Chapter 289: A Peek Into History
It was an almost harrowing sight to witness.
They were skeletons of the past; the giants of legends that her family discussed the entire time Irene was growing up. The stars of furious battles, monster subjugations, and planting the ancient warriors there that had been forgotten to time, since all of their history was frozen in the north, and people had dispersed all over the world.
She stopped on the faint curve of a small hill and looked in the distance as the masts of ships reached the foggy sky. Some were partially hidden by the freezing weather they were having, causing the sky to sparkle as the clouds came from the heavens to lie against the earth.
If she didn’t know any better, it looked like the earth had grown around the ships and landlocked them. With more imagination, one might think there was once an ocean there that had dried up and left all of the ships behind in the places they stood.
However, she knew better.
To think that the frozen sea was so much further inland than she could have ever imagined struck fear into her heart.
The legends she was told as a child were filled with sea monsters unknown to the present day. Some were scaled dragons that overtook the sea called Jormandr. Later in history, there were giant monsters with tentacles called Saeskrim that were said to be able to hug and crush one of those massive ships as if it were nothing.
They were practically villages on the water. The boats were so unbelievably big, and the number of people they could carry made one of those ships sinking that much more harrowing.
Despite that, Irene found her knees squeezing slightly as she was pulled off to the frozen sea. Standing before her was the confirmation of all the stories she had heard. If she could just keep walking a bit further and get a better glimpse...