"Damnit… what the hell was that? Some freezing attack?!" Crimson woke back up along with the rest of the Phantom Mutiny who were dazed from the last attack.
"Yes. She managed to capture us inside their last attack in their Aspiration Domain. It wasn't magic but rather Datasets being used, it's why your level Infinity item didn't work." Emerald stood in front of the unconscious Phantom Mutiny with dark foggy eyes that eliminated all threats that came their way, "Are you all alright?"
Christopher rose from the ground, dusting himself off, "You're using your Phantom Eyes, Emerald, has the battle gotten that serious?"
"Well, it was serious from the start… however," Turning back around to face the battle, she placed her hand against her hip, "This is something only the Great Kings can handle at the moment."
Minegishi rose up from the ground, sighing, "Aaahhh… talk about being useless." He proclaimed, scratching the back of his head.
"From what I can gather, the Frost Queen they're fighting now is a collection of them fused into one." Said Emerald.
"A collection? You mean… it created clones or something?" Crimson approached the fallen angel, standing by her side.
"Well yes, and no. It summoned its other selves from across the multiverse and combined them into one. For all we know… its power is far greater than what we can handle." Responded Emerald, shocking the entire group.
"That's fucking nuts!" Shouted Minegishi, "How are they supposed to deal with something like that?!"
"It's Emperor, Kuma. Not to mention Angelica and Lucifer are with him. Put your faith into their strength." Christopher grinned, reassuring his team that everything would be fine.
Everyone nodded at Sandman's words as Crimson lifted his hand into the air, summoning the Phantom Mutiny's flag.
"Christopher's right. We need to put our trust in our friends! Angelica and Emperor won't fail us. They never have, so it's not time to start believing that they will!" Sticking the flag into the ground empowered the entirety of the Guild.
It was a special flag, crafted from the emotions, and willpower of the Phantom Mutiny.
The flag was known as the Mutiny Flag. It boosts their stats exponentially, granting the entire Guild higher resistances, and an exceeding increase to their health.
I could feel it. My stats rising to newer levels.
This is what we needed.
Me, Angelica, and Lucifer were fighting the Fused Frost Queen, battling her on equal terms.
I swung my blade, but she clashed with her own made of ice, parrying Excalibur to the side. Angelica jabbed her spear into the Primordial's side, however, she grew an extra arm to capture the angel, trapping her inside its hand.
Lucifer dove down, decapitating the Queen's arm, and freeing Angelica, but it wasn't enough. The primordial grew two extra limbs, managing to trap both Angelica and Lucifer in its palms. I teleported into the sky, casting a magic circle below me, "Judgement Null!" Using S-Tier Arcane magic, it bestows a powerful force onto the target, bypassing their defenses, and breaking down the intended object into smaller parts.
Both of its arms were shredded into pieces of ice which freed them both.
Angelica retaliated, creating a dozen clones of herself. They all surrounded the Primordial, chanting in unison, "Paradox Zero!"
"What?!" The Primordial was shook, it felt itself rooted in place, unable to move any of its limbs. It wasn't the spell that did this, but sheer fear.
Paradox Zero is one of the strongest S-Tier spells in Arcane Magic. It creates a paradox that contradicts logic and common sense. The Frost Queen intended to kill us, but now it was being bombarded with countless attacks from Angelica.
One, two, three, four, one hundred, two hundred, two thousand, three thousand.
Angelica and her clones assaulted the Frost Queen with punches and kicks, surrounding their fists in Void Nebula to deal extra damage.
They constantly increased their attacks and raised their potency.
"Gaaaaaahhh!" The Primordial stumbled backward, feeling its regeneration halted, "Impossible… I can't heal?!"
Void Nebula was nothing to take lightly. It destroyed the Primordial's regeneration, now giving us the advantage.
"Damnit!!!"
The Frost Queen was visibly frustrated. After Angelica used Paradox Zero, she landed an infinite number of strikes in finite time, but without moving. Something that defied common sense. It was impossible for the Primordial to predict her strikes if she couldn't even see them in the first place.
"Primeval Technique: Dismemberment!"
Conjoining four arms together, the Primordial performed its next technique, but we were prepared for such an outcome.
"Lucifer, Angelica!" I shouted their name to which they nodded.
"Let's do this." Said the blissful angel.
"Yeah, right behind you." Muttered Lucifer.
"Hey… what are they doing?! Can't they see the Primordial about to unleash another Primeval Technique?!" Crimson watched from afar with the rest.
"I'm unsure… but let's not give up hope just yet." Emerald was nervous, and so was everyone else.
They couldn't explain what was happening.
They expected the Great Kings to move out of the way, but they refused.
