As the shidiots entered the cavern, they saw giant blue ice crystals all around the room. The cavern itself was nothing more than a simple cave, or so it seemed. As Pyotr decided to get close to these crystals, he realized something. "DO NOT TOUCH THEM," he yelled out before anyone had the chance to.
As he yelled, everyone took a step back. Amir used his light powers to create a small orb of light, sending it flying close to the crystal as they found out these were not simply crystals. They were the ice giants. Pyotr was told by Jack that these giants would be in a hibernating state, but how long have they been hibernating for? For them to freeze up in one place like that.
Amir was the first one to question. "So what do we do now?"
Duke was surprisingly the first one to reply, even after having such limited intellect. "What else breaks the crystals? Wake them up, fight them, beat them, and take the leader."
Yves didn't miss a breath to retort back that idea of a duke. "Or we can go home and tell Jack that all the ice giants are no good since they are frozen either way," he said while holding both jackets over his shoulders.
"Let me think for a moment." Pyotr thought, wondering which choice would be easy. Generally, it would be easy to ask Jack, but the last time he called the guy... Yea, no, it was better for him to deal with this himself at this point. "I think it's best that we break them free and try to talk to them."
Pyotr said to Yves's fear and dukes joy as Amir simply shrugged. Duke was way too excited, as he used all his strength to punch the crystal as a cracking sound was heard.
Unfortunately, the crystal was unscratched, but Duke's hand wasn't, as he was pretty sure he broke a bone. He seemed disappointed in himself by now. He thought he had gotten stronger.
Then it was Yves's turn; even if he didn't want to, an order was an order. And so he created a giant crystal hammer and swung it at the ice, but the hammer ended up shattering upon colliding with the ice. Amir sighed simply as he concentrated all the light between his hands and shot out a beam hot enough to melt rocks as it passed through the ice without even scratching it.
"What the fuck is wrong with this thing?" all three of them said in unison after trying their best to break it. Soon, all four of them heard a voice in their minds speaking to them.
("It won't break that easily.")
"What?" Pyotr questioned it, and so did everyone else.
"Ah, sorry, I just saw you kids wasting time. I'm just an old man stuck inside one of these pods as well. We made them considering one's safety, so for them to be this durable is normal, and since I am frozen, I can't talk directly to you. Besides, what are you kids doing here?"
The voice in all their heads asked as Pyotr decided to reply. "We are here on behalf of the lord of the forest and the forest giants to issue a challenge of conquest."
("Well, that would certainly be difficult in the current situation.")
The voice said this, chuckling in a lighthearted tone. Amir felt a bit annoyed by it, mocking them. "Then do you know a way to melt this ice, old man?"
("I most certainly do, but it won't be easy.")
"Sounds fun," Duke said, speaking up this time as the voice audibly laughed and continued.
"Alright, then keep traveling north; you will come across a certain island filled with giant wyverns. You will need the flames of a wyvern to destroy this ice. So best of luck taming it."
Pyotr was actually thankful to Duke for once getting them useful information. "Thank you; we will be back shortly."
Meanwhile, Yves was in too much shock to speak so far, but he finally spoke out now. "Guys, are you really going to trust a random voice? What if it's a trap? And we can't fight wyverns. You know he means the dragon kind of wyverns."
Amir spoke up before the duke could get a chance to speak this time. "Sounds fun, honestly."
Seeing that there was no hope, Yves gave up as he sighed. "All right, best of luck to you guys. I'll be waiting for you all. If you don't come back in a month, I'll report you dead."
Pyotr, Duke, and Amir shared a look for a second before sighing as they grabbed Yves by his collar, dragging him along with them as they walked away.
"NO, PLEASE LET ME GO. I WANT TO LIVE. I WANT TO LIVE!" His begs for mercy fell on deaf ears as the group of shidiots made their way to Wyvern Island.