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Chapter 78: Land of Frost
🕑 Added 2024-10-08 09:50:21 +0000 UTCFifteen storeys tall.
Converted into meters, it is more than 55 meters aboveground. In respect to gravity, it takes more than five seconds to land to the ground.
‘A human ego. I'll see how it goes.’
Aleph was aware of his sudden actions. Instead of striking from afar with one blow, he forsook his stealth advantage.
All of it just to see whether the Current Era's situation could be replicated.
A few seconds had passed. The fifth herrscher—a gray-haired girl—finally noticed the person from above.
Immediately, the temperature around her radius dropped sharply. She half-expected for that person to be turned into an ice block, or suffer from frostbite, yet…
Crack-!
Buzz-!
A metaphysical sound rang as two domains clashed. In the end, she was not able to directly affect Aleph's body, only his surroundings.
“It's that human..!”
Her pupils shrank. From Anna's knowledge, she knew about the fourth herrscher's demise. It was an insta-kill, something that shouldn't have been possible for humans.
Just then, a shocking thing occurred.
Aleph's figure disappeared suddenly. When he reappeared, it was half a meter behind her.
Bam-!
His feet sunk into the concrete. The momentum brought by his fall was transferred when he blinked.
Not all of these momentum were killed as he prepared for a roundhouse kick.
His entire body spun, bringing these remnant forces at his feet.
Anna only saw a blur before her body flew like a ragdoll.
Bam-!
Boom-!
Her feet remained stuck on the ground with the help of the ice she created.
Shatter-!
Shatter-!
Her entire path was filled with ice shields that were intended to gradually kill the impact on her body.
By the time the fifteenth ice shield broke, she landed straight into a building.
Boom-!
“Huff..!”
Anna could not believe it. The figure of a mere human in her eyes turned into a demon.
It was rightfully so, with Aleph using his cursed energy at its highest output to enhance his entire body. His capacity rivaled that of a Herrscher's!
“I refuse… to believe this!”
Blood dripped on the corner of her mouth. The honkai energy that kept coming out of her core was spent frantically patching her external wounds with ice.
As she tried to recover, the entire landscape changed. Her inability to properly control a herrscher's authority limited her to altering a huge portion of this city.
The temperature dropped even lower. All the undead and honkai beast in her radius were turned into ice blocks.
Everything happened within two seconds.
Anna was feeling smug about it when a familiar figure reappeared in front of her.
Aleph, with MOTH’s standard battlesuit, tried to grab her.
The alteration of temperature became the worst around Anna. The molecules in her vicinity had their movements slowed down. It wasn't a mere deprivation of heat—it completely turned them into an inert state.
However…
Shatter-!
Crack-!
Slowly, a series of cracks appeared on her impregnable fortress. An imaginary white light was canceling her authority out. No matter what she did, she couldn't affect his body directly.
Aleph's hands became a bit paler when it touched her neck.
Everything happened in less than three seconds. For the second time, Anna was not able to react.
“Stop. I know you can understand me… unlike others.”
A cold tone, comparable to her winterland, came out of him.
It was met by a sarcastic laugh.
“Huh. You are asking me to spare these lowlives? What if—”
She couldn't even finish speaking when she was thrown like a ragdoll. Her sight turned into a blur as she felt the weightlessness.
‘He fell for it! Then…’
Anna did the exact opposite of what she was told. Major Anna's memories were extremely precious to her. It opened up numerous ways to win a fight due to her specialized training in Fire MOTH.
If someone seemed invincible, the first thing to be targeted is their mentality.
She was about to expand her land of frost throughout the entire city when she jolted.
Anna, no, the fifth herrscher's control over her authority was disrupted.
“You human..! You already asked for it! Why are you being hypocritical now?!”
Anna's body was sent flying to a building ten storeys tall.
“This is truly the simplest way…”
Aleph returned the Herrscher's gaze with his own. She was firmly stuck in the tenth storey's walls.
“If I didn't have the surgery, it'll be twice as difficult. The achievements it gave me, too…”
{Scanning finished.}
{Result: The power you came in contact with placed several targets in a state of entropy. Its effects manifest as a form of ice. There is a high chance of its user not knowing its true potential…}
Great Sage listed off the results of the Herrscher of Ice’s powers.
‘It wasn't specified in the game… but herrschers are on another level.’
If it weren't for Aleph's extremely tough body further enhanced with cursed energy, he would end up like the original killer of the fifth herrscher who ended up suffering from severe frostbites.
Moreover…
‘Their powers are enough to be put on that list.’
The knowledge he got from the sanctum allowed him to see how other worlds viewed certain powers.
There are abilities so dangerous they created a “Super High Risk Esper Ability” list. All of the herrschers’ authorities would fit in that list.
Unfortunately for them, they were all killed in the early stages.
Psshk-!
The temperature on their battlefield dropped once again after fluctuating. It was several times colder than the peak of the tallest mountain in Aleph's previous life, Mount Everest. The infrastructures began to be stuck with ice.
‘I need to convince her… or let her human side come out. Too bad I only have one thing…’
Aleph's figure disappeared. He leaped more than forty meters high, leaving numerous cracks on the frosted cement.
For the third time, the Herrscher of Ice was prepared. A cunning plan was put into place.
“W-wait a moment!”
Bam-!
Boom-!
Crack-!
Aleph's fist sunk into the cement near her face. The entire wall collapsed in an iffy. Anna's body fell to the office’s floor. Nobody was present except for a few undead—former humans on their supposed night shift.
She looked up and saw his expressionless gaze. She couldn't glean anything from his expressions.
“I… there's a…”
In hopes of pulling out a fast one, the herrscher acted.
{Result: There are 70.82% chances of her lying. The shaking of her irises indicate…}
The world remained blue in Aleph's eyes. Not once had he canceled Elemental Sight during the entire clash.
He was able to see through Anna’s past image. Her expressions indicated that she deliberately planned for this.
As such…
“For the last time, I advise you to stop doing anything… while I still have the patience to wait.” He spoke flatly.
“Let her out, herrscher.”
