The team went all the way to the east without encountering any expected enemies.
There was no elite Crystal Cluster Army, and no large reinforcements. Along the way, the troops personally led by Gawain only encountered a few small-scale wandering Crystal Clusters. Those monsters had lost control and wandered aimlessly between the plains and hills. When they saw the chariots, they charged at them recklessly and were easily wiped out. They were not a threat at all.
This situation continued until the broken high walls of Boulder City appeared in the field of vision of the observer.
The soldier who acted as an observer returned to the tank and took off his multi-functional tactical goggles. He was a little shocked. "Sir, there is a large area of frozen traces ahead. There is a wide-area magic reaction!"
Amber looked through the observation hole in the carriage and saw the ruined streets outside. She saw large patches of frost covering the surface of the collapsed bricks and wooden beams. Faint traces of blood dyed the ice crystals hanging between the broken walls red. In the outskirts of the city, the amount of ice and snow was not much, but as the group went deeper, a world that could be described as a world of ice and snow gradually appeared before their eyes.
Thick ice covered the entire inner city. Countless corpses and wreckage had turned into cold sculptures. The whistling wind rolled up layers of snowflakes and hit the steel armor of the tank. The core of the city was frozen. The power of the ice was so strong that it even made people suspect that winter had returned to the world — in the season that should be getting hotter by the day.
Amber looked at the scene outside in amazement and could not help but mutter to herself, "What … is going on …"
"A very powerful … wide-area magic, legendary level." Wright could not help but be secretly shocked. "I have never seen a spell like this."
"White Knight, get out of the tank and walk." Gwen thoughtfully looked at the frozen city outside through the observation hole. Then he suddenly ordered, "The rest of the convoy and soldiers, stay alert and move at a low speed."
The armored truck that White Knight was in soon stopped. Wright led his elite priests to jump out of the truck and came to the front of the team with war hammers in hand.
Gwen also left the car with Amber and Maggie. He jumped to the ground, and his metal boots stepped heavily on the hard ice. The latter immediately made an illusory and ethereal cracking sound. That sound was obviously not made by normal ice crystals.
Gwen bent down and picked up a few pieces of broken icicles. Then, he poured magic power into them and slowly crushed them. The seemingly solid ice immediately cracked and turned into magic power dust that drifted with the wind, melting into the air little by little.
Amber's eyes widened when she saw this scene. "Ah … This ice is made with magic?"
"It's been a long time since I saw this scene … Snow's' Frost Disaster '." Gwen recalled the corresponding memory in his mind. He sighed softly and looked at Maggie, who was a little confused. "When did Victoria break through to the peak of legendary?"
"Legendary Peak? No … Victoria should only be a junior legendary … "Maggie was stunned for a moment, and 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," Gwen interrupted Maggie. "Since this place is frozen, she and the mountain army must still be alive. Of course, some other things should also be alive … "
As soon as his voice trailed off, the soldier in front suddenly shouted, "Sir! There are a lot of frozen giants here! "
It was an unforgettable scene. Countless crystal cluster giants were frozen inside the ice. Their bodies were covered with a layer of clear ice as if they were wearing strange armor in the sun. They gathered in groups on the square, stairs, and roads of the castle area. They still maintained various postures when they were gathered, as if they had not realized that winter had come until the moment they were frozen.
It seemed that most of the crystal cluster giants besieging Boulder City were left here.
Hu Po looked at the hair-raising scene in front of him in shock. After a long while, he suddenly said, "This was done by the Northern Duke? If she has this ability … why didn't she use it earlier? "
"This is the legendary spell 'Frost Disaster', but I suspect that Victoria is not proficient in using it. Without proficiency, Frost Disaster cannot kill any enemy. Victoria must have used this spell after realizing that there were reinforcements, leaving the Crystal Cluster Army, who could have returned in time to reinforce Maple, here temporarily," Gawain said casually. At the same time, he was a little emotional. "It seems that she is not as good as Snow back then. Back then, Snow was so good at using Frost Disaster …"
Wright came to Gwen's side and asked, "What do we do with these … ice sculptures?"
"Break them. Break them while they are still frozen." Gwen glanced at the heavy war hammers in the hands of the White Knight, then at the chariots and soldiers around, and finally at the crystal cluster giants. "Only leave the largest one and lock it in advance. After the 'thawing,' it may be sent back to the rear as a research material."
"They can thaw?!" Wright was shocked at first, then quickly ordered the soldiers to carry out Gwen's order. "Hurry up and break these ice sculptures …"
The White Knight picked up their life-saving hammers and began to save the twisted souls. Gwen stepped toward the ramp not far away and said, "Let's go inside and see Victoria's situation. The center of the Frost Disaster seems to be the inner court of the castle. She should be waiting for us inside."
In the inner court of the castle, Gwen, Amber and the rest quickly found the frozen mountain army, as well as Grand Duchess Victoria, who was surrounded by the Knight and the mages of the mountain army.
The last of the mountain army and their monarch were frozen in the artificial iceberg of the inner court. The ice layer was much thicker than the outside, and nearly two-thirds of the entire inner court was frozen into a single entity. Perhaps even the war hammers of the White Knight could not shake it. Through the crystal clear ice, Gwen could clearly see the tired but determined soldiers, the wounded Knight, the mages and attendants who had already pulled out their daggers, and of course, Victoria, who was holding her staff tightly and still had her last expression when she was frozen. Victoria.
