chapter 206 Where the Deities Reside
The straight sword edge flowed with the blood of frost.
In his ears, the passionate roars of warriors echoed, pouring decades of anger onto swords and magic. Thousands of people attacked the frozen city, their explosive power shattering even several Saint Rank Frost Calamity Incarnations with ease.
Ig could clearly feel the anger and surging enthusiasm in people’s hearts, enveloping the entire world like a sweeping tide.
In the past, perhaps Ig would have, like Ophi beside him with her flushed little face and surging emotions, raised his weapon high, shouted along with the warriors beside him, and then swung his magic towards the enemies in front.
However, at this moment, Ig only smiled indifferently, his raised eyes a rational azure blue.
His enemy was not the frost before him.
Fragments of ice law were shattered by beams of brilliant light. Ig followed beside Kasleth. The cold wind blew, and around them were walls of frozen ice. Frost Calamity creatures charged fearlessly, torn to shreds by the swirling Sword Qi.
“Is this… the palace square of the legendary Winterfall City?”
Shiel, following them to the center of the ice-sealed city, still tried to identify it, her voice sounding out, even though the iconic buildings were covered in frost.
“Holder, His aura is very close.”
Kasleth’s frost-white skirt billowed in the wind. She turned her face slightly, her clear and cold gaze falling on the palace buildings covered in thick ice on the side of the square.
This was once the northernmost palace of the ancient kingdom’s monarch. After the ancient kingdom disintegrated, it also served as the center of the city-state council.
Kasleth’s meaning was clear: twenty years ago, after being consumed by the descended frost, this ice palace became the dwelling of Holder, the God of Frost.
Magnificent and covered in blizzards, the next moment, a shrieking sound arose. Ice giants pulled up storms, followed by hundreds of thousands of frost constructs behind them.
As if the deities were actively protecting them, the war between frost and humans erupted again in the central square of this ice-sealed city.
“There are still quite a few followers of the God of Frost in this city.”
The duke beside the witch, clad in thick fur armor, raised his sword eyebrows. As a Saint Rank existence, he could clearly feel the continuously surging ice power.
“There isn’t enough time to completely eliminate them… Miss Witch, we will block them first. As we discussed yesterday, please go and deal with the God of Frost in this city.”
Kasleth nodded. Her gaze fell upon Ig.
“I’m fine,”
Ig said, wiping the frost-blood from End.
Kasleth needed the heart of ice in his hand to completely eradicate the God of Frost… but, likewise, Ig’s target had been that Frost God from the very beginning.
Since the Frost Expedition began, Ig had not participated in much planning and deliberation. Many things were relayed to him by familiar people like Ophi and Ain.
However, the specific matters were not difficult to guess. It was likely that Kasleth had already discussed with the dukes at the forefront, dividing many Crystal and Star powerhouses to escort her to Holder’s location.
Many people were surprised by Kasleth asking for his opinion, with various speculations.
Ig tightened his grip on his sword.
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Entering the ice palace, the number of frost followers appeared to have decreased, but as if they were closer to the deity’s origin, their power was much greater than those outside the city.
The number of people following Kasleth into the palace was not large, but they were almost all elites of Crystal rank or higher, with complete professional configurations, and even several Saint Ranks. Therefore, the obstruction from the frost followers in the palace did not cause too many casualties, allowing them to rush towards the deities’ location at an extremely fast speed.
“Boom!”
A Saint Rank swordsman pulled out a brilliant gold sword edge. The magnificent Sword Qi streaked across the sky, almost destroying the entire palace. The frost giants blocking their path roared unyieldingly and shattered into ice crystals, collapsing onto the floor.
“Miss Witch, that’s the last one.”
The Saint Rank swordsman put away his sword and said.
Kasleth nodded. They were already very close to the Frost God’s location. A layer of light blue domain spread around her, enveloping everyone to prevent them from being corroded by ice law.
An ice-sealed door blocked the entire royal court. Kasleth placed her hand on it.
“Rumble.”
Ig suddenly looked up. The ground trembled violently. In almost an instant, the ice covering the palace cracked open with huge gaps, and frost condensed from ice law shattered and collapsed into ice blue particles.
Blinding light pricked his eyes, like brilliant ice crystals. Ig’s pupils contracted sharply.
The palace collapsed, and in the huge courtyard, an ice-sealed throne appeared.
However, upon the throne was a withered and decaying deity. As if seeing the intruders, it convulsively drew its arm in anger. The surging storm was like a raging sea tide, but to anyone’s senses, it was a scornfully pathetic sight.
The evil deity that had once shrouded the entire land in calamity was now confined to an ice-sealed throne. Even its anger and roars could not hide its weakness and pathetic state.
This was the place of the deities.
“A dying deity. Even the origin of the Frost God, and the will of Disax… Weir only severed his origin, yet it seems to have killed this deity.”
Ig murmured. But the being before him was a genuine deity.
“Evil god, you should have perished under the flames!”
A knight beside him roared with anger, pulling his long sword which burned with fierce flames and charging into the ice domain beneath the ice-sealed throne.
Beneath the ice-sealed throne were followers guarding the deity, even possessing a Saint Rank aura, fighting fiercely with the invading humans.
Terrifying magic and brilliant sword light erupted in the frost-white mist.
Not only the warriors who followed Kasleth, but also Ophi and Ain, and others, took up their weapons and fought the frost servants.
But, as a follower of Disax… that dark swordsman?
Ig raised End and also took a step forward.
It was at this moment that a dense, ink-like darkness spread beneath his feet. Before everyone could react, even Ophi only managed to turn her face.
“Ig!”
Ophi exclaimed, instinctively extending her spear. The thick, viscous blackness struck her body, almost instantly corroding and spreading over the ice blue.
She withdrew her hand in pain, her eyes filled with panic.
A black sword blade was driven into the center of the spreading darkness.
Dense darkness, like the entire withered starry sky, enveloped Ig!
—Not only him, but the spreading darkness on the ice-sealed throne, like black mud, devoured the ice blue, covering the entire place where the deities resided.
