The Frozen Player Returns

can’t think straight, I won’t be able to do anything at all.

He caught his breath and calmed himself before he started to analyze the situation. The problem is the fucking mist.
I can’t ever make the first move.

Kis was superior in terms of skill, strength, speed, and everything else.
But the battle only ever started when Kis ambushed him.

“This is bad… I’ve been playing right into the palm of his hand.” There was only one way to win.

“I’ll turn the tables right back at him.”

Seo Jun-ho removed Black Armor and wrapped his shoulder.
Despite the pain, his eyes shone with the ferocity of a hunter.

 

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Reaper Scans

Translator – Castor

Proofreader – yukitokata

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– “……”

Kis slowly walked through the mist, looking for the player he had crossed swords with.

– He’s hiding his traces from me… Impressive. It was a remarkable stealth technique, but that’s all it was. I’m starting to sense his magic. That meant he was getting closer.
Kis raised his sword and prepared himself to ambush the player again.

– I caught you. He swung his sword at the large mass of magic in front of him, cutting straight through his opponent’s neck.

– “……?” Kis’s face fell.
He felt something off. It was too easy. His opponent hadn’t even reacted.
Kis grabbed him and checked his face.

– I was tricked. The shadow dummy dissipated with a hissing noise, as if it were laughing.
At that moment, he felt a powerful wave of magic behind him.

– “……!” Kis whipped around.

“It’s too late.”

Seo Jun-ho unleashed the Frost energy.
The ground froze over in an instant, trapping Kis’s ankles.

– This is nothing… Kis tried to pull his legs from the ice, but it kept freezing in from all directions.

“You didn’t know, did you?”

Mist was simply a condensed mass of water vapor.
Thus, it would become ice if the temperature was lowered.

– “……!” Kis finally realized what Seo Jun-ho was doing, but it was too late when he raised his sword.
He had been too focused on escaping the ice.

“I already told you.
It’s too late.”

Crackle! The entire hall froze over.
The black mist fell to the ground in hailstones.

He took a deep breath.
Seo Jun-ho raised his sword and walked over to Kis, who was trapped in the ice.
The sword pierced through the thick ice and through his heart.

It’s finally over… He finally relaxed.

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Crash! Kiss broke through the ice and kneed him in the stomach.

“Guh!” Seo Jun-ho flew back, rolling on the red carpet that was covered in hailstones.
Kis followed him like a flash of lightning, drawing his sword.

Clang! Sparks flew as their blades met.
Seo Jun-ho had managed to take out a greatsword and block him, but Kis was too strong.
Seo Jun-ho’s arm started to give out, and Kis’s sword got closer and closer, pressing onto him like a mountain.

How… How is this possible…?! He couldn’t believe it.
Black Dragon Fang was stuck through his heart.
He shouldn’t be able to move, let alone attack with superhuman strength.

Just what… is he fighting so hard for? As his head started to fill with questions, Kis’s strength finally started to fade.

– “Cough! Cough!” His sword clattered to the ground as he vomited black blood.
He fell to his knees and fell over to his side.

“……” Seo Jun-ho unconsciously touched his temple.
It stung every time he touched it.
If he had been a tenth, no, a hundredth of a second late, Kis’s sword would have cut through his head.

“I really almost kicked the bucket this time…” Just as he let out a sigh of relief, his vision darkened.
Hot blood had started to drip down from the crown of his head.

“Contractor, are you alright?”

“Yeah, well… Once I get seen by a healer, it won’t even leave a scar,” he said as he took out a fresh potion and poured it over his head.

“That’s good to hear.” Relieved, the Frost Queen now looked over to her knight.
Kis Bremen was leaned up against the ice dummy, staring at the ceiling.
His consciousness was fading.

– …I failed. Warm tears spilled down from his eyes, but it wasn’t because he was afraid of death. I’m sorry.

It was because he had failed to protect the monarch he’d sworn his loyalty to, because he had lost the last chance to make right of his regrets.

– “Your Majesty…” He looked up at the ceiling, hand outstretched.

“He’s looking for you.
Wouldn’t it be good to show yourself, at least?”

“I do not deserve to do that.” She smiled bitterly as she shook her head.
“A monarch must protect their people.
The knights of the Winter Castle are citizens of Niflheim before they are my knights.
And… I failed to protect them.”

“What’s with that…” Seo Jun-ho couldn’t understand her.
She saw his expression and laughed weakly.

“Remember this: the righteousness of the weak is nothing but a shout in the silence.”

“……”

She’d learned this painful lesson in the war.
That was all.