After seeing Victoria, who was also frozen, Gwen was a little surprised.
Everyone was in awe of the power and beauty of this legendary spell. Gwen temporarily put aside his surprise and began to explain the situation of this spell according to the information in his memory. "Snow Wasteland? It's a spell that can temporarily freeze the entire battlefield. The ice summoned can even freeze the weaker legendary champions, but it has no lethality. All ice is a product of magic, and the frozen units are only temporarily stagnant in the magic field. When the Frost Disaster ends, the magic field dissipates, and the frozen targets will regain their ability to move freely. So it can only be used to temporarily control the field, but has no direct lethality … "
"Why do I feel that there's something wrong with this spell …" Amber looked at the huge iceberg in the inner court with a strange expression. "If the spellcaster is also frozen inside … What's the use of this' Frost Disaster '? Everyone is temporarily frozen to calm down, and then wait for the 'ice' to melt before continuing the fight? "
Gwen looked in the direction of Victoria. After a short pause, he said, "It's like this, Snow would not freeze himself in the Frost Disaster …"
"I also don't understand how Victoria froze herself in the Frost Disaster."
"… Huh?" Amber was speechless.
Leit and his priests took a long time to complete Gwen's order. They smashed all the 'ice sculptures' found in the inner city of the castle, or rather, hammered every frozen crystal cluster. Gwen, who was guarding the inner court of the castle, waited for the effect of the Frost Disaster to end, and waited for the magic to melt.
Right in front of everyone's eyes, the gigantic iceberg crumbled and dissipated in an instant. The mountain army survivors who were sealed in the iceberg regained consciousness one after another. These loyal soldiers' thoughts seemed to have stagnated in their previous state. They were first driven by their instincts for a moment before they were stunned to find that the surroundings were filled with unfamiliar fully armed soldiers.
Gwen waited until the chaos subsided before he stepped forward. He stepped over the magic crystals in the air that had not completely dissipated and reached out his hand to Victoria, who was in shock. "I didn't expect to see you in this state. Fortunately, I'm not too late."
"It's you … You're the one attacking Maple?!" Victoria seemed to have just reacted. She was a little slow in reaching out her hand. This kind of disrespect was not common for the archduchess, but considering what she had just experienced, it was all understandable. "I really didn't expect … Ah, those monsters outside the castle …"
"It's been dealt with. I know the 'Frost Disaster'," Gwen said with a smile. "But I'm curious. Aren't you worried that people who don't know about the Frost Disaster will come here? After the ice is removed, those crystal cluster giants that suddenly come back to life will be a great danger. "
"In the whole of Ansu, those who have the ability to come to the rescue of the mountain corps must know the 'Frost Disaster'. This is the symbolic power of the Wilde family," Victoria said. "But … I really didn't expect it to be you …"
"I'm afraid that in the whole of Ansu, only the south still has a complete military force." Gwen shook his head and then looked at Wright, who had just returned from his mission. "You take the White Knight to treat the wounded. There are many people here who need first aid and treatment. Also, go and get some food and clean water … "
The warriors immediately got to work, and the urgent but orderly rescue work began. The wounded mountain corps were quickly treated and comforted, and the large amount of food and water that came with the carriages replenished the tired people's strength.
In the midst of the busy but orderly rescue, Victoria forced herself to focus and asked Gwen about the current situation outside.
"Unfortunately, the Captical Knight Regiment did not have the strength to turn the tide. They should be trying their best to defend Saint Sunil City now. The Western Army has not appeared near the Gorgon River so far, and they may be directly sent to the battlefield of Saint Sunil. The Eastern Army has been completely wiped out, and the entire Eastern Army is currently in a state of no one controlling it. I'm trying to find a way to maintain order there … "
Gwen talked about the information he had, but every piece of information made Victoria feel even more depressed.
"I didn't expect the situation to be so bad …" The Duchess frowned. She was a person who rarely showed rich expressions, but today, she did not hide any of her expressions. She even seemed particularly lively. "I thought that the Eastern Army would leave some of its main forces to fight against this disaster … I didn't expect their situation to be worse than the mountain corps."
"This disaster first broke out on their side," Gwen said, then looked at Victoria with a little curiosity. "Actually, I'm very curious about one thing … Why did your Frost Calamity freeze yourself? As far as I know, when Snow created this spell, there was no problem with freezing the spellcaster as well. "
Victoria was silent for a moment. The atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward in these few seconds.
"Actually, I didn't master this spell …" The Duchess had to be honest in the end. She took out the pale gold snowflake talisman that was passed down in her family, and her tone was a little ashamed. It was the shame of being ashamed of her ancestors. "The Frost Calamity was lost many generations ago. The symbol of power of the Wilde Family has always been built on this talisman."
The Wilde Family in the north lost the inheritance of the 'Frost Calamity' many generations ago …
Gwen suddenly sighed in his heart, lamenting the power of time, but soon, his eyes were attracted by the unique luster of the talisman in Victoria's hand.
"Do you know where the material to make this talisman came from? Did you guys melt an Eternal Slate?! "
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