Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 223

223. Heart of Ice (4)

Preparations to retreat from the guard post were quickly made.

These were soldiers who changed duty stations every few days and went back and forth between the territory and the guard post. He must have had a history of packing things easily.

After burying the remaining preserved food in the snow, the guard post was soon left with nothing but empty ice tents.

“Then, let’s move on to the next guard post like this.”

Orden, who completed the final inspection, reported to Seongjin.

On the way back to the territory, they plan to stop by all possible guard posts and collect soldiers. Emergency summons signals were sent to some guard posts that were too far from the route.

“But Grand Duke, how can they…” … .”

Sir Oscar was whispering next to me with a serious look on his face.

‘Do you understand?’

Orden looked back in embarrassment.

There, three giant ice giants standing side by side against the backdrop of a rugged canyon are shining silver in the rising sunlight. If you didn’t know that they were magical beasts, you could say it was a majestic sight.

I never thought I would face them so peacefully.

“What’s wrong with you? Of course I will take those shaved ice! “Because it is our precious power.”

Seongjin, who noticed the group’s shocked reaction, strongly insisted.

“My lord, I wonder when those demonic beasts will change… … .”

“Don’t worry. “I’m in control.”

Despite Seongjin’s assurance, the group’s anxiety did not subside.

In particular, from Lord Masain’s grimly stiff face, I could feel a determination to kill them right away if they were to fail.

“Lowering! Hurry and throw away that stolen item! “I will break it to pieces now!”

When the shaved ice first appeared, Masain literally went wild.

Well, if it were a heretic or a devil, it would have been a natural reaction for him to be horrified. Even in Seongjin’s opinion, the sight of the Glature Trolls completely ignoring the laws of nature was nothing short of bizarre.

‘… ‘Isn’t there a separate axis of strength or joints?’

Surprisingly, they didn’t even have a skeleton. Let alone internal organs, there is no connective tissue that connects body parts.

It was just chunks of ice tangled together and floating in the air in the shape of a giant giant!

If I didn’t know much about the laws of the normal world, I would have thought that Seongjin was the devil’s work.

[This… Rather than a troll, it’s closer to a golem from the normal world?]

The Demon King, who had been looking at them for a while, groaned and said.

‘Is there really something like this in the normal world?’

[huh. There are things that move like this according to the laws that govern the world. This is a common sight in the early normal world.]

There are cases like this not only for golems, but also for living things.

The Demon King added.

[It’s so simple that it doesn’t have volume or proper mass. It’s as if only the shell of the body remains, floating and moving in the air, centered around an invisible skeleton.]

… What on earth is the normal world?

In any case, it was the two Holy Knights who calmed Masain down in a situation where he could have been stabbed.

“This Vince… The demon energy is not felt much in the field. “Hehe.”

“It is said that opinions were divided from the whales to the Inquisition regarding the Glacher Troll, Lord Martha. It is not alive, and there is no evidence that it is the work of the devil, according to ‘Exploration of the Miraculous Continent’… Hum hum! Oh, of course, I’m not saying I read that banned book!”

Thank you, Sir Sharon!

And Sir Valerie, how far have you read the banned books on the subject of the Inquisitor?

“Lord Masaine. It would be a huge benefit for us if these shaved ice could help us fight off the enemy Glacher Trolls. “He will jump into dangerous work first for us.”

“… … .”

“don’t worry. We can take their hearts out at any time and stop them from working. “As long as I’m in control, I won’t rebel at all.”

Masain then looked suspicious and checked with Seongjin again.

“So you’re saying that as long as those things are moving, you won’t have to fight?”

“Uh, well. “Wouldn’t that be the case?”

Only after Seongjin said that did Masain finally put Misra on his belt.

However, even after that, the discomfort the group felt from shaved ice still did not seem to be resolved.

Every time the shaved ice took a step as they walked away from the guard post, the group was visibly startled.

‘If it were in the imperial palace, everyone would have done it without asking… … .’

Seongjin secretly yawned and thought so.

‘Well, since my father is here in the imperial palace, everyone feels at ease.’

With that, the group began moving slowly towards the next guard post with huge shaved ice on their tails. It is said that there are a total of six guard posts on the way to the territory alone, so there is still a long way to go.

Beat, beat, beat.

