Chapter 206

Chapter 206 – Chapter 43: Storm #3

The ceiling of the cave was high, while the frost giants had an average height of eight meters . The difference was very short, but it caused a gap . Even that short amount of time was precious for In-gong .

He was already facing the ceiling . So, as Amita’s flames illuminated the falling rocks, In-gong used Telekinesis . The power stretched out over everyone’s heads, and the falling rocks were caught in the air .

It was three or four seconds, but that time was enough to save everyone’s lives .

“Kuraha!”

Carack let out a battle cry . The people, who hadn’t woken when the ceiling began to collapse, opened their eyes at his call, and they quickly regained their spirits . In-gong stopped using Telekinesis, then the rocks started falling again . Almost everyone who had woken up reacted to it .

Kwakakakang!

Vandal, the ogres, and the golems aimed their fists at the ceiling . The sura moved their swords quickly, while the dark elves randomly fired off magic power .

The large rocks were broken and split into small stones . Simultaneously, the lycanthropes used Beast Form and embraced the other species in order to act as a shield against the fragments .

The shock continued . Sharp shards stuck into the backs of the lycanthropes while the ground shook as large debris crashed down . However, in the midst of all this, there was a sharp scream . Felicia, who had been in Anastasia and Silvan’s arms, sighed with relief as the ceiling stopped collapsing .

However, there was no time to rest . As soon as the cave collapsed, the cold entered . Moreover, there were things pouring down from the sky which couldn’t be smashed like the rocks .

Hwakak!

It was an understatement to call it a heavy rain; it was like large water buckets were pouring down on them from the sky . For a moment, everybody didn’t breathe . It was hard to even open their eyes due to the sudden rain .

After a few more seconds, the rain was over . Water had poured down from a high place, but no one was injured . At most, some people swallowed the water, but that was fine because it wasn’t mixed with poison .

However, there was a different problem . They were in a place beyond the limit line—a fearsome frigid land .

Everybody grabbed their chest, which filled with a cold air that seemed to freeze their lungs . The bigger issue was that their whole body was wet . The wind, which seemed to cut at their flesh, threatened their lives .

The lycanthropes, whose clothes were torn, were knocked down first due to their transformed bodies . Their wet fur quickly froze, and the body temperature of the lycanthropes lowered sharply .

The blizzard entered into the cave . The muddy floor froze over, and the dark elves, crushed by the weight of the lycanthropes, could barely breathe .

Vandal couldn’t make a decision . He was a senior general of the Demon King’s Palace . However, this was the first time he had encountered a battlefield like this, so he couldn’t decide if it was better to take off the wet clothes or to just wear it .

His body was heavy, and the white blizzard darkened his field of view .

Anastasia trembled . The moment she saw the falling rocks, she had covered Felicia’s head without thinking . Thanks to the fact that she and Silvan had done it at the same time, Felicia wasn’t injured by the rocks, but the problem was the water and the cold . Anastasia’s long and beautiful eyelashes were now frozen .

Felicia gasped from underneath Anastasia and Silvan . As she lay underneath them, she gazed at the blizzard in the sky and saw a magic spell . It was clear that the water, which had poured down from nowhere, was due to transformation magic .

She exhaled . It wasn’t enough to produce a breath of white mist, but the breath coming from her throat seemed to freeze . Despite this, she was activating her magic power, so her spirit felt better . It was an extremely dangerous situation . If her body temperature kept lowering like this, she would die before even fighting .

Felicia tried desperately to move her lips . Anastasia was also reciting a spell .

They had to block the wind and snowstorm somehow . The next thing was to create heat to increase their body temperature again . However, the one who poured the water on them didn’t give them this time . From the sky, death poured down directly . They were icicles as sharp as knives .

In-gong got up from the ground and shouted as he pulled the Giant King’s Sword from his inventory .

“Green Wind!”

It wasn’t a simple call but an order for an upgrade . In-gong used Telekinesis to rotate the Giant King’s Sword fiercely, and it destroyed the icicles . Meanwhile, Green Wind appeared as the goddess of wind behind In-gong, sharing her consciousness with him as she used her wind .

Chukwakakakak!

The fragments of the shattered icicles were pushed back up in the sky, and they glistened like stars .

“Kuha!”

In-gong’s breath poured out . Protagonist Body increased his resistance to the cold, but he wasn’t immune to it . As the cold seemed to penetrate deep into his lungs, In-gong gazed up at the sky . In the center of the magic blizzard, he saw a woman .

