Soo-ah became temporarily mortified, she just saw something abnormal, a giant beetle flying in the altitude of the mountain summit.
"You brought me here, to this place, this- this is hysterical, ah no, Soo-ah, you are dreaming right? Nothing you see is real, they are things you made up in your head, close your eyes and cool down ". She said to herself.
She closed her eyes and opened it again, nothing changed, she brought her hands up and gave herself a hot hand printed slap. Oh, she felt it, real good. " Ouch! Ok, ok, that hurts ".
[...]
She looks at the system in her front, she curled her lips and cursed internally.
' you brought me from frying pan to fire, why don't you let me die, WHY!!! I want to go back home '. Soo-ah began to weep.
[ For heavens sake, weren't you yammering about vengeance a little while ago, why did you grow soft...]
"Vengeance can only be taken where there are humans, not in the middle of nowhere, where gigantic monsters everywhere sees you as breakfast, this is not what I signed up for, arrrrgh!!!". She continued to sob.
[ ... See host, if you don't want your half-sister and ex boyfriend get the last laugh, get up and complete the quest, when you get back, you can flaunt your success at their faces...]
Soo-ah paused a bit, pondering on the system's words, she asked.
"I can get back home?".
[ Yes...]
"Ok, I'll find a human settlement, till then, my life is in your hands ". She said regaining her composure.
She stood at the cliff's edge to navigate her surroundings, with the way she looks at things, they are very bleak, she'll have to climb all the way down the mountain. It was a very daunting task, but on the bright side, she could see very clearly, buildings and houses that looks man-made in a distance, at least, she knows where to head.
"System, did you bring me up the mountain because I jumped from an highrise building?". She asked.
[ Well, no, each trainee were transported to random locations, yours just happened to be at the edge of a mountain, by shear coincidence...].
"Hmm, sigh, time to start my great journey ". She groaned. She began to walk down the tall mountain that was covered in snow.
"Hey system, you don't happen to have a large coat I can put on, cause I'm kinda freezing here ".
[ No...]
"Tch, you should have at least put me in a warm environment, this place is cold as f*ck".
She folded her hands to warm herself. Though cold, she kept walking down the sloppy mountain. Suddenly, a slight tremor shook the mountain base and everything starts to fall. Soo-ah was no exemption, as the quake shook, her feet slips and began to transcend down the mountain in a fast pace.
"Argh!!!". She screamed. She kept hitting rocky outcrops like a ragdoll and just kept descending and descending. Soon, her express transport came to a halt, she laid down flat on a snowy surface.
"Argh, what was that all about, I just fell off the mountain side, it's a miracle my skull didn't crack open with all the things I hit". She said.
Suddenly, she could hear a second quake, but this time it was not from the mountain, rather it was one of the rocky outcrop. The object that looks like a rock suddenly came to live, it became a beetle like beast.
Soo-ah's heart jumped away from her chest, the beetle that was infront of her was similar to the one she saw at the mountain's edge but it was smaller.
[ Monster encountered: Frost Beetle...
Grade: ???
Class: ???
Level low, pls level up...]
The beetle was gray in color and was the size of an adult human. The beetle shrieks at her and began to move closer. Soo-ah's mind was going crazy and went off the charts. She wanted to make a run for it, however, a sudden large tremor shook.
Up in the mountains peak, snow piles that have accumulated there for some time starts to fall, it was an avalanche.
"Argh!!!". She screamed, with no second thought, she stood up and starts to run. The beetle also seeing the avalanche, flew away from its spot.
Soo-ah ran, but unfortunately, where she was running was a slope not a plain, she tripped and began to fall, again.
"Aaargh!!!". She kept screaming her lungs out as she descends down the mountain at an express speed. However, as fast as her express fall was, the avalanche was faster and it caught up to her, engulfing her in its ever white matter.
The avalanche fell and when it reached the mountain base, it stopped to a standstill. No noise was heard, everything was silent until...
"Gah!". Soo-ah gasps as she dug herself out of the snow pile.
"That was really dangerous, I could have lost my life there". She said panting.
[ That is what I call a fast express, you got down from the mountains edge to its base within few minutes, that's gotta be the fastest anyone had ever done and live to tell the tale...]
"How can you say that, I could lost my life there". She said angrily.
[ Oh, you mean the life you wanted to take away yourself, oh sure, you need not worry, you have the protection of the system...]
"I don't like that response". She said with a jumbled face.
Soon, she began to shiver, " oh god, I think I'm having a frostbite, I can barely feel my hands ".
[ Reading maps... Move to your right, there is a cave, it is warm...]
"Oh thanks". She said. She could barely lift her legs.
Later, she was able to reach the cave described by the system to her, it was just a few meters away from the snow pile. She entered a bit deep so she could get as much warmth as possible. She sat on the ground and laid her back against the rock. Soon, she began to doze off and slept.
The following day came, this time, Soo-ah has gotten all the warmth she needs, her body is almost back to shape. She stood to continue her journey to the human civilization.
However, she could feel breeze coming out from within the cave, she doesn't know what, but she was curious to know what was there, she could possibly find something extraordinary like a power up or a shortcut.
She began to tread deep into the cave. Soo-ah was mesmerized by the intricate beauty of the cave. There were mushrooms that were glowing luminescence at the corners and body of the cave.
" Whoa!!!". She exclaimed.
[ Creature encountered... Blueminescence fungus...
Grade: low
Class: F
Description: Blueminescence fungus are low grade immobile creatures that lights up caves. They are usually found deep in caverns with some exemptions, which are found close to cave's mouth. They are harmless, delicious to eat, but poisonous to the body.
Blue mouth foam and convulsions are symptoms of ingested blueminescence fungus. However, they are a great source of light where there is none...]
" Whoa, they are beau...". She was saying but was interrupted by the systems loud alarm.
[ Warning! Warning!! Warning!!! High grade beast in the area, you are advised to leave promptly, warning! Warning!!!]
Soo-ah became frightened after reading the systems message, suddenly, a gust of wind or rather, a gust of breath from nostrils hits her and carried her away.
She hits the caverns wall and fell to the ground. She stood up to see what did that, she widens her eyes as she saw what gave the huge breath.