The Ruined Death Knight

Nevvan knew that he had to take the undead in front of him as if he was fighting an expert of the same tier.

"But still, I am at such a disadvantage." Nevvan mumbled as he let himself fall to the ground and slammed his staff on the frozen ground, spreading his mana far and wide under the ground till it reached the edges of the frozen ground.

And suddenly from the edges, the ice started to be created and rise up to the sky, slowly building a wall so that none enters the frozen field.

Seeing that, Danzel made his move.

"Skull Claw!" He yelled as he jumped off his back.

"Kgweehhhoooohh!" Skull Claw howled towards the heaves, activating his skill, [Death Howl].

Once to the ground, Danzel made eye contact with the magic caster and activate the runes of his helmet, inflicting the status effect of [Fear] on Nevvan.

"A mental attack..." Nevvan frowned as he noticed the change in his state of mind.

Out of Skull Claws' body came out a dark mist that spread around where the walls has been created and hiding inside there. Despite her eagerness to fight with her liege, his command was absolute.

Danzel knew that if he let Skull Claw fight on an open field, she would be destroyed almost immediately. It was better to keep Skull Claw around and restrict the area where the magic caster could move around.

Danzel used [Swift Movements] to dash with incredible speed toward the magic caster with his shield in front of him.

Seeing the death knight running towards him, Nevvan stopped raising the ice walls and pointed his staff towards the undead.

"Come! [Frozen Warlord]!"

Casting his spell, an armored giant figure twice Danzel's size made out of ice started coming out of the ground in front of Danzel's path at an extremely quick pace. It was like the frozen ground was a lake and the armored figure started resurfacing.

The armored ice figure used both of its hands to "pull" a huge hammer made out of ice and swung it at Danzel.

With his sudden appearance and how fast Danzel was traveling, he was forced to block the hammer with his own shield.

And once it hit, Danzel felt like a train came crashing towards him.

"Gwaaaaagh!" The armored giant send a battlecry as the death knight was pushed back and almost send flying by the strength of the ice hammer.

Danzel feet were desperately rooted to the ground as he tried to stop and once he did, he left 2 trails to the ground.

Once he stopped though, several fairly large ice spears appeared around him and were sent flying toward him.

'Activate.' Danzel activates [Armor of Undying Protection] the second effect, letting out the stored mana in the form of a shock wave filled with decay. Once the shockwave hit the ice spears, they crumbled into ice cubes and fell to the ground.

Next, he swung his sword in the direction of the ice giant who by now fully came out of the ground, releasing 3 [Soul Reaping Wind]'s in the process.

The armor ice giant stared at the incoming wind blades and reacted accordingly.

No longer holding the giant ice hammer with both hands and instead with one now, he held his now free hand sideways in front of him.

In the next moment, the ice started to gather around the free hand, creating what looked like a circular ice shield.

The 3 [Soul Reaping Wind] comes crashing towards the ice giants shield, only leaving 3 larges scars on the shield. The scars regenerated a few moments later.

"So annoying..." Danzel mumbled as he stared at the magic caster that was floating behind the giant.

'He even made my saved-up mana and even summon this elemental. He alone was already annoying enough with that black ice.'

With everything he knew, the magic caster could cast a minimum of 3-4 spells at the same time, and being hit with the black ice meant death for the most part. So as long as he dodged that ice, he should be fine with how slow the ice spells were his.

"I should aim for the magic caster..." Danzel said as he dashed forward.

And unsurprisingly, the ice giant came forward to stop him.

"Gwaaagh!" Raising the giant hammer with only one hand, he swung it down as soon as the undead was in his range. Creating several large ice spices on the area around where he hit.

It was fairly easy for Danzel to move to the side considering his speed. But he was soon surprised that the giant followed his movements and dashed towards him aiming to slam him with his own ice shield.

Forcing Danzel to return the attempt in kind.

Despite their size difference, the one that was pushed back was the ice giant and not Danzel.

Using this opportunity, Danzel moved to the side and swung his sword at the giant's leg and cutting it off and even stealing a small portion of his soul essence.

"Gwaaaaaaaghhh!" The frozen warlord screamed in pain as it started losing its balance, leaving it completely at Danzel's mercy.

But before he could destroy the ice giant, a spike of ice started coming from the ground, forcing him to step back.

But that wasn't all. Nevvan summon a tornado filled with sharp small ice spikes around Danzel. The ice spikes came crushing towards his armor and destroying his dark platings and hitting his armor. The latter didn't receive much of any damage, but the large hole covered by dark platting made Danzel go out of the tornado.

Once he came out, Danzel saw how the mana of Nevvan completely healed the ice giant leg completely but watching closely he see how the new leg was shaking a bit.

The frozen warlord stared at the death knight and did something unexpected.

The ice shield in his arm dropped to the ground and letting go of his ice hammer, the frozen warlord picked up the circular shield and threw it like a frisbee toward him. With how fast it was turning around, it was like a moving saw was thrown at Danzel.

Seeing that, Danzel didn't plan to wait and get hit by the shield throw, but once he moved to the side, the ice shield changed its direction and followed after him as it get closer.

Seeing the homing property of the shield, Danzel stood his ground and blocked the ice shield with his ground. And with how fast it turned, sparks started to come out. Helping Danzel recover bits of his mana thanks to his [Undying Guard].

As much as he liked standing here and recovering his mana, a magic circle appearing on top of him made him reconsider standing in one place.

Moving to the side, the next thing that happend was a huge spike was dropped on the area he previously stood at.

But once he moved to the side, his vision caught a huge block of ice traveling towards where he was.

'Again?' He cursed, annoyed.

Raising his sword, he directly thrust his sword on the ice block with such force that it completely broke the ice.

That's when he noticed how gradually the weight of his armor has increased once more, but not by a whole lot.

"I see, so that's what you are trying to do, but are you sure you aren't going to die by my curses by the time I slowed down enough?" Danzel said towards Nevvan who was silent.

Seeing no response, Danzel stared at the ice giant, making him release that the ice block he destroyed was the hammerhead of the ice giant, leaving him with only the shaft.

The frozen warlord picked the shaft in both hands, making Danzel think that he would use it as a staff, but that wasn't the case.

As if drawing a blade, the frozen warlord draw a blade of ice out of the ice staff, making it seems like it was a scabbard. But the "scabbard" also turned into a second blade.

Next, it took a stance as if it was challenging Danzel to come.

"..." Danzel gave Nevvan a look before cursing internally.

'Fighting this elemental is a waste of time, but with him flying around, I can't have such a strong minion of his be ready to attack me.'

He didn't regret allowing the magic caster to create distance as he managed to hit him with two of his strongest curses, but now he was stuck with having to deal with the minion instead of the caster.

The thought of the magic caster trying to exhaust his mana did come across his mind. If the magic caster knew how expensive his [Phantom Phase] was, then he would be in big trouble if he were in his place, I would try to waste the opponent's mana before taking my time flying around and finishing warriors like me that were incapable of flying.

"After this whole thing is done, I will have to ask Velkir how to deal with flying." Danzel mumbled as he dashed towards the frozen warlord readying his two swords at him.