Russell raced onward, panicking.
The warning sent by Simulated Nightmare Beast Dragon Sembra made him fear for Sembra and Ouroboros Snake Ouroboros's safety.
But what truly terrified him was that, as they were about to enter the snowfield, he could clearly sense through their mental connection that his link with Sembra was weakening. A few seconds later, his mental link with Ouroboros began to weaken as well.
This meant that both Sembra and Ouroboros's life forces were rapidly fading. They could die at any moment.
"Faster, Polly! Faster!"
"I'm already at my limit."
"Damn it, Sembra and Ouroboros can't hold on much longer..." Russell's face turned deathly pale. He had never been so panicked before.
Even when he and Polly had been ambushed by Snow Giants, their bodies shattered as they faced death head-on, he had not been this panicked. Facing death himself and watching family or companions face death were two entirely different feelings.
"They'll be all right, Russell!" Polly softly reassured him, though her flying speed seemed to increase slightly.
A bolt of lightning shot across the sky above the snowfield.
But when Russell, riding Polly, reached that Frost Domain, where dark clouds seemed to churn overhead, his mental links with Sembra and Ouroboros had completely vanished. In that instant, Russell's heart suddenly felt empty.
"We're too late... We came a step too late." Russell rode Polly and hovered before the Frost Domain.
At that moment.
Rage boiled within him. The flames of his fury burned hotter and hotter; he had never been so furious before, and it seemed as though fire could burst from his eyes.
"Russell..." Polly called softly.
Russell clenched his fists and replied flatly, "Polly, I don't want to think about anything right now. I just want to slaughter this entire snowfield!"
"I'll be