Out with the Old, In with the New

It was obvious that Hans reacted extremely strongly to Adam using the Azure Garment to block his attack.

But Hank's situation was worrying. Hans had not completely lost his reason after all, and all he wanted was to break past Adam and return to the beach to support his brother.

"Move!"

"Your close-combat skills are worse than your brother's."

Adam extended a hand. A slender icicle spread from his palm, lengthening before blooming outward into an umbrella canopy shaped like a six-pointed ice flower.

A gust of wind rose from below. Holding the umbrella, Adam effortlessly dodged Hans's Ice Magic: Azure Claw. The tip of the ice glove over his hand could suddenly extend, but Adam knew the limit of that extension even better than Hans himself.

"Ice Magic: Hail Freezing Cloud—"

After flashing aside, Adam spun the umbrella. Thick ice mist, carrying crystalline snow pellets, drifted out from it toward Hans and the pirates behind him, who were charging toward the Black Pearl through cannon fire.

The tiny crystalline snow pellets were incredibly sharp, easily slicing through the pirates' clothes and skin. Fortunately, the low temperature limited the bleeding to some extent—provided the pirates did not move around.

"You idiots! Standing there is nothing but a slow death! Kill her if you want to live!"

Hans caught sight of his subordinates, too afraid to move, from the corner of his eye and immediately began cursing.

As an Ice Magic mage himself, he was in far better shape than the others, but...

"As if you can do it."

Adam chuckled and exhaled an even colder stream of frost. The temperature in every direction was dropping lower and lower. Snowflakes naturally began to fall through the air, and fragments of drifting ice appeared on the sea's surface.

Ice fragments even finer