“MOOOO!” (BOOOSSS!)

A shriek that made the skeleton commander turn around, confused, he suddenly flew head first into the snow pile behind me. The cold snow scattered everywhere, while the wind caught most of it to the air.

There my black steed stood, the smell of the black oxe, proudly showing its muscled packed chest and large horns, as it fiercely glared at the skeleton with a battle stance covering my whole vision. I shuddered...

“Took you some time!” I said, grabbing the front legs to push myself out, took my steel axe as I raised it above my head and chopped the stunned large skeleton in pieces.

“Clack, clack, clack” (WAIT! Spare me!)

“DIEEEE!!!!!!!” Pierced the eerie sound of the wind and echoed throughout the mountain hills.

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600 EXP gained477/670

Leveled up!Level: 3477/670You gained 5 allocation points

Phew… Patting the tilting head of the Oxes, I then looted the bodies of my enemies.

Worthless, worthless broken stuff… Worthless materials… More worthless stuff, everything is worthless!

.... I shouldn’t have expected anything good from low level monsters…

“Moo!” (Over here boss!)

Huh? “What?” I questioned the Oxe that tried to tell me something.

Gazing towards the Oxe, I noticed that he helplessly tried to unburrow something from the snow.

Hmm, what have you found? Aha! Good, I patted the fluffy and smooth Oxe covered in snow.

Item AcquiredSteel Tower ShieldArmor Type:Steel ShieldPhysical Defense:60Durability:17/70Magical Defense:25Usage restriction:30 Strength, 15 Endurance, 5 VitalityA old shieldCan block any powerful weapon for durability in exchange. Because of its massive size, if equipped you are forced to walk with it. Reduce damage dealt by 25% if equipped on the arm with a two handed weapon.

This might come in handy later, but lets check my stats…

My Status ScreenCharacter: Tony VancleftEquipped Title: NoneClass: NoneSecond Class: NoneFaction: NoneRace: Human MaleLevel: 3477/670Allocation points left = 10Guild: NoneStatsHealth:245/245Mana:175/175Strength:58Endurance: [/tds][td2]34Vitality:19Dexterity:5Wisdom: [/tds][td2]7Intellect:10Charisma:1Corruption:0Spirit:71Stats from equipmentPhysical Defense:136Magical Defense:56Bonuses60% Cold resistanceBears love you… KindaFull barbarian set have given you a charisma bonus, + 5Half barbarian set have given you a strength bonus, + 10

10 Allocation points, I can either benefit from it right now. Or I can add it later if I need it for some kind of gear…Might aswell go for the latter.

Sigh… “Lets continue, shall we?”

“Moo!”

…

Just like the tall wall of the Winter’s Hold, once again, I look up at the mountain that stretches itself to the sky. Struggling to see and end to the tip because of the storm, I threw my steel axe like a grappling hook to the lowest part of the glimmering icy wall. I hit my mark. Hah, I’m so awesome...

“Are you guys sure he is somewhere up there?”

“MOO!” The left Oxe pushed my back gently together with the harsh wind that made snow melt on my cheek.

Can they smell him or something?...

Turning around facing the wall that let out a foggy cold aura, I tightened my grip until it tingled and climbed. Pulling my heavy body towards the edge of the shortest icy wall. I left the fluffy Winter Oxens behind.

Heaving myself up the icy ledge, my fingers and palm burned by the cold, I finally pulled myself up.

Phew…

Removing the axe from the strong icy floor, I kept throwing my axe upwards like a hook and kept climbing. Still I wonder, how the hell did he get up here...

...

After climbing around 121 meters, I stuck my head out from the edge as I held the edge with the bright red fingers. Taking a peek I could see… A large black sole of a shoe and my axe next to it.

What the heck…

Anyways. Heave! HOh!...

Now standing on the ledge, I picked up my steel axe as I could see a lifeless body.

