Chapter 90. Ice Queen

"The main reason they could not heal is because of the poison on ice shards. That was when you fell for trap number 1. Trap number 2 was when you all stared into the pit.

"That was when a psychedelic got into you. It is very effective and takes charge in one minute. That was why I stopped them for a few seconds before the psychedelic took charge.

"The fun part of the psychedelic is its poisonous effect. It shows you exactly what you want to see and starts eating you in the inside. They lowered their guard and the pit traps on the ground activated when they stepped on them.

"I was actually not expecting to get the whole number of the masked guys but I guess I got lucky. Well, what I am not sure is what to do to you three. It probably is the end for me though," Alaric spoke with a solemn tone when he spoke the last words.

He really had no other plan. He could only leave them cautious as they thought that he was scheming.

"Your words are probably meant to make us lower our guards but, schemes are nothing but trash infront of absolute power. Say good bye to your schemes. Blame yourself for your being weak.

"We are even glad that you took care of the trash for us. That makes us want to give you a quick death. Now lets roll," one of the guys said and all three of them stamped on the ground.

The ground shook violently as they released their aura. The trees in the 50 meters proximity were all blown away. Alaric had created a lightning dome around them but it was blown away.

They were not as lucky and they too were blown away. He held Aurora tightly and even as the flew, he used his wind to balance them as they skidded around twenty meters away from them.

He had an over serious look in his face. His mind working on overdrive.

"So this was what it meant to have absolute power," his thoughts strayed but he got them back on line.

Their lives were on line here. His death was already decided on. He was sure they would eliminate him immediately they retracted their aura. Using his instinct, he could sense their location.

They had already separated and each were approaching him in all directions. The speed they were charging at him shook him.

The three caused a cloud of dust to rise and so did the leaves of the trees hamper the vision. What shocked them was sensing that he had not been affected by their aura.

They charged at him in all directions not caring whether he was two planes lower than them. They had learnt to take him seriously.

They were confident to get him offguard because his vision was hindered. Even if he somehow could see them, he would not manage to evade. But reality was cruel to them.

Alaric tried to move his body knowing their exact location. But the fact that his senses were faster than his body was disappointing. He tried to move his body from the incoming attacks.

He cursed as their fists all hit towards him. His body was very slow and he barely evaded the first attack to his face but the one on his back and side were unavoidable. He heard almost all bones on his chest break and a crack on his back.

He grit his teeth as he was sent flying. He had been forced to chose an attack to evade and take two. The one to his head was certain death thus he chose to take the two.

He felt his hold on Aurora loosen and his conciousness fading. He let go of her as he went slamming into one tree. Aurora came flying and fell on him. She suddenly opened her eyes.

Seeing the condition Alaric was in made her mad. She remembered his words and decided to stay calm. She took a pill from her storage ring and fed it to him. This pill was known to even generate organs.

There were only 500 of them in the continent. She did not care and gave it to him. Though she appeared calm, her eyes were glowing with a white light.

The three assembled. They could not beleive that they had missed his vital parts. Also their attacks were enough to pierce a hole in someone his level but somehow they had not.

The fact that he was alive shocked them. The two attacks he had taken were enough to kill a Master Plane elementalist on spot!

They saw Aurora give him a pill.

They sneered as they saw her actions. Even if he woke up, they were going to kill him anyway. They did not even seem to realize that the atmosphere was getting cold.

Everything was turning dead still and only their heartbeats and breaths could be heard.

"What is happening?" One of the guys asked. He seemed get slightly excited.

Aurora who had gotten off Alaric was now standing. She appeared to be not in her right mind. There was a chilling wind that was emanating from her.

Her hair was rising and she was suddenly levitated. Her hair suddenly turned white and her eyes appeared snow like. Even the battle suit she was wearing disappeared.

She was suddenly wearing a white dress. It appeared like it had been curved from ice. It was slightly revealing but she did not seem to care. An ice rod appeared in her hand.

A crystal was on top of the rod floating few millimeters above the rod. Her hands had transparent gloves. The area around her was already turning into ice.

The trees were getting covered with snow and the grass got frozen her feet were bare as she gently landed on the snow. The snow turned to ice whenever she stepped on it.

It was like a new person was taking over her body. A protective transparent dome had appeared around Alaric. She went to him and touched his face.

Her hand penetrated through the dome and her hand moved to his lips. She wiped the blood on the sides of his mouth as it disappeared.

She shed a tear and a stream of white light went into the region below his stomach. Towards his Bloodline [Origin Source].

She then retracted her hand and stood to face the three.

"She is awake," Joan said her face showing some seriousness.

"The Ice Queen!" One of the guys spoke.

"We finally got you to take action," the other guy said excitedly.

" So he really is important to you even as the Ice Queen? I am beginning to get interested in who he is. I now want to kill him from the bottom of my heart," Joan said.

She then let out an elemental attack. She released an Ice sword. The ice sword dissipated just few meters away from Alaric.

"Very laughable for me to use Ice to attack the Ice Queen. But you know you are not strong enough to even cause a wound one," Joan said and released a lightning arrow at her.

She created a wall infront of her but it collapsed and disappeared with the arrow. She was forced to take a few steps back as she started nosebleeding.

" It seems that there is a time limit to how long you can manifest your little powers. Lets see how long you can last," Joan said and sent another lightning arrow.

This time, the lightning separated and formed ten arrows. They attacked from all directions. The ice wall was broken by the first attack and the rest charged at Alaric.

They were not yet ready to kill her though. The glass dome was shattered. She overexerted herself and blood came from all seven orifices.

She created a stronger ice dome around him as she fell on her knees. She then spat a mouthfull of blood. Her time limit had approached.

The ice dome fell as she fell on her side. She had a helpless look on her face. Her hair was getting back to its normal colour. She was five meters from him and she tried to reach her hand out to him.

One of the guys brandished a dagger and charged at Alaric. At the same time, she saw Alaric open his eyes. Their eyes locked a tear fell from his right eye. She saw as the guy slashed the dagger on his neck.

She was trying to mumble some inaudible words. She had pleading eyes as she watched the dagger slice at him but at the same time, she finished her mumbling and a white light engulfed Alaric.

But she watched as the dagger sliced halfway his throat. She then completely transformed back and another tear fell from her as her eyes closed involuntarily.

The guy looked at his dagger and saw that it had blood on it. Coupled with the injuries he had received, he was certain that he was dead. He licked the blood and his eyes shone with a strange light.