"Her?" Fafnir muttered to herself. Why had Balalaika given Binaqiongsi's Dragon Scale to this human? Was it because he carried Odecras's Flame Mark? Or was she simply trying to disgust her?
Quite a few in the Abyss knew about the matters between her, Odecras, and Binaqiongsi. Balalaika also had ties with Binaqiongsi, so it was not impossible that she had done this just to disgust her.
Fafnir let out a cold snort.
However, the others clearly did not know that her having Angel return Binaqiongsi's Dragon Scale to Odecras already showed where she stood.
A single Dragon Scale represented nothing.
Fafnir said no more, which allowed Angel to breathe a slight sigh of relief. When Balalaika had given him this Dragon Scale, she had told him that if he intended to return it to Odecras, he should try not to let Fafnir know.
Now that he had been forced to take it out, he had been somewhat uneasy. But from the looks of it, Lord Fafnir did not seem to care as much as Balalaika had claimed.
This put Angel at ease.
Seeing that Orucia was still immersed in Ocean Rhythm, Angel set Toby aside. Holding Binaqiongsi's Dragon Scale in his other hand, he tentatively used the method Orucia had described to extend the Freezing Curse.
When Binaqiongsi's Dragon Scale was placed against the ice sphere, a misty white frost spread over its smooth surface. The mist extended directly from the Dragon Scale onto the Freezing Curse, and as an extraordinary power emerged, the somewhat faded ice sphere suddenly began frosting over again.
"It really works!" Angel's eyes lit up.
But very soon, Angel noticed something was wrong. Although the ice sphere had begun frosting over again, the process was astonishingly slow. He watched for several minutes before confirming that