Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Wood and his companions had barely entered the city when the massive city gates were already closed by the guards.

Because if these monsters were allowed into the city, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city would become food for the monsters.

In comparison, those who are currently locked outside the city are pitiful, but there's nothing that can be done about it.

After all, compared to the few people outside the city, and the majority of people inside the city at this moment, the guards defending the city knew which was more important.

On one side was a horde of monstrous beasts, and on the other side were the closed city gates. For the citizens of Milis, who had been preparing to flee, this moment was undoubtedly one of despair.

They themselves never imagined that, as devout followers of Milis, they would ultimately be treated this way.

Just as the beast tide was gradually approaching them, and the city gate behind them showed no sign of opening, and the people outside the city were on the verge of despair, even closing their eyes and waiting for death, a slightly immature but very powerful male voice suddenly appeared above them.

"As equally devout followers of Milis, since the Order and the Temple Knights don't care about your lives, then it is my Latorea family that will carry out justice."

Saint-level Ice Magic - Ice-Breaking Lance!

The citizens of Milis, who had already fallen into despair and were even closing their eyes to await death, first heard a slightly immature male voice, and then felt a faint chill in the air.

When they opened their eyes again, they saw a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old with blond hair descending before them like a god.

The blond boy's eyes were clear as water, and he could actually walk in the air, something that no human could ever do. With every move he made, long, icy spears that gleamed with a cold light appeared around his body.

As the icy spears whistled through the air, high-level magical beasts were pierced and killed with mournful howls!

The halo effect created by the magic, coupled with the influence of the overly powerful ice magic on the environment, caused snowflakes to fall around Wood, making his figure appear even more holy, powerful, and mysterious.

To the citizens of Milis who should have perished in the beasts' jaws, Wood was now like a true son of God. Many even knelt before him, their hands clasped in prayer.

The number of beasts was astonishing. Even though Wood kept using "Saint-level" ice magic to clear the field, the gaps that appeared were quickly filled by new monsters.

If a more powerful "Emperor-level" spell were used, the efficiency of killing monsters would undoubtedly increase greatly, but the destructive power and range of "Emperor-level" spells are too strong.

Wood was also worried that in the process of annihilating the magical beasts, the citizens of Milis outside the city would also be affected. It was for this reason that Wood only used "Saint-level" magic.

However, it seems that even his strongest ice magic, at the "Saint-level" level, is probably insufficient to resolve the impact of the beast tide.

So Wood quickly changed his strategy. With his hands on the ground and two huge blue magic circles, he actually created a huge ice wall ten meters high and nearly a hundred meters long on the flat ground in just a few seconds, separating the citizens of Milis outside the city from the beast tide.

Then, looking at the citizens of Milis who were praying to him, he said, "This ice wall should be enough to hold off those monsters for a while. You take this opportunity to enter the city, and I will deal with those troublesome monsters."

Leaving behind those words, Wood leaped off the ice wall, then pulled the 'Winter Knight' from the void, and charged alone towards the beast horde in front of him!

Because of the ice wall, the guards at the gates of Milis opened the gates to let the people outside in. These people who had escaped death no longer treated the temple knights with the same kindness as before. Instead, they knelt and thanked Therese, and kept asking which son of the Latorea family the blond boy had just seen.

Chapter 494 Freezing the Entire Beast Tide!

As for the gratitude and questions from the miraculously surviving citizens of Milis, Therese had little time to deal with them. Instead, she looked anxiously at Wood, who was charging towards the beast tide.

"Wood was too impulsive. He had already saved the people, so why did he rush into the beast horde!"

Is that something one person can handle? Even if he's incredibly powerful, this is just too reckless!

What is a beast tide? It is an endless, surging tide of magical beasts. No matter how strong an individual is, their magic power will eventually run out, and their physical strength will eventually be exhausted.

They were brought back from the forest earlier, including the "Emperor-level" healing magic used to heal the Temple Knights, plus several powerful ice spells just now.

Even a power on par with the seven great powers couldn't withstand such continuous high-intensity consumption.

So at this moment, Therese is hesitating whether to form a force to go into the beast tide to support Wood.

With the power of the Latorrea family, plus the several Templar Knights they had previously saved, it wasn't impossible for her to temporarily assemble a rescue team of several dozen people.

"That lord is indeed the Son of God sent by Milis to save us! His strength is simply too great!"

"This is a power that only a true god could wield! Those magical beasts are no match for Lord Wood!"

"So the ones who received Milis's favor all along weren't the Pope or the Milis Order, but the Latorea family and Lord Wood!"

While Therese was still pondering whether to contact her mother and form a rescue team to pick up Wood, a chorus of exclamations and gasps suddenly rang out around her.

When Therese looked at the beast tide outside the city again, she realized that her previous worries were completely unfounded.

Her monster nephew, Wood, didn't need any support or backup at all. Without any obstacles or hindrances, Wood's strength made Therese feel a little sorry for the monsters.

Because among the magical beasts that flocked to Wood, there were actually some that were extremely famous and exceptionally powerful.

If these magical beasts stayed in the forest, they would be overlords that no one would dare to provoke. They might not be absolutely invincible, but they would at least live a life of luxury.

But now, these powerful magical beasts, which would make ordinary people tremble with fear, were treated like ordinary fish in front of Wood's blade, and were all slaughtered one by one.

The beast tide was like a massive tsunami, and Wood's presence was like a sharp sword that pierced through everything, tearing through everything without any hindrance, and advancing all the way to the very center of the beast tide.

"This position should be about right."

From this position, even if things get a little chaotic, it shouldn't affect the city gates.

Wood, positioned at the heart of the beast tide, held the blood-stained 'Winter Knight' horizontally and let out a final roar from the depths of his soul.

