The Human Emperor

They had noticed how the animals and barbarians in the forest had been frozen into ice sculptures, and that house had also been encased in thick ice, making it like a freezer. But none of them had noticed that many of the trees in the forest had also been turned to ice.

This was a world of dead ice statues.

Rumble!

While they were still in shock, the ground began to shudder, flinging the shards of ice on the ground several inches high.

Quickly, the captain furiously bellowed, “Go! Hurry! Everyone, leave this place at once!”

Unlike before, the voice was tinged with panic and anxiety.

Boom! Even though they didn’t know what was going on, the others chose to listen to their captain’s orders and rushed back toward where the horses were being kept.

A few moments later, the booming crescendoed. The shuddering intensified, accompanied by the groaning and crashing of trees into the ground.

A horseman, overcome by intense curiosity, turned his head to take a glance. This one glance made his pupils constrict like he had been jabbed a needle, his face going pale.