247: Ice Age

This was a super soldier; he alone could withstand an entire army, powerful even without the need for soldiers.

It was Han Huohuo's first time recruiting a Mythical Hero; he had always thought that Epic-tier Heroes were the strongest.

Recruiting a Mythical Hero didn't require a hero token; special items had to be used. For example, to recruit Thor, one had to possess thors axe.

It took Han Huohuo a long time to react, finally understanding the recruitment logic behind it.

He asked with a hint of curiosity, 'Why are you so eager to get thors axe from me? What exactly do you want to do?'

Thor looked at Han Huohuo and replied seriously, 'Jörmungandr is not completely dead; its legacy has reappeared in the Southwest. A voice in my heart constantly tells me that I have a responsibility to eliminate that fellow, so I need this axe to eradicate the scourges in the Southwest and restore peace and order to this world. Therefore, I need your help, Lord.'

Han Huohuo couldn't suppress the smile on his lips; it was as sweet as if he'd eaten honey. This guy really had a sense of responsibility. Excellent, this young man had a bright future. He had originally intended to deal with Cold Blade, and now he had found an opponent for him.

'Alright, this is fine. I will fully support you.'

Han Huohuo also noticed a detail: Thor's loyalty was very high, directly at ninety. He wondered, 'Are dogs generally more loyal?'

Well, this was a wolf, but wolves and dogs were pretty similar, weren't they?

Han Huohuo looked at Thor's wolf head, finding it more and more pleasing to the eye. He secretly rejoiced, 'That Cold Blade probably thinks I'm his opponent, but he's mistaken. This wolf in front of me is his true opponent.'

I still have many things to do; I don't have time to bother with Cold Blade!

Thor lacked leadership skills, which was quite a pity. No matter how powerful his personal attributes were, he couldn't project them onto his soldiers.

In fact, even with leadership skills, it wouldn't be overly overpowered.

Because Han Huohuo had already discovered that there was an upper limit to the stats each type of soldier could bear.

Even the strongest wouldn't exceed four times their original attributes.

For example, a Mechanical Wolf with ten points of strength, after being boosted by a Hero, could at most reach forty points of strength; any excess was ineffective.

Even if a Hero added 200 points of strength, the Mechanical Wolf would still only have 40 points.

For high-tier units like Apocalypse Tanks and Avengers, the upper limit was very high, and they normally wouldn't reach it.

Therefore, high-tier armies were still the way to go; for low-tier armies, unless you resorted to human wave tactics.

Tongtian City's Mechanical Wolves had this potential, but there was no need.

Han Huohuo introduced Thor to the other Heroes, and everyone was shocked, especially Han Xin, who discovered that Thor was only two levels away from his third advancement.

One must know that third advancements were extremely rare for all native Heroes in this world.

Thor's strength was also an overwhelming presence; what was most terrifying wasn't his strength, but his lightning magic, which was absurdly powerful, dealing ten times the damage, and could be cast infinitely.

This was a God who had mistakenly descended to the mortal realm.

It was beyond everyone's expectations.

After Cold Blade emerged from seclusion, he didn't go on a rampage as Han Huohuo had expected, but instead very discreetly defended the Southwest.

After a major battle with Sun Yong's bordering army, both sides immediately broke off contact.

He adopted a stance of never advancing rashly, but fiercely defending his homeland.

Sun Yong also didn't want to get entangled with him; after a brief engagement, finding no absolute advantage, he pulled back. He was solely focused on defeating the Gongsun family and taking the capital city; defeating Cold Blade afterward would be a trivial matter.

Han Huohuo closely monitored the war situation; his strategy was almost identical to Cold Blade's: blockading the Ten Thousand Mountains, not participating in the war, and not allowing anyone to approach his territory.

This year's north wind was exceptionally cold; Snow Wave City was particularly frigid. While it had just begun to snow in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Snow Wave City was already frozen solid three feet deep, entering an extremely cold climate.

The cold wind blowing from the distant mountain pass was much stronger than in previous years.

Sophia stood on the city wall, gazing at the mountain pass, feeling that something was wrong. It shouldn't be like this, because there were many volcanoes in this canyon, and the cold wind, after winding through the canyon and being heated by the volcanoes, shouldn't be this frigid.

'Send a reconnaissance unit into the canyon to see if something has happened inside.'

'Yes!'

A resolute middle-aged nun took the order and led people to scout the canyon.

A total of over ten people went, but only three returned, all covered in injuries; the rest died in the canyon.

'City Lord, Snow Beasts have entered the canyon! The entire canyon is frozen over, and the volcanoes can't even emit smoke.'

The person reporting was trembling all over.

Sophia was shocked. She walked onto the city wall once more, looking north.

'City Lord, what should we do? Will the Snow Beasts come out of the canyon and attack our Snow Wave City?'

'Go inform the Lord!'

Sophia's gaze was fixed on the canyon as she gave the order to the messenger. As City Lord, she could only use her own city defense forces and not the Mechanical Army.

However, it was clear that what was happening in the canyon now would likely require the Lord's Mechanical Army to handle.

After Han Huohuo received the news, he personally made a trip to Snow Wave City.

Sophia welcomed the Lord at the Main Camp's entrance. The young girl had become much more composed after more than a year of training, but she still curiously looked at the wolf-man behind the Lord. That wolf-man seemed to be a newly recruited Hero of the Lord, and she heard he was very powerful.

He just looked so ugly!

The young girl thought to herself.

'I won't enter the Main Camp; I'll go to the canyon right away to take a look.'

'Oh? The Lord is going personally?'

'Yes, only by going personally can I find out what happened.'

'Are you only taking a few people?'

The young girl looked at Han Huohuo; he seemed to have only brought four robots with him. These robots moved extremely flexibly, just like real people, holding sniper rifles in their hands.

'That's enough!' Han Huohuo laughed.

'Then I want to go too!' Sophia chimed in.

'Let's go!'

Snow Wave City opened its northern gate. Han Huohuo, Thor, and Sophia sat in an Armored Vehicle, driving towards the canyon. Four Avengers ran around the Armored Vehicle, easily keeping up with its speed, as if they weren't exerting any effort at all.

Before long, they arrived inside the canyon.

The roads in the canyon were rugged, unsuitable for Armored Vehicles.

The few of them exited the Armored Vehicle, and Han Huohuo put the Armored Vehicle back into his storage ring.

They proceeded inward on foot.

The cold wind was biting, even carrying ice shards, but of course, it had no effect on these Heroes.

Even Sophia drew her twin pistols. The young girl loved firearms the most; these were magic firearms she had specifically purchased for herself from the black market, immensely powerful weapons.

The low growl of a Snow Beast came from ahead.

In the northern snowfield, there were very few species of creatures, and among them, the Snow Beast was the top predator of the snowfield.

Covered in thick white fur, it resembled a hybrid of a tiger and a bear, agile and immensely powerful.