Lord of the Frozen Winter: Starting with Daily Intelligence Reports

The sky was still covered by a thick, inky black mist, as if a hand lay over the world, refusing all light.

And the lingering flames of the Magic Bomb at the epicenter illuminated the entire valley like the dawn of purgatory.

“Shriek—!”

The Doomsday Mother Nest let out a sky-rending wail of agony.

Scorching flames pierced the ground, burning a passage straight to the abyss, with charred earth paving the way, and residual fires still burning.

The gates of hell were fully opened.

The thick mist lingered, the spore mist was like glue, and the air was filled with blood, rot, and mysterious whispers.

“No need for more words.” Duke Edmund, at the forefront, rode forward, his blue-silver cloak fluttering wildly, his long shield engraved with family crests.

He turned to look at the knights behind him: “May the blood of each of you exchange for the fire of humanity’s tomorrow.”

Hundreds of knights behind him responded in low voices, their sounds converging into a chant:

“For His Majesty!”

“For the Empire!”

“For all those who sacrificed! And those who are not yet dead!”

The clash of metal was like a sudden shower, the rubbing of armor intertwined, and battle aura surged in the air, like a prairie fire.

Arthur quietly drew that luminous blade, its edge gleaming faintly golden in the black mist.

On the other side, Gaius squinted, gazing at the massive, twisted, still-breathing Mother Nest.

He slowly grinned, and crimson battle aura surged around him like a furnace fire.

In that instant, his entire body was covered in forge-iron-like crimson heavy armor, like a steel war god emerging from a volcano!

【Bloodline Talent: Undying Charge】 activated!

Gaius gained nearly invincible resistance to blows for a short period, though this consumed an immense amount of battle aura.

His feet shook, and the earth cracked.

He plunged without hesitation into the enclosed sporoderm passage, accompanied by a roaring shockwave, as the Worm-Eaten Household scattered and flesh walls collapsed.

The Doomsday Mother Nest was forcibly shaken, creating cracks.

As he advanced, deep crimson fissures were left on the ground, like the ruts of death!

“Hurry and follow!!” The knights behind him roared, charging, with boiling spore fluid and burning severed limbs splashing behind them.

And on the other side— “Bloodline Talent: War Gravity.”

Edmund spoke quietly, and an ice-blue battle aura spread from him, as if freezing time itself.

The air hummed, and the hordes of insect corpses suddenly turned towards him, as if drawn by some magnetic pole!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Massive force slammed against the giant shield he held up, and the blue light shattered, then quickly reformed.

He stood motionless, allowing dozens of insect monsters to surge wildly, single-handedly holding back the entire flank. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

“Get through quickly!” he growled, his voice like forged steel, shattering the shrieks of the insect corpses.

The knights brushed past him, their eyes filled with unutterable respect.

And Arthur, clad in silver-white armor, simply kept charging, like a dormant sword.

But in his eyes, blue light flashed, having already marked and calculated all possible routes, enemy movements, terrain traps, and Mother Nest regeneration points ahead.

The knights reached deeper into the passage, encountering a true nightmare.

It was a group of fused insect corpses.

The first monster stepped out from the flesh wall, with four legs, six arms, half its face that of a fallen female mage, and the other half an insect monster gnawing at him, uttering “cackling” laughter and incantations.

He raised his hand, and several ice spears instantly formed, while his other arm swung a greatsword to smash down!

“Cut off his body!” A knight roared, leaping up, his warhammer smashing towards his spine, only to be pierced through the heart by suddenly emerging insect spines!

“Heil!!” His companion roared, holding a burning greatsword, and together they chopped Heil and the monster into the spore fluid pool,

Then detonated an explosive rune stone!

Boom!!!

A ball of flames exploded on the broken platform, shaking the entire passage.

And the next wave of insect monsters was already leaping over the spore fluid.

“Don’t stop!” The third group of knights charged from another flesh-and-blood staircase, a female knight using a broken spear to block a spliced monster, but her arm was torn in half, blood splashing like rain.

