"You wicked woman, you... you killed our king!"
An elderly Frost Guard glared at Catherine, rasping in his voice.
This old man was unremarkable before, but when he spoke, it carried an extraordinary aura and authority.
He was the former Warrior Chief of the Royal Court, the predecessor of the Warrior Chief killed by Andrew in the Ice Prison.
Though his strength had waned with age, as he stepped forward towards Catherine on the throne, nearly all of the other Frost Guards present followed suit, advancing a step in her direction!
Whoosh—
Dense cold air rose up.
If the encirclement formed by the Commerce Association led by Chairman Beiru was akin to a temporarily dormant Fire Element, then the encirclement formed by the Royal Court's Frost Guards was an enraged Ice Element.
And surrounded by the dual-layered circle of ice and fire, Catherine, for a moment, seemed like a lone island in an endless sea!
