"The weather here is sure cold."
Oscar was sitting on a bench. He was in one of the parks that many tourists visits. He still complained about the cold weather. He didn't want to attract any attention so he didn't use mana to make himself warmer. Because of this, he got cold.
"I need to find a place to stay for the night."
There were a lot of inns in this city. It was one of the specialties of the city. Oscar got up from the bench he was sitting on. He had a place in mind to stay the night. The same inn he has once stayed with his grandfather years ago. He couldn't find the bookstore but maybe he could find the inn, he hoped.
"I need to look for Uncle Zheng tomorrow. I have one final idea to find him. I can't remember well but there used to be another place I visited with grandpa. It's a long shot but I have to try it. Since I can't remember it well I didn't want to do it."
Oscar
"The beast of the North? What's that?"Asked Oscar. The people who were talking at the next table fell silent and observed Oscar. Just a second later they responded to him."It's an old legend of this region. There are many different versions of the story, especially about how it came to be. Some say it's the soul of The Northern Berserk. Some say it's a beast that came here from the North Pole.""Aren't an ocean between here and the North Pole?""Yes. This is why no one believes that one. Anyway, the beast of the north legend begin about two hundred years ago. A legion from Zlorith tried to get into the region by using the mountains. But they went missing and the only thing found about them was shredded bodies."That can be the work of wild animals, thought Oscar. He was wondering if the said beast could be a spirit but so far all he heard was just some good old legends that are not even close to truth many times."Since then there are a lot of people who went missing in the mountain
(Hope's POV)Today finally school has restarted. My plan to get to know Oscar has been pushed back because of that weird explosion incident. Anyway, I will enjoy today with Oscar!Ugh... Why is he so late?! Yesterday he was fine while talking with Jason. So he can't be sick. Wait, what if he got sick because of Jason?! I will murder you, Jason!I hope you are okay, Oscar. I don't want you to suffer sickness. Even if it's a basic cold. The teacher didn't mention anything about Oscar while taking attendance. I don't know if he is really sick. Now that I think about it he was sick on the second day of school. Ugh... It's better I just ask Jason. He already knows about this, probably."Hey, Jason. Is Oscar sick? Why didn't he come today?""Ah. He had to leave the city because of some family matters.""Family matters?""Yeah. That's all I know."What is this important family matter that he had to leave the city? As far as I know, he doesn't talk with his father. His grandfather already pas
"*sigh* The government has really pushed us to a corner."The Head of the Houll Family, James Houll said. He was stressed out because of recent things. Mainly the pressure of the government. They were accused of having a weapon that could cause city-wide destruction."What a drag. I bet Elijah is enjoying everything about this."He imagined his old rival chuckling at his situation. They were rivals since they were kids. And it never stopped. Everything between them was a pure rivalry. They didn't hate each other but they did what they could do to beat the other one.And now that James was dragged into this ridiculous situation without any interference by his old rival things were even worse. In his book, this was almost a straight defeat. It was so straight that he couldn't see any crossing direction to save himself and his family."If only this weapon was real."He muttered to himself. He was having trouble because of a weapon that doesn't exist. And worst of all, his son Andrew was
(Oscar's POV)Uncle Zheng. I remember that when I was young my grandpa introduce him to me. It was so long ago that I barely remembered him. And seeing him in front of me feels weird."Uncle Zheng?""Little Oscar. It's been so long since I saw you.""Yeah... It's been so long."I finally found him. Uncle Zheng is a middle-aged man with a huge build. He had grey long hair braided in a ponytail and a grey beard that apparently hasn't been taken care of.He seemed to be exhausted as expected. His daughter is hospitalized for a while now. And she doesn't seem to get any better.To find him, I visited the hospital. I asked for Isabella's room at the reception. As expected he was here with her. Isabella looked, malnourished and skinny. I'm not sure about her sickness only about her lungs now."Isabella...""Oscar... I've missed you...""I've missed you too. It's been four years.""Hey, promise me. When I got out of here, we will go to the sea.""...Of course. I can't wait to go to the sea w
I followed the clue Uncle Zheng gave to me. My goal is Roimond Mountain. It is the highest mountain in this region. It is covered with snow all year long. Even in summer, it's freezing cold. But it's more famous for its lethality.Most of the people who went to the mountain either died by falling off one of the many cliffs or were attacked by wild animals. Because of these reasons people think it's cursed and tend to avoid it."It's already snowing. Further, I go it becomes colder."This mountain not only was huge and tall, but it was also close to the North Pole. There were roughly about three hundred kilometers between this continent and the North Pole. But it was still close enough to make this place freezing cold.Yesterday after talking with Uncle Zheng, I prepared some necessary tools and rations to eat while traveling. This is already my third day of traveling. According to Uncle, I will reach there in a day. So it will be four days when I could begin some research if there's a
(Hope's POV)"Since Jason won't give me any useful information anymore. So I had to find someone else who could."I looked at the reflection of myself in the mirror. I'm trying to gather my resolve. I will meet with Carla a few minutes later. Today I finally found a chance to approach her in school. I asked her if we could meet after school. She agreed when I also told her that I'm Oscar's friend. She also has a deep interest in him.I wonder if we could be friends? I don't know about Oscar but she seems to be into him. I wouldn't be surprised if she were to be in love with him or something. Oscar will eventually find himself a lover. I just want to be in his life at that time. I waited for years to meet with him. Ever since my father told me about him, I always wanted to meet with him."Little by little, I'm learning about you, brother."One last time I checked my outfit and left the home. I'm wearing dark blue jeans, a white shirt and on top of my white shirt, I'm wearing a black le
The chilly weather of the mountains was keeping me awake. I couldn't even get a wink of sleep for the last four hours. I found a cave to shelter myself at night. Unfortunately, this wasn't the cave I was looking for. I tried to rest my body for tomorrow. Traveling for a whole day made me fatigued. Since I still couldn't find the cave I will have to travel tomorrow too. I took out a piece of cake from my bag and start eating it. If I can't sleep I'll at least eat something to energize my body. I will start moving soon so I should better ready myself before I begin moving again. The map uncle Zheng gave me isn't helping much. The path drawn in it was very vague. "How do I find the path? I have been walking all day and I still couldn't find the path. I guess I should move deeper into the mountain." I use this time to circulate my mana. It kept my body warm and recover some of my fatigue. I obviously didn't spend all of my mana like I used to do. But unlike normal, I kept it for hours
"Damn it! It keeps regenerating!"I didn't know that something could irritate me this much. No matter how much I attack it, its body kept regenerating. This is getting annoying. I already spent half of my mana and I still couldn't damage it properly."[Fireball], [Crushing Wave], [Lightning Spear] and [Boulder]."I cast four spells one after another. I used all of my affinities. Water, fire, earth, and lightning. Fire and lightning gave it the most damage but even the wounds they caused healed a few seconds later. Alright, I'm almost out of any ideas. Since water and earth almost don't hurt it, I have to use fire and lightning. I can't really use runes and mana strings. They are too fragile and this beast literally destroys the environment at every step it takes.Perhaps I should somehow create an explosion huge enough to blow away most of its chest and then I could go and grab its core from the wound before it heals. But then the explosion must be strong enough and I should be close