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"That's that!?" Daming was led by Xiaoxue to the end of a corridor, but there were four frost demons guarding an ice gate at the end.
How could this thing appear here!
From time to time, vibrations caused by the Balrog attacks were heard in the castle. However, Daming slipped in before the Balrog caused the war, so he didn't know that the fighting was raging outside. He only vaguely felt that the vibration seemed to be inseparable from the Balrog.
The Yin Qi in the Frost Demon's territory will be captured and fused by the cold air to produce a new Frost Demon. On the contrary, the Yin Qi in the Balrog's territory will produce a new Balrog. Therefore, there are two ways to produce Balrogs and Frost Demons. One is to produce them naturally, but in small numbers and very slowly. The other is to kill enemies in their own territory to replenish their companions. Therefore, no matter how many Balrogs the Frost Demon kills with long-range weapons outside the castle, the number of Balrogs will not decrease in the end.
(After being baptized by magma, the Balrogs will become stronger, so they will take a dip every fixed period of time. After the liquid magma hardens on the Balrogs, the stones on their bodies will become larger, and the corresponding body size will be larger. It is also bigger, and if the body is too seriously shattered during the fight, the magma can also repair the body. Just don't soak it for too long, otherwise it will melt, and you will have to admit that you will be unlucky if you are washed away by the magma.)
Purgatory is pretty standard militant. Before it came, although there were minor conflicts between the Balrog and the Frost Demon, they generally lived their own lives and lived in peace. But after Purgatory took command of the fire demons, he started fighting and attacked the castles of the frost demons.
Purgatory is coming!
When the battle begins, the Balrog will first split a burning stone from his body and hold it in his hand, and then throw it out like a fireball. A large shower of meteors and fire will continue to bombard the castle, setting the stage for this battle. Kick off.
Although Purgatory was sealed in the city in the end, only a few surviving frost demons knew the truth at that time, and the Demon Queen was one of them.
When Inami was running along the corridor, something quite large suddenly crushed the ice wall on the left and crashed in. Fortunately, Inami jumped back quickly to avoid being crushed. Inami looked at the thing carefully, and it seemed that it was a pillar of some kind of building.
Because it is split from the body, this kind of fireball fire demon cannot be thrown without warning. Next, they may throw stones, tear down the house and throw them, or even throw their own people on it.
The frost demons are a very rational clan. They are well aware of the irreparable gap in power between themselves and Purgatory, so they will not overestimate their capabilities and seek revenge from Purgatory, at least not yet.
"What a bunch of stupid rocks who don't know how to learn lessons." After the commanding Frost Demon finished reciting, he concentrated on the war.
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"Let's go check out the situation in Purgatory." The Demon Queen told the frost demons on her left and right, and then jumped onto a huge ice snake next to the throne. This ice snake is the Demon Queen's mount, and the Demon Queen always rides on it.
As the white steam slowly flowed out from other channels, the steam at the scene began to become thinner, and the figure of Purgatory became faintly visible.
Purgatory, like Balrog, is a flame stone giant whose body is burning with flames, but Purgatory is about twice as tall and bulky as Balrog.
Daming also felt a sense of familiarity at this time, so he put his fingers into the ice prison and fiddled with her. Although the little thing was a little hesitant at first, he still docilely put his face against Da Ming's fingers and rubbed them.
Now seeing this little guy being imprisoned here, of course Daming couldn't just sit back and watch.
(Unlike the pure flames of Shihan, the ancient flames of purgatory are the purest destructive power)
The little guy nodded at first, but then shook his head. Da Ming couldn't figure out what she meant.
"Are you also a wild beast?" After Daming asked, the little guy nodded.
Now that it has lost interest in the frost demons, Purgatory simply ignored the demon queens in front of it and began to look for its new target. For Purgatory, engaging in meaningless battles is as boring as teaching the Balrog why one plus one equals two (because it can't be taught at all).
"Purgatory doesn't seem to be anything special." A frost demon operating an ice crystal cannon muttered in a low voice. It was a newly born frost demon after the Battle of Purgatory, so it had never seen the horror of Purgatory with its own eyes. However, it will soon experience this for itself.
In an instant, the entire hall became empty, leaving Inami alone.
She decided to keep Daming by her side forever.
"[Jue]! We finally meet again."
"This is..." After Inami finished dealing with the Balrog on the right side of the ice wall, she discovered that this place turned out to be a storage room, where many materials for spells were stored, and because they had been frozen for a long time, they were well preserved. .
