Chapter 423 – Chapter 423 Legend Hunt-3
The appearance of the Snow Queen.
She was sitting in the main chamber of the castle in the basement.
He looked at the cup on the desk.
As I gazed at the water while concentrating my magical power, a wave broke out in the calm cup.
It seemed like a violent wave rushed up, but soon it came out of the cup and roared in the air.
The water swirled around as if it were a living snake or water dragon, then spread widely and became a thin curtain surrounding the underground.
According to the will of the underground, the water, which had spread thinly as it fluctuated, came together again and returned to the cup.
Smack!
The underground closed its eyes and reaped its magic, and the water poured straight into the cup.
It was a water move, a special ability obtained by biting Undine Viona.
If it was visible water, the underground could move freely by investing mana.
However, natural water, tears and sweat from the human body cannot be controlled.
Compared to the other abilities of the underground, it didn’t seem to have much value.
“… But this time it is the key.”
The basement rose from its seat.
Her men were waiting.
In the Red Union military conference room, a countermeasure meeting was held.
The various races belonging to the Red Union gathered and remained silent.
Jiha, who had just entered, smiled while sitting in the seat of honor.
“Are you upset? Why are you quiet?”
“…”
The subordinates looked at each other and did not immediately mention them.
Everyone was complicated.
There were originally underground subordinates in this position, as well as Dark Elves and Elves.
There were demons who had just surrendered, and there were humans and beastmen from the Mountain Road who had just surrendered.
I tend to have this or that feeling in the past, but the current situation is more problematic than that.
The first discussion in Words Land, a meeting to catch a legend.
“As everyone knows, the Snow Queen was observed with the naked eye. Currently she is walking and her arrival is expected 3 hours back. I’ll catch it, so give me your opinion.”
“…”
Everyone rolled their eyes.
Usually, almost all of the Red Union’s strategies and tactics were created by the underground.
Of course, if the subordinate felt competent, he would be moderated and entrusted with it… In such a big issue, the basement tended to come up with a solution.
“Do you have any opinions about an old maid with a longer military career than everyone in this room put together?”
“Nocher…”
At the words of the underground, Camilla conditioned reflexively, but shook her head.
“I have nothing to say. You can’t catch it with the army. That is my opinion.”
“Why? Aren’t legends alone?”
“… She’s in the middle of an ice storm.”
Camilla bluntly said what everyone knew.
In order for the meeting to proceed, even if you are hopeless, you have to get lucky.
Military experience opened her mouth.
“The Snow Queen is nothing more than a walking spirit of winter. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is cold. Even though she is 10 km away now, the temperature has dropped and it is cold.”
Camilla said what she knew.
Legend, the fact that the Snow Queen is coming, he did his own research.
“It’s below freezing within 4km, and the water freezes. And the deeper you go, the lower the temperature and the stronger the wind. Estimated minus 40 degrees within 2km, if you go up to 500m… Estimated minus 90 degrees.”
“…”
A heavy silence fell in the middle.
It’s an estimate, but even if it’s just an approximation, there’s no real answer.
The basement said casually.
“Is there anything wrong with that?”
“… Cold is the enemy of the army. You can never win.”
Camilla shook her head vigorously.
“I have to say that the demons are also strong against cold, but their combat power decreases below 20 degrees below zero. Rare ranks can somehow fight like normal times up to minus 40 degrees by wearing cold protection equipment and wearing magical powers, but for a short time. From below that, the equipment freezes and the combat ability decreases rapidly. At minus 60 degrees, even rare grades freeze to death.”
“What races are particularly resistant to the cold?”
“Golems and gargoyles are not strong against the cold. Even beastmen have strong races. However, even if that race is able to move when the temperature is below minus 60 degrees Celsius, its fighting ability rapidly decreases. And this is just an estimate, and it didn’t even get to the Snow Queen’s nose.”
“…”
Camilla said strongly.
“Even if you get close to the Snow Queen, there are no living creatures. It is impossible to approach within 500 or 300 meters.”
“What about ultra-long-range sniping?”
If it is impossible to get close, why not aim for it from a distance?
“There are very few people who can use long-range attacks with magical energy. Even if that is possible, will the Legends suffer? The Snow Queen isn’t particularly attacking right now. Just… She’s just coming towards us.”
Camilla sighed again.
From the position of leading her armies, the Snow Queen was a real marvel.
Cold and hunger are the enemies of the army, they can never be defeated.
But the Snow Queen is her copper general, she is herself, so what can I say?
“She has nothing to beat the winter.”
“So what?”
When her underground asked casually, everyone in her shut her mouth.
After hearing Camilla’s theorem, she was afraid again.
Legend, the Snow Queen is really only approaching, but the cold is felt 10km away.
Hit the Snow Queen through this blizzard, ice storm?
She will be annihilated even if she leads an army of 1 million, not 10,000.
Even if you are lucky enough to get close to the Snow Queen, then she will start attacking properly.
Dealing with Legends in the immense cold? No matter how much I think about it, I can’t win.
This was the Snow Queen, one of the three legends that ruled Wordsland.
‘I have a plan…’
Chihaya has already meticulously planned the housekeeper, set up the stage, and finished the construction.
Of course, it will be a dangerous fight against the legend, but the probability is high.
