First Light of a New Age

Chapter 84: Elementals vs Mechas

The wind howled through the towering mountain ranges and whipped the snow into a swirling storm across the frozen wasteland.

In the middle of the tundra, a fierce battle between two titans unfolded. A female elf wrapped in a perfectly tailored gown of white and green along with silver armor with her long white hair billowing like a banner of winter itself, stood against a massive ice bear.

The beast was the size of a literal castle, a Transcendent Tier 1 creature that controlled the very elements of cold. Its every step sent tremors through the earth, cracking frozen lakes and shaking the mountain slopes.

The elf gripped her magic staff tightly and narrowed her eyes as the ice bear let out a thunderous roar, releasing its breath that was freezing the very air around them. With a chilling glow in its blue eyes, it summoned enormous shards of ice that shot toward the elf like arrows, but she moved with effortless grace and dodged the lethal projectiles despite the harsh terrain.

With a sweep of her staff, she conjured a storm of flames, and the molten energy burned through the freezing air. However, the ice bear countered with a raging blizzard in an attempt to smother the fire, but the elf’s magic was stronger. Drawing upon the deep well of power within her, she channeled the ancestral energy of her soul and her staff glowed with ethereal light. With a single incantation, a searing beam of white-hot energy erupted from it, striking the beast in the chest..

The ice bear let out a final painful roar as its enormous body collapsed to the ground with a scorched mark searing its chest. The sound of its fall echoed through the mountains, and the elf stood victorious as she heavily breathed in the biting cold.

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Later, the elf flew through the sky on wings of magic as her body barely spoke against the backdrop of the enormous peaks that stretched beneath her. Below, the Tarxan Coalition’s military base came into view, an impressive outpost hidden within the snow-covered landscape. A shimmering dome of magic shielded it from enemy eyes, rendering it invisible. Inside, over 100,000 soldiers from diverse nations moved in perfect coordination within the stronghold from knights, mages, archers, and mercenaries, all united under a single cause.

The northern lands beyond the Iron Kingdom's border were infamous for their brutal environment from the biting cold and the unforgiving winds. But it's not the ecosystem that makes the northern lands dangerous, it was the dangerous wildlife, filled with countless Magic Beasts that roamed the tundra.

And there are the apex predators of incredible power, with the most fearsome reaching the status of Transcendent Tier 1.

Few dared to venture into this wilderness, let alone establish an outpost within it. This is why the armies of the Tarxan Coalition chose to sail across oceans to engage the Iron Kingdom rather than risk the land.

But against all odds, the Coalition had succeeded in building a stronghold.

She landed gracefully at the heart of the command center, where officers from different allied nations awaited her. One of the commanders from the northern kingdoms snapped to attention and greeted her with a sharp salute.

"General Feralia, you took down the beast?" The Elven commander asked with awe apparent in his voice.

"Yes," the female elf replied coldly with her breath misting in the frigid air.

“And the plan?”

"The plan remains the same…" She stepped forward, addressing the gathered commanders of the Coalition.

With their forces now within striking distance of the Iron Kingdom's borders, the situation has now taken a turn for the better. The Morale of the Troops increased exponentially upon hearing of this news, so the atmosphere was electric with excitement and anticipation.