227. Air raid (4)
The northern canyon is a rugged area lined with high cliffs left behind by the disappearance of glaciers.
It is known that it is advantageous for defense because the border between it and Magyeong is relatively narrow, but it is not a space that can be blocked by a single person.
It is wide enough for giant 10-meter-long Glacher Trolls to walk side by side in a line.
Seongjin realized that even if he foolishly stood in front of the fortress, he would not be able to intercept all of this ice monster’s troops.
‘In that case, I’ll make it so that you have to stop me from over there!’
That was the reason why Bingsu No. 1, who had destroyed those in the lead, suddenly jumped into the middle of the group of Glacher Trolls.
Puff puff!
The center of the line is greatly disturbed by Seongjin’s rapid attacks. Then, they all stopped moving towards the fortress and started moving at the same time, targeting Bingsu No. 1.
‘also… … !’
Whoops!
Seongjin quickly rolled his head, breaking the heart of one of the guys in the back line and drawing the enemies deeper.
As expected, there is only one ‘Ice Heart’ with 25 Glature Trolls registered. He’s also a manipulator.
The enemy pilot, except for the one captured by Shavedsu No. 3, designates everyone as one group and manipulates them to react to one goal.
‘… Besides, he’s not that good at hand-to-hand combat.’
Although the glamor trolls surrounding the No. 1 shaved ice are shaking their fists in droves, their movements are so simple that they make you sigh.
If it were Seongjin, he would have focused on controlling one person and intercepting the intruder.
In any case, it was clear that the guy controlling the ice monsters was around here. Nine times out of ten, they will be at the rear of this line.
In that case, the closer Bingsu No. 1 approaches, the more threatened it will feel, and it will not be able to advance towards the fortress carelessly.
Rumble.
The pieces of ice that were shattered and scattered on the floor regain their shape and rise up. As I heard from Orden earlier, as long as they didn’t destroy the heart at once, they seemed to be constantly replenishing ice to restore their bodies.
And this entire area is covered with abundant ice.
‘But it’s the same here!’
As soon as Seongjin thought that.
Kurrrr.
Bingsu No. 1’s arm, which had suffered a major crack from repeatedly hitting the enemy, was repaired in an instant.
Seongjin spins his forearm, which is instantly covered with solid ice. Without realizing it, I raised the corners of my mouth.
‘ruler. Let’s see how long you guys can hold out?’
* * *
Wow-
Those who were anxiously looking out from the fortress came to their senses when they heard the pitiful howl of a wolf dog.
When I turned my head, the wolf dog that was licking the prince’s cheek suddenly curled its tail and whined as if it was scared.
“…Your Majesty is smiling.”
Sir Claudia said this after seeing the prince’s faintly smiling face. Then he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and started shaking slightly.
“Wow, you’re just smiling, but why does it feel like I’m getting chills for no reason?”
As she said, it felt like the temperature around me had dropped significantly, to the extent that it could be sensed even in the frigid Sigismund Territory.
‘Well, it’s not something you’ll experience once or twice while living by His Majesty’s side.’
After confirming that the prince was still breathing evenly, Masain turned his head again and looked at the canyon with worried eyes.
The Glature Trolls are slowly retreating, led by Vince, but is this really all the enemy has in store?
Even if that were the case, there were still hundreds of Lycanslopes camped out in the distance. After the Glacher Trolls’ ranks collapsed, they stopped coming closer and just stared at the fortress with bloodshot eyes.
‘Whether it’s fast or late, if we want to force the enemy to retreat completely, we have no choice but to go out of the fortress.’
Masain thought like that and opened his mouth.
“As soon as the Glature trolls retreat, let’s wake him up. It’s true that the fortress has turned a corner thanks to you, but we can’t leave him like this forever.”
Then, from the side, Sir Sharon grinned darkly and added,
“Hehehe. Yes, the situation is not good for Mores. If you do something wrong, your father might leave everything behind and come back? That’s right.”
“…….”
“Hehe. Mores needs some kind of opportunity. Are you saying that he needs someone to awaken his spirit instead of his father, His Majesty? Really.”
Sir Hans looked at Sir Sharon with a puzzled expression.
For those who don’t know much, she is making profane remarks about both the emperor and the prince.
“Bu, blasphemy….”
“This is not what she says, so pay no more attention.”
Next to him, Director Bruno coldly cut him off.
“Bringing someone else in with you does not make the lese majeste offense you committed earlier, Sir Hans.”
At those words, the aged fortress commander lowered his head in a cold sweat.
I made a mistake with my mouth for a while in my later years and things got so complicated.
