature is the continuous mountains, which is completely different from the towering Mount Targon. Ashe, who has not seen Mount Targon with her own eyes, obviously cannot really appreciate the height of the mountain from Lux's words.

In Ashe's opinion, Lux's words are somewhat bragging.

However, bragging is a very common phenomenon in Freljord. In a sense, it can even be regarded as a cultural phenomenon - Freljord people like to brag. This is their way of recording the past and setting challenging goals for themselves. At the wine table in Freljord, bragging is often divided into two types: those that have been achieved and those that are about to be achieved.

So Ashe thought that this should be Lux cheering herself up.

But in fact, Lux really thinks that this height of the ice cliff... is actually not bad.

Although it is very cold here, there is no energy field such as celestial radiance that can directly interfere with her. Lux can spread her light-cast wings and fly slowly - she can also flash for a short distance by relying on Horok's gauntlet. It's really not a big problem.

Even compared to manned flight, Lux cares more about the glaciers themselves.

"These glaciers won't break into icebergs again, right?" When the kayak almost reached the bottom of the glacier, Lux flapped her light-cast wings and prepared to take off. "If we get to the glacier, and then the glacier breaks into icebergs...then... It’s troublesome.”

"The ones that can break into icebergs are the kind of promontory glaciers that extend into the sea water." Hearing what Lux said, Ashe smiled and pointed at a peninsula glacier not far away that extended into the sea water. , "As for the neat one in front of us, it will not break easily."

"That's good." After hearing what Ashe said, Lux finally nodded, "Give me two empty buckets, and I'll go up and take a look first!"

After Ashe handed over the two empty buckets, Lux finally opened her light-cast wings and began to take off upwards.

The materialized light-cast wings just flapped a few times, and Lux ​​soared upwards, quickly flying over the glacier.

The empty bucket was put down here, and Lux ​​looked around while leaning on the bucket to catch her breath.

It's bare, there's nothing there.

Looking around, there seems to be no living thing on the large glacier.

Blinking, Lux took off the Hex telescope hanging around her neck and looked further north.

And even within the field of view of the Hex telescope, all she saw was an endless expanse of white snow.

There's really nothing here.

After finding some floating snow and filling the barrel to make sure it would not be blown away, Lux returned to the edge of the ice cliff and suddenly jumped down. When she was close to the sea, she suddenly opened her light-cast wings to stop herself. .

"There is nothing up there." Under Ash's astonished gaze, Lux shrugged, "I looked at it for a long time. There are no animals or plants, just an endless ice field."

Ash nodded dully.

"So, hurry up." Lux grabbed Ashe's waist and grabbed an empty bucket with her other hand, "Walk!"

Kalya’s Little Class·The Elementalization of the Body:

After completing the introduction to advanced elements, Lux has unknowingly completed part of the elemental transformation - she is more proficient in using elemental magic, and has many characteristics of elemental creatures.

It's just that she is used to getting along with Kalya and seeing elemental characteristics, so she doesn't seem to realize this.