Wait a minute...it's ice and snow! ? Maybe…
Although the ice barrier can produce nearly unlimited magic power, the barrier wall and weapon attack output will consume most of the magic power in a short period of time, and in order to maintain the operation of the barrier, it is necessary to retain a fixed amount of magic power. OK. Therefore, the frost demons cannot attack continuously. After a round of firepower, there must be a long gap period to recover the magic power, just like the pistol must be reloaded after the bullets are fired.
Sure enough, it still can't be suppressed... The Demon Queen felt a little frightened. These six ice crystal cannons were carefully and specially improved by them. Unexpectedly, Purgatory was able to break free in the end.
There are many smaller ice strips connected up and down between the faults of the icicles, which look like a birdcage, and a very strange object is imprisoned in the birdcage.
Xiaoxue stood in front of the ice door and just touched it lightly. The ice door opened automatically, and then Xiaoxue happily pulled Daming in. When the trapped frost demon saw this, he immediately screamed for help.
In such an extremely cold place, the Balrog cannot regenerate and recover. Once it is broken, it is the same as death. However, the Balrog and Frost Demon are not living beings with flesh and blood. The so-called death is just reduced to an invisible Yin Qi.
The demon queen roared, telling the frost demons to retreat. At the same time, his right hand was raised high, and six ice crystal cannons were pushed out at the same time, aiming at the cage of frozen purgatory.
After the fireballs thrown by the Balrogs hit the barrier wall guarding the castle, they caused a violent explosion. The blue light of the barrier wall and the dazzling firelight of the explosion intertwined into a gorgeous scene. Although the fierce fireball attack of the Balrogs was not enough to break the ice barrier, it was still enough to shake the inside of the castle.
White water vapor filled the entire space, and also covered up the figure of Purgatory, allowing the remaining five ice crystal cannons to fire aimlessly. After the freezing rays swept across the water vapor, the vapor turned into tiny ice beads and fell from the air, as if hail had fallen.
Even the Balrogs couldn't stay in the magma for too long, so they developed a sense of awe towards Purgatory. Not long after, Purgatory became the leader of the Balrogs.
"It seems that she has been involved in a very troublesome matter." Inami murmured to herself, while following behind the Demon Queen. Anyway, she wasn't familiar with this place and didn't know where to go at the moment, so she might as well follow the Demon Queen first.
But the most important point is also the biggest difference between Purgatory and Balrog. What burned on Balrog's body was just ordinary red fire, but what covered Purgatory's body was blazing white flame, the ultimate absolute high temperature.
Without warning, the ice egg suddenly cracked. A piece of ice about the size of a quarter of a football field suddenly hit one of the ice crystal cannons, and the grunting frost demon and its companions were crushed under the huge ice block together with the ice crystal cannon. .
The whole body of that little thing is composed of luminous crystals. It is about the size of Daming's hand. It looks like a Q version of a human-shaped crystal doll, but a large light blue diamond-shaped ice crystal on its forehead takes up a third of her body. 1 in size and looks very cute.
Balrog!
Suddenly, a boulder arm with white flames penetrated the floor of the room and grabbed the two frost demons that were originally on top. The two frost demons couldn't bear the intense heat of the white flames, and melted and disappeared in an instant.
"Although it has indeed improved a lot compared to last time, the result is still quite unsatisfactory. Anyway, I am no longer interested in you."
Purgatory walked to the ice wall at the edge. The ice wall melted into a big hole because it couldn't bear the high temperature of Purgatory. Then Purgatory walked out of the hole and began to move straight to where he wanted to go. The ice wall blocking him was not a problem at all for him.
But here another very strange phenomenon occurred.
The dull Balrogs only knew obedience and loyalty, and because they were incompatible with the frost demons by nature, it could be said that they threw themselves into the war without any hesitation. Although the attack under the leadership of Purgatory failed this time, it aroused the warlike nature of the Balrogs, and since then there have been constant conflicts with the Frost Demons.
"Then will you come with me?"
A strong sense of uneasiness hit Daming's heart, but it was not because of the frost demon in front of him.
Balrog was waiting for this opportunity to launch a massive attack.
And unlike Balrog, whose structure is made up of fragmented stones, Purgatory's body is completely integrated and looks like a complete set of knight's armor. Only the joints have seams, which completely combines strength and beauty. Performance, like a flawless work of art.
