Leon didn't want to solve all their problems, but they were partners, so they had to help each other. However, he couldn't take any chances and lose the few allies he had in that country. Ren and his soldiers were the only things between Leon and the Emperor's executioners, so he decided to go to the other world alone.
"Stay here; I will do this." Leon declared, and then he started to make a steel armchair and a spear.
"No, we can't let you do the dangerous part alone." Ren stepped forward.
"Dude… do you want to die without even learning a single spell?" Leon asked. "How did you manage to survive until now without realizing the difficulty of the situation?"
"… A lot of people died watching my back." Ren hesitated. " I can't stand back and watch my allies dying in front of me anymore. I have to protect what remains of my honor!"
"What are you? A samu… ah, you are samurai." Leon frowned. "Let's do this… if I don't return in ten seconds, you guys can touch the crystal and help me, all right?"
Ren didn't like that, but just like Leon did, he had to compromise. Even if it was Leon, it was hard to believe that he could go to another world, kill a single boss where dozens of them were probably around and return that fast. In the end, Ren nodded, and after forging the armchair and spear, Leon touched the crystal and disappeared.
Ren started to count, and before his count could reach six, he moved his hand toward the crystal, but then he retreated when he saw Leon reappearing on his right side. Leon was blue, covered in snow, and impaled on his spear there was a giant head. A head that was one meter tall, long and wide. Ren could easily imagine the size of such a beast, and it was at least six meters long.
"… Don't you know how to count?" Leon asked while trembling like a leaf.
"Are you all right?" Ren asked, surprised.
"No, I'm not all right… I just came from a frozen hell," Leon moved his hand upward. "Move away a little bit."
Ren and soldiers obeyed the command, and then Leon created a Fire Ball above his head to warm his body. The snow melted, and little by little Leon recovered his color, despite the power of his flames, not a single inch of the cave melted.
The other world was white, Leon' didn't see anything aside from snow and dark clouds. As soon as he appeared, a massive beast attacked him, but he dodged the attack and shot a Magma Spear. His attack melted the body of the creature, almost instantly leaving only the head behind. Leon impaled the monster's head with his spear and was about to return when he saw a blue amulet near the head. After picking up that, he returned.
Ancient Frozen Dire Wolf's Soul
It increases the power of ice-related attacks by fifty percent.
Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Ice Resistance has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
In just a few seconds, he leveled his Ice resistance several times. That wasn't a world where humans could live… unless they train that skill several times while enduring the frozen hell.
"Achoo!" Leon sneezed.
"Let's leave the dungeon before you get a cold." Ren smiled wryly. "Thanks to you, our job here is over. A bowl of miso soup should help you warm your body."
While feeling shivers, Leon nodded. Although his body still remembered the cold of that world, the cold he felt in the dungeon had decreased a little bit. It looked like it was a good idea to train his Ice Resistance in that world, but he had no plans to do that anytime soon. Leon never noticed that before, but he really was weak against the cold.
While walking toward the entrance of the dungeon, a few Frozen Dire Wolves tried to attack them from behind, but since Leon wasn't in the mood to play, he destroyed them all. Also, due to the fact that moving that head was difficult, they left those wolves behind. It was fine, the land would absorb those bodies, so it wasn't a problem. Besides, they could return to pick it up later.
It took them an hour to leave the dungeon, and they were received with eyes full of surprise, but Ren ignored them and started to make the miso soup. Usually, they would celebrate the conquest of such a dungeon, but they were worried about imagining how Leon finished such a massive beast so fast. Then Ren considered the following hypothesis… Leon couldn't only finish the megalodons; he could kill them in a single strike. When that thought crossed his mind, he couldn't help but feel shivers too… he had become the partner of a fearsome survivor.
Ren cooked miso soup to feed all his men, but he decided to cook even more when he saw Leon eating bowl after bowl. It looked like he was the type of person who would eat more or less according to his mood… Regardless, Ren stopped cooking when he heard the footsteps of the imperial soldiers approaching, he looked behind and saw the previous dungeon manager, now Ren was the new dungeon manager.
The manager grabbed a piece of paper and read its contents; after that, she waited for Ren's response, he bowed and nodded. After that, the manager and the imperial soldiers left as if they had no more business in that region.
"What was that about?" Leon asked while he was eating non-stop.
" … The emperor wishes to speak with me," Ren said with a pale face. "He also said that he wants you to come with me."