Infinite Apostle and the Twelve War Maidens

1. The Beast that Freezes Heaven and Earth (1/2)

• Translator: AurenDa'at

"Apostles"... This is what humans call the twelve beings in this world that defy common sense. Each "Apostle" possesses immense power, and legends say that Apostles can even alter the terrain around them with their own abilities. Therefore, the Apostles represent an imminent danger and a great threat to humanity.

Among these twelve current Apostles, the one considered the undisputed strongest is "Yormann," known as "The Infinite." However, on this morning, when Yormann's sister, "Nogis," opened his door, she found only this note on the table:

— Damn the Apostles! I'm done with this! I'm going to find a pretty girl and marry her!! —

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With the arrival of golden autumn, a legendary monster of disaster-class level appeared in the snowy plains north of the Empire. "Disaster-class" monsters are classified as the most dangerous among all known monsters, and wherever a monster of this type goes, only ruin and destruction remain.

Although this monster was still far from the city, for the sake of the citizens' safety in the future, the Empire had to send an army to eliminate this once-in-a-millennium disaster-class monster – the "Ice Dragon."

And among the ranks of this Imperial army was a sorceress considered the Empire's trump card, who had single-handedly turned the tide of battle in the past, known as the "Flame Witch" - "Kerr Charlotte."

Meanwhile, everyone in the snowy plains was on high alert, waiting for the opportune moment to attack the Ice Dragon. But, amidst these soldiers, so tense that their hands were sweating, there was a man, not very tall, standing alone on the ice. And from his distinctive military helmet, lewd laughter occasionally emerged. No one might believe this, but this person was the strongest of the Apostles, "Yormann"!

"Hehehe... I wish I could pinch the cheeks of that cute girl, the receptionist at the guild..."

While everyone around him was sweating with tension, Yormann was wiping away his drool and letting out lewd laughs. Luckily, the helmet covered his face, otherwise he might have been kicked out for undermining the army's morale.

But, why would the strongest of the Apostles infiltrate the human Empire's army? Well, it was all because of money!

Regardless of being the strongest Apostle, in this society, you can't get married without money. Regardless of whether the girl likes you or not, just eating a meal will cost you a lot of gold coins, not to mention buying this and that. A single date could cost an ordinary person a month's salary!

But when Yormann realized that money was no longer worth anything in the human world, the gold coins he had brought with him were almost depleted.

But luckily, while he was thinking about his problem, he saw a recruitment poster on the city wall. The purpose of this recruitment was to hunt the Ice Dragon that had appeared in the snowy plains. Because of the location of the snowy plains, the main Imperial army couldn't arrive in time, so they had to start a temporary recruitment in the area. As long as you were physically fit and passed the test, you could join. Although the initial reward wasn't much, it eventually increased due to the shortage of manpower to three thousand gold coins per person, plus a chance to transfer to the regular forces, which had very strict selection criteria.

"But I never expected a trivial dragon to be worth so much money in the human world... Should I try to invite the pretty receptionist after I get the money? Maybe... lewd chuckle (¬‿¬)"

While Yormann was still lost in his rosy fantasies, the ground covered with white snow suddenly turned red, and a huge fireball enveloped in lava headed straight for the huge Ice Dragon crouching on the snowy plains. In an instant, the intense heat of the flames melted the accumulated snow on the ground, and even the sky turned red.

"This is Lady Kerr's attack signal! Army, charge!"

At that moment, all the members of the army were startled, drew their weapons, and rushed with the fireball towards the location of the Ice Dragon.

The original plan was to launch a continuous attack on the wounded Ice Dragon as soon as the fireball hit it. But no one expected that the fireball, capable of coloring the sky and the earth, would suddenly turn into a cloud of white smoke and vanish into thin air before touching the Ice Dragon.

"This is impossible!"

The soldiers at the front froze in their places as they watched this scene, while many of the temporary recruits panicked. You must know that that blow was one of the strongest types of fire magic, the "Lava Bomb."

But the Ice Dragon knew no mercy, and before the soldiers could comprehend what had happened, it immediately released a breath from its mouth cold enough to freeze the earth. In an instant, the weather changed drastically, and the calm snowy plains suddenly turned into a raging blizzard. Then, countless soldiers around the Ice Dragon were frozen in their places, and in the next second, the Ice Dragon shattered them with a single swipe of its tail.

"This... this is the power of a disaster-class monster..."

"We can't win! Even the Flame Witch can't defeat the legendary Ice Dragon! Run!"

Facing such an opponent with incomparable power, the surviving soldiers unhesitatingly dropped their weapons and chose to flee.

But even under these circumstances, "Kerr," known as the "Flame Witch," continued to fight fiercely against the Ice Dragon on the front lines.

From afar, Kerr's small body, compared to the huge Ice Dragon that resembled a small hill, seemed like an absolute contrast. But surprisingly, the aura emanating from Kerr at that moment was no less than the aura of the Ice Dragon. Her long red hair, which resembled flames, glowed with magical power as if it would burn the sky and the earth, and the courage emanating from between her eyebrows made her look like a legendary Valkyrie (a mythical warrior).

"O scorching flame that devours heaven and earth, transform into a sword in my hand! Crimson Flame Sword!"

With the chanting of the spell, the white snowy plains were once again illuminated with a fiery red light, and a giant sword burning with intense flames rushed towards the Ice Dragon's head. But the Ice Dragon, composed entirely of countless pieces of ice, received the power of that blow without being harmed. In contrast, the burning magic sword gradually began to turn into white smoke and vanish into the air.

At that moment, countless beads of sweat began to freeze on Kerr's pale cheeks. And her originally fiery red hair began to gradually become covered with white frost.

Although she was very reluctant, the difference in power was very clear. Even with the release of super-level magic like the "Crimson Flame Sword," she couldn't inflict any damage on the Ice Dragon.