" Coleridge!"
Alvis, who had been silent all along, let out a terrified scream. His eyes widened as he stared incredulously at the figure in front of the window.
That signature white hair, and that icy expression—there's no mistake!
Alvis's suffering began when he was hunted down by Coleridge, a powerful witch who had been a constant nightmare for him.
After traversing the Great Prairie and finally arriving at Northwest Bay, Alvis thought he had escaped the nightmare. After all, more than a year had passed. Would the witch relentlessly hunt down a lost target?
However, he never expected that the white-haired witch would track him all the way to Northwest Bay and even try to kill him.
"She's the assassin the emperor sent to kill me! My God, how did she end up here?"
At that moment, four more guards rushed in; they had been standing guard outside the mansion.
Upon seeing the woman at the window, the guards did not hesitate to raise their guns and fire.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Four more explosions.
However, an invisible layer of ice armor seemed to have condensed in front of the witch. After the shot, cracking sounds came from around Coleridge again, and then shattered ice appeared in the air.
Incredibly, a bullet capable of piercing metal armor was stopped by a layer of ice. However, ice can be incredibly hard under certain conditions, and the guards were armed with short-barreled guns that were less powerful than conventional firearms.
The white-haired witch let out a cold laugh, and with a wave of her hand, clumps of white things began to condense around her again, gradually shaping into sharp, pointed forms.
The guards didn't even have time to reload; they displayed fearlessness, drawing their longswords and rushing towards the witch.
Paul and Catherine escorted Eileen and the injured La Di out of the room.
The sharp sword pierced straight through, but unlike a bullet, it encountered no resistance. The guards stared wide-eyed, seemingly not expecting it to go so smoothly.
Just as the sword was about to pierce the witch's body, another unexpected event occurred.
Coleridge's body suddenly became ethereal, and when the guards' swords pierced through, it was as if they were piercing a phantom shadow, and the ice spikes that had previously solidified around him disappeared.
The witch smiled, and suddenly her illusory shadow vanished completely. A cloud of white mist burst forth from where she had been standing, or rather, the shadow seemed to dissipate into a cloud of icy vapor, containing a bone-chilling cold.
"Go protect the lord!"
One of the guards shouted, and as they were about to return to Paul's side, they suddenly found that their legs could not move. Looking down, they discovered that their legs were frozen, with a thick mass of ice connected to the ground tightly encasing their feet and calves.
The entire restaurant was engulfed in snow and ice. In just a short while, icicles began to hang from the ceiling, and the surrounding walls were covered with thick layers of ice.
"Damn it! The door is frozen shut!"
Paul kicked the door, which was covered with a thick layer of ice, with all his might, but the door did not budge.
A swirling mass of white frost, resembling a miniature blizzard, suddenly appeared above their heads. Without a doubt, it was the terrifying witch who had just vanished.
La Di gritted his teeth, raised his hand as if to do something, but immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes glazed over, and he looked dazed.
In a moment of crisis, Alvis shouted, " Coleridge, isn't that who you're after? Come on, let's go outside and have a duel with this old man!"
He took a step forward, leaving Paul's side and rushing towards the window.
"You think you can escape?" Ice Mist scoffed.
Alvis ran a few steps, but suddenly slipped and fell backward, hitting the back of his head on the ice with a thud and losing consciousness.
He can't escape!
Coleridge decided to deal with Paul and the others first.
The white-haired witch was convinced that if she didn't get rid of this young marquis, he would definitely become a troublesome enemy in the future.
After losing Alvis, she decided to head straight to Aldor, as that was Alvis's destination.
After traversing the Nairodan Corridor and reaching the border between Yellow Map Land and Blackstone Plain, Coleridge happened to encounter an Aldor... Border conflict between soldiers and orc soldiers.
The witch saw it with her own eyes, Aldor The soldiers, in neat formation, used a long-barreled weapon that spits fire to riddle the orcs charging at them with gaping holes.
Despite being well-equipped, valiant, and numerically superior, the orc army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat.
This conflict left a deep impression on the witch.
She used her abilities to observe the Aldor troops stationed on the border as closely as possible.
The final assessment was: they were far superior to ordinary mortal armies. The Ausser Army's appearance, discipline, weaponry, and supplies reached a level that the witch had never seen before.
From the local population, Coleridge learned that the Ausser Army came from Alda in Northwest Bay.
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When she heard the geographical name Northwest Bay, she was taken aback. If she remembered correctly, the last place Barnett, a former member of the Council of Ten, was going to was Northwest Bay, after which she was never heard from again.
In that instant, she had a vague feeling that she could find her target, Alvis, in Northwest Bay.
Coleridge has always trusted his intuition.
As if guided by fate, she came to Northwest Bay, to Alda, to this place undergoing dramatic industrial transformation.
But to Coleridge's great surprise, she encountered her own kind here— Spellcasters, and quite a few of them.
Upon inquiry, it was discovered that the local lord had been secretly sheltering the Spellcaster, which led many wizards suffering from "witch hunts" in other places to relocate to this area.
The white-haired witch was caught in a state of inner turmoil.
On the one hand, she felt she should be happy that the world had gained another ruler who was kind to Spellcaster.
On the other hand, she felt that the world of Spellcaster shouldn't have two attractive centers.
Through observation, Coleridge knew that Alda was a powerful and prosperous territory, politically relaxed, and with little stress, making it a good fit for his fellow Spellcasters who preferred a peaceful, secular life.
If this continues, and the place becomes widely known among the Spellcaster community, it will undoubtedly reduce the appeal of the Gabella Empire, which is controlled by the Arcane Society.
That evening, Coleridge became even more certain that his target was under the protection of the local lord, Paul Greiman.
There was no other way, so the white-haired witch decided to eliminate Marquis Glaeman as well.
The beautiful blonde woman—who appeared to be Glaeman's wife—stabbed him with her sword, but it did not harm him before he could materialize.
She silently chanted the incantation, deciding to deliver the final blow to those below.
Then an accident happened!
Suddenly, a burst of light erupted from the green-haired Spellcaster, and all of them vanished.
Including Coleridge.