Chapter 36
A Young Lucky Guy Arrives in the Tribe
The three leaders of Winter's Claw are preparing for something big and have begun to plan it intensively.
And what about the "hunt" that Sejuani was so obsessed with? We have to go back two days to find out.
Mount Ornkar, the former stronghold of the Winter's Claws...
"Hello, this... um? What's your name?"
Several beast spirit walkers gathered together, looking curiously at the strange-looking "girl" in front of them.
Why do we say she's strange? Because although she has the face of an innocent young girl, she has large, rabbit-like ears that peek out from the wizard's hat on her head.
Her feet also resembled those of an animal, and she had a large, furry tail hanging from her rear end, clearly resembling a Vastayan rabbit-woman.
However, Vastaya are rarely seen in Freljord, and such half-human, half-beast beings are generally not referred to as a race.
Because such people are quite common in Freljord, and there are many reasons why people are half-human and half-beast... For example, among the bear-men, many people turn into beast-like forms after accepting Volibear's power.
As for them, these beast spirit walkers could also transform certain parts of their bodies into beast forms during battle, so they found the girl in front of them very strange... because they could see that this appearance was her normal state, and she did not have that aura of evil power.
Of course, they had also heard that there were tribes in Freljord that were all half-human and half-beast... but given the transportation conditions in Freljord, these wandering beast spirits had rarely seen them.
"I...I'm called Aurora."
Facing the gazes of the crowd, Ara wrinkled her nose and couldn't help but adjust her large glasses.
How terrifying...
The Beast Spirit Walkers patiently waited for Alara to continue her self-introduction, but heard nothing more.
The scene was a little awkward for a while.
"Forehead……"
The Beast Spirit Walkers looked at each other, somewhat bewildered.
"So, you are...?"
"Ha! If there's nothing else, I'll be going now!"
However, before the Beast Spirit Walkers could even ask a question, Aura suddenly interrupted them, then hurriedly turned around and skipped away.
"..."
What the hell...
Aura's behavior puzzled the group of beast spirit walkers; it didn't match the strength she had just displayed at all... She seemed like a shy little girl...
Just now, they encountered a group of Frost Priests... It's nothing, although the Beast Spirit Walkers and the Frost Priests don't get along, they're not so bad as to start fighting on sight.
As a result, during the negotiation, this seemingly silly rabbit girl inexplicably came over, looking like a curious child.
She probably thought she was just watching the fun, but she didn't expect to attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.
The group of frost priests, sensing something amiss, suddenly turned their attention to the girl and even considered using force.
The Beast Spirit Walkers, being wandering knights of Freljord, naturally wouldn't stand idly by, but before they could even make a move, the seemingly harmless little girl began waving her staff.
She was yelling about the spirit world and the material world, telling people not to be afraid, that it was too noisy, and so on... and in no time at all, she had dealt with all the frost priests.
They were well-informed, but they had never seen such strange magic before... Suddenly, fluctuations appeared in the air, and then the Frost Priests fell down one after another. Some of them even disappeared into thin air, and no one knew where they went.
This both startled and frightened the Beastwalkers, but because of Alara's appearance and beast-like features, they couldn't help but approach her to chat, only to scare her away...
"It's all your fault, you're too ugly..."
"How dare you say that to me?!"
"I think this young lady might be a powerful mage... she's so young."
"Perhaps it's some special race, born with magical powers? I think I've heard of that..."
"She's quite cute..."
"If Udyr were still here, perhaps he could be with this girl..."
"Udyr?!"
Just then, they suddenly saw a wizard's hat rolling towards them from the direction Alara had "escaped," stopping just in front of them.
Immediately afterwards, two rabbit ears popped out of the hat, and then Aura's head "grew" out of the wizard's hat.
"You're Beastwalkers, right? I want to ask you something... Do you mind? Did you just mention Udyr? Um... It's okay if you don't answer..."
"..."
Looking at the rabbit girl huddled in her hat at their feet, the Beast Spirit Walkers felt an inexplicable emotion welling up inside them, like the melting of ice in the dead of winter...
They couldn't help but squat down, trying to appear as amiable as possible so as not to scare the girl away again.
"Yes, Udyr... he's our friend. Do you need to see him?"
"Really? That's great! I've been looking for him! I heard he's the most powerful Beast Spirit Walker... He must be incredibly knowledgeable!"
"Uh, yes, he is certainly learned."
Aurora's face lit up with joy, her big eyes blinking.
"Does he know Elhastrile?"
"Ah...what?"
"Aishtriel!"
"Aishite..."
Some of the beast spirit walkers, eager to prove their erudition, were stumped by Alara's very first question.
They kept thinking about things that might be similar to this term, but they couldn't figure it out at all.
"Sorry, we don't know him... but Udyr might. He's the most knowledgeable spiritwalker here."
"Oh! Where is Udyr then?"
Aurora peered into the crowd, searching, but everyone she saw shook their heads.
"Udyr is gone... uh, I mean he's not here anymore. He's already returned to the Winterclaw tribe."
"Winter's Claw?"
Alara blinked in confusion.
"Yes, it's his former tribe. You've come at a bad time; we parted ways a couple of days ago... But they shouldn't have gone far. Just follow this road, and you should be able to find him."
"That's great! Thank you!"
Although she didn't get to see Udir, Alara was still very happy and sincerely thanked the group of kind-hearted people.
"Did you hear that, Ahaster? We'll be seeing Udyr soon, and he must know about you!"
The group of beast spirit walkers were speechless as they watched Alara inexplicably start talking to thin air.
They certainly didn't think Aurora was crazy, after all, they had just witnessed her strength, and they had seen people inexplicably talking to thin air before...
Maybe this girl and Udyr can really get along...
"Well then, I'll be going now! Thank you!"
Aura emerged from the hat, pulled it back over her brown curly hair, and yanked her long ears out of the hat's holes. Then, clutching her staff, she skipped and hopped back towards the snow-capped mountains.