After a day and a half, Raliz and Brick finally made it to Hundred Peak Mountain Range.
When they arrived, Raliz's mouth was slightly ajar in shocked.
Who would've thought that the mountains in front of her would be so different from each other. I mean its really different.
Well in a mountain range, some will really have twins or different from them. Some will be really tall and short, big and small, with or without point at the top.
But this mountains are different from each other. Why? Because they have their own unique characteristics.
To be precise, The first mountain in front of Raliz have trees and plants in it and the next one was all around snow. You couldn't even see anything but snow.
Its like seasons changes every mountain.
The third mountain which is more taller than the last two was full of rocks and boulders.
The fourth one was scary, aside from being taller than the last three, its surface was full of flaming magma. It was a Volcano.
The fifth one was especially weird. It was covered with water. All of its surface was covered with water. Its like the mountain was made of water!
The next two ones looks ordinary. The only weird thing about the two is they look the same. They look like twins.
Raliz felt she had seen those mountains before. Its like de ja vu.
"They look so familiar... They look like... The Twin Mountains!" Raliz exclaimed when she remembered it.
"Oh sh*t!" Raliz couldn't believe it. She could really tell that the Twin Mountains back on Earth look like these Twin Mountains here on Alpha.
She wanted to go straight ahead there but something was blocking her path. Its like a forcefield blocking her out and not wanting her to continue.
"What the?" Raliz was puzzled. She reached out her hand but she didn't touch anything. She waved her hand however, nothing happened. It was just thin air.
She proceeded to walk again and the forcefield blocked her again. Her head was slammed onto the forcefield and she caressed her head after that.
"Ow! Why is this forcefield was appearing suddenly?!"
Alpha answered Raliz's reaction. It thought that she was asking.
"Answer: This is because of the Hundred Peaks Mountain Range challenge and rules.
Challenge: Cross every mountain one by one until at the last one.
Rule: You are not allowed to skip a mountain. You need to cross the first mountain until at the Hundredth Mountain correspondingly."
"Oh~" Raliz didn't think that there is such rule and challenge in this place. She then followed the rule and crossed the mountain one by one.
Crossing the first one was really easy for Raliz to cross. There are monsters though but they were scared when they encountered Brick.
She then proceeded to next one. She arrived at the snowy foot of the mountain.
Raliz was baffled by the different seasons of each mountains even though they are only at the same place.
It was so wierd.
Half way through the top, the snow around Raliz began to shake. Creatures suddenly appeared out of the snow. Their bodies look like the ones with the spiders. They have white fur covering their body. Their long eight legs were blue like ice.
They then charged at Raliz.
Looking at a distance, they look like an avalanche! Anyone would probably ran away by then.
Raliz knew that they were Spiders though through her inspect.
[Snow Spider]
Level: 5-9 (Warrior)
Condition: Healthy/ Angry
Threat Level: 1 (could slightly injure you)
Description: Offspring of the Giant Frost Spider. They mostly inhabited in snowy lands where they could camouflage themselves or hide beneath the snow. Snow Spiders only hunts small creatures and they are very friendly.
Raliz was confused by the description.
"If they're angry, why are they coming at me? Why did the condition showed me that they are angry?"
Before Raliz could guess things, Alpha immediately answered Raliz's Questions.
"They are controlled by the Challenge of the Hundred Peak Mountain Range. They were used as the first level of difficulty in this Snowy Mountain."
Raliz understood immediately. She took her bented dagger out.
When the Snow Spiders got closer, Raliz noticed something.
They were so small!
Their size was just about Raliz's palm. They look so cute like little, furry stuff toys.
Raliz started to smile. Her heart was warm with joy when seeing such cute creatures.
Like anytime now, her eyes would turn into heart shapes.
But then, Announcement rang in her head.
"Congratulations! You have discovered a talent. Secret Skill: [Lovely Charm]." Alpha announced.
The skill [Lovely Charm] was triggered immediately.
Pink energy wave fluttered in the air. It then touch the Snow Spiders. The charging Snow Spiders slowed down and eventually stopped.
"Awww! They're so cute! Come here little fellas!" Raliz said cutely. Her cute voice emanated a pink energy wave too.
The Snow Spiders charged once again and this time, they were really rushing.
The Snow Spiders jumped and they then landed on Raliz's body.
Brick saw its master got trampled by tons of Spiders. It suddenly got mad and want to charge and attack.
"Ahhhh!" A sharp scream vibrated in the air.
Brick thought that Its owner got eaten now and its eyes suddenly became red.
"They're so cute and fluffy! You're so cute, too! And you, too! And you! And you! And you...! Ahhhh!" Raliz played and snuggled them to her heart's content. These tiny little creatures weren't harming her though. They just snuggled at Raliz as if she was their mother.
Brick who was almost losing its mind looked dumbstruck.