Well, well, well… Taking a closer look it was one of the trio I killed around 2 days ago in real time. Was it the guy I chopped the head off?. Inspecting his body, his head had a bare red mark as if he was hit by something. It looked rectangular and turned edgy at the end... Wait a minute…

Testing if my steel axe head fit the mark, I bursted out laughing...

...

“Kick”

“...”

“Kick”

“Uh…” A moan was heard from the man.

“Suprise!”

“Huh! Nooo! Please, spare me!” He said, backing off to a icy wall.

“Maybe… If you tell me where you took my Douglas” I said, touching the cold steel of my axe...

“Eek! Wait! He is inside the cavern around the corner”

A cavern? Why would you bring him here… Holding him hostage somewhere else is a better choice… There must be an ulterior motive…

“So, why are you guys here?”

“...” He avoided my eyes.

“CRACK!”

“EK!”

“Look at me when I am asking” I said, held my shaft and rested it on my shoulder.

“WE.. We found a hidden dungeon!”

“And?”

“We were going to use a newbie as bait, but, but we found your friend instead and since you have been hanging out with him, we thought it was a good idea as revenge”

“Bait? A bad choice for a bait”

“So who are you baiting…”

“I… I don’t know, my friends didn’t tell me” He said, shivering.

“CRACK!”

“EEK! it’s the truth! I swear!” He pleaded, holding my steel pants, that felt heavier…

Gazing on the man with his knees on the snowy and icy floor, I turned around...

“Go… Never look back” I said and once more I picked up my axe and rested it on my shoulder.

“Huh? Really?!”

“Yeah… Go, I don’t want to see you anymore…”

“T..thanks” He said, brushing his knees of from snow behind me.

“By the way… Want to take the quick route down, or the slow one?” I asked, gripping my shaft tightly...

“The quick one… I guess?”

Heh… Turning around I raised my axe on the flustered man.

“Wa.. wait!”

“Swish” The sound of the axe cutting the wind.

“Goooaaalll!”

“...”

“Nah I am just kidding… GO!”

Don’t want to get a red status for nothing, which I would if his criminal status is gone.

“EK! Yes!” He said, bowed and jumped down the cliff… Damn rouge skills, they had the passive skill [Light Fall], take less damage if they jump down from a good height. I wish I had that for later use...

Friend request from IshmarAccept/Decline

Hmm Ishmar...? Oh well, might as well… Increase my army HAHAHAHAHA!

Friend requestAccepted

Around a corner he said… Must be that tiny edge over there…

…

After walking around the corner with my burning cold palm, balancing with the icy wall, I soon after got onto a snowy platform with a lot of footprints. I shuddered, they all headed to a dark ice cavern covered in shadows…

Well… Better equip my torch…

Dungeon enteredNamed : Whaaaa? Look Ishma….

… Really, the trio couldn’t name the dungeon they discovered first better?

As I walk inside the large hole on the icy mountain with my flickering torch. I can hear the dripping sound of a water drop echoing throughout the cavern to the outside. After a while of walking in the chilly air with dead corpses of skeletons, I stumbled into a crossroad of 5 tunnels…

A eerie breeze blew past me.

Looking around searching for clues where the others went, I could find nothing, other than that everything was really dark and a few puddles here and there.

Sigh… Standing here won't help, at least I should mark the way I walk in case it’s a maze.

Cutting the end of my rope, I hid it on the far left tunnel and went inside.

…

After a while of walking I could hear a few skeletons around the corner. Of course they noticed me immediately, as my torch illuminated the surrounding blue ice that reflected it even further.

Getting into battle stance I battled my way through with my left hand holding the torch. Oddly every skeleton I whacked with my steel axe, instantly splintered into bones… Did the snow that reached my waist affect me that much before?

Probably… Or its because these skeletons had no weapon at all. They looked more like archaeologist or mountain climbers but each kill gave me 5 experience… I hope the last boss is easy.

Anyways, I kept whacking until I covered around 4 tunnels…

Leveled up!Level: 4317/1270You gained 5 allocation points

After around 11 minutes, I had now 1 dark icy tunnel at front of me left…. How unlucky can I be?

