I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 749

Chapter 205 Sword of Resolve
I don’t understand… why Ig insists on coming with me to conquer the deity of ice. However, Ophi has a vague feeling that it must be related to Verafia.
The Ice Dragon Girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised her small face and said:
“Could it be that Ig wants to take Veer and kill that hateful deity… to avenge Veer?”
“Kill the Frost God… Heh, that’s certainly what I want to do, but whether He becomes a true god or is completely erased, it won’t help Veer.”
Ig shook his head, “Besides, it’s not about revenge. Veer, she’s just sleeping.”
Hearing the boy’s last words, which sounded low, Ophi’s slender fingers couldn’t help but grip them. Ophi’s crystalline eyes, as radiant as gems, were a frost blue and dimmed.
Although she was also sad, for Ig… could he still not face it?
Ig didn’t care about Ophi’s gaze. He lowered his face.
A soft moonlight poured from the carriage window, a few strands of gold were brushed by a few strands of silver-white, falling on the girl’s flawless face. It looked serene and beautiful, and at the same time, it made her appear holy and magnificent, like a moon goddess quietly sleeping.
The domain of ice, the law of frost covered the sky, obscuring the sun, moon, and stars, but it could not block the light as thin as fireflies.
Ig said, “Actually, there aren’t so many reasons… Half a year ago, Veer gave me the Heart of Ice and told me that she wanted to melt the ice and snow.”
“Then, Ig, you just want to let Veer personally witness the defeat of that God of Frost Calamity and the melting of the ice and snow?”
Ig hid his face and didn’t answer, so the girl took it as a default. She raised her head and said with some worry, “But even so, bringing Veer, won’t it be too dangerous?”
“Ahead lies the origin of the frost calamity. The frost calamity has befallen this world for twenty years, but its encroachment in the northern ice fields has been completely uprooted and destroyed, and even the traitors among humans who defected to Him have been annihilated.”
“Now, He only has one city left. In Winterfall City, the law of frost is shattered, leaving only the darkness swordsman corroded by the Star God… and that lingering so-called deity.”
Ig looked up at the dimly visible ice city.
If he couldn’t still see the law of ice, Ig would have guessed that the God of Ice, Holder, had completely fallen after Verafia’s sword strike.
The entire northern ice field, covered by the domain of frost, could almost be called a kingdom of ice. Countless knights and soldiers eroded by ice, in terms of brute force alone, were not inferior to the forces of the entire alliance… Facing the human punitive army, they were crushed and destroyed. In just half a year, they reached the core city.
This only shows that for the past half-year, the God of Ice has been silent and disorganized, unable to issue commands, allowing his subjects to fight independently and unable to cope with the human allied forces.
Ig looked down at his hands.
He had faced an avatar of the Frost God. And half a year ago, this was not the first time… those avatars possessed the law of frost and the will of the Star God, but each was like a wild beast, with no trace of divine consciousness.
The God of Ice did not even connect to his avatars. Perhaps half a year ago, Verafia’s world-destroying sword strike severed His origin, severely wounding Him to this extent, even surviving today and His will is difficult to maintain.
But, in Winterfall City, there is one more person…
Ig thought of the swordsman named Alcoria, the Dark Star God.
Once one of Lothel’s old friends, now undoubtedly a subordinate of the Destroying Star God, Disax. However, Ig could never see through his intentions.
He did not seem like a pure divine subordinate… Countless memories of frost erosion, he merely witnessed the descent of the Frost God half a year ago, and even to this day, he had not seen any trace of this dark swordsman.
However, Alcoria would definitely appear in Winterfall City.
Ig frowned, then shook his head.
Ophi, sitting beside him and the girl, still looked at him with some worry, as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.
Ig smiled and requested, “However, no matter what, at that time, I hope Little Fei can help me.”
Upon hearing his words, the doubts lingering in Ophi’s eyes were instantly cast aside. She puffed out her chest, her still tender little face deliberately lifted:
“Ig and Veer are both my friends. I will definitely protect Ig and Veer!”
Seeing the determination in the Ice Dragon Girl’s big eyes, Ig couldn’t help but smile. He reached out, touched the girl’s soft frost-blue hair, and ruffled her head.
After chatting for a while longer, Ophi got up to say goodbye, and her expression was much more relaxed than at the beginning.
Ig watched Ophi’s retreating figure.
He hadn’t lied to this naturally naive Dragon Girl.
Verafia had indeed told him that she wanted to melt the ice and snow.
His girl was indeed just sleeping.
But…
He thought of his conversation with Ophi just now… regarding the girl’s oath and responsibility, this was what he should bear.
Ig lowered his head slightly.
Delicate and gentle moonlight sprinkled on the girl’s flawless face. Just like the End Sword Blade resting beside her, touched by the moonlight.
This sword was left to him by Verafia. Verafia wanted her to accompany him for a long time in her stead.
However…
Ig’s palm grasped the sword blade lightly. A stream of moonlight flowed across the End, as if reflecting her thoughts.
In just half a year, it was not enough for the sword spirit of the End to truly condense into the “sister” Verafia had mentioned, a girl similar to her, but Ig could feel the meaning conveyed by the End.
“I’m sorry… Even if you are identical to Veer, it’s difficult for me to replace her with you.”
Ig said. He stood up with the sword in hand.
The slight trembling of the sword in his hand stopped. As if it understood his resolve.
Such resolve… He had never wavered from it half a year ago.
…
Just as Cassleit had said, Winterfall City was not far away. In less than half a day, Ig saw the towering, ice-sealed city walls.
He glanced at the girl in the carriage, then Ig walked towards the earth with his long sword.
The gleaming End drew a cold light, and the ice-aligned subordinates blocking his path were instantly destroyed, their frost blood filling the sword blade.
But Ig did not stop at all.
He naturally would not stop here.
In his ears, magnificent magic and divine arts shone upon the entire ice-sealed city, and the high-pitched shouts of the accompanying warriors echoed. Ig swung his sword blade, taking another step forward in the frost.
The ice subordinates disintegrated under his sword. The Black-haired Young Man’s gaze looked beyond the ice mist, towards the distant deity.