"Demon God Descends - Winter Knight!"

"Roar------!"

The majestic roar of the dragon echoed all around, reverberating throughout the land for a long time.

Located at the city gate, Therese and her companions could only see a huge, icy dragon phantom suddenly roaring out of the ground at the center of the beast tide, enveloping Wood's figure. Immediately afterward, a bone-chilling cold swept across the entire area!

"Emperor-level Ice Magic - Ice Domain!"

In the world of Musho Tensei, there is actually no ice-attribute magic; there is only basic elemental magic such as fire, water, and earth.

Rudeus's specialty, lightning magic, and Wood's specialty, ice magic, were both developed by them through their own abilities and magical knowledge.

Of all the magical attributes, Wood's ice magic was originally the strongest. Now, after being further enhanced by the "Winter Knight," Wood's so-called "Emperor-level" magic has actually surpassed the strength of ordinary Emperor-level magic.

Large swaths of dark clouds began to blanket the capital of Milis. Despite the sweltering heat, everyone present felt a chill that seemed to seep into their bones.

As the first snowflake fell from the sky to the ground, the originally light snowflakes quickly grew larger and gradually turned into a blizzard.

At the heart of the beast tide, a colossal magic circle, at least several hundred meters long, was being drawn and expanded outwards from Wood at an astonishing speed.

Almost the instant Wood channeled magic into the magic circle, the enormous magic circle erupted with an extremely dazzling blue light, enveloping all the magical beasts in the area.

"Roar—roar—roar—roar!"

Generally speaking, when a beast tide occurs, the monsters become fearless and lose most of their rationality. At this time, all they have in their minds are endless emotions of violence and destruction.

However, when this enormous magic circle appeared on the ground, the beast tide, which was usually unstoppable and devastating, began to riot for the first time.

It's a very simple principle: even the most instinctive living beings fear death. This is an innate characteristic of living beings. The turmoil that is happening now is clearly being warned by the instincts of the creatures that the magic circle beneath their feet is dangerous and could easily take their lives.

However, being able to foresee danger is one thing, but being able to avoid it is another.

Almost the instant the blue magic circle was drawn, a violent snow wind suddenly blew out from the magic circle, and a bone-chilling cold current gushed out from the magic circle. In just a moment, the magical beasts were turned into huge ice sculptures, without even a chance to struggle!

A cold wind swept across the sky, and when the group of Therese standing on the city wall shivered from the biting cold, they finally snapped out of their shock.

If it weren't for the fact that what they were seeing had just happened right under their noses, and that the cold wind blowing towards them felt so real, Therese and the others on the city wall would have even doubted that they were dreaming!

How could a vast ice field and towering glaciers appear in the middle of summer? And the original landscape here was a solid plain!

Forget about ice fields or glaciers; there wasn't even a speck of ice to be found here before. But now, such a vast ice field has appeared right in front of them.

"Is this also the power of magic? What level of magic is this? And how much magical power does it take to use such magic?"

Looking at the icy snowscape so close to them, the same question arose in everyone's mind. And looking at the only figure on the ice field not far away that still showed signs of life, many people even began to speculate whether Wood was really the illegitimate son of a god or something.

Because of his magical powers and abilities, which are far beyond what humans should possess, coupled with Wood's youthful face and age, it is really difficult for people to classify him as "human".

At least as members of the same species, everyone present said they had never seen such an extraordinary being as Wood.

"Don't just look at the magic at the end, okay? His swordsmanship and physical abilities are also ridiculously strong."

Have you ever seen anyone single-handedly charge into a beast horde with just a sword, reaching the center unscathed, and even using such powerful magic amidst the onslaught of numerous magical beasts?

When Wood sheathed the Winter Knight and slowly walked back from a distance, the way everyone looked at him had clearly changed.

The Templar Knights and the soldiers guarding the city looked at Wood again with eyes that were now filled with awe and respect.

As for the ordinary people who had been saved by Wood, their eyes were now filled with gratitude and piety as they looked at him, clearly regarding him as the messenger of the god Milis or the so-called son of God.

Wood's aunt, Therese, didn't change much. When she saw Wood come back, she hugged him again in a very casual manner, and quickly put on an elder's tone to scold him: "If you do this again next time, I, as your elder, will spank you."

Even if I can't beat you, I can tell Senis; she's always been the one who loves me the most since we were little.

Therese knew this. Ever since her sister brought her children back to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, she had discovered that despite her nephew's incredible strength, he was almost completely under her sister's control.

Therefore, Therese also knew that if she wanted to lecture Wood, invoking the name of her mother, Senis, would be the most effective method.

“Aunt Therese has Senis backing her up, and I have Grandmother Claire backing me up. This time, I not only saved those people, but I also helped the Latorrea family gain a lot of fame, right?”

If the civilians of Milis who were previously imprisoned outside the city are left unattended, they will surely become prey for the monsters.

Wood wouldn't dare call himself a saint, but he figured he wasn't a villain who was that bad either.

Among those trapped outside the city were many women and children. Although he was used to life and death, he still couldn't bring himself to stand idly by and let these innocent women and children be devoured by monsters when he had the ability to save them.

Since the goal was to save people, Wood didn't want to waste his hard work and then let the Milis Order benefit from his good reputation.

That's why he introduced himself as a member of the "Latorea" family before making his move, and said he had nothing to do with the Milis Order.

Even if the people are saved, they will only be grateful to the Latorea family, not the Milis Order.

Looking at it now, Wood's previous actions were clearly quite effective. Those who were rescued thanked Wood and the Latorea family profusely, but the Milis Order and the old Pope didn't even bother to mention them.

The Temple Knights were quite helpless regarding Wood's attempts to win over the cult's followers.