Published at 21st of November 2020 09:28:47 PM
Translator: Seven
Editor: Ana_Banana
Torkunta laughed at the Phoenix . He was the one who had failed to catch it the last time .
He already knew what it was .
A creature that was called a mythical being .
[Are you coming to me again? Do you think I can’t burn you with my flames just because your feathers are made of fire?]
Kooo .
Torkunta opened his mouth once again and his flames spewed out toward the Phoenix . The Phoenix twisted its body in pain .
[Why did you come back here after running away in fear? I never miss a prey twice . ]
Eating a Phoenix might give its persistent vitality to him .
Torkunta had gained the special properties of several monsters in this way . This time, he wanted it to happen again .
Tuk .
The breath attack stopped and Torkunta looked down .
He hoped that he hadn’t burned the Phoenix to ashes .
[Hoo…]
However it still seemed to be okay . It was strange
Torkunta understood his power very well, and it was also possible for him to guess the approximate level of his opponent .
Originally, he just had to use his breath and the Phoenix would be panting and barely holding on .
[So you were hiding yourself . ]
Torkunta laughed happily .
[There are many humans that I can step on . That guy who ran away also seemed to be a rare talent, but not like you . Good . Let’s have some fun . ]
* * *
“Kuk…!”
Frey let out a pained grunt .
A storm like chill seemed to be rising from his body .
White frost clung to his face and he looked quite pale . There was white steam leaking from his mouth . His fingertips were cracked like pottery and his lips were blue .
If anyone touched his body at that moment it would be as though they were touching ice .
Frey’s body was cold to the extent that even the north and south poles could not compare to him .
This was the Frozen River .
An elixir of extreme coldness .
If Frey hadn’t been able to reach the 6 stars level before taking it, then his body would have slowly become an ice sculpture and his heart would’ve stopped completely .
No .
The power of Frozen River was so strong that even a 6 star Wizard would have troubles handling it properly .
But Frey was able to .
Ultra precise mana control, a sense of balance that did not tolerate errors even if they were the width of a hair and mental power that couldn’t be distracted by the pain that was ripping through his body .
Without even one of them, his body would have already shattered like a piece of ice .
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Originally he had intended to take the elixir together with a potion that had a large amount of flame power or after his body had reached the stage perfection .
Even then, it would still take him a week to fully digest the Frozen River .
But now he couldn’t afford to do so .
Jurk .
Blood poured out of his nose .
Frey could feel nothing but pain and cold throughout his body .
Such horrific pain would have caused the mind of any other person to stir and twist but Frey’s mind remained the same as though nothing was happening .
‘This is nothing . ’
This pain, this cold, it was nothing .
He’d suffered much more than this numerous times . The problem was that the time was too tight .
‘A little bit…just a little bit more…!’
The cold air that was surrounding Frey’s body began to spread to his surroundings .
Crack . Crack .
The rocks around him became white before cracking and splitting into pieces . The ground slowly began freezing over .
The range slowly extended outside the cave .
[Hm?]
This caused Torkunta to notice the chill .
At that moment, he was very relaxed . This was because the Phoenix could not hurt him no matter how much it struggled .
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Simply his skin was able to fight against the flames .
But he was weak against the cold .
‘What the hell…is that?’
Torkunta felt a chill down his spine .
He noticed its existence immediately . His instincts warned him that that cold could kill him .
‘I have to deal with it immediately’
Just as Torkunta turned his gaze away .
“Kieeek!”
[Ack!]
The Phoenix struck Torkunta’s left eye with its beak .
Torkunta struggled with the great pain . For him, this was the first injury he received in decades .
[This, This…! How dare you!?]
He roared in anger and smacked the Phoenix to the ground . Even then he could not get rid of his anger and trampled on it repeatedly .
Kwang! Kwang!
When Torkunta’s massive body trampled the ground, the surroundings shook as though there was a major earthquake .
Soon, Torkunta’s stomping stopped .
“Kuk…”
The Phoenix, whose body was a mess, spat out some blood, yet it still managed to forcefully raise its head .
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At the moments that their gazes met it provoked Torkunta’s anger once again .
He felt like this bird was laughing at and mocking him .
[Impudent…!]
It was at that moment .
Crack! Crack!
Ice poured out of the frozen cave .
The ice was like a plant growing at a tremendous rate . Moving as if it was alive, it then pierced the bodies of all the drakes around Torkunta .
This happened in an instant .
[What?!]
Torkunta looked around .
His offspring groaned and spat out blood .
“Kieek…!”
“Kuk…!”
Crack .
The ice broke apart .
The drakes’ blood and flesh rained down together with the pieces of ice .
Meanwhile .
Frey walked forward .
(TL: Very different from the comic but the main points are still similar . The last chapter will be the last one for Book 1)