Chapter 624: Deep Winter War: The Avatars (conclusion) (1/2)

Both Beta and Wind appeared behind the Ice Goddess, their backstab nearly mirroring each other.

[Dual Chain][Backstab]

Combination Successful.

Wind has followed up Ronnie's attack with a Significant Strike.

[Backstab][First Strike]

Combination partially successful.

Beta has landed a critical strike on Khione.

Beta has landed a normal attack on Khione.

/Dagger: Nix: Release your grip and push her hard!

Morti unclamped his jaws and slammed both paws into the chest of the Ice Goddess; at the same time, Nix pulled in the opposite direction.

/Dagger: Nix: Now!

Sharl charged in when the Ice Goddess collapsed to the ground. Unfortunately, it lasted only an instant. A wave of Khione's staff turned the charging tank into a solid block of ice.

Nix cussed loudly and jumped to one side as the Ice Goddess targeted him.

[Tainted Ice Spikes: Salvo][Ice Domain]

[Critical Interrupt!]

Thousands of foot-long pins were blasted apart in a blur of silver and gold. Her blades moved faster than the eye could follow as the peerless blademaster blocked all the spikes that had been heading toward Nix.

[A second domain may not be established while with the confines of another. Thus, Semmi's Shadow Domain takes precedence.]

Chiba stared across the distance at the Ice Goddess while swiping her blade in the air. ”You're not allowed to touch my lovely Apprentice, ugly woman.”

Sharl has been poisoned.

Donri has been poisoned.

Beta has been poisoned.

Semmi has been poisoned.

Fajii has been poisoned.

Wind has been poisoned.

Morti has resisted Khione's attack.

Pon has resisted Khione's attack.

Nix morphed into his Archon form and pushed Emerald Fury Flames into his bone hilts.

/Family: Nix: Do it now.

The Ice under Khione erupted upward; the Ice Goddess was tossed into the air as several feet of frozen water was blasted into a mist.

[Sonic Boom][Water Shackles]

Combination Successful.

Four strands of water rose up out of the lake before wrapping themselves around the arms and legs of the Ice Goddess. A jade-colored figure with quills on her head stood calmly with both arms outstretched.

[Balefire: Hex][Dread Fire: Inferno]

Combination Successful!

Pon has landed a Significant Strike on Khione.

Pon has landed a Mortal blow on Khione.

Nix banked towards the Ice Goddess just as Khione was chanting another spell. ”Too late!”

[Execution: Advanced]

Nix's blades sliced in a complex x-shape as his form blurred past the Ice Goddess.

Nix has slain Khione. [Fourth Avatar].

/Dagger: Nix: She's down. How's the poison?

/Dagger: Sharl: It has a paralytic effect, but it runs out in a few more minutes.

/Dagger: Nix: Those unaffected, stay here and guard the others.

Soup emerged from the cold depths of Lake Bachoni; the quills on her head were glowing with a deep aquamarine color. She immediately spotted Morti and Nix and ran towards them.

Eron cleansed Fajii of the Tainted Ice poison and then proceeded to cure the rest of Dagger group. The addition of the rat army quickly proved too much for the depleted forces of the Ice Goddess and, with the help of the allied Titans, quickly dispatched the rest of them. The black fox leaped nimbly onto Nix's shoulder while its dark eyes scanned the battlefield. ”Killing Khione didn't change Deep Winter.”

Nix rubbed the tiny fox's head out of habit, his sharp eyes picking up Del as she bounded toward them. ”We couldn't target her General. Maybe Vorn is still alive?”

/Family: Nix: Where did Vorn go?

/Family: Fey: He's dead.

/Family: Nix: He is? Where's the corpse?

/Family: Fey: His legs are somewhere on the battlefield; the rest of him is in my stomach. When Khione died, he tried to escape.

Pon stood next to Nix, both of them wearing sour expressions when the number of casualties became apparent.

/Inferno: Jun Li: Did we come to a dead-end in this quest?

The silver dragon landed a few meters away from Nix before quickly changing into her human mage form. She smiled pleasantly at her friends before hugging Nix.

/Inferno: Nansu: There's a light near the trading post.

/Breach Commander Nix: Breach our Air Forces back to Haven. We'll address our casualties after we investigate.

/Breach Commander Mtui: Right away.