140: Cold wind calamity

After another fierce clash, the two combatants instantly stopped.

Cracks covered Marshall's ice-blue armor, and his previously neat hairstyle had become messy.

Ugus, dressed in a beast-hide coat, looked at Marshall with extreme excitement.

“I didn't expect you to be so strong. This battle was truly exhilarating! It's been a long time since I fought such a satisfying battle!”

“As expected, dying in battle is my destiny, but I didn't think this day would come so soon.”

Ugus looked down at the gruesome wound on his chest. Through the wound, his shattered internal organs could be seen. Powerful frost power had frozen the wound while continuously eroding his viscera.

Even the Frost Giants, who were also famous for wielding frost power, could not withstand this invasive force.

“You are truly formidable, Human!”

After speaking his last words, Ugus fell and never rose again.

Marshall adjusted his breathing, using his sword as a prop to keep himself from collapsing.

Ugus's fatal blow also struck him, but the deadly force was blocked by his family's heirloom Ice Armor, saving his life.

Having dealt with Ugus, Marshall looked around the battlefield. His Ice Dragon was ending the fight.

With the help of the Ice Dragon, the Winter Knights had completely routed the Frost Giants tribe. The last remaining resistance of the Frost Giants completely collapsed after Marshall defeated Ugus, leaving only a one-sided battle.

Once the Frost Giants were completely dealt with, Marshall immediately led his troops north toward Frostchill Fortress without resting.

A few days later, Marshall saw Frostchill Fortress, which had been reduced to ruins.

The Winter Knights looked at the completely collapsed Frostchill Fortress with disbelief. Many of them had fought there and were very familiar with the magnificent fortress. No one could have imagined that this massive fortress, which had stood for a thousand years, would be destroyed.

Marshall rode the Ice Dragon for a circuit over the ruins before finally landing in one spot.

“chaos corruption magic rune?”

Seeing the traces of the corrupted magic rune on the ground, Marshall was startled.

After confirming it was a corrupted magic rune, Marshall immediately ordered the army to return to Cold Wind City. The knights did not stop, galloping toward Cold Wind City without delay.

An anxious Marshall did not travel with the Knights this time, instead riding the Ice Dragon to rush back to Cold Wind City ahead of them.

Marshall arrived back in less than half a day.

Seeing Cold Wind City unchanged from when he left, Marshall's anxious heart finally settled slightly.

Returning to Frost Heart Castle, Marshall looked at the somewhat empty castle and immediately summoned the butler.

“Where is Gendar?”

“The Young Master went to the Cold Wind Spire and hasn't returned for several days!”

“He went to the Cold Wind Spire and hasn't returned for several days?”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Marshall was displeased. His son lacked a sense of urgency. While he was away from the territory, Gendar was temporarily commanding the entire Cold Wind Territory as the heir. How could he stay in the Cold Wind Spire and not come out at such a crucial time?

“He should be at Frost Heart Castle right now, not inside the Cold Wind Spire. Go call him back for me!”

The butler was about to leave but was stopped by Marshall.

“Never mind, I'll go find him myself.”

A furious Marshall decided to personally go and teach his good son a lesson.

Just as Marshall stepped into the Cold Wind Spire, a large army silently appeared outside Cold Wind City amidst the wind and snow.

Matthew, guarding Cold Wind City, felt something. He took out a Talisman from his pocket, and a ripple of emotion crossed his cold eyes.

“The time has finally come. This cold family should meet its end.”

Matthew's deputy, the Vice Commander of the Guard Legion, saw Matthew suddenly mumbling to himself and stepped forward curiously to ask:

“Commander, what did you say?”

Crushing the Talisman in his hand, Matthew looked at his deputy expressionlessly.

The shattered Talisman turned into specks of star shatterer that scattered and imprinted themselves on every Guard Legion warrior. Then, before these warriors could react, their bodies turned into gray mist and flew toward Matthew.

The Vice Commander beside Matthew suffered the same fate, his body turning into gray mist and merging with Matthew.

In just a few breaths, the entire Guard Legion completely vanished, and Matthew's strength soared, reaching Gold Peak.

The ice-blue enchanted armor on his body had now transformed into gray-purple Magic Rune Armor.

With a casual wave, dozens of masses of gray mist were flung out by Matthew and transformed back into the Guard Army warriors he had previously devoured.

“Go, open the city gates!”

Dozens of gray mist warriors obeyed Matthew's command and opened the city gates. At the same time, Matthew also deactivated Cold Wind City's early warning magic array.

Outside the city, Orpheus saw the warning magic array shut down and immediately led his Chaos Army into Cold Wind City.

Orpheus glanced back at Matthew on the city wall, then followed the orders of Archbishop Giles and began spreading corrupted magic runes throughout Cold Wind City.

The Winter Mage Corps and the Snow Frost Swordsman Legion were completely wiped out at Frostchill Fortress. The Winter Knights and the Frost Guard were still outside and had not returned. The Cold Wind City Guard Legion was entirely annihilated by Matthew alone.

At this moment, Cold Wind City's defensive strength was extremely weak. Facing the suddenly invading Chaos Army, all defensive forces were caught off guard. Many Cold Wind City citizens were killed by Chaos monsters before they could even realize what was happening, their corpses converted into sustenance for the Chaos Army.

As the Chaos Legion's activities within Cold Wind City gradually expanded, more and more of Cold Wind City's defensive forces began to react and attempted to organize a counterattack.

But what worried them was that until now, no news had come from Frost Heart Castle, the core of the Cold Wind Territory. Guarding legions everywhere had not received any combat orders from Frost Heart Castle.

The Cold Wind Spire, which protected the Cold Wind Territory, also remained silent.

This bizarre situation made many Cold Wind Territory soldiers extremely uneasy.

When three Legendary Deceitful Sorcerers extensively spread corrupted magic runes and propagated chaos corruption over Cold Wind City, the city instantly plunged into a wave of chaos corruption.

A large number of Chaos monsters and Chaos Believers continuously caused slaughter and corrupted depravity within Cold Wind City. Wherever these Chaos creations passed, the laws of chaos began to extend and spread.

A massive Profane Magic Array was slowly forming inside Cold Wind City.

Just then, with a boom, a loud noise erupted from inside the Cold Wind Spire, and the entire tower began to shake violently.

The Cold Wind Territory warriors still resisting the Chaos monsters immediately saw their morale soar when they noticed the Cold Wind Spire reacting, and they prepared to counterattack the Chaos Legion.

But they rejoiced too soon. To everyone's astonishment, corrupted magic runes appeared on the Cold Wind Spire. Black markings appeared on the originally ice-blue tower body, and an excess of power surfaced on the Cold Wind Spire.

“How could this be? How could this happen?”

Seeing this sudden change, the Cold Wind Territory legion warriors still resisting inside Cold Wind City were struck hard, and their morale was completely shattered.