Return of the Frozen Player - chapter 214
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Chapter 214
The fiendsâ faces stiffened as they blankly looked at the slow-moving frozen world.
âWas Seo Jun-Ho an ice elemental skill user?â
âThatâs nonsense. Iâve never heard of such a report.â
âThen how can you explain the phenomenon in front of you?â
âDamn, how the hell is Darkmoon Pavilion doing their investigations?â
Shock, anger, resentment, and various emotions swept through them. But it was impatience that came after those feelings.
âItâs fine either way. First, we need to avoid it.â
âBut⊠to where?â
âIs this even the kind of attack that can be avoided?â
The fiends stood in a daze to the point where it seemed appropriate to say that their brains had stopped. Among them, the one who received the biggest shock was definitely Dread. It was the first time in his life that the skill he boasted as the strongest had become a sword aimed at his throat.
âLetâs get under the building and piers first!â
âDamn, if we had defensive skills at a time like thisâŠâ
âThereâs no time to delay!â
The fiends scrambled to hide under the buildings or just about anything. The problem was that Seo Jun-Ho didnât just have one or two pieces of ice.
Pabababa! Babababa!
The noises sounded a little sharper than hail and much duller than raindrops as they continuously rang in their ears. At the same time, buildings began to collapse from the ceiling.
âDamn it, buildings wonât work!â
âWith that number, itâs also impossible to deflect every single attackâŠâ
âHostage! Letâs take a hostage instead!â
The fiends opened their eyes wide at Dreadâs cry. As he said, if they took hostages, Seo Jun-Ho wouldnât be able to attack them so easily. Although Trevor was protecting the residents, with his ability, Trevor couldnât stop them.
âDo you really think Iâm blind?â
Seo Jun-Ho wouldnât allow that to happen even as he leisurely watched the situation.
Urururu!
The land was full of water due to the rain. The floors with thin ice on the surface began to rise, forming walls. The fiends who were running over to Trevor and the residents spat out curses.
âDamned ice!â
âWhat is this? A maze?â
âNo, this isnât a maze,â Dread said, looking at the wall of high ice that occupied the surrounding. If it were a maze, there would have to be a path, but the walls surrounding them had no openings except for up above. âHe just locked us up.â
It was obvious why Seo Jun-Ho had locked them up like this. The reason was falling on them now.
âDamn it! Damn it!â
âDeflect them! Break them, even if itâs just one!â
âThere are four people here. We might be able to block it if we try!â
âWe just have to hang in there until the reinforcements arrive.â
The fiendsâ eyes turned bloodshot. In a last-ditch effort, each of them used their own skills to deflect the falling ice. For the first time in their lives, they understood the meaning of the idiomâpull out all the stops.
Wave.
But the last-ditch effort didnât have much meaning. With Seo Jun-Hoâs light gesture, a new round of ice poured on them once again. As time passed, the fiendsâ movements began to slow down, and wounds began to appear on their bodies.
âHa⊠HaaaâŠ.â
âWhen⊠are the reinforcements?â
The exhausted fiendsâ eyes began to get murky. They also instinctively realized it. Unless Seo Jun-Ho let them live, there was no chance of survival.
âThis is tooâŠâ Dread looked as if he had been wronged.
No matter how hard they knocked them away, no matter how hard they smashed them apart, the number of icicles floating in the sky didnât decrease at all. He couldnât even use his skill. Every time he used his skill, he only increased his opponentâs weapons.
âIâve never felt this kind of helplessness in my life.â
Was this how ants felt in front of people? It was the feeling of facing an opponent whom you couldnât defeat no matter how hard you tried.
âThis is so unfairâŠâ
Was it okay for there to be such a difference in ability? Wasnât this something unfair which completely denied the efforts he had made so far? After hearing Dreadâs complaint, Seo Jun-Ho raised an eyebrow.
âUnfair? Thatâs the way the world is.â
Crackle!
When Seo Jun-Ho reached out, a spear of ice appeared in his hand.
âYou know that. The innocent people youâve killed so far must have thought so, too.â
The tragedy of others usually seemed small, while oneâs tragedy seemed big enough to cover the world. In particular, the fiendsâ idea of itâs fine if I do it, wrong if others do it was particularly strong.
âThatâs disgusting. Very.â
Seo Jun-Ho took a throwing position and threw the ice spear. The spear shot out like a ray of light, pierced Dreadâs abdomen, then inserted itself into the wall of ice.
âUgh!â
Blood spurted out of Dreadâs mouth like a fountain. However, a Player with demonic energy had a strong body. He was too strong to die just because his stomach was pierced.
Staring at Dread who was now stuck on the ice wall with the spear, Seo Jun-Ho said, âJust like how you killed them, you can die.â
âWhy didnât you aim for the heart?â
Seo Jun-Ho didnât answer Dreadâs question. Fortunately, Dreadâs question was quickly answered. Pieces of ice falling from the sky created tens of thousands of holes in his body.
âI-I donât want this kind of death.â
âIf youâre a Player, kill cleanly!â
How could Seo Jun-Ho show such mercy? The fiends saw Seo Jun-Hoâs indifferent eyes and bit their lips tightly.
âI-I donât want to die like that.â
One of the fiends couldnât overcome the oppressive atmosphere and took his own life. He didnât have the confidence to bear the pain of being turned into a rag like Dread.
