As Ice Dragon's head killed itself, the howling wind and blizzard around it gradually dissipated. When Angel was no longer able to maintain the ability of "Frost", it turned into ordinary snowflakes, falling piece by piece on the headless body of "King of the North".
The dragon head that had spit out the last trace of ice flames fell to the ice with its spine of flesh and blood, making a bang. The pair of dead blue eyes looked at Grosell, who was in a sluggish state, as if he was the culprit who killed him.
Then, in everyone's eyes, the headless dragon corpse and the head that betrayed it turned into a blue-white stream of light, gathering together to outline an arc-shaped arch above the ice field.
The light dissipated, and a door Double Door appeared on the ice. It seemed to have been standing here for thousands of years. It was heavy and quiet. The top of the door arch was covered with a thick layer of ice, and the ice edges even built in front of the door.
Without any prompting, everyone immediately understood that this was the exit from "The Travels of Grosell".
"Finally... we succeeded!"
The first person to speak was Grosell, whose silver armor gradually disappeared and a huge wound opened by a dragon claw on his side. He laughed a few times and raised his feet forward, as if he wanted to touch the door that had been waiting for thousands of years. However, he fell forward and hit the ice with a bang.
"Grosell!"
Shatas realized something was wrong, walked to the giant with a fast pace befitting an elf, took off the "Rose Necklace" from his neck, and wanted to put it on him, but found that a necklace of this size was not even offered to make a bracelet for him, and looked at Ascetic Snoman anxiously.
The latter used "Notarization" too many times, and cooperated with Angel to fight against the strongest power of "King of the North", Frost. At this time, his thin body was swaying. With the help of Mobet, he came down to the giant's side, looked at the huge wound that reached deep into the internal organs, frowned, and did not speak.
"I'll do it."
Klein put down the exhausted Angel and let her be held by Edwina, while he half-knelt beside Grosell.
His top hat flew away during the battle. At this time, his eyes were burning under his gold-rimmed glasses, and he could clearly see Spirit Body Threads extending from Grosell's body. This meant that the giant was not dead yet, but was just seriously injured.
He put his right hand wearing an ordinary glove into the huge wound, held down one side, and "transferred" the wound to his shoulder with difficulty, then to his left arm, leaving a scar deep enough to show bone at the elbow, as if dragging a heavy object.
The flanks that were originally disemboweled are now intact, showing healthy gray-blue skin.
The giant's already weak breathing immediately became heavy, and the sound like a bellows made everyone feel relieved.
"Grosell, can you hear me?"
Wearing black armor, "Disciplinary Paladin" Longzeer came to the other side and shouted to the giant's ears that were bigger than the palm of his hand.
The four-meter-tall body shook.
"I feel much better..."
This gasping reply made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Shatas, whose serious injury had not been completely healed by "Rose Necklace", even sat directly on the cold ground, making Mobet nervous for a while, and Anderson shook his head. With ice shards in his hair, he silently sheathed the dagger. Ascetic Snoman closed his eyes, made the sign of the cross on his chest, and prayed in a low voice. Angel approached the crowd with the support of Edwina, both of whom had happy smiles on their faces.
Klein also stood up, looked at the ancient double doors, and searched around the area. He was disappointed but not surprised to find that the body and flesh of "King of the North" Ulyssan had disappeared, as if they had never existed.
Naturally, not a single bit of the so-called Beyonder Characteristic was left.
"It seems that it is different from us and is a false creature created by this travel book."
he sighed.
This sentence seemed to remind others that this place was still in a false world. Everyone, including Grosell, who had just climbed up on his own and caressed his injured left arm, turned their attention to the huge door.
"Let's get out as soon as possible. No one knows how long this door will last. If we miss it, how many years will we have to wait for another 'King of the North'."
Edwina expressed everyone's thoughts. She then looked at the cave that was almost buried in snow and shouted loudly:
"Danitz, come out, the battle is over."
This may make "Lien Yan" lose his last trace of confidence... Angel recovered some of his strength, stood up from Edwina's arms, muttered silently, approached Klein, and found that he was talking to Elf Singer Shatas, and then handed the pen and paper he carried to the other party, who took it and started writing.
"She promised to give me the formula of 'Ocean Songster', and I will exchange it for a relic obtained from the relics of Gohinham."
Seeing her approaching, Klein took the initiative to speak.
"Ocean Songster" is the next Sequence that Hanged Man Alger needs, and Gohinham... Angel quickly recalled in his mind the name "Calamity Queen" mentioned when Fool almost admitted that he was in charge of "Sea God" at a certain Tarot Club.
By the way, at that time Klein was still pretending that she was just an ordinary believer and not from the "world"... Thinking of this, she glanced at the other party with some resentment, but was seen by Shatas who handed over the formula of Potion.
This elf with a soft voice but a somewhat irritable personality chuckled, returned the "Rose Necklace" in his hand to Angel, and said:
"I have nothing to do with him, it's just a transaction."
No, you misunderstood, and it is easier for others to misunderstand... Angel was speechless, and just as he was about to explain, Danitz had already walked out of the cave one foot deep and one foot shallow. He looked at the huge door that suddenly appeared, and looked at everyone who was injured but could not hide the smiles on their faces, and lowered his head in silence.
