After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King

The Ymir Clan that lived in the Extreme North, also known as the Frost Giants, had the responsibility of guarding the Calamity of Extreme Cold, maintaining, repairing, and passing down seals that might become damaged.

The Dwarves who lived even farther away undertook logistical work... they needed to constantly train and make their race stronger so that one day they could, together with the Frost Giants, completely eliminate the Calamity.

However, after the Divine Era, intense conflicts broke out between the Dwarves and the Frost Giants... back then, the Dwarf King and the Frost Giant King engaged in a physical war that lasted for ten days and nights.

That was the "King Battle," and after the Dwarf King's victory declared the end of the battle, the Ymir gradually went extinct... as did the knowledge of the seals, which gradually faded with time.

The severance of the heritage always accompanied the world's beginning and end. The Dwarves forgot the "King Battle," forgot the "Calamity," forgot the "Seal," even though they were an Eternal Species.

"Eight years... Zero-Degree Beast..."

Yila pondered this as she flew over the sea with Ernie, thinking about the contents on the stone tablet, saying, "Zero Degree... it shouldn't just be 'Zero Degree,' right?"

After all, even now, the temperature was definitely below 0°C.

However, Ernie did not understand what Yila meant. She expressed her own opinion, saying, "The Zero-Degree Beast may not necessarily be a specific Magic Beast or wild beast... it might also be a concept monster."

Ernie said this while pondering something, "However, according to Wenresa, it probably won't be in the eighth year that the world is destroyed... it should be the ninth year."

Yes, the Calamity known as "Zero-Degree Deep Cold" became more severe and dangerous year by year, reaching its peak in the eighth year... then in the ninth, even the World Tree itself would be unable to withstand that cold.

And then, together with the nine major planes, it would vanish.

"..."

In the silence of their flight, Ernie spoke first, saying, "If you're talking about Magic Beasts, and considering the Calamity... it is highly likely that I know some clues."

Ernie said this under Yila's gaze and continued succinctly, "Most exceptions are aware of the matters regarding the Evil God's Followers and the Hunter Squad... but few actually go to assist."

"The god who betrays the gods, abandoning them, the Evil God..."

Before Ernie could finish, Yila interrupted her, saying, "The one god we can confirm is no longer active—Evil God Dark Fisher? Right?"

Unexpectedly, Yila was clear about the Evil God's affairs, which made explaining easier...

"Yes, the God of the Dark Rift, after abandoning the other gods, went alone to a half-plane..."

Ernie said this while recalling details about the Hunter Squad, "The followers of that half-plane, originating from the Evil God, went mad when the Evil God died and began advancing toward the Main Plane with frenzied speed."

"And those crazed Evil God's Followers were blocked within the half-plane by the Hunter Squad led by the exceptions... if the Calamity refers to a world-ending disaster, then the Evil God's Followers might be one."

As they spoke, Ernie and Yila could already see the land... the moment they flew over the land, the blizzard abruptly stopped, as if the boundary of the sea and the land was also the boundary of the storm.

Yila and Ernie both looked back in amazement. Behind them, over the sea, was the immense blizzard they had just experienced... but on this land, there was nothing.

Only endless snow-capped mountains, beautiful icebergs, and ice rivers.

It was so beautiful...

This place seemed like a kingdom of ice and snow, a world of nothing but white and blue, a sight that would surely lead to snow blindness after seeing too much of it... yet it did not detract from its beauty.

*"The closer to the north, the stronger the wind and snow should be, but here, it's so quiet."*

Yila said, puzzled. The blizzard they had experienced before stepping on this land had almost completely obstructed their view... such was the absurdity of the storm.

*Perhaps because the previous blizzard was so noisy, it made this place appear extremely quiet, almost silent... in this absolute silence, one could feel a sense of inner peace.*

"The anomalous mana is very close, somewhere on this land..."

As Yila spoke, she removed the shield that surrounded Ernie and herself.

And in the next moment...

...

The bone-chilling cold first invaded Yila and Ernie's legs from the ground beneath them... then the all-encompassing, extreme cold tightly surrounded them.

"Crack, crack~"

In almost an instant, Ernie's legs were forced to transform into stone blocks, deprived of their warmth... it was like how lava cools into rock.

Yila's legs followed suit, and the natural condensation on human skin froze into ice crystals... it appeared as a layer of ice swiftly spreading from Yila's legs to his entire body.

"!!!"

"!!!"

In their shock, a crimson mana, red like lava, enveloped them again... but that chilling cold, like an incessant plague, already invaded their bodies.

The frost on Yila's body continued to spread, and Ernie's body steadily lost its warmth, turning into stone.

Without much communication, they immediately realized the gravity of their situation.

Very quickly, they both reacted simultaneously—

The scorching lava swiftly enveloped the entire shield, and the extreme cold mana inside Ernie was quickly dispelled... they were lucky, because their quick response meant they had only been exposed to the outside for an instant.

If they had been exposed even half a second longer, the situation would not have been this simple...

...

This was Ernie's response...

And Yila also immersed himself in Ernie's lava. The temperature was still bearable for him, and even his clothes remained intact... the frost on his body also disappeared.

However, this was not due to Ernie's measures.

"It's terrifying; this is the power of the Calamity... after all, it's something that even the gods can only seal, and we have no other way to deal with it other than to hope to seal it again."

Ernie sighed, looking towards Yila, then she froze in shock—behind Yila, his wings no longer resembled the dragon-like Crimson Wings.

In Ernie's crimson eyes... reflected behind Yila was a pair of wings intertwined with azure and pure white, forming feathers like ice crystals, ethereal and mystical wings.

*Wait, is this... mana without a master?!!!*

Realizing this, Ernie's pupils contracted sharply.

...

"First Wing Pillar·Zero-Degree Extreme Cold·Wing Spread."

Yila said simply.