Ice Queen in Another World V1 [Completed]

[43] Broken

With their food acquired, and as they gazed out into a world of snow from within a Crystal Tower, Claire turned to Alice.

"Let's complete the next floor before we bath, shall we?"

And with a thought, they disappeared.

[Welcome back, I've missed you.]

That ancient voice rang as they stood within a large hall of ice. Claire immediately wanted to roll her eyes but kept herself from that.

"Glad to see you again too, teacher-whom-has-taught-me-nothing."

[. . .I take back what I said.]

In front of them floated a clear orb. The Crystal Globe, but both Claire and Alicia ignored it as the ice queen spoke.

"Oh don't look so speechless. I would like to challenge the third floor now, please."

[. . .you can't even see me, how do you know what I look like?]

"I can tell."

The ancient voice sighed at her clear certainty.

[Third floor of the Crystal Tower rewards a 'Dragon's Heart.']

"Sounds fantastical, what does it do?"

[You'll know its power when you attain it. If you can. For I should warn you, this may be the hardest battle you have yet to face—especially for an ice wielder such as yourself. Furthermore, this challenge must be faced alone.]

"Oh. . ." Claire said.

[Scared?]

"No, I just realized I brought Alice for nothing. Hey, Alice, I'll meet you back in our room, wait for me."

Alicia frowned momentarily, but soon nodded, "Alright."

With a thought on Claire's part, the girl disappeared.

[. . .]

"What? Start the challenge, Ice-ghost."

[Gah—I hope you get injured.]

"Oi that's just uncalled f—."

Claire found her words caught in her throat as heat permeated her skin. She stood within a chamber of red rock, surrounded on all sides as lava flowed within the walls. The place was circular, similar to an arena, and in front of her, a creature flapped its wings as flames escaped its lips in small spurts.

". . .a fire breathing dragon?" She tilted her head.

The creature looked like a dragon. It had the red-scaled body, the tail, and the wings. However, its wings were combined with its upper limbs—resembling that of a pterodactyl—and it was far too small. It looked down on her from within the air and its beak-like mouth opened into a screech.

"No, a lesser dragon. A wyvern." Claire finalized as flames pierced through the sky.

Her body moved and she ran, dodging as heat seared the ground behind her. The lesser-dragon did not let up. Its fire breath followed her movements through the circular arena and soon, a ring of flames had been made.

Seeing a wall of fire before her, Claire's mana churned as she ran into the center of the arena.

'I need to bring it down first, it has air-superiority.' Ice spears manifested themselves about her location. Hundreds of them rolling and sharpened to their deepest hardness.

Flames came from her front and she raised a hand forward, azure swirling into an ice wall that met the torrent as the spears flew.

As soon as the two elements clashed, mist spasmed.