A heavy shield knight next to her roared, but a tentacle pierced his chest, and his battle aura was actually forcibly extracted!

“Ah ah ah!!!” He let out a heart-wrenching scream, his whole body began to wither, his battle aura sucked into bloodlines flowing into the fusion body.

“You go to hell!!” Another knight rushed over, suddenly self-detonating his magic core, blasting the monster into pieces with him.

Amidst the splashing spore fluid, only a charred helmet rolled away.

The passage grew narrower, the spore fluid boiled underfoot, and the walls began to writhe and close, as if digesting the invading foreign objects.

The Mother Nest was learning their movements, sealing every escape route with mutated flesh walls, tentacles, and endless insect corpse monsters.

“I’ll cover! You go!”

“Fourth group, clear out that blood sac above!”

“Don’t mind me, throw the fire bombs over! Blow it up!!”

The knights had reached the second chamber, with mountains of corpses and spore mist like rain.

In just nine minutes, twenty-one had fallen, but they continued to charge.

“How is this possible?!” Deep within the throne of flesh, the Despair Witch suddenly opened her eyes.

Her face was expressionless, but her crimson irises trembled slightly, revealing unease and urgency.

The Mother Nest was collapsing, and the enemies were closing in.

There wasn't enough time to repair.

“Hold them back, throw everything at them.” Her voice was soft, yet carried a bone-chilling coldness.

Strands of insect silk extended from her fingertips, dancing wildly like puppet strings!

In an instant, hundreds of spliced insect corpse monsters, like a mudslide, filled the front-line chamber.

They were forcibly awakened, even if maimed or incomplete in consciousness, they were piled up into a wall of flesh!

“Block them! Even if you die, you must block them to death!”

The next moment, the ground trembled violently!

“War Gravity—Full Release!”

Edmund roared, and a pale blue battle aura spread from around him like a giant wave.

Dozens of insect corpses around him all turned towards him, forcibly pulled, rushing madly like meteor impacts!

Boom! Boom boom boom!!!

He held up his giant shield, standing like an immovable rock in the black mist, allowing the enemy hordes to surge like a tide, not retreating a single step.

“Hurry! He won’t last long!” A knight roared.

But the next second, the earth veins shattered again!

“Ah hahahaha!! See that, old man’s back again!”

That wild laughter, like the roar of a hell chariot!

Gaius ignited “Undying Charge” again!

Crimson battle armor erupted like a volcanic explosion, surging wildly from his body, forging a stream of battle intent that seared the soul!

His eyes were already steeped in blood, his face as pale as paper, yet he still grinned wildly, his voice hoarse: “Brothers! Get out of the way!

I’ll ram them!!!”

Boom boom boom boom—!!!

He charged like a battering ram, plowing through all the Worm-Eaten Household, flesh walls, spore fluid pools, and even space itself that stood before the chamber, turning them into a path of cracks!

With every step, the ground collapsed.

With every meter, flesh and blood exploded.

Underground bloodlines, like the ink of a god, drew a path of death leading to the end in the darkness!

And at that moment—

Arthur finally opened his eyes.

He said not a word, merely gently raised the luminous blade in his hand.

It was a long blade composed of high-frequency vibrating golden light, its edge trembling slightly, as if sensing a fated call.

【Bloodline Talent: Light Chaser Style】 unlocked.

“Target locked.”

He whispered, and his entire figure transformed into a white line in the air!

Boom!!!

A line of white light plunged into the charging passage, following the “Path of Cracks” that Gaius had carved out with his life, reaching the core at light speed, like a god soaring through space!

The insect corpses had no time to turn, the spore fluid had no time to ripple, the air had no time to vibrate.

Their world was split in two.

The arc light had not yet stopped, nor had Arthur’s footsteps.

The luminous blade, carrying the blood of enemies and the will of comrades, flashed, soared, dived, and lunged through the enclosed chamber, cutting through the Mother Nest’s final defenses!

“It’s over.” He whispered, pointing his sword directly at the depths of the throne, that Doomsday Throne pulsating with a bloody heartbeat.

