At the center of the formation, countless sharp and cold ice spikes, like inverted pine needles, extended out and pierced the surrounding space.
White mist rose from the ice, colliding with the scorching heat, creating a vast expanse of white smoke.
Immediately afterwards, the ice, like wild grass growing wildly, began to grow rapidly from both the mountainside and the high sky, directly approaching the scorching crater.
War Magic: Thousand Seals of Ice
The ice spread rapidly, soon covering the edge of the crater and climbing layer by layer, enveloping the gushing lava as well.
Click click click!
The violent contact between the ice and the lava caused a sudden temperature change, which caused the molten metal and ice crystals to break apart violently, turning into a mixture of scalding hot and freezing steam.
In the hazy light, magic continued to surge forth, and war magic relentlessly unleashed even greater power.
Despite the layers of ice breaking and melting, countless new ice crystals surged forward one after another.
Soon, the cold engulfed the outermost layer of lava, until it connected with the ice crystals that stretched down from the sky.
The giant beast's head, which emerged from the crater, was also frozen, and the churning lava on its body surface solidified, becoming lifeless.
Seeing this, the mages in the arena remained tense and focused, but several minutes later, the giant beast still did not make a move.
The volcano no longer seems to show any signs of erupting.
Finally, a few scattered gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd.
"We...we did it!?"
"Great! We did it!"
In an instant, many of the mages breathed a sigh of relief, their faces showing excitement and joy.
They patted each other on the shoulder, celebrating their victory after three days and three nights of hard work.
Seeing this, even the knights around stared wide-eyed, stunned and motionless.
The volcanic eruption was successfully stopped, and the entire volcano lost its previous heat due to the power of the war magic.
Even the giant beast was frozen in the crater, its head still sticking out.
However, suddenly, an unexpected sound interrupted everyone's excitement.
Where is Viktor?
This is the question Gwen raised.
She looked up at the sky, her eyes trembling involuntarily.
While everyone else was relieved that the volcano hadn't erupted, only Gwen realized that Victor hadn't arrived yet.
At that moment, the joy that filled everyone's hearts seemed to be touched by the ripples of this war magic, and was instantly extinguished.
Reeves, however, remained relatively calm and softly comforted Gwen:
"Don't worry too much, Commander Gwen."
“Victor is a fourth-tier mage, and I believe he would never put himself in danger.”
Perhaps, after realizing he couldn't defeat the monster, Viktor used teleportation magic to leave midway.
That's why the monster was able to climb out of the bottom of the volcano without anyone stopping it.
However, Victor had already bought them enough time.
But Gwen obviously wouldn't accept that explanation.
She looked at the road leading to the mountain pass, which had been cooled down by a war magic spell and was no longer scorching hot.
Then, she took a deep breath, her eyes filled with unwavering determination, and said:
"I'm going up the mountain to find him."
With that, Gwen turned and began walking up the mountain path.
But before she could even set foot on the mountain,
roar--
Another fierce and heavy roar resounded from the mountain pass.
This time, the roar sounded even more terrifying.
Even though the mountains were shrouded in the icy expanse where heaven and earth met, the entire volcano trembled slightly.
The ice even emitted a crisp, cracking sound from within.
The sound was so loud that everyone could clearly identify the source of the roar.
It was clearly a monster lying in wait at the mountain pass.
At this moment, the monks all pointed to the sky.
Their mouths gaped open, they took two steps back in astonishment, their pupils dilated, and their voices became hoarse, almost cracking:
"What!? That monster."
"It...it's still alive!?"
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