It was the first time he had seen her, but In-gong knew who she was . It was Frost Queen Yosarina, a close confidant of Arch Lich Shutenberg . She was a powerful magician who could use various ice spells while wearing thick ice armour around her body . The presence of one of Shutenberg’s swords meant that this attack wasn’t a coincidence .

Shutenberg had already noticed the march of In-gong’s group and had dispatched Frost Queen Yosarina to this cold land in order to stop In-gong’s party . Chris had talked about a diversion attack, while the sword duke had said that both groups were important .

The Frost Queen Yosarina had moved, so both of them were correct .

In-gong had been too distracted by the cold . Shutenberg didn’t rule over the whole area beyond the limit line, so In-gong had thought the snowstorm would cover their march . However, this was a mistake; the party was already in Shutenberg’s area .

Yosarina raised her hand in the sky . The armour around her made the frost queen look like a five-meter-tall giant .

A new sound was heard over the wind . It was a low and scary cry, followed by numerous heavy footsteps pounding against the ground .

Green Wind, who maintained the barrier of wind, looked around with an uneasy expression . The sounds were coming from beyond the blizzard . Those who encircled the cave were advancing little by little .

Ice golems, crazy ice spirits, undead yeti and frost giants… Yosarina’s ice corps numbered in the hundreds, maybe even thousands . In-gong opened the mini-map reflexively and saw that it was filled with red dots .

Someone needed to fight . The 200 elites In-gong led weren’t capable of fighting right now . He had to earn time until they could fight again .

Yosarina raised her hand again and started drawing a new magic circle at her fingertips . In-gong had to stop Yosarina .

“Spiritualism!”

He cried out, and power filled him . Yosarina paused while making the magic circle and looked at In-gong for a moment . In-gong used Wind Style to move forward, while simultaneously, he shouted again,

“Caitlin!”

It was a choice he made in that moment . The light of Conquest wound around Caitlin who was in Chris’ arms, and she cried out angrily from inside the white light . Caitlin was receiving an upgrade to an apostle .

In-gong didn’t look back as he rushed at Yosarina . The crazy ice spirits floating around Yosarina headed towards In-gong, and Yosarina started casting her magic faster .

The frost corps surrounding the party sped up . There were even those who started running .

The floor rang out with loud thuds . Carack gave a battle cry, while Vandal and the ogres lifted their weapons . The dark elves used magic to heal the lycanthropes desperately, while the sura moaned painfully as they raised their swords .

Felicia’s and Anastasia’s spells completed at the same time . A barrier of fire surrounded the party while the magic of recovery covered everyone .

Caitlin raised her head and revealed fangs through blue hair . Her eyes were reminiscent of an extremely wild beast hunting its prey .

The Fire Barrier weakened, and In-gong shattered the ice spirits . Then White Eagle struck Yosarina’s armour . Part of her armour broke, but Yosarina didn’t stop moving her hand .

Her magic circle was now complete, and In-gong prepared for water pouring on him again . However, this magic was different from the first one .

Fire Barrier turned off . Then Yosarina looked at the party and not at In-gong . The lycanthropes sensed it, and they quickly grabbed the dark elves near them . Caitlin grabbed Felicia and Anastasia, while Chris cursed .

An ominous sound rang out from the ground . Felicia and Anastasia turned white as they looked at the ground .

Kwakakakang!

The ground broke apart . There was a loud vibration as a giant monster emerged from the ground . It was a frost worm covered with sharp thorns . Its body length was dozens of meters and its head was large enough to swallow a few people .

Dozens of people were caught when the frost worm rose up . Many more fell to the ground .

The cold hit everyone again, and the frost corps finally arrived just before the party .

The frost worm shook . The weight of its body striking the ground was enough to cause damage . There were those who couldn’t escape and were crushed, while others fell again due to the shaking of the ground . Simultaneously, some others were attacked by the frost corps .

Yosarina burst out laughing . It seemed like her laughter made the blizzard even stronger .

They needed a solution . In-gong needed to break through this situation .

He focused his thoughts, and the fire received from the last flame covered his whole body . In-gong needed to leave the frost worm and frost corps to those on the ground, and concentrate only on Yosarina . Only then would they be able to overcome this situation .

Then at that very moment…

In-gong felt an unbearable impulse to look behind him . Beyond the red dots on the mini-map, someone was rushing there .