Kingdom Bloodline

Chapter 185 Winter Thunder Tremors

Chapter 185 Winter Thunder Tremors
Earth and rocks continued to roll down, and the multi-headed serpent roared furiously, its tentacles flailing angrily amidst the sizzling sound of flesh and blood.

They were heading in the direction of Thales and the little rascal.

Before he could think, Thales was jolted awake.

He held the terrified little rascal tightly and lunged to the side!
"boom!"

The tentacle crashed to the ground.

It smashed a street so badly that it was dented!
Amidst the thick smoke and dust, Thales and Little Sly coughed violently.

"Run—cough cough—run!"

Thales said with difficulty to the little rascal.

But the next moment, amidst a frantic roar, another tentacle slammed down!
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Not far from the shield area, two men, supporting each other, were having a conversation in an atmosphere of unspoken tension.

"What did you say?"

Griveaux asked in surprise, "Are you sure?"

“Ah, I mean,” Nikolai said, supporting the old soldier, his face grave.
"There is a reason why the multi-headed serpent Kirika has a name and is recorded separately in history."

The Meteorite pursed his lips, his face growing increasingly pale:

"The Book of Transmission states that Kirica is neither an appendage of the Blood Mage nor its creation."

"It is a separate life form, a monster that is closely connected to its master, yet can survive entirely independently."

Griveo took a deep breath, his eyes wide open.

“You mean… that thing…” the one-eared, lame old soldier’s face twitched, “that thing even when its owner isn’t around…”

“Ah, if I’m not mistaken…” Nicolai nodded, helping him step over a fallen sapling. “Yes.”

"The evil multi-headed serpent Kirica, the mortal enemy of His Majesty Nekaru..."

Nikolai raised his head and looked in one direction as if he had sensed something.

Even after the blood calamity was sealed away...

"They can also operate independently."

"boom!"

Amid the gasps of many civilians, a huge red monster, unseen for a long time, reappeared on the street not far away. Its enormous size, reaching several stories high, was extremely impactful.

Griveaux gaped in astonishment.

“It might even become more ferocious because it has lost its master’s restraint,” Nicolai squinted, watching the multi-headed snake thrashing its limbs wildly, kicking up dust and smoke from the street, and took a deep breath.

"Even more terrifying."

"Even more...unscrupulous."

In the distance, a gigantic tentacle crashed down.

Nikolai sighed.

Greaver's eyes widened in fury, and filled with resentment and anger, he roared, "Fuck!"

Under immense force, a dozen or so civilians who had narrowly escaped death screamed wildly as they were brutally smashed into pieces right in front of the two men.

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Another tentacle slammed down mercilessly from the sky.

Thales gritted his teeth and, in a world that seemed to slow down, pulled the little rascal along as they rolled and dodged again.

"boom!"

Once again, they barely managed to dodge the hydra's unconscious, frenzied lashes.

Thales rolled to the ground, scraping his knees until they bled.

The little rascal fell into his arms, trembling all over.

Thales felt a wave of dizziness, and his eyes and muscles ached terribly—his sins of the River of Hell had reached their limit.

Once again, the enormous tentacles swept across.

Thales held the little rascal tightly with his eyes closed, then suddenly ducked down and hid behind a low wall.

"Boom!"

When they looked up, half of the low wall had disappeared.

how so.

Thales gritted his teeth, feeling utterly unlucky.

If it's Giza yet...

What about her?

It would be better if they just came at me directly!

Why do this... are you trying to kill them?

He felt very angry.

Meanwhile, the multi-headed serpent Kilica also seemed very angry.

It wildly swung its enormous tentacles, relentlessly slapping and sweeping across the ground where any living creature might be.

"boom!"

The flying dirt and rocks hit Little Slippery and Thales.

The latter felt a sharp pain in his head—a stone flew by and hit Thales, making him dizzy.

With a scream from the little rascal, he staggered and fell to the ground.

Thales gasped for breath, feeling a heavy weight in his chest. He collapsed to the ground, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

so tired.

It hurts.

So sour.

He had no strength left.

simply……

Just lie there like that.

