Kyle gazed at the ice pieces and started moving out of the cave. After coming out, he blinked and looked back at the giant boulder lying vertically beside the entrance of the cave with a mischievous glint.
He thought for a second and put his hand on the boulder. Kyle didn’t have to wait long because the moment he placed his hand on the boulder it disappeared and appeared in his mind space.
‘Nice.’
He grinned in his mind and started moving around the mountain killing as many monsters as possible.
Meanwhile,
The next day, Regius and his team woke up with bright faces. They indeed had a good night’s sleep.
Regius gazed at Yue’s figure. She was sitting beside the tents.
“You look haggard. Wanna rest for a while.”
Yue shook her head and stood up. She started patting her clothes with a hum.
“I am fine but for some reason, I didn’t see any monster last night.”
Regius nodded and looked back at the others.
“Guys, let’s climb the mountain! We will surely find a lot of new prey.”
A loud cheer sounded and they all started climbing the mountain with newfound vigor.
The day was bright and the morning wind smoothly caressed their skin.
Regius was in the front and the other five followed behind him.
After an hour, Regius looked back with a frown.
“It’s been an hour but forget about a monster we haven’t even seen their shadows! Use your ability and check if you can see anything nearby.”
Izil nodded and his cyan eyes shone for a second. He gazed far into the distance and blinked his eyes.
“Nothing so far.”
Regius frowned deepened. How strange, just yesterday they found and killed so many monsters but today it was like the monsters disappeared into thin air.
He grumbled in his mind, at this rate they won’t be able to earn many points.
“Let’s climb a little higher.”
With that being said, they started climbing again.
Yue was walking with Lumi behind the boys. Her figure was clad in the Academy uniform.
A few seconds later, Lumi suddenly grabbed her arm with a surprised expression.
“Where did you find it?”
“Huh?”
Yue was confused and due to Lumi’s sudden question, everyone stopped in their tracks and looked back at the girls.
Lumi sighed when she saw Yue’s confused expression and pointed at the bracelets.
“I mean the bracelets. Didn’t you lose one of them? How do you have both now.”
Yue’s eyes widened slightly when last night’s event appeared in her mind. Due to the silver-haired striking appearance, it was quite hard for her to forget his face.
“That…..”
She was at a loss of words and a gloomy expression appeared on her face.
‘What should I say now? A strange guy appeared last night and gave it to me?’
Lumi eyed her gloomy expression with a frown.
“Hey, what happened? Why are making such a cute face.”
Yue rolled her eyes and shook her hand away. She leaned in and quietly whispered in Lumi’s ear.
“I will tell you later when we are alone.”
Lumi raised her brow and nodded with a mischievous smile. Afterward, she glared at the others who were staring at them.
“What? Let’s move. It’s a personal matter.”
Regius and the others eyed the pair of bracelets with surprise. They knew one of the bracelets was lost but after hearing Lumi they turned around and started climbing the mountain again.
After another hour, Regius stopped when he saw something astonishing. His eyes reflected pure shock.
Izil patted his back with knitted brows.
“What happened why did you stop….”
His sentence was cut short and he almost choked on his words.
Niamh, Faith, Lumi, and Yue appeared beside the dumfounded duo and were shocked as well.
In front of them was a large space enclosed in a shimmering ice shield. A cold aura traveled inside the shield with lightning speed but for some reason, the aura never left the boundary of the shield.
Many panicked monsters were trapped in the shield running around to save their lives. Their bodies filled with blood.
Under the group’s wide gaze, long pointy icicles emerged from the ground with a loud rumble, the air cracked and large white clouds formed inside the shield.
Soon, ice pellets dropped from the clouds and loud painful shrieks of monsters sounded in their ears.
This was already enough to shock the group but in the next instant, two large boulders descended from the sky, and with a loud bang they crushed the howling monsters under their weight. The ground trembled due to the aftereffect and clouds of dust emerged in tidal waves.
Regius sucked in a cold breath and clenched his fists. He thought he was strong but looking at boulders he knew the person fighting opposite him was strong enough to subdue his whole group within mere seconds.
“So many high-rank monsters just died within a few seconds?”
He clenched his fists and stepped back.
“Let’s leave. It’s better if we don’t close our path with this dangerous person who killed so many monsters like chickens.”
The elves standing behind him all nodded with solemn expressions. Izil had the urge to use his special sight skill to see the person fighting but he restrained himself. It was not a good idea to provoke someone stronger than him.
The group’s bewildered gaze lingered on the ice shield but they immediately left the area.
At the same time, Kyle jumped down from a large rock and hummed. His glowing eyes traveled to the place where the group was standing a few seconds ago.
“Regius…?”
He mused inwardly and approached the two boulders he ‘borrowed’ from the mountain.
Kyle chuckled with a glint and patted the boulders. They were indeed useful while fighting. It was just he had to use instant teleportation to throw them at the right place.
He placed the boulders back in the mind space and waved his hand.
In an instant, the ice domain cracked and turned into white particles. After a few seconds, the area was cleaned, except for the crushed dead bodies of the monsters everything else disappeared.
Kyle’s nose wrinkled when he eyed the bodies.
“Tsk, It’s a good method but too bloody.”
He sighed and waved his hand, blue flames appeared behind him. The flames easily enveloped the bodies and turned them into ice.
Kyle thought and the ice broke down into pieces. He watched how the ice pieces scattered into tiny particles and the evidence of his gruesome fight just disappeared into thin air.