4 The Ice Warlock

Chapter 4: The Ice Warlock

Surrounded by the tall trees and the everlasting snowing of the forest, Cain and Sivir were resting in the cold along with a burning campfire.

As they are resting, a 6 - foot tall figure can be seen at least 50 meters from them. As it become closer and closer, the atmosphere gets tense and the snow seems to berserk in the air.

"Get out my holy land." was what the figure murmured.

Cain was the first one to react to the sudden murmur of a person. Cain immediately warned Sivir for an incoming threat that is approaching them.

"Sivir!! Sivir!! Wake up!" Cain was poking and waking up Sivir to help assess the situation.

"What's up, Cain - san?"

Sivir was still not competely able to wake due to tiredness she had.

"GET OUT THE HOLY LAND!!!" The figure now shouted those words terrifyingly. It was a voice of a man.

"Heek!!" Sivir was surprised and terrified of the voice that came out of nowhere in the snowing forest.

Cain and Sivir were now gradually on their guards, Cain unsheathing his sword and Sivir picking her knife in her pouch.

Cain was taking a fair sword stance while Sivir was holding her knife like a hunter.

"W - Where is this coming from, Cain - san?"

Sivir asked nervously.

"I don't know either."

"Eh.... "

The two of them were in the back of each other crosssing their weapons and getting ready for an attack. And Cain shouted bravely with no hesitation.

"Hey!! Show yourself!!"

"You guys really don't understand, do you?"

"You are tresspassing on my holy land."

The figure was implying that they tresspassed on his "Holy Land" that he keeps calling.

"This is my last warning, please leave." The shadowed figure warned them.

"Hmmmmm. No!!! I don't want to. I have something to do here!" Cain instantly replied with a no and stating that he has business to do.

"W - Wha?!! Cain - san!!!"

"Do you understand the situation we're in, Cain - san!!!?" Sivir was picking up her head as why Cain suddenly rejected the offer to leave peacefully.

"But I want to see your face, Ummm... Let's call you, uh...."

"You!!!"

The figure released small chunks of icicles into Cain and Sivir. It suddenly

"I am an Ice Warlock!! Can you see that?!!"

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Cain and Sivir swiftly dodged the loads of small icicles that were thrown at them.

"Woah!! Easy!!"

Cain was dodging and parrying the icicles easily. Meanwhile, Sivir was having difficulty in doing so.

(Why would Cain - san provoke him!?")

(And it's an Ice Magician. What do we do?)

(And maybe he is An Arcana user.)

Sivir was thinking of these things while Cain quickly rashed to the magician and tried to cut him.

Swing!! It missed. Cain missed the opportunity to slash the magician.

The magician then step back away from Cain and released an another round of small icicles being thrown.

SWOOSH!! SWOOSH!!

An another round of icicles was thrown at them. Cain dodged and parried them again.

This time, this gave Sivir the chance to attack the magician.

Sivir rushed forward and released a slash in a close distance of about 1 foot. The attack didn't reach the magician.

"Tssk." Sivir bit her tongue.

No time to hesitate, she stepped forward and made a dash to close the distance.

The magician instantly reacted and made another icicle, but this time it is huge. He made the chunk of ice way too fast and Sivir probably wouldn't be able to dodge or parry it.

He then released the icicle at Sivir, not only it is huge but it also propelled into her quickly.

She suddenly stopped to slash the approaching icicle. Sivir borrowed the energy that was in the knife the same way she did then in the fight against the Forest Boar.

Hack!! It successfully slashed the icicle in half.

Cain who just finished defending himself against the loads of icicles that re directed at him suddenly rushed at the side of the magician to attack him unguarded.

Despite it, the magician figured that Cain would attack him unguarded.

"Hmmmm..."

"Hoh!!"

Cain then slashed the magician. It didn't hit, of course as the magician dodged it easily.

Sivir also found the opportunity to attack the magician unguarded. She then released three slashes that composed of the orange energy that wraps around it.

Hack! Hack! Hack!

(Yosh!!! These should hit him.)

The magician instantly saw the slashes and able to dodge two of it. The other one went into his hips.

"Auurghh!!!" The magician screamed in pain.

Despite landing an attack, Cain didn't hesitate to take another slash to the magician.

The magician was panicking, he then projected an ice barrier on Cain's sword blow.

Screech!!! The barrier and the sword clashed each other as soon as it hit.

"You're really strong, magician!!!" Cain was admiring the magician with his spirit brimming and a big grinning face.

"Tssk."

Cain released his sword and the magician turned his barrier into an icicle. Cain was the one unguarded now, the icicle instantly shot at him.

Blood spurted. Sivir was shocked as to Cain taking a hit in the leg.

"Cain - san!!!"

But it only grazed him as the icicle totally wasn't purged at his leg.

"Haaah... I'm fine!!!" He was still full of energy.

"Cain - san, let's attack together!" Sivir implemented a teamup and ganging on the magician.

"Hoh... You still have time to talk!?"

The magician asked and instantaneously released another round of huge icicles at them. It's huge now.

"Huh!!! They're huge now, Cain - san!!"

"I know!! Yosh!! Let's go! Sivir!"

"Yes!!"

They both rushed at the magician and continuously parried and blocked the huge icicles. Cain reached first, and then decided to make a blow in the head of the magician.

Swing!!

The magician dodged the swing, but from the other side was Sivir holding a knife. She then released an energy slash at him.

Hack!!

"Aargh!!" The magician was hit in the shoulders and screamed being dealt by pain.

"Okay, that's enough." The magician backed far away from them and muttered.

"Oh!! He's far again!"

"Cain - san!!"

The magician was doing a spell that might release at any time as to Cain was the closest one to him.

Cain initially took a dash and boosted himself.

The spell was finished. Cain stopped midway through the snowfield and was astonished by the beatiful sight of the flower that is coated by ice. "Woah.."

"Cain - san!!"

Cain snapped back from it as soon as he heard Sivir's voice. He then again dashed swiftly to the magician but it is too late as they are within the range of the spell already.

"Tssk. I won't make it!"

"No!!! I must!!"

Cain miraculously boosted and made out close to the magician. He then made a slash in his chest and it hit successfully. Cain then stepped back, and performed a back flip in the air.

"Aargh!! You!!" The magician screamed in pain again as it slashed his chest.

"Oh!!"

"Nice, Cain - san!!"

"Hehehe!" Cain was enjoying Sivir's praise.

"Haaah. Haaah. Haaah." The magician was panting and breathing heavily.

"How dare you enter my holy land!" The magician called it out of them.

"Haah.."

(He's still standing after that? He took a slash in the chest, right?)

"Hehehehe..." The magician grinned at their faces.

"You think you've won? Don't celebrate too early, youngsters."

"I'll get stronger now."

"What is your problem?!!" Cain yelled at him and took out his anger.

"Huh?"

"You suddenly fought us because of your stupid holy land?!!"

"Hmmmm. I am a priest, you see."

"Don't trouble me now."

The snow rampaged, the air was suppressed, and the magician exerted pressure around him.

"Hehehehe.... You know about this, don't you?"

Sivir and Cain was shocked at the sudden power - up and the skill he had controlling his aura.

"T - That's an A - Arca..." Sivir was struggling to answer the magician's question.

"Heh!!" Cain suddenly chuckled.

"What are you smiling about, boy?"

"No!! It's like nostalgia."

"Cain - san?!!"

"Huh? Whatever. Let's get this over with."

The air around them bursted and an icicles the size of a half of a tree appeared.

(EVERFROSTING HAIL) in the mind of the Ice Warlock. He didn't actually say it.

"W - We don't have time to dodge, Cain - san!!"

"Don't worry!"

"Okay!!"

The two were eager to escape from the magician's range and straightfully dashed through him.

"Yosh!!! Time to use that!!"

"As you showed your true power, let me use mine!! Magician - sayyo!!!"

Cain then removed his gloves and steam let out his hands and then throughout his arm.

He then compressed the air around him and generated heat in his right hand.

It was a fist that's covered in steam and little signs of fire that was surrounding his arm.

"Let's go! Magician!"

Sivir and the magician was shocked that maybe Cain possessed the same power as the magician used.

"Maybe our meeting is fate!! Sivir!" As Cain yelled at Sivir while looking at the back.