Chapter 162: Thunder Dragon?
Just as the door closed, the small stone dragon statue beside it suddenly stirred.
It shook its body, casting off the layer of ash on it, revealing a body of purple-black color, with countless bolts of electricity arcing around it.
Krit! Krit!
The tiny dragon emitted a sound somewhat similar to the cry of a baby bird, incredibly adorable.
It sat on a pedestal created by a magic circle, making it float above the door.
Suddenly, it tilted its head to look to the side, and the scene before it startled it into crying out.
Krit! Krit!
"What the hell are you squawking about?" Sunako angrily shouted: "Never seen someone hanging in front of a door before?"
Thunder Dragon opened its mouth wide, its eyes full of disbelief.
Krit! Krit!
It seemed Sunako understood what it was saying. She frowned and shouted: "Goddamn it! I’m not a defense tower, I’m an Oni, a princess of the Oni clan! Did you hear me clearly?!"
Thunder Dragon glanced at her, its eyes showing a thick trace of contempt, and its mouth cried out: "Krit! Krit!"
’Not a humanoid defense tower? So you’re just a door shield then?’
"AGH!!!" Sunako angrily screamed: "You’re the door shield, your whole family is a door shield!"
"You damned lizard! Don’t let me get out of here, otherwise I’ll tear off your wings and skin you to make a handbag!"
"Pfff!" Thunder Dragon burst out laughing, its mouth slightly curling up as if hearing an extremely meaningless joke.
Sunako gritted her teeth and shouted: "Let me go, I must kill this damned lizard! Agh!!! Can you all hear me? Let me go!"
Right at this moment, Sunako suddenly sensed something. Her gaze looked off into the distance, as if her eyes could see through the thick layer of fog outside.
"That’s... impossible, how could they have come here?" Sunako stammered.
The air suddenly turned cold. Snowflakes fell all across the sky, and the temperature dropped sharply.
Sunako took a deep breath, finding it hard to believe: "The Ice Tribe... no, it’s just a small branch of the Ice Tribe."
"But... they seem to want to assault this place. Could it be..."
Sunako suddenly realized she was being hung in front of the door. She immediately struggled fiercely, roaring with all her strength: "Agh! Let me go! You bastards! Hurry up and let me go! I’m a princess of the Oni clan!"
....
Inside the room, Nanoe saw the scene outside through the camera, her eyes gradually becoming serious.
"Ice Tribe..." Nanoe murmured.
Morie, Monica, and Elith all saw figures emerging from within the fog.
They weren’t humans but a type of ice golem, their bodies truly constructed entirely of ice, with cold air spilling out around them.
Not only ice golems, but there were also snow wolves up to a meter tall, their bodies covered in patches of ice emitting a dreadfully cold temperature.
Following them were creatures resembling stone blocks less than 1 meter tall, but with two arms and two legs, dragging behind them large catapults.
"Catapults?" Morie frowned and said: "It seems those monsters truly have intelligence, knowing how to use tools to attack. They might have even organized an entire kingdom."
"No, they’re smarter than we think." Suddenly, Nanoe’s voice rang out.
Everyone fell silent, looking toward her.
Nanoe continued: "The Ice Tribe lives in a land of eternal ice and snow, with temperatures of minus 140 degrees. The inhabitants there are born with an innate magical talent to withstand the cold."
"They know how to exploit that terrifyingly low temperature as a weapon, turning that harshness into an advantage to attack and plunder resources from other tribes and regions."
Hearing this, Monica asked with confusion: "Then why don’t they leave that harsh place?"
Nanoe shook her head. "Actually, they’ve grown accustomed to life there. Their bodies have adapted to that climate. When they go elsewhere, their strength is reduced considerably."
"Besides, that place is too cold and desolate, forming an invisible and solid fortress wall. No tribe dares invade there. Because... before the invaders can reach the Ice Tribe’s kingdom, they are killed by the harsh climate."
"Ah!" Hearing this, Elith nodded, then asked: "So that means that place is inviolable?"
Nanoe shook her head. "Not exactly. There’s only one tribe that can attack that place, and that is the Titan tribe."
"Heh?!" Hearing this, everyone’s gaze unconsciously turned toward Morie.
But right at this moment, a System notification panel appeared.
[Ding! Ice Tribe Assault... commencing.]
[Ding! Defense duration: Until the sun rises or all of the Ice Tribe is eliminated.]
Nanoe saw the notification panel and smiled at Morie: "It’s your turn, Morie."
Morie nodded, softly saying: "I want to observe a little first, then begin the attack."
"Mm! As you wish." Nanoe smiled: "It’s just... are you sure of victory?"
Morie wasn’t worried at all, simply saying indifferently: "Though the Ice Tribe is strong, do you know what their natural enemy is, aside from the Titan tribe?"
