Infinite Apostle and the Twelve War Maidens

2. The Ice Beast That Freezes Heaven and Earth (2/2)

• Translator: AurenDa'at

Kerr (Kerr Charlotte) wasn't frightened when she saw this; instead, she quickly formulated the most effective plan in her mind.

"Now, all I have to do is stall the ice dragon so the others can escape. This way, at least, we can notify the people in the city to evacuate quickly."

While she was thinking this, she shouted her command at the top of her voice:

"Listen carefully! I'll cover you here, escape immediately!!!"

However, amidst the swirling snow, only the howling wind and the low growl of the ice dragon before her answered Kerr.

The army of five thousand soldiers had completely vanished now. A large portion of them had turned into ice statues, while the remaining few soldiers had chosen to flee, driven by terror.

"Did they already run away even before I told them to? In that case, I'll buy you some more time..."

Kerr closed her eyes and focused all her magical power into her body. In an instant, a blazing fire ignited around her body, and her body temperature began to rise gradually. This was all Kerr, the veteran magician, could do now. She amassed a tremendous amount of magic, exceeding the norm, to detonate everything around her. In this situation, even if she couldn't kill the ice dragon, she could at least stall it for some time, giving the civilians enough time to evacuate.

However, this type of magic was extremely dangerous; it could reduce the caster to ashes. So Kerr hesitated, hesitated at the last moment. Even though she had made up her mind, she still didn't want to die, because she had an unfulfilled wish...

"So beautiful, why are you thinking like this?"

At that moment, an impossible voice reached Kerr's ears. Kerr opened her eyes wide in panic and saw a man wearing the armor of the Empire's army standing between her and the ice dragon.

"Why is there still someone here?"

Kerr looked at the young man in front of her coldly, wondering why he didn't appreciate the time she had painstakingly bought for them to escape.

"I... I was thinking of slacking off a bit to earn three thousand gold coins and go on a date with a beautiful girl. But I got confused about which girl would have the highest chance of success with, and while I was lost in thought, I found that everyone had disappeared around me."

"Are you an idiot!? Shouldn't you be thinking about how to survive in this situation!!"

Kerr's anger flared at the man's frivolous words. And because of that moment, the magical power she had painstakingly gathered dissipated.

And in the instant the magic dissipated, the ice dragon, which had been standing alert in a defensive posture, released a freezing breath at Kerr, a breath capable of freezing even flames.

As for Kerr, because she had exhausted so much of her spiritual energy to focus the magic, she began to lose consciousness gradually. Helpless, she closed her eyes, waiting for the moment of death in the darkness.

But...

Nothing happened.

When Kerr forced her blue sapphire eyes open again with difficulty, she saw something impossible in the eyes of humans.

The idiot who had been talking about going on a date was now pressing down on the ice dragon's upper jaw with one hand. The huge ice dragon was pinned to the ground, struggling to break free, while the chilling breath that almost froze her had been swallowed by the dragon into its belly.

"Is this a dream..."

Kerr looked at the ice dragon struggling in the man's hand, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. The super-class magic she had used had no effect on it, an army of five thousand soldiers was easily defeated, and she was about to sacrifice her life to stall it...

But...

Why! Why!!!

Why could this man pin down this beast, considered a natural disaster, with one hand? Why did this powerful ice dragon now look like a lizard in this man's hand!

"I saved your life, how about going on a date with me on your own expense?"

The man smiled as he held down the struggling ice dragon, and looked back at Kerr, who was on the verge of losing consciousness.

"Why does this person only think about these things..."

Kerr collapsed onto the thick snow due to exhaustion. And the last memory that remained in her mind was the man's hand holding the ice dragon, where a very complex red magic circle suddenly appeared. Kerr had never seen this type of magic circle before, and its complexity far exceeded any advanced magic she knew. And the symbols drawn on it were also unfamiliar.

At the end of the memory, red-purple flames erupted from the magic circle, and in less than a second, they covered the entire body of the ice dragon. And the ice dragon, which was capable of freezing fire, began to struggle in these red-purple flames. Its body, which even the Red Flame Sword couldn't penetrate, began to melt slowly. And in the blink of an eye, the ice dragon burned, leaving only a crystal emitting a cold glow.