The little rascal screamed and clung tightly to Thales's arm.

Drag him outside.

one meter.

Two meters.

Just like before, they dragged him away from the threat of Giza.

"Run!" Thales said incoherently, "Run..."

In a daze, his consciousness drifted further and further away.

The little rascal still refused to give up. She gritted her teeth and held back her tears, wrapping Thales' arm around her neck and using her small body to lift up the boy's weak body with all her might.

"Hold on a little longer..."

Thales regained some consciousness and instinctively kicked his aching legs.

However, it had no strength to support its body at all.

But the little rascal stubbornly carried him on his back, gritting his teeth, and inching his way out step by step.

“Thales…Thales…”

"boom!"

Another slap, the huge tremor knocking the already unsteady two people over.

Thales rolled over in a daze.

His eyes were half-open, and everything in front of him was somewhat blurry.

Body aches.

It's still a bit cold.

"Boom!"

In that instant, even the loud noise Kirika was making sounded different in my ears.

"call……"

Ha, ha, he gasped for breath.

Thales felt the little rascal pulling him desperately again.

damn it.

This damn night.

He closed his eyes and thought helplessly.

"Whoosh..."

The second prince raised his trembling hand, trying to support himself on the floor, but ultimately let it fall limply.

"Puff...whoosh..."

He was breathing weakly.

strangeness.

how……

Is thunder starting?
"Puff...whoosh...puff..."

wrong.

should be……

Thales, who was being dragged along, opened his half-closed eyes, his consciousness blurred.

It's probably tinnitus...

Why would there be thunder in winter?

"Whoosh...whoosh...plop..."

The sound in my ears remained the same.

Winter thunder?

He closed his eyes again, vaguely thinking: Isn't there a piece like this in the Han Dynasty folk songs...?

Thunder rumbles in winter... Thunder rumbles in winter...

What are you shaking?
Oh.

Summer rain and snow...

You dare...you dare what absolute...

Just then, Thales felt the hand pulling him backward suddenly loosen.

what.

Little rascal...

Is she too exhausted to continue? Is she going to give up?

In a daze, Thales vaguely opened his eyes.

The first thing I saw was the little rascal's astonished face.

Huh?
He noticed something else.

A few specks of something fell from the sky. Was it raining?
wrong.

Thales blinked his unfocused eyes.

This is……

His pupils suddenly contracted.

Rain emitting a deep blue-green glow?
No.

It's not raining.

Thales confirmed the scene before him, then laughed incoherently.

It's fire.

Dark blue fire?
It's actually raining fire from the sky?

Haha.

so funny.

Thales blinked groggily.

Reduce heat?

"Huh...huh...huh..."

Is it thundering again?

Haha.

Not only magic users, but also—thunder in winter and fire falling from the sky.

Haha, what an interesting trip to the North!

Just as Thales was about to lose consciousness, the rest of the people in the city and this territory were watching the strange phenomenon in the sky with shock and panic.

Surrounded by the White Blade Guard, King Nuen looked up at the sky, completely stunned.

Just like the guards with blades behind him.

"This is impossible……"

The king's voice trembled.

Outside the shield zone, Cohen mercilessly stunned the Windwalker, who collapsed helplessly in the ruins, while Miranda relentlessly suppressed the prince's attendant who was launching a counterattack.

The next moment, all three of them looked up, their eyes wide open.

"My God, my God, my God..."

Cohen kept muttering to himself, unable to utter a complete sentence, and he couldn't even bother to hunt down Rolf.

Miranda and Wyatt, who were clashing swords, were dumbfounded, and their swords gradually softened.

"Am I dreaming?"

This is Wyman shaking his head unconsciously.

Under the eaves not far away, Raphael, dressed in white, seemed unable to believe his eyes, raising his hands to wipe them again and again.

"Are you kidding..."

After seeing everything clearly, he clenched his teeth and fists in disbelief.

In the shield zone, Nikolai frowned and shook his head in a daze.

Griveaux, whom he was supporting, trembled with excitement after his initial shock.

"I knew it, I knew it...we, we..."

