6kv Chapter 27 Snow Woman
Chapter 27 Snow Woman
3 PM.
The sky was as dark as midnight.
There was no wind, no sound, and even the chill in the air seemed to have frozen.
"They're here!"
On the watchtower, Leila, who was on lookout duty, issued a sharp warning.
On the horizon, a white "wave" is surging in.
Those were countless Yetis.
They are made of snow and resentment, roughly in the shape of a floating human, with distorted features that look particularly ferocious on a pale face.
"Ready—Fire!"
Anna stood at the highest point of the city wall and gently waved her little hand.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six level-two lava watchtowers roared simultaneously.
Dark red lava beams rained down like a meteor shower, exploding into dazzling, fiery red lotuses among the Yeti horde.
The high temperature instantly vaporized the snow, sending large plumes of steam rising into the air. The low-level snow monsters were blasted into a cloud of water vapor before they even got within two hundred meters of the city wall.
At the same time, Olivia also made her move.
She stood atop another thorny watchtower and slammed her scepter down heavily.
"Growth!"
The frozen ground outside the city wall cracked instantly, and countless thorny vines emerged like pythons from their caves, tightly binding those who had managed to slip through the fire net. The sharp thorns pierced their bodies, instantly tearing them to pieces.
The battle was a one-sided massacre.
"Too weak!"
The survivors below the city walls erupted in cheers.
"That's it? This moment of unexpected change is nothing special!"
"Lord's defense is simply invincible!"
Even Victor breathed a sigh of relief, sheathed his sword, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
An attack of that intensity wouldn't even give them the chance to warm up.
Only Lorraine didn't laugh.
He stood by the city wall, his fingers unconsciously stroking the cold cover of "The Witch's Codex," his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
Not right.
too weak.
This is not logical.
Since it is a moment of unpredictable change during the snow season, the difficulty increases progressively.
How could today's Yeti swarm be weaker than last night's insect swarm?
This is practically like... a clearance operation.
Or rather, it is a kind of "ritual" performed in preparation for the appearance of some important person.
"Shut up! Everyone on alert!"
Lorraine suddenly shouted sharply, his voice amplified throughout the entire area by the sound-amplifying array, "Don't be too happy yet, this is just the appetizer!"
The cheers abruptly stopped.
Everyone stared in astonishment at the lord's serious expression, before they could even react.
Click.
A crisp cracking sound suddenly rang in everyone's ears.
Immediately afterwards, the world changed color.
The originally gray sky instantly turned a deathly white, and all sounds disappeared at that moment.
A figure suddenly appeared in the center of the battlefield.
That's a woman.
She wore a gorgeous long dress woven from ice crystals, and walked barefoot in the void. With each step she took, an ice lotus would bloom beneath her feet.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, with skin so white it was almost translucent, and long, silvery-white hair that moved behind her even without wind.
But those eyes had no pupils; they were just a deathly white.
Tier 3 monster - Yuki-onna.
She hovered silently in mid-air, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the lava watchtowers on the city wall that were spewing flames. A hint of human disgust appeared on her beautiful face.
"It's so hot."
She parted her lips slightly, her voice ethereal as if it were a ghost.
next second.
She raised her hand and gently blew in Anna's direction.
call--
A visible white cold current instantly traversed a distance of several hundred meters.
There was no explosion, and there was no sound.
The two level-two witch towers that were gathering power, along with a section of the surrounding city wall, instantly transformed into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.
Followed by.
Splash!
The ice sculpture collapsed, turning into fragments scattered all over the ground.
The two witch towers were instantly destroyed!
"puff!"
As the connector of the Witch's Tower, Anna was struck dumb, coughing up a mouthful of blood before collapsing limply to the ground.
"Anna!"
Olivia cried out in alarm and quickly manipulated countless thorny vines to surge wildly towards the snow woman in the air.
The Snow Woman didn't even glance at her; she simply waved her sleeve lightly.
Those thorns, harder than steel, froze and shattered the moment they came within three meters of her, turning into a cloud of icy dust.
The entire room fell silent.
That suffocating sense of despair was like an invisible hand, gripping everyone's heart tightly.
Third order.
This is a true Tier 3 monster!
It is a terrifying existence capable of destroying a human town!
"Damn it!"
Victor's eyes widened in fury as he drew his sword and roared, "Everyone! Charge with me! Protect the lord!"
Although fear made his legs tremble, the honor of being a knight prevented him from retreating.
He raised his molten longsword and, along with the two remaining carpenters of the territory, charged madly toward the breach.