Meanwhile, Seongjin, who had completely defeated half of the enemy ice monsters, was already in a trance.
Flutter!
Damn it!
The more you break the hearts of each of them, the more your keen senses from your prime come back to life, and your expanded spirit becomes endlessly exalted.
[Lowering… … .]
Someone’s faint thoughts that seemed to disappear tickled his ears.
It was a voice that felt vaguely familiar and extremely sad.
[I must now go a long way from which I may never return. It will be a path that cannot be told to anyone. It’s a world full of regrets, and the only person here who knows me as a whole is you. Please stay… … .]
Faint thoughts are cut off by that.
However, Seongjin was unknowingly answering to the master of thought that he did not know who he was.
are you okay. Even if it takes a long time, you will come back here someday.
[…] Do it, repent.]
[Bethelah. Only the penance of sacrificing one’s whole life… … .]
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And after that, a number of murky thoughts disturbed Seongjin’s ears.
[Repent, repent.]
[Bethelah. Only the pain that leads to death… … .]
It’s really noisy. Look at this! The entire northern region is covered with your thoughts! How long do you plan to keep doing such nonsense?
[Bethelah. So, only when we come to full repentance… … .]
Don’t be funny. Shall I tell you the truth?
Even in death, your suffering will never end. Another eternal pain awaits.
It was when I was laughing like that without thinking. Suddenly, someone’s strong will came into Seongjin’s ear.
[■■■ ■■!]
… what?
Seongjin tensed up and listened.
Even though the words were completely incomprehensible, he somehow realized that the voice was calling him.
[Are you really ■■■ ■■? Ah, I finally found you!]
The moment it identified Seongjin, that thought immediately and strongly clashed with my will. The surprise and joy that emanated from him were so passionate that it was extremely burdensome to face them directly.
[The moment you came to visit me, I have been calling you ever since! I said there was no interference from the guardian, but now it looks like a ‘gap’ has opened up!]
okay. I guess so.
Seongjin thought bitterly.
[Now is your chance. Come back to us quickly! We are all anxiously waiting for you!]
okay. Maybe it would be better that way.
It’s this and that, let’s see, it’s really annoying… … .
That was when I thought about it.
A voice that sounded like it was ringing suddenly invaded Seongjin’s mind.
[Lee Seong-jin!]
Woe!
As if cold water had been poured on me, I suddenly came to my senses.
[this! Almost done! Alas, just wait a moment! Don’t close the connection! ■■… … !]
The man’s voice quickly fades away, and Seongjin’s vision returns clearly.
Clumping.
When I became aware of the hand that was inadvertently being held tightly, I saw that Seongjin was strangling the neck of a Glacher Troll with the hand of Shaved Ice No. 1.
‘… … !’
The guy who was lifted up by the neck by Seongjin was struggling on his legs.
At least that was the only thing that moved. Looking around, I saw the broken remains of Glacher Trolls all over the place. The number seems to be more than 20.
Sure enough, I see three or four ice monsters running away in a hurry in the distance.
Did they decide that they could no longer lose power pointlessly? In the end, it looks like they are planning to retreat for operational reasons.
As I was looking at them blankly, a clanging sound continued in my head.
[Wow! Seongjin Lee, do you know what I just discovered? Well, I guess controlling those things is… What are you doing now?]
The demon lord who left my mind for a moment to look around came back with a decision.
And the Demon King, who was closely examining Seongjin, was frightened.
[hey! Are you crazy? Why is my soul somehow coming out of my body again? What is this guy who is still so insecure about his connection to the body doing? Hey, you’re really going to die!]
‘… … .’
Around that time, changes occurred in the enemy’s rearguard as well.
There was a big commotion among the Lycan Slopes, and soon they began to disappear one by one beyond the canyon. A few surviving Glacher Trolls stagger after the group.
‘It looks like the guy controlling the ice heart is hiding among the lycan slopes.’
What should I do now?
Should we reorganize the remaining guys and attack again? Or shall we try to replenish the power lost in the canyon?’
While I was thinking that, the demon lord was racing in my head and making a fuss.
[Lee Seong-jin! Seongjin Lee! Hey, Lee Seong-ji!]
‘Oh, it’s noisy.’
Still, thanks to this guy, I came to my senses.
At some point, the strange sense of unity as if I had become one with Shaved Ice No. 1 had disappeared. Seongjin slowly blinked his eyes, feeling his body fully awaken.
“…Lowering!”
“Sir! Are you coming to your senses now?”
The welcoming voices of Martha and Sir Claudia are heard from the bedside.
Chop chop.
When I wondered why his face was strangely sticky, Max had been licking his face ever since.
“Uh, it’s okay. Just a moment.”
