A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1 Chapter 43

  A Song of Ice and Fire

  At the moment of life and death, Amun didn't care about exposing his identity as a magician anymore, he just wanted to save his life first. The ice shield condensed from water elements had a poor protective effect, and it wasn't even considered a defensive spell, but it was one of Amun's earliest learned spells, and it was also the fastest and most handy to cast. He was currently in the middle of the Yu Di River, where he could easily summon the power of water elements.

  Amon's vigilance was a bit late, and he immediately launched the fastest divine technique, forming an ice shield in mid-air to block it first. Then, he cast the earth element defense with the best frontal resistance effect to block it again. However, the snake tail was too massive, and its weight and speed alone could shatter these two barriers. Nevertheless, this allowed Amon to gain time to cast his spatial solidification technique, momentarily immobilizing the enormous snake tail in mid-air.

  The people on the boat had not yet reacted when they heard Ah Mon shouting loudly again, and the bow of the boat suddenly sank downwards. He was already waving his staff high in the air, leaping into the sky. The branch-like staff emitted a faint layer of light, silently striking the snake's tail in mid-air. A wave of shock spread along the giant snake's long body, causing many scales to shatter and fall off.

  Amon, a fourth-level warrior in theory, had not yet had time to cultivate his fifth-level body technique. However, when the staff struck the snake's body, a pale blue flame also spread rapidly along the snake's body with the shockwave-like tremor, as if the staff had ignited the massive snake tail.

  Not to mention the monsters in the river, even the warriors on the mainland who have experienced many battles have never seen Amon's fighting style. He uses his staff as an iron rod and directly casts his divine technique close to his body. Moreover, it is a mid-level divine technique that is difficult for even fire mages to use - the Fire Sea Technique, with flames of the hottest pale blue color.

  It's impossible to describe the magnitude of this blow, if the snake tail was a giant tree trunk as thick as a water bucket, it would be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye. But the monster's body is truly robust, only shedding a few scales, and a pungent smell of char wafts through the air. A dull roar echoes from the depths of the river, and the snake tail is knocked flying by Amun's staff, quickly retreating back into the water. The flames come into contact with the water's surface, producing a loud sizzling sound, and a white misty steam rises from the surface of the river.

  There was only a loud "bang" sound, the bow of the boat sank again, Amun swung his stick and knocked the snake's tail back into the water, and he himself fell down.

  The people on the boat finally came to their senses, shouting and crying out in shock. Some had fallen to the ground due to the violent shaking of the boat, while the livestock were also frightened and making loud noises. A sailor yelled out in terror: "Heavens! It's a monster snake, a descendant of the river god Hong Baba! How could it appear during the day?"

  More people knelt down towards Amun at the bow of the ship, crying and shouting: "Great god of magic, please save us!" Immediately afterwards, more people began to cry out to Amun, as if grasping a life-saving straw in the water, they had just seen Amun fighting with the monster snake.

  Chapter 56 of Amun was broken into fragments and turned into scorched scraps.

  That huge snake is dead!

  Amon swayed and felt another wave of dizziness, almost losing his balance. He saw this scene and took a cold breath. The power of "Ice and Fire Song" was so strong that if he had accidentally been surrounded by the divine technique unfolded by this scroll and couldn't escape in the first instant, the outcome would probably be death.

  That great, never-before-seen divine artificer, Niru, is indeed a top-notch master of scroll creation. This scroll combines two ordinary but powerful mid-tier divine arts, "Ice Seal" and "Sea of Flames", which Amun had just cast, yet can ignite the Sea of Flames within the Ice Seal, unleashing unimaginable destructive power in the alternating heat and cold. Although it is only a mid-tier divine art scroll, it is already on par with ordinary high-tier divine art scrolls.

  That fearsome, seemingly invincible giant serpent was thus annihilated, its body shattered and scattered into the river. As Amun threw out the scroll, the large ship beneath his feet continued to move forward due to inertia; with a wave of his staff, a gust of wind picked up two more scrolls that were falling from mid-air, which he caught with ease and stuffed back into his leather pouch.

  Although Ahmon swiftly and neatly killed the monster, he felt an unusual shock and surprise, even a hint of regret. He didn't really use his scroll experience, and it was clearly wasted earlier. If he only wanted to kill the giant snake, using "Spatial Lock" and "Ice and Fire Song" would have been enough. If he only wanted to bypass the giant snake's obstruction and escape to the other shore, using "Spatial Lock" and "Detection Seal" would also have given him plenty of time.

  No matter what, he wasted a precious scroll. If his magical powers were not enough to continuously control the activation of five mid-level scrolls, the other two would also be wasted in vain. However, Ah Mon didn't think it was too regrettable. In the situation just now, he feared that he couldn't exert his greatest strength, and first had to ensure his own safety and the lives of everyone on the ship before anything else could be considered. Otherwise, what use were the scrolls if they lost their lives? Only from now on when using scrolls, he would have to pay attention to control, and not recklessly throw them out like a novice.

  The river surface was calm again, and five of the six long poles of the boatman had already fallen into the water, unable to pole the boat any more. It was still Amun who used his magic to propel the big ship towards the opposite bank. In front of them, a stretch of murky water surface floated with pieces of broken ice, some of which still wrapped the small remnants of the strange snake's body.

  Amon suddenly discovered something, his staff rose, and a thing about seven feet long flew out of the water, golden yellow semi-transparent extremely fine, fell into his hand and immediately rolled up into a small ball. Amon pinched it with his fingers, feeling that this thing was exceptionally tough, like a piece of snake tendon. The body of the giant snake over a hundred feet long had already turned to dust, but this seven-foot-long piece of snake tendon was preserved intact under the power of "Ice and Fire Song", it must not be an ordinary thing, he also casually stuffed it into his pocket.

  After this thrilling and intense battle, the ferry suddenly became silent. Ah Mon withdrew his snake-like movement with a strange glance back, only to find that almost everyone in the cabin was kowtowing to him on the ground. Even the two warriors who were guarding him earlier had put down their swords, retreated several steps, and knelt down on the deck to pay their respects. The only person left standing on the entire boat was Yinnana.

  There was a faint smell of feces and urine in the cabin, it turned out that several people had been so scared earlier that they had shit and pissed at the same time.

  "What are you all kneeling for? There's no need to show such respect to me. It's alright, everyone get up and see if anyone is injured." Ah Meng waved his staff and spoke to the crowd, his voice also carrying a hint of fatigue and weakness.

  As soon as he opened his mouth, the crowd shouted in unison: "Great God of Magic! Your power is incredible, thank you for saving everyone!" "Great Spirit Marduk! Great Heroic God of Magic! It was you who saved us!" "Thank the gods, thank you!" The people were filled with the joy of being reborn after a disaster, and many still had tears of excitement in their eyes.

  The old man stood up and walked to the front, then knelt down again: "Great magician, please forgive my rudeness. I didn't know that your esteemed self had boarded my ferry... But why are you dressed like this?"