chapter 25
25 – Cold Blooded Irene
“[Ice Block]”
Irene drops dozens of blocks of ice, regardless of whether it’s the demon army or the sand worm, before I can stop it.
As a result, the Demon King’s army, which was recklessly approaching, was crushed to death on the spot, but the huge sand worm hid in the sand avoiding the rapidly falling ice chunks.
“[Ice Wall]”
Irene then erected a long ice barrier about 10m in height to prevent the demon king’s army from approaching any further…
Boom!!!!
Unlike the demon army that couldn’t penetrate, it was a sandworm that popped out of the sand and crashed into the ice barrier and broke it.
“Irene, if you’re having a hard time, come here. I’ll take care of it…”
“No! I can.”
I don’t know if my pride was hurt by my suggestion, or if I was fed up with the sand worm that continued to deflect my attacks,
She made a slightly angry look on her usual stiff face, and then she was walking toward the desert condensing a large amount of mana with her fingertips.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa…”
At first I thought she had a fever and was sighing loudly…
From Irene’s mouth, her white breath, which can only be seen in winter, was coming out of her mouth.
Kwazigi
The mana gathered in her hands gradually became frozen and the ground around Irene began to freeze,
As she walks toward the desert,
Her body was curled up by itself from the chill that blew from her even though she was far away from me.
Wheehee
A wind blew in from somewhere, and the temperature was rapidly dropping to the point where it could be called a frozen land in the north rather than a desert.
Irene’s northern troops nearby were naturally taking out their cold protection gear and wearing them as if they were used to it.
“[Frost Hell]”
Quad Deuk Quad Deuk
Deuk Deuk Deuk
Starting around Irene, the temperature is rapidly dropping and the desert is freezing…
With him, the water vapor that descended to the ground due to the cold freezes due to the rapid temperature drop,
The desert was covered with a thick layer of ice instead of sand.
Quad Deuk
The thick layer of ice that started from Irene spread farther and began to freeze the approaching Demon Lords.
The cold air that spread silently did not come towards us, as if under her control.
As much as that, it spread quickly to the front and froze the approaching demon lords.
And…
Kwagagagak
Sand Worm must have felt the chill approaching her, and she was hurriedly digging into the ground.
Soon after, a thick layer of ice formed where the Sand Worm had been, making its whereabouts unknown.
Instead, the corpses of the demon king’s army were lined up in the surrounding area, frozen just as they came running.
Looking at it from a distance, it looked lively as if marble statues were erected there.
Is this the power of Irene?
The whole sea was frozen and the huge battleships were frozen…
No matter how much it was me, it seemed that if I went into the area currently set by Irene, I would freeze as soon as I breathed, starting with her lungs and even the blood vessels running through her body.
“Haaa”
I don’t know if it’s because of Irene’s excessive use of mana, but white breath comes out of her mouth constantly.
Her face was paler than before, and only her reddish lips stood out.
“Is this… winning…”
Irene’s subordinate, who was watching this scene from the side, looked at her battlefield, where only her extreme coldness and silence remained, and spoke softly,
She seemed to think that even I would, if the raucous sandworms were as quiet as this.
But…
Kwagak!!
Kwagak!! Bang!!!!
The ice cracked in the center of where Irene stood, and the ground shook violently.
Surprised by her sudden attack, Irene was so flustered that she couldn’t quickly escape the spot.
Kwaaang!!!!!
Her ice cracked, and her sand worm, which jumped out of the sand beneath her ice, rushed towards Irene with her big mouth open…
“[Width]”
Bang!!!!!!
Feeling the seriousness of the situation, I summoned the holy sword, Ascalon, and blew the sand worm that was charging towards Irene with a single blow to the back.
I landed next to Irene who was still standing and checked her condition.
“Are you okay?”
Just standing on the ground where Irene still had her strength left her toes and all over her body cold.
“Yes. Warrior. Sorry. The rest of me…”
“You’re going to fight right now?”
Would there be two sides to her mighty power…
Aside from the paleness of her face, even her reddish lips turned blue, and even her arms, which she was stretching to maintain her magic, could be seen trembling slightly.
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay, so leave this place to me and go back and rest.”
“….. I have no face.”
When she first faced the Demon King, she was confident, but where did her face go?
Kurrurr
Unlike her who finished her battle, her sand worm was moving vigorously enough to shake the ground around her as if it were just beginning.
