In a mere ten hours, the Blazing Ice Viper would awaken.
Once the night passed, the viper, driven to a certain location, would burst forth from the earth, unleashing the brutal power of etheric creatures upon the world.
The atmosphere in the Red Frost territory began to churn with an increasingly unnatural pressure, and in an unknown region and time, an extraordinary battle of great significance was about to commence.
As the net tightened, everything progressed in the direction Ansel had hoped for, except...
Except for one crucial decision he had yet to make.
The battle against the Blazing Ice Viper was a grand stage he had prepared for Seraphina, a declaration to the empire, the world, and even fate itself that Ansel of Hydral would officially step into the torrent of the era.
However, at this critical juncture, Seraphina had not yet achieved the third stage, and confronting the Blazing Ice Viper was undoubtedly a fanciful tale.
