Chapter 12

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Zhang Yun could take a stroll inside the dungeon.

He might gain something!

Zhang Yun wanted to see if he could defeat the ‘BOSS’ faster than the man with a giant sword and obtain the reward for clearing the dungeon. He could also dig up some valuable herbs and ores in the middle of the dungeon.

If Zhang Yun couldn’t win, then he would just use the life-saving item handed by the school to retreat quickly.

In any case, Zhang Yun was a Level 1 Novice Priest who had just changed his class yesterday afternoon.

Zhang Yun didn’t feel ashamed.

Hence, Zhang Yun threw his suitcase into the flower bed next to him and ran to the red portal. Like a national hurdler, he jumped in with a whoosh.

[System Notice: You have entered the Time-Limited Invasion Dungeon!]

[System Notice: The ‘Return Bone Fragment’ was detected within your possessions. You could use the fragment to return to reality immediately, but you would lose all the items you obtained here!]

[WARNING: This Invasion Event would connect to the real world in 9 minutes and 2 seconds. By then, all the monsters inside would receive attribute enhancement and replicate. Please be careful!]

“Hah! I’ll be able to see my first shadow wife soon! I’m so nervous!”

Zhang Yun raised his right hand and drew a strange symbol in the air according to the system’s skill prompt. A strange black mist gathered behind him and gradually turned into a black iron door that was slowly opening.

[System Notice: You are about to summon Shadow Hero ‘Fjolm’!]

[System Notice: You have obtained the detailed panel information of Fjolm!]

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[Name: Fjolm]

[Holy Spear of Ice (Unlocked): Increases the power of all ice element skills by 10%. If you cooperate with other professionals with similar titles in battle, the power of your ice element skills will be increased by an additional 10% for every other ‘Ice XXX’.]

[Silver Wolf (Locked) (Level 5 Required): Increases movement speed by 5%. If you cooperate with a professional with the same title in battle, an additional 5% movement speed will be increased for every other ‘Silver Wolf’. ]

[Level: Level 1 (C-level Experience Conversion Rate)]

[Class: Winter Knight (Mage Knight with Ice Element) ]

[Attributes: Strength (C+), Constitution (C), Spirit (C+), Agility (C+)]

[Overall Evaluation: B-grade]

[Weapon: Ice Spear and Cold Iron (Level 1 Specialized) (1-star Bronze) – Improvement is possible. The highest forging level will be the same as the user’s level.]

[Equipment: Royal Knight Equipment (Level 1) (Full Defense Set) (1-star Bronze) – It is unable to improve. The highest forging is Level 5.]

[Winter Has Arrived (Synchronized with the level of specialized martial arts): (Active Skill) It rapidly lowers the temperature of a large area around you. It will continuously freeze every enemy in the affected area and cause high ice element damage until the effect of the skill ends.]

[Ice Guard (LV1): Summon an ice shield to protect a target. After blocking a large amount of damage, the shield will shatter and explode, causing an AoE ice elemental damage and slowing down enemies who are hit by the ice elemental damage. (You may deliberately shatter the shield to cause an explosion.)]

[Freezing Spear (LV1): The tip of the spear is covered with the power of ice. It will cause a series of ice elemental damage to the enemy and freeze them for two seconds. Thereafter, the subsequent explosion will cause AoE ice elemental damage and slow down all enemies who are hit by the second series of damage. (You can dispel the freezing effect in advance and cause the second series of AoE damage.)]

[Description: A female knight from the Ice Kingdom. She is willing to offer her soul and body to the Great Shadow Lord and become a Shadow Hero.]

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“Lord Monarch, the Knight Captain of the Ice Kingdom, Fjolm, reporting for duty!”

After hearing her words, Zhang Yun turned around and watched the towering female knight walk out of the black gate.

Fjolm’s appearance was exactly the same as in his memory.

She had long blue and white hair, blue eyes like the ocean, and a blue crystal pendant on her ear. Her skin was fair and smooth. She resembled Snow White and looked as though she just walked out of a fairy tale.

But…

There was a slight difference.

The snowy-velvet coat made of white wolf fur and the gray leather armor inside for self-defense had all disappeared.

In their place were a tight-fitting, sexy blue short skirt and chain mail, a white hooded cloak that could cover her hair and forehead, and a pair of snow-covered furry short boots that exposed her long white legs…

Eh?

Was this a knight’s suit?

