On the afternoon of December 10, hundreds of kilometers south of Lania City (Xing 8 Castle), the ground across several thousand square meters of the Central Forest was covered in frost. Dozens of beasts the size of black bears lay completely frozen.
"Awwooo~" Wolves howled through the forest.
Fang led the way with five Intermediate Knights and five Intermediate Frost-Wolves. Behind them came five Junior Knights and five Junior Frost-Wolves. The ten wolf riders passed over one corpse after another, and a hundred meters later, they encountered a second group of bear-like creatures.
"The rats around here sure are huge!" Fang patted Blue Frost, the Frost-Wolf beneath him. "Come on. Let's show these rats what a real fight looks like."
Just as the Frost-Wolves were about to charge head-on into the rats, Blue Frost turned his head, and the pack veered sharply to one side, slipping past them.
"Roar, roar~"
The Magic Rats roared in fury. The Frost-Wolves were slender, and even though they were similar in size to the rats, they were much faster.
But the lead rat had no intention of giving up the meal right in front of it. It roared, and crackling sounds rang out from its hide as Lightning elements gathered among the rats, ready to burst forth like lightning at any moment.
"Thump~"
The rat leader was about to turn and chase the wolves when it suddenly felt a chill beneath its paws. It slipped and fell on the ground the wolves had just crossed.
"Thump~ thump~"
The first few rats tumbled over one after another. The moment their fur touched the ground, frost clung to it. The Ice School magical elements left behind by the Frost-Wolves interfered with the Lightning magic patterns on the rats.
Frost spread from rat to rat, disrupting the