Chapter 152: Pale Witch Dorothy, Lucas Dies

Northern Region, Eternal Frozen Forest.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

Snow fell silently, the branches of pines and cypresses were bent by the accumulated snow, like wearing a heavy velvet robe, and occasionally snow blocks slid down with a rustle, creating subtle ripples in the silence.

This was a large forest named for being covered in white snow for years and having an extremely low temperature.

Monsters ran rampant inside the forest, coupled with the harsh climate, making this place sparsely populated, and even Transcendents did not dare to enter at will.

In a village deep in the Eternal Frozen Forest, the houses were low, the roofs were covered with thick snow, and no smoke had ever drifted from the chimneys.

Some pedestrians were distributed in twos and threes on the paths of the village, and unlike normal humans, they were covered with a layer of transparent thin ice, and their skin shone with a cold blue glaze in the weak sunlight, as if they would shatter if touched lightly.

And their eyes were pale blue without pupils, just like dummies made of ice, but the cold breathing that condensed into white frost in the air proved that they were indeed living beings.

In the most luxurious house in the village.

The woman meditating on the bed slowly opened her eyes.

She looked to be in her twenties, with exquisite features, and a head of shoulder-length hair like flowing frost mist, gray-white and cold.

And her eyes were rare pale white, as if the iris of the dawn mist was almost transparent, with only a circle of extremely faint gray-blue at the edge.

At this moment, these beautiful eyes were looking at a certain direction from afar, as if looking through the wooden door and layers of forest, seeing the countless black qi frantically gathering toward a certain castle thousands of miles away.

"A new believer has been born in the Northern Region again." The woman said to herself.

"Being able to trigger so much power of pain just after birth, it seems his talent is much better than the previous believer." The woman's eyes were slightly cold, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Since that's the case, let's give him a cold death, just like the previous believer."

The smile on the woman's face was as brilliant as a frozen lake suddenly kissed open by the spring breeze, but her words were full of cold murderous intent.

A moment later, she pushed open the wooden door and walked out of the house.

"Lord Dorothy."

Along the way, all the ice people who saw her bowed respectfully and deeply.

It could be seen that the woman had a very high status in the hearts of the ice people.

Beside an ice lake deep in the forest.

After leaving the village, Dorothy came here.

And with her arrival, the originally calm lake surface suddenly surged and rolled.

A pure white giant lion walked slowly out of the lake water.

Its body size was extraordinary, its shoulder height was close to five meters, and it was covered with pure white long hair like snow waves, like a moving glacier.

The man-eating demon lion Eurus, which was once feared by everyone, was as small as a child in front of it.

Its lion face was majestic, and a natural ice-blue pattern grew between its forehead, as if the third eye was slightly opened, and the white air exhaled by its breathing condensed into tiny ice crystals in the air, falling like a micro snowstorm.

The giant lion's eyes were cold, and the golden vertical pupils were surrounded by ice-ring-shaped irises, which seemed to be able to freeze the prey's blood when staring.

And on its head, there was also a line of ice-blue text—Helimda.

"Claw of Winter," a named monster widely known in the Northern Region, famous for its majestic appearance and the power to freeze everything.

It is rumored that whoever subdues the Claw of Winter will become the King of the Northern Region, making the cold wind that has raged in the polar regions for hundreds of years dissipate, and the earth's life will recover.

For this reason, the Lord of the Northern Region, Mo Wen Dean, spared no effort to capture the "Claw of Winter," but it escaped repeatedly and eventually disappeared without a trace.

"Helimda, I need to leave the Eternal Frozen Forest for a while. Can you protect my village for me?"

"In return, when you encounter a crisis, I will also take action to help you once." Dorothy stared at the giant lion and spoke.

The giant lion did not move, just stared coldly at the woman in front of it.

"Don't forget, the Crescent Knight who probed your whereabouts some time ago."

After a moment of silence, Dorothy spoke again.

Roar!

Hearing this, the giant lion let out a roar, shaking the white snow accumulated on the surrounding trees and scattering it.

Then, it turned around and stepped into the ice lake again, its figure disappearing.

And seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Dorothy's face.

She knew that the other party had already agreed to this deal.

Pale magic power erupted from her body, and the next moment her body changed into scattered snowflakes and drifted toward the distance.

If this scene were seen by others, they would definitely be astonished to the point of being dumbfounded.

Because how could a human body of flesh and blood turn into snowflakes?

Ice Plains Castle, city wall.

Lucas put his hands on the battlements of the city wall, looking at the black airflow drifting from all directions of the territory.

According to the information in his mind, this was the power born from the pain encountered by living beings in the world—the Power of Pain.

And the reason why so much gathered was mainly due to a series of wise decisions he had made in the territory earlier, including but not limited to increasing taxes, collecting grain, and indulging Kelai merchants in buying and selling slaves...