The question is who do you use?
“May I speak?”
The stoned man raised his hand.
He was a purple-skinned demon with impressive narrow eyes.
“Who is this?”
“It’s the old virgin’s brother.”
“…”
Camilla glared at him like he was going to chew on it. Camilla’s brother shook her head and looked down at her basement.
Jiha laughed and nodded her head, saying she had made a mistake.
“Say it.”
“I surrender.”
Not only Camilla, but all of her complexions changed rapidly.
Let’s come here and surrender? Sure the Snow Queen is a fearsome entity, but she’s not even bumped into?
Camilla slammed her table and wheezed.
If it wasn’t for the momentum of her younger brother and her willingness to die prematurely, if it weren’t for the place where her basement was located, she would have drawn her sword right away.
But the underground asked calmly.
“After that?”
“… Ah. I must have made another mistake.”
Scratching her head, the younger brother spoke slowly.
“The Snow Queen won’t freeze us all to death if we say we’ll surrender. You’re going to turn off that ice storm, right? Then let’s cut her throat.”
“Let’s fake surrender?”
“That’s the basics. Um, so…”
The younger brother stood up and made complicated gestures.
“Legend’s spatial control is a very powerful ability. I don’t care why you have that ability. But it is my opinion that it is not always triggered. If it was always active, the Snow Queen couldn’t even make her kind follow her, right? No, she doesn’t make sense that someone with powers like that can’t control her powers. Because… Wordsland would have ended then.”
Everyone in the conference room looked at me with crazy faces.
Wasn’t it too bottomless, gibberish at a military meeting?
“… Ah.”
In particular, Camilla was holding her face and sighing deeply. She’s ashamed of the family disgrace, she’s at a loss.
She was laughing only underground.
“Interesting, keep talking.”
“Uh, so… That woman is a walking freak. That force is so powerful that it upsets the balance of the natural world. The water in the river evaporates and becomes clouds, rain falls from the clouds, and then falls back into the river, breaking the balance of the natural world. That force can be suppressed or amplified. If it wasn’t for that… Wordsland would have died right away because of repeated abnormal weather.”
“Any other reason?”
“It doesn’t make sense that a woman who is the size of a legend can’t control her powers. Then she will be sad.”
“Yeah, I’m sad to have this conversation now. Where is she and what is she doing?”
Camilla couldn’t stand it and rose from her seat.
“… He is my younger brother with a big age difference, but he has very little military experience. I apologize for my careless words and actions.”
“They ask me what I was doing before I joined the army.”
“Oh, I was a researcher.”
Her little brother scratched his head.
“Idiots devise a strategy that regards everything as an enemy. We simulate to be able to deal with any race and any grade. I did my research there.”
“That’s a military secret…”
Camilla glared at her little brother and let out a deep sigh.
Her younger brother also covered her mouth after realizing it.
Her basement chuckled.
“He’s funny, what’s his name?”
“This is Torai Storm Rider.”
“Yes, Torai. I agree with you to some extent.”
Torai narrowed her eyes.
“Is that true? Really? Wow, is it real?”
Torai jumped out of his seat and without hesitation approached the side of the basement and made a fuss with him.
“I am the first person to speak like you! Everyone just looked at me as crazy when I said this. I’m not crazy, it’s just that the way I say it is a little weird. Especially how much my sister nags me…”
“It seems to be right to be careless.”
Jiha laughed and cut her off.
“There is no time. So, how do we catch the Snow Queen?”
“Obviously after reaping that ice storm. From records of the Dark Elves paying tribute to her Snow Queen, it is certain that the Snow Queen could be turned off by her own will. Let’s turn it off like that and then we’ll kill it.”
“Then what if you get caught?”
Camilla clicked her tongue and raised her objection.
Torai tilted his head.
“… Uh, will you grow it again?”
“Yes, we all freeze to death.”
Camilla played her tantrum.
She is embarrassed in front of everyone because of her sister, but she says it anyway.
“It’s a surprise because it’s easy to say. As for the Snow Queen, she’ll kill again right away. In that moment, she will freeze all around her, and the challenge is not to arouse her suspicions while getting her army close to her side?”
“Is that so?”
Camilla rolled her eyes when her sister answered casually.
“Is that what a soldier would say? It’s not that the Legends aren’t thinking, they’re always ready to kill. When in doubt, I’ll start another ice storm, and it’s all over. Faking surrender is too risky.”
“But you can never catch it when it’s on. Sister.”
“It is a very risky gamble. I can’t.”
Everyone seemed to agree with Camilla’s words.
Dig traps and dig in different ways. Trying to trick the Legends into false surrender is too risky.
Torai, aware of the atmosphere, sulkily shrugged his shoulders and tried to return to his place.
Said the basement.
“Where are you going?”
“… Yes?”
“Since you gave your opinion, you should keep your seat. I will take that risky gamble.”
The left in a daze, Jiha stood up from his seat and looked at Camilla.
“Have you been hiding this treasure? He’s a good guy.”
“Oh, no. What the hell…”
Underground looked at Torai and said.
“Write your plan, and have your sister lead the army to catch the legend.”
He completes the plans and schemes he has set up by adding a new subordinate’s ploy.
It was a trap to catch the legend.