When Xiaoxue appeared next to Daming, she looked around curiously at first, but then she discovered something and seemed very excited. Before Daming could ask, Xiaoxue took Daming's hand and ran forward. Even Daming himself couldn't figure out what was going on.
The ice crystal cannon developed by Frost Demon can convert the magic power of the ice barrier into freezing rays with long-range attack capabilities. Although the attack distance is not far in a hot environment, it is enough to cause considerable damage to Balrog. , In addition, the frost demons also developed many messy weapons, and because of this, the Balrogs did not dare to approach the castle at will.
"Xue! Come out." Daming immediately summoned Xiaoxue. Since Xiaoxue's attributes are the same as here, he might be able to discover more things than himself.
The frost demons under command also find it funny when they think about it. Every time they pretend to run out of magic power to attract the Balrogs to attack, so that they are exposed to the range of the Frost Demons in large numbers. The funny thing is that the Balrogs will definitely be hit every time. Recruitment, I really don’t know whether to call it stupid or what.
"Let everyone pay close attention to the whereabouts of Purgatory, but never provoke it." After the Demon Queen finished explaining her subordinates, she waved them away, while she stayed in place to think about the next course of action.
The reason is to wait for the moment when the frost demons' attack power is exhausted.
During the days when purgatory was sleeping, the frost demons were not idle either. Here are their plans and arrangements for thousands of years, just for the arrival of this day.
"What's wrong?" Daming saw Xiaoxue looking like she was about to cry, so he stepped forward and hugged her. However, Xiaoxue still said to the object: "You are lonely...Xue has felt this way before, but now that Xue has Ming and many other friends, Xue will no longer cry alone, so don't cry either. .”
But why don't you look for it? Daming is quite worried about Inami's safety, and there seems to be something hidden in this ice and snow.
This castle has been renovated many times by the Frost Demon. The original building structure has long been demolished and ice walls have been used to separate the spaces. However, it does not matter even if it is not an ice wall. Inferno will kick away anything that gets in the way.
Because there was something related to the survival of the frost demon clan behind the door, the guarding frost demon naturally attacked the two of them mercilessly. But Da Ming didn't even need to take action. Many long and sharp ice picks appeared from the feet of the four frost demons and stuck them tightly, unable to move at all.
That feeling was like returning to the time when these remaining frost demons gathered in front of Purgatory and waited to die. From the rolling steam, the Demon Queen could feel a familiar heat wave approaching.
Perhaps as the leader of the wild beasts, [Jue] blamed itself for not taking good care of its people, which caused the subsequent catastrophe to destroy most of the wild beasts. This sense of debt was also passed down to the Ming Dynasty when it inherited its power. In Da Ming's heart, so Daming has an indescribable sense of responsibility for the wild beasts and feels obligated to take good care of them.
After hesitating in place for a while, Inami reached out to collect materials.
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Although Purgatory has lost interest in the frost demon clan, as long as it is around, the crisis of the frost demons has not been resolved. Thinking of this, the Demon Queen knew that the future of the frost demons was still not optimistic.
On the surface, Purgatory seemed to be suppressed, but the Demon Queen knew that this was just the beginning of the matter.
Inami looked around the room a few times and saw some familiar things. Her ridiculous thoughts started to burn again, because here were all the materials for her to cast the spell, and she already had Daming's blood in her body. For guidance, the only thing left is to decide whether to do it or not.
"All personnel are in combat mode. Since they couldn't capture this castle before, don't even think about it today. People, knock back those stupid rocks." After the demon queen gave the order, all the frost demons were very disciplined. Exit slowly without any clutter. From the constant battles, the frost demon learned the importance of discipline.
Seeing Purgatory's domineering departure certainly made the Demon Queen feel angry, but besides being angry, it also made her feel at ease. As long as Purgatory does not take action, the Frost Demon Clan will not be in danger of being exterminated in a short time.
In comparison, how to maintain the survival of the race is much more important.
bump! bump! Inami clearly heard two sounds coming from her front and back, and her skin suddenly felt extremely hot at the same time.
"Everyone retreats temporarily, be careful of Purgatory's attack!" The Demon Queen immediately gave the order, but it was still a step too late.
That thing seemed to be able to communicate consciously with Xiaoxue, so Xiaoxue stopped and listened carefully to what the thing was saying. The expression on the face slowly changed from the joy of meeting at the beginning, to remembrance, and then to sadness.
But why would Purgatory wake up at this time? The frost demons currently can't find the answer to this question, but they guess that it may be related to the appearance of Inami. Otherwise, as soon as Inami appeared, Purgatory would show signs of awakening.
