Chapter 1: The Strange Person in the Ice Rock

  The horizon was tinged with a pale white, the moon had long since set behind the mountains, but in the sky there were still a few stars twinkling stubbornly, as if reluctant to be forgotten.

  The sun slowly rose from the east and instantly spread its light and warmth all over the earth.

  This is a snowy plain. The newly risen sun is beautiful, but under the reflection of the thick white snow, the sunlight is a bit dazzling.

  "Out she comes! Out she comes! Princess, you're really beautiful!" A little maid called out happily, her voice was cheerful, but her expression wasn't quite the same. Because the snowy ground was too dazzling to the eyes, her eyes were half-closed, and she also used one hand to block in front of her forehead.

  "Keli, are you talking about sunrise beauty or princess beauty?" Another older girl chimed in with a smile.

  "Hmm... The sunrise is beautiful, but the princess is even more beautiful!"

  "Flattery" can be considered a skill that is essential to learn no matter where you are in the world, regardless of nationality or ethnicity.

  "Alright, alright! You little hypocrite!" A soft and beautiful voice chimed in: "When I asked you all to come with me to watch the sunrise, I didn't know who had puckered up their mouth so tightly it could hang an oil bottle."

  "Oh... That must be Ke Lan's sister!" The one who would rather die than yield is called a tough guy, the one who would rather die than admit defeat with their mouth is a woman, especially a little woman.

  A low, muffled laughter echoed around, not just the princess and the older maid were laughing, even the princess's guards couldn't help but burst into laughter. No matter how forgetful one is, they wouldn't forget what happened an hour ago, that little woman's frame-up was indeed clumsy to the extreme.

  "Hmph! I won't tell you!" The little maid's face turned bright red as she heard the kind laughter of everyone. She turned her body around, and a piece of emerald-green ice rock on the edge of the snowy peak caught her attention. Under the sunlight, there seemed to be something hidden in the ice rock.

  The princess let out a long sigh and smiled lightly: "It's really beautiful, I'm in a much better mood now."

  The guards all showed a hint of gloom on their faces, and the elderly maid hastily said: "Princess, don't think too much about it, wait until..."

  Just then, a shout went up: "Princess! There's someone in the ice block! Come quick and look! There's someone in the ice block!"

  At the word 'someone', two guards drew their swords at top speed and stood in front of the princess, while the other two removed the longbows from their shoulders, pulled them halfway back, and placed arrows on the strings. The remaining four guards also drew their weapons and dispersed.

  It's no wonder they're so tense, before bringing the princess up to the snowy peak, they had sent two people to carefully survey the top of the mountain and only after confirming that there was no one else did they bring her up. If someone deliberately evaded their investigation and remained here without leaving, it would naturally be malicious!

  The little maid was startled by the tense posture of the sword, and muttered, pointing at the ice rock in front of her: "A person... is inside..."

  "What?!" a guard who seemed like a leader asked in surprise.

  "The man is inside the ice." This time, the little maid's mouth was much smoother.

  The guard leader walked over cautiously, stood beside the little maid, looked carefully for a while, and pulled the little maid back to the princess. His eyes were filled with an incredulous expression.

  "Is there really someone inside the ice?" Even Gong Princess was curious.

  "Yes, Your Highness, it's truly unimaginable!"

  "What kind of person is he?"

  "This... Your Highness, I think that should be a traveler who died in the storm."

  The princess walked slowly to the front of the ice rock, curiously looking up at it. The two maids and the guards also followed her over.

  "Traveler? Have you ever seen a traveler wearing such strange clothes?"

  "No, but judging from the color and texture of the ice layer, it should be a very, very long time ago."

  "How long is a long time? A hundred years? A thousand years?" The princess could no longer hold back her curiosity: "Break the ice block!"

  "Yes, Your Highness." Since the princess had given an order, regardless of whether the order itself should or shouldn't be carried out, or whether it was worth carrying out, they would still have to follow the order, as it was their duty.

  However, the guard had no tools in his hand. A reckless swordsman took a step forward and used his long sword to chop at the ice rock. When his long sword chopped at the same point several times, it finally chopped into the interior of the ice rock. Suddenly, a deafening thunder-like sound rang out, and the guard didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was blown flying far away by the thunderbolt.

