Chapter 567 - Frozen Lake (V)
“Master, the Ice Devil has woken up.”
Rhode struck off another Ice Creature’s attack and he heard Agatha’s monotonous voice. As beings that lived in the Water Elemental Plane of Existence, the Ocean Elves had a unique method to detect the Ice Devil. Although Agatha informed Rhode of the Ice Devil’s arrival, her indifferent voice sounded as though it wasn’t a BOSS coming for him. Instead, it felt as though she had prepared breakfast and told Rhode to have it whenever he was ready.
In fact, even without Agatha’s reminder, Rhode had also felt an extremely cold stream of air surging from below his feet with his strength and sharp senses. The cold stream of air was so intense that white ice fog had permeated on the empty ice surface.
“Everyone, stand back. Get ready to battle!” Rhode ordered and the mercenaries dispersed in all directions hurriedly.
At the same time, Lize and the three Clerics raised their arms swiftly and cast Defense Shields on the individual mercenaries. Then, Anne darted to the Clerics’ front and yelled out as she brandished her shield and swept the Ice Creatures that were sneaking in on the Clerics away with a powerful whirlwind.
At this moment, the ice surface shook uncontrollably. Then, after a powerful explosion, a towering, dark shadow burst out from underneath the ice surface and scattered countless ice splinters in all directions. However, the onslaught was harmless against the readied mercenaries who were protected by the Defense Shield. Then, a 10 meters tall creature covered in thick layers of ice as though an enormous lizard sculpted from pure ice stood before them. The golden sun rays reflected off its sparkling and translucent body and in an instant, this terrifying creature was shrouded entirely in halos as though it were a sacred and inviolable presence.
Instead of panicking at its emergence, every mercenary including Lize were astounded.
Exactly the same?!
After Rhode had decided on the two 5 Stars Missions, he had gotten Mini Bubble Gum and Canary to take turns and make use of the mirage in the Sphere of Mystery to strengthen the mercenaries. It was a similar practice to players clearing the same dungeon constantly for EXP. Practice makes perfect and since the mercenaries’ strength wouldn’t be as powerful as players, the only way for them to improve was for them to hone their experiences. Due to this reason, the pitiful mercenaries had to fight the simulated BOSS repeatedly until they had reached Bubble and Canary’s requirements.
When the Ice Devil decided to launch another attack on the ants around it, a sudden, threatening burst of wind forced it to look back.
Then, it witnessed countless, dazzling meteor-like rays coming for it!