"Master! We have returned!" A voice was heard from afar as Carmine and Florian were shown running toward the Phantom Mutiny.
"Carmine, you're back!" Crimson turned his attention towards the small Fox as she jumped into his arms, forcing him to catch her.
"I'm sorry for my late arrival master! Forgive me."
"Don't worry about it, I'm glad you're doing alright. I bet you kicked ass!"
"Of course, of course! I kicked plenty of the ass."
Carmine rubbed her head underneath his chin, snuggling with him.
"U-Uhm…" Florian nervously stood there, timid as usual, but she asked, "Where is… Lucia?"
Christopher glanced at her, grinning, "Oh, she's out there gaining more Snow Crests, and helping the players survive."
"B-But why would she do that by herself?!" Asked Florian.
"She wanted to prove herself to me, so I told her if she came back with the most crests, she would earn my respect. Such a thing is simple, no?"
"B-But it's dangerous! You saw what those things can do!"
"Do you honestly believe that joining the Phantom Mutiny is something that should be easy?! She's lucky that I gave her the simple task of earning my respect. Usually, it'll take killing an Ancient Dragon such as Fenrir to gain my admiration, you timid child."
Emerald turned around, gazing at Christopher with a wide smile, "My my, are you sure that's the case? Usually, a hot man would be enough to gain your respect. One with royal clothes perhaps?"
Christopher crossed his arms at Emerald's words, rolling his eyes to the side, "Read the atmosphere, Equinox…"
"Child…" Carmine jumped out of Crimson's arms, landing on the snow, "Your friend will be alright, do not fret. You mentioned to me that she has experience in Isekai World Online, so have a little faith in her."
"Lady Carmine… b-but I…" She looked down, nervous from her words, "I can't help but worry… if I lose Lucia, then I'll have nobody left…"
"Florian…" Carmine looked down, heaving a worried sigh.
***
The snow rustled silently as an arm protruded from beneath, patting the ground a few times.
Eventually, a second arm also stuck out from below until the individual pulled themselves from the cold underground.
They took a heavy breath, regaining their oxygen as they patted the snow off their body.
It was none other than Pocchi.
"Hey… Robert! Where the hell are you, crazy bastard?!" Pocchi dropped to his knees, shoveling the snow with his hands, "C'mon, can you hear me? Give me a sign!" He desperately searched far and wide, looking for something, but found nothing.
"That damn fool is too crazy to die… I know he's here somewhere. We were captured in that Primeval Technique and submerged under the snowstorm. Luckily the Phantom Mutiny showed up in enough time to set up that barrier." Pocchi sat on his ass, looking down in shame, "The irony in that. My own enemies are helping me… hahaha, that's fucking rich! I'm a piece of shit."
"Mmmmn—Mmmnghh!!"
"Hah?!" Pocchi looked around, hearing a muffled sound.
"Mnnnnn, Mmmmmn!!!"
"Woah, hey, Robert?! Is that you?" Pocchi stood up from the ground, realizing he was sitting on him the whole time, "Holy shit man, you're alive! That's great!"
Robert's arm stuck up from the ground, desperately begging for help.
"Oh, right! Don't worry, I'll get your ass outta there. Hold on tight."
***
A magical disc spun around our waists as runes were inscribed inside of them, holding our magical power.
We Great Kings were no fools. We sealed away our true strength long ago, as our existence was too much for this world. Merely existing unbalanced the universe, and four-dimensional space off its axis. We were feared greatly.
Thus, we all decided to keep our powers in check and seal it into a magical formula.
This formula took weeks to prepare, even for someone like us.
We call it…
"Monarch Drive!" (All)
The Magical disc around us expanded greatly, covering the entirety of the sky. Mine was Red, Angelica's was Blue, and Lucifer's was Purple.
They rotated clockwise, constantly spinning until they eventually stopped.
"It's done." I muttered under my breath, crossing my arms with a wide smile, "Kuhahahaha! Your time has come to an end, Primordial!"
The Magical discs vanished from our bodies, releasing our hidden power that it kept sealed away for far too long.
The world… No- the universe shook. Everything throughout the entirety of the cosmos was trembling.
"Emperor!" Angelica and Lucifer called out my name.
"You wanna do the honors?!" Angelica asked me.
"Of course," I responded.
They focused all of their magical power on my body, fueling me with the necessary amount to summon my ultimate weapon.
"…Such power… how can beings like you exist within this world? The world of God?! It's not right… it's not right!!" The Primordial started losing hope, even with its Primeval Technique activated, but even that had been nullified from our sheer mana alone.
"I'll summon my King Grade Weapon, Overlord!"