Card Master Guide.

Chapter 178 The Lonely Queen of the North

Northern Islands, along the coast of the Ice Ocean.

Entering a vast frozen ocean, a large number of seabirds fly across the sky.

Greenland whales emerge from the cold sea, and dozing seals lie on floating ice floes.And on the islands along the coast, polar bears are watching.

Caribou gallop past the snow-white taiga.The local Inuit rode on the backs of reindeer, wore animal fur coats, and drove back to the village under the guidance of hounds.

Hearing the frantic barking of hounds, the villagers walked out of the low stone house in the ice and snow, and saw the anxious messenger sitting on the back of the reindeer.

"Monster!" The messenger shouted loudly, "At the end of the horizon, a large group of monsters appeared!"

There are numerous and extremely vicious monsters living in the ocean.Most of them are grotesque and bulky, and some have intelligence no less than that of human beings.

Affected by the magnetic field of the Arctic, giant monsters over [-] meters in the Arctic Ocean, such as deep-sea giant crabs, overlord squid, and killer whales, will march towards the coast of the ice ocean from time to time.

Therefore, every year in the Northland country, more than a dozen whaling ships will be killed, nearly a thousand seafarers will be killed, and the loss of coastal villages will be countless.

In this cruel and unpredictable world of ice and snow, once someone lights a fire, the local village will regard it as "hope".

He will carry his parents, elders, lover... Carrying all hopes, he will go to the northern imperial capital "Thousand Winter City", join the army of Augustus the Great, and sacrifice everything to save the people in this ice and snow country.

Hearing the messenger's words, the village chief's face turned ashen. He turned his head and yelled strange syllables towards the small village of less than five families. Then, pots, pans and pans sounded. Women wrapped their heads in thick towels and fur wrapped furniture, dragging children to escape in a hurry .

Snow fell in the coniferous forest, and the fleeing team left footprints one deep and one shallow.

Most of them are the elderly and women, and most of the young and middle-aged are far away from the village.

When the fleeing team arrives at a new location, they will build low houses with stones and mud, and some simply use ice and snow to build temporary housing, and migrate again when disaster strikes.

"Ivan! Ivan!" cried the woman anxiously.

The boy, who has a common name, is only about 10 years old, short in stature, with straight black hair and a face with a broad nose.But his eyes were as blue as the sea, and shone with a desire rare among local residents.

Ivan broke free from the woman's pull, and ran along the path that was waded through the snow when he came here. He tripped over a dead branch and smashed it into the snow pit, and the woman's cry came from behind:

"Ivan... What are you going to do, Ivan! Be good and escape with us!"

Ivan grabbed a handful of snow, turned his head and said harshly to his mother:
"I'm not a child anymore! I lit the fire!" He showed the fire in his palm to the stunned villagers. "I want to join the army of Emperor Augustus! I want to save you all!"

The fleeing team was forced to stop, and the messenger rode the reindeer back to the back. Looking at the red-eyed mother and son who were confronting each other, he said in a blunt tone:
"Ignite the tinder... it's just the beginning... You can only be counted as the first level... Those monsters are all above the sixth level..."

Ivan bowed his head in silence, and his mother raised her rough and wide palms high, and in the end just lightly placed them on Ivan's cheeks, crying:

"Come with us, okay? After you settle down, I'll sell everything and let you go to Thousand Winter City..."

Ivan looked at his mother's tattered package and said loudly, "Your stuff! It's not enough to support yourself!"

"I can ask others, borrow money from them, find the village chief, find, find the messenger..."

Everyone whose mother looked at them silently looked away.She puffed out her chest again and said proudly:

"I can still work. When you are in Thousand Winters, I can wash clothes for others..."

Ivan's eyes were red, he thought it was time for him to leave, and vented:

"I can take care of myself!"

He ran along the snow-covered path, stumbled and quickly disappeared into the white world of fluttering snowflakes.

The woman's eyes were slack, and a piece of her heart seemed to be missing. Her eyes moved away from the villagers, as if she was asking them what happened just now.Everyone just keeps their heads down.

They also want to fund Ivan and let him go to Thousand Winters.But that is a lot of travel expenses, I am afraid that several families will have to risk their lives from starvation and freezing in exchange for a card master who does not know when he will come back.

The stable village will definitely help Ivan, but when the villagers are too busy to take care of themselves, they can only pray to Indra, the "lord of elements and nature", to show Ivan his favor.

Ivan's back had disappeared, and the woman suddenly burst into tears, knelt down in the direction where the child was running, and murmured:

"I beg you to bless this child... Augustus the Great... Indra, the Lord of Nature..."

Arctic Ocean.

The killer horned whale jumped out of the water with a "boom", setting off huge waves, the eyes of the 300-meter-high overlord squid showed red light, and the big-headed fish opened its ferocious mouth.

They were originally spiritual creatures bred from the world in the deep sea, but they were polluted by the breath of "doomsday", and while growing into strange shapes, they were full of desire to destroy.

Boom! !

One of the tentacles of the Overlord Squid lashed at the surface of the sea, smashing the ice floes, and blasting ice edges and huge waves hundreds of feet high.

Ivan stood on the coast not far from the village, his face was pale, his teeth chattered.

He heard people talk about the horrors of the deep sea monsters, but he never thought that they were all like dirty and ugly demons.

It's like... not a creature created by the Creator, but more like an alien invader.

Although I ignited the fire, my family can't afford a card, and if I stay, it will only drag my mother down...

So, I'm going to come here.

Standing on the coast of the turbulent ice ocean, Ivan trembled all over when he saw the hideous and terrifying giant, and a cluster of flames swayed in his heart.

