83 Chapter 83

Frozen Dragon Castle was more than 100 kilometers away from the national realm.

If it was a normal environment, even if it was a forest, it would only take two hours for the four talented mages.

But the environment of the Night Empire was too bad.

The snow almost reached the crotch, and the blade-like cold wind blew, so the four of them moved very slowly.

“Pay attention to control the consumption of magic power. Try to wear as many clothes as possible.”

Andrew almost shouted so that the three people behind him could hear.

The consumption of magic power to resist the cold was even greater than that of flying.

It could be seen how bad the environment here was.

It was not until twelve hours’ walk at night that the first building appeared on the vast white ice and snow plain.

It was the clock tower of a castle, and it had collapsed, coming out from the ground sideways.

What’s more, the part that was exposed to the ground was exactly the clock part, which was the top of the building.

The clock tower was the standard layout of every castle. It was usually the highest building in the castle. As a secondary building, it was even taller than the main building.

But now, only the bell at the top was exposed to the ground.

In other words…

The four were stunned.

How thick was the snow on the snow plain?

“According to the map, Frozen Dragon Castle is here.”

Andrew put away the map, squatted down, and pressed his hand on the ground.

Ice perception.

Perception magic was top-rank auxiliary magic, which was not something ordinary people could learn.

Ice perception was a demonic degenerate of perception.

Anything related to ice, whether it was frozen or buried in snow, could be seen with naked eyes.

Through the ice and snow perception, Andrew was surprised to find that the ice of the Night Empire was more exaggerated than he had imagined.

One hundred meters.

Yes, that’s right. The ice layer was more than 100 meters thick.

We used to walk on the ice.

The reason why the snow only reached the crotch was that the ice and snow in the lower layer had already been compressed and solidified than the rock over time.

What on earth happened in the battle between the human and the demon four hundred years ago? It had snowed for four hundred years and squeezed out such a thick layer of ice?

Without thinking too much, Andrew walked down the clock tower with perception.

Sure enough, a dilapidated ancient castle appeared in front of him.

This huge castle was the biggest building Andrew had ever seen in his life besides the imperial palace.

No, this scale was enough to be called the imperial palace, wasn’t it?

A castle was as big as a small town along the lake.

Although the building was broken, it was intact.

What’s worse, Andrew couldn’t get into the castle through perception.

A large number of fiends lived there. The air was filled with magic power, which made perception unable to penetrate the outer wall of the castle.

Taking back perception, Andrew stood up and said, “The clock tower is the only entrance. The whole castle is buried, and there are a lot of fiends inside.”

Andrew’s words didn’t cause much trouble.

This was expected.

“Let’s get in the formation.” Nason took out the bow and said.

Everyone nodded.

The standard formation was just developed along the way.

Taylor and Jo stood in front of the team, with Andrew in the middle and Nason in the middle.

If they met an enemy, Jo and Taylor could control the enemy in the open and dark. Andrew used powerful magic to support, and Nason behind them used his shooting range to accurately hit the enemy.

Everyone’s specialty could be fully displayed.

As soon as Andrew entered the building, he heard the familiar voice of the system.

“The user has entered the commission area, and the witch has been locked. From now on, until the commission is completed, the system will completely block the right to use the ice and snow witch Kelly.”

Really?

Andrew was a little scared, but he braced himself to go downstairs.

The stairs down were covered with snow.

Everyone lifted the snow and walked into the spiral staircase.

Unexpectedly, the temperature in the castle was only a dozen degrees below zero. Compared to the low temperature outside, which was sixty or seventy degrees below zero, it was already a very warm environment.

“This castle, in a sense, works as a snow house. That’s why the fiend likes to inhabit here.”

Andrew turned on the magic of ice lighting: ice butterfly.

He summoned three ice butterflies and floated around him.

Ice butterflies would emit cyan and white light, and the maximum lighting could be up to fifteen meters. At the same time, they had the function of automatically hunting down the enemy and attacking the enemy within thirty meters.

This magic was not very useful in the night of the plain, but in a castle with complicated terrain, it could have a miraculous effect.

Andrew gave two ice butterflies to Taylor and Jo, and the other one to Nason.

Nason drew out an elf arrow and condensed a wind arrow at the same time. The elf arrow was powerful, but there were only ten in total. The wind arrow was less powerful, but it was condensed by magic power, which could be used at will.

According to the enemies he might encounter, he could choose which kind of arrows to use and trade the smallest cost for the biggest result. This was a quality that an excellent attacking mage must have.

After all, he didn’t have the magic power like Andrew.

He looked around cautiously.

As for Taylor and Jo, they cooperated very well. The two of them were only responsible for one side of their defense and entrusted to the other side with complete relief.

Trust was the first step of team cooperation.

This was a good start.

Andrew thought to himself, raising his vigilance to the limit.

There was a damp and stinky smell in the air.

It was the smell of the droppings of the fiend.

The further they went down, the worse the environment became.

The wall seemed to be covered with a layer of mucus, which wouldn’t freeze in an environment below zero degrees.

Finally, after a few circles, they arrived at the bottom of the clock tower and entered the main gate of the castle.

The door was broken.

The main part of the castle didn’t make people feel suddenly enlightened. On the contrary, it made people feel even more isolated.

When they opened the door, it was the corridor outside the castle. Although the heavy pillars and railings prevented snow from entering, the snow still slanted into the corridor and submerged most of it.

As a result, after they stepped on the ice, they had to bend down and move forward, or they would hit the roof.

Under their feet, there was crystal clear ice.

Two bodies were frozen in the ice, both dressed in mages.

It must be the mages that had come here to explore. They broke the ice and died here, and they were gradually covered by the ice.

Andrew found a smart wand in the corner.

It should be left by the previous mage.

When he picked it up, he found that it was full of mucus, stinky, and obviously damaged.

“Is it still useful?” Taylor asked curiously.

Andrew tore a piece of cloth from the nearby bone shelf, wiped it simply, and put this half-destroyed wand into his space ring.

“It is better to have a spare one.”

The corpses here usually left nothing valuable.

The Frozen Dragon Castle was a famous area for exploring with high difficulty. There was indeed some equipment left behind by the predecessors after their deaths. They had also been plundered by other mages who had explored this place. It was not Andrew’s turn to explore this area.

It was Andrew’s safety to pick up a damaged wand.

After leading the group through the corridor, Andrew finally arrived at the hall.