When Yillda and Alex arrived, they witnessed Nouna's explosive awakening.
— "Such incredible magic… so she's the chosen one."
— "That's my girl!"
Alex admired Nouna, but in the corner of his eye, he saw a massive figure moving.
— "Oh shit… he's huge! What the hell is that bastard doing!?"
— "It looks like he fears the girl… and instinctively wants to eliminate her. Especially a savage troll with such low intelligence."
The troll leapt into the air, aiming to crush Nouna.
— "F***! That bastard! Yillda, throw me at him!!"
— "You're pretty wild, Alex! I like it! Let's smash his face!"
She grabbed him, her muscles bulging with strength.
At the same time, Nouna cried out:
— "Alex, it's your turn!"
He smiled at the trust in her voice.
— "At your command, my lady!"
Yillda hurled him at supersonic speed, bursting the air with a sonic boom.
BOOG!
Using his elastic body and [Alpha Best] ability, Alex twisted his leg and hardened his muscles.
BOOM!
CRACK!
Just as the troll's fists were about to crush Nouna, his vision went black. His jaw shattered under a devastating impact, his body hurled into the wall in a violent explosion.
Alex landed gracefully beside Nouna, holding her in his arms like a princess. Though smaller, he held her as lightly as a feather, showing his strength.
— "You were amazing, baby! Let me finish the party!"
Nouna kissed him passionately, before pulling away with a string of saliva.
— "Alex… I succeeded. I awakened my gift… but I can't move anymore… I need to recover."
— "Of course. Leave the rest to me."
Bruma appeared, smiling despite her wounds.
— "Alex, Nouna saved us all and even healed our wounds… I'll never forget this."
A growl broke the moment.
— "Alex! Nouna!!"
A blue tongue licked Alex's cheek—Willa.
— "Willa! You're healed, I'm so glad!"
— "Nouna… I'm sorry…"
— "It's not your fault. It was Lissandra who betrayed us."
The ice witch appeared.
— "I did not betray you… I had no choice. With your power, Nouna, no one else needs to be sacrificed. Come with me, I'll teach you everything I know."
— "Hah! You change sides so quickly… but aren't you forgetting something!?"
A thunderous cry interrupted her. A colossal ice phoenix burst through the ice wall and freeing the chained yetis who slowly regained their senses thanks to Nouna's magic shockwave.
— "Thank you, Nouna. Thanks to your power, I've returned to my peak," said the phoenix.
— "Anivia! …Hoho, you've put on some weight," teased Alex.
— "Why? You want me like this? Think you can handle me?" she replied with a sly grin.
— "Fine. I'll find a way to turn into a dragon?... We'll see who laughs then," Alex thought to himself.
— "Forget that. Protect Nouna—she can't move."
— "Of course. I'll protect her like my own daughter."
— "Thank you… Anivia," whispered Nouna.
— "Call me Niva."
Alex placed Nouna on Anivia's neck, who froze her feet in place to keep her safe.
— "Here, drink this! Ornna's potion—it'll give you strength. Now i'll help Bruma."
Yillda joined Anivia.
— "Niva, you've regained your full power! Let's fight like in the old days!"
— "Wow… a talking female yeti? Willa, you're not alone anymore!"
Willa and Yillda exchanged a knowing look.
Meanwhile, Lissandra seethed:
(Why is nothing going as planned!?)
— "Lissandra! You treated me like trash… it's time to pay! Nouna, merge your magic with mine!"
— "I… I'm not used to it…"
— "It'll be enough."
Lissandra mounted her dragon and soared into the sky. Anivia followed—an epic aerial battle was about to begin.
Alex rushed to Bruma's side. Ordinary soldiers were nothing, flung aside in droves. The freed yetis joined the fight.
Bruma faced a towering Darklorn woman, while Alex confronted the troll leader, Trundle, wielding a massive ice club.
— "Big weapon. But size isn't everything. (Except for me, of course.)"
— "I won't underestimate you… you're dangerous! Who are you!?"
— "I'm your father! …Oops, wrong line. But if your mom's a rare sexy troll, I'm game."
— "Motherf***er!! How dare you! I am Trundle, strongest and smarte—"
— BAM
Alex cut him off with a blow.
— "Shut up."
I decided to be serious. I quickly moved to his foot and summoned my flaming sword from my mind, rushing to cut him down. But the troll was different from the others—
with a quick reaction he slammed it into the ground. I dodged thanks to my beast instinct,
but it didn't stop there!
Ice spikes erupted from the ground beneath me.
Fortunately, with that same instinct and inhuman speed, I struck the enormous spike with my sword, propelling myself backward.
At the same time, in the center of the room, the ice blocks began to crack—
more yetis were joining the battle.
Bruma defeated her opponent with an extremely strong punch, hitting her shield to multiply the shockwave with ice, knocking down the Darklorn woman. Without stopping, she continued the counterattack, launching herself at the rest of the enemies with the help of the yetis healed by Nouna's power.
Willa and Yillda were having fun with a massive snowball,
but their eyes never left me.
Yillda especially was staring at my sword.
A large number of blows were exchanged between me and the troll leader.
The area around us was filled with ice spikes and flames, preventing anyone from interfering in our fight.
At that moment, a mysterious voice whispered something to me from behind the veil of reality.
I don't know how I did it,
but I just knew I could…
By instinct, or who knows what,
I gathered the pure ice magic in the air
and fused it with the flame magic in my sword.
"Normally I would have kept the fun going with an opponent as strong as you…
but right now, there are ladies watching me,
and I really want to have some fun, shit!
So… FUCK YOU!!!"
And just like at the beginning,
I charged at the troll like a devil from hell—
an attack of icy flame cutting him in two,
splitting the wall and the mountain behind.
(Author: RIP Trundle. His crime: being born male.)
Damn, he didn't die in vain.
He still managed to land a heavy blow with his weapon.
Without my mutation, my body would have been broken.
The sheer force of the strike, combined with the magic of pure ice, actually managed to hurt me.
The troll's body burned… then froze,
before finally dissipating into small crystals.
(RIP: Trundle's body)