Eternal Ice
Chap.3 "Let's Begin!!"
As Eric said yesterday, they're leaving today.
At this moment, Eric was already waiting in front of Alice's house with a feeling of annoyance. Her ears were very hot hearing the screams and the voice of the passing woman talking about it. He wanted to leave immediately, besides he didn't bring much stuff. Just carrying a sword and some survival equipment was no reason to carry a big bag.
"Alice, my God, I've been waiting for you for over an hour! What the hell are you doing inside?" Eric yelled in annoyance at having waited too long. He decided to take off the robe he was wearing because he felt uncomfortable, winter never made him have to wear thick clothes.
"Diminish your voice, you're making a fuss on this cloudy day! Can't you be patient?" Alice returned the screams of her best friend. Eric could see Alice staring in annoyance at him from the 2nd floor window.
25 Minutes later, the blonde-haired girl he was waiting for finally came out of the house. His head and ears were burning, his patience was running out. It was fortunate that Alice was sensitive enough to get out before Eric smashed the door of her house.
"Come, we're going." Alice said lightly, in contrast to the man standing before her. Smoke billowed around Eric's head, a growling sound coming from his lips. "Grt." Alice laughed when she saw how she reacted, she remembered the tiger she had accidentally captured 6 years ago to be given to her mother. Of course, the mother immediately fainted when she saw her 12-year-old daughter enter the yard of the house riding a tiger.
"Hey, how long are you gonna growl like a tiger? Don't waste time, quick, we gotta go." Alice hits Eric on the back using the book of the sun witch. Eric responded with a long sigh, trying to dissipate his anger.
In order for the people in the city to be unsuspecting, they decided to go to the border of the city first. The guard there is very easy to pass. Especially if it was passed by a high-class soldier like Eric, it became a small thing for him.
The sring!!
Eric and Alice cut down the tree branch that was blocking them. Don't get me wrong, Alice used to practice swords with Theo. Although only a few sword techniques were learned, he already knew how to hold a sword and how to swing it.
"Ck, how do you know this shortcut? How many times have you committed crime?" Alice asked, fed up with the fallen branches here and there. "Paiders don't use the front door, miss. We have hundreds of ways to sneak in." Eric answered, his hand still holding the sword and slashing the branch of the tree in front of him.
For over half an hour, they dealt with the treefather. And finally behind the bush, Alice saw the gate to the next town.
Dandelion, a city name engraved on a board located right next to the gate. "Eric, we've reached the gates of Dandelion." Whisper Alice, the guard at the city gate turned out to be even tighter than before. This Dandelion warrior is famous for his hospitality to tourists who want to visit the city. However, another case with a criminal like the man next to him who is re-inserting his sword.
"It's easy. Why do we have a strong mana if we never use magic?" Eric said, his face was mocking. Then he snapped his finger.
No!!
Soon, Eric and Alice move out. From the snowy border, the current two of them appeared in the extremely cold ice mountain range.
"Oh? This is the Saicensia Mountains, right? The wind is so cold." Alice breathed in the air in the snow mountains away from the word 'warm'. Eric who heard his words immediately stared intently at him, clearly this was not a soothing green mountain range.
"Are you crazy? This Saicensia Ice Mountain is almost equivalent to Mount Everest! A lot of people never come back after climbing this mountain, you fool!" Eric shouted in annoyance, how could this friend of his regard the coldest place in Saicensia as a suitable place for relaxation?
"Eric, it looks like you need a mirror. You're a lot crazier than I am. I suddenly forgot, who dived into the open ocean because I wanted to meet a giant-sized original shark last month." Alice said she deliberately brought back the dangerous things Eric did to insinuate her.
With nothing to talk about anymore, Eric and Alice return to walk through the forest. The first place that one wanted to go to was the Mountain that had Magic Fire, the residence for the Fire Witch. The defense system there is very difficult to penetrate, so they must both walk alone to get there.
Alice is grateful that the mountains are calm today, but usually a snowstorm always accompanies people who walk around the mountain. He still could not use his magic to control the storm. Similarly to the sun, in a cold forest, the sun is completely invisible. Cloudy clouds that are thick enough to cover it, thus adding to the gripping impression that is felt at this time.
"Open your dimensional and magic map, Alice. We need something to be directed, this forest is already fortified with multi-layered magic. The direction of the wind here kept changing in every minute," Eric paused and knelt, his two fingers touching the snow piled under his feet. "the direction of the south has now turned north."
Alice opened her dimensional map and magic. The map is in the form of paper rolled like a map in general, the only difference is the one shown. If a regular map displays parts of an area or country, it displays different dimensions. Uniquely, this map can change according to his wishes.
Alice's eyeballs roamed, looking for the dimensions they came from. “Well, this! ". Alice pointed to one part of the map. The original dimension, when the original dimension is created, will split into many other dimensions. "What the hell, why is there a dimension where you and I are married?" Alice squeezes the map paper for not accepting it with fate in another dimension. "That's not the original dimension, anything can happen, I'm very handsome. How can you not be fascinated with me?." Eric tried to focus with the direction of the wind that began to turn.
"It's just illusion magic, keep heading south. The volcano had many elf warriors." While the 'bride' who was happy in another dimension switched the conversation. He was so uncomfortable with the topic of love. His heart was as frozen as the ice in the North Pole.
After hearing the directions from Alice who opened the map, Eric stood up and tidied back his mana which was quite messy because it was used to focus the direction of the wind. The white mana mixed with gold belongs to Eric is arguably almost the same or has the same flow with mana embedded in the heart of Alice. Does that mean both of them have the same ancestor?
"Bas with you, it's slow! Hurry along! We need to find shelter before the storm comes." Alice grumbled, speeding her way ahead of Eric. The sky was dark, snowflakes were falling rapidly and many began to block vision, cold winds were blowing fiercely from all directions. This storm is an eternal winter nightmare that haunts all of Saicensia.
Feeling left alone, Eric catches up with Alice. Although the mana is still a mess, but this is not an important thing.
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Alice finally collapsed with a gasping breath. Running in extreme snowstorms turned out not to be trivial, if only he did not have a good defense against snow and ice, somehow his fate.
They were both lucky to find a small cave that could at least be used for shelter until the storm subsided. "The weather changes here are quite fast, but it seems bright." Eric snorted in annoyance as he patted his snow-filled shoulders, while Alice who heard this man's words grieved softly.
'Hey, can this arrogant fellow be quiet? This insensitive song makes me unable to freeze the face that he is always proud of.' About that's what the inner golden blonde mane said.
The first thing Eric did, though, was make a campfire. He had time to pick up the scattered wood before arriving here, his ability to hit obstacles is indeed needed on his journey this time.
"I want to sleep, you make defense magic in this cave. I'm putting everything on you." This order that Alice handed down made Eric want to protest. What the hell is this order? What girl who was positioning herself to sleep in front of him was her master?
"I am not your personal bodyguard. How could I possibly do your bidding?" The words of protest came out of the mouth of the golden eye.
"Your pay is a magic artifact that we'll get later." Alice answered, she began to fall asleep to dreamland.
"What can I do." Eric murmured, his hand emitting a diffuse mana light forming a magic fortress.