Forest of the Frozen king

I entered the forest.

I already knew where I was going.

There was only one place I wanted to reach all this time.

The place where everything had started.

After walking for some time, I finally reached it.

 And I stopped there.

I looked around.

So this is the place.

A strange feeling came over me.

Nostalgic.

“This is where I lost to that damn mutt.”

I looked ahead.

“But this time...”

I clenched my fist.

“It won't happen again.”

I took a deep breath.

“This time, I'll repay you with everything I've got. smirk”

unknowingly I released my mana.

The air around me suddenly became cold.

The temperature dropped so quickly that frost began forming across the ground.

Even the air felt sharp enough to cause frostbite.

I stood there silently.

Waiting.

Come on.

Let's finish what we started.

King Of The Forest Guliath.

I stood there, holding my sword, waiting for my opponent to make the first move.

Waiting for our fated rematch to begin.

Somewhere deep inside a dark cave...

A sleeping beast lay in the darkness.

Nothing moved.

Until suddenly—

Its eyes opened.

A deep voice echoed through the cave.

“Who dares to disturb my slumber?”

The beast slowly rose.

Its enormous body emerged from the darkness.

A reddish-black aura began seeping out from its body.

The pressure was immense.

The cave walls trembled.

The forest outside suddenly became silent.

Even the creatures hiding within it stopped moving.

The beast stepped out of the cave.

Its aura burst violently through the forest.

I felt it.

I slowly raised my head.

A smirk appeared on my face.

“So you finally came out.”

Guliath stepped out from the shadows.

We stood face to face.

Neither of us moved.

His reddish-black aura collided with my freezing mana.

BOOM.

The air between us distorted.

The ground beneath our feet cracked.

Trees bent from the pressure.

The entire forest seemed to tremble beneath the clash of our auras.

Neither of us backed down.

Neither of us looked away.

For a moment...

There were only two beings standing in the forest.

One surrounded by reddish-black darkness.

The other surrounded by freezing cold.

And somewhere far away, in Lionheart...

Ryan suddenly stopped.

He looked toward the forest.

His expression became serious.

“...I think it has begun.”

Suddenly—

Guliath vanished.

I felt a movement behind me.

I turned.

CLANG!

His attack came straight toward me.

I blocked it with my sword.

The impact pushed me back slightly.

I looked at him.

Then I smirked.

“Using the same old party tricks, huh?”

I pushed his attack away.

“Those might have worked on the old me.”

I raised my sword.

“But not anymore.”

I stepped forward.

Guliath suddenly disappeared again.

I stopped.

There.

I smirked.

“Got you.”

I raised my hand.

“Frozen MARK-6B.”

The projectile shot toward Guliath's face.

Guliath reacted instantly.

He twisted his head away.

The projectile passed just beside his face.

BOOM!

It struck the ground behind him.

Guliath landed several meters away.

I looked at him.

“That was close.”

Guliath growled.

I tightened my grip on Silviet.

He avoided it.

So he's faster than before too.

The fight had only just begun.

From then on, Guliath didn't give me a single opening.

Every attack came faster than the previous one.

His claws tore through the air.

I blocked one.

Then another.

And another.

CLANG!

The force behind each strike kept increasing.

He's getting stronger with every attack.

I jumped back.

Guliath immediately followed.

Another claw came toward me.

I blocked it.

The impact pushed me across the ground.

I steadied myself.

But something doesn't make sense.

He wasn't using any intelligent moves.

No tricks.

Just claws.

Again and again.

Like a wild beast.

I looked at him.

“What are you doing, mutt?”

Guliath stopped.

I smirked.

“Got no other moves?”

I raised Silviet.

“Is this all you can do?”

Guliath suddenly lifted his head.

Then—

ROOOOOAAAR!

His roar echoed throughout the forest.

The sky above us suddenly darkened.

Clouds began gathering.

I looked up.

What the...

Dark clouds covered the sky.

Lightning flashed inside them.

Then thunder shook the entire forest.

Guliath's body became surrounded by reddish-black energy.

I stared at him.

He wasn't just creating the thunder clouds.

He was controlling them.

Lightning began gathering around his body.

I tightened my grip on Silviet.

So that's what you were hiding.

A bolt of dark lightning struck the ground beside him.

BOOM!

Guliath looked directly at me.

I smirked.

“Now that's more like it.”

The thunder roared above us.

And the real battle began.

Guliath raised his head.

The dark clouds above us began to crackle.

A bolt of dark lightning suddenly descended toward me.

I jumped to the side.

BOOM!

The lightning struck the ground where I had been standing.

I barely had time to recover.

Another bolt came.

I moved again.

BOOM!

Then another.

I kept dodging.

One after another.

The lightning never stopped.

Again?

Another bolt came straight toward me.

I jumped away.

BOOM!

I landed and immediately felt something behind me.

Guliath.

He was already there.

His claws came toward me.

I blocked them with Silviet.

CLANG!

I was pushed back.

He didn't give me a moment to breathe.

Another lightning strike came from above.

I dodged it.

I kept moving.

Wait...

I suddenly stopped.

This isn't random.

I looked at Guliath.

He wasn't simply attacking me.

He was forcing me to move.

Every lightning strike was pushing me toward the position he wanted.

I'm playing right into his hands.

I jumped backward and created some distance.

Guliath stared at me.