While walking behind Masain, Seongjin occasionally played with the snowshoe marks he had left by blowing his aura to erase them. It could be seen as an application of Schneeshuhe.

“You are truly amazing, sir. Among us, you are the only one who can move without snowshoes. “You are no better than the Sigismund people.”

Sir Valerie, who was watching this with curious eyes, narrowed the distance and spoke.

“Well, it’s not really training… … .”

If I don’t do something like this, I feel like I’ll fall asleep quickly.

“How tired do you look?”

“huh. “I had a bit of trouble sleeping.”

Last night, Seongjin strained his spiritual eyes and closely examined objects in the normal world all night long.

Then I vaguely learned how to use ice cubes. And because I was testing various things with this ‘ice heart’, I didn’t wake up until almost dawn.

[Was there a need to investigate in such a hurry? No matter how much you go through the decision to pray, if you use the spiritual eye for that long, it will eventually take a toll on your body.]

The devil bastard lightly.

But it was unavoidable.

〚Number of objects that can be registered 3/25〛

look. There are already three registered on the ice sculpture, right? So, isn’t it natural that you want to call it right away as a test?

‘Plus, I keep getting nervous. I feel like whatever I do, I have to hurry.’

Seongjin’s initial plan was to join the group and immediately lead them to explore the canyon. Like the Lycan Slopes, you hold a piece of ice and examine the ice in the canyon one by one.

There is evidence that they are trying to control additional entities by registering them, so wouldn’t it be possible to intercept the Glacher Trolls by imitating them?

‘but… … .’

When I met the group again, I realized that it was a completely impossible plan.

There is no possibility that Masain will give permission, and as long as he is tightly guarded by your side, it will no longer be possible to escape secretly.

‘Well, I’ve been having a lot of accidents lately.’

It seemed like I needed to be a little more cautious. After the Demon Counter Incident, Masain’s anxiety and nervousness could be felt.

So, instead of trying to secretly explore the canyon, Seongjin stayed up all night searching for signs floating on the ice sculptures.

〚Glacier Troll’s Ice Heart〛

〚@#Vera%d Dungeon boss, □□ obtained from the Glacher Troll King. You can set the activity conditions of the registered entity and give commands with simple sentences.〛

〚Item grade: A〛

I thought it was like a game, but it was really like an item. Plus, there’s a dungeon boss.

Given that it is given to you when you catch the Glacher Troll King, wouldn’t it be good to assume that there are already several items like this?

〚*Current status#;aoie& server cannot be confirmed.〛

It’s a server… … .

Is the ‘server’ with this broken name also within the normal world, or is the server perhaps the normal world itself?

Does the fact that it cannot be confirmed mean that it is a world that has already disappeared, like Ionia?

It was while I was fiddling with the ice cubes and thinking about various things.

Suddenly, Seongjin felt a strange feeling as if his consciousness was being sucked into a piece of ice.

‘… … ?!’

I was so startled that I lost sight of the ice cube, and that feeling immediately disappeared like a lie.

[what’s the matter?]

‘No, something…’ … .’

I held the ice cube in my hand again and concentrated, and as expected, my consciousness was sucked somewhere again.

But fortunately, contrary to Seongjin’s initial worries, his soul did not suddenly leave his body like before.

Rather, it was closer to the feeling of being in a [gap]. Consciousness that exists in two places simultaneously is another type of expansion of consciousness.

‘… It’s a little different than back then.’

At the Scarzzapino mansion and in the world of flames created by my father.

Seongjin once felt as if his consciousness was greatly heightened and he was becoming bigger. At that time, her father definitely tried to dissuade her like this.

-You don’t need to get there yet.

then.

If this was really dangerous, surely my father would come to stop me right away?

Seongjin, who came to that conclusion, closed his eyes while holding the ice cube and waited for a moment.

‘… hmm. ‘Father, you’re not coming either.’

what. Then it’s okay, right?

Only then did Seongjin feel a little relieved and surrender to the expanding consciousness. At the same time, in his spirit, thin solid lines began to appear faintly extending somewhere from the ice sculpture.

It was as if his consciousness was indicating where to go.

‘One, two, three.’

Coincidentally, there were three lines in total.

〚Number of objects that can be registered 3/25〛

This can’t be a coincidence. Seongjin was able to realize it intuitively.

okay. Just like the connection with Max, Seongjin’s consciousness is connected to the Glacher Trolls through the ice sculpture!