It seems that he was not able to participate in this battle and had no chance to perform in front of the captain, which made him even less confident in his own strength... Angel sighed secretly and found that the blond Hunter Anderson approached the other party with a strange smile, as if he was about to say something.
Maybe a few words of provocation could cheer him up a bit.
Angel no longer paid attention to that side, but looked at the black-haired and pointed-eared elf Shatas, and asked:
"Did the arrows you just used come from your own Pathway power?"
"You said 'Storm Arrow'? That is not the power of Potion, but a way of using power taught by our king. Multiple arrows attacking the same position can increase subsequent damage. If there are more than three archers attacking at the same time, even 'King of the North' will be difficult to resist."
Shatas replied proudly.
Sure enough, this is "Storm Convergence", or in other words, the prototype of "Storm Convergence", and I have no memory or knowledge of its use as an arrow in my mind. This means that what I know is a "copy"...
Angel's guess was confirmed. He stopped talking and looked at Double Door in the wind and snow.
At this time, everyone had gathered and came to the door. Team Grosell didn't even bring tents or survival tools, but looked at the door expectantly.
Even Longzeer, who was the last to enter, has experienced more than 160 years in the book. They should all be ready to return... Angel looked at everyone who had become companions in the short battle with relief, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
But, what happens after they go out...
A strange idea suddenly came to her mind.
Grosell comes from Giant King’s Court, but Mr. "Sun" said that it has been destroyed for thousands of years; Shatas's fellow elves have long been lost in time, leaving only Elven Ruins all over Sonia Sea; Mobet comes from the Solomon Empire from Fourth Epoch, but North Continent has been replaced by Loen and other countries; Longzeer does come from Loen, from Backlund, but everyone he knew died a hundred years ago...
Most importantly, they themselves...
"Where do you plan to go after you get out?"
A whispered exchange interrupted her thoughts.
Longzeer asked Grosell, who was twice his height, energetically. He was no longer as confused as when Angel saw him for the first time.
The latter touched the wound on his arm and replied in a loud voice:
"Giant King’s Court."
"I guess so," Longzeer said, dusting off the snowflakes on his shoulder armor, "I want to go back to Backlund and Northwest District's home..."
His voice became lower and lower, and the last word was almost inaudible, but Angel recognized it as "mom" based on the shape of his mouth.
She turned her head and met Klein's eyes. The latter was also a little sentimental, but did not speak.
Backlund's Northwest District was reclassified a hundred years ago and no longer exists. Moreover, let alone Longzeer's mother, even if she had an heir, she is no longer alive now.
Everyone slowly walked through the field where they had fought just now, stepped through the ravines where Ice Dragon had been caught, and there were traces of flames, Frost, and lightning raging everywhere, and came to the huge door.
Grosell put one hand on the ice-covered door and looked at the others.
Shatas, Mobet, Longzeer, and then the taciturn Snoman, each held out a hand and pressed it on the side of the door.
Angel, Klein, Edwina, who had just joined the team within a few days to a few hours, and Danitz, who had cheered up again under the "encouragement" of Anderson, also raised their hands and pressed on the door on the other side.
"Let's go."
Grosell said, everyone worked together to push open the door.
The next second, the ice and snow, the gate and the endless ice fields in front of Angel became illusory and transparent and disappeared without a trace. Oil lamps lit up, followed by bookshelves, navigation tables and several armchairs that turned brown under the light.
She returned to the captain's cabin of "Golden Dream".
Ten people suddenly appeared and almost filled the entire room. The tall Grosell hit the ceiling directly. He lowered his head carefully and bent his waist to avoid pushing through the wooden ceiling, but there was a smile from the heart on his face.
"We really came out..."
Mobet stroked the asymmetrically buttoned clothes buttons on his chest with one hand, and reached out to the elf Shatas beside him with the other hand. The latter hesitated for a moment and held the other person's hand.
"I didn't expect that I would still be on the boat after I came out."
Longzeer murmured, slowly stretched out his hand, touched the navigation table beside him, and pressed his finger on a point on the map, which was Loen Kingdom of the North Continent.
Whispering, the sound of the pages turning made everyone turn their attention to the desk. The "The Travels of Grosell" placed there automatically turned to the last few pages without any wind. The pages that were originally stuck together were filled with content and passed before everyone's eyes until the end of the story.
"Grosell fulfilled his promise. He led the teammates he met on the road, and with the help of the lost pirates, the lady who controlled Frost, the crazy Adventurer and the powerful Hunter, he killed 'King of the North' and returned in triumph."
"Returning triumphantly..."
Grosell silently recited the last few words, blinked his upright one eye, stretched out his uninjured right hand, and patted his chest.
Suddenly, he found that the gray-blue skin on his arms became pale, then dried up and wrinkled, and the strong muscles inside began to atrophy.
He lowered his head in surprise and looked at the other teammates in the room.
The smiles on the faces of Mobet, Shatas, Longzeer and Snoman also disappeared in an instant. Their eyes moved from the giant that instantly became old to other teammates, and finally to their own bodies.
In just a few seconds, these powerful Beyonders who had just challenged and killed "King of the North" became senile and on the verge of death!