Chapter 107—The Eclipse of Niflheim.
Chapter 107—The Eclipse of Niflheim.
The massive, frost-encrusted drawbridge of dark cosmic ice groaned as the Sovereign Faction stepped onto the outer perimeter of The Glacial Citadel. Towering over the abyss, the fortress was carved directly from a colossal black ice mountain, its walls glowing with eerie azure mana runes that hummed with absolute-zero energy.
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[ZONE ENTERED: The Glacial Citadel—Throne of Niflheim]
HAZARD RATING: TIER-SSS (Absolute Zero Spatial Freeze & Frost-Core Aura)
FIELD EFFECT: [Glacial Stasis]—Non-Sovereign Entities Suffer 90% Movement Speed & Skill Casting Reduction!
STATUS: Overlord Boss Lair Reached
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Kaelen walked across the frozen courtyard with unhurried, predatory grace. His dark coat billowed against the howling thermal drafts, his hand firmly holding Lyra’s slender dark-gloved fingers. Her golden staff projected a brilliant dome of solar radiance that wrapped around their squad, instantly vaporizing the freezing frost mist and rendering the severe [Glacial Stasis] debuff completely useless.
Beside them, Ignis kept a firm grip on his claymore, his body radiating waves of black dragon fire that melted the ice underfoot into clouds of white steam. Ren monitored her holographic tactical arrays, her sensors scanning the dark crystalline pillars, while Tsubaki moved silently through the azure shadows cast by the glowing ice structures.
"The ambient temperature inside this courtyard is low enough to instantly freeze pure liquid mana," Ren reported, her voice crisp over the comms.
"Cryor-Vex is pulling raw frost energy directly from Niflheim’s planetary core. His armor density is effectively impenetrable by standard physical means."
"Impenetrable just means we need a hotter flame," Ignis grinned darkly, black fire flaring along the edge of his blade.
"Be cautious," Tsubaki whispered from the shadows of a frozen column. "The central hall is heavily trapped with spatial ice barriers."
"Spatial ice is still just space," Kaelen purred smoothly, his low velvet voice breaking effortlessly through the roaring wind. He gently stroked the back of Lyra’s hand with his thumb, his dark violet eyes gleaming with triple-ringed golden authority. "And space belongs entirely to me."
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[OVERLORD BOSS ENGAGED!]
TARGET: The Frost Monarch Cryor-Vex—Sovereign of Niflheim (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD)
HP: 340,000,000 / 340,000,000
SPECIAL RULE: Glacial Core Immortality—Regenerates 4% Max HP Every Second While Standing on Glacial Ground!
RELIQUE RESONANCE: Key of the Holy Grail (100% Operational)
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At the far end of the grand throne room, seated upon a massive throne carved from pure cosmic ice, sat The Frost Monarch Cryor-Vex (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD).
Cryor-Vex stood twenty-five feet tall, clad in jagged obsidian-ice plate armor that emitted a suffocating blue aura. Four ice wings that looked like razor-sharp frozen crystal blades expanded behind his back, and in his right hand, he held a colossal two-handed broadsword forged from absolute-zero ice—the Glacial Devastator.
Beside his throne stood an ancient guardian construct—a fifty-foot-tall Cosmic Ice Colossus (Level 187 Elite Overlord) pulsing with dark frost energy, flanked by two thousand elite Frost Archons!
"Insolent mortals..." Cryor-Vex spoke, his voice sounding like grinding glaciers that made the black ice pillars shake violently. "You slaughtered my general, shattered my vanguard, and defiled my citadel. But here upon the throne of Niflheim, my icy domain is supreme!"
Cryor-Vex rose from his throne, slamming his broadsword into the frozen floor!
BOOOOOOM!
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[OVERLORD DOMAIN UNLEASHED!]
FIELD EFFECT: [Dominion of the Frozen Abyss]
EFFECT: Cryor-Vex gains 400% Frost Attack Power! All Physical & Elemental Attacks Suffer 90% Damage Reduction!
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The Cosmic Ice Colossus roared, charging forward alongside the two thousand Frost Archons, unleashing a tidal wave of blue absolute-zero frost blades directly toward the Sovereign Faction!
"Let me melt these overgrown popsicles!" Ignis bellowed with a wild laugh, stepping forward and swinging his claymore with full force!
"Dragon Fire Art: Cosmic Black Sun!"
A massive, two-hundred-meter wave of black-and-gold dragon flame erupted from his blade! The sheer heat flash evaporated the absolute-zero wave and incinerated one thousand Frost Archons in a single second!
𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
"Shadow Style: Glacial Core Sever!" Tsubaki glided through the blinding steam, his katana leaving dark spatial cuts that severed the mana cores of the remaining thousand Archons!
"System Override: Cryo-Resonance Shatter!" Ren launched twelve seismic disruptor charges straight into the Cosmic Ice Colossus’s chest! The high-frequency shockwaves shattered the fifty-foot colossus into millions of harmless ice fragments!
In less than two minutes, Cryor-Vex’s entire elite vanguard was wiped out! Cryor-Vex’s icy blue eyes flared with absolute rage. "MORTAL SCUM! FEEL THE WRATH OF ABSOLUTE ZERO!"
He folded his four ice wings, leaping from his throne at light-speed momentum!
"Glacial Overlord Art: World-Ending Blizzard Cleave!"
BOOOOOOM!
A colossal wave of compressed absolute-zero ice and spatial frost blades erupted from his sword, surging directly toward Kaelen with the force of a collapsing glacier!
Kaelen didn’t draw a shield or dodge. He simply lifted his left dark-gloved hand toward the incoming wave.
HUMMMMMMMM!
A pitch-black singularity of pure Void Origin flared into existence before his palm. The massive wave of absolute-zero ice struck the dark sphere—and was instantly swallowed whole, vanishing into absolute non-existence!
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[PASSIVE EFFECT: Void Singular Absorption]
DAMAGE RECEIVED: 0!
Cryor-vex’s blizzard cleaves: absolutely erased!
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Cryor-Vex froze mid-air, his icy wings fluttering in absolute shock as his ultimate technique vanished into thin air. "WHAT?! My World-ending blizzard... ABSORBED?!"
"Your absolute zero is merely a chilly breeze," Kaelen purred softly, his velvet voice icy and smooth. "Before the Void, all cold, and heat vanish into eternal silence."
Kaelen slowly reached down to his hip, his slender dark-gloved fingers wrapping securely around the hilt of the Void Blade.
The completed Key of the Holy Grail within his soul core flared with intense dark-gold light, resonating with the cosmic blade as black void flames engulfed the dark steel.
He drew the blade completely from its sheath.
SHING!
The entire atmosphere of the throne room plummeted into absolute silence as space itself began to warp around Kaelan’s feet.
"Sovereign Secret Art: Spatial Erasure—Glacial Collapse!"
Kaelen delivered a single, effortless horizontal slash through the freezing air.
SKRRRRRRRAASH!
A razor-thin, four-hundred-meter line of pitch-black spatial deletion exploded across the grand throne room!
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[CRITICAL HIT!]
TARGET: The Frost Monarch Cryor-Vex (Level 189 Overlord) & Glacial Citadel Core
DAMAGE DEALT: 480,000,000 (Pure Spatial Eradication)
SPECIAL EFFECT: Glacial Core Regeneration Negated! Domain Erased!
DEFENSE NEGATED: 100%!
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Cryor-Vex let out a deafening, agonizing shriek as his twenty-five-foot body, his obsidian-ice armor, his wings, his broadsword, and the massive cosmic ice throne behind him were cleanly cleaved in half! The pitch-black spatial tear spread through his icy core, erasing his physical form and his entire fortress in a split second!
BOOOM!
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[OVERLORD BOSS ELIMINATED!]
TARGET: The Frost Monarch Cryor-Vex—Sovereign of Niflheim
EXP RECEIVED: 85,000,000 Points!
WORLD SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: FACTION ’SOVEREIGN’ HAS CONQUERED FLOOR 17!
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As Cryor-Vex and the throne room dissolved into glowing blue experience particles, the glacial core floating above the throne condensed into a magnificent sapphire-and-gold crystal that descended gently into Kaelen’s open palm.
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[FLOOR CONQUERED!]
ZONE CLEAR: The Frozen Abyss of Niflheim
WAYSTONE UNLOCKED: Floor 18 Waygate Active!
REWARD: Sovereign Glacial Crown & 5,000,000 Gold System Tokens.
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Lyra stepped closer to Kaelen, her blue eyes shining with radiant affection as she wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up into his handsome face. "Floor 17 is conquered, Kaelen. The eternal frost of Niflheim bows to your shadow."
"The frost was merely a brief distraction, my light," Kaelen whispered softly, pulling her close and kissing her forehead gently before turning toward the shimmering spatial portal leading to Floor 18. "Now, let us ascend."
Kaelen purred smoothly, his dark violet eyes flashing with triple-ringed golden light as he led the Sovereign Faction forward into the rift.