Wasn’t being covered in more armor better?

If knights exposed their two porcelain legs and were stabbed by a knife, wouldn’t they lose a lot of health?

Fjolm should at least wear white silk stockings!

Zhang Yun could not help but cough.

However, the combination did look good.

In particular, the special ice spear in Fjolm’s hand was white and long.

Zhang Yun really wanted to touch it and pinch it…

Stop!

Stop!

The abominable creatures inside the dungeon were still threatening the safety of the innocent citizens!

Zhang Yun should promote justice!

He must immediately destroy these evil creatures!

How could Zhang Yun daydream at such a critical moment?

While Zhang Yun was thinking, the gnolls wandering in the Time-Limited Invasion Dungeon had already noticed him and Fjolm. The gnolls raised their weapons and cursed in a language that no one could understand. Then, they took the initiative to rush forward.

Seeing this, Fjolm stood in front of Zhang Yun and hit the head of the charging gnolls with a freezing spear.

‘Zila!’

With a muffled sound of glass being frozen, the body of one of the gnolls hit by the ice spear quickly crystallized and turned into a strange-shaped ice sculpture. After a short delay, the ice on the affected gnoll’s body exploded like a time bomb and spilled over to the other charging gnolls.

The rest of the gnolls simultaneously received damage from the ice element and were given a speed-reduction effect that lasted for a few seconds. They became extremely slow, like a turtle in a race.

Seeing this, Zhang Yun instantly understood Fjolm’s battle strategy.

When the enemies rushed over, they were all gathered together. As long as Fjolm dispelled the freezing effect of the freezing spear skill in advance, the second series of explosion damage could hit all the enemies.

In contrast, if Fjolm rushed to freeze the nearby gnolls for 2 seconds, she would be able to kill them. However, by the time the ice created by the ‘Freezing Spear’ exploded, the other gnolls would have long distanced themselves from the unlucky gnolls who were crystallized and rushed to Zhang Yun’s and Fjolm’s faces.

The resulting minimal AoE explosion from not dispelling the freezing effect wouldn’t hit the rest of the gnolls at all. By then, not only would Fjolm fail to damage the gnolls, but she would also be unable to slow down the group of enemies.

Zhang Yun could not help but exclaim, “Tsk! Awesome!”

“This level of perception, coupled with her strength… Isn’t it just a casual kill in this Level 3 Time-Limited Dungeon?”

Upon hearing Zhang Yun, Fjolm suddenly turned her head and said quickly, “Lord Monarch, please leave this place as soon as possible. I haven’t been here for long. My power hasn’t recovered yet, and I do not recall how to fight properly. Soon, I will lose control over these monsters.”

Fjolm continued, “Lord Monarch, if these monsters get close to you, it will be difficult to handle. They might hurt you. But if Lord Monarch wants to test my strength… Please return after I have completely eliminated the threat and these dangerous, strange demi-human creatures in this place.”

Zhang Yun’s expression was like [o_O???].

Eh?

What the hell?

Were all Shadow Heroes intelligent individuals with self-awareness and past memories?

The Shadow Heroes were not puppets devoid of thoughts?!

F*ck!

Was Fjolm actually alive?

A living Big Sister Silver Wolf?

That couldn’t be the case, right?

Zhang Yun’s shadow wife had become a three-dimensional woman?!

Ah, what was this?

It wasn’t that the three-dimensional female knight with fair skin and long legs wasn’t good.

If Zhang Yun was merely facing a shadow puppet that had no self-consciousness, he could command the other party as he pleased, make them climb mountains of blades, dive into seas of fire, and block blades for him. The Shadow Heroes were pure tools that Zhang Yun could discard after use.

However, if the other party was a real person with self-awareness and past memories…

They were similar to heroic spirits.

Zhang Yun couldn’t do it.

Fjolm was a beautiful long-legged mature lady with 100% loyalty as a female knight. She had even gone through life and death with Zhang Yun. How could Zhang Yun treat the other party like a tool he could manipulate?

Furthermore…

Fjolm was a human being.

Food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation all cost money.

In the future, Zhang Yun would definitely have to find a way to earn money and support Fjolm who knew nothing about the modern era.

It was impossible for Zhang Yun to make a living by picking up trash.

Zhang Yun was finished.

He could not mentally handle it.

Zhang Yun’s life, which was not thriving, to begin with, had become even worse…