When she heard Purgatory's words, the Demon Queen was so angry that she couldn't even say anything. However, the frost demons on the left and right all shrank together in fear, and even the ice snake looked like it was about to run away when it sat down. The other frost demons are dying and trying to escape. They really can't do anything to Purgatory.
When the Demon Queen arrived at the place where Purgatory was sealed, most of the surrounding ice walls and icicles had turned into water, and the temperature was also rising. This is the coldest place in the entire ice barrier, so it is impossible for something like this to happen.
I don’t know if Xiaoxue really knows the road. When she encounters a fork in the road, she just chooses the direction without thinking. It’s as if she knows her hometown. Daming was originally worried that Xiaoxue would be eroded by the filthy air after being out for too long, but seeing that she was more energetic than before, it seemed like nothing would happen to her. Maybe this environment was just right for Xiaoxue.
It was the first time for Daming to see the Frost Demon, so he would inevitably feel wary. God knows what attitude these guys had towards them. However, Xiaoxue didn't even pay attention to the frost demon and rushed straight towards it. Daming couldn't hold it back even if he wanted to.
Although the room behind the door was spacious, it was empty without anything. Besides there being three other doors, there is only one giant icicle in the center of the room. The shape of the icicle is thin in the middle and becomes thicker as it extends towards the upper and lower ends. It also connects the ceiling and floor, like two pyramids stacked on top of each other. There is a fault in the thin middle of the icicle, and there is an object that emits a faint blue-white light.
No one knows where Purgatory comes from, not even the Balrogs. However, Purgatory seems to have drifted here with the magma, because Balrog witnessed it climbing up from the magma.
For Purgatory, it never follows the road, but the road follows it.
As soon as Xiaoxue entered, she let go of Daming's hand and jumped around the icicles. The glowing thing seemed to react to Xiaoxue's arrival, with white and light blue lights flashing alternately. Daming didn't know what Xiaoxue was doing now, but seeing how happy she looked, he had to stand aside and watch quietly.
"She is Xue's family. Ming, let her be free. She has been imprisoned for a long time." Xiaoxue begged with tears in her eyes.
So icy! Daming thought that Xiaoxue's body was already cold enough, but he didn't expect that this little guy's body was actually colder than hers. When the fingers first touched, the chill almost made Da Ming scream, but this made Da Ming more sure of his speculation.
As soon as this realization entered Inami's mind, she immediately turned around and slashed backwards with the sickle in hand. The poor Balrog was cut in half when it was dizzy, and lost its life for no apparent reason.
"I'm sorry! The war has begun, and we have no spare capacity to take care of your safety. Please be careful." After the Demon Queen finished speaking to Inami, she led her subordinates and left.
Waves of movement suddenly occurred in the steam. One of the ice crystal cannons and the controlled frost demon were completely destroyed without even seeing the enemy's face. Then came the second, third... all the cannons were destroyed in just an instant.
It once led the fire demon army to break through the ice barrier. Although the frost demons were victorious in the end, that battle almost brought the frost demons to the point of annihilation. The Demon Queen's companion, the Frost Demon King, was killed in that battle.
The frost demons did not just sit back and wait, and began to launch ice crystal cannons to counterattack. In order to let the fireballs exert greater damage, the Balrogs usually walk into the range of the Frost Demons and throw fireballs. This is the best opportunity for the Frost Demons to attack. The two sides were going back and forth, and the fight was lively.
The ice barrier that covers the castle has been transformed by the frost demons over a long period of time, and has transformed into a cyclic barrier that continuously produces magic power. This magic power is enough for the frost demons to arm the entire castle into a very terrifying castle. The fortress.
Sadly, the Frost Demon has nothing to do with it, and can only let it occupy a corner of the castle. On the one hand, it is because attacking Purgatory may cause it to wake up early. On the other hand, there are not many frost demons left, and they are too busy just to repair the barrier and deal with the Balrog. Who has time to deal with Purgatory.
As soon as Purgatory left, the temperature here was rapidly recovering. The water on the ground instantly condensed into ice, and the vapor in the air completely turned into hail, which fell on the heavily damaged area.
Daming listened to what Xiaoxue said to the thing, so he couldn't help but climb up the icicle, and then he could see clearly what was in the light.
"The outside is a slate barbecue, and the inside is a comprehensive ice cream. Wow, could it be that this is the Nine Heavens Buffet Restaurant of Ice and Fire?" When Daming came in, he was also intrigued by the temperature difference between hot and cold, and felt sad for about a second.