Anna and Olivia also became completely serious, manipulating their respective witch towers and launching an attack with all their magic.
Perhaps it's because they're on home ground and have a perfect spirit origin.
The second-tier lava beams and vines struck the Snow Woman, and with the powerful amplification from the Witch's Tower, they seemed to subtly suppress this third-tier monster for a time.
However, the Snow Woman remained unmoved, only letting out a soft, alluring laugh:
"act recklessly."
She slowly took out an ice crystal ball that emitted a faint blue light from her bosom.
That was a strange object.
Lorraine's pupils suddenly contracted, and the frantically flashing red warning on the Witch's Codex sent chills down his spine.
[Warning! High-level artifact reaction detected!]
【Name: Frozen Domain】
[Effect: Forcefully deploys a low-temperature force field, sealing the magic and special abilities of all creatures and structures below Tier 4 within the area!]
[Side effect: Within the frozen domain, the caster will also be affected, and their rank will be temporarily suppressed to rank two!]
"This is your funeral."
The snow woman gently tossed down the ice crystal ball.
Om-!
A visible blue halo spread instantly throughout the entire camp, centered on the ice crystal sphere.
The world was silenced at that moment.
Anna's fireball, which she was struggling to condense, went out with a "poof".
The once vibrant thorns that Olivia summoned withered instantly, and all the plants drooped their heads, turning a grayish color.
"My magic... I can't sense it anymore..."
Olivia's face turned deathly pale as she looked at her hands in despair.
Within this realm, witches become ordinary girls, and the Witch's Tower becomes an ordinary watchtower.
Only pure physical strength can be effective here.
However, the price was that the snow woman, who had been floating in the air, slowly fell to the ground.
Her aura plummeted from a terrifying third rank to a second rank.
Even so...
"ah--!"
Victor, who was at the forefront, let out a scream.
His molten longsword struck the snow maiden's ice armor, only sending up a few sparks. Instead, a snow maiden casually conjured an ice spear that pierced his shoulder, sending the second-tier knight flying like a rag doll.
At the same level, monsters are far more powerful than human individuals without the support of buildings.
boom!
Viktor fell heavily at Lorraine's feet, his blood staining the snow.
"Lord...run!"
Victor struggled to get up, but vomited a large amount of blood clots.
In this realm, even a second-tier monster can still easily defeat a human knight who has lost the boost from battle aura.
The snow woman walked barefoot towards the breach in the city wall.
Wherever she went, a thick layer of frost formed on the ground.
The remaining carpenters were terrified and fled in tears, dropping their weapons.
It’s over.
It's all over.
Without the witch's magic and the firepower of the defensive towers, how can this group of defeated soldiers possibly stop this monster?
Even Lyra closed her eyes in despair, gripped the only dagger in her hand, and prepared to face her final death.
Lorraine, however, remained still.
He stood before the still-closed plant factory, his face expressionless.
He was even looking at his watch.
"Three seconds left."
He suddenly spoke, his voice sounding particularly abrupt in the deathly silence of the battlefield.
The snow woman, who was about to unleash her fury, paused, her pale eyes looking at the human male who showed no signs of magic with a puzzled expression.
"Two seconds."
Lorraine raised her head, meeting the Snow Woman's gaze that looked down upon her like an ant, and a crazy smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
"One second."
Ding.
A crisp notification sound came from inside the plant factory.
Production batch A-02, completed.
Lorraine suddenly waved her hand, pointed at the arrogant snow woman, and roared:
"Open the door! Unleash the dogs! No... unleash the vegetables!"
The gates of the plant arsenal were flung open.
The "cabbage army," which was originally considered a joke by everyone, charged out like a pack of mad dogs just released from their cages.
"roar!"
The leading cabbage swordsman let out a roar that was completely out of character for his appearance. His thick, rooted legs slammed into the ground, and he shot towards the snow woman like a green cannonball.
The snow woman was stunned.
What is this?
There was no magical fluctuation; it was neither a golem nor an undead.
It's just... food?
In the brief moment she was distracted, the Cabbage Swordsman had already rushed in front of her, and his two huge cabbage-leaf shields, accompanied by a whistling sound, slammed hard into her face.
boom!
The snow woman instinctively raised her ice spear to block.
The immense impact propelled her backward several meters, carving two deep furrows into the ice beneath her feet.
"What?!"
For the first time, a look of shock appeared on the snow woman's perpetually icy face.
Although it lacks battle aura, this vegetable's power is actually the same as that of the second-tier knight from before?!
Before she could react, a second and a third Cabbage Swordsman arrived in quick succession.
