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*Boom!* , *Boom!* , *Boom!*
In the underground training room, a loud explosion was heard that shook the floor.
The loud sound indicated strong and fast blows.
In one of the rooms, Milim was sleeping peacefully as if she didn't hear the sounds below her, and with her smile while sleeping, it seemed that she was having a nice dream.
"Come here~ It won't hurt much hehehe~"
....yah ,Definitelya nice dream.
Moving down to where the explosions are centered, specifically in the training room, the temperature drops with every step towards the door even more than it already is.
The training room was the largest room in the palace, with an area of 50 square meters and a height of 30 meters, all for the sake of freedom of movement and the use of wide-range attacks during combat.
And now the originally empty room has been transformed into a mixture of pillars and spears growing from the ground with icy debris reassembling itself and scattered everywhere.
*zinngg!*
*Boom!*
*kraakk!*
With more sounds of scuffling and crashing, the scene clears to reveal Velzard in torn and slightly rotted clothing, exposing some of her body to the cold air.
"You are stronger than I thought, and that's even better!"
Velzard spoke enthusiastically with some pride in her voice as she addressed the group in front of her.
The ones she was talking to were humanoids wearing full-body armor with various weapons, and there were also a few reptile-like monsters made entirely of ice.
Image :
These were the results of continuous training over the past two months.
Velzard had been increasing her control over her magic and shaping it to her imagination, thanks to the fact that she was a living embodiment of frost, and the necklace that increased her learning speed had also helped her.
So with her daily effort she reached a stage where she could make precise shapes of almost everything.
Of course, they do not have consciousness or intelligence of their own and cannot interact or speak, so she must control them with her mind or give them precise instructions to work.
*woooshh!*
In fulfillment of their sole command at this moment,
'Defeat your creator,'
more than 100 ice soldiers advanced forward, using various weapons from spears and swords to daggers and arrows, and even there were mages who used magic and cast it on her.
from ice magic to fireballs and acid arrows, etc., and all the knights and beasts also used the rotting skill and magic.
As for how they were able to do that?
because Velzard had granted them permission to use it.
During one of the regular training sessions, Velzard had a strange idea:
If knights and beasts are made of my magic, that means they can use rot, right?
The idea made some sense, as just like her sword, they were both made of ice, so putting this idea into practice she made one of them and tried applying the skill to it, and to her delight it worked!
Then she unintentionally tore his arm while shaking it out of joy and excitement, Even though she didn't really care.
Then maybe because of adrenaline or something else she tried to equip them with magic and the rest of the skills, although she expected failure so she didn't have high hopes on the matter.
She was surprised by the knight in front of her using the fireball and full healing so his severed arm was restored.
Since then, she has been summoning and diversifying them from fighters to healers, mage, and even beasts .
Now she can raise 60,000 knights, 20,000 sorcerers, 15,000 beasts, and 5,000 healers, creating a gigantic army of 100,000 soldiers who do not eat, drink, or tire, and who obey orders completely.
Of course she has to drain most of her mana for that but it's worth it!
Imagine having a perfect army that never dies since they have self healing and fight forever as long as they have mana or their master is alive.
If they were made of shadows it would be even cooler... but ice is cool too! So she has no complaints.
After stopping to think about a particular Korean character, Velzard continued her experiments on soldiers and this is what she discovered:
One; creatures you create can exist for half an hour without mana before fading away, and this time is shortened when using skills and magic.
Two; mages have weak defense but stronger magic attack compared to Knights and they rely on ranged attacks.
Three; she really, really misses technology... because staying in a medieval world isn't really fun...
And the fact that she was addicted to the internet or the phone in general only made the situation worse.
She also misses her family in the previous world,
her mother's cooking and her warm looks, her father returning from work exhausted but happy after being greeted by his children and friends who, although annoying, were still good friends.
Memories came flooding back to her, causing a tear to fall from her eye, but she quickly wiped it away and pushed those thoughts away, focusing on the current situation.
After a sigh, another idea came to her:
Since her strength increased the more she fought or used her abilities until her mana ran out, why not train with them instead of seeking a life and death battle?
Since she had a high income from the treatment doses alone, she stopped accepting simple tasks and focused on training until she found a task at least suitable for her level.
And with spending the whole day fighting except for her time with Milim, whether eating, shopping or anything else, she never left the training room, which greatly developed her in battles and the use of her skills and magic.
She also discovered that she could pass on her combat knowledge to the soldiers, which made the battles more difficult.
*wooshsh!*
She dodged a group of ice arrows covered in rot and at the same time blocked two swords heading towards her heart and head respectively.
Without giving her a chance to catch her breath, ice columns formed beneath her to trap her.
Sensing the attack, she leapt into the air, dodging the pillars by a hair's breadth and simultaneously destroying the heads of the two knights.
It would have killed them if they were human, but they were just puppets and if she didn't destroy them completely they wouldn't stop,
and to prove it they swung their swords at her again but she blocked them as she formed an ice wall behind her blocking the fireball that was heading towards her
But as she did so, she didn't see an arrow shoot straight towards the back of her head and then
*kriikk!*poof!*
the arrow hit her in the head causing the acid to shoot out, covering her entire head.
