Lambert led twelve Elite Knights, treading through the snow.
Every step they took was extrely cautious, careful not to make any sound.
As they drew closer to the Ice Vein Giant Serpent's lair, a suffocating sense of oppression perated the air.
The serpent's breathing sounded like deep thunder, echoing through the valley in a low, rhythmic pattern.
Each breath it took carried a unique chill, lowering the temperature of the surrounding air by several degrees.
Its massive body subtly wriggled, as if even in sleep it could sense the approaching threat, causing people to tremble with fear.
Suddenly, a faint sound of cracking ice broke the valley's silence.
A young knight had stepped on thin ice, a slight sound that would normally be almost imperceptible.
But in this quiet atmosphere, it was as piercing as an alarm bell.
“Shh.” Lambert imdiately turned back, his eyes holding a hint of coldness.
The knights instantly held their breath, becoming as still as ice.
Only after confirming that the Ice Vein Giant Serpent had not noticed the tiny sound did Lambert nod slightly, signaling for everyone to continue forward.
They slowly resud their movent, even more cautiously this ti, each action as light and silent as a ghost.
The thirteen figures lted into the ice and snow like shadows, approaching the massive Ice Vein Giant Serpent.
Although they slowed their pace to avoid making any sound, the speed of Elite Knights was still several tis faster than that of ordinary people.
In a short while, everyone arrived at their designated positions.
Lambert nodded slightly towards Louis, indicating that everyone was ready.
In the distance, at the mouth of the valley, Louis's hand slowly dropped, like a horn in the wind and snow, instantly conveying his command to every knight's eyes.
“Throw!”
The thirteen knights acted almost simultaneously, their long spears leaving their hands and tearing through the air.
Each spear carried a vibrating roar as it cut through the air, hurtling towards the Ice Vein Giant Serpent.
“Boom!”
The Ice Vein Giant Serpent's vulnerable neck suddenly exploded.
The shockwave scattered ice shards and snowflakes, huge scales rained down like a storm, and the deafening explosion made it seem as if the entire valley was boiling in that instant.
The trembling Ice Vein Giant Serpent began to struggle violently, its massive body seemingly resisting the arrival of death.
The entire valley shook from the serpent's struggles, even the rock walls cracked from the vibrations, creating waves of terrifying tremors.
“Retreat!” Lambert shouted, but his voice was almost swallowed by the roar.
All the ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) knights imdiately turned and retreated rapidly.
The skin of several knights was scraped by the splashing ice fragnts, blood seeping through, but no one stopped because of it; they all quickly moved away.
The Ice Vein Giant Serpent opened its mouth and let out a piercing hiss, a cold blast sweeping like a storm, instantly freezing several rock walls.
Its tail thrashed violently in the air, capable of sweeping away almost anything.
But its movents beca slower and slower, finally stiffening.
In reality, its neck had been completely blown apart just now, its central nervous system destroyed, aning it was already dead.
These powerful counterattacks were, in fact, rely instinctive struggles before death.
Finally, the Ice Vein Giant Serpent collapsed in the wind and snow.
Its tail still twitched, but its life had already vanished.
Its massive body lay quietly in the ice and snow, white mist swirling around it.
As no one could be sure if it was completely dead, the valley remained silent, the air heavy and oppressively difficult to breathe.
After a while, several Elite Knights gathered their courage and stepped forward, cautiously approaching the Ice Vein Giant Serpent's corpse.
Every step was exceptionally careful, fearing to trigger any lingering threat from the behemoth.
They gently poked the serpent's scales with their longswords, their gaze fixed on the slightly trembling giant body.
Then, arriving at the serpent's head, they looked down at its cold eyes, confirming that all signs of life had indeed vanished.
He finally couldn't help but shout towards Louis: “Lord Louis! It's not breathing! It's dead!”
This shout instantly broke the oppressive atmosphere around them.
The knights burst into cheers, their excited emotions like a damd torrent suddenly breaking through.
“Haha! We succeeded!”
“It was too smooth!”
“It was so simple, I can't believe it!”
Joyful laughter and excited shouts echoed through the valley.
Even a faint, imperceptible smile appeared on Lambert's face; although he still maintained a knight's composure, the pressure in his heart instantly dissipated.
“I have fulfilled my mission.” Lambert bowed to Louis.
Louis's face was calm, but joy flickered in his eyes: “Lambert, well done.”
This terrifying beast was thus easily eliminated.
But what everyone didn't realize was that Louis had made thorough preparations long before their departure.
The armor-piercing explosive spears, the Ice Vein Giant Serpent's weaknesses, and even the surrounding terrain layout were all things he had investigated or arranged beforehand.
Of course, he knew that facing such a powerful magical beast, even with ample preparation, one could not be careless.
Precisely because of this, he brought so many knights, just in case.
Once the cheers gradually subsided, Louis waved his hand, signaling everyone to calm down: “Now, let's begin processing its body.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the knights imdiately went into action, beginning to divide their tasks.
Most of the knights quickly inspected the Ice Vein Giant Serpent's corpse, confirming that it could no longer pose any threat to them.
They began to skin the serpent's scales, cut its at, and extract its magic crystal and other useful parts.
A smaller group of knights was responsible for clearing the surrounding environnt, ensuring no further avalanches or other accidents were triggered.
The Ice Vein Giant Serpent's corpse was enormous, and processing it was ti-consuming and laborious, but none of this deterred the knights.
They quickly spread out and got to work.
The serpent's magic crystal contained powerful magic, and extracting this crystal would not only bring imnse resources to the territory.
It was also an extrely valuable alchemical material, to be given to Silco to see if he could make more bombs.
And the serpent's skin, scales, flesh, and other parts also held extrely high dicinal, edible, and equipnt value.
Actually, the huge serpent's gall bladder was of the greatest value to him; it was rumored to greatly purify blood and increase cultivation speed.
Especially for soone with inherently flawed talent like him, it might bring unexpected breakthroughs.
Seeing the serpent's gall bladder carefully removed, ticulously wrapped by the knights in leather and cloth to ensure no damage.
He slowly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Lambert and said: “Have a few more knights follow ; let's go check the north side.”
Lambert didn't think much of it, only assuming Louis was bored and wanted to go for a stroll.
He would never have guessed that Louis intended to specifically go north to pick up a legendary Archmage.
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