The journey they travelled went rather smoothly ..
without any creatures to meet in their path ... they travelled towards the village of ice in just a week ...
and even so .. their stamina .. never lowered .. and they never had any issues on fatigue ...
and after a while ... they saw something dark blue ahead ... it wasn't glowing but it was rather attracting ..
and the further they went on forward .. the stronger the chill and frost grew ..
ice gathered between the gaps of captain Rose's mouth and eyes causing her to be temporary blind ...
Theo noticed ... her condition and suddenly wrapped his arms around her body .. and brought his golden energy towards her to fill up her energy storage and health ...
and the minute .. the golden energy came in contact with the ice ... it melted instantly ... as it left her eyes .. and the gaps it covered ... on her body ...
her once before slow heart began to jump happily with the sudden surge of golden energy invading her body ..
her cells and body began to warm up .. and made her fill up with strength ...
she then looked back and saw that Theo had almost run out of energy but was still handing on .. as ice began affecting him as well ..
but unlike the way it affected her ... the ice took a lot of time .. to form a single unnoticeable snow flake ..
but even so ... it made the captain worry ...
and since she didn't have powerful energy like him. .. and that she couldn't control the golden light... she could only endure to watch as they walked along the path towards the village hastily ..
by the time they arrived before the blue thing ...
they realised that.. it was even bigger up close ...
it was a gargantuan wall of blue ice .. infront of the wall stood a steady gigantic door .. with a golden knob ...
and beside the door .. was a dark blue ice sculpture .. and another one in a black paint .
and in their vicinity .. then made the frost surrounding the two grow even more violent ...
snow flakes gathered and built small icicles on Theo's face ..
his face was frozen blue but even so ... some golden energy swelled beneath the blue light .. and started attacking the frost ...
warmth surged inside his body ..
but judging from his condition ... captain Rose realised that it wouldn't be long until he collapsed from energy consumption ...
she then pushed her body towards the door with great strength ...
the wind blew like a heavy violent blizzard ... it was like the snow flakes covering the walls were razor blades as they slashed at the captain .. causing some minor injuries on her skin ..
but .. in those injuries ... there were ice seedlings sprouting ... from her minor wounds ..
snow flakes covered them .. and with that .. the cold spread entirely in her body ...
the golden energy then fought away the cold and covered the injuries in a second ... fast ...
when she took another step ... the blizzard suddenly lessened .. and it then died down like there was never a blizzard a while ago ...
crack!!!
a sound like glass shattering resounded from her left ...
she saw the black painted sculpture ... move as the layers of what seemed like icy rust fall off from its body ..
the sculpture then turned its head and glanced at her ... a glint of white light appeared in its eyes ...
however ... instead of anything bad happening to her ... the ice sculpture just glanced away from her and turned to look at the now weak Theo ... who was holding onto the rope of life ...
captain then followed it's gaze and her eyes widened ...
but before she could turn .. she suddenly felt something like a blizzard blowing from the clouds ...
it was suppressing her but it wasn't visible ..
she tried all she could to run back but all she could do was only glance at the sculpture as it approached Theo slowly ...
blue icy blades manifested in its hands ...
with one more step ... it then arrived before Theo .. and raised its blades above its head ... and swung them back to the ground ... slashing at him ...
the air was cut by the blades making sounds like cracking space ..
trails of black snow flakes ... fell behind the swords like shadows of the past strike ..
captain Rose shouted in horror as she saw the blades descend like twin devils ...
tears gathered in her eyes ...
clank!!!
but in the next moment ... she suddenly had a little bit of hope .. as Theo raised his boney sword ... to counter the dual blades ..
blood fell out from his mouth ...