The Snow Spiders weren't eating its master, they were just playing with her and cuddling with her.
Brick sighed in relief.
As time passed by, Brick got irritated. It was looking at its master for two hours now. Brick got a little jealous and send a little message to her master using the Skill: [Telepath].
"Master, you had been playing with those creatures for two hours now." Brick's tone sounds irritated and impatient but clearly, it was just jealous.
Raliz noticed this and laughed.
"Awww! My big baby Bear is jealous! Come here!" Raliz extended her hands and Pink energy wave vibrated and touched Brick.
Then, Brick suddenly moved and went towards her master. It cuddled along with the Snow Spiders.
After 30 minutes of cuddling with the furry creatures, Raliz remembered that she had to cross this mountain.
She then sadly looked at the furry friends.
"Furry Babies, I must go now. I need to cross this mountain so I could get stronger. I'll be back if I manage to finish my mission, okay?" Raliz didn't want to leave. But she needed to. She looked at the Snow Spiders that are trying to act cute because Raliz will be leaving.
They had grown attached to her now.
"Okay. Maybe just a few minutes mo-..." Before she could finish, Brick was dragging her out of the pile of Snow Spiders.
"Oh! Goodbye my, babies! I'll be back, I promise!" Raliz's eyes were teary when she said those words.
Brick who heard it was disgruntled and scoffed.
...
When they have finally crossed the second one, the third one was waiting for them.
It was very rocky. The stones and gravels have sharp edges that dug into Raliz's shoes.
Every step is agony!
"Ouch! Ow! Eeek! Sh*****t!" Raliz suddenly stepped on a sharp-edged stones and screamed.
However, Brick who was with Raliz didn't escape from the agonizing pain.
Its paws have many bruises and punctures.
When the time it couldn't take it anymore, it screamed and blasted the rocks away with its skill, [Sonic Roar].
Smoke and dust flew in the air and when it was gone, the number of stones with sharp edges multiplied.
Brick's and Raliz's mouth widened.
And so, they crossed the Stony Mountain with grief and agony.
...
It was dark when they crossed the stony mountain.
Their feet and paws were bulging in pain. They sat down on the ground and relaxed themselves.
To ease the pain, Raliz applied pain-reliever cream using the herb and plants along the way.
Brick had hunted a creature too.
It became their food for the night.
...
A Bear with a Girl on its back was walking up to the top of a Volcano.
The Bear's fur was brightly brown and its eyes were purple.
The Girl on its back has black, shiny hair, has white but a little toned skin, accompanied by her red lips and white rosy cheeks.
She is considered a beauty.
She's wearing a Black leather Jacket and underneath it was a green, sleeveless shirt. She also wore a black jeans for under.
She looked stunning.
And then, things got hot. Beads of sweats were forming on her head. Brick also started to sweat through.
Hot flames and magma started pouring from the top and temperature rises quickly.
Because of the heat, she felt thirsty. Fortunately, she had come prepared.
She took out the Green Gem and summoned a pond-like size of bubble of water in the air.
The water bubble dropped above them and the temperature on their body cooled down.
They continued their trek to the top. Sadly, the cooling off didn't last long. The closer they get to the crater, the higher the temperature increases.
Its like the heat was cooking her. Her skin became red because of the intense heat.
When they reached at the crater, heat wave erupted.
Raliz summoned a huge bubble of water, it is bigger than the last one she summoned earlier.
It was as big as the crater of the volcano, when the heat wave touched the bubble, it popped
The water splashed on the ground making the magma turned into black rocks and made the fire burned out.
Raliz sensing the heat was gone, she sighed loudly.
But then, the whole mountain rumbled.
She then realized what she had done. The water she had released from her Gem vexed the magma inside the Volcano.
The Volcano is going to erupt!
"Brick! Let's run!" Raliz smacked Brick's back while screaming.
Brick ran down fast, afraid to be burned alive by the eruption.
It then tripped and the two of them rolled down on the slope of the Volcano.
The rumbling was getting louder and louder every second.
Raliz's face went pale.
Heat once again rises.
Heat waves burst out one by one.
It was getting powerful and powerful.
The Volcano was shaking hard like a powerful creature was about to hatch inside.
Raliz thought she was going to die and hugged Brick.
All she could hear was ringing sound of the ground that blended with the rumbling sound. As it get to its loudest, that's when Raliz thought the Volcano was going to blew up. Her face lost its color and hope.
Prrrt! Squirt!
Raliz hearing that sound didn't know whether she should laugh or cry.
A small ball of magma launched on the air and fell into the ground.
The Volcano stopped shaking and rumbling. It looked peaceful.
"That was it?" Raliz didn't know what to feel or what to think.
Suddenly, a very loud laughter could be heard at the foot of the Volcano.
"So, the Volcano just wants to fart! Wahaahaha!" Raliz was holding its belly and wriggled on the ground while laughing.