Whenever these black airflows poured into his body, Lucas could clearly feel that he was becoming stronger, and the Crescent shackle that was originally difficult to shake became shaky, as if it would break at any time.

"Hahaha!" Lucas couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh.

What kind of garbage potion, it's not even one percent as good as the strengthening of the Power of Pain!

It turns out that you only need to continuously spread pain to become crazy strong, ignoring all conditions, and after accumulating to a certain level, you can even be promoted to a Bishop of My God and obtain the true Gift of Pain!

"Hehe, my people, celebrate. You are no longer useless things; you will be the most precious treasure in my territory!"

He muttered to himself with a smile, already starting to imagine the beautiful scene of his people continuously producing the Power of Pain in the future.

Afternoon, snowflakes drifting.

In the village caught in famine.

"Come, everyone."

Dorovai distributed bags of wheat to the skinny villagers, and the villagers who received the grain were almost ecstatic. They knelt down and thanked the girl continuously with their children.

"Thank you, kind knight. May the gods bless you!" And the village chief of this place was even moved to tears.

He also made a request to let Dorovai leave her name so that they could pray for her, but it was refused again.

"How far is Ice Plains Castle from here?" The girl only asked one question.

"If you set off on horseback now, it will take about dark to arrive. If you only rely on a pair of feet, it may be tomorrow morning." The village chief thought seriously for a moment and replied.

"Very good." Knowing that the distance was already so close, a hint of coldness flashed in the girl's eyes.

In her two days of traveling in the Ice Plains territory, she had seen too many tragedies similar to Ice Deer Village. Every time she saw one, her murderous intent toward Lucas became more surging.

Must kill that bastard!

"Knight, do you really not want to rest for a night before leaving?"

Looking at the girl who was about to leave, the village chief asked hurriedly.

How could he let the village's savior go out in the wind and snow? At the very least, he had to fulfill the landlord's friendship for a night!

"I have things I must do. Please rest assured that the cold night of this land will definitely end in this era."

After leaving this sentence, Dorovai turned into a green stream of light and left the village hurriedly.

And that village chief also silently remembered the girl's face, preparing to let the stonemason in the village carve a statue for her to remember the other party's kindness.

When the sky was dim.

On the boundless snow, a green stream of light flashed by.

Noticing that the emerald gemstone on the ear clip suddenly emitted light, Dorovai stopped her journey, waiting for something with expectation.

A moment later, a black-haired young man the size of a doll emerged.

"Your Majesty, good evening." The girl greeted happily, but soon, as if thinking of something, her expression became guilty again.

"Your Majesty, the grain you put in the connection space has been taken by me." Dorovai said uneasily.

Every time she encountered a village caught in famine along the way, she would leave a portion of grain, so that the hundreds of bags of grain in the space were actually squandered in just two days.

She was very worried that the King would be angry. After all, the amount of grain was not a small number even in the Southern Region, which was exempt from grain tax.

"No matter, I put in hundreds of bags again today," Xia Mingyu said lightly.

With the Five Grains Bountiful Harvest, grain, which was precious in this world, was just a number to him.

The only thing to consider was that the feeling of exhausting magic power was really not good. Tomorrow, he would go and ask if there was any potion that could quickly restore magic power at Youde's place.

Hearing this, the girl happily hugged Xia Mingyu and did a spin.

Since getting along with Xia Mingyu, Dorovai seemed to have added a lot of the lively atmosphere that a girl of her age should have.

"Your Majesty, Ice Plains Castle is not far ahead. Do you want to watch my battle?"

"I'd be happy to. And remember to stab that lord two more times." Xia Mingyu thought for a while and didn't forget to instruct.

"Yes!"

Can I only stab him two more times? She originally wanted to stab him dozens of times before killing him!

Dorovai thought with some regret.

Evening, Ice Plains Castle.

Bang, bang!

Accompanied by several crisp collision sounds, Dorovai easily knocked out the guards guarding the castle gate.

The defense here was much looser than she had imagined. Judging by the size of the castle, the number of guards on duty was pitifully small.

She stepped into the castle, and after some searching, noticed that a window in the main building was still brightly lit.

According to the knowledge she learned when she lived in the castle before, that position was usually the lord's study.

Therefore, she could almost conclude that this was Lucas's location.

"Do you want to sneak in?" Xia Mingyu asked, floating beside the girl.

His current state was very wonderful. He could fly arbitrarily, but it seemed that no one could touch him except Dorovai, and he couldn't touch anyone, and he couldn't move after the distance from Dorovai was far.

Simply put, it looked like a large pendant.

"No need for that much trouble." Dorovai shook her head.

She raised her long sword high with both hands, and surging emerald green magic power like a tide erupted from her body, then gathered on the long sword one after another.