  At the same time as the thunder boomed, the guards couldn't care about any taboos and directly knocked the princess to the ground. The two maids were also unable to escape being "molested". The remaining three guards focused their attention on the ice rock, with two bows drawn into a full moon shape, the arrowheads pointing towards the ice rock.

  The princess paused for a moment, then secretly lifted her head to look over and saw that the ice rock was still standing there silently. She shouted steadily: "Let me get up!"

  "Your Highness, danger..."

  "Let me get up!!" This time the voice was raised a lot.

  That guard quickly got up, after being scolded by the princess, he didn't have a bit of dejection, but his eyebrows and eyes were filled with excitement and happiness, heaven knows whether he was happy because he protected the princess in time or excited about the 'pressure' on the princess's body.

  The princess stood up, adjusted her clothes, and suddenly smelled a burnt smell in the air: "What's this smell?"

  One guard kept a close eye on the ice rock as he walked towards the other guard who had been blown off by the lightning, and when he got closer, he involuntarily let out a cry of surprise: "Good heavens! Ali's body...Ali's body..."

  The guardian leader also walked over, picked up the long sword on the ground. The long sword could no longer be considered a long sword, but rather an extremely short-handled iron hammer. The former blade had been melted by some inexplicable force and turned into an iron ball.

  The leader of the guards showed a look of shock and fear in his eyes, the high-quality steel long sword had become like this, and the fate of Guard Ali was predictable.

  Before the captain of the guard could give the order to retreat, the little maid suddenly let out a strange cry: "It's moving, Your Highness be careful! The person inside is moving!!!"

  As soon as the little maid's voice fell, a chilling cracking sound echoed through the air. The originally smooth and emerald green ice surface was covered with countless cracks, which grew more and more numerous and larger, until the entire iceberg was shattered into fragments that clattered to the ground.

  The princess's status was high, but after all, she was a girl. Seeing such a strange scene, it would be good if she didn't shout and cry out in disorder. The two maids were covered by the guards, their mouths blocked, and dragged away.

  The ice had all fallen, and a figure appeared before everyone. It was a pale-faced man wearing a large, open-chested black robe with a strange black box-like object in his hand. Around his neck was a red-and-green striped cloth strip. The strangest thing about the man was his eyebrows - not only were they much longer than ordinary people's, but they were also silver-white, and the ends of his eyebrows pointed upwards, flying straight towards his temples.

  "Finally..." A hoarse voice sounded, and immediately the man's body tilted to one side, heavily falling onto the snowy ground.

  "Uh..." The little maid struggled desperately for a few moments, finally regaining her freedom: "He... I heard him speak! I heard him speak!"

  "Nonsense! We've all heard enough! Shut up!" Normally, the captain of the guards would never dare to scold the princess's maid, but at this critical moment, he couldn't care less about that. As long as he could ensure the princess's safety, even if it meant losing a maid or two, so be it.

  A cold wind swept across the summit, and that strange man had not moved since he fell down. The crowd waited for half a day, and several guards cautiously approached him.

  One of the guards picked up a snowball from the ground and hit the man hard, while they both steadied themselves, waiting for his reaction, but to their disappointment, the man still didn't move.

  The guards' guts grew bigger, and the leader of the guards slowly walked up and kicked the man in the waist with a moderate force.

  "Damn...the electric grid......has trapped me for so many years......so many years." The man let out a stuttering murmur.

  The guards retreated with a rustling sound, and later, seeing that the man had only murmured a few words without any other reaction, they plucked up their courage to approach him.

  The princess's guards were all seasoned warriors, but they had only fought against humans before. The sudden blast of thunder just now destroyed one of them and melted his long sword into an iron ball, the mysterious power made them fearful.

  It was clear that the man was falling into a coma, and a choice arose: to save or to destroy? A true warrior may not fear danger, but they cannot control the mental turmoil triggered by forces beyond their understanding.

  At last, the leader of the guards gritted his teeth and raised his long sword. His responsibility was heavy, everything had to be done to ensure the princess's safety! In the choice, the determination to destroy took precedence.

  "Halt!" Only the princess was qualified to stop the leader of the guards.

  "Your Highness, Ali died at his hands... this person is too dangerous!!" The leader of the guards did not put down his long sword, but instead looked at the princess with pleading eyes.

  Didn't you hear what he just said? He's been trapped!

  "But..."

  "Don't say but to me!" The princess's gentle voice took on a few degrees of determination: "As a noble warrior, can beating up an unconscious person reflect your honor?"