As Gais moved into the blizzard, monsters began to appear from beyond the mountain range. Shapes twisted by frost and crystal filled the space between the snowflakes.
Gais pulled the howling wind. A blade-thrusting frost wind struck the monsters’ bodies, and shards of ice and frost scattered into the air.
But as they stepped on the wreckage of the fallen, other monsters surged forward.
Gais stretched his arms.
Ice storm.
A massive snowstorm swept across the mountainside. Crystal limbs and frozen eyeballs collided as they were caught in the storm. In that moment, a red light burst from the Gais's fingertips.
Lava boom.
Lava surging beneath the snowfield swallowed a horde of ice monsters. Melting quartz flowed over the black rock, and steam enveloped the view.
But movement arose again beyond the storm.
Gaisga lowered his body and drew up the electricity. Lightning wrapped around him, surging one after another into the blizzard.
Rising.
The current spread across the frozen ground, piercing through the monsters. The following electric rise split the darkness of the mountain range. The massive crystal bodies shook and collapsed as if convulsing.
He did not stop.
The dusk deepened amid the blizzard. The light beyond the mountain range grew dimmer, and more shapes emerged through the darkness.
Gais-ga took a deep breath and looked at them.
"Still... Is there more.
Gais went toward the mountain range, breaking through the blizzard.
Dusk was descending along the ridge. Faint light spread through the snowflakes, and beneath it, twisted monsters emerged from crystal. Frozen eyes scanned the surroundings as a massive ice jaw scraped against the rocks.
"From that mountain range… "Is it still coming in?"
When Gais raised his hand, the wind twisted violently.
The frost wind wrapped around the monsters. Sharp ice shards spun through the storm, striking the body of the crystal. The ice giants’ joints shattered to pieces, and the masks of the Masked Beaks collided, scattering across the snowfield.
But a larger shadow rose from behind.
Gais turned his body immediately.
Ice storm!
The blizzard spread out like an explosion. The entire mountainside was swallowed by a white whirlwind, and the shapes of monsters were buried within it. The tentacles of the frost stalks were torn away by the wind, and ice worms fell off the rock walls, tumbling down.
At that moment, a red light spread beneath the frozen ground.
Lava boom!
The snowfield cracked as lava surged forth. A fiery eruption swept over the ice monsters, the surface of the crystal cracking as boiling steam spread in all directions. The ice, melted to a blackness, slid down the slope.
Gais didn't miss the opportunity.
Electricity flashed through his arm. A blue flash surged through the snowstorm and plunged continuously toward the mountain range.
Rising.
A lightning bolt pierced the monsters’ bodies. The ice formations twisted and collapsed, and as their heads and limbs convulsed, they crashed into the black snowfield.
But a resonance came through again from beyond the storm.
Something enormous was pushing against the frozen ground.
Gais-ga clenched his hand. The current surged even more fiercely.
Electric Rising!
Lightning surged through the blizzard. The moment the light tore through the twilight, the outline of the mountain range briefly emerged. Countless forms of crystals were still writhing there.
Gais exhaled heavily and moved forward again.
"At the end of this blizzard… What on earth is there