Chapter 251: Operation Wolf Slayer. (Part 40)
Cryonis recognized the frozen silhouette, even though he had never seen one before. A Shirogane sorcerer. They remained invisible despite being encased in ice, and if he hadn’t piled several layers on top of the first, they would have been able to escape once more without him knowing their position.
The one he caught had their arm stretched with a blade aimed straight ahead. They were trying to stab someone, or maybe slash them, and since he was the only one standing in that spot a moment before, the cold hero knew his neck had been the target.
A shadow fell over Cryonis just as the thought crossed his mind, and before he could look up, something fell on the ice sculpture, smashing it into pieces. The force of the strike washed over the surroundings, and if his hands hadn’t been stuck to the ice on the ground, the cold hero could have been blown away by now.
A layer of ice was forming on the creature that fell from above. It was almost entirely red, but the color didn’t come from a simple paint but from the deep wounds littering its body. Watching it move filled Cryonis with a sense of dread, but it was only when it shifted around and pierced him with a glare from its glowing red eyes that an inexplicable horror filled his heart.
"Cryonis! Stop it with the ice! You’re freezing me!"
Though its voice was far too gruff, the words were still intelligible, which snapped the cold hero out of his horrified state. It still took him a moment, but eventually he realized who he was looking at.
"Werewolf? Since when were you red?"
"Not the time." The beast replied while shaking the frost off his fur. "We’re kinda having trouble."
"Tell me about it." As he pulled himself up, the cold hero noticed a flash in the corner of his eye and quickly raised an ice pillar, successfully blocking the torrent of flames looking to incinerate him. "I’m guessing you aren’t here to back me up."
"Unfortunately, no." Werewolf ducked behind the ice pillar, trying to make himself look smaller. "Who are you fighting anyway?"