He had expected this assessment to be somewhat outrageous in difficulty, but he had never imagined it would be this absurd.
This simply wasn't something prepared for First-Ring Wizards! It was no longer merely a test; it reeked of conspiracy.
"Was this because of Bernal again? Or Thorns of Pain behind Campbell?"
Dago pondered for a moment, and his gaze soon became "relieved."
"It doesn't matter. Since I've already come this far..."
Dago lowered his head and murmured softly. The terrifyingly bloody wind blowing from ahead tossed up his black hair, while his icy-blue robe billowed like a sail.
The savage roar of the colossal beast drew closer and closer, and its mountain-like shadow swiftly swallowed Dago.
Yet he seemed completely unaware.
He merely slowly raised his head and spoke, word by word.
"Then there is nothing that can stop me anymore!"
At that moment, the gray ring in his eyes spun rapidly, spilling forth brilliant light that pierced through the vast darkness before him like sharp blades.
Within his Mental Space, cracks in Winter Star spewed blue fluid that churned restlessly amid black despair, as though it had crossed endless time and space before gradually becoming illusory.
Beneath his robes, Dago raised both hands. A massive planet streaked with dark blue slowly emerged above and behind him, gradually becoming solid and clear.
Just as the colossal beast's enormous body closed in completely before Dago, an icy, chilling voice rang out.
"Frost Domain, Desperate Freeze!"
In an instant, nearly endless cold poured out from the Winter Star behind the young man.
A boundless expanse of snow-white drowned every color on the wilderness. Mysterious and terrifying energy surged wildly, while streaks of deep-blue light bloomed like the veins of permafrost glaciers that had never thawed for ten thousand years.
Beneath that