Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 109: Figure in the Blizzard
At this time, Mudu Winter Town was two kilometers away from Xi Wei.
Many players had already arrived on the battlefield, launching a desperate charge towards Mudu Winter Town.
“Brothers! Charge in and save the demi-human girls!”
“Grind these beasts to dust!”
Due to the lack of player leadership, the players were in disarray. The Resurrection Crystals were also haphazardly placed, with only one set up.
Despite this, the massive number of players still caused considerable trouble for Mudu Winter Town’s weak defenses.
“Quick, go ask Lord Eve for instructions,” a guard, clutching his rear end in his embarrassment, yelled to the soldier behind him.
The heat conductivity of his armor was a bit too good, and his backside was nearly roasted by the players’ fire spells.
The air was filled with the smell of roasted meat.
Inside the church of Mudu Winter Town.
Anna stood calmly on the ceremonial platform in the church, seemingly ignoring the panicked soldiers below.
It appeared that even with players attacking her doorstep, she remained unfazed.
“Just ignoble ants. What else can they do but panic and yelp when things happen?”
Anna closed her eyes, a hint of mockery flashing across her beautiful face as she calmly instructed Qi Ya behind her:
“Aren’t the invaders numerous? Go awaken the Ice Queen, but she’s still useful, so she can only be used for thirty minutes.”
“Also, send a magical message to His Holiness the Pope, informing him that Mudu Winter Town is under attack by an unknown force and requires reinforcements.”
Outside Mudu Winter Town, Sun Piercing Steel Plate, holding his long sword, was the first to storm the city wall, letting out a cry of surprise.
But the next moment, a pale, frost-covered hand pierced through his heart with a “thump.”
Sun Piercing Steel Plate blankly looked up, only to see an Elf Girl standing before him, completely covered in frost, even her eyelashes caked with ice crystals.
The girl had exquisite features, skin like frost and snow, and long, azure hair tied up high, revealing a delicate collarbone and a slender neck.
Sun Piercing Steel Plate’s lips trembled from the cold, feeling his body freezing. Soon, his energy body drifted out of his corpse, and he saw that he had already been frozen into an ice sculpture.
He didn’t have time to marvel at the Elf Girl’s beauty and immediately posted on the public channel:
“Everyone, pay attention! A BOSS has spawned on the city wall, an ice popsicle woman!”
In fact, many players had already noticed the anomaly on the city wall. After all, such a large blue special effect standing there was out of place in the cold weapon era below the city wall.
A HP bar, half the length of the Lord of Eagle Territory’s, appeared, and the players could already see the BOSS’s basic information.
[Elite Templar Knight – Ice Queen – Mirabelle (Skull)]
[Legion Archmage – Level 53 (Temporary) – Nightmare]
“Holy crap, it’s here, the shimmering harbinger of death!”
“It’s just like that, I’m used to it. I wouldn’t even be surprised if a level 100 boss suddenly appeared to beat us up.”
After being repeatedly beaten by the Lord of Eagle Territory, the players had developed an immunity to BOSSes. Could any BOSS be more disgusting than the Lord of Eagle Territory?
Entering the next phase with two-thirds of its HP left, still humiliating them while holding a girl, and with 100% HP recovery.
The experienced players quickly calmed down.
They couldn’t defeat it, so they focused on attacking the city walls, beating up the soldiers they could defeat. Why would they go and embarrass themselves in front of an Archmage?
They didn’t believe this Archmage could wipe out a whole area with a single skill.
However, fate is unpredictable.
The Elf Girl standing on the city wall began to chant in a cryptic Elvish language, her eyes shining with a dazzling blue light.
“Smiling-at ea-u oida-senla res…”
[The blizzard engulfs the return path, the snowy realm endures forever.]
Accompanied by the melodious, song-like chanting, a massive blue spell array covered the sky, almost encompassing the entire city wall area facing Mudu Winter Town.
The previously clear sky instantly turned gloomy.
Dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and a biting cold wind began to blow within the spell array’s area. The wind carried large snowflakes that slapped the players’ faces.
The surrounding temperature began to plummet.
“Jie… Jie Ge, I… I can’t move…”
“Me neither… It’s so… so damn cold. Why can this game only adjust the pain?”
Soon, the players found a countdown debuff added to their status bar: [Frozen].
Higher-level players had longer freeze countdowns, usually over thirty seconds, while players below level ten were frozen into ice sculptures in less than five seconds.
In the wind and snow, their bodily functions began to decline, their movement speed slowed, and soon all of them were frozen into individual ice sculptures.
Within the city wall area, any player still within the spell array was killed by this single skill.
Moreover, it appeared to be a continuous skill.
The players were troubled. A legion-type Archmage was too casual in dealing with their low-tier forces. How would they proceed?
Attack from other directions?
What if they used another skill like this?
Suddenly, a player noticed a heroic and imposing figure in the blizzard, dragging a greatsword and sprinting towards the city wall at incredible speed.
The freezing effect that had been so troublesome for the players seemed to have no effect on this person.
A curious player, still within range, immediately cast an Appraisal technique and then exclaimed:
“Is that the Lord of Eagle Territory?”
“Screenshot? Panel? How could the Lord of Eagle Territory be yellow in the middle… Holy crap, it really is!?”
“Are you kidding me? I’m not used to it if he doesn’t show his HP bar!”
With a loud “boom,”
Under the shocked gazes of the players, the Lord of Eagle Territory split open a section of the city wall like a Tyrannosaurus, and the splashing bricks even rolled towards the players.
Although the quality of the city wall here was average, the sheer brute force and destructive power still had a great impact on the players’ minds.
Xi Wei’s gaze was cold as he looked at the fleeing Elf Girl, his greatsword unceremoniously striking her.
This was a typical legion-type Mage, with extremely poor self-preservation abilities, but a significant threat to a core force within an army.
However, for a Sky Knight like him, the debuffs were nothing more than a tickle.
As the two chased and fled on the city wall, deafening explosions echoed.
In the players’ vision, the entire city wall on the south side crumbled inch by inch, becoming a mess of ruins as if it had been plowed over.
With no one to protect her, the Elf Girl could only continuously cast shields on herself, but they were all shattered by this terrifying man’s sword. She had no time to breathe.
How could a Sky Knight’s strength be so terrifying? A knight who fought with Qi yet possessed brute strength comparable to a warrior of the same level.
This was illogical!
Most of her spells required time to chant, making it impossible to launch an effective counter-attack.
With one mistake, her magic shield was smashed to pieces by the greatsword. Before she could react, she was struck in the face by the approaching man’s elbow, spitting blood as she was sent flying backward. Immediately after, a greatsword followed, pinning her to the city wall.
With the spell channeling source cut off, the players discovered that the blizzard had stopped.
Although they didn’t know why the Lord of Eagle Territory was attacking Mudu Winter Town at this time, the enemy of their enemy was their friend.
Since the Lord of Eagle Territory did not display his HP bar to them, they were happy to follow him and borrow his might.
However, they would soon realize that their thoughts were a bit too naive.