When the six freezing rays hit the ice egg, the temperature in the room dropped rapidly, and the water on the ground condensed into ice again. Not only have the cracks on the ice egg been completely repaired, but the ice layer has become thicker and thicker.
Just as Daming was worrying about this little guy, a large number of frost demons poured in from the doors on all sides, surrounding Daming and the others layer by layer.
While the frost demons were puzzled, the palace was shaken again.
Later, the frost demons moved the coldest point of the entire ice barrier to the vicinity of Purgatory in order to suppress it, and built a series of hard ice walls to seal it off. But even the Demon Queen herself was not sure how effective this would be. However, thousands of years later, there has been no movement in Purgatory. The Frost Demon Clan has almost forgotten the existence of Purgatory.
Purgatory spoke in a rather displeased tone, because the performance of the frost demons was not as ideal as it expected. Fortunately, it was originally very optimistic about the potential of the frost demons, and hoped that it would be able to make full use of it. But it doesn't matter now, Purgatory has found a new target, and the Frost Demon is just a toy that has lost interest.
"It's not an option to walk aimlessly like this..." The paths here are complicated and complicated. Daming has no goal to find, and it's just a waste of time.
After the Balrog in front of Inami crashed through the ice wall on the left, it crashed through the ice wall on the right without stopping. It was also dealt with by Inami when it couldn't distinguish between east, west, north and south. It fell and turned into pieces of cold stone scattered on the ground.
Inami didn't know the tactics used by the Balrogs, so she was full of doubts about the appearance of the pillar in front of her. But soon something flew in from the ice wall on the left. The shape was bigger than the pillar, and it also blew up ice dust and broken ice. Inami had to close her eyes and stretched out her hands to protect her. Hold your head.
Uh... Forget it, Daming just let Xiaoxue lead him and run away. Anyway, compared to looking for someone aimlessly, the situation in front of me is somewhat improved.
As the ice eggs shattered, a large amount of high-temperature water vapor also emerged. The ice layer inside the ice egg has long been melted by the high temperature of Purgatory, forming a hollow state filled with steam, just like a real egg.
From that time on, the word purgatory had the same meaning as fear in the frost demon clan.
The ice wall that imprisons Purgatory wraps it layer by layer. It looks like an ice egg, and it is an ice egg as big as a football field. At this moment, the shell of the ice egg not only has many criss-crossing cracks, but is also gradually melting. A large group of frost demons were exhaling back and forth to repair, but they still couldn't keep up with the speed of the ice wall being destroyed.
As the arm pulled down a large area of the floor, the figure of purgatory underneath slowly emerged.
At that time, Purgatory could have directly wiped out the Frost Demon clan. But it stood in front of the remaining frost demon and only said: "It's too weak. It's meaningless to play like this. I'll give you a chance to make yourself stronger if you want to survive. The next war will be with me." After waking up, I hope you won't disappoint me." After saying that, Purgatory fell into a deep sleep on the spot, and it was on the territory of the frost demon. His behavior was extremely arrogant.
The Demon Queen issued several orders in succession, asking the frost demons to activate other traps and defense devices, but none of the frost demons responded to her orders. The scene was quiet, except for the occasional sound of steam condensation dripping on the ground.
Purgatory, the King of Fire Demons.
"Let's settle the long-standing feud today..." The Demon Queen finished reciting silently in her heart, and suddenly waved her right hand down.
Seeing that the castle stopped attacking, the Balrogs began to rush forward with their friends. But when the Balrogs rushed to the middle, an ice ball hit them head-on and exploded on their heads, causing many Balrogs to get frostbite from the cold. The entire castle began to launch ruthless large-scale firepower sweeps against the Balrogs, forcing the Balrogs to retreat in panic.
At this time, inside the castle, Daming lost his way because he didn't know the way. In addition, the frost demons were busy dealing with the invading Balrogs, so no one paid attention to him at all.
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Although Da Ming has the responsibility to take good care of the wild beast, he is not willing to force the wild beast to accept him. He will only take action when the wild beast is being used and controlled by others or if his actions go too far.
The Demon Queen immediately knew that the seriousness of the matter was far beyond its imagination, and that Purgatory was really about to wake up.
The little guy in front of Daming has the same origin as Xiaoxue, so Xiaoxue feels like a family member to her. Different from the feeling Daming and Shihan gave her, this little guy gave Xiaoxue the feeling of a real family member connected by blood.