A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Did those people still have their own consciousness? This question couldn't help but arise in his mind.

What to do? These silver-ranked soldiers really want to charge, and the Imperial soldiers and knights are simply no match for them.

Of course, he himself was also an incompetent soldier.

A soldier's duty is to provide support.

It is in order to enable people to live normal lives that they are willing to live abnormal lives.

Without a word, Eric took out a ring that Gullid had once thrown to him.

The ring looked as if it had been forged from a block of black iron riddled with impurities.

Dull, dark, and unremarkable.

There are only some special patterns on it, and the patterns seem to be a light gold color.

However, Eric didn't like gold; he always felt the color was a bit tacky.

“An amplifier?” Eric murmured.

Although Gurid had told him that this thing was now only equivalent to an amplifier.

Eric doesn't believe much of what Gulid says.

Goodeid's mouth is a deceitful devil.

However, at this point, it was no longer his place to doubt how credible Gurid's words were.

Now he's more interested in knowing how to properly use this ring.

Suddenly, I felt a little regretful that I hadn't asked Griddle the correct way to use the ring.

“Colonel?” Alice noticed Eric’s odd behavior and called out to him instinctively.

“I say, Captain Alice,” Eric said abruptly.

"I don't actually like gambling."

"Gambling can make people lose themselves; if you become addicted to it, you will only lose in the end."

“Just because there’s a chance to get more of this ‘reward’ right there, people will flock to it like moths to a flame. It’s really stupid.” Eric fiddled with the ring, as if talking to Alice, or perhaps to himself.

"But I gambled more times today than I have in my entire life."

Do you think I should take another gamble?

“I don’t know, I’ll just stand behind you,” Alice replied. Alice’s answer left Eric stunned for a long time.

Finally, he scratched his cheek with his finger and gave an embarrassed smile.

"What are you misunderstanding, Colonel?" Alice's words quickly froze Eric's smile.

"..." Eric's smile faded, and he sighed, looking up at the sky.

You know, people always sigh, don't they?

After Eric finished sighing, he glanced at the enormous silver specimen.

Are all Silver Species that huge? Or are there actually Silver Species that are very small?

Eric, who had no knowledge of demigods, was very curious about this.

However, as curious as he may be, there's no time for him to explore this kind of thing right now.

Now that you've made up your mind, it's time to put it into action.

Eric is about to gamble again, something he absolutely dislikes.

How do you use a ring? Well, you wear it, of course.

Eric slowly slipped the dark, antique ring onto the ring finger of his left hand.

"Colonel, this is where wedding rings are worn," the captain said.

“I know,” Eric shrugged.

"How about I give you one when I have the chance?"

“Hmm…” Alice was speechless.

Despite facing a catastrophe that threatens to destroy the entire empire, Colonel Eric can still utter such words.

"Please be serious, the world is about to end." Alice coughed a few times, her face flushed.

"If the world is destroyed, it won't matter how much you flirt with girls."

"So I'm trying my best to prevent the world from being destroyed."

“Although my efforts have yielded very little result.” Eric raised his left hand, which was adorned with a ring.

The pale gold patterns inside and outside the dark ring gradually changed, eventually turning into a pale blue.

"But at least they're trying, aren't they?"

“Maybe if we all work together, we can survive for a while,” Eric said, and couldn’t help but think of Bray.

Bray has not appeared yet, and we don't know if he has met with some misfortune.

I've always thought that guy could do anything.

Looking back now, he was just an ordinary person, not some savior.

I am one of them.

Feeling the strange sensation emanating from the ring, Eric found himself with an exceptionally clear mind.

It's as if all distracting thoughts have been cleared away.

The magic power within his body surged continuously, and the ring frantically absorbed every bit of magic power in the air.

As Goodrid said, it is a powerful amplifier.

Unfortunately, this was originally a ring that could determine destiny, and it's a real waste to use it as a mere amplifier.

This little regret, however, will not linger in Eric's mind.