Above the throne, flesh trembled.

Deep within the Doomsday Mother Nest’s core, the Despair Witch finally stood up.

With every step, her skirt trailed long streaks of blood, a floor-length gown stitched from living tissue, dripping not water, but warm, writhing spore fluid.

Her appearance was androgynous, carved like a goddess of beauty, yet utterly bizarre.

Her face wore a mocking smile, but deep within her irises, hidden were anxiety, anger, and a hint of—fear.

“...You shouldn’t have come this far.”

Her voice was as gentle as a mother’s, yet as hollow as a dead person’s.

With a lift of her finger, insect silk, like a thousand piano strings, sliced through the air, and the flesh walls of the entire nest pulsed with it, like the heartbeat of a giant organism!

Insect Curse 【Mass Devour Wave: Black Curtain】 activated!

A tide of black, inky insects, like a bursting tide, surged towards all invaders with an unspeakable devouring will, specifically tearing at the knights’ battle aura!

Immediately following was the mental interference spell 【Mind Curtain Whisper】!

A whisper came from bones and underground, and the knights’ pupils contracted, feeling as if they saw their own future deaths.

Some saw themselves pierced through the heart by insects, others saw the corpses of their loved ones lying amidst the insect swarm “Stop.”

A voice, clear as a spring, yet carrying an irreversible solemnity.

A beam of starlight fell from the sky, tearing the black mist into a path of light!

The Supreme Mage had arrived at the Doomsday Mother Nest!

“Star Wheel Spell!” Aurelian raised his hand, and six stellar magic wheels descended from the sky, circling above the Mother Nest.

Each wheel was engraved with anti-gravity runes and spacetime distortion lines.

They slowly rotated, pulling at the spatial structure of the entire Mother Nest area, causing all of the Despair Witch’s folding teleportation spells to freeze and halt!

The Witch herself was forcibly locked down!

As the magic wheels hummed, starlight surged.

Aurelian then pushed out his left palm, and flames erupted from deep within the magic circle: “Fire Study Spell: Fire Vortex!”

As if an entire sea of lava poured into the Mother Nest, a scorching red vortex storm poured into the chamber from above, incinerating the bones, souls, and battle aura cores of the spliced monsters in a spiral form!

Several polymorphic fusion corpse monsters attempting to guard the Witch didn't even have time to struggle before turning to ash in the flames!

Sensing the threat, the Despair Witch immediately unleashed a powerful black curse—Black Mist Spell: Curse Surge!

But she never expected that Aurelian was already prepared.

“Void Reversal!” He drew a straight void magic line with his right hand, and space was torn like a mirror, then bounced back,

The entire Black Mist Spell was forcibly twisted back to its source, instantly enveloping her!

The Witch’s shoulder and neck were immediately devoured by her own spell, tearing open a circle of fresh red insect flesh lacerations, with spore fluid gurgling out. Aurelian said nothing, merely looking contemptuously at the Mother Nest, as if looking at an insect.

The Despair Witch roared: “Do you think—this is all of me?!”

With that, the back of the throne suddenly collapsed and cracked, the chamber walls violently shaking, stirring up blood plasma and shattered bones, the entire throne area transforming into a writhing vortex of flesh, emitting shrieks like the whispers of stars.

She suddenly raised her arm, a mad and sacred smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

The next moment—her body exploded and reorganized, as if hatching from human skin, a grotesque and massive insect-shaped monster slowly wriggled out.

It was a maggot the size of a palace, its entire body composed of translucent insect flesh in shades of gray-white, pink, and deep red, its exoskeleton constantly bulging and contracting like breathing, blood vessels exposed on its surface, releasing insect calls with memory echoes as it writhed.

Dozens of insect-wing-like psychic tentacles tore from its # Nоvеlight # back, dancing like viscous threads, leaving invisible curses in the air as they swished.

With every swing of a tentacle, space vibrated like water, and reality began to tremble and distort, as if the entire battlefield was being dragged into a nightmare.

