Chapter 629 Thawing

The team went all the way east, hardly encountering any expected enemies.

There was no elite crystal cluster army, and no large troop backing back. Along the way, the troop led by Gawain only encountered a few small-scale wandering crystal clusters—those monsters that had lost control were aimlessly wandering around. Wandering between the plains and the hills, seeing the chariot, it rushed up desperately, and then was easily wiped out, not a threat at all.

This continued until the broken walls of Boulder came into view of the observers.

The soldier's car serving as an observer returned to the car, took off the multi-functional tactical goggles, and said with some consternation on his face: "Report, a large area of ​​freezing marks were found ahead, and there is a wide-area magic reaction!"

Amber's eyes looked through the observation hole of the carriage and looked at the street scene of the ruins outside. She saw large swaths of frost covering the surface of the collapsed bricks, tiles and wooden beams. Outside the city, the amount of these ice and snow is not very large, but as the team goes deeper and deeper, a world that can be described as ice and snow gradually appears in front of everyone.

Thick solid ice covered the entire inner city, and countless corpses were turned into icy sculptures. The howling wind rolled up layers of snowflakes and slammed on the steel armor of the tanks. The core area of ​​the city encountered an ice storm. Feng, the power of this ice block is so great that it even makes people suspect that the cold winter has returned to this world again - in this season that should be getting hotter day by day.

Amber looked at the scene outside in astonishment, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "This is... what's going on..."

"A very powerful... wide-area magic, legendary level," Wright couldn't help but stunned, "I have never seen a similar spell."

"White Knight, get out of the car and walk," Gawain thoughtfully looked at the frozen city outside through the observation port, and then suddenly ordered, "The rest of the car crew and soldiers should be vigilant and move at a low speed."

The armored truck the White Knight was riding in quickly stopped, and Wright and his elite priests jumped out of the truck and came to the front of the team with the warhammer in hand.

Gawain also left the car with Amber and Maggie. He jumped to the ground, the metal boots stomped on the hard ice, and the latter made an ethereal cracking sound, which was obviously not a normal ice crystal. should be issued.

Gawain bent down, picked up a few pieces of broken ice, and then slowly crushed it while pouring magic power into it. Those seemingly solid ice pieces immediately cracked crisply, and then turned into magic dust drifting in the wind. A little bit melted into the air.

Amber's eyes widened when he saw this scene: "Ah... Are these ices made with magic?"

"It's been a long time since I saw this scene... Snow's 'cold disaster',

Corresponding memories appeared in Gawain's mind. He sighed softly while looking at Maggie with a bewildered face next to him, "When did Victoria break through to the pinnacle of legend? "

"Legendary pinnacle? No...Victoria should only be a legendary junior..." Maggie was stunned for a moment, then asked nervously, "Do you know what happened here? Why is it so quiet here - the enemy and the Mountain Legion It seems to be…”

"Don't be nervous," Gawain interrupted Maggie, "Since this place is frozen, she and the Mountain Legion are definitely still alive. Of course, some extra things should also be alive..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers who were exploring the road ahead suddenly shouted: "Sir! There are many frozen giants here!"

That scene is unforgettable - countless cluster giants are frozen inside the ice, they are covered with a layer of clear ice, they stand in the sun as if wearing strange armor, they gather in groups On the squares, stairs and roads of the castle district, they still maintained their various postures when they assembled, as if they did not realize that winter was coming until the moment of freezing.

It seems that most of the cluster giants that besieged Boulder were left here.

Amber stared at the horrifying scene in front of her in astonishment. After a long time, she suddenly said, "Is this what the Duke of the North did? If she has this ability...why didn't she use it earlier..."

"This is the legendary spell 'Cold Disaster', but I suspect that Victoria is not proficient in using it, and in the case of unfamiliarity, Cold Disaster cannot kill any enemy - Victoria should only use it after realizing that there are reinforcements With this spell, the Crystal Cluster Legion that could have returned to Hongfeng in time was temporarily left here," Gawain said casually about his guess, and at the same time felt a little emotional, "It doesn't seem to be as good as Snow in the past. Back then, Snow played this cold disaster out of the blue..."

Wright came to Gawain: "What do we do with these... ice sculptures?"

"Break it, while it's still frozen," Gawain glanced at the heavy warhammer in the hands of the White Knights, then looked at the surrounding chariots and soldiers, and finally looked at the cluster giants, "Only Keep the largest one, lock it in advance, and maybe send it back to the rear as research material after it's 'thawed'."

"Are they still thawed?!" Wright was stunned at first, then quickly ordered the soldiers to execute Gawain's order, "Hurry up and smash these ice sculptures..."

The white knights swung their life-saving hammers and began to save these twisted souls, while Gawain walked towards the ramp not far away: "Let's go inside and see what's going on in Victoria, the center of the cold disaster. The area looks like the inner courtyard of the castle, and she should be waiting for us inside."

In the inner courtyard area of ​​the castle, Gawain, Amber and the others soon found the Mountain Legion, who was also in a frozen state, and Archduchess Victoria, who was surrounded by the knights and mages of the Mountain Legion.

The last mountain legion and their monarch were frozen in the artificial iceberg in the inner court area. The ice layer much thicker than the outside froze nearly two-thirds of the entire inner court into a whole. I am afraid that the white knight's warhammer also Unable to shake it, through the crystal clear ice, Gawain could clearly see the tired but determined soldiers, the scarred knights, the mages and attendants who had drawn their daggers, and of course, also. I could see Victoria Wilder, who was holding the staff tightly and still had the last expression on her face when she was frozen.

