"So this is the path" said Odell
As the group came to where the newly opened path, they took a short rest just in case
"Alright, time to go"
"Yep"
"Actually kind of looking forward to this"
"Me too a little"
"Be on guard we don't know what we might encounter from here on out"
"Yeah yeah yeah we know"
"Lighten up we have him with us so it should be fine"
"We can't always depend on him to save us so always be ready got it"
"Got it"
"You're all done with your preparations?"
"Yeah"
"Well then"
They soon followed behind Odell as he went in. The path was wide and high enough to maneuver around with ease. It was bright enough to see like it's day.
"Ugh what's up with this temperature in here"
"Ye-yeah i-it's freezing"
"This is really weird"
"Why only now are we feeling this.. with how cold it feels, we should have felt it long before coming inside"
"That's brings the question of why now, why only up until here"
"Hmm maybe there's some kind of high level treasure up ahead"
"That would explain this better"
"You mean there might be something worth a lot in this freezing place"
"It could be but we won't know until we get there"
[This change in temperature was suddenly like it just happened] thought Odel
"I wonder what surprises are in store for us now" mumbled Odell
The deeper in the path they go the colder it got luckily with the new clothes they got from Odell. After a while they came to a huge open area filled with nothing but ice and snow.
Not far away they saw a life size statue next to what looks like a glowing chest.
"Look over there, there's a chest and it's.. glowing?"
"Well that's new"
"What's up with it and this place"
"I don't know but there doesn't seem to be an exit anywhere.. do you think we should go back"
"I think.."
Before that question was answered the place began to shake, causing the ice around to crack and shift. After about a few minutes of this the shaking subsided as they saw a different scenery from before.
"I don't think we can go back know"
"Yeah this is crazy"
"Don't you think this is even more weird, suspicious even"
"Well considering everything that had happened so far, no not at all"
"The temperature seem to gotten better but around the chest is completely frozen"
"Hey do you guys see that"
"What?"
"That.. there's more statues and each of them is wielding various weapons.
"Did you guys hear that"
[Oh it seems something different is about to happen]
In the next moment the chest began to rattle violently as it suddenly swung open
"The chest"
"Everyone on guard"
"I don't like the feel of this, there's something weird about that chest"
"Other than it suddenly opening on its own"
"That's not what I meant"
"She's talking about the dense creepy mana
coming out of it" said Odell observing the current happenings
Creepy mana began to pour out the open chest as it quick spread all over the statues
[Is it going that route but I've seen it before]
"Am i asking for too much little brother" mumbled Odell once again
"What's that"
"Nothing just that I wonder if that wolf beast was guarding this place and if so for how long"
"I wonder but why would it leave here if it's guarding it"
"Who knows maybe something made it or it was drawn to you five and was just hungry"
"D-dont say that, it can't be right"
"Umm what's going on"
"Well this is new" said Odell
"Huh why are the statues going towards the chest"
"I don't know but it can't be good"
The statues that are now total to be about twenty, were being pulled by the mana towards the chest. What happens next once they were close to it changed everyone's perspective on chests entirely
"Wait am I seeing things"
"It can't be right, something like that is impossible right"
"This is something I don't think we are cut out for"
"..."
"Just be ready for anything"
"This is more like it something different, i like" said Odell more to himself
The statues were being completely devoured by the chest one by one. Once done everything was silent, not a sound except for the people who were breathing nervously.
But that didn't last long as the chest once again shook much more than before then stop all of a sudden
"Get ready, something about to happen and it's not good"
After that warning, the chest swung open once again and what came out were twenty humanoid beasts with horns, red eyes, welding the same weapons as the statues were welding. They looked menacing with the same creepy mana oozing from them which gave Kat the creeps even more.
"They seem so lifeless"
"Are they even alive?"
"Well looks like we're about to find out"
"Finally" said and excited Odell as he was just quietly observing by the side"
Their red eyes began to glow as they started to move but they weren't moving towards them, they were
"Why are they standing to the side like that"
"It's as if"
"There's welcoming someone important"
"Yeah it does look like that but for who or what exactly?
"That is something we're about to find out now?
The chest which was still glowing, glowed even brighter with the mana becoming creeper and denser. The brightness dimmed down and then the area went back to normal. Once they all could adjust their eyes back, they saw another humanoid beast but it was slightly bigger and had four horns to go alone with its gray skin opposed to their purplish.
In its hand was a spear that gave off a chilling freeze.
"Well then are you sure we shouldn't head back now?"
"That will seem to be tough as it feels like one wrong move and it'll be trouble"
"So what do we do"
"We wait and see and move accordingly"
"Okay"
[This is different something I didn't expect, great] thought Odell with a smirk