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22 Frost Spirit
‘ Is this going to happen?’
Sion thought as he looked at Bingryong, split in two and vanishing in vain.
To be honest, when I opened the last door, I didn’t expect such an attack to be shot at me.
Therefore, I was able to swing it without even being able to create a sword with the hastily drawn Iklaxia, but fortunately the Black Island was activated.
‘ Is this because I got to 3 stars?’
When Heukseongha was a 2 star, he knew intuitively that it wouldn’t be possible, and when he was an emperor in the past, he had never wielded a half sword, so he couldn’t figure it out until now.
Anyway, good job.
After finishing his thoughts, Shion’s eyes saw a green-haired middle-aged man and other people staring blankly at him in the silence.
Their mouths were slightly opened as if they could not believe the sight they had just seen.
“ Uh, how… … .”
Soon after, the trembling voice that came out of Clint’s mouth, the green-haired man, broke the silence.
The power of a legendary artifact.
It was also one of the powers of the ‘Frost Queen’ called Naim.
A whopping 7th level, the power equivalent to upper-middle-level magic.
It was never the power to disappear in vain at once like that.
And the scene when it disappeared was also strange.
Because it was not cut by the sword, but disappeared as if it was erased as soon as it touched the line drawn by that black sword.
‘ Is this possible?’
bum bum, bum bum.
Shion walks towards Clint as if he has no intention of answering Clint’s question.
“ No, stop!”
Other members of Ouroboros who were around him rushed towards Zion.
blah blah blah blah!
It was impossible to stop Zion, who had destroyed the entire branch alone in the first place.
The gang members are literally slaughtered by Zion, who is half-sized but even drew a sword.
Such Zion’s sword was cruel without a handful of mercy.
In the first place, all those belonging to Ouroboros were crazy people who wished for the destruction of the world.
Because Shion’s personality wasn’t good enough to show mercy to those guys.
‘ Even if not, I didn’t intend to save him.’
In fact, when it comes to deciding whether to live or die, whether the opponent is a bad person or a good person was not very important to Sion.
All that matters is whether it helps you or not.
“ Ahhh!”
Only then, belatedly, Clint, who had condensed the cold air of the same power as before a little more, swung his dagger towards Shion.
No, I was actually trying to wield it.
But before that.
Scratch!
As if in a vision, Zion’s sword appeared right in front of him and cut off his right hand holding the dagger.
“ Ah… … .”
Clint stares blankly at his wrist soaring into the air.
The last scene he saw before he died.
“ Not twice.”
With Zion’s low voice.
Suga Gak!
It was a black sword light that filled his vision.
‘ That’s… … .’
After finishing up the last remaining branch manager Clint, Shion looked around and saw a white dagger lying on the floor.
Zion’s eyes are distinctive.
Shion, who immediately walked towards it, immediately picked up the dagger.
A dagger that emits a terrifying cold that almost freezes your whole body just by holding it in your hand.
It was certain.
One of the same power fragments as ‘Breath of the Frost Queen’ that was sold at the Plington Auction House earlier.
“ I thought there might be… … .”
The disaster ‘frozen night’ occurred two months later.
Assuming that’s what happens when you collect all four Frost Queen’s Power Shards.
It was normal to have one or two pieces on ouroboros side at this time.
I didn’t know it would be in a branch like this.
“ You are lucky.”
Shion muttered like that and remembered her plans for the future.
In fact, there was one more reason why Shion obtained ‘Breath of the Frost Queen’ other than blocking ‘Frozen Night’ and hitting Ouroboros.
An event that will happen in the not-too-distant future.
No, these Frost Queen’s pieces of power were needed to get what Zion wanted from ‘the event’, which is more accurate to say that it will be opened than that it will happen.
It’s like a kind of key.
‘ Maybe the future plans can be solved more easily.’
Thinking like that, when Shion puts the dagger into his arms.
ride it!
I heard footsteps running towards me.
‘ Are you here now?’
It seemed that the number would be tens of thousands, but Zion’s expression did not change. Those who came now were not enemies.
Quang!
“Your Majesty Zion!”
A group of hordes rushing into the room, completely smashing the already shattered door once again.
At the forefront of such a group was Eileen, the head of the intelligence guild, the Eye of the Moon.
“ It’s okay… … It looks like a god.”
She was relieved to see Shion standing in the middle of the room, but her eyes immediately began to color with surprise.
The corpses in the room filled Eileen’s sight.
The eyes of those corpses were all tired of fear, as if they could not even resist properly.
With him, scenes of other rooms, which had been rushing to her head and had not been seen properly, began to come to mind.
Those rooms were no different from here.
‘ I hope everyone here is alone… … .’
To be honest, I thought it was nonsense when Shion said that he was going to the enemy’s stronghold after chasing a fugitive assailant.
No matter how lightly the people who attacked the horsepower car were dealt with, it was completely different from attacking the stronghold alone.
That’s why he led the troops in such a hurry and followed the trail.
But it was all her fault.
‘ I knew from the beginning that I was strong, but… … .’
I didn’t expect it to be like this.
No, it would be more accurate to say that I haven’t actually felt it until now.
‘ Is that one of Agnes’ monsters?’
Whether or not she knew that Eileen was sticking her tongue out like that, Shion indifferently turned towards the exit.
“ How do I do the post-processing?”
“ Just leave it alone. After all, someone else will do it for you.”
Shion shook her head at Eileen’s words and smiled lightly.
In Shion’s mind, the face of Sharin Mei, who would be angry after visiting this place soon came to mind.
* * *
The room on the top floor of the secret branch where Zion had been a while ago.
