Chapter 631: The Hand Within The Fores (1/2)

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Meraly missed grilled food.

Even if Ayrin treated her to grilled Evil Toutou or pitch black snake heads, she probably could stomach it.

At least she would feel warm after eating it.

“How much longer?”

Meraly unconsciously snuggled closer and closer to Belo. The surroundings were too cold, with only Belo releasing heat. If not for Belo, Meraly felt she would have been frozen into a statue.

She looked at the diamond, dust-like scenery in the sky and asked, “Are we getting near the Ice Ocean all the way up north? The air has become much more humid and there are even ice flakes floating around.”

“Don’t overthink.”

Belo snorted and walked a little away from her. “There’s still a long distance until the Ice Ocean. If the Snowfall Forest was only such a small forest, the Evil Dragon would have conquered it long ago.”

Meraly’s body suddenly stiffened.

The long period of extreme cold affected her mind, but she was still very sensitive towards some matters. She instinctively felt...... Belo had avoided letting her stick close to him a few times already.

“You......” Disappointment and sadness overwhelmed Meraly.

“What?”

Belo frowned and snorted like usual.

“Do you really dislike me sticking close to you?”

Meraly flattened her lips, about to cry, “If you don’t like it, I can stay away from you. However, it’s really cold here......”

“What are you thinking?”

Belo snorted again and raised his brows, “I’m staying away from you because of the forbidden skill you learned! The coldness in this place can numb your bones and nerves. Like this, you should feel less pain.”

“Because of my Crystal Angel?”

Meraly’s mind was not as clear as usual, so she became absentminded for a moment. Suddenly, all her disappointment and sadness turned into bliss, “Are you caring for me?”

“Hmph!”

Belo did not even look at her and snorted.

It’s really true...... I thought the pain lessened because I was getting used to it. So, it’s related to the extreme cold here?

If he did not mention it, she would never have connected the link.

Meraly could not hide her joy as her lips curved into a smile.

The Crystal Angel she learned was a super heavy particle arcane skill that was unrelated to arcane level. It constantly ground the bones within the body into powder using arcane power and mixed in crystal powder. This cycle repeated itself over and over again.

After making up her mind in the Fearotz Stronghold, she understood her talent was limited. She could not improve her arcane levels quickly enough. Her fighting strength would soon fall behind