Chapter 132 - Winter Queen 3 (1/2)

Chapter 132 - Winter Queen (3)

“Koohk······!”

Regina, who was unflappable most of the time, let out a moan.When she sensed the flow of Mana, she had used an ice type magic.In a shocking turn of events, she wasn’t able to use any ice type magic spells within this space.

This included her Mana.As soon as she changed her Mana into cold energy, she lost dominion over her power.It was absorbed into the attack coming towards them!

“Regina!”

“······I’m fine.”

When she realized what was going on, she transitioned into using wind magic.She was able to destroy the Ice Spears, but she couldn’t dodge all the fragments.Small number of wounds appeared on her body.Artpe clicked his tongue when he saw the enemy’s violent response.He used his Materialization spell to destroy the rest of the Ice Spears.He gave orders to his party.

“I want everyone to charge forward.I’ll take care of all the attacks directed towards us.Your ultimate goal is to reach the enemy.”

“Is there any way we can resolve this through words, Artpe-nim!?”

“Even if there is a way, I refuse to do so!”

From the moment they entered the ruin, they automatically became intruders.

So why would he trust the Ice Queen’s words when she called them her guests?!

Moreover, it was harder to fight an enemy when one formed a favorable relationship with one’s opponent.This was one of the reasons why he was doing this.

[Your judgment is truly rash and self-centered.However, you are showing mettle, so it isn’t too bad!I wonder if you can show me the innumerable changes that occurs within a human!]

“······I hate a know-it-all.She is looking down on us as if she knows everything.”

“As it happens, I feel the same way.It is an unwelcome coincidence.”

Regina was being carried on the back of Sienna, who was running at high speed.Regina sounded irked as she chanted her wind spells.

“I don’t like those that act that way.”

He had a good guess as to who the owner of the voice was.It was probably the Winter Queen or a vassal given authority over her power.She wasn’t known for her martial prowess.She was a symbolic figure within legends.She was one of the spirits of the four season.

‘She speaks as if she knows that I wasn’t a human before.I don’t like the tone of her voice.’

He couldn’t stop thinking about the dream he had before.He was hearing the voice he had heard in his dream.She sounded as if she knew that the world would repeat itself through Artpe’s reincarnation.At first, there were many parts of his dreams that sounded like nonsense, but the voice inside his dream really had shown up….

“I’ll think about it after I face her.”

The voice did a proper job in greeting her guests.No monsters appeared, but an incredible number of Ice Spears appeared all around them.There was no rhyme or reason as to where the Ice Spears appeared.Moreover, a fog containing cold energy suddenly made its appearance.The fog froze everything that it touched!It was as if the Dungeon itself was trying to kill the party.

“Run faster!”

“But Artpe······.”

“They are coming from below!”

“Heek!”

However, the more amazing part was how Artpe dealt with the attack.He assessed the rate in which his party was moving, and he wrapped his Mana Strings around them.He was able to sense and predict where the attacks were coming from.He formed barriers using his Materialization spell, and his barriers were precise in blocking the attacks!

In the opening salvo, the party became a little bit hurt.It couldn’t be helped.However, they remained unharmed after they started their charge.None of the barriers were breached.

Artpe was displaying a ridiculous amount of control and reaction speed.It surprised even those that were being protected by him.The party members were surprised, but they didn’t decrease their speed.It was more urgent for them to defeat their enemy instead of giving Artpe praise.

[You are fast.As expected, your senses have grown beyond what it was before!]

“Grown······? Growth is a word you use against someone that haven’t matured yet!”

Artpe had extended only a single strand of Mana String.This one strand elongated as it fluttered around the party.It looked like a butterfly, but in the next moment, it changed into arrows, walls and shields to block all the Ice Spears that was threatening the party.

The members of Artpe’s party didn’t have to think about anything else.They just focused all their power on reaching their enemy.They prepared their Mana.Their Mana reached a fevered pitch, and they were just waiting for the moment where they would unleash their deadly energy towards their enemy.

[You show trust in your comrades, and they respond with an unyielding spirit.Both are splendid.The only part that worries me is that you have only one central leader, yet you are holding up very well.]

“You talk down to us as if you are sitting up on a pedestal!You are annoying!”

When someone treated others as if they were novices, it usually was done by someone that had the power to back it up.In many case, they were big shots.However, he could only accept such a behavior from someone that had revealed their true nature!He hated those that acted high and mighty without revealing their identity!

He really hated preachy beings that remarked on the age of the opponent or when they went into a diatribe about how he should realize how big the world was!Even if their words meant well, it annoyed him.Artpe’s wish was to capture all of them and beat them to a pulp.

“If this is the extent of your attack, you should speak to me in honorifics.Honorifics!How dare you talk to me as an equal!”

[You designated yourselves as intruders of your own volition.At the very least, your attitude is truly bold.All right.Let’s see how you fare against this.]

Artpe was getting ready to bluff like a Four Heavenly King, but the voice responded as if she had been waiting for this.

“Koohk!?”

At that exact moment, Artpe used Blink by instinct.There were five in the party including him, and he transported everyone several hundred meters forward.Afterwards, the space where they had been crumpled, and it disappeared.

“B...behind us…..!”

“Kyahhhk!”

If he had been a little bit late, they wouldn’t have been able to put up a fight.They would have been crumpled up alongside the space, and they would have died.

“What the······!?”

“It is coming again! Don’t put up a resistance!Leave everything to me!”

Artpe once again used Blink.Afterwards, a larger swath of space crumpled up before it disappeared.The Ice Spear had been scary, but a greater fear was felt when they saw this attack.

“Tsk.It seems she is capable of adapting to the action of her enemies…..”

[You are well informed.You children are so excellent that I have to fight with my full strength from now on.This was the right way to greet you guys, and you guys are truly doing well.]

“Your words at the end was shitty.”

He was aware from the start that the ruin moved according to the will of this voice.However, he never expected her to crumple and eliminate space like that.The voice was synchronized with the ruin itself, but at the same time, she would also have to know a high level Space magic.

‘Even if I use the same Space magic, I’ll only be able to create a pocket dimension.I won’t be able to destroy an existing space like her.She is on a different level.It isn’t something that can be learned through a spell written within a Spell book.That means…..’