novelaction Chapter 165 The Frozen Kingdom (Part 1)
Chapter 165 The Frozen Kingdom (Part 1)
"Emnesia, do you have a fever? You seem a bit strange," Elena asked Emnesia with concern.
She, who is usually full of energy, is now silent like a child who has done something wrong, and her eyes seem dead.
“Elena, for the first time, I wish my damn curse was still on,” Emnicia said dejectedly, “so I could forget what happened yesterday.”
Um... it's not that exaggerated, is it...?
Did she misunderstand something? I don't remember doing anything shameful yesterday, at least not when Amysia accidentally pushed the door open and came in.
It was just a kiss... we didn't do anything outrageous.
“Actually…” Elena was about to explain.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Someone like me should just lie on the street corner... I won't do it again..." Amysia said sincerely, bowing repeatedly, her face ashen, looking like she really had the will to die.
Do you have to be so exaggerated?
"actually……"
"Actually, I know I still owe a lot of debt. Even though I have nothing now, I will still insist on paying off all my debts before committing suicide to atone for my sins. Waaah."
"actually……"
"Ah, don't hit me..." Emnicia cried, clutching her head.
"Enough!!!" Elena clenched her fists. "Shut up."
At the same time, she cast a silencing spell on Emnicia, successfully sealing her mouth.
The world is finally at peace.
"Stop your unrealistic fantasies, and I'm not as petty as you think," Elena said. She then went on to explain the events of yesterday in a concise and detailed manner—this and that.
Finally, after Elena's patient and earnest persuasion, Amnesia was no longer embarrassed to be able to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes.
After confirming that Emnicia would no longer "go crazy," Elena lifted the silencing spell on her.
at this time.
"Stop," Qin, who was leading the way, suddenly said.
Irena and Emnecia immediately obeyed and stopped.
Don't ask why, just stop. Otherwise, you'll die with nowhere to cry foul—the zither doesn't fire without reason.
“The weather ahead is strange,” Qin said. “Why is the temperature below zero in the middle of summer?”
Previously, Elena and Jean had not taken this route to reach the City of Faith, Ist. Although they had been to Ist before and were turned away, the route from Ist to the border town of Albedo was a different one.
The reason for changing routes is simply that retracing the steps already taken would be a waste of youth... and not seeing the scenery along other routes would be a huge loss.
"Climate-altering magic?" Elena asked instinctively.
"Can magic really do that?" Emnessia asked instinctively.
That's an exaggeration! Changing the climate?
“You haven’t been to Rochester, the land of water… Of course, the magic to change the climate exists, but… the price is very high,” Elena said.
“I don’t feel any life there. Shall we go take a look?” Qin asked.
You absolutely have to go see it! Not to mention how much time it would take to take the detour, if you encounter something extraordinary and don't go to see it, then what's the point of traveling? You might as well retire in Roberta.
"I want to go! I want to go!" Elena exclaimed excitedly.
“I have no objection,” Emnicia echoed.
The three prepared themselves and set off for the place with the unusual climate that Qin had mentioned. As the group got closer, the temperature felt colder and colder. If it weren't for the warming magic that Elena had cast beforehand, Elena would definitely have changed into winter clothes by now.
You should know that it's summer now.
This is too exaggerated... It seems that the kingdom ahead probably really likes winter.
After walking several hundred steps, the group finally saw the area.
Everything was silvery white; trees and buildings were all encased in ice, making the entire kingdom a silent, frozen kingdom.
There were many human-shaped ice sculptures on the street. The ice sculptures were so lifelike that the expressions of everyone were clearly visible, filled with despair and horror.
It looks like a living person has been frozen solid by magic.
Well, they probably don't like winter.
“I take back what I said earlier. It’s not that there’s no life, but rather that there’s no normal life,” Qin said, looking at the ice sculpture in front of her, lost in thought. “The person inside this ice sculpture seems to still be alive.”
Given that it involves long-distance perception, misjudgment is perfectly normal.
I made a slight mistake, just to let you know I didn't cheat.
"It's frozen solid, and it's still alive?" Emnicia asked incredulously, tapping the ice sculpture's head with the hilt of her knight's sword (newly bought, of course, paid for by Elena, who was working hard to pay off her debts).
"A spell that can freeze time to a certain extent—the caster must be a seasoned witch," Elena said. She couldn't perform freezing magic to that extent. Perhaps she could do it with a few years of study, but right now, she couldn't at all.
"Freeze time? Wouldn't that mean immortality?" Emnessia retorted. "Isn't magic too omnipotent?"
“Magic is convenient, that’s true, but immortality is still too far-fetched,” Elena said.
"This kind of magic also has a time limit. If it's thawed too late, the person inside will really die. Judging from the looks of it, it can only be frozen for a maximum of three years. After three years, it will really be an ice sculpture. And using this kind of magic to indirectly 'extend life'... hahaha... probably because the frostbite after becoming an ice sculpture will shorten lifespan even more."
Irena used her extensive knowledge to try to change Emnicia's stereotype of her.
It was incredibly embarrassing for her to constantly feel that Qin knew far more than she, the real witch.
“I see. Elena knows a lot,” Emnicia said.
Yes, just keep praising me.
"Could it be Qin who told you?"
Hey, what do you mean by that...? Do you really think I'm just an academic novice? I've tried so hard, but I still haven't been able to change the impression you have of me?
"Silence," Qin suddenly said.
The two immediately shut up, which was even more reliable than using a silencing spell.
Then, everyone saw a ragged, tattered humanoid "monster" covered in vines slowly walking towards them. The sight was utterly repulsive; they almost threw up their breakfast.
You're quite the little gem.
Upon seeing the three, the humanoid immediately raised its wand, and several beams of azure light shot straight towards them without a word.
The moment you meet, it's a deadly move.