Chapter 166 Ice and Fire

At this moment, a flame portal suddenly appeared in this white area of ​​ice and snow.

"This kind of fluctuation is really interesting..."

A noble young man with black hair and golden eyes walked out, and then his whole body flashed with tiny magical light, and he suddenly expanded into a huge red dragon nearly twenty meters long.

With the appearance of the red dragon, a hot and scorching breath filled the air. Magma surged out of the snow-covered ground, and the fierce blizzard was also blocked.

The frost on Dolo's body slowly faded away and turned into water flowing down, but he fell to the ground with a bang, still breathing weakly.

【Dragon's Breath】

Cassius waved his claws lightly, and rays of light descended from the sky. It was the purest dragon vitality, healing the frostbite in the dragon vein hobgoblin's body and saving his life.

"Owner……"

“You…are here…”

Dolo, lying on the ground dying, opened his eyes with difficulty and spoke with effort. At this moment, his heart was filled with disappointment for being easily defeated and even nearly losing his life.

"Forgive me for my incompetence..."

Seeing that Doro was out of danger, the red dragon no longer cared about him. Instead, he looked at Grand Duke Oliver in the air and the snow storm surrounding him, thoughtfully.

"What a powerful frost force."

"But the person who controls this power is too weak."

In Cassius's eyes, the horn behind Duke Oliver was the only thing worth paying attention to, and the human with the blood of frost giants was just an insignificant carrier.

When Duke Oliver saw the red dragon coming, the resentment towards dragons in the Frost Giant's blood and his own hatred combined, and suddenly a surge of anger surged in his heart.

"Damn red dragon!"

"I want to show you what frost is!"

He controlled the wind and snow to attack the red dragon. The storm mixed with ice and gravel and carrying endless coldness raged towards the red dragon.

【As graceful as a swimming dragon】

The surface of Cassius' wings was filled with the power of space, and his flying speed was terrifying. His whole body turned into an afterimage, and he easily avoided the oncoming snow storm like a ghost.

"Shh-"

The red dragon flew across the earth at high speed and directly over Duke Oliver, but he did not rush to attack. Instead, he stopped slowly.

Cassius looked down at Duke Oliver with contempt.

"Nice spell."

"But... can you really control this power?"

"Pathetic bastard?"

Seeing the contempt in the red dragon's golden vertical pupils, Duke Oliver became even more furious.

"How dare you-"

He was indoctrinated by his family since he was a child to obey the orders of the Principality of Bosk and serve them obediently.

Although the northern nobles openly addressed him as "Your Excellency the Duke" out of courtesy, they even mocked him in private as the so-called "Loyal Duke" and "Barbarian".

He has never had the power to make decisions and can only be submissive under the wings of the Principality of Bosk. This has also created his arrogant and inferior twisted character, and he can only vent his anger on his subjects on weekdays.

Now, he has obtained power that was previously unimaginable, enough to control everything, but he is still despised by the red dragon.

He had silently endured that kind of contemptuous look since he was a child. It was so familiar to him!
Oliver's eyes flashed with endless coldness, the runes on his body flashed, and he roared to the sky:
"Reptile, I want you to die!"

As he roared, ice cones rose from the ground and pierced the red dragon in the air.

Cassius continued to stare at him with contempt, a fiery red light glowing on his chest, and energy accumulated in his throat, then gushed out.

[Extremely effective flame breath]

The fire elements, which were far more powerful than ice and frost, gathered together, and the blazing white fire pillars easily tore through the wind and snow, shattered the ice pillars, and evaporated all the ice and snow around them.

But he did not further attack Oliver with fire. Instead, he slowly closed his mouth and stopped, even uttering mocking words.

"Is that all?"

"Duke Oliver, to me you are nothing but a good dog tied to this horn."

Cassius said in a calm tone.

He was trying to provoke Duke Oliver. He just wanted to see what this guy with the blood of a frost giant could do with the help of the horn.

This guy's use of the power of eternal frost is too superficial. He can't even gather the elements at one point. He can only vent them everywhere like a male dog in heat, wasting his energy.

Because of this, in Cassius's view, Duke Oliver poses no threat at all, but instead gives him an opportunity to experiment.

Test the power of this horn. Perhaps it was a coincidence, or it was intentional, but the Red Dragon's words hit the mark of Duke Oliver, completely igniting his anger.

"You are courting death!"

"I will put you into an eternal sleep!"

Oliver roared desperately.

He untied the horn on his back and blew it. Extreme cold air poured out from the mouth of the horn, creating a loud and intense snow storm in the air.

"Om-"

The sound of the horn resounded through the sky, and a more severe snow storm appeared in the sky. The coldness even made the red dragon feel dangerous, and its body felt like it was falling into an ice cave.

Cassius spewed out raging fire, and the flames blocked the invasion of cold air like a wall. He looked at Oliver who blew the horn, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"This fluctuation has reached the legendary level."

“What an unexpected gain. I didn’t expect that this horn could actually allow ordinary creatures to unleash legendary powers.

"But...he doesn't have much time left."

In Cassius's eyes, Oliver now looked like a bomb that could explode at any time, his body filled with uncontrollable powerful force.

"Come on, attack me!"

"Show me your strength!"

The red dragon still smiled contemptuously, slowly flapping its wings in the storm, hovering in the air with the power of space, and flames dancing in the air along with his flapping wings.

Oliver, who had almost lost his mind, opened his palms, and extremely cold air poured out from his palms like a rushing river.

"No, it's not enough..."

"We need... more power!"

"Only then can we kill that red dragon!"

Oliver continued to greedily absorb the power from the horn. The power of eternal frost resonated with his blood, and the ice-blue runes on his body became brighter and more dazzling.

That power poured out in the form of cold air.

"boom--"

A tide of cold air washed over the red dragon's body, but the huge dragon body suddenly disappeared, and the icy air that missed the target formed hideous icicles several meters high on the ground.

It turns out that it was just the incarnation of fire!

With Oliver's magical attainments, he couldn't even distinguish the simplest fire incarnation, so he poured all his strength into the incarnation.

The real red dragon had already appeared silently behind him thanks to the terrifying speed brought by [As Agile as a Dragon].

"The experiment is over, and your life should end as well."

"What a pathetic fellow."

Cassius just waved his claws casually.

He only used the lowest level of dragon tricks.

The reason is simple. The Duke of Oliver now has legendary energy output, but lacks the corresponding protective measures and control capabilities.

Even Doro could have easily chopped Oliver into a pulp if he hadn't been blocked by the snowstorm and unable to get close.

【Scratching Technique】

A claw-shaped, shimmering magical force field appeared behind Oliver, easily cutting through the fragile, untrained body.

As the red dragon tore apart Duke Oliver's body, the Eternal Frost Power that was barely maintaining its operation in his body due to the support of his blood finally became unbalanced and erupted completely!
"I clearly hit—"

"Do not--"

A cold light shone from his mouth, nose and eyes.

Duke Oliver's body, which had swelled due to absorbing strength, was now like a burst balloon. Sharp ice cones suddenly burst out from the wounds, and billowing white mist filled the air.

Finally, his entire body turned into extremely cold irregular crystals, like a glacier buried underground for tens of millions of years.

The horn fell to the ground and lay there quietly. The runes on it dimmed again, and the blizzard in the sky gradually subsided.

"Tsk, a guy whose power got to his head, a half-blood frost giant whose bloodline was diluted countless times..."

"You thought you could fight a dragon alone after getting the sacred relic of your race? You really don't know how to live or die."

Cassius stared at the ice crystals and couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)