The twenty Frost Giants blocked the massive archway.
They stood shoulder-to-shoulder, forming a solid, thirty-foot-high wall of pale blue muscle and glacial armor. They did not roar or beat their chests.
They simply raised their massive bedrock warhammers.
[System: Elite Guardians Engaged.]
[Enemy: Frost Giant Sentinels (Level 45 - Elite)]
[Warning: Environmental Curse - Absolute Zero (Active). Target possesses 100% resistance to physical stagger.]
Lucifer spurred his Nightmare Steed. The black beast galloped across the smooth, glass-like ice of the avenue, leaving a trail of rapidly cooling embers.
He rode alone.
Elara gripped her silver spear, her golden wings flaring, but she did not follow. The Warlord had ordered the column to hold. S
eraphina watched nervously from the rear, the starlight orb on her scepter pulsing rapidly.
The Frost Giants stared down at the lone rider. Their blank, white eyes tracked his approach.