She roared, incantations spewing from her mouth, like living characters twisting and flying in the air: “I am the End! I am Fate! The Primal wanders within me!”

Black mist permeated, tentacles danced, and the entire chamber seemed to be swallowed by the domain of an insect god.

Aurelian stood between the flames and spore fluid, his cloak billowing, starlight condensing at his fingertips.

He looked up at the giant maggot, his brow furrowed slightly, yet he did not retreat.

In a flash, they had already exchanged blows several times.

【Void Reversal】 and 【Tentacle Soul Devour】 collided head-on, and space shattered and collapsed like a mirror.

Aurelian was repelled multiple times, his robe scorched on his chest, blood spilling from the corner of his lips.

The Witch seemed to grow stronger, gaining a divine echo with each knight’s soul she absorbed, and the entire nest vibrated with a tearing drum-like sound.

Her tentacles even pierced the very fabric of space, once forcing Aurelian into a corner.

But Aurelian did not panic.

When forced to the deepest folded barrier, he slowly extended his hand, a silver-white magic ring spinning at his fingertips.

“Void Corridor—Appear”

The moment Aurelian whispered, the space of the entire Mother Nest violently shook.

Starlight spread beneath his feet, extending into the distance like the Context of a hexagram.

The air suddenly shattered, and a straight silver-white passage tore open, piercing through the chaos, pointing directly to the core.

This magic was extremely mentally taxing; after casting it, Aurelian would be unable to use other magic for a short period.

But it was enough; he looked back at the silent Dragon Blood Knight.

Arthur slowly raised his head, the luminous blade humming softly, as if responding to its master’s heartbeat.

Bloodline power erupted with a roar!

【Bloodline Talent: Light Chaser Style】

Maximum magnification, unlocked!

He did not roar, nor did he make any unnecessary movements.

He simply took a step.

Space was completely flattened into a line.

“One Slash.”

Soft as a whisper, yet like thunder splitting the sky.

Before all eyes, a pure white line of light suddenly pierced through the darkness, cutting through all the Witch’s constructed defenses, domains, and insect curses.

Arthur transformed into an “Apostle of Light,” and with speed approaching the end of time, he struck his sword into the Heart of Doomsday!

The luminous blade plunged deep into the writhing insect core, and the next moment, the blade body violently vibrated, resonating at high frequency!

The vibrations spread, and all biological structures began to collapse!

“No, no—no!!!”

The Despair Witch shrieked!

It was not a human sound, but more like the wail of a soul being torn apart.

As if a certain existence’s spirit was being extracted, being crushed!

The shriek instantly turned into a soul sound blast, causing dozens of transcendent knights to immediately bleed from all seven orifices, falling heavily to the ground, unconscious!

The originally androgynous, god-like face, in despair, collapsed, liquefied, and cracked like melting wax.

The entire giant insect body began to tremble, like a shattered puppet “—Why—how could—failure—”

In the moment before her body collapsed, that twisted consciousness was still frantically questioning.

This calamity, I planned for four whole years!

I lurked, infected, laid out my scheme, turning the entire North into a breeding pool. I clearly calculated everything!

But why—

Why did Edmund organize a complete defense in just two days!?

Why did the Dragon Blood Legion of the Imperial Capital arrive so quickly!?

Why did the Archmages of the Magician Forest appear here!?

And that damned—

Magic Bomb! That abnormal Magic Bomb directly blasted through the Mother Nest’s outer shell!

Innumerable “whys” coiled like venomous snakes deep within her thoughts, gnawing at her sanity.

“No—it shouldn’t be like this—”

But that massive insect god body was rapidly disintegrating, its internal organs collapsing, its limbs breaking, its psychic tentacles twitching as if paralyzed.

There was no more time.

The “Heart of Doomsday” beat violently one last time!

Then—boom!!

It completely exploded under the resonance of Arthur’s luminous blade!

Countless spores, insect blood, severed limbs, and white mist spewed forth.

Time stood still for a brief instant.

Then a distant, faint, yet soul-piercing cry of an infant echoed endlessly in everyone’s ears.