One meter, two meters, three meters... The long sword was wrapped in magic power, gradually turning into an emerald green giant sword, pointing straight at the sky.

This was the ability she gained after being promoted to Crescent Knight, Emerald Giant Sword, which could gather magic power to create a giant sword of unimaginable length. In theory, as long as the magic power was sufficient, it could break through the sky.

The girl slashed down with both hands.

Accompanied by the whistling of breaking through the air, the emerald green giant sword slashed straight at the main building that was lit up.

Boom!

In an instant, the floor was split in two, revealing a terrifying crack.

Xia Mingyu looked at this scene in surprise. Although they were both Crescent Knights, Dorovai's oppressive power was much stronger than the Roy and Roland brothers.

Before long, a figure jumped out of the crack holding a long sword.

"Who! Who destroyed my castle!"

Lucas roared furiously.

He was just practicing his breathing technique in the study when a giant sword gathered by magic power whistled over.

If it weren't for the instinct of many years of fighting that made him dodge in time, he would have already gone to the Underworld to see his old man by now.

"Finally met, Lucas Ice Plains. I've been looking for you for a long time." Dorovai said coldly, her emerald eyes full of murderous intent.

It was this damn lord who caused the entire Ice Plains territory to be full of starving people or slaves sold away.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking my castle in the middle of the night!" Lucas asked cautiously.

Although he was furious, he hadn't lost his mind yet.

Now, although he would soon be promoted to Crescent, the female knight in front of him could cut off his castle main building with one sword, and her strength was at least Crescent Rank.

Thinking of this, Lucas suddenly realized an important problem—he couldn't beat the other party at all!

Damn, damn, he shouldn't have jumped out just now, but should have run away directly.

The anger dissipated, and the expression on Lucas's face immediately became gentle.

"I'm just a knight who sees injustice. Because of your absurd rule, the entire Ice Plains territory has fallen into famine. For this reason, I have sworn an oath by my honor that I must cut off your head." Dorovai said calmly.

The moment he heard the oath, Lucas knew that the other party would definitely not let him go.

Because no noble would let go of an enemy at the risk of their blessing cracking.

"Quick, attack together!"

After ordering the guards who heard the movement and gathered around to attack the female knight, Lucas fled to the outside of the castle.

Boom!

Surging emerald green magic power erupted, and in an instant, those guards were blown away by the splashing air waves and couldn't get up.

There were still people who wanted to stand up, but they were secretly pulled by their companions who were pretending to be unconscious.

"A lord who doesn't even pay wages, is it really necessary to sell your life for him?" the companion whispered.

Hearing this, the guards who could still stand up lay down silently again.

"Trash!"

Seeing that the guards were not a match for the female knight, Lucas, who was in the process of fleeing, couldn't help but curse.

Then he turned around and drew his long sword to prepare for battle, because running away at this time would only expose his fatal back, and fighting would have a glimmer of life.

"Secret technique, Ice Seal Slash!" Lucas roared, and just as he was about to gather magic power to attack, he saw an emerald green sword light slash over.

Swish!

An arm spraying blood flew into the air and fell to the ground.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Lucas covered his broken arm, his expression distorted by pain.

However, it wasn't over yet. Clang, clang, clang, several more emerald green sword lights attacked.

The other arm, left foot, right foot... In the blink of an eye, Lucas was left with only a head and torso lying on the ground.

"Any last words?"

Dorovai walked up and asked indifferently while stabbing the other party with the Lionheart Sword.

This scene made Xia Mingyu feel a bit terrified, because the girl happened to stab a certain position that men were most afraid of being injured.

"I... I... I..."

Although the pain was unbearable, a trace of confusion still appeared on Lucas's face.

It shouldn't be like this. He had just been chosen by the great My God, he was about to break through to Crescent, he had not yet realized the dream in his heart...

But why did it become like this?

Clang!

Before he could think clearly, another sword stabbed at his eyes.

In an instant, his vision fell into pitch-black darkness.

The experiences of his life came like a revolving lantern. In a trance, he saw that day during the hunt, he secretly stabbed his father who was fighting with the prey. At that time, his father's expression must have been as incredible as he was now.

"Why?" His father's lips moved, silent but audible to him.

"For my ideal!" He answered with a crying voice, but his movements didn't stop at all.

For the dream of being ranked with the stars, family affection, honor, all could be abandoned in his eyes.

However, after abandoning everything, what did he get?

Nothing...

I'm sorry, Father, I really regret it.

Under various negative emotions such as unwillingness, regret, and despair, Lucas gradually lost consciousness.

"This guy actually was promoted to Crescent before he died." Xia Mingyu looked at the text on the head of the corpse that was miserable on the ground, which gradually changed from deep purple to deep blue, but no one paid attention to it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 153 =====