After seeing Victoria who was also frozen, Gawain's expression looked a little surprised.

Everyone was shocked by the power and splendor of this legendary spell, but Gawain temporarily put aside the accident and began to explain the situation of the spell according to the information in his memory: "Snow Wilder created the cold disaster back then, it is a kind of The spells that can temporarily freeze the entire battlefield, and the summoned ice cubes can even freeze the weaker legendary powerhouses, but they are not actually lethal - all ice cubes are magical products, frozen Units are only temporarily stagnant in the magic field. With the end of the cold disaster, the magic field dissipates, and the frozen target will regain the ability to move freely, so it can only be used to temporarily control the field, but it does not have direct lethality. …”

"Why do I think there is something wrong with this spell..." Amber looked at the huge iceberg in the inner court with a strange expression, "Then if the caster is frozen in it... What's the use of this 'cold disaster'? Everyone together Freeze for a while to calm down, and then wait for the 'ice' to melt and continue to fight?"

Gawain glanced in Victoria's direction, and after a brief pondering, he said, "That's it, Snow didn't freeze himself into the cold disaster...

"I also don't understand how Victoria froze herself."

Amber: "...Huh?"

It took Wright and his priests a long time to complete Gawain's order. They smashed all the "ice sculptures" found in the inner city of the castle - or killed every frozen crystal cluster, On the other hand, Gawain, who was guarding the inner courtyard of the castle, waited longer for the effect of the cold disaster to end and until the magic power melted away.

Right in front of everyone, the huge iceberg disintegrated and dissipated almost instantly, and the survivors of the mountain regiment who were frozen in it regained consciousness one by one. The thinking of these loyal soldiers still seemed to be stagnant in their previous state. At first, driven by instinct, they hurried for a while, and then they were stunned to find that they were surrounded by unfamiliar soldiers in full armor.

Gawain waited until the chaos subsided a little, then stepped forward, he stepped over the crystals of magic power in the air that had not yet dissipated, and stretched out his hand to the shocked Victoria: "I didn't expect to meet in this state - fortunately I'm not too late."

"It's you... it's you who is attacking Hongfeng?!" Victoria seemed to have reacted at this moment, and stretched out her hand half a beat - this kind of disgrace is not common for this female grand duke, but considering her The changes just experienced, all this seems understandable, "I really didn't expect... ah, those monsters outside the castle..."

"It's been dealt with, I know 'Cold Disaster'," Gawain said with a smile, "but I'm very curious, aren't you worried that people who don't know about Cold Disaster are approaching here? After the ice block was lifted, those who suddenly resumed their activities Cluster giants can mean great danger."

"In the whole of Ansu, anyone who has the ability to rescue the Mountain Legion must know the 'Cold Disaster', which is the symbolic power of the Wilder family," Victoria said, "But... I really didn't expect it to be you..."

"I'm afraid that in the whole of Ansu now, only the southern border still has complete military power," Gawain shook his head, then looked at Wright who had just returned from the mission, "You take the white knights to treat the wounded, there are many people here who need first aid and treatment. Illness. In addition, go and fetch the food, and prepare clean drinking water..."

The soldiers immediately started the operation, and the tense and orderly rescue work began immediately. The injured mountain legionnaires were quickly treated and comforted, and a large amount of food and drinking water brought with the vehicle supplemented the physical strength of these tired people. .

Amid the tense and orderly rescue, Victoria forced herself up and asked Gawain about the current external situation.

"Unfortunately, the Knights of the Royal Capital are not capable of turning the tide. They should be doing their best to defend the city of Saint Sunil. The Western Frontier Corps has not yet appeared near the Gorgon River, and they may be filled directly into Saint Sue. Neil's battlefield. The Eastern Territory Legion has been completely destroyed, and the entire Eastern Territory is currently unchecked. I am trying to find a way to maintain order there..."

Gawain talked about the information he had one by one, but each piece of information made Victoria's mood even lower.

"I didn't expect the situation to be so bad..." The duchess frowned. She is usually a person who rarely shows rich expressions, but today all her expressions are no longer hidden, and the whole person is even It seems particularly vivid, "I thought that some of the main forces in the East would remain to fight against this disaster... but I didn't expect them to be worse than the Mountain Legion."

"This disaster broke out from them first," Gawain said, then looked at Victoria curiously, "Actually, I'm curious about one thing...why did your cold disaster freeze yourself up? ? As far as I know, when Snow created this spell, there was no problem with freezing the caster together."

Victoria was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere at the scene seemed a little awkward in these few seconds.

"Actually, I didn't master this spell..." The Duchess finally had to tell her frankly, she took out the pale golden snowflake amulet inherited from the family, and there was a bit of shame in her tone, which was ashamed of her ancestors, " The Cold Disaster has lost its inheritance many generations ago, and the symbol of power of the Wilder family has always been built on this amulet."

Did the Wilder family in the north lose their inheritance of the "cold disaster" many generations ago...

Gawain suddenly felt a little sigh in his heart, feeling the power of the changes of the years, but soon, his eyes were attracted by the unique material luster of the amulet in Victoria's hand.

"Do you know where the materials for making this amulet came from? Did you melt an eternal slate?!"