Chapter 638: Chapter 96: A Girl That Feels Familiar
Pale falling snow landed on his sides. Azer had experienced this feeling many times, but amidst the familiarity, there was a hint of strangeness.
It was like the frost calamity he encountered in countless dreams. However, compared to the cold, indifferent gaze of the supreme deity, he seemed to catch the scent of a conspiracy.
The red-haired young man frowned forcefully.
“Why do I feel uneasy in my heart… Is it because I’m worried their conspiracy will affect this Vinash City, worried about the safety of the sacred relic, or is it because of the young master?”
Suddenly, a biting cold wind swept towards him, mixed with harsh shrieks.
“Hiss—”
The demonic power of flame instantly turned into a shield, blocking in front of Azer. It collided with the claws and fangs of the snow beast, stirring up waves of wind and kicking up shattered ice layers from the ground. The red-haired young man’s steps paused under the immense force. He raised his right hand and thrust his sword, piercing the snow beast and melting it into burnt crispness.
At the same time, he dodged to the side, avoiding the sharp ice shards spat out by the ice and snow monster on the other side. With a slide, the traces of blazing flame left on his sword remained conspicuous and brightly lit amidst the icy mist.
As if blazing flames had descended, after a flash of sword light, the opponent’s body was cut into two pieces. The cut surfaces of their flesh and blood were scorched by high temperatures. The oozing blood, mixed with shattered ice shards, remained on the ground and was melted by the high temperature of the flames.
Azer already had rich experience dealing with snow beasts from the frost calamity, and even with the fallen cultists who had degenerated into ice and snow monsters by consuming fragments of frost calamity ice crystals.
Moreover, the flame he felt from the lantern borrowed from Miss Verafia a few days prior gave him complete restraint against creations of this level of frost calamity.
And earlier, his fight with Kaino had only caused him minor injuries, not affecting Azer’s fighting strength at all at this moment.
“But, I wonder, how are Miss Verafia and the others doing…”
Azer couldn’t help but worry about that golden-haired girl who clearly had an unusual identity but not a trace of magical power.
However, he thought that with Iggy beside the girl, and another Ice Dragon Miss, they were probably much safer than he was now, so he shook his head and smiled.
In his ears, there was the howling of ice and snow, and the sounds of divine arts and magical power being released. Numerous fellow knights were fighting fiercely with the creations of the frost calamity, but Azer did not, like Kaino, pick up his sword and fight on the front lines against the frost calamity’s creations, nor did he protect the high platform where Cardinal Bro and Mistetinn’s Staff were located.
It wasn’t cowardice… but rather, Azer felt something strange.
His ears were filled with the harsh sounds of resilient weapons clashing with ice layers, but more so, with the sounds of people crying out in horror.
In the entire arena, most of the people had not fled. Most of them had very low magical power levels. Even occasionally, there were powerful individuals, but they were almost fighting alone, making it difficult to withstand the attacks of the snow beasts and frost calamity cultists under the shroud of the frost calamity.
The priests and knights of the Inquisition in the field were almost all fighting against the main force of the frost calamity’s creations, making it difficult for them to pay attention to them.
Just as he was thinking this, he instinctively raised his sword and killed an enemy who had lunged at him. He looked up and realized he was very close to a spectator stand.
The ground and benches were covered with human corpses, but there were more broken ice crystals formed after the snow beasts died, and even dead frost calamity cultists in cultist attire.
However, Azer had no time to examine them at this moment.
The enemies around him were far more numerous than before. He swung his sword, igniting flames, and barely carved out a path. In front of him, groups of snow beasts surrounded the slender figure of a young girl.
The girl wielded her staff, and the light of magic flickered, releasing powerful attack spells that repelled the surrounding attacking frost calamity creations. However, it seemed that due to a lack of combat experience, she appeared to be struggling and in great danger.
Through the gaps in the snow beasts besieging her, a lock of pink hair was visible in the young man’s sight.
Azer’s movements, which were about to strike, paused, and he suddenly stunned: “Wait, she is…”
In this moment of stillness, he saw more clearly:
Cherry-blue hair was somewhat messy, falling on her slender, fragrant shoulders. Her small, fair, and slender hand tightly gripped her staff. The girl’s originally fair and exquisite dress seemed to have been stained with dirt during the battle.
Even in danger, her beauty was undeniable… Like an angel with pink hair, in his dreams, with a gentle smile on her lips and a gentle gaze in her beautiful eyes.
Azer forgot how long he was stunned in that instant, until a snow beast almost bit the girl’s delicate body, and she panicked and pushed it back with her hair, before he quickly came to his senses.
The young man cursed himself inwardly, quickly drew his sword, and leaped forward, hacking and killing the snow beast that was about to attack the girl: “Miss, are you alright?”
“Um, uh… I’m fine. Thank you…” The beautiful young mage seemed a bit weak, her panting breaths were a little rapid, and she said softly.
However, because her back was to him, Azer did not see a fleeting look of evasion and avoidance in the girl’s pale gold eyes.
The snow beasts around the girl were not very strong. With her help, Azer didn’t take much time to kill more than one snow beast.
Although there were countless others around, they wouldn’t disturb them for the time being. Azer turned around, his gaze falling on the girl’s face.
The quietly falling cherry-pink hair looked delicate. Her pale gold pupils were like clear and bright dawn light… The girl was even more beautiful than he had imagined. The way she gently grasped the corner of her skirt and her trembling eyelashes, just a slight movement, could stir Azer’s heartstrings.
Something felt very wrong.
Although the girl was extremely beautiful, she was still inferior to Miss Verafia. However, even in front of the almost astonishingly beautiful Miss Verafia, Azer could remain at ease and composed.
But in front of this girl, Azer couldn’t help but feel absent-minded… Could it be just because she had similar hair color and eye color to the young master?
As if wanting to investigate and understand, Azer’s gaze directly fell on her face.
Not only did he feel special… but there was also a sense of familiarity, a familiar feeling…
Being scrutinized by him, the girl shyly lowered her face, a slight blush appearing. Her slender fingers intertwined somewhat uneasily.
Azer realized his actions were quite impolite to a lady, but he coughed awkwardly and quickly shifted his gaze: “Miss, have we, perhaps, met before?”
The sense of familiarity lingering in his heart had not yet dissipated.
“Ah! Meeting… it’s nothing. This is my first time seeing you.”
The pink-haired girl raised her face in surprise, only to quickly avert her gaze after a brief moment of eye contact with Azer. A blush like a rosy cloud appeared on her fair face. The girl spoke intermittently:
“But, thank you for saving me just now.”
This Miss seemed to be easily shy… It was as if he could hear her heartbeat.
Azer couldn’t help but let out a smile. He looked at the girl:
“This is nothing major… However, it’s not safe here, and the frost calamity cult might have a conspiracy. So, Miss, please follow me. I’ll take you to a safe place.”
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Just wanted to switch Azer’s perspective and then let Veer appear… (Didn’t expect that switching perspectives would take a whole chapter…)
