Perfect Avatar-Chapter 230: Frozen

Two hours had passed since the start of operations, Freya’s group had crossed the forest and skirted the limits of the savannah, with clear instructions not to step inside.

"The forest is the safest place because it is too dense for some creatures, it is possible to see a wandering giant but it is very rare. On the other hand, in the red earth, you will encounter them."

"But what about our comrade? They were going to Wrath, isn’t he in the red part?" asked one of the volunteers. ƒreewebɳovel.com

Nefertari shook her head.

"We’re not going to Wrath, the Queen gave us another location."

Behind her, everyone looked at each other, this was another piece of information that Cleopatra deemed unnecessary to let them know.

They continued on their way as planned, and after another hour of walking, the landscape changed completely.

"What is this?" The duke’s daughter whispered.

They reached a cliff, but what lay beyond was surreal. The ice, a vast expanse of frozen land, stretched indefinitely.

It was as if they were on the border between a forest and an icy desert.

This time even the elves were surprised, Nefertari crouched down and took a shard of ice from the ground.

"What is... that thing? It’s... Ah, ouch!"

She threw the ice away, shaking his hand. Marie took another shard and examined it briefly.

"...It’s...wait, I feel...Ah!"

She threw it away, rubbing her hand. This little scene disturbed everyone a little, because as emissaries, Marie and probably Nefertari too should be able to tolerate just a small cold, it was too strong a reaction, but when the young girl calmed the pain in her hand, everything became clear.

"It’s magic, this ice is not a natural phenomenon but magic, a lot of magic!"

Liliana touched a shard with the top of her shoes.

"Magic? Oh, ice mag... wait, you can’t be serious. Is this a magic spell?!"

"Liliana, you can try if you want, there’s magic in these things!"

"But... the whole canyon is..."

She showed the vast wonder of nature before them, a vast area, a gigantic canyon with a few tall rocks, completely covered in ice.

The mere thought that this feat was an attack from someone sent a cold shiver down their spines.

Nefertari licked her fingers and turned to Freya.

"Is one of your teammates doing it?"

"...There’s no one like that among us...unless...could it be Zuri?"

She looked at Eryl, the maid took a few seconds to think then shook her head.

"We don’t know anything about her change, it could be her or someone else, but waiting there is no use."

Nefertari walked to the end of the cliff.

"Yeah, the only thing we know for sure is that whoever did this is also responsible for our sisters’ disappearance. Let’s go already."

She jumped into the void without warning, followed by all the elves. Cid gulped at the sight.

"These people need to calm down, seriously... How about you teach them?"

He asked Hope who responded with a simple nod.

Eryl jumped in turn, followed by Marie, Liliana and soon the other members joined them.

They walked a bit into the new land of ice, leaving the members stunned by the surrounding landscape.

"It’s like... like it’s been snowing for a week..."

"Is this really someone’s magic?"

In front, Nefertari was ahead of everyone, leaving a large space between herself and the others.

Footsteps came closer to her and soon, a voice came from behind.

"Why hurry? I thought you and your people wanted to die. You should be happy." Hope whispered.

Nefertari rolled her eyes.

"You want to see your sister so badly?"

"Oh, don’t be mad, I’m just curious, what does it matter? Don’t you want to die anymore?"

Nefertari stopped in front of a huge boulder of ice, she pointed her swords at Hope and the group.

"Unlike all of you, we elves can sense the concentration of energy with a precision you could never achieve. My only concern now is that there is someone with that kind of power in our lands and the Queen described him as enemies."

Her growing anger fueled Hope’s arrogance, but Freya quickly silenced him.

"Enemies? Do you mean there are many of them? Why do I have the impression that you know more than you have told us so far?"

"...What?"

Murmurs began to rise within the team, Freya and Nefertari locked eyes, the elf’s eyes showing more frustration than ever, but Eryl supported the leader.

"Second, first you send us to a different place than where our friends should be, then you inform us that there are many people there and they should be our enemies? What is your Queen is plotting exactly?"

All eyes were on Nefertari, even her comrades seemed unaware of what exactly was happening there.

She realized there was no way out and put away her sword.

"Okay, okay, you wee-wee. We... I don’t know everything, okay? I only know a few things that Isis told me."

"How unsurprising." Eryl groaned.

"Fuck you, but whatever, Isis explained that the day you arrived on our lands, a powerful being was unleashed in this part of the Kalaharis. We thought it was one of you, but the Queen said that this person was related to only one of you."

She glanced around them, among the scenery they could identify a few bodies of monsters under the ice.

Freya followed the elf’s gaze and noticed the graveyard they were in.

"...Someone...strong enough to do this, targeting monsters and...linked to one of us?"

She turned to her comrades, one by one realizing what this meant.

"A person... could it be... Zur-"

"Wait, I feel something."

Nefertari interrupted. She turned in one direction, followed by the other elves.

"Someone...there’s someone there!"

She rushed towards a narrow avenue, followed by the others.

As they ran, more and more frozen corpses were scattered around them, and little by little, they could sense what was triggering the elves.

Eryl’s eyes sparkled.

"...I sense one person... No, two... Hm? Wait, it looks like the same energy?"

Behind her, this description was more disturbing to the team.

" What do you mean? Are there one or two people?

"I also feel something... Do you think it’s..."

"Everyone stop!"

Nefertari shouted as they reached another cliff above a crater.

The group came to a hasty stop, many slipping on the frozen ground, among them Cid.

"This little... What are you doing?!"

"Sir Barron, I suggest we all remain quiet."

Eryl carefully observed Nefertari’s reaction, whose eyes began to glow a green color, and hesitantly walked towards the edge of the cliff.

She glanced over the cliff, then instantly fell on all fours.

"Shit!"

"Uh? What’s going on?"

Freya replicated her action and once she saw what was beyond, she found herself on the ground as well.

"Shoot, what...everyone, get down!"

The group fell to their knees, they looked at each other in anguish.

"What’s going on? What’s up there?"

"Hey, what’s going on? Is Idiora there??"

Eryl noticed a slight but worrying change in Freya, the girl beginning to tremble. She crawled to understand what had led to their fall.

Many others followed suit, covering a larger area, and once they witnessed it, their jaws dropped.