Frostfire Legacy

Chapter 281 Final Battle (2)

Aster jumped back, his shock evident on his face as he watched Crysta's ice wall crumble before his very eyes.

The stinging pain on his cheeks, a result of the shrapnel flying past him, was hardly worth mentioning, but the fact that Sebastian had managed to breach the ice wall was a significant blow to Aster's carefully laid plans. It felt as if the ground had shifted beneath him, leaving him vulnerable and exposed.

Now, he couldn't move to rescue Cassy! Panic surged within him, mingling with a growing frustration that churned in his stomach.

"BACK OFF!" Aster growled, fury igniting his resolve as he rushed forward, wielding his sword in a flurry of desperate strikes.

His movements were quick, each slash intended to find its mark. However, the truth was undeniable—his stamina had dwindled, and he could feel the effects weighing him down.

His once lightning-fast strikes had become sluggish, allowing Sebastian to anticipate his movements with an unsettling ease. The slightest shifts of Sebastian's body only served to rile Aster further, pushing him to the edge of his patience.

"Let... go!"

To add to his mounting frustration, Cassy's pained voice reached his ears intermittently, each cry tugging at his heartstrings and filling him with an unshakeable dread. Gritting his teeth, Aster pushed himself to fight harder, feeling the urgency of the moment.

"You've lost your bite..." Sebastian muttered, a chilling frown gracing his lips as he dodged yet another slash with minimal effort. His eyes glimmered with an unfiltered, cold killing intent that sent shivers down Aster's spine.

"It'd be too pitiful to watch you struggle like this any longer. Let me cut your suffering short."

*SHRAKK!* *SHRAKK!*

Before Aster could react, Sebastian pulled the trigger, aiming directly at Aster's forehead from almost point-blank range.

"...!"

Instinct kicked in as Aster moved fast, barely dodging the bullet's path. Even before Sebastian had squeezed the trigger, Aster had already been in motion, propelled by sheer adrenaline. The two bullets whizzed past him, so close that they took a few strands of his hair along with them, a reminder of how perilously close he had come to death.

But Sebastian wasn't done. He continued pulling the trigger, forcing Aster to shift sideways repeatedly to avoid becoming a target. Each evasive maneuver drained Aster's energy, wasting precious stamina and halting his offensive.

"Fuck...!" Aster growled under his breath, frustration boiling over.

Impatience gnawed at him; he couldn't even dare to turn and glance at Cassy's situation, and it made his heart race with worry, a heavy weight pressing down on his chest.

Meanwhile, Vanessa was still struggling against the relentless combination attacks of Arima and Lionel. The two worked together with unsettling precision, and Vanessa found herself increasingly overwhelmed. Every time she thought she could counterattack, Arima would press the advantage, while Lionel flanked her, ensuring her focus remained divided.

'We'll just get slowly grounded to our deaths if this continues!'

Vanessa thought, panic rising within her.

Arima frowned upon seeing this. He tried destroying the root approaching him in a snap—but even though the root got mangled all throughout, the mushy end began to regenerate as a new root formed.

More of the hundreds of roots moved quickly, targeting one person each. Arima was able to successfully thwart the roots trying to grab him, but the rest weren't so lucky. Lionel had a root piercing through his abdomen, going from the back and out the front.

Sebastian, who was supposedly locked in a deadly exchange with Aster, was caught by another root around his neck. His feet dangled freely as his hands tried to pry off the root holding him. It was like he was sentenced to death by hanging, agony etched on his face.

Yinfa, who was carrying the fainted Cassy, was also caught by a random root. It snagged her leg, letting her dangle from the air, upside down.

In just a single moment, the entire unfavorable situation flipped once again!

The one who caused all this emerged from one of the myriad of cracks in the space. She stood on top of a proud root, towering at a 45° angle—a blonde elf with a flushed face, as if intoxicated.

Her eyes glowed in radiant gold, and her fierce gaze was enough to send shivers down anyone's spine. It was none other than Faeloria Shadowleaf, who was supposedly already out of commission, unable to continue fighting!

But for some reason, even Aster was receiving a warning from his sixth sense. He felt an urgent need to run away all of a sudden, lest he face tragedy!

"... Ahh~" When Faeloria's gaze locked onto Aster's direction, her short frown turned upside down, a sloppy smile spreading across her face. "It's Aster~!"

Her figure disappeared for a moment before reappearing right behind Aster, moving to embrace him from behind.

"...!"

Aster was surprised, but more than that, the twin peaks pressed against his back gnawed away at his reasoning. Faeloria hummed as she rubbed her cheeks against Aster's, before whispering into his ear.

"... I'm so horny I could fuck anyone~!"

"Fae—"

Aster wanted to counter her words, but she continued. "But there are too many obstacles here. I'll clean them all up first."

Without even giving a signal, the roots moved. The ones squeezing Sebastian tightened, wringing him like an old rag, blood falling down to the black ground along with some of his meat and organs.

Lionel was already dead, as the root that attacked him pierced through his heart. But still, the root wasn't choosy—it began to split into four and started to break Lionel's body like a brittle clay figurine. It was a grotesque sight, but the fact that he was an enemy and that it all happened within a second didn't impact Aster much mentally.

"Urk!"

Yinfa was a little lucky, as she didn't have to die as brutally as the other two. Aster wasn't sure if the World Tree was a feminist, but it pointed a root's tip over her face and blasted away.

A pure green beam fired, leaving only the leg grabbed by the roots beforehand, up to half its shin remaining. In a flash, only Arima and Lorelai were left alive!