18 Chapter 18: The Frost Killer.

Brutus was talking to Prometheus.

- Nicolas was nicknamed the Frost Killer. You may be too young, but before that nickname was pretty well known. But one day Nicolas made a bet with Leo. He bet Leo couldn't beat him. He said that if Leo could beat him then he would become his subordinate. And I think you understand, Nicolas was beaten by Leo, but what you don't know is that he was beaten in less than a minute. Leo may not look like it, but he's extremely powerful. Even I can't win against him.....

Prometheus listened carefully to the story Brutus was telling him. He thought he had pretty much understood who Nicolas was. A fighting genius, proud and respectful of nature. Prometheus even remembered that in his previous life he had already heard the nickname of the frosty killer. If he was not mistaken, this man had fought against Nostradamus and would have even succeeded in injuring him, which in itself was an exploit. But Prometheus asked himself a question. Why had he never heard of Leo before? He should have known him because of the power of his subordinates.

- Brutus. At what point is Leo strong.

- He's very strong. Really very strong, in front of him I don't have a chance.

Prometheus was perplexed, if Brutus a fighter with a mana heart had no chance against Leo then what was his power.

- Leo is a warrior-mage?

- Yes, a powerful mage warrior.

- what is his rank as a mage.

- Magus.

Prometheus could not find an answer. Even for the ancient Prometheus a magus rank warrior was a person of power. Not threatening but powerful.

The meat had just finished cooking Brutus lifted the huge piece of bear and placed it on his lap. He grabbed a large piece of pulpit and ripped it off, then handed it to Prometheus.

- Here you go.

Prometheus grabbed the huge piece of meat that was as big as his head and bitten it. Prometheus and Brutus ate in silence. Ten minutes passed and Brutus had already eaten. There was only one huge 50-centimetre bone left between his two legs. On his side Prometheus had trouble finishing the piece of meat, his stomach was already full and the bear meat was too strong and too stinking. Not very good. Prometheus decided to stop forcing himself and handed the piece of meat to Brutus. Brutus did not keep the remaining meat waiting, filled it in his mouth and swallowed it without chewing it. Then Brutus decided it was time for a nap. Prometheus, he decided to go to bow training. He returned to the cave and took his bow and arrow, then went into the forest in search of rodents to shoot at.

An hour passed, Prometheus walked in the snow that rose up to his ankles, he had trouble moving. He had been looking for a target to shoot at for some time, but he couldn't find it. When suddenly a little white rabbit leaps out of the snow. Prometheus grabbed his bow as early as that and bandaged it with an arrow in his hand. He stopped his breathing and focused on the rabbit. After two seconds he fired the arrow but it was deflected by the wind. Prometheus was beginning to understand why this place had made Nicolas so skilled. It was cold, prey was rare and the wind made everything extremely difficult. The fact that Nicolas managed to survive in his childhood in these conditions must have made him a superman, who did not know the error. The rabbit saw the arrow passing and sneaked under the ground. Prometheus started looking for a new prey again.

- I really need to learn to track.

***

It got dark quickly and Prometheus returned to the cave. Where Brutus and Nicolas were waiting for him, they were preparing a bear stew. Nicolas had managed to find some aromatic plants that he had put in the mixture. Prometheus sat down with them around the fire and began to do mana manipulation exercises. He levitated a twig that tried to pass through his ring. This task was a double casting training. Prometheus spent about 30 minutes doing this exercise without success and then he ended up draining his mental energy. He had a pretty bad headache so he stopped. He turned to Brutus and Nicolas. Nicolas was carving a piece of wood, he was starting to take the shape of a wolf, as for Brutus he was watching Prometheus disappointed that he had stopped his manipulation exercises.

After eating Prometheus did some weight training with the weight of his body, he did abdominal pumps and other exercises of this style. He usually did this every three days. After 40 minutes of weight training Prometheus stopped he was tired. He lay down and closed his eyes to sleep.

The next day went in much the same way. Then it was the case for the following days. Prometheus trains every day either with a bow in the woods or with swords with Brutus. From time to time Nicolas taught Prometheus how to track prey, but each time he seemed reluctant as if he was afraid that Prometheus would decimate all the animals in the forest. Prometheus also did weight training every 2 or 3 days. So a month passed.

Until the day Nicolas and Brutus decided that it was time to seek a divine source of water. The divine water was the purifying water of the ice mountain. It was actually a concentrate in liquid form of divine mana. Water sources of this style were rather rare and kept secret by the people who found them. The primary purpose of their visits to the icy mountain was actually to find one of these water witches. Which had an extremely beneficial effect on the body of a person who drank it or bathed in it.

So they did their business early in the morning, they were going to leave the cave and go in search of a source of this water. At the time of their departure Nicolas seemed rather happy and had a broad smile. While Brutus and Prometheus seemed scowling, they obviously hadn't slept enough.

Three shadows gradually moved away from the cave as they crossed the full ice fields leaving the cellar. Their adventure began.

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