Chapter 421 She (1/2)

”Gao Peng, there's something good inside,” said the Desolate Frost Lion, salivating as it gazed intently inside the temple.

Gao Peng rubbed the lion's head. ”Hush now.”

While the Desolate Frost Lion couldn't see the stats of whatever awaited them up ahead, Gao Peng could see them clearly. It was a King-tier monster.

Well, crap. Dumby and Stripey aren't with me right now.

The strongest familiar he had brought along with him was his Level-50 White Steel Bladed Beast. No matter how ruthless its attacks might have been, the fact that it was only one level away from reaching King-tier didn't change the fact that it was still a Lord-tier familiar.

To make matters worse, this was the North pole. They were in the Frozen Asura Knight's domain.

”Leave this place, human,” said the Frozen Asura Knight in a deep voice.

Gao Peng stared at it in surprise. None of his familiars were translating its words psychically in his head. The Frozen Asura Knight was speaking directly to him in his tongue!

”You can speak my language?”

”Leave here now, human!” roared the Frozen Asura Knight, hostility rising in its voice. Despite the rising anger in its voice, it still hadn't taken a step out of the palace.

Its ability to speak the human tongue meant that it wasn't a wild monster. It must have come into regular contact with human civilization. It might have even been someone else's familiar.

Ridiculous as it might have sounded, the fact that his grandfather had been able to raise the White Dragon himself was enough proof that there were other trainers just as gifted and lucky as he was out there in the world. They would also be capable of raising their own King-tier familiars.

”We're not going to break into the palace. We're just taking a look around. Is that all right with you?” asked Gao Peng, trying as best as he could to show that he carried no ill will.

The Frozen Asura Knight looked as if it was about to say something else, then, glancing at Gao Peng, it turned around and went inside. ”Your words, not mine,” it said flatly, letting its voice echo in the wind.

Only after it had stepped back into the palace did Gao Peng realize just how big the palace was. Its blue-white walls loomed high. Nothing but a sheet of white snow surrounded the palace.

Without waiting for Gao Peng to come over, the Desolate Frost Lion broke into a small jog towards a bluish frozen lake not too far away from the palace. The lake's surface was as smooth as a mirror.

With a splash, it leaped into the lake and disappeared beneath its surface.

Inside the palace, suddenly sensing something, the Frozen Asura Knight who had returned inside scanned the walls to its left before turning away.

A huge frozen room had been built in the innermost parts of the palace. If the cold outside was a one, the temperature inside the room was a freezing ten. An ice fog hung in the air, with spindly frozen tendrils branching out from the walls.

In the middle of the room lay a frozen casket. The casket was six feet long and three feet wide, adorned with exquisite floral patterns. The Frozen Asura Knight walked solemnly towards the frozen casket before dropping to a half-kneel in front of it.

”Mistress, what are your orders?” The Frozen Asura Knight's markings began to flow into the ground, making it seem as if it was now firmly rooted in the ground, as if it had become one with the palace itself.

Suddenly, a dainty white hand stretched out from the casket. Its skin was so white that one could see the blue-green veins bulging slightly on its extremities. It gently waved at the knight, its middle and ring fingers touching each other.

The knight took this to mean, ”State your business if you have any. If not, leave. I do not like to be bothered.”

After a moment's silence, the Frozen Asura Knight slowly lowered its head. ”Understood,” it said solemnly.