Chapter 223 5.15 The Top World of Jotunheim

At the same time, Jotunheim.

After three days of preparation, Loki and Sartre stood at the entrance of the ice cave again. This time, the two brought plenty of food and tools.

Entering the ice cave, they discovered that this was not a downward passage, but all the way up! The size of the ice cave is narrow, just enough for an adult man to crawl in the middle.

There are many iron nails and ropes left on the slippery ice that can be stepped on. All this shows that this is a "robbery cave" left by predecessors.

After a day-long crawl, they finally reached the top of the endless ice cave.

After crawling out of the Thief's Cave, this was also the first time Loki saw the sky of Jotunheim.

The sky here is a sheet of ever-falling snowflakes, like a white blanket shrouded in a thick layer of fog. Standing by the river outside the Thief's Cave, he could only vaguely see the castle and a corner of the mountain. As for the sky above, and whether there are any other landscapes in the distance, it's all hidden in the thick fog. Cannot be observed with the naked eye.

After emerging from the thieves' cave, Loki and Sartre appeared next to Yiwangjing Lake.

Behind the mountain and facing the lake, there is a huge castle erected in the ice and snow.

From a distance, the building's skyline is clear and majestic. The city walls and building materials used in the construction are all light blue strips of stone. It's exactly the same material as the main city of the Dalelands, Storm's End.

According to ancient rumors in the valley, Storm's End Castle was built by the frost giants driven by the ancestor giant "Ymir". Combined with the huge city that now appears in front of us, and the myth and legend that "Jotunheim" is the hometown of the frost giants

The old rumors are most likely true.

At some stage in the long history of mankind, these frost giants living in Jotunheim did indeed cross the portal and enter the human world.

The place where the two people appeared was around this huge and prosperous Jinghu Lake. There are many wild animals on the lake shore enjoying the water. This proves that Jotunheim is not a place where life is extinct.

On the contrary, like Antarctica in the previous life, it has its own complete life cycle.

When they saw Loki and Sartre, the beasts only glanced at them from a distance and showed no intention to attack them. (In Jotunheim, only the mindless giants wandering in various caves will actively attack humans.)

Walking to the city gate and looking up at the huge city gate with a height of nearly 100 meters, Loki once again confirmed that this was a city built by giants.

However, after entering the castle, they found that the place was extremely quiet and it was a tomb as quiet as the sunken city.

Unlike the sinking city where corpses could be seen all over the ground, not a single corpse could be seen in this city.

It was as if all the residents of Tong had evaporated out of thin air.

After entering the city, Loki and Sartre went their separate ways. Sartre, who was a hunter, walked on the city wall, using the wide view of the tall city wall to search for suspicious targets.

And Loki enters the market area at the bottom.

Walking on the huge streets, he could see that although every house was deserted, there were many fire-making items placed in the room.

Animal skins, tableware polished from huge animal bones, straight knives like ice flakes, and even bacon that has been dried into a roll of dry bark hanging on the walls of some homes.

Their walls will have intricate pictures drawn on animal skins, and some rooms are equipped with rather complex sculptures, giant weapons with complex craftsmanship, and elaborate "coats" and "shoes."

Within a few rooms, he even saw a few pieces of "children's clothing" that were smaller in size and seemed to be specially prepared for the children of the frost giant family.

In addition to children's clothing, there are also simple training swords and throwing spears made of ice flakes that are practical for children.

However, in the entire market area, he searched no less than 10 rooms of different shapes, but he did not see even a single corpse.

As a pirate, he was not an avid explorer like Emma. When he discovered that there was no gold, silver, weapons, or information to collect in the house in the corner, he immediately lost interest in the market area on the ground floor.

Walking up the street made of neatly arranged blue bricks, he looked at the huge castle at the end of the street, which was more than fifty meters high. His intuition told him that all his doubts might be answered in this castle.

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Gusts of cold wind blew into the palace from the empty porch, bringing with it fine snowflakes.

This is a place where life is extinct just like outside the city.

The corridor paved with huge bluestones virtually amplified the sound of the cold wind pouring into the corridor, making it sound like a ghost howling.

Simply comparing the scale, this castle is no smaller than the Conqueror's Fortress. Going up the stairs, Loki found that all the rooms in the castle were the same as the residential areas at the foot of the mountain.

Each room has exquisite decorations.

The guard barracks by the city gate are neatly stacked with axes, machetes and spears. After passing through the barracks and entering the servants' area outside the castle, you can see the plain fur robes, gloves, aprons, shoes and other things worn by the servants. supplies.

After entering the deeper palace area, the nobles' rooms have more elegant interior decoration. After drying and tanning, the soft animal skins were spread on the ground, showing no trace of decay over thousands of years.

On the wall, various unknown animal bones are displayed, including huge dragon horns, exotic mermaid specimens, etc.

The wide bed was also covered with thick animal skins of unknown origin, which felt very soft to the touch.

"At least according to everything we have seen so far, the Frost Giants have not mastered the textile craft. Whether they are nobles or poor people, their clothing is mainly leather goods.

For some reason, there seems to be no armor here."

After walking through several inner halls, he came to the banquet hall.

On the table were huge tableware made of animal bones, crystals and stones, as well as quaint decorative furnishings all taken from "Jotunheim". Loki walked into the kitchen and was surprised to find that there was a mountain of wood piled up in the woodshed on one side, but there was not a trace of dust in the furnace of the stove.

Squinting his eyes and squatting down to watch, he noticed something strange.

(The building material of Storm's End is also this long strip of blue slate. But after occupying the castle, I went to the back kitchen to observe.)

The furnace will still produce a layer of white due to the long-term high temperature burning after burning for a long time. However, the furnace here is as bright and clean as new.

Not just the furnace. The kitchen knife made of animal bones was not sharpened, and there were no knife marks on the chopping board made of thick trees.

(That's not right)

(If people had lived in this castle, they would have to live and eat, right?)

Closing his eyes, Loki pressed his burning forehead against the cold stone wall. The wall that had been blown by the cold wind and broken snow for hundreds of years instantly cooled his brain.

The wood in the kitchen was neatly arranged, and none of it had been used.

All the clothes were clean and stacked like the goods in the boutique in the previous life.

The weapons were not sharpened, and the kitchen had never seen fire.

Is it possible that no one had ever lived in this castle?