Since it wasn't the real world, the nighttime in the game is fast and a few hours of rest is enough for the next day to roll in. I didn't feel sleepy anyways, so the moment the light has broken through the underground and illuminated the place slowly, Atlas and I resumed our climb to the top. We didn't wait for Guts to arrive. He said he will be catching up to us so it didn't matter if we walk much earlier or wait for him. It doesn't have any effect if he was here or not other than being the first to charge against an enemy attack. As much as I appreciate his help, he is getting more gung-ho in finding enemies that it sometimes made me irritated.
"Master, are you sure you don't need to wait for Guts? I know that you are somewhat annoyed by him but are you sure to just leave him and move?"
"Nah, if he didn't find us on where we camped then, he will find us by following the trail. There is only one way up and he can just go follow it to catch up to us. It's not that hard for him, I guess."
We continue to move up the road. Thankfully, we have not seen any portals anymore but monsters are there instead. Ever since the power up of my Versatile Weapon, my attacks are very strong now compared to the time it hasn't powered itself up. I can now handle the monster threats by myself, allowing myself to slay them myself.
As always, the monsters do not drop anything nor do they give any experience or gold. They are just some sort of blockage to the roads making them annoying and troublesome and killing them doesn't give any rewards. It would have been great if they even gave out some experience points, it would help a lot in getting more experience points for me since they are high-level monsters.
Soon, we arrived at what seemed to be a clearing. It's no longer a road up, it was a flat road that seems to look similar to the area where we last fought Guts and where I was almost killed in the process.
Compared to before, the clearing is not mostly snow now, it is now covered with white grass that seems to thrive on the snow. It doesn't look anything extraordinary and they looked like weeds you see in grasslands. The only difference is that they are color white and I think that is the weeds in this snowy region.
That little weeds grow all over the large area and it carpeted the whole place with it if not for the snow, it would be really marvelous to look at naturally. It looks empty and peaceful but I can immediately tell something that there will be something hiding there. It was like this feeling that something is intently staring behind you. By the way, that feeling of being stared at is still happening behind my back and I still don't have any idea who or what is currently staring at me in this manner.
I grip the handle of my Versatile Weapon and grab the handle of the Pain Delivery, ready to pull them out and defend myself against any danger that flies towards me as we slowly proceeded to move on this white grass. Atlas seems to also have felt it but he did not say anything I can already tell in his stance that he is ready to pull out his weapon anytime.
We remained silent as we went traversed into this place. Nothing is currently moving but if we make a single sound, I think something will rouse up and I was trying to avoid that from happening. As we continue to walk, I slowly noticed not too far from us that there is another pathway that leads up which is what I am looking for as that will allow me to continue the climb.
But then...
"Bladeheart! I am here! Where are you?!"
Behind us is the same loudmouth guy that returned to his cave to rest up. He came back with a bang as he is very noisy and he was like a bulldozer who bulldozed the snow on the ground by running very fast.
And that alone is enough for the thing that we are trying to avoid rousing the attention. Before us, a white wall suddenly blocked our way towards the next path up. It blocked our entrance and our exit to the place. We are boxed in by something that was roused by the idiot Guts. I think I started to regret naming him Guts, he doesn't even have the slightest behavior of Guts, he only has the battle style correct, the rest are just a jam-packed cluster of combinations that I have no more thoughts on him.
Since we are all boxed in, I pulled out my Versatile Weapon and readies it before observing the surroundings for any incoming attacks. Atlas did not pull out his weapon just yet and observed first. After all, that is the main step if the enemy continues to hide without revealing itself.
As for Guts, it seems he wasn't even aware that we are trapped here in a boxed area. He just continued to run toward us with a happy look on his face.
"Ha! Thank goodness that I managed to catch up to the two of you. You two just left behind without even waiting for me."
He then noticed that we didn't respond to him as we continue to observe the surroundings for any signs of attacks. I can't afford to even pay attention to him. Any hiding enemies might strike while I am talking to Guts and that would be disastrous as I don't even know whether the enemy that will attack will be someone capable of dealing lethal attacks or not.
"Why are you guys tense? Are there enemies around?" he then started to look around and also started to look with interest. I wanted to slap him but I decided to withhold that thought. It's not worth it.
Then...
BOOM!
The snow exploded and the three of us immediately turned to look at the explosion. Neither of the three of us made that explosion indirectly or directly so the only plausible cause of that is an enemy.
And I was right.
A twig hand appeared. But it wasn't a twig to us, it looked more like a trunk of a tree that looks like a twig. The reason I called it a twig and not a trunk is because the enemy is clearly not something that would have a tree trunk as hands. It just looked like that because in our normal size, we are small and the "twig" is a giant.
The snow that was momentary still on the ground a few seconds ago started to move and gather up, slowly forming a shape. The snow looked like they are being pulled by a magnet and started to gather on that magnet, immediately forming the monster. It didn't take that long before the snow build up a monster. A snowman.
[Snowman of Abomination]
Level 320
HP: 20,000,000/20,000,000
Trait: Construct, Water, Ice, Ghost
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A construct enemy which means it's a golem type which only means the main weakness of this enemy is its core that made it function. The fact that it materializes using the snow around us means it has an inexhaustible amount of resources to repair itself when damaged. So the only thing that will allow us to deal damage against it is to find its core, tear it apart from that body, or destroy it completely and in most cases, the most viable and effective way to do it is the latter option.
"Hell yeah! Another enemy!"
And like always, Guts is the first one to attack. He didn't even talk to us about the snowman appearing, he just raced forward and attacked the snowman. What is more interesting is that he is not attacking with a weapon but using his bare hands.
"The f*ck is this guy doing?" Atlas shook his head and even with his helmet on, I can imagine his confused look on his face seeing what is unfolding on us right now.
"Ah, forget it. Let's focus on finding the core of the snowman. That is our main objective as that will be the end of this battle immediately."
"Yeah, that was the case here, Master. Ready to roll whenever you are ready, Master."
"Alright, let's hop into it!"
Atlas and I went separate ways, circling around the Snowman of Abomination, looking for any indication of the core. I transformed my Versatile Weapon into a staff and started firing volleys of Fireball to the Snowman of Abomination. With all the attacks of the snowman directed to Guts, I decided this is the best opportunity to safely attack and find the core of the snowman. As much as Guts tries to punch and kick this monster down, the only way to end the battle is find the core.
The battle has only just begun.
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