I picked 4 tunnels out of 5 that wasn’t the real one…

As I was about to step inside the last tunnel, another cold breeze flew past me towards the entrance.

Maybe I should allocate my stats after all… Everything on vitality for health and a few on dexterity.

My Status ScreenCharacter: Tony VancleftEquipped Title: NoneClass: NoneSecond Class: NoneFaction: NoneRace: Human MaleLevel: 4317/1270Allocation points left = 0Guild: NoneStatsHealth:340/340Mana:225/225Strength:58+10Endurance: [/tds][td2]34Vitality:28Dexterity:12Wisdom: [/tds][td2]7Intellect:10Charisma:1+5Corruption:0Spirit:71Stats from equipmentPhysical Defense:136Magical Defense:56Bonuses60% Cold resistanceBears love you… KindaFull barbarian set have given you a charisma bonus, + 5Half barbarian set have given you a strength bonus, + 10

5 health point for each vitality… 50 hp for every level. Good enough.

Anyways, walking into the last tunnel, I soon after found a staircase made out of ice aimed towards above.

“Hello?” I shouted, it echoed… And no answers was heard, I started to climb the stairs.

…

As I climbed for what seemed like hours, light started to take over the darkness, a strong breeze passed me and extinguished my torch. With a meh, I put it back into my inventory before climbing further.

As I got out of what seemed like the end of a tunnel, a bright light blinded me as I covered my eyes with my bracers. Not only that, I could hear screams from below that made me immediately stop on my tracks.

“AAAAhhh! Ruuun Igmar!”

“SHUT UP! I am”

“EEK! what about me!”

“SHUT UP, JUST RUN!”

I was standing on the edge of what was nearly at the top of the mountain ridge, watching down below as the trio or rather the two rogues and Douglas running toward a ice coliseum as a giant snow yeti chased them… I rolled around the ice floor, stomach tingling and laughed.

Still, they were pretty far away though… And there they vanished into the ice door of the arena together with the ice yeti...

But, what happened to the bait?

“Sniff”

Heh, what a blessing… The heavy atmosphere of fresh air…

As the storm lingered below, the atmosphere above was perfectly clear.

Anyways, I gotta get to them quick… But how?

Hah! I know just what I need….

…

“Whooo Hooo!” I slided down the mountain ridge filled with the smooth snow with the tower shield. Scattering the snow to the side as I sat on the shield, I used my axe and strength to control my steering and speed. Hopefully I won't accidently steer wrong and die a horrible fearsome death…

Anyways… “Wiiiieeee!”

4 minutes later…

“SHIT, shit, shit, shit!” “CRASH”

Landing head first into the untouched pile of snow outside the ice coliseum. As the snow kept covering me into the depths, I tried to breath but couldn’t. Swimming my way out, I could finally inhale the air heavily.

… So this is how those suffocating in snow felt like in their last moment, a cold tremble ran through my spine as I equipped my shield.

Brushing my armor off from the snow, I went inside the ice coliseum.

Walking through the historic corridor with a few broken ice statues and those not, probably because of the yeti since the corridor wasn’t that big, around 3 meters at least. From what I saw outside, the yeti must be at least 4 and a half.

Following the broken path and jumping over a few ice obstacles from the broken wall or floor, I noticed that I stepped on a dead body.

Igmar was it?

Trying to loot everything on the dead body, I noticed that I couldn’t… He doesn’t have the player killer mark anymore, I was lucky that I didn’t kill the other guy before. At least I obtained 1 gold… He won’t be missing it, hehehe…

Amount of Money leftTotal: 10 Gold, 46 Silver, 31 Copper

Walking further inside until I found a staircase, I noticed another body laying around. Luckily it wasn’t Douglas. So I looted once again, happily.

Amount of Money leftTotal: 10 Gold, 96 Silver, 31 Copper

40 silver, sigh…

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