Seongjin responded by swinging his arm and biting the wolf dog.
Maybe it’s because I was the first person to enjoy shaved ice until just now, but the movements of my arms and legs are strangely unfamiliar.
He slowly got up and tried to walk, but Masain, who noticed what he was trying to do, quickly supported Seongjin from the side.
“Shall we take you to the ice wall like this?”
Seongjin nodded without answering.
Yes, the enemy has retreated, but we need to finish off the remaining ones.
So Seongjin looked out of the fortress and focused his mind on the ice heart.
As my condition gradually recovered and I was able to stand on my own, the feeling of controlling the shaved ice was back to the cumbersome way it was at first.
But there was no rush. Controlling the remaining shaved ice was not that difficult, as No. 2 stuck to the ice wall and completely stopped its activities, and No. 3 just had to roll around on the floor with the Glacher Troll tied to it.
As Seongjin carefully focused on No. 1 and borrowed the demon king’s spiritual eyes, a blurry information window appeared before his eyes, just like before.
〚The Glature Troll is in a near-death state. The connection to the existing Ice Heart is forcibly broken. Would you like to register a new object?〛
Ah, it is possible to obtain an object this way too. If I had known this would happen, I would have let some of them live.
Seongjin registered shaved ice number 4 as the ice heart without hesitation.
When we let go of No. 4, who was still on the verge of being strangled and broken, he hurriedly buried himself in the remains of his comrades and began to rebuild his body.
Rumble.
Seongjin then turned his attention to the Glacher Troll that No. 3 was holding. After beating the guy hard, he quickly registered him as number 5.
〚Number of entities that can be registered: 5/25〛
good. It’s increased.
I don’t dare to control them individually, but if we move as a group, it will be a pretty good force.
Only then was Seongjin able to take a breath and talk to the demon king.
‘okay. Why were you making such a fuss earlier? ‘What did you find?’
Since I was feeling a little grateful towards him, I tried to ask him gently, but the words that came out were very blunt.
However, the Demon King, who had been anxiously rolling around in the flame crystal until then, shouted in an excited voice as if he was excited just by being asked.
[So, don’t be surprised! I think the ones controlling them are either demon species or demon contractors!]
… That is an unexpected achievement.
[Are you sure! It was beyond my range of movement, but I could definitely feel the magic energy there! It was just one guy!]
okay. Since it’s the devil’s job, it’s probably not wrong when it comes to devils.
‘Then what is the relationship between the devil and the Marquis d’Arciano? Are they one of the same? Or is it just a temporary alliance?’
From what I heard from Seonghwang’s father, I thought that Berseus Dashiano, a member of the ‘Council of Six’, would not have openly colluded with the devil.
This would mean that there is a separate reason for the devil to reach out to the Demonic Sutra.
While he was deep in thought, Seongjin suddenly caught the small window that had been blinking and bothering him earlier.
〚Object 2 is fused to ice. Do you want to separate the object?〛
〚Temperature scroll: Activity (ice separation) -/- Sleep (ice fusion)〛
okay. First, we have to get out the people trapped in the ice wall.
With that in mind, Seongjin moved the scroll around to control the temperature, and the following window appeared in front of him.
〚Object 2 is fused to a sufficient amount of ice. If the separation location is not specified by the user, objects will be separated randomly within the ice.〛
… what?
At that moment, Seongjin’s mind began to spin with an eerie premonition.
‘Wait a minute… … !’
Come to think of it, wasn’t the place where Bingsu No. 3 was located deep in the ice of the canyon?
‘Did a window like this come to mind back then?’
Maybe it was. I don’t remember much because there were so many unfamiliar windows at the time.
Anyway, at the time, I wondered how it had gotten so deep that it was frozen.
‘… What if it was melted into the glacier in this way after it was formed? And what if it randomly split off in the middle of a glacier?’
Orden said that.
Glacher trolls, who cannot be seen where they are hiding in other seasons, appear from somewhere and wander around the demonic landscape during the cold winter.
‘What if the temperature drops below the set temperature, and fusion naturally changes into separation?’
Seongjin set the maintenance temperature of the Glature Trolls high, making them move even though it was not winter.
This was the reason why ice monsters, which caused severe cold damage just by touching them, gave off a cold that was tolerable even when people were riding them.
‘Then they must have used the same method.’
When they mobilized the Glature Trolls, were they simply trying to pound the high ice wall from the outside?
‘That’s not it! Perhaps the most efficient way to break down an ice wall is… … !’
… this!
Seongjin turned away from the group with a disappointed look on his face.
“We’re in big trouble! The ice base is in danger now!”
fantasy,