Theo felt like a world of snow was built around his brain and heart as he blocked the strike ....
cough!!
more blood kept flowing from his mouth as the sculpture forced him back .. and created a crater beneath them ..
suddenly .. multiple illusionary ice blades materialised in the air ..
a rain full of swords faced down at Theo ... as they shook and rattled like they were excited ...
the black ice sculpture then raised its blade above its head and slashed again .. and put more pressure ... on Theo ...
his hands started bleeding .. and his skin started to crack ...
after the swing was done ... all of the illusionary blades came down like raining swords and slashed towards Theo ...
and since captain Rose couldn't help him ... and that she couldn't even lift a finger .. she could only watch as the rain came at him
....
and as she hoped for something miraculous to happen ... she saw the blades as they dug into his skin deeper and deeper into his skin ...
one of the blades stroke his heart and left an icy wound ....
when she thought of breaking free ... something like a white shadow flashed past her eyes ..
when she looked from where it came from .. she noticed that the door had been opened .. just a little for the shadow to go through ...
a glimmer of hope shimmered in her heart .. as the black sculpture stopped it's attacks and returned to where it stood .. motionless. . like it had before ..
Theo then collapsed on the ground ... unconscious...
the ice on her feet then broke to splinters of ice ..
she turned back and ran for Theo ..
she knelt by his side and held his cold hands .. and trembled ...
"Are you ... the people sent to our village to help ..??" she then raised her head and looked up .. and saw the face of the white shadow ...
her voice was cold and her face was gorgeous like a fairy's ..
she was wearing a white cloak ... that had snow flakes engravings on it ...
her hair was snow white and her eyes .. resembled something like a forest ...
"Yes .. can you help him .."
"Yes ... " the lady said without emotion .. and picked Theo up and lifted her up on her shoulders ...
captain Rose rose from her feet ... and followed behind her ...
the two went through the giant dark blue ice door .. and the door closed behind them ...
when Rose waked inside .. she had to cover her eyes from the white light that illuminated the entire village ..
when she opened her eyes .. what she saw ... made her freeze ...
suppose ... the mission lied to the both of them ... and just stated .. help the villagers in the Ice Village ...
perhaps .. she had read it wrong .. but what was in her sight .. couldn't be in the slightest idea be called a village .. it was more like a utopia ... a giant magnificent city .. engraved with golden emblems ...
the houses .. and the ground were like dark blue jade .. and despite being ... an ice village ... it didn't even feel cold at all .. infact it was warm ...
in the middle of this so-called village .. there was a giant building ... that was made entirely out of gold ...
but when looking up close .. she realised .. that the gold she thought was gold .. wasn't gold ... it was ice on a different level ...
after gazing at the beautiful city ... she ran after the cold lady .. inside a house unlike any other houses she had ever seen ..
this house .. was rather ordinary .. like a giant igloo ...
the entrance .. had a dark blue door .. whilst the entire house .. was made of ordinary blocks of ice ..
but when walking inside ..
the interior .. was fancy .. like a royal throne room ..
a dark blue carpet .. lay down .. on the floor .. beautifully ..
light blue engravings covered the carpet like small dragons ..
the walls had paintings of a faceless man .. in dark black clothing ..
he held a rapier .. that blazed with blueur fire ..
and the other paintings went like a movie .. as he displayed his power ..
..he was like an ice cold angel ... with wavy dark black hair ..
...
captain Rose then thought of the black sculpture outside the village walls ..
"He was .. our first crown prince .. who died at an early age in battle .. he was different than others ... he had power to bend rules .. authority over ice ... if you must say ... he was the strongest in the village and he made a name for himself ... and yes .. for the question lingering in your mind .. yes ... but also no ... the ice sculpture isn't him .. but rather .. his will was left inside .. of that ice sculpture .. like some sort of a doppelganger ... his will is strong but the ice body isn't strong ... " the cold lady said as she removed the white robe she was wearing ...
she revealed her long jade legs ... which were covered by a black blouse ...
which was see through... apart from her upper torso and lower body ..
she tied her hair into a bun and put Theo on a bed ...
she then put her hands on his chest ...
a glow appeared .. and suddenly went into his body ..
ice frost came out of his orifices ... and rose out from his chest .... like a blooming flower showing off its tasty .. beautiful buds ..
a snow flake as big as her hand .. manifested above his chest ...
the lady stretched out her hand to grab it ... but before he had the chance to do so .. the snow flake ran back into his chest ... but instead of causing his harm ... it healed most of his injuries ... smoothly .. and cast some blue mist around him .. keeping him into a deep sleep ...
and from her eyes she could see that he was recovering abnormally fast ... and the snow flake ... was absorbed by his body like a sponge ...
'He can use frost element ..??!' .. the lady thought in shock ...