The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
The ruler of winter

[ 'Welcome home.'].

The voice diverted all those who had reached it, now all of them were staring at a woman sitting on the ice throne before them.

The woman with snow-white hair, and a cold expression on her face. He had bright blue eyes and sparkled as clear as crystal, but it looked sharp and filled with displeasure.

Israhi and her friends who saw her were immediately prepared with their weapons, in front of the mysterious woman they were wary of the power she emitted.

" Who are you?" and Israhi was the first to open her voice and ask him.

The figure before them was silent for a while, until then a grin appeared on his face.

[I am Flora, the one who was blessed by Boreas. Winter fasting'.] He answered Israhi's question with a condescending expression that was so obvious on his face.

Altair, who heard it, said, "Boreas, ' is the name of one of the Anemoi or wind gods. Boreas was the god of the north wind and the bearer of winter, so I guess that's a suitable name. The Boreas crystal, an ice crystal, is the core of the Ruler of Winter "in explaining it.

And his friends understood with his intent, they had to defeat him and snatch the crystal from him.

['Hmm.. You're..' ] Unfortunately his knowledge also attracted the attention of others. Flora, she disappeared from her place. [ '...You know a lot about us.]

" Auh?!!"

And he reappeared right in front of Altair, he moved very quickly. It also surprised Israhi and the others, so they rejected him...

" Fuck.!!"

" He's really fast!."

Flora who was now among them, he raised his hand and grabbed Altair's face with his cold pale hand. And Altair could feel the lower side of his face slowly freezing because of her.

[ 'I remember you were the first to come with that cute dragon, why did you come back here?']

He asked Altair the question, but Altair kept his mouth shut. He may be strong and have great strength, but Ruler of winter has limited ability to control ice and snow only. So he won't be able to read his mind.

Flora continued to look at him closely, she might find something. [ '....You. I feel a familiar power from you.'] That's why he said that.

Altair was stunned by that, reflexively swinging his spear towards Flora. Until he took his hand off his face. Altair then took a step back, as from back there Israhi swung her sword towards Ruler of winter.

Flora was also aware of it, as she exerted her slight strength and an ice wall appeared behind her back. He intends to hold off Israhi's attack there, however...

Brakk...!

It was an attack strong enough that the ice instantly shattered into pieces. Flora jumped out from the ice shards that covered her place when Israhi smashed her wall. He landed lightly not far from him, but their attacks did not stop there.

Sraackkc...

The same chain that was previously used by Remilia, emerged from an unexpected place and tied Flora's right hand and foot. And with that chance, Aksa aimed at him in the air.

When he released the arrow from his bow, it instantly split apart, becoming dozens. And it came down on Flora like rain.

[ 'Curtain.' ] Flora was grieving because of that, at the same time the cold energy from her continued to increase. [ 'Do you think this will stop me?!'] he shouted furiously he froze the space. Stopping all the heat Aksa falling on top of it remains in the air.

At the same time, the surrounding ice and snow began to revolve around his body.

He may be intent on creating another storm.

However, it had been suspected by Israhi and the others.

[ 'Ap-s... What's with this hot temperature??'] he wondered in confusion as the floor he was treading began to heat up.

It was one of Yi's powerful techniques.

As a Phoenix who was a sacred fire bird blessed by Gods, he was a pure firebender. Creating a very hot fire was not a problem for him even though he was in a very cold place.

Yi had been preparing for this ever since his friends distracted and stalled for time. When the floor below them began to turn a golden red color like Phoenix feathers, and the figure of a bird with broad wings and a beautiful long tail appeared there.

It means Yi's preparations are done.

This is an attack with a wide range. Yi can burn anything, anywhere within a 50-meter radius of Yi as the center of heat.

The dance floor is wrapped in flames.

" ....The Fire Hall."

And his holy fire managed to melt the coldest ice of the Ruler of winter.

[Yeah!! Everything melts.!'.]

A winter Ruler that controlled snow and ice would not match a fire-type attack, let alone a pure and extremely hot flame. Therefore, when he saw all his ice being consumed by the heat, he panicked.

Flora who had never seen this attack, let alone Phoenix. I would not be able to anticipate something like this.

That was why Mira handed over what was inside to Yi, while she held back what was outside. Yi's fire was hotter than his.

And the heat from this Yi flame, managed to destroy the space freezing done by Flora.

[ 'Huh?!! No. ''.] Flora stared at all the arrows Aksa had dropped back up there. [ 'Yeah!!!..']

Flora could do nothing when her body was showered with arrows as Remilia bound her and Yi weakened her strength. Dozens of arrows were raining down on him at once.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Altair and the others regrouped beside Yi and Remilia who were together in their place. Their great attack was successfully carried out without hindrance, even so they could not confirm its effectiveness.

While Remilia was still holding the chain that bound Flora in her hands.

" Hey, is that okay? He's not gonna die, is he? We're just going to separate Ruler's core from her." Remilia was a bit worried because of the incessant attack.

Yi who was beside him then said, "Don't worry, Ruler won't die that easily" he said.

" Dad, still...."

She might feel sorry for Flora being just a child. Looking closely, he was only slightly younger than Altair. Remilia felt sorry for him.

" So... Now what should we do??" Aksa then asked about their main problem.

" My plan is just that we weaken it, then Remilia and Yi tie it up so that when I take Ruler's core out of her she won't fight too much" Altair replied later.

Aksa understood that, "Well, but I can't believe it's going to end this soon" he said.

