282: Chapter 282 Priestess of the Great Snow Mountain, Morvis! The Legendary Frost Giant, Elon!

Will Province, Aksai City.

Duke Weiduns Estate.

As the person currently in charge of Duke Weiduns Estate, Niss was receiving intelligence from all sides.

Through the mouths of the nobles who had fled from the neighboring Ember Plains Province, she already knew some of the situation in the Ember Plains Province, including the current movements of the Snowfield Kingdom legions.

The main Frost Giant legion of the Snowfield Kingdom seemed uninterested in anything else; they were only interested in various magic crystal veins and transcendent mineral veins.

Wherever they went, the Frost Giant legion would stop, find the local mineral veins, and start eating.

Therefore, their rate of advance was not as fast as she had initially estimated.

They would walk and stop, stopping to gorge themselves whenever they encountered a mineral vein, only continuing on their way after they had finished eating.

This behavior did not look like they intended to occupy any place for the long term.

Thinking of this, Niss dared not delay.

She directly sent all the intelligence she had gathered to Rowan at Golden Flame Castle and invited him to come and take command of Aksai City.

After all, based on the predicted movement trajectory of the Snowfield Kingdom legions, their next target was Aksai City in Will Province.

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Ember Plains Province, Andaman Mineral Vein Cluster.

This was the largest and richest large-scale composite mineral vein cluster in the Northern Territory.

The mineral vein cluster stretched for dozens of miles, and beneath the surface lay extremely rich deposits of magic crystal ore, star-iron ore, mithril veins, and a small amount of extremely rare arcane crystal deposits.

The ore mined from here every year accounted for more than thirty percent of the total magic crystal production in the Northern Territory, supplying a large number of enchanting workshops and Alchemist laboratories within the empire.

Around this mineral vein cluster, several prosperous mining cities had once risen, and chambers of commerce from all over the empire had established strongholds here.

It was once the focus of secret power struggles between the Imperial Senate and the various major nobles of the Northern Territory.

In the transcendent realm, it was even more of a resource lifeline that countless transcendent beings and Alchemists relied on for survival.

But now, this mineral vein cluster, once roaring with magical equipment, had completely changed owners.

Looking out, the mountains and plains were filled with the tall and rugged figures of the Frost Giants.

They squatted on the edges of the mine pits in groups of three or five, using their hands to break off large chunks of magic crystal ore and stuffing them into their mouths, eating them with a crunching sound.

The mining equipment and transport tracks on the edges of the pits that originally belonged to humans were either crushed by the Frost Giants underfoot or carelessly discarded to the side.

And at the very core of the mineral veins.

A Frost Giant, whose size was a full circle larger than the other Frost Giants, was sitting on a flattened rock, grabbing a piece of high-purity magic crystal ore and eating it.

He was the leader of this Frost Giant legion. The legendary Frost Giant, Iloon.

Opposite Iloon stood a slender figure that formed a sharp contrast with him. A female Snow Elf wearing snow-patterned priestly robes.

She stood on a protruding rock platform, at a height just enough to be level with the sitting Iloon.

The snow-white priestly robe was embroidered with intricate glacier patterns that flowed slightly with her breath.

Her face was so exquisite it was almost unreal, and her long silver-white hair hung to her waist.

Iloon chewed up another head-sized magic crystal, swallowed it with a gulp, and then spoke in a muffled voice:

"Priestess Morvis, has the Red Moon Proxy really appeared? Wasn't it said that it wasn't time yet?"

"The celestial phenomena in the prophecy haven't aligned yet, and the northern glaciers haven't melted to the third calibration line..."

As he spoke, he grabbed another piece of magic crystal ore, took a big crunching bite, and chewed with a loud sound.

Upon hearing this, a flash of undisguised doubt also crossed Morvis's light blue eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

She raised her hand, her fingertips gently brushing past the falling snowflakes in front of her, her voice as cold and clear as dripping ice springs:

"It is indeed so. Within the Northern Territory, the Red Moon Proxy has already appeared."

"Although I cannot explain why he has descended early, the facts are before our eyes; that is just how it is."

Iloon stopped chewing and tilted his head to look at her: "Then what do you mean?"

Morvis said seriously: "I hope you will speed up your eating. The reserves of the Andaman Mineral Vein Cluster are enough for you to consume for a long time, and we do not have much time to waste."

"I need you to complete your resupply as soon as possible, and then accompany me to Will Province to meet that newly emerged Red Moon Proxy and test his mettle."

"Then, we will decide on our subsequent strategy."

Upon hearing this, Iloon was silent for a moment, then sighed with some regret:

"To tell you the truth, I really want to stay here a while longer. The taste of this mineral vein is better than any I have eaten before."

"The high-purity magic crystal ore, mixed with quite a bit of the aftertaste of mithril and star-iron, is simply superb."

He broke off another piece of ore, threw it into his mouth, chewed a few times, and then said somewhat reluctantly:

"However, I also know that we cannot keep eating on this land forever. Although those humans were beaten away, they will sooner or later bring reinforcements back."

"The environment here is not suitable for us to live in for a long time, and the army of the Night Federation will be coming soon, so we will have to leave sooner or later."

"Then, how much time is left?"

Morvis looked at the Frost Giants all over the mountains and plains: "Within three days, finish eating all the most easily accessible surface mineral deposits, and then come with me."

"Three days?" Iloon was thoughtful, then said: "Can't we stay a little longer?"

"Since that Red Moon Proxy is in Will Province, we can stop our march and just not provoke him."

"We can slowly dig deeper here and eat slowly; we could eat for a month!"

"You do not have a month." Morvis's voice was cold and clear: "The Red Moon Proxy has already appeared early, and other factions will soon receive the news."

"Do you think only we are watching him?"

"The Night Federation side has already accelerated their actions; early this morning, the Frostrock Province to the west was officially broken."

"People from all factions are taking action."

"Once the gap in the Moon Chant Tide opens, the great chaos that will make even the arrogant Sun-lineage Church have to avoid it will arrive."

"If we do not reach the Red Moon Proxy before them, obtain first-hand intelligence and the initiative, and take the opportunity to sign a treaty with him..."

"You and these clansmen of yours who are gorging themselves will soon face real trouble."

After listening, Iloon looked at those clansmen who were still eating frantically and sighed: "Alright, three days it is."

"When my clansmen finish eating the core part of this mineral vein, we will set off to meet that so-called Red Moon Proxy."

"I want to see if he is really as powerful as the legends say."