Frostfire heart - a rare crystal found in icefire monsters of 4th stage and above. Even after using the area around it will have some residual mana which can be used to increase mana capacity among other things.
"It's a frostfire heart." Druak couldn't believe it."Is this actually a frostfire heart."
A Frostfire heart was one of the rarest finds from an ice type monster and only appeared in 4th stage or above monsters which had a ice attribute with a fire attribute. This almost never happened as the two attributes conflicted with each other so much.
"I guess this explains why they lied about what was found." Druak could feel the overpowering mana that the crystal was releasing. He could already feel his mana capacity going up.
"It's a shame I can't stay here to absorb more of the mana, but at least I can get this amazing treasure." Druak rushed over to pick up the crystal, but as soon as he approached it his whole body started to get a thin layer of ice around it.
After looking around more Druak eventually noticed he wasn't the only one that tried to take this crystal. Surrounding the nest were frozen statues of dozens of people, there were even some elven that seemed to try to take the crystal. This wasn't surprising as humans were naturally greedy and elves were obsessed with ice based magic, each species had a speciality and the elven races were ice.
"Guess I need to find a way to contain this crystal before that damn spider gets here." Druaks brows furrowed as he tried to think of any possible way to transport this crystal, he hadn't thought of this beforehand as he thought it would be a necrotic crystal.
He looked around the room and finally came up with a plan, but the frostbite spider might not be too happy with it.
'Wait… those eggs can survive the cold so what if…"
Druak looked around the cave and found some spiderwebs and took off his shirt. He then wrapped the spiderwebs around his shirt and flung them towards the eggs, trying to avoid getting too close to the crystal.
It seemed to work, the webs stuck to the egg and Druak began to pull it towards him. There was one small problem, however.
*Crack * The cloth from his shirt began to break.
Druak knew it wouldn't last long but he didn't expect it to freeze so fast. "Guess I'm gonna have to hope it lasts long enough." Druak gave it one last tug.
"Damn it." The egg was still too far. If he tried to grab it his hands could be frozen solid.
He had no choice, he knew this crystal would be found soon and if he didn't grab it now he would never have an opportunity to get it again.
Druak went straight for it, trying to grab the egg as fast as possible.
As he reached out his hand, it slowly became enveloped with frost, causing his hand to slow down more and more. He could feel it, his fingers had this burning sensation that no ordinary person could stand.
His hand finally made it to the egg, but he couldn't open or close them anymore.
*Aggggraaaa * The sound of a frostbite spider echoed throughout the cave, causing debris to fall from the cave. Druak stared up at the ceiling of the cave and saw a large rock falling towards him, he tried to avoid it but before he realised it his hand was stuck down to something.
*Crunch* Druak's hand had completely shattered. At least he got the egg though.
Druak's hand was clamped down on the floor as blood slowly seeped through the gaps in the rock. He winced in pain but tried to contain how he was feeling as it could tell the frostbite spider exactly where he was.
Druak slowly pushed the boulder off his hand, revealing his hand which was a bloody mess.
He only looks at it for a second before turning his attention to the frostbite spider egg which was white and covered in a blue swirling pattern.
"Shame I can't use this egg to get a beast tame class but there's nothing else I can do." Druak proceeded to smash the egg down on the ground, shattering it and causing a blue mucus to escape along with a small dead spider body.
He began to collect all of the egg shells, forming them into armour to insulate his shattered hand. He also used the mucus that was inside the egg and smothered it all over his hand.
Druak looked down at his almost completely covered hand and arm."At least now I don't have to worry about my hand getting frozen.
Once he had made the makeshift glove he began to gradually approach the frostfire crystal, making sure that he kept the rest of his body away from the freezing cold temperatures.
Reaching out his whole body began to freeze over, but he kept pushing forward as he slowly began to freeze to death.
Without realising it Druak had been holding his breath in as he approached the crystal. His entire body began to change to a dark shade of purple and he was struggling to even take another step. But it was all worth it, finally, he grabbed the frostfire heart and sealed it away in a makeshift container which was made from the same shells he had used for his hand and arm. He placed the container in his pocket and began to walk towards the exit of the cave.
"I can finally get out of the hell hole and make sure Isacc made it to the academy safely." Druak said as he walked towards a large hole in the wall. However, it seemed his luck was not as good as he thought as a loud screeching noise echoed throughout the tunnel and into the chamber he was in.
"Damn it, I need to hide before it sees me." Druak rushed to a giant pillar that seemed to be holding up this part of the cave.
He tried to calm himself as the enormous frostbite spider entered the chamber. It was completely covered in burns and a large chunk of its body was missing. His traps seemed to have done their job perfectly, but Druak knew he still stood no chance against this monster.
As Druak hide behind the large pillar, the frostbite spider staggered through the chamber then it just….. stopped. It was right next to Druak, he covered his mouth as quickly as possible trying not to make a sound.