At this moment, all the residents of Longxiao City were astonished and gaped.

They all stared at the deep blue fire descending from the sky.

The air smelled of burning.

It's getting thicker and thicker.

Thales smelled the burning odor.

He struggled to open his eyes.

In the distance, a giant tentacle could be seen burning in deep blue flames.

Thales' eyes widened.

He had regained some strength and was just beginning to realize what was happening.

Blue flames continued to fall.

It landed precisely on the multi-headed serpent's body and tentacles.

It has started to burn.

Thales was astonished to see the multi-headed serpent hissing in agony.

The dark blue flames were not large; compared to the enormous body of the multi-headed serpent, they were merely tiny as they fell.

It's not even as good as a stray spark.

But after it comes into contact with blood and flesh, it grows rapidly, becomes stronger, and flourishes.

It burned along the flesh and blood as if it were alive and conscious.

Kilica cowered in pain, unable to raise its tentacles any longer, as if the blue flames had burned away everything within it.

Thales looked at the eerie, deep blue flames and felt a sense of dread.

However, these seemingly merciless flames from the sky seemed to have eyes, and only landed on the body of the multi-headed serpent.

It didn't even touch a single inch of the ruins near the tentacles.

The flames continued to burn.

Until the multi-headed snake stopped twitching.

Until its massive body slowly collapsed.

Until the tentacles were almost completely burned away.

Lying on the ground, Thales blinked and shook his head vigorously, trying to clear his muddled mind.

Just now.

"Hu-hu-"

A tremendous wind howled in!

Scrape your face and cover your ears!
It stirred up countless dust, sand, snowflakes, and ashes.

The unusually strong wind forced Thales and Little Rascal to cover their faces so they couldn't open their eyes.

next second.

"boom!"

A deafening sound.

The ground suddenly shook.

Thales felt a jolt of energy rise to his head, and they were all lifted half a foot off the ground before crashing down!
Thales clutched his arm, which had slammed into a stone block, but before he could even rub his sore backside, a tangible force of air, carrying a terrifying momentum that seemed to tear everything apart, surged towards him.

"call……"

Another cloud of dust was whipped up!

He hugged the little rascal tightly, clinging to the broken wall to ward off the strong wind.

At that moment, Thales felt a thought.

Aishida.

The Qi Demon Master has returned.

He felt a sense of relief.

The howling wind stopped.

Thales and Little Sly were panting as they slowly looked up.

The second prince could sense it: the little rascal suddenly froze, then began to tremble.

Also.

After all, Ashida left such a deep shadow on her.

Thales sighed and stood up.

Look in the direction from which the strong wind is blowing.

Then he froze.

In that instant, he bit his lower lip and widened his eyes.

In the endless burning blue flames, beneath the scattering ashes, in the deepest darkness.

He saw a pair of bright yellow, amber-like, translucent eyes.

Those eyes stared at him intently, revealing a calm and wisdom that had been cultivated over time, as if they could see right through people's hearts.

He also noticed the other person's dark red, ancient and heavy appearance.

The dark red color was made up of interconnected units, which shone brightly and dazzlingly under the blue flames.

He also saw the other person's upright figure, long neck, forming a natural curve.

For a moment, he was amazed, because the other person gave him the feeling of being so elegant, dignified and naturally graceful.

of course.

Thales did not overlook the opponent's most prominent characteristic.

He shook his head violently, blinked frantically, and then wiped his eyes with his hand.

Thales took a deep breath and, after eliminating all possible factors that could lead to error, firmly and decisively affirmed his judgment.

That's right.

He said to himself in a low voice.

Thales suppressed his heart, which was beating even faster than when facing a mage, and tried his best to keep his whole body calm so as not to tremble excessively. He then took deep breaths repeatedly.

That's right.

He continued repeating the words in his mind.

Finally, Thales swallowed hard.

Looking at the other person's tall figure, he said to himself:

You're not crazy, Thales.

You're really not crazy.

You saw it...

You really saw it with your own eyes...

The legendary one.

It's genuine.

It has a huge body, reaching tens of meters in height.

A living, breathing...