I smiled.

“So that's your game.”

I raised my hand.

“Then let's stop playing.”

I gathered my mana.

The air around me froze.

A massive amount of ice energy condensed in front of me.

“Frozen MARK-50 Neo.”

The 4 projectiles shot forward.

But this time...

I wasn't aiming at Guliath's body.

I aimed at the ground around him.

The ice exploded outward.

Frozen energy spread across the battlefield.

Guliath tried to move.

But the ice caught his feet.

Then his legs.

Then the rest of his body.

His movement stopped.

I lowered my hand.

“Got you.”

Guliath growled.

For the first time since the battle began...

I had stopped him.

“Alright, pup.”

I raised my hand.

“I'll end this with this attack.”

I looked at Guliath, still trapped in the ice.

“Shame I wasn't able to use the special attack to counter you.”

I gathered my mana.

“IDBM.”

Increased Destruction Ballistic Missile.

A massive block of ice formed high above us.

It descended from the sky.

I looked at Guliath.

“It's over.”

The ice crashed down.

BOOOOOOM!

The entire forest shook.

Dust and ice covered everything around us.

I stood there, watching the smoke slowly clear.

Well... I won.

I turned around.

Then stopped.

There was nothing.

No body.

No Guliath.

“...What?”

I looked around.

Where did he go?

Before I could react—

SLASH!

A sharp claw struck me from behind.

“Gah—!”

The force launched me through the air.

I couldn't even regain my balance.

I flew several meters before—

BOOM!

My body crashed into a tree.

The tree shook violently from the impact.

I fell to the ground.

What... just happened?

I slowly raised my head.

Guliath was standing in the distance.

Still alive.

And looking completely unharmed.

I stared at him.

So that's why...

He wasn't trapped.

He was waiting for me to lower my guard.

I slowly stood up.

My body hurt.

But I wasn't done.

I raised my hand.

“Frozen MK-50 Neo.”

One projectile formed.

I kept firing.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ice projectiles flew toward Guliath one after another.

Ten.

Twenty.

Thirty.

I kept going.

Nearly forty Frozen MK-50 Neo projectiles covered the battlefield.

Guliath moved through them, dodging some and destroying others.

But I didn't stop.

I kept firing until the entire area was filled with ice.

Then I lowered my hand and released silviet.

I raised the other.

A familiar sword appeared.

Persephone.

I held it tightly.

I looked at Guliath.

“It's about time.”

I pointed the sword toward him.

“We play serious.”

I drove Persephone into the ground.

The temperature around us suddenly dropped.

The ground froze.

The trees froze.

The air itself seemed to become still.

Then the ice began spreading outward.

World of Ice — Kokytus.

The entire battlefield transformed.

A vast territory of freezing ice surrounded us.

The temperature dropped to a bone-chilling level.

Every breath turned into white mist.

Ice covered the ground in every direction.

I stood at the center.

I could feel my Frozen magic responding to the environment.

The colder it became...

The easier it was for me to form ice.

I looked at Guliath.

“This is my battlefield now.”

The ice beneath my feet moved.

New formations began appearing around me.

I tightened my grip on Persephone.

“Inside Kokytus...”

I looked directly at him.

“...I make the rules.”

Guliath suddenly stopped.

I could feel it.

The atmosphere around him changed.

A massive amount of magic began gathering inside his mouth.

I stared at him.

So he's serious now.

I tightened my grip on Persephone.

The same thought crossed my mind.

Let's end this.

Neither of us moved.

We had both decided.

One attack.

The next attack would decide everything.

Guliath opened his mouth.

The dark energy inside it grew larger and larger.

Then—

ROOOOOAR!

A massive breath attack was released.

It came straight toward me.

There was no curve.

No trick.

It was aimed directly at me.

I planted my feet.

“Persephone.”

I raised the sword.

The attack collided with the blade.

The force pushed me backward.

The ground beneath my feet shattered.

But I didn't let go.

I redirected the attack.

The massive breath split around me and tore through the frozen battlefield behind me.

I lowered Persephone.

Now.

I raised my hand.

“Frozen MK-50 Neo.”

One.

Two.

Then more.

The projectiles formed rapidly around me.

I fired them all.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

One after another, the Frozen MK-50 Neo projectiles tore through the battlefield toward Guliath.

He tried to move.

But the projectiles kept coming.

The entire battlefield disappeared beneath ice and snow.

I didn't stop.

Then I raised Persephone.

The sword began to glow with freezing energy.

I looked directly at Guliath.

“This is the last one.”

I stepped forward.

And delivered one final strike.

SLASH.

For a moment...

Everything became silent.

The battlefield stood completely still.

I remained there, holding Persephone.

Guliath stood opposite me.

Neither of us moved.

Then—

The ice around us began to crack.

Guliath fell first.

His massive body crashed into the frozen ground.

BOOM.

The ice beneath him cracked.

I remained standing for a moment.

Then my strength finally left me.

I dropped to my knees.

My breathing was heavy.

I looked at Guliath.

The King of the Forest was defeated.

For a moment, everything was silent.

Then—

That was the day history was made.

The King of the Forest, Guliath...

The beast that had ruled the depths of the forest for countless years...

Had finally been defeated.

And from that day onward, the forest where the battle took place would no longer be known by its old name.

It would be remembered as—

THE FOREST OF THE FROZEN KING