Chapter 534

Inside the thick stone house, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy rubbed his hands, looking at the young man before him with a face full of curiosity.

The man possessed an elegant temperament, like a very polite noble.

His body stood straight, like a sharp spear.

Yet the corners of his mouth occasionally curved into a crooked arc, giving an impression of mischief and laziness.

"The Gods created everything."

The man nodded lightly.

However—

there was not much respect on his face.

Let alone piety.

Perhaps.

For many soldiers of the Ice Empire.

The Gods—

might just be a spiritual sustenance.

After all—

the Gods were too far away from them.

They could not even be sure if the Gods truly existed.

Only the clergy of the Bingshuang Sect Sect often spread the concept to them that they must devoutly believe in the Gods.

"The Gods..."

"I wonder how powerful they are..."

The boy's face was full of curiosity.

In his mind, as pure as paper.

a seed had been planted.

"The Gods..."

A trace of complexity flashed in the young man's eyes.

He was not an ordinary soldier.

He was a noble.

Ordinary soldiers did not know if the Gods truly existed.

But they, these noble families, knew clearly—

the Gods truly existed.

Their Ice Empire should originally have lived in the wealthy and warm south.

But—

it was precisely because of the defeat in the divine war between the Lord of Frost and the Elf Goddess.

that they were driven to live on the barren northern snowfields.

And the servants of the Lord of Frost.

that group of clergy from the Bingshuang Sect Sect.

were all vampires, parasites clinging to the Ice Empire.

This was also a major reason why his faith in the Lord of Frost was not devout.

However, these things—

were unnecessary to tell the son of an old friend before him.

"I really want to see the Gods with my own eyes—"

On the boy's cheeks, red from the cold, his eyes were full of longing.

"Perhaps, you will have a chance..."

The young man looked at the boy and sighed sincerely.

The boy.

was the most talented child he had ever seen.

The geniuses in the Imperial Capital, born with a golden spoon in their mouths, could not compare to the boy before him.

Even—

most heroes recorded in history.

had talent inferior to the boy.

This talent.

made him, in a daze, as if seeing a thousand years ago.

that mythic hero figure.

That one—

who beheaded twelve legends, tore apart nine Long Qishi, and was called the strongest under the Gods.

Legend—

stated that the Lord of Frost greatly admired him and had once received this mythic hero.

Unfortunately—

something happened later, no one knew what.

This mythic hero disappeared.

Boom!!

Suddenly.

A deafening boom echoed.

The earth shook.

Every stone house in the small village trembled violently.

As if about to collapse outright.

"The Ice Snow Giant Bear has emerged!"

"Run!"

"Run!"

The entire small village instantly descended into chaos.

Villagers who had been working outside screamed in panic and terror, their voices trembling.

"Ice Snow Giant Bear?!"

The young man's expression changed.

He grabbed the boy and rushed out of the stone house.

He looked up.

Instantly, his face turned pale.

Two or three kilometers to the north—

A hundred-meter-tall giant bear strode forward.

The bear's body was snow-white, its entire form wreathed in terrifying Ice Snow power, like a small mountain.

Its footsteps struck the ground.

And the earth shook violently!

"How did this Ice Snow Giant Bear escape the Ice Plains?"

"Damn! This is a Legendary-class magical beast!"

The young man was extremely anxious.

He was only a Rank 7 Shi Shi.

Compared to the Rank 8 Legendary Ice Snow Giant Bear, the difference was far too great!

They were not even on the same level!

He feared he could not withstand three exchanges before being frozen into an ice statue by the terrifying Ice Snow power!

But—

At this speed,

Only he could escape with the boy, Kami.