They feel no fear and no pain.
The snow woman's ice spear pierced the body of a cabbage, but it couldn't stop its movement at all; instead, the weapon got stuck.
Immediately afterwards, several other cabbages swarmed forward, attacking in the most primitive and savage way—shield bashes, charge attacks, and even pressing down with their bodies!
This is what makes Plant Factory so terrifying.
These plant soldiers are biological weapons in themselves!
They don't need magic to drive them; they rely on the abnormal toughness of plant fibers and their modified muscle structure!
The Frozen Domain can seal magic, but it cannot seal the laws of physics!
"Get out of here!"
The snow woman screamed, and a terrifying chill erupted from her body, attempting to freeze these nasty vegetables.
But at that moment...
puff!puff!puff!
In the distance, three Peashooters that had been set up beforehand opened fire.
Those were three green peas, each the size of a bowling ball, propelled by compressed gas, cutting through the air at an astonishing initial velocity.
boom!
The first pea slammed into the Snow Woman's ice armor, instantly shattering into countless fragments. The immense kinetic energy made the Snow Woman's chest feel tight.
The second one, the third one...
This purely physical ranged attack forced the Snow Woman to retreat repeatedly, making it impossible for her to concentrate on casting spells.
"That is..."
The heavily wounded Victor barely managed to lift his head and look at the sunflower in the center of the battlefield, which was emitting a soft golden light.
The light shone on him, and the chill that had almost frozen his blood began to dissipate rapidly.
The sunflower's special ability: Photosynthetic purification!
It can dispel negative states!
"What are you standing there for!"
Lorraine drew her longsword and kicked Victor in the backside. "Can't you see she's about to die? She's only a second-tier monster! You think you can hurt her?"
Victor suddenly woke up.
Yes.
The Snow Woman, whose rank has been lowered and who is being overwhelmed by a bunch of vegetables, is now just a fragile character!
He, a mere second-tier knight, couldn't defeat a snow maiden who was also a second-tier knight. But if he added the group of vegetables that were entangled with the snow maiden, then it would be a different story.
"kill!!!"
Victor roared, his knightly pride unleashing his last bit of power.
Like a wounded lone wolf, he leaped high into the air the moment the snow woman was tightly held by the legs of the two cabbage swordsmen.
The molten longsword drew a bleak arc in the air.
puff!
The Snow Woman's beautiful head flew high into the air.
In those pale eyes, disbelief lingered until the very end.
She actually...died at the hands of a bunch of vegetables?
With the death of the Snow Woman, the blue halo that enveloped the entire scene shattered instantly.
call--
The cold wind blew in again, and the magic returned.
The flames in Anna's hands reignited, and Olivia felt the pulse of the earth once more.
"You...you won?"
Everyone stared at the headless corpse on the snow, then at the group of cabbages foolishly wiping the ice crystals off their bodies with leaves, and a sense of utterly absurd unreality washed over them.
Lorraine let out a long breath, only then realizing that her back was already soaked in cold sweat.
But he didn't show it.
He walked over expressionlessly and picked up the fallen ice crystal ball and a parchment sealed in an envelope from beside the Snow Woman's broken body.
[Obtained Rare Item: Frozen Domain]
[Obtain Special Item: Letter Home]
Lorraine casually opened the envelope and unfolded the parchment.
His pupils contracted violently after just one glance.
That's not a special item.
It was a letter.
A letter from "The Winter Lord" to his mother.
To the Mother Snow who gave birth to my icy bones:
The frigid winds of the far north are calling for a new ruler; the shackles that have been preventing me from advancing to the fifth level have begun to crack in absolute zero. I am about to ascend the throne and be crowned the true monarch of winter.
I know that the filthy mortal world is always filled with nauseating heat and ants. Therefore, I extracted a 'Fragment of the Frozen Domain - Law' from the heart of the far north.
Please accept this cold authority.
If any reckless embers try to approach you, then open this realm—may your world forever be cold and chilling, and may that filthy flame never melt your pure white skirt.
—Respectfully presented by your proud offspring, the eternal calamity of the North.
Lorraine's fingers stiffened slightly.
He slowly raised his head, looking towards the deeper, darker snowfields to the north.
This level 3 snow maiden almost wiped them out just now...
It turns out to be the mother of that fifth-tier "Winter Monarch"...?
Moreover, this frozen domain that almost wiped them out was just a gift for their mother to protect herself.
"It seems..."
Lorraine crumpled the letter into a ball, a smile playing on her lips, a mixture of madness and excitement.
"It seems we've offended a really big shot."