Even if he knew how powerful the ring originally was, he wouldn't have any regrets.

Because right now, all he wants to do is use everything around him that he can to stop these monsters.

He's still waiting for rain.

The sky had been overcast for a long time, and everything was poised to unfold.

All that's missing is the right timing, the right time for it to rain.

"Colonel...it's raining." Alice's cool voice rang in his ear.

Eric clenched his left hand.

The sky, which had been overcast, was now drizzling with small raindrops.

Raindrops fell on the tip of his nose.

“The timing is perfect,” Eric said.

"The Wall of Winter"

Then, something seemed to solidify in the air with a piercing, freezing sound.

Outside the magic circle, a massive ice wall, resembling a city wall, is being constructed at a visible speed.

The ice wall was positioned right behind the last person in the fleeing crowd.

"Thump!!!!!" The silver-colored creature chasing the crowd crashed hard into the solid ice wall.

The ice wall showed signs of thickening in the rain, completely blocking the monsters' advance.

But people didn't run down; they were frightened by the sudden appearance of the ice wall.

"Don't just stand there, start running!" Eric shouted from the edge of the magic circle.

No matter how many people can hear him, he still needs to shout.

If we don't yell at them, they probably won't keep running.

"He's such a worry, not only does he swear, but he also does stupid things," Eric muttered.

He stood in the rain, glancing at the enormous ice wall he had built.

This ice wall wouldn't break even if bombarded by a giant cannon, but he knew that even such a sturdy ice wall could only stop those guys for less than a minute.

"BOOM!!!" The ground shook; it was the loud noise caused by something bombarding the ice wall.

The ice wall completely blocked an entire direction of the outer city, and what was blocked was trying to break through the obstructing wall.

They could have jumped or flown over the wall, but they chose to destroy the entire ice wall instead.

"You guys really enjoy inefficiency," Eric sneered, wiping the rain from his face.

When people are alive, they can run really fast. In just over twenty seconds, people can run a long distance.

In this way, all the survivors managed to run into the magic circle.

"Crack—" Cracks appeared in the ice wall.

The ice wall thickened at a rate that couldn't even keep up with the rate at which it shattered.

Just seconds after that sound, the magnificent ice wall collapsed.

The giant monster slapped a block of ice towards Eric's location.

However, the ice block turned into steam before it even got close to Eric.

He and Alice were so close to the silver seed at this moment.

The shadow not only enveloped his body, but also tried to shroud his mind.

The silver-colored creature's appearance was not ferocious; on the contrary, it was even somewhat elegant.

It resembles a giant, pale blue statue of a paladin.

His left hand was empty, but his right hand held a giant, ice-blue hammer.

It was this sword that shattered the ice wall.

"Only one?" Eric frowned sharply.

The silver-haired creature stepped into the magic circle, only a hundred meters away from Eric and Alice.

But to Eric, those hundred meters seemed as close as if they were inches apart.

"Colonel, we need to create some distance." Alice hugged the stunned Eric tightly.

"Captain, I can run!"

“Your physical skills are inferior to mine.” Alice’s tone left Eric no room for refusal.

Alice now seems more like a boss than Eric.

Alice, holding Eric, jumped off the high building.

Along with Alice, the giant hammer, as big as a building, also came to life.

"Boom—" The building where the two people were playing was smashed from the top to the bottom by Him.

"Damn it, this ring isn't cool at all," Eric complained as Alice hugged him.

"Quiet down, you're too loud, Colonel!" Alice warned him.

"..." Eric shut his mouth.

It was a little embarrassing to be carried in Alice's arms.

Eric's physical skills are not bad; after all, this is a required course for soldiers.

But the truth is just as Alice said: her physical skills are far superior to his.

Even when carrying someone, she is more agile than Eric.

The giant hammer was swung once more, creating a gust of wind around it.

"Captain, don't jump, run in a straight line!" Eric said, then raised his left hand.

"Thermal vacuum."

The heat was drawn away, and all the water droplets around it froze instantly.