Seiya - Cool as Ice

Hydral grunts. After each ice crystal pierces his body and turns the spot pale, another one immediately joins it. Before long, his fiery skin begins to frost over as his body freezes.

“M-my body is freezing...? This cannot be...!”

“S-Seiya...! What’s going on?!”

“I was never trying to damage him with the bullets. An ice spell is activated once a certain number of ice crystals hit and freeze the target. That is the true nature of Fenrir Shot.”

Hydral  uses  his  final  ounce  of  strength  to  knock  away  the  encroaching  ice crystals. The black flames manage to evaporate the icicles, but he is instantly hit with a second wave, causing even his right arm to freeze.

“Heretic...!”

That word he grunts in agony ends up being his last. An ice crystal hits him in the chest, immediately causing the frost to spread through his entire body, and soon, the endless Fenrir Shot completely turns Hydral into an ice sculpture.

“Yes! You won!”

Seeing  Hydral  frozen  solid  gives  me  some  much-needed  relief,  but  Seiya doesn’t relent. He continues to blast the dragonewt’s body with Fenrir Shot, thickening the ice around it.

“We shouldn’t underestimate his fire magic. He might thaw himself out and attack, so I need to make sure he’s really frozen.”

“W-well, if you say so... I-I guess it is better to be safe than sorry, after all!”

But  clouds  of  white  frost  and  powder  begin  to  rise,  and  the  temperature rapidly lowers as well.

B-brrr...! Does he plan on freezing me, too?!

My breath is white, I have goose bumps dotting my skin, and my legs begin to shake until all that lies before me is a giant hunk of ice.

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Volume 6, Chapter 11