The team headed east all the way, hardly encountering any expected enemies.
There was no elite crystal cluster legion, no large troops returning to support, along the way, the army led by Gawain only encountered a few small-scale wandering crystal clusters - those monsters that had lost control wandered aimlessly on the plain Wandering between the mountains and the hills, when they saw the chariot, they rushed up recklessly, and then were easily wiped out. It was not a threat at all.
This situation continued until the fragmented high walls of Boulder City appeared in the sight of the observers.
The soldier who served as an observer returned to the car, took off the multi-functional tactical eyepiece, with some consternation on his face: "Report, a large area of freezing marks is found in front, and there is a wide-area magic response!"
Amber looked through the observation hole of the carriage and looked at the ruined street outside. She saw large swathes of frost covering the surface of the collapsed bricks, tiles and wooden beams. In the outskirts of the city, the amount of these ice and snow is not too much, but as the team gets deeper, a world that can be described as a world of ice and snow gradually appears in front of everyone.
Thick 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. Seal, the power of this ice seal is so great that people even 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 herself: "This is... what's going on..."
"A very powerful... wide-area magic, legendary level," Wright couldn't help but secretly stunned, "I've never seen a similar spell."
"White Knight, get out of the car and walk." Gawain looked thoughtfully at the frozen city outside through the viewing port, and then suddenly ordered, "The rest of the car crew and soldiers should be alert and move at a low speed."
The armored truck on which the white knight was riding stopped quickly, Wright led his elite priests jumped out of the truck, and came to the front of the team with a hammer in hand.
Gao Wen also left the car with Amber and Maggie. He jumped to the ground, and his metal boots stepped heavily on the hard ice, which immediately made an illusory and ethereal crisp cracking sound, which was obviously not a normal ice crystal. should be issued.
Gao Wen bent down, picked up a few pieces of shattered ice, and then slowly crushed them while pouring magic power into them. Those seemingly solid ice pieces immediately cracked crisply, and then turned into magic dust that drifted with the wind. Little by little it melts into the air.
Amber's eyes widened when she saw this scene: "Ah... Are these ices made by magic?"
"It's been a long time since I saw this scene... Snow's 'cold disaster'," the corresponding memory appeared in Gao Wen's mind, and he sighed softly while looking at Maggie with a slightly dazed face next to him, " When did Victoria break through to the pinnacle of legend?"
"Legend peak? No... Victoria should be just a legendary junior..." Maggie froze for a moment, then asked nervously, "Do you know what happened here? Why is it so quiet here—the enemy and the mountain army seem to be... "
"Don't be nervous," Gawain interrupted Maggie, "Since it's frozen here, she and the mountain army must still be alive. Of course, some extra things should be alive too..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers looking ahead suddenly shouted loudly: "Sir! There are many frozen giants here!"
That scene is unforgettable—countless cluster giants are frozen inside the solid ice, and they are covered with a layer of clear ice, standing in the sunlight as if wearing strange armor, and they gather in groups On the squares, stairs, and roads in the castle area, the various postures of the assembly are still maintained, as if until the moment of freezing, they have not realized that winter is coming.
It seems that most of the drupe giants who besieged Boulder City were left here.
Amber stared at the creepy scene in front of her in astonishment, and after a long time she suddenly said, "That northern duke did it? If she had the ability...why didn't she use it sooner..."
"This is the legendary spell 'Cold Calamity', but I suspect that Victoria can't use it proficiently, and without proficiency, the Cold Calamity can't kill any enemy-Victoria should use it after realizing that there are reinforcements This spell has temporarily left the crystal cluster army here that could have returned to Red Maple in time," Gao Wen casually said his guess, and at the same time felt a little emotional, "It seems that it is not as good as Snow back then. Snow made the most of this cold disaster..."
Wright came to Gawain's side: "How do we deal with these... ice sculptures?"
"Crush them, smash them while they are still frozen," Gawain glanced at the heavy hammers in the hands of the white knights, then at the chariots and soldiers around, and finally at the cluster giants, "Just Keep the largest one, lock it in advance, and maybe send it back to the rear as a research material after it's 'thawed'."
"They will still thaw?!" Wright was startled for a moment, and then quickly directed the soldiers to carry out 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 to see the situation 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 of the castle, Gawain, Amber and the others quickly found the Mountain Legion, which was also frozen, and the Grand Duchess Victoria surrounded by knights and mages of the Mountain Legion.
