Sasha couldn't help but cry out in her heart.
"Am I going to die?
"Is this the fear of death?
"No! I don't want to die! There are still many places I haven't been to! There are still many sceneries I haven't seen!
"How can I die here like this?"
"No! I don't want to die!
"Who … Who can save me?
"Big Sister! Second Sister! Fourth Sister — "
"Hmm? Duque?! "
Like a drowning person who was about to drown, Sasha's thoughts ran wild. This wasn't because Sasha was weak. It was because a Ranger was a Hunter, and had too many limitations.
Forget about the Hunter's signature skill, Feigned Death. The so-called Feigned Death was just pretending to be a corpse to fool the enemy into thinking that you were really dead, so they wouldn't attack you. The problem was that this giant dragon's destructive breath was indiscriminate.
Without a way to defend against the fire element and space to dodge, she could only rely on her own resistance to take it.
Could Sasha's petite body take it?
For a Ranger who focused on agility and dodging, when there was no way to dodge, it was time to die.
It was no wonder that Sasha was in despair.
In the last second, Duque did a series of actions that would dazzle anyone's eyes.
A special arcane explosion blasted a rectangular hole in the ground that was big enough for Sasha to hide in.
Mud flew everywhere, and at the same time, a stench unique to the mud of the swamp spread.
Duque pressed down on Sasha's shoulders with lightning speed. With unimaginable strength and speed, he pushed the dazed Sasha into the hole. He even stuffed something into Sasha's hands.
Almost at the same time, a giant ice pillar appeared out of nowhere, stabbing into the ground between the two of them and the giant dragon.
After Sasha was pressed into the hole by Duque, she leaned against the ice bed that had appeared out of nowhere. Her sky blue and almond-shaped eyes were wide open as she looked at Duque in disbelief.
That moment seemed to last for eternity.
Sasha swore that as long as she lived, she would never forget this moment. Everything at the edge of her vision had been dyed golden red. The sky, the atmosphere, the rising dust, and the flying bits of grass, all were dyed with the same ruinous hue.
She could clearly feel the unparalleled heat coming from the ground and the ice bed.
She could almost see that in the next moment, he would turn into ashes right in front of her eyes.
This handsome man who was almost as beautiful as her, the real lover of her elder sister, would die in front of her just like that, just to protect her?
A very clear feeling of heartbreak filled all her emotional space.
Seeing Duque's face that had suddenly become extremely handsome and pleasing to the eye, Sasha was completely stunned.
Duque gave her a reassuring look, then opened his right palm, stretched out his five fingers, and activated the [Ice Barrier] in front of her. A trapezoid of ice that appeared out of thin air enveloped Duque, separating him from Sasha.
Fridge!
A mage's absolute defense!
Unless one's elemental energy was too much weaker than the enemy's, a mage would be invincible during this period of time.
The weight of the ice pushed Sasha deeper into the ground, flattening and compacting every inch of space around Sasha.
As Sasha had already been pressed into this rectangular pit, she wasn't directly pressed by the ice. Instead, because of this, Sasha became even safer.
An incomparably high temperature descended. First, it was her head, then her entire body. The temperature from the soil became even higher. If it was said that she felt like she was being roasted on a fire earlier, then now she felt like she was being thrown into the mouth of an erupting volcano.
It was a terrifying feeling that her skin was about to be roasted just by touching it. She felt like she was stuck to the edge of the pit.
"Am I going to die?" Sasha couldn't help but scream in her heart.
But through the transparent ice, she saw Duke's expression frozen in the layer of ice. It was a gentle, reassuring smile.
"If you knew that I'm still going to be roasted to death after all that you've done, would you still smile so gently?" Sasha continued to scream in her heart.
At this moment, Sasha suddenly realized that her right palm was glowing. She turned her head in shock, only to realize that it was a very rare Epic-level trigger shield accessory. A gentle barrier of light with a chilly aura covered Sasha like an eggshell, perfectly blocking the high heat that was pressing in from all directions.
Sasha finally calmed down. She murmured softly, "Did you predict this as well?"
There was no longer any threat or fear. Sasha, who had finally relaxed, reached out her left hand and caressed it. She pressed it against Duque's right hand through the ice.
Her face was also pressed against the ice, enjoying the special coldness.
After the mage's Ice Barrier was activated, the mage was fixed inside like an ice sculpture. The mage inside seemed to have stopped everything, but in fact, his thoughts hadn't. His sight and senses were still working. If needed, the mage could also cancel the Ice Barrier in advance and regain his freedom.
But Duque didn't do that.
The ground suddenly shook violently.
The earth was shaking, and the sand and stones were trembling.
Because … the thousand-year-old red dragon that had already made its final attack was like a plane crashing. It was shoveling the soft ground with incredible speed.
"Rumble …"
A loud sound exploded under Duque and Sasha's feet, spreading further and further.
The dragon's huge body shoveled away a lot of soil and stones, and splashed up a lot of mud in the swamp. The sound of the dragon shoveling the ground continued for a few seconds, and then there was a short pause. Then, there was an intense rolling sound. After shoveling for a while, the dragon hit something like a boulder, and the shoveling turned into a rolling sound.
How much time had passed?
Sasha didn't know. She only knew that when everything calmed down, the cool piece of ice that was gently pressing down on her body disappeared.
She didn't know why, but they clasped their fingers together across the ice.
Between Sasha's two long legs, two warm human legs squeezed in. Luckily, at the last moment, Du Ze's left hand pressed on the ice above Sasha's right shoulder, preventing his whole body from falling on top of her.
Close!
So close!
They were so close that they could see every detail in each other's eyes, and feel each other's breath.
Their faces instantly turned red.
Time seemed to freeze again.
Suddenly, Gavin Rad's untimely shout came from afar.
"Boss! Are you okay? "
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