[Winter, Year 1200]
[Wilderness Of Novak]
As Jiho and Nyx continued walking, snow had started to fall on the ground, the air getting colder and colder, as they were near the border of the Frostheim country.
"Why is it suddenly getting colder and colder?" Jiho asked as he looked around him, the snow already settling on the ground as the trees kept getting more white and hollow.
"This is the Eternal Frost of the Frostheim country, it's said that a legend from 700 years ago wielded such great power, in the battle where he had died he also released his entire skill tree and system abilities to curse the land." Said Nyx as she suddenly stopped walking, looking ahead of herself while sighing,looking at the giant frozen landscapes of the country as well as its frozen giants passing by.
"That thing is giant, I bet it's strong isn't it?" Jiho murmured as he was looking at the frozen giant walking
The giant directed his gaze to them, only a shell of its former glory, a bunch of bones frozen over one another and given a soul with the purpose of killing. Suddenly the giant opened its mouth, cold air coming out of it as it raised its giant battle-axe, swinging it instantly destroying multiple trees as Jiho and Nyx could only duck on the ground to avoid the massive blast.
"This is really bad!" Nyx yelled with a serious tone, as she summoned her bow preparing to shoot a fire arrow while the giant prepared another swing, Jiho grabbed her trying to run away.
"We can't fight that thing, it's probably on the same level as Yunshul or even higher!" Said Jiho, certain of his statement as he slid behind a rock dropping Nyx.
"You're probably right if they were alive, now they only think about killing, Yunshul had a mind and power, this thing only has power." Said Nyx as she stood up preparing her fire arrow, feeling fear deep inside of her heart she couldn't do anything as her hair was blown by the giant's cold air breath. Simultaneously a video game-like window appeared beside her.
"Kill the Frozen Giant"
She sighed as she jumped from tree to tree and eventually landed on the giant's arm rushing upwards, the giant attacked to his own arm cutting it off as Nyx jumped on his shoulder shooting the arrow into his neck which exploded, bringing the giant down.
"Told you Jiho, it doesn't matter." Nyx said confidently, preparing another fire arrow to finish the frozen giant off as suddenly its eyes glowed exploding into a giant snow storm.
"NYX RUN!" Jiho yelled to the top of his lungs as he watched the giant storm form looking bigger than the entire Novograd city,its storm eye looking like a skull smiling.
Nyx stood there terrified, looking upwards as her body froze in place,unable to move as her breathing got heavier and heavier. She looked back at Jiho with a terrified face muttering something unable to be heard from the storm's roaring sounds.
Jiho stood there watching, before rushing towards her and grabbing her by the waist and lifting up on his shoulders as he tried escaping the storm that finally started with a lightning blast hitting in front of Jiho.
He took a step back changing directions, going to the right as his breathing got heavier, the snow larger and the storm bigger he didn't even know if he would survive it but kept going as the voice inside his head got louder and louder determining him.
"SURVIVE"
Jiho would push beyond his limits, continuing to move away from the storm while barely conscious, his eyes starting to close, his vision getting blurry and his legs getting weaker.
"Hey, Nyx, I think I'm gonna throw up." Jiho noted as he stopped running due to the voice constantly echoing in his mind.His body slowly crumbling as he finally fell down holding his head.
"SURVIVE YOU DAMN IDIOT, SURVIVE"
Nyx placed her hand on his back,tightly grabbed him and proceeded to look for a cave,her mind wouldn't be at peace if she left the man who saved her in extreme danger.
"Don't die...you saved me about three times by now..I can't let you." Said Nyx as a tear dropped on the ground finally arriving in the cave,she dropped down breathing heavily.
[White Void]
Jiho would open his eyes noticing the familiar environment, the white void filled with treasure of the unknown figure, standing up Jiho looked at the throne where the figure would sit but it was empty,while confused,he slowly approached the throne.
"Don't even think about sitting inside my throne, you child that can't even survive." Said the familiar voice of the figure as it stood behind Jiho in his human looking form, his eyes piercing through Jiho.
"So what happened, why am I here?" Asked Jiho, tilting his head while looking at the figure while his eyes started to freeze, he blinked , finding himself back at the storm.
"You messed up by saving that woman, Jiho she doesn't matter." Said the figure with a disappointed look as he pointed towards Nyx.
"You're wrong, she's a good guide with knowledge about the world, you don't even give me directions." Said Jiho with a confident look, staring at the figure.
"Fine, you useless shit." Said the figure as he pointed his finger at Jiho, his body crumbling into dust.
[Eternal Winter, Year 1200]
[Frostheim, Wilderness]
Jiho would open his eyes, his pale body starting to come back to normal as his heart started once again, he could only stare at the cave's ceiling, thankful to the figure for saving him once again from certain death.
