Ice Storm was equally horrified.
This Frost Queen, who had never so much as batted an eyelash upon the arena floor of Blood Skull Arena, even when trampling bones and minced flesh beneath her feet while facing Barbarian Bull and even Giant Elephant, opponents several times larger than herself.
Yet now, she curled her body as tightly as possible into the shadows at the depths of the cave, concealing the tremors that ran from head to toe.
Only when bone-piercing frost raced from her tailbone all the way to the crown of her head, bringing that unfamiliar prickling sensation, did Ice Storm realize in astonishment.
She was actually afraid.
No, of course she was not afraid of Platinum Embrace, who was bizarrely burning herself to ash before them, but rather...
"What are you thinking?"
Across from the pale humanoid ashes, Meng Chao glanced at her.
He had clearly sensed that something was amiss with her as well.
"I was thinking that Jackal Kanus is truly terrifying."
Ice Storm gave a bitter smile. "At first, like everyone else, I thought he had merely been lucky enough to win Lion King Destroyer's Horn's favor. I thought he was also utterly shameless, willing to sacrifice the lives of countless wolf warriors just to satisfy Lion King's bottomless appetite, all so he could preserve his pitiful power and sit securely upon the so-called Wolf King's throne.
"In short, he was an out-and-out petty man and coward, exactly the sort of person Turan People despised most.
"But after what I have personally experienced over the past few days, coupled with Platinum Embrace's final words, I realized that you were not wrong at all. Jackal Kanus's ambition and abilities far surpass everyone's imagination. Perhaps he is the most terrifying existence in all Turanze—even Destroyer's Horn and