There was a soft sound, as if someone had knocked on the door in the early morning, and asked tentatively, "Are you awake?"

The ice dragon didn't respond, and the voice repeated unrelentingly after a brief hesitation.

Are you awake?

Are you awake?

You......

“...... Fuck off!"

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Ed shook his hand and moved away from the ice. The spell didn't convey emotion, but he seemed to hear the anger in the response, and calmed down a little—at least it sounded pretty energetic.

“...... Is he okay?" asked Borena cautiously.

"It should be fine. Ed replied, "Don't worry, if he's okay, your Archon won't be fine...... What Isis promised will definitely be done. ”

"I'm not worried. "Borena spreads his hands.

At this point, Ed really believed it...... But he didn't want to wait for nothing.

There were shallow handprints left on the ice, and soon the water overflowed and froze again, freezing his handprints in them. He saw a faint rift in the depths, and he turned back to ask.

“...... I smashed it out. The king replied with some sorrow, "I just wanted to give him a heads-up, but he ignored me completely." And, that-"

He pointed to the black crack above the river: "Is that ...... It's a bit of a problem? I've heard that there are more Rutgers, haven't you researched anything yet?"

The black was so thick that it seemed like ink was about to drip out, and it seemed as if something evil and dangerous would poke out of it in the next moment, and every time I looked at it, I couldn't help but feel a little more uneasy.

Ed rubbed his frozen hands, looking up and down. It is true that they have not yet researched anything useful, and they have not even been able to come up with a result of "how to study", but at this moment, two different rifts in the air and in the ice have made him have a faint idea in his mind.

"I have an idea. He thought for a moment before speaking, "But ......"

"No 'but,'" Borena interrupted, "just try." ”

He is willing to give him bottomless trust, and he is also willing to take responsibility with him if something bad results are caused by a failed attempt.

Ed laughed at his hearty smile, throwing away the last shred of hesitation. He stood up, stretched out his arms, and slowly gathered his fingers, as if to catch the sun.

At that moment, Borena was sure that he had really caught the sun...... Even caught the wind.

The light of the sky, which had just brightened, dimmed slightly, and the light and thin clouds of sand fell downward, and the morning breeze suddenly stopped, and then changed direction. They circled in the palms of Ed's hands - the whole world circled around the palms of Ed's hands. Borena recovered from a wave of vertigo, surprised and excited, and the elf looked around, as if he heard the excited whispers of the grass and trees.

And in Ed's consciousness, he grabbed the water, the invisible water that flowed eternally in this world, and then let them cover the crack that had been forcibly torn out, freezing it little by little.

In the eyes of others, they can only see that the black color fades away little by little, as if the stain on the glass has been cleaned and erased a little bit.

When the palpitating rift was gone, Borena raised his hand and applauded with absolute sincerity. Rosa smiled and followed, and soon, more people joined in, and some even whistled boldly, even though they didn't quite understand what was going on.

Ed looked back with a smile in his eyes. Although he was a little proud, this overly enthusiastic reaction still made him blush uncomfortably.

"It's only temporary. "But give me a little more time...... I should be able to seal it up completely. ”

He had already figured out several different ways to do it even now, but he didn't dare to try it easily.

"If you feel the need, I can ask anyone who lives nearby to move somewhere else first. Borena was very cooperative, "Anyway, if it can't be thawed for a while, everyone along the river will have to leave first." ”

With enough manpower, he's happy to solve a little more problems by the way.

Ed bowed his head thoughtfully. The ice is indeed getting higher and higher, with only a small amount of water being able to flow across the ice and downstream. He didn't know when Isis would come out, but if it was too long, the Vinez River, which flooded upstream and cut off downstream, would become a huge nuisance, even a disaster.

But...... It's not like it's an unsolvable problem.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness swimming up for a very short time, to the edge of the frozen water. The ice was pushed higher, the river had begun to overflow the embankment with nowhere to go, and evacuees were looking back from time to time, not panicking but also uneasy.

He can allow the river to find another passage deeper underground, or he can lift the river in mid-air. The former is certainly easier, but can the latter, the more obvious "miracle", be of some other use?

Before he could make a decision, the frozen river let out a series of cracking sounds that exploded loudly in everyone's ears.

The ice melted rapidly, as if there was a fire burning at the bottom of the river. In the sudden surge of the waves, the first thing to be thrown out was a gray-black sarcophagus.

Borena reacted only when the sarcophagus flew over his head, screamed, instinctively turned around and chased after him.

A clump of vines poked out of the ground, steadily caught the sarcophagus, and landed on the ground, but the caster was still staring at the river, watching the white dragon break through the water and turn back into a human in mid-air, and roared at him before he landed: "Didn't I tell you not to interfere?!"

Ed's eyebrows furrowed in glee—what the hell was he doing......?

Borenna's urgent call made him give up arguing. He ran towards the sarcophagus, but Isis was faster than him.

He fell straight down from mid-air and smashed against the edge of the sarcophagus, his wings barely fully retracted and almost landed in Ed's face. He violently lifted the lid of the coffin, and the cracked rubble splattered in all directions, and the person lying in the coffin was pale and scattered with a little blood, and his distorted face was almost hideously frozen, looking lifeless.

Before Borena could speak, Iss had already punched Ethan in the chest.

The man who had just been stiff like a corpse bounced up, convulsed and inhaled, his eyes suddenly wide open with blood-red, with indescribable fear and despair.

That's what Ethan Croefler never showed in front of people...... It will definitely not show vulnerability in front of people.

“...... Ethan. Borena leaned over him, his voice involuntarily becoming softer, "Look, it's me...... You're alright. ”

The Archon's bloody fingers clenched spasmodically around the edge of the sarcophagus, but they calmed down in a few breaths, and even hoarsely replied to him two words as Borena called his name again with great affection:

"Shut up. ”