" It's not over yet." when Israhi then chimed in so seriously.

He continued to pay attention to Flora's place, so everyone focused back there.

A big ice ball is there.

Krakk...

And as the ball began to crumble, Altair and the others began to prepare. When shortly afterwards, the blue eyes of Flora appeared from within the sphere.

[How dare you ants not know yourself.!!'] His voice sounded full of anger.

Krakk... Duarrr..

" Yeah!!"

He blasted the ice ball with great pressure, causing it to shatter into pieces and all the ice was thrown in all directions.

Meanwhile, out there. Where Mira and Derrick are still holding back the monsters that keep popping up. They are quite bothered by those who do not end up coming.

" well.. It can't be fast if they keep coming from inside the ice." Mira said that.

And well, Derrick agrees with him, too. " In that case, the problem is the person inside, right? They are born from the manifestation of his power." he said.

And that's not wrong...

Later, they heard the explosion as well...

Duarr's....!

The highest part of the castle exploded from the inside, hard enough to make the two of them turn their heads in shock.

" What is that? Just a moment ago I felt the heat from there, now it's all cold again" Mira said.

While they are inside... They were in a position to protect themselves when the explosion occurred.

So why is it like that? Their attacks were unsuccessful. Well, that could be said to almost work.

Flora, as the new Ruler knows nothing about the Phoenix and their techniques. Therefore he could be conquered easily just a moment ago. But in the short last seconds, the core of Tear in him holds the memory of another Ruler in ancient times, where one of them had several times faced Phoenix, Phoenix, and it tells Flora about how to cope with the heat of the Phoenix and Aksa's arrow.

That's pretty simple. That is wrapped itself in a multi-layered ice ball, with temperatures reaching - 309.4 degrees Celsius. It was the coldest temperature that Flora could release at the moment. But with the ice ball that is layered and thick makes it able to overcome the heat released by Yi to stop it.

And it really worked.

" Ah, it didn't work... Like he's got Ruler's memory.." Yi who realized that also said that.

" What should we do now?" ask Aksa later.

But before his question was answered, Flora spoke first. [You are all fools. Do you think you can defeat me with just such strength?'.]

" Well, actually, it's just an experiment." Aksa spoke up for him.

[You're all arrogant!']

Flora was really angry, she now started showering them with pointy ice-ice all along them step in return. Altair and the others had to split up to avoid all of that. Flora then stretched her hand towards Yi.

Just then, the ice floor that was stepped on by him disappeared.

" Uh oh..."

Yi fell down from a height, it was like a very long passageway.

" Is this all you want to do?" Yi had no problem with that, he could fly.

But...

[ 'I'll bully you, sparrow!'.]

He said that, and a huge ball of ice fell from above. Following Yi who was in the hole.

" This kid is smart too.." Yi tried to melt the ball, but it was thicker than he expected.

And he can see the surface down there, it won't be long... And he ended up crashing into that surface.

" Yi!." Altair peeked into the hole, but he could see nothing. " I hope he's okay." he murmured.

Well, he would be fine if he dodged to the edge by melting the ice. Altair didn't need to worry too much because he wouldn't lose just because of something like this.

" Altair, get out of there!."

" H...??"

Altair was sidetracked when Aksa shouted at him like that, and as he said a block of ice fell almost upon him.

" Yy..!!" fortunately, Altair managed to avoid it in time. " ..I almost became a flattened." he said later.

[ 'I will smash you into pieces!'.]

All the attacks continued and continued, Altair and the others had almost no chance to counterattack because they had to keep dodging. When later...

" Ackk!.."

The small ice-ice spout that Flora threw hit one of Remilia's legs, causing her to fall down on the icy cold floor with a very stabbing pain.

Flora who saw her fall did not waste any chance and attacked. [ 'Death to you!!'.]

" Milla..!"

Sruakkc...

Because of this, Altair quickly moved towards her and protected Remilia from all the attacks that Flora had directed. It was a continuous attack, though thankfully Altair's protector was much more stable than before. And it managed to protect them both.

[ 'Rush up!'.]

But Flora still had not given up, she continued to exert her strength. When from behind, Israhi appeared and swung her sword.

[ 'Current'.]

Flora noticed the movement of air, and she made a thick enough wall of ice behind her back as a protector. But it's not very effective...

Srukkc.. Duckin...

[ 'Gaahh!'.]

Flora was pushed back violently, until it hit the floor below.

[ 'Basic.'.].

The resistance had not ended there, Flora also saw Aksa preparing his arrows from a distance. Knowing that made Flora growl in anger.

[Basic insects! If you dare to fight me fairly!!'.] He stretched out his right hand towards Aksa there, and at once the ice he was treading turned in a shallow pond.

" young! He could melt the ice apparently.." Aksa who felt the cold on her feet was surprised by that. Flora snapped her finger at that moment, and it instantly hardened again, trapping Aksa's legs that had not had time to save themselves inside. " Hey! That's not fair!." but even in such a situation, Aksa still had a few moments to complain.

[ 'Close your mouth and get out of my place!!'.]

Flora pushed a large block of ice towards her, Aksa who saw that was stunned and prepared to endure. He tried to stop it when the ice block hit his body, unfortunately it even made him pushed back to destroy the wall behind him.

And he was completely thrown out of the ice castle, falling...

" Waw!! Why did I fall into the abyss!!" he shouted at that time.

Yes, he fell into the abyss.