“… … .”
There, Sharin Mei was looking at the devastation in the room.
Her eyes were devoid of any emotion.
However, the shadow that had followed Sharin for over ten years knew how angry she was now.
“ What happened?”
A quiet question came out of Sharin’s mouth.
“ There was an intruder.”
The shadow answered him immediately.
“ How much?”
“… … One.”
“ What?”
In response to that answer, Sharin looked back at the shadows as if asking what that meant.
The shadow lowered her head and opened her mouth to avoid meeting her eyes.
“ We were able to extract a portion of the memory that remained from the corpse of one of the gang members. There was only one intruder, a man with gray hair and gray eyes.”
“… … !”
At the words of the shadow, a figure flashed through Sharin’s head.
‘ Do you think I’m more qualified than you?’
The masked man who took the ‘Breath of the Frost Queen’ she was supposed to take and dared to say these things in front of her.
“ What happened to the squad that sent to retrieve the ring?”
Sharin, who suddenly remembered something, asked the shadow again.
“… … All contact has been lost.”
it was undoubtedly
I knew the moment I heard the shadow’s answer.
That the gray-haired man who took his breath destroyed this secret branch.
The location of this place must have been found out through the disposition team.
joke.
It was one word that filled Sharin’s head right now.
I really hate to admit it, but from the auction house until now, she has been being teased by a gray-haired man.
“ Dare you… … play with me You bastard to tear and kill!!!”
Along with the low-pitched roar that flowed from the distorted Sharin’s mouth.
Ded Ded Ded Dude!
The whole secret branch began to shake by the huge energy that erupted from her.
A building that could not withstand its strength and gradually collapsed.
But Sharin immediately suppressed her anger.
For now, rather than venting their anger, they had to figure out who had twisted their plans first.
‘ The gray hair that symbolizes the imperial family, such strength and heart… … And there are not many people who even have wealth, including collateral.’
No, it’s not that much, it’s really rare.
After a while, she returned with a cold expression and opened her mouth towards the shadow.
“ How long do you think it will take?”
“ Yes?”
“ To identify the intruder.”
“ I will figure it out within a week.”
“I’ll give you four days. Find out in it.”
“… … All right.”
Feeling the presence of the shadow disappearing with those words, Sharin clenched her fists strongly.
“ If I see you again next time… … .”
She sighed and looked at the shattered glass box.
In her eyes, the huge anger that she had suppressed was boiling again.
* * *
“ Really… … Did you buy the auction house?”
These were the first words Thierry gave to Shion, who returned to Chimseonggung.
His hand, who was handed the black card again, was trembling thinly, as Zion had expected.
Even he didn’t seem to have expected that Zion would spend so much in one night.
“ It’s not that, but I bought a few useful things.”
“… … Haha, Your Majesty has a big barrel. He is also the successor of the Eternal Age.”
Looking at Thierry, who was trying to convince her with a smile, Shion grinned.
“ If it can be solved with money, it’s best to do it.”
And this was pretty cheap.
I got two legendary artifacts, and one of them even had a unique name.
Of course, one could use it only after the curse had been lifted.
Thierry, who had heard Shion’s self-awareness to some extent, also nodded with an expression of understanding.
“ I think it would certainly be an advantage if it was this much. We’ll find a skilled Haeju (解呪) magician as soon as possible. than that… … .”
Thierry’s eyes lit up as he looked at the blue ring and the pure white dagger on the table.
“ Are these the pieces of the Frost Queen’s power?”
“ Yes.”
“ It’s amazing. Four legendary relics come together to become a mythical relic… … .”
It was a fact that even the head of the intelligence group did not know, so Thierry, who burst out in admiration, suddenly put on a questionable expression.
“ Then why did you take these out all of a sudden?”
Because of Shion’s personality, there’s no way he’s going to take it out just to show Thierry himself and Fredo, who is quietly standing next to him.
“ Look, you know.”
Shion, who answered with a smile, gently stimulated the ‘Frost Queen’s Breath’ and ‘Frost Fang’ in front of him using the Black Star.
Woo woo woo!
In response, I wondered if the energy of the two relics would be intertwined, and then a great resonance began to occur.
A study filled with blue light bursting from such resonances and a rapidly dropping temperature.
“ Hey, this is… … !”
Confused voices came out of the mouths of Fredo and Thierry, who were watching the anomaly.
However, unlike them, Zion’s eyes looking at resonance were very calm.
Because this was a very natural phenomenon.
Whoa!
Among myth-level weapons and famous legendary-level relics, there were individuals with ego that could think and make judgments for themselves.
A mythical relic that is completed by gathering the Frost Queen’s power fragments is also a relic with an ego.
As Zion knew, the moment when such a self was revealed was when two of the Power Fragments came together.
“ Go, Unique Spirit!”
Thierry burst out in astonishment as he saw a single being slowly taking shape in the blue light.
unique spirit.
Unlike ordinary spirits, there is only one individual in the world, and is known to have tremendous power and wisdom far beyond humans.
Paah!
With Thierry’s astonishment, the spirit finally appeared in the light.
A bird with blue-tinged feathers about the size of an adult man’s fist.
Despite its round appearance, it had an unfamiliar coldness and arrogance, as if to indicate that it was a spirit related to the cold.
“… … .”
Shion, Thierry, and Fredo’s eyes are all focused on the spirit, and silence falls in the library.
What is the first word of a unique spirit that whispers thousands of brilliant advice to the contractor with transcendent wisdom?
Finally in such silence.
The spirit’s mouth slowly opened.
– Tit!