It's not for courting death... it's for waiting, the fleet from Thousand Winters City!
Ivan heard a story from a tramp, saying that whenever the dangers of the Northland Kingdom come, the fleet built by the card master from Qiandong City will arrive as scheduled.

This fleet is invincible, not only because their leader is Emperor Augustus, but more importantly, their homeland is behind them, and they will not take half a step back.

Bang! !

The deep-sea giant crab smashed its giant pincers towards the ice floe, and the ice edge splashed, and the seals jumped into the water one after another to escape.

The surface of the sea was soaked in a pool of bright red blood—the Greenland whale was seriously injured, and it raised its head and let out a mournful cry.

The Overlord Squid's indifferent eyeballs rolled, staring at the trembling Ivan on the bank, and raised a tentacles high.

Ivan closed his eyes tightly. At this moment, he heard a cold and majestic order:
"Side fire!!"

boom! !

A majestic and ferocious heat wave erupted from the side of the battleship, and the four large-caliber main guns fired in turn, blasting brilliant sparks on the deep-sea monster.

For a moment, the flames shot up into the sky, gunpowder smoke and rusty blood floated in the icy ocean, and the continuous rumble sounded like the wrath of Thor, stirring the entire sky and ocean.

Ivan opened his eyes in disbelief.

This is a fleet, from the guardian of Thousand Winter City, the Northern Fleet.

The small ships guarding the main ship were like a scattered pack of wolves, aiming at smaller monsters and bombarding them with torpedoes and ammunition.

And on the deck of the main ship, Emperor Augustus stood proudly.Her eyes are as cold as glaciers, she is wearing a white navy suit, and her long blue hair is flying under the white navy cap.

"The seventh-order overlord squid."

Augustus whispered: "Not bad, it's worth my shot."

Stretching out her hand, her dark blue fire burst out a cluster of cold source power, and then manifested a spear that was as bright as a shooting star and was enough to shock the world.

This spear looks very much like the eternal spear held by the god Odin in mythology, Kungunir!
Emperor Augustus held a long spear and threw it vigorously. The tip of the spear touched the sea surface, and the source of icy cold spread, freezing the entire sea in an instant!
Leaping forward, he tapped the handle of the gun with his toes and kicked it. Augustus held the handle of the gun that flew back, and moved quickly on the ice.

Ivan opened his mouth wide in a daze.

The whole world seemed to be sealed in ice. The spear condensed extremely cold ice crystals, and then thunder exploded suddenly.Converging the dual elements of ice and lightning, the spear is thrown out.At this moment, it is as if the divine punishment of Indra, the 'lord of nature and elements', descended on the frozen ocean.

Boom! !

Pale electric lights danced wantonly on the sea surface, and biting snowflakes fell under the lead-colored sky.

The ice gradually melted, and the fleet formed by the ferocious steel beasts stood ready on the sea surface, the steel shell reflecting the brilliance of the sun setting in the clouds.

Augustus was walking on the sea, her waist-length blue hair swaying slightly. Every time she took a step, a piece of ice floe formed under her high boots.

Behind her, the giant monster that covered the sky and the sun was either frozen and torn apart, or was blasted into ashes.The corpse turned into light particles and floated into the sky.

Augustus stared up and listened to the warm cheers erupting from the Northern Fleet. There was no joy in his heart, only a trace of loneliness.

The breath of doom is getting closer...

I am also bound to grope alone on the road to the sanctuary.

After counting the battlefield and casualties, Ivan was brought before Augustus by the officers.

After listening to the cause and effect, she said coldly:

"Are you going to join the Northern Fleet?"

Ivan was nervous for a while, then nodded tremblingly: "Yes."

Augustus put it succinctly:

"Send it to the academy. Also, support his family."

"understand!"

The officer bowed his head and took Ivan away, whispering to Ivan on the way:
"Where do you come from?"

Ivan reported out of the house, and a smile appeared on the officer's stern face:
"It doesn't matter, my family is also poor. But Mrs. Augustus, regardless of her background, as long as you are capable enough, you can get her approval."

The cold sea breeze blew Augustus's long blue hair.She stands on the deck, watching a seal dozing on an ice floe.

Augustus flung a card.The naive polar bear landed on the ice floe and drooled towards the seal.

This is her most trusted partner, a female snow bear with the power of thunder, originally called 'polar bear'.

But at the suggestion of the consul Anna, Augustus named it 'Diana', which means the goddess of hunting.

"Woo!" The seal was vigilant, trying to jump into the sea with its belly fat, but the polar bear grabbed its hind flippers.

The natural enemies of seals include killer whales, polar bears, and great white sharks... It can be said that "leopards cry with their heads" to be favored by so many bigwigs.

"Lord Augustus."

"What's the matter?" Augustus turned his head and saw her consul Anna standing respectfully.

"Are you sure you want to participate in the [World Series] in the second half of the year?"

"It's just a plan." Augustus said, "I heard that Central Continent, as the organizer, will come up with mythical objects, which are related to the eighth level. Even I am looking forward to it."

Anna nodded thoughtfully, and immediately said:

"Over there in the source world, there is a card master named 'Epee Man' who wants to make an appointment with you for a duel."

"Well, what's the strength?"

Augustus never despised others because of her birth, nor would she reject others because of the arrogance of the emperor.As long as the opponent shows enough strength, she can win her attention.

"According to the source world, he is a seventh-level card master. But he sent an email to your public mailbox, which mentioned [Sanctuary]."

"Sanctuary..."

Augustus' eyes changed slightly, his chin was clasped with a white gloved hand, he pondered for a long time, and nodded slightly:

"Let's meet him."

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