Level Up: Voidwalker

Chapter 12 - 12: A Damn Yeti

'A damn Yeti! And it's Rank B! That would destroy me,' Atlas thought. 'I wonder what it's doing.'

He would soon find out as another monster roared, and the sounds of something charging through the brush could be heard. Atlas poked his head out to see a Whooley Rhino-looking monster rushing toward the White Warden.

This newcomer was the size of an elephant from Earth, with its body rippled with muscles as it barreled through trees like they weren't there. Atlas quickly scanned the newcomer to see its rank.

[Woolhorn]

[Rank: B+ - 850 exp]

'The Woolhorn is a bit stronger, but let's see who wins,' Atlas mused while nibbling on his bread as he watched the sudden entertainment.

Once the White Warden saw the newcomer, it let out a loud, ear-piercing roar and charged forward, causing the Woolhorn to rush forward. When Atlas saw this, he chuckled, ''They're playing a game of chicken.''

What happened next took him by surprise. The Woolhorn impaled the White Warden, its body flailing before hurling the monster's corpse in his direction. With a sickening thud, it landed nearby.

More Yeti-like monsters emerged from the brush as it prepared to charge again, witnessing their injured kin and entering a berserk fury. As this happened, Atlas noticed the badly injured White Warden was staring at him with hate in its dying eyes.

Despite his apprehension, he resolved to face the creature. Focusing on his aim, he cast Void Arrow. An azure blue projectile materialized and shot forward, striking the White Warden's head with unerring precision.

When the creature died, Atlas felt the experience pouring into his body. As he did this, the battle intensified, as both sides were injured. He took this opportunity to escape his hiding place and take out his dagger.

Quietly, he went to the lifeless White Warden, extracting a stunning azure Monster Core and stashing it in his bag before quickly departing, abandoning the intense fight. Following a twenty-minute dash, he arrived at the snowy plains leading to the Frostmark Kingdom.

Atlas surveyed the wintry expanse and saw rolling hills blanketed in snow punctuated by sporadic clusters of trees. "It's like a snowy desert," he mused before walking through this strange landscape.

After scanning the landscape, he trekked across the plains for hours and saw only groups of trees. A herd of deer-like monsters ignored him, but he still scanned them.

[Meadowhart]

[Rank D - 300 Exp]

He quickly noticed the male eating grass in the middle of the herd and lifted its head to watch Atlas, who was miffed at the creature's behavior but didn't want to bother them and continued.

They let him pass as the monsters sensed he meant no harm to them. After another hour of walking, Atlas spotted a rundown village on the shore of the Shivering Sea, and he now understood where it got its name from as the air was ice cold, causing him to shiver before wrapping the cloak around himself.

Atlas wrapped his Winter Cloak around himself before trekking toward the abandoned village, and when he got closer, he noticed it looked like a hunter's village as it was half a mile away from the forest.

Pulling out his dagger and readying a spell, Atlas