Taptaptap!
Footsteps approached from afar.
An urgent and passionate BGM began to play.
Glancing at the empty underground garage, FrostNova's eyes dimmed. "It's different now. They're all dead."
"There's no one alive left by my side anymore."
With that, waves of cold air spread outward. Starting from FrostNova, a layer of frost quickly covered the entire basement.
Piercing cold air relentlessly eroded everyone's bodies.
The grating sound of ice freezing was heard incessantly.
"I have no reason to suppress this winter within me anymore."
"What the hell? Is the Reunion wholesale distributing natural disasters in the form of Infected?"
Exusiai stared intently at FrostNova. "FrostNova, I'll ask you one more time, are you serious about this?"
She couldn't stand by and watch everyone's health deteriorate.
"Do you have anything else to say?" FrostNova retorted.
"Yes."
"Stop now, white-haired rabbit. You'll kill yourself."
Exusiai called her "white-haired rabbit" as naturally as could be.
FrostNova couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
"You'll really die! Even if you don't push yourself this far, you're already strong enough!"
"Stop forcing yourself to fight! We can fight anytime later!"
"What reason do you have to fight to the death right now!"
Exusiai genuinely liked FrostNova and the Yeti Squad. Not being able to save the Yetis was already her pain, and now she didn't want to lose FrostNova.
After all, she was the beloved leader of those cute guys!
"No."
Crack crack crack!
The frost continued to condense, showing no signs of easing.
"My fingernails are about to crack from the cold."
Exusiai rubbed her hands vigorously and asked in confusion, "Do you really want to kill us?"
"I have my reasons."
FrostNova said calmly, "As a commander, I have lost. But as a warrior, I have never lost."
BEEP BEEP!
"A-4, E-4, all squad members, heed my command."
Amiya quickly activated the communication device. "Retire from this area, now."
"Gavial, you get out too!"
"If you get out now, you can rush back in later to save us!"
Amiya was ready to go all out. She wouldn't give up on FrostNova.
Rhodes Island was going to get serious.
"The opportunity has arrived!"
From Mo Zhi's perspective, if she defeated FrostNova as agreed, she would consider joining Rhodes Island.
Exusiai left Gravel from the squad, sending everyone else away. Facing FrostNova, numbers were meaningless; without protection, they would be instantly killed.
"Exusiai, you asked earlier why FrostNova could endure the pain of Originium crystals seeping from her skin?"
Amiya walked over. "I know the reason. I felt it."
"She could endure it because the pain in her heart was several times, no, many times worse..."
Hiss~
Hearing Amiya's explanation, Mo Zhi's heart sank. FrostNova...
The Yeti Squad held a much more significant place in FrostNova's heart than she had imagined!
Just as Mo Zhi was lost in thought.
Amiya looked at her. "Now, Doctor, please leave as well."
I have to leave too?
[No.]
[No.]
[No.]
The Doctor's resistance was almost overflowing the screen.
Mo Zhi looked at the camera, shrugged, and said, "Guys, it's not that I don't want to leave, but I have no choice."
"Doctor!" Amiya stomped her foot in frustration.
She didn't want the Doctor to take such risks. No one knew to what extent FrostNova's inner resolve had snapped.
[I want to see it through to the end.]
The Doctor's attitude was exceptionally resolute.
"Doctor of Rhodes Island." FrostNova watched their communication and said to the Doctor, "Your choice will not bring them any benefit."
"Why are you doing this?"
[I said, you can come to Rhodes Island.]
When clicking the prompt, Mo Zhi's arm trembled!
Here it comes, here it comes!!
[And, I want to fight alongside the operators.]
"As expected of me!"
Mo Zhi felt incredibly proud. The Doctor was truly boosting their morale as players, expressing the players' inner thoughts precisely and resolutely.
"I understand."
Amiya stopped trying to persuade her. She looked at everyone and said seriously, "Exusiai, Gravel, Dr. Mo Zhi, this will be a tough battle."
"White-haired rabbit."
Exusiai tilted her head. "Look, this is our Doctor and Amiya!"
Her intention was to showcase the solidarity of Rhodes Island's people.
FrostNova's eyes indeed showed a different emotion, but it was quickly masked by coldness. "Are you ready?"
"Starting now!"
With that, Exusiai charged forward with her chainsword. "Thrust, burst!"
FrostNova grabbed the air with one hand, condensing an ice blade in her hand and holding it before her.
Clang clang!
Zing zing—!!
In a flash of lightning, the two had already exchanged a round of combat.
"A good surprise attack," FrostNova commented calmly.
"Tch!" Exusiai let out a disdainful snort.
"Little cat, do you think I'm a caster... and therefore frail?"
"Are you serious?"
"The heat flow wrapped around your chain cannot overcome my frost. You cannot sever my frost." FrostNova analyzed calmly.
"I didn't underestimate you... I just didn't expect this saw, which can cut through city walls, couldn't cut through your ice blade."
"In my eyes... your speed and strength are no different from being stationary." FrostNova moved her thumb slightly. "Next is the throat."
"Air! Compress! Explode!"
Exusiai rapidly retreated and instantly compressed the air to block the incoming ice spikes. "Cough, hahaha, spit! Close one, almost got my throat pierced."
"That's right, you are a warrior, just like me!"
This was the highest compliment Exusiai could give. All her skills were used, but it was still futile. She turned to look at Amiya. "What should we do? I'm out of ideas."
Beside her, Gravel also said with difficulty, "Amiya... my fingers can barely pull the trigger anymore."
!!
Amiya was deeply shocked. The strength FrostNova displayed at this moment was ten, no, a hundred times greater than Father.
And she hadn't even revealed her full power.
She placed her finger on her ring. It was another moment of crisis. Without releasing the ring, they seemed to have no way to defeat FrostNova.
"FrostNova," Amiya looked at FrostNova one last time.
"Don't even think about it."
"Huh?" Amiya was stunned, then realized her finger was frozen.
"I saw your entire fight with Talulah. Your magic was enhanced by the ring's forced unlock."
FrostNova was not only an excellent leader but also an all-around warrior.
She had considered every detail of the battle.
On the other side, Exusiai was still burning her blood to heat the air, but there was no sign of the surrounding frost melting at all.
Amiya urged Exusiai to stop wasting her blood. FrostNova's Originium Arts were exquisite and powerful!
The frigid current, carrying Originium crystals, had lurked around everyone since they entered this area. Even Amiya's Arts couldn't cut through it.
FrostNova was the most powerful enemy everyone had faced so far!
The script seemed to have gone a bit wrong.
"What's going on? Is Amiya going to fall here?"
Mo Zhi scratched his slightly dazed head, unable to figure out what the designer had in store.
The audience outside the arena was also getting restless, discussing amongst themselves.
'Ouch!!'
'Stop fighting!'
'Is FrostNova really going to be the villain, and then the Doctor...'
'Don't jinx it.'
'I love FrostNova and the Yeti Squad more with this new chapter revealing more of her story, but why did the entire Yeti Squad get wiped out? And now FrostNova is fighting the protagonist.'
'In movies, anime, or novels I've watched, the most frightening thing is this: there are no absolute villains. Everyone has their own burdens to carry due to their experiences, leading to different stances. Such tragedies are often more heartbreaking. Compared to stiff and stereotypical villains, these are the ones that make me feel sorry for the so-called villains every time.'
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