The problem is that I can’t see it.
Kurrurr
Boom!!!
The sand worm, which became more poisonous because it ate a blow from me, broke the ice layer once again and flew up.
It was just running towards me.
“[Width]”
Kwaaang!!!!!!!!!!
I gave another shot to the sand worm flying towards me like a baseball bat with a big explosion and quickly ran away.
Since the original body was large and heavy, I didn’t think that the basic explosive power of the holy sword would push me as long as I was determined and charged like that…
Kurrr
The sand worm seemed to be provoking me as it moved at high speed in the ground under the sand again.
For now, no matter how strong my magic is, it won’t be easy to catch sand worms.
Like Irene suffered…
Her frost hell was also a powerful magic that rivaled the power of the holy sword, but if she was intelligent enough to avoid it by hiding in the sand, it would have been a choosy task.
Hook!!!
Inevitably, he recalled the memories of hunting sand worms in the past, inserted his holy sword into the sand, and waited for the sand worms to approach.
Kurrr
The sand worm, not yet able to predict my intentions, was moving through the sand again and approaching me.
Even with the holy sword inserted in the sand, the vibrating vibrations resonated violently, indicating that the sand worm was approaching.
“[Underground explosion [地下爆裂]]”
Thump!!! Thud!! Thump thump!!!!
The blade of the holy sword was burning red and transferring the heat into the sand,
Explosions continued to occur in the ground around the holy sword, and the heat was blown out through the holes.
Push wow~
The heat from the high heat and explosions in the ground was condensed and blown out everywhere,
In the place where the heat was intense, the sand seemed to turn white and then became sparkling glass powder.
And after a while…
Boom!!!
The sand worm, which was thought to be dead, jumped out of the sand due to the intense heat and explosion transmitted underground.
The fire had already spread to his torso, and he went into the hot sand, but he couldn’t put out the fire by himself and it was gradually burning.
Thump!! Bang!! Thud!! Bang!!
The movement of the sand worm, which struggled back and forth, was gradually slowing down as if it was just suffering from the burning pain.
It wasn’t long before the body, which had caught fire, became limp and stopped moving.
*****
Due to the appearance of the demon king twice over the past few years and hundreds of battles across the continent, humans have been rapidly devastated.
There were places where the number of believers increased the more…
A huge white tower towering high in the sky on the ecliptic of the Eritre Empire…
People call it the Tower of Heaven, and others call it the Great Temple.
There was an emergency due to an unexpected visit from an important person in such a sacred and quiet place…
At the sudden visit of Emilia, a former saintess and now the Crown Princess of the Eritre Empire, the paladins guarding the Great Shrine hastily increased their manpower and paid attention to security.
The priests were also busy laying her carpet and preparing her robes for her to wear.
“Saintess, what are you doing up to this point? If you have something to say, why don’t you call me?”
“I came here in a hurry because I have an urgent matter to discuss with the high priest.”
When Emilia entered the entrance instead, the first person she ran to was High Priest Rad Board.
He was the one who raised Emilia to the position of her saintess, and the one who had volunteered to be her guardian since she was young, and he was no different from the person who made Emilia what she is today.
“What are you talking about…”
“Did you hear about the warrior party?”
“A warrior party?”
“Yes!”
“Hasn’t the warrior party been reorganized recently?”
“Yes. But they said that there is no party member in charge of healing yet.”
A story that even the High Priest Radboard knows.
He was pondering to find out why Emilia had come all the way to say such a thing.
“Priestess, if you look at past warrior parties, has there ever been a party member who was in charge of healing missing?”
“No. It never happened. If she’s not a saint, she’s at least accompanied by a priest.”
“Then what if the warrior party doesn’t have a healer?”
“From the standpoint of Daeshinjeon, you can try to invite the hero. In a warrior’s party, healers, that is, saints and priests, heal party members, but soldiers and ordinary people also have to heal.”
At the words of High Priest Rad Board, Emilia continued her words with a smile as if she had waited for this moment…
“Then the High Priestess would not recommend it to the hero?”
“No way…”
“Yes. I mean me!”
“Seo.. Holy Lady…”
Only then did the High Priest Rad Board, who had read Emilia’s plan, called her with her trembling voice
Emilia’s eyes cast a look of strong faith toward him, concentrating all her nerves to hear a positive reply from his lips.