Nanoe smiled, then stood up and softly said: "Let’s go. It’s not fair for only Selina to have fun."
"Heh?!" Monica was startled and hurriedly asked: "Aren’t we going to stay here to prepare for the battle? What if some trouble occurs?"
Nanoe burst out laughing: "Hahaha... there won’t be any trouble."
As she spoke, her hand landed on Monica’s head, gently stroking her hair.
At this moment, Monica felt a warmth from Nanoe’s hand that was so mesmerizing it made her dizzy.
Nanoe smiled: "The Ice Tribe specializes in using magic. They are very wary of the Titan tribe because the Titans can use superior strength to shatter any magic."
"However, what they fear most is... Thunder and Lightning."
"Thunder and Lightning?!" Monica tilted her head, asking with confusion: "Why?"
"No particular reason..." Nanoe explained: "Every creature, when born, must have a natural enemy. Otherwise, it would become invincible and disrupt the balance of nature."
"Fortunately, we happen to have a Legendary-rank defense tower that uses the power of thunder and lightning. Because of this... in this round, we don’t need to worry."
After Nanoe finished speaking, she entered the bedroom. Then, her surprised voice rang out.
"Wow! You two are having such fun and didn’t wait for me. Rover, come here, do to me what you just did to Selina. Hehehe..."
Hearing this, Monica’s face flushed red. She then hurried into the room as well.
The bedroom door closed. In the living room, only Morie and Elith remained.
Morie tilted her head and asked: "You’re not joining them?"
Elith shook her head. "That... I’m afraid I can’t handle it, and will pass out again."
"Ah~" Morie nodded.
Recalling the past two days, Elith’s endurance was very poor, occasionally getting ’played’ by Rover to the point of fainting.
Besides, she didn’t want to continue participating in that chaotic party. Sometimes she just wanted to be alone with Rover.
Morie nodded gently, her gaze turning to the screen displaying the images seen by the security cameras.
"They’re here!" Morie softly said.
...
Outside, the group of ice monsters stopped about a hundred meters from the building and didn’t continue advancing.
But the catapults were different. Ice blocks twice the size of basketballs were placed into the launching positions, then...
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Large ice balls were launched toward the apartment building, slamming into everyone’s doors. They immediately shattered, forming large patches of ice that sealed the doors shut, even freezing the defense towers.
Morie sat in the room. Seeing this scene, she frowned and softly said: "It seems... these Ice Tribe members aren’t fools either. They seem to be very knowledgeable about how to attack these Survivor apartment buildings."
Hearing this, Elith was startled and hurriedly asked: "Really?"
"That’s right!" Morie explained: "They’re standing at a position over 100 meters away from the complex. At this position, ordinary defense towers truly have difficulty attacking them."
"And even if there are defense towers that can attack them, their power would be greatly reduced. Furthermore, they’ve also deployed Golems carrying ice shields standing guard at the front to prevent the defense towers from attacking."
"They’re not attacking relentlessly, but only using ice projectiles to freeze the Survivors’ defense towers. They’re not fools. They are, step by step, setting up an extremely precise attack. However..."
Morie didn’t finish her sentence, only revealing a contemptuous smile on her face, as if everything was in the palm of her hand.
Right at this moment, an ice ball came flying toward their door. It carried a temperature cold enough to freeze any creature it touched, along with an ear-piercing howling of wind.
Sunako saw that ice ball and hurriedly shouted: "Oy! Let me go! It... it’s about to reach here! Hurry up! I’m sorry! Quick, let me go!"
Thunder Dragon beside her glanced at Sunako with great contempt, its mouth softly crying: "Krit! Krit! Krit!"
’Coward, and yet you call yourself a Princess of the Oni clan.’
Sunako could understand Thunder Dragon’s voice. Gritting her teeth, she said: "Goddamn it! Are you stupid? If that ice block hits, both you and I will be frozen."
Thunder Dragon curled its lip, contemptuously crying out: "Krit! Krit!"
’Open your eyes wide, watch closely...’
Just as the ice ball was about to reach them, Thunder Dragon immediately spewed out a bolt of lightning.
The purple lightning bolt shot off at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound, accurately striking the ice ball when it was less than ten meters away from them.
Immediately after...
BANG!
A terrifying explosion rang out. The ice ball instantly detonated, shattering into countless ice fragments that fell all around.
Seeing this scene, Sunako opened her mouth wide, her face full of disbelief as she looked at Thunder Dragon, stammering: "You... you... you really are... Thunder Dragon?"
Thunder Dragon exhaled a stream of white smoke from its mouth, its expression arrogant to the extreme, softly crying out: "Krit~ Krit~"
’Baby, only now do you realize that?’
Sunako: "..."