"AAAAHH!"
She screamed in pain as part of her scalp and face were burned only to be healed in an instant.
"Damn that hurts! Why did I decide to turn off all my resistances and stats anyway?!"
Yap, She decided it would be more effective to fight on her own.
Without allowing her to complete her complaint, several spears pierced the ground, and a stream of spells were fired from every direction towards her.
Seeing the attacks coming, she quickly created barriers, forming a ball with her in the middle.
Unfortunately, the hastily constructed ball couldn't block everything, and the spear pierced her leg, causing more pain.
But she didn't waste time in pain, she pulled the spear out of her leg and lip, then formed many spears from the ground and air and launched them in all directions, some hitting and some missing, causing more damage to the room.
Then, before the injured could recover, she formed two Scythe and took off at great speed, cutting through anyone in her path.
On her way, more incantations and arrows were thrown at her.
'Tch,If I want to win, I should take care of the archers and magicians first.'
She thought in annoyance as she changed her path and jumped towards the nearest shooter only to cut him into several pieces, ending his existence.
And when she was about to head towards the rest, three monsters attacked her, causing a wound on her shoulder that healed immediately as well, but it still hurt.
She was bothered by the constant pain, who wouldn't? She had gone several months without any pain so she didn't like it coming back of course.
The only person who enjoys pain is a masochist and she is not a masochist so she hated pain,
then with anger she jumped towards the three to get into a fight with them
After half an hour
Velzard stood in tattered clothes, almost naked among the piles of snow, catching her breath.
She raised her sword to the sky, announcing her victory from a fierce battle.
"Finally I won! Woah, it was hard but it was necessary. I shouldn't rely on my skills alone."
She looked around at the fallen soldiers and nodded in satisfaction.
"They're really strong, maybe I can take over the world with them huhuhu"
A bold idea crossed her mind, but she shook her head and dismissed the idea as soon as it occurred to her and then said sarcastically:
"Since when did I care about ruling the world? This is ridiculous."
The responsibilities and disadvantages were greater than the benefits, especially since she did not like boring things.
"I still remember how much Rimuru suffered from the papers after creating Tempest and I don't want the same thing to happen to me."
With the idea of the ruling forgotten , she left the training room and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
The strange thing is that everything in the palace is made of ice, so how did she get the beds and warm water?
Well, she bought the beds from the city, and for the water, she used the new skill she created,
'S-Class Elemental Formation'.
This skill allows you to create elements such as fire, air, lightning, earth, etc.
Even though she's only used it to heat water so far... just imagine getting such a powerful skill and using it just to heat damn water!
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After taking a shower, she headed to her room, changed into her pajamas, and jumped into bed.
"umm~, this is much better than that cheap hotel bed"
At this thought I fell into a deep sleep, not from physical fatigue but from mental fatigue.
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elsewhere
On a cold winter night, snow was falling, announcing the approach of the New Year.
The streets were empty except for the faint movement of some cats trying to catch a mouse.
Two cats gave chase, making quick and agile jumps, but the mouse, with its small and flexible body, miraculously escaped.
But there is no happy ending where a rainbow fills the sky and everyone lives happily and peacefully in a world where the strong prey on the weak, especially if you are that weak...
Thus the circle of life was set in motion again, and the mouse was caught between the cat's sharp fangs.
While the two cats were enjoying their dinner, a strong wind blew in, carrying a piece of paper that scared the two cats, causing them to run out of the alley .
After they disappeared, the paper fell, revealing a picture of a smiling young man with black hair and blue eyes, with the words at the bottom of the paper:
"Missing, if you have any information please contact us at the number, xxxx.xxx."
The paper was a little torn and it wasn't the only one.
The further you went, the more papers appeared, either taped to walls or pillars or just thrown in the streets.
It is clear that whoever was searching spared no effort in his search.
In a two-story house in the city center, there was a woman washing dishes with a blank and tired expression on her face, and Right behind her is a middle-aged man.
sitting on the sofa with a serious and Also with tired expression on his face.
Silence fell over the house and no one could hear anything but the sound of the tap.
Until the woman spoke in a voice filled with despair and sadness.
"Where is he.., we've been searching everywhere for months"
*sobs*
"where is he supposed to be?!"
The woman was crying with copious tears streaming from her eyes, her feet could no longer hold her and she collapsed to the ground as she continued to cry.
"...."
The man did not say a word but walked towards his wife and hugged her, which caused her tears to increase even more.
The two remained like this for several minutes before the man wiped his wife's tears with the sleeve of his jacket.
"I don't know, dear, I don't know…"
Then he tightened his hug with a firm look on his face.
"...but what I know is that we will find him in the end, I promise you that."
Although he didn't fully believe his own words.
"Mmm"
the woman didn't say anything but just nodded.
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Back to the Ice Palace
While Velzard was sleeping,a tear fell from her eye.
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End....