[2 days later]
'How cold it is here...'
'Come on andrius, go faster'
'For the love of the dragon god... already fall, it's already very difficult to keep the fire lit while we're moving in the snowy area but if I get disoriented and end up putting out the fire inadvertently we'll end up frozen by the cold...'
"It's not that cold..."
'Alba you are a spirit of ice... of course you won't be so cold'
"I'm hungry Andrew"
'...'
And if we got to the snowy area a day ago... as I said, my luck plus that of the protagonist, we didn't hesitate a whole day when we had already managed to get out of the foggy area and managed to find the snowy area but we ended up deciding to rest to eat and that wutong, kanna, silvi and tsubasa get used to the cold a little... and if I say that if it is very cold or so I would say if it were not a divine beast that represents ice and that it was not covered by a fur that kept me warm.
But total... here we find ourselves seeing in white and blue with some rocks here and there... we have not found animals or monsters unfortunately I wanted to know if there was any difference between a monster from here to those from the forest... but well there is time.
And well, the girls each have their complaint... wutong and her body that can barely resist the cold if it weren't for the small flame that Tsubasa maintains, I don't think she could be thinking now or many hours ago.
Silvi... wants to go faster because according to how we can become rulers of the domain if we hurry... for now I'm ignoring her, it's a bit annoying that they use me as their transport for more than a full day... without rest .
Tsubasa and her complaints that she can't concentrate on keeping the little flame she made but it's clear that she can do it only not while she's asleep and that's why she's complaining about not being able to sleep... but well going back to the little flame even though little girl is fulfilling her task of keeping us warm or at least them... I don't really care if she is or not, as I said, I am a divine beast that represents ice.
Alba is just trying to keep them distracted by the cold... failing at every attempt but she thanks her as at least I'm not bored of seeing so much white while listening to her.
And kanna... the little hungry dragon, even though I don't blame her, we haven't eaten for more than a day since we entered the snowy area, but let them start telling you from time to time and apart from that whoever tells you is a dragon that you can spend a long period of time without eating... it bothers you in some way.
And well I... I just want to find a cave to rest, I haven't stopped running with my speed down since we got here, because according to Tsubasa before anything else, we need to find a place to shelter from any snow storm that may happen at any time... since it will be more dangerous if we meet one and something very bad happens.
And you'll wonder what it is... well stop and I'll tell you, according to this it's a very deceptive area, it means that here you don't have to trust where you walk because it has several places that can collapse at any time due to the weight, all thanks to the monsters that live here since some of them can't stand the cold outside or the heavy snow storms and so they preferred to move underground thus creating several caves and causing several landslides to occur from time to time and well if that it happens to us at best we could almost end up in one of the many caves that exist in this area and at worst... well you get the point.
'Andrius, how are you going, have you already seen a cave to rest... I want to rest now'
'No, I haven't found anything yet, it's hard to tell the difference between all this snow... and how is it that you're tired if you're barely doing anything and above all that flame isn't consuming almost any mana and what you spend on it you regenerate very fast... the one who should want to rest should be me his transport...'
Tsubasa spoke in a tired tone while he asked me and I answered him while he internally complained.
And the minutes passed and there was no sign of a cave anywhere... I was beginning to wonder if I had spent all my luck in my attempt to get out of the foggy area... until.
"Andrius look there... I think I found a cave"
'Mmmm let me see... if it's a cave... well, hold on tight, I'm going to speed up'
Alba, who was the only one who was helping me find a cave, pointed in the direction that there seemed to be one and I hopefully turned to see and yes, it was a cave only that it was a bit far from us so I had to speed up a bit to come fast and that's why I told them to hold on.
Running at my average speed we managed to reach the big entrance to the cave in a few minutes... up close it looks much bigger, using my brain a bit... I think, the cave entrance must be about 15 meters wide height... what must live here... I don't want to go in anymore... but, I don't want to go looking for another one.
'Okay... let's go in'
I said while they nodded and I took all the courage I can to enter the cave hoping that there is no one living in it, the girls don't even think they are thinking about anything part of the cave... food... sleep.