âFu*kâŠâ
âWhy me? Why are you doing this to us?â
They decided to just bite the bullet. The two fiends looked up at the slowly approaching ice and took their weapons out. Of course, they didnât mean to do another last-ditch effort to escape, they simply cursed Seo Jun-Ho with devilish faces.
âI will curse you! I will curse you even in hell!â
âOn the day you come to hell, Iâll personallyâŠâ
âYou talk too much.â
When Seo Jun-Ho waved his hands, pieces of ice fell like petals and wrapped around their bodies.
ââŠ!â
ââŠ!â
The pain made them forget to scream as they fell into a daze. In the torment, the fiendsâ consciousnesses turned white.
âYou are especially fierce today,â commented the Frost Queen.
âThey were even more hateful today. What right do they have to even feel that itâs unfair?â
Seo Jun-Ho snorted and lightly moved his foot.
Urururu!
When the walls of ice collapsed, the first scene he saw was Trevor protecting the residents. He had an indescribable expression.
âHmm, what should I say? You look as if youâve met an alien.â
ââŠâ
Trevorâs face showed appreciation, astonishment, admiration⊠and fear. It had been quite a while since Seo Jun-Ho had seen such a face. Of course, he didnât feel hurt because he had seen such a face multiple times already.
âGo to the shelter. My allies there will lead you.â
âYouâŠâ
Trevor tried to find the words to follow up with, but he ended up shutting his mouth. He barely managed to hold it back in case he said anything rude. Instead of talking, he lowered his head.
âThank you. Iâll just say this for now.â
âDonât mention it.â
Trevor looked up. The view was clear since the buildings had collapsed. He looked at the sea and expressed his concern.
âJust what is going on in this city?â
âWho knows?â Seo Jun-Ho calmly continued. âThereâs only one thing I can tell you. Go to the shelter. Itâs the safest place.â
It was the best advice Seo Jun-Ho could give right now because he had also never seen anything like that before.
â âŠ!
He heard a small cry that didnât belong to a human. The place where he heard it was located at the end of the sea, where the dark clouds were concentrated. It was a monster so huge that it could be visually identified from a great distance.
â⊠No, to be exact.â
Seo Jun-Ho frowned and vaguely found something.
âItâs not just monsters. Theyâre fighting with the fiends.â
At that moment, Seo Jun-Ho discovered the fiendsâ goal.
âSo itâs the demon jade.â
âDemon jade?â
Unless the fiends had suddenly become mentally ill as a group, they would never fight for world peace. In that case, there was only one answer.
âContractor, donât tell me that the fiends are going to⊠implant a demon jade into that huge monster and tame it?â The Frost Queen sounded a little afraid.
âItâs already a little overwhelming, but if it absorbs the demon jadeâŠâ
âThen it will be a disaster.â
Seo Jun-Ho had no choice but to stop it before then.
âItâd be nice to go to the seaâŠâ said Seo Jun-Ho.
âYou donât seem to have any thoughts about letting him go.â The Frost Queen instantly saw through what he was thinking.
It was all because a great deal of energy began radiating from the fiendsâ camp above the Dragon Rock. The energy was looking at none other than Seo Jun-Ho.
âPride, the leader of Pride Squadron.â
Seo Jun-Ho turned his head and his gaze met Prideâs from 3,000m away.
Grin.
There was an expression of delight as if Pride had found an interesting toy. Seo Jun-Ho confirmed his opponent who disappeared like a ghost and told Trevor, âGo ahead to the shelter.â
He wouldnât be able to afford to protect other people when dealing with such a fiend.
***
âS-sir.â
Sssk.
Pride raised his hand and interrupted his subordinate. The members of the Despair Squadron were now out at sea hunting for the demonâLeviathan. Conversely, all the members of the Pride Squadron were infiltrating the town and hunting all the witnesses. In a word, it was only him and his subordinate in the camp.
Pride looked at the city with his arms crossed. No, to be exact, he was looking at the sky on one side of the town. âIsnât it beautiful?â
âPardon?â
âI asked, isnât it beautiful?â
The subordinate was taken aback. He was not sure what answer to give here. Normally, he would have been scolded for taking too long to answer, but fortunately, Pride was in a good mood right now.
âOne of the two skills the Association has been looking for is darkness, and the other is ice.â Pride asked, âAs far as I know, there are currently five people in the world who can use an ice elemental skill. Is that right?â
âYes, but they are all below D-grade. Even if they died, they wouldnât be able to show such power.â
âThat means heâs a completely different Player⊠I think thatâs at least A-grade.â
Prideâs words startled his subordinate.
âIt is an ice elemental skill, but youâre saying itâs A-grade? At that level, the heat on the 3rd floorâŠâ
âWeâll have to try it if we want to know, but it should be possible, even if itâs a little hard.â Pride slowly nodded. âIf I offer it to the colonel, heâll be very happy.â
âAre you going to act yourself? Perhaps rather IâŠâ
âArthur, heâs the one who killed Dread on the spot. But youâre going to catch him? Thatâs nonsense.â
Crack.
Pride grinned and stretched by lightly turning his neck and shoulders.
âOh, would you look at this. He must have felt me, too. Our eyes met.â
âAt this distance? Unless heâs someone of at least Leader-nimâs levelâŠâ
âNo, Iâm sure of it.â Pride was certain that he had met his opponentâs gaze. âIt has been a long time since I felt this way. My body is itching to fight.â
Booooom!
Pride stomped the ground and shot toward the sky.