"You're alive!" Said Nyx as she walked inside the cave holding pieces of wood in her hands as she smiled warmly towards him.
"I guess I am, hey Nyx i have a question." Said Jiho in a serious tone as he leaned the cave's wall holding his hands on his knees.
"Oh? Sure, go ahead." Said Nyx as she started a campfire using her fire arrow skill and the wood she had brought.
"What is your goal, like what do you want to achieve in the end?" Said Jiho while looking at her with a serious look.
"What do I want to achieve? To be honest my goal currently is to find my family that I have lost in the last war." Said Nyx as she looked into the campfire with a sorrowed but determined look on her face.
"Then if that's so, I guess we can help each other." Said Jiho as he looked at her as his look started to get casual and warm up to her, feeling empathy.
"Then what's your goal?" Asked Nyx looking at him, her eyes reflecting the light of the campfire.
"My goal? Survive. That's my goal, to survive no matter what." Said Jiho confidently as his nose started to bleed falling unconscious his last seen thing being Nyx falling as well
[White Void]
Jiho would open his eyes seeing the figure standing In Front of him with a confused look.
"The hell...happened, why am I back here again?" Asked Jiho furiously while looking at the confused figure.
"I don't know that, you brat it's just that you two were poisoned" Said the figure as it started walking to its throne sitting on it uninterested in anything Jiho could do now.
"Poisoned? The heck? How could we be poisoned and by what?" Asked Jiho as he stood up starting to walk towards the figure summoning his sword subconsciously.
"There you go, your body feels the instinct to survive now, you wanna find out? Then fight." Said the figure smiling, summoning his great sword walking towards him.
Jiho would swing his sword going for the figure's chest determined to win and finally wake up.
The figure would block it using the great sword swinging upwards and disarming Jiho as he would kick him in the chest sending him flying
Jiho would stand up re-summoning his sword, dashing with a slash for the right arm annoyed by the figure's strength.
Diablo.
The figure would cast a spell as a giant fire skull with horns would fly in the direction of Jiho.
Jiho would slice it in half using his sword, jumping slashing downwards at the figure using his soul splitting technique distributing 10% to his legs, left arm and organs as his right arm would receive 50% giving him the ability to break through the sound barrier multiple times creating a crack in the white void.
The figure would try blocking with his great sword but it would get split in half as the figure itself cracked back to its dark humanoid form being sent flying.
"I win, now get me out of here." Said Jiho as he landed on the ground walking towards the figure.
"You win? Hahaha..that's funny." Said the figure as it stood up laughing summoning another sword, this time a white stiletto engraved with a cross on its handle.
Jiho rushed at him again going in a zig-zag pattern slashing towards his abdomen going past the figure.
The figure would get hit, but unaffected would dash, seemingly teleporting at the approximate speed of light stabbing Jiho in all vital spots making him fall to the ground.
"Huh..? You got stronger by just changing weapons?" Said Jiho as he glared at the figure confused about this new burst of power.
"It's not a change of weapons, you just broke through the form that I had taken and now you've seen the real me." Said the figure as it lifted Jiho in the air and threw him across the white void, easily breaking the barriers of sound as a roar of thunder.
Jiho would stand up his nose bleeding as he divided his soul with the same technique making the small parts of his soul hit each other giving a boost in all areas.
"For about five minutes I'll be easily able to defeat him, but I have to be careful or else I'll get defeated again." Said Jiho as he took a deep breath starting to walk towards the figure.
"You divided your soul in smaller pieces and made them hit each other to give you a hardened and faster body, right? You'll fall dead if you don't stop it and I mean it." Said the figure as he arrogantly looked at Jiho's innovation.
Jiho would dash at the figure, his body breaking apart into particles of light instantly arriving besides the figure reconstructing his body using his ability to reverse time slashing at the figure's head.
"You've really lost it, reversing time to constantly keep that boost up huh.." Said the figure as it blocked the hit and kicked Jiho into a pile of gold.
Jiho would stand up instantly repeating his movements to appear In Front of the figure slicing it's neck.
The figure, unable to block, would be shocked as it stabbed Jiho in the right eye, both of them getting sent flying from the giant impact they had made in 0.5 seconds.
Jiho would stand up again getting into a running position while holding his sword in his mouth, his eyes were full of determination and conviction wanting his win with his heart he would dash like a spring the particles of light unable to catch him would make his body seem like it disappeared as he would appear again In Front of the figure cutting into its chest and blowing the right arm off.
The figure couldn't even react as it moved its fingers, bending the very fabric of the universe , completely annihilating Jiho's body, sending him to the real world.
To be continued.....