Not long after that, Seongjin felt that his consciousness existed simultaneously in the ice of a canyon, in a snowdrift in a snowy field, and at the edge of a cold, unfrozen lake.

It was a brief and faint passing sensation, but perhaps these were the Glature Trolls registered in the ‘Ice Heart’.

I tried to focus my attention on them a little more closely, but suddenly countless information windows began to appear in front of my eyes. There are so many overlapping things that it is impossible to recognize them even though they are in the process of being burnt.

‘I’m crazy… … .’

Seongjin had no choice but to focus his attention on one of them. The closest thing to this place is the Glature Troll in the ice of the canyon.

And only then was Seongjin able to separate meaningful text from it.

[Sleep=

〚Temperature scroll: Activity (ice separation) -/- Sleep (ice fusion)〛

〚Mode setting: *Auto* / Manual〛

‘The fact that the Marquis d’Aciano is looking for the Glature Trolls means that he can control them in the real world, right? Then, can I possibly move too?’

After struggling for a while and continuing trial and error, Seongjin was finally able to put the Glacher Troll in [Active] state. I found this out by turning the mode to ‘Manual’ and moving the temperature setting bar randomly.

Strangely enough, all of these could be controlled through meditation. Although it required a high degree of concentration.

Soon, the Glature Troll started by Seongjin began to move from the spot, grinding away the ice.

‘Something is acting strangely?’

First of all, I was glad that no more information windows appeared. The text is already disorganized and complexly overlapping, so what would have happened if the selection window had appeared randomly like in a maze?

‘Come to think of it, the hand warmer Sisley gave me was like that too. ‘Because you can make appropriate adjustments just by thinking about the temperature you want.’

It seemed like that was the way to move things in the normal world in the normal world.

Anyway, while trying to move the guy, there was one thing that Seongjin definitely learned.

first. Perhaps there are other Glacher Trolls sleeping within the ice of the canyon.

And second.

‘It must be someone other than the Marquis d’Arciano who is running the Glatzer Troll!’

Although Seongjin is not good at multitasking, he is still not much weaker than others. Nevertheless, controlling an entity with thoughts requires such great concentration.

But while you are in control of your subordinates, you connect them and the Glacher Troll again through thoughts? Is it even worth the effort to do it through Lycan Slope, where reason is already clouded?

‘Plus, they tried to connect more entities here. There is no way that many numbers could be controlled from such a distance. If they attack using a Glature Troll, there will definitely be someone controlling the Ice Heart nearby… … .’

In this way, Seongjin controlled the remaining two individuals and made them head towards the guard post. By then it was already early morning.

Crack, crack, crack.

Seongjin, who was absent-mindedly concentrating on the Glature Troll, whose movement was delayed due to breaking the thick ice little by little, suddenly thought.

Ugh, I want to eat shaved ice… … .

Then I fell asleep.

“Even former Dekaron Knight Commander Bruno can’t perform Schneeschhe so skillfully, right? “Your talent truly seems to be far beyond the scope of humans.”

At Sir Valerie’s next words, Seongjin, who had been blankly recalling yesterday’s events, suddenly came to his senses.

“As expected, Sir Claudia always lives by the phrase ‘our humble genius.’ There is really nothing wrong with that.”

“… Sir Claudia?”

“Yes, sir.”

Sir Valerie nodded, rounding her eyes and smiling.

“Sometimes she is so affectionate that I feel like she is truly [attracted] to you.”

“… … .”

Uh, something… … .

It was when Seongjin was staring blankly at Sir Valerie’s face, feeling somewhat unfamiliar.

Kuaaaaang!

Suddenly, there was a huge shock from behind and a thick fog rose up. The group, startled, rushes to draw their weapons.

“Oh, sorry for startling you. “Bingsu No. 3 tripped on a stone and fell.”

Seongjin reassured the group with a puzzled look on his face.

It was Bingsu No. 3, a glamor troll that took a long time to break through the ice.

When I gathered three Glacher Trolls in one place, surprisingly, it was possible to make them act as a group. Thanks to this, Seongjin was able to control and move these guys without much difficulty.

But was he mistaken?

What makes No. 3 feel a bit sluggish compared to No. 1 and No. 2?

fantasy,