The last mountain legion and their monarch were frozen in the man-made iceberg in the inner court area. The ice layer was much thicker than the outside and nearly two-thirds of the entire inner court area was frozen into a whole. I am afraid that the White Knight's warhammer would also Unable to shake it, through the crystal clear ice, Gawain could clearly see those tired but resolute soldiers, those scarred knights, and those mages and attendants who had drawn out their daggers. You can see Victoria Wilde, who is holding the staff tightly and still maintains the last expression when it was frozen.
After seeing Victoria who was also frozen, Gawain looked a little surprised.
Everyone was in awe of the power and splendor of this legendary spell. Gawain put aside his surprise for the time being, and began to explain the situation of this spell according to the information in his memory: "Snowveld created the cold disaster back then, it was a A spell that can temporarily freeze the entire battlefield. The ice cubes summoned can even freeze the weaker legends inside, but it is not lethal in itself—all ice cubes are products of magic power, frozen The units are only temporarily stagnant in the magic field. With the end of the cold disaster, the magic field dissipates, and the frozen targets 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 inside together... What's the use of this 'cold disaster'? Let's temporarily freeze together Get up and calm down, and then continue to fight when the 'ice' melts?"
Gawain glanced in Victoria's direction, and after a brief moment of pondering, he said, "That's right, Snow didn't freeze himself into the cold back then...
"I also don't understand how Victoria froze herself together."
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 hammered to death every frozen crystal cluster, and Gawain, who was guarding the inner courtyard of the castle, waited for a longer time until the effect of the cold disaster ended and the magic power dissipated.
Right in front of everyone's eyes, the huge iceberg disintegrated and dissipated almost instantly, and the survivors of the mountain corps frozen inside regained their sobriety one by one. The thinking of these loyal soldiers seemed to be still stagnant in the previous state. Driven by instinct and inertia, they panicked for a while, and then they were shocked to find that the surroundings were full of unfamiliar soldiers in full armor.
Gawain waited for the confusion to subside a little before he stepped forward. He stepped over the magic crystals in the air that had not dissipated, and stretched out his hand to the astonished Victoria: "I didn't expect to meet in this state—fortunately I It's not too late."
"It's you... It's you who are attacking Hongfeng?!" Victoria seemed to have just realized it, and stretched out her hand a little too late—this kind of disrespect is not common for the Grand Duchess, but considering the fact that she just experienced All of this seems understandable, "I really didn't expect... ah, those monsters outside the castle..."
"It's been dealt with, I know 'cold disaster'," Gao Wen said with a smile, "but I'm curious, aren't you worried that people who don't understand cold disaster will approach here? After the ice block was lifted, those who suddenly resumed their activities Druse giants can represent great danger."
"In the entire Anzu, those who have the ability to rescue the Mountain Army 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, only the southern border still has a complete military force." 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. Sickness. Go and bring food, and prepare clean drinking water... "
The soldiers immediately began to act, and the intense and orderly rescue work started immediately. The injured mountain army soldiers were quickly treated and appeased effectively, and the large amount of food and drinking water brought by the car replenished the physical strength of these tired people. .
Amidst the tense, busy and orderly rescue, Victoria forcibly cheered up and asked Gao Wen about the current external situation.
"It's a pity that the Knights of the Royal Capital are not able to turn the tide. They should be doing their best to guard the city of San Sunil. The Western Region Legion has not appeared near the Gorgon River so far. They may be directly filled into San Sunil Neil's battlefield. The Eastern Realm Legion has all been wiped out, and the entire Eastern Realm is currently in a state of no control. I'm 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 more depressed.
"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. Especially vivid, "I thought that some of the main force would remain in the eastern border to fight against this disaster...but I didn't expect them to be in a worse situation than the Mountain Army."
"The disaster broke out from them first," Gao Wen said, and then looked at Victoria curiously, "Actually, I'm curious about one thing... Why did your cold disaster freeze yourself? As far as I know, when Snow created this spell back then, there was no problem of freezing the caster together."
Victoria was silent for a while, and the atmosphere at the scene seemed a little awkward in these few seconds.
"Actually, I haven't mastered this spell..." The Duchess finally had to confess frankly. She took out the pale gold snowflake amulet inherited from the family, and she was quite ashamed in her tone. It was ashamed of her ancestors, "Han The disaster has lost its inheritance many generations ago, and the power symbol of the Wilder family has actually been built on this amulet."
Did the Wilder family in the north lose their inheritance of "cold disaster" many generations ago...
Gao Wen suddenly felt a little sad, 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 material for making this amulet comes from? Did you melt an eternal stone?!"