I don't even need to use [telepathy] to know what they're thinking.
Minutes pass and we see no signs of 1) the cave ending and 2) signs of anyone living here...but that's only what I can see...but, with my enhanced senses I can tell that 1) the cave does have an end and we are almost there and 2) that at the end of it there are different smells... one that I recognize is the smell of blood.
'Be prepared... possibly we will find some monster that already lives here'
I told them while they nodded, almost all of them had gotten off and started walking since we entered the cave... Tsubasa was resting/sleeping taking advantage of the fact that it's not so cold here and that wutong made a ball of light to illuminate our path.
Manipulating my magical senses to amplify the range and get a feel for the monsters at the end of the cave and... there are 15 of them and they're big at least taller than me... about 5 meters at least.
'Mmmm... it seems that we entered a tribe of ice giants of low rank, andrius be prepared for anything'
'Well... we better get ready in case we want to get out of the cave fast, it wouldn't be a good idea to start a fight here... since they probably already know we're here'
Tsubasa recognized the monsters or the ice giants and warned us, I also spoke while preparing my mana just in case the girls did too, even if Silvi is serious at this moment since she recognizes that it is dangerous... or is she just waiting for there is a fight and she is the first to attack... one of two but I want to believe that she is the first.
As we neared the end of the cave the light from the torches became more visible I had already felt but not seen.
We started to walk slower while hoping they hadn't sensed us but not everything can go right all the time.
When we had already approached the crossing where the ice giants are located, you can hear the giants who had been caused until now... they felt us since we entered it seems.
"Jujujuhahahaha but what do we have here... a wolf, a squirrel, a butterfly, a cat, a spirit and... A-A DRAGON?"
"WHAT... A DRAGON... HAHAHAHA YES, IT IS A DRAGON... BROTHERS WE HAVE FOUND A DRAGON WE CAN FINALLY RETURN HAHAHAHAHA"
And with that began the cries of happiness from the ice giants.
The first tried to intimidate us by talking about knowing that they had already found us and then starting to smell the scent of kanna's dragon so that the other giants were surprised and one confirmed that it was and started laughing like crazy with the others... I don't think we'll get out of this in peace.
"HAHAHAHAHA I BOR OF THE YMIR TRIBE, START THE HUNTING FOR THE DRAGON AND HIS GROUP HAHAHAHAHA"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" (war cries)
'...'
"BOOM"
In what the giant bor proclaims, the others begin to scream loudly before a large fireball is shot towards them from Tsubasa creating a small explosion and starting a fire due to the flammable things they had, managing to create a wall of fire that blocked the passage of the giants... although I don't think it will last long.
'Andrius and everyone, start running here we can't start a fight'
'Yes...'
Tsubasa yells as we all agree quickly and turn back to run to the exit... but again, not everything goes the way you want.
When we turn around, two giant figures fall from the ceiling generating a tremor that I won't lie... if I get a little scared.
"HAHAHAHAHA THEY WILL NOT ESCAPE"
"HAHAHA IF... THEY DON'T ESCAPE, IF WE KILL THEM AND BRING THE HEAD OF A DRAGON AND THEIR HEADS FROM HIM TO THE LEADER OF OUR SURE TRIBE AND THEY NAME US ELITE WARRIORS HAHAHA"
two frost giants had fallen blocking our only exit from the cave and laughing loudly as they spoke just as loudly.
'We are surrounded...'
'Yes silvi... we are surrounded'
I replied to silvi as she saw the ice giants already free from the spiritual wall of fire and now they are walking while laughing loudly and talking to each other.
'Well... we have no choice... we will have to fight here'
I said while watching the giants make ice masses and I and the girls prepare fast attack spells to see if we can kill a few giants.
This happens to me for trusting my luck to get out of the fog area quickly and now we are in a cave surrounded by ice giants... I don't know how to feel in this situation.
Send a little luck so I can get out of this situation okay... please.
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I made an auxiliary chapter where the characters appear...