Chapter 602: The Winter Nation’s Past
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the eyes of outsiders, the Winter Nation had always coveted the Holy Dragon Kingdom’s lands; it was as if they were at odds with the Holy Dragon Kingdom. Even if the Elven Kingdom wanted to attack the Holy Dragon Kingdom, they would first have to ally with the Winter Nation, but that was only on the surface. Empress Gustav had an excellent relationship with King Landhar III in secret.
The relationship between the two could be traced back to a few decades ago. When she was young, she was not the first successor of the Winter Nation. King Landhar III had helped her ascend to her throne. That was a secret between the two. Even in the Winter Nation, very few people knew about that.
After becoming an ally of the Elven Kingdom, the Winter Nation did not attack the Holy Dragon Kingdom. The Elven Kingdom must have thought the Winter Nation wanted to betray their trust and attack after both sides had suffered heavy losses. Only Empress Gustav knew that that was not the case. What she had done before was just an act.
“It is your freedom to call me as you wish. I have no choice but to become like this. I believe that this situation will not last for long. As long as I get that thing from Watson, that world will be under my control.”
Frigga could see the deepest part of Empress Gustav’s heart. She raised her hand and caressed Empress Gustav’s hair. Her body immediately trembled, and a faint blush appeared on her face.
“I believe you.”
“It’s been more than twenty years since I last went to the Winter Nation. At that time, the previous Winter Nation king summoned the leaders of other kingdoms and signed a meeting against Sword Saint Reid so that no army could use him. I went there with my father. How has time flown.”
There was once a young boy and a young girl in that world. The boy and the girl were the heirs of two kingdoms. They had no intention of competing for the throne, but the circumstances they were in had forced them to fight. If they did not fight, they would lose everything they had. If they did not fight, they would die.
Compared to the girl, the boy was in a better situation. He made suggestions based on the girl’s situation. After the girl ascended the throne, the boy also gained her support. That happened before King Landhar III met Avril.
“Frigga, when your wish is fulfilled, I will give you my throne. The Winter Nation would have been yours anyway. I heard that you resurrected Avril not long ago. I would like to ask her…” Empress Gustav said nervously. She would never forget what happened in that kingdom back then.
At that time, she was the youngest princess in her kingdom. Her eldest sister was the next in line for the heir, and she controlled nearly half of the ministers in the imperial court. She also had an assassination team under her command.
In addition, her eldest sister was domineering and often bullied her, but the people around her turned a blind eye to it. For a long time, that caused her to feel that her life was gloomy. Fortunately, King Landhar III appeared at that moment.
She could still recall King Landhar III’s immature appearance when he came with King Landhar II. Perhaps she felt like she had the same temperament as King Landhar III, or perhaps they were of the same age. She and King Landhar III soon became friends.
With King Landhar’s help, she quickly walked out of her eldest sister’s oppression. Then, King Landhar III coerced the leadership of the assassination force under her eldest sister’s command. Then, he poisoned her ministers, forcing them to hate each other. Finally, he made her eldest sister make a fool of herself in front of the leaders of different kingdoms, which caused the previous empress to remove her from the line to her throne.
A nostalgic look appeared in Empress Gustav’s eyes as she recalled those. From the first time she saw King Landhar III, she knew that the young man was a natural overlord, destined to dominate the world in the future.
In the blink of an eye, so many years had passed. King Landhar III had become the overlord of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and she had also become Empress Gustav. The two seemed to have never interacted. Thanks to Watson, King Landhar III had accelerated his plan to annex the world. Even though it seemed like King Landhar III had met with some trouble because of Watson, she believed that he would be able to get through it easily, just like how King Landhar III had helped her get through the crisis when he had nothing.
“Hey, I’m talking to you. How long are you going to ignore me?”
The Dark Dragon King’s suppressed voice came from the side, interrupting Empress Gustav’s thoughts.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, the Dark Dragon King stood up from where he was. His face was hidden under the black cloak, but his angry eyes pierced through the shadow. His gaze landed on Frigga.
It was fine if he was defeated, but Queen Gustav and Frigga had acted so intimately. Seeing that made him want to vomit. The sight of a woman in her thirties with a young girl in her twenties was simply indescribable. In addition, he was famous for his violent temper. He could no longer endure it.
At that moment, he bit his lips as he spoke, using the pain to dispel the waves of fear that rose in his body.
“Starlight-tier move, Silent Aria of Darkness. Die!”
With a roar, the Dark Dragon King’s body suddenly expanded and changed into his dragon form. A huge black dragon covered the sky, and the stars were swallowed by the scales on the black dragon’s body. It was difficult to describe how big that black dragon was. Its eyes were like the sun and moon in the sky.
After the Dark Dragon King revealed its true form, it opened its gigantic mouth, and pitch-black dragon breath shot out of it. The black dragon’s breath covered the entire Winter Nation. Wherever it passed, the land was sealed by black ice and then turned into black ashes with a gentle breeze. Everything shattered in the darkness and returned to silence.
Just as the dragon’s breath covered the ground and was about to land on top of Frigga’s head, she suddenly opened her arms, and her body also expanded.
Her body expanded thousands of times in the blink of an eye and became as big as the Dark Dragon King’s body. Frigga’s arms grabbed the Dark Dragon King’s wings and pulled hard. The Dark Dragon King’s wings were immediately torn apart, and pitch-black blood spilled all over the ground. Then, the red hair on Frigga’s head twisted and changed its shape, turning into snake heads that coiled around the Dark Dragon King’s body in the air.
Those snake heads glowed with different divine powers. There was a divine power that symbolized storms and navigation, scarlet battle power, and power that represented light. It was hard to imagine how many types of divine powers Frigga’s body contained. The divine powers stacked and crashed into the Dark Dragon King’s body, causing him to wail in pain. His huge body fell, crushing several mountains. An enormous crater was left on the ground.
Frigga’s body shrank from the size of a giant, and she stood on the Dark Dragon King’s body. Her head was tilted upward at a forty-five-degree angle, and she put her hands behind her back.
“You’ve only been promoted to the starlight tier by Watson. Do you really think you’re that powerful? If the one standing here were Nidhogg, the Dragon King of Despair, who was known as the strongest among the dragons, I would be a little scared. As for you, you’re just a small fry. After all, I have eight parts of starlight-tier power similar to yours in my body.”
After a moment of intense battle, the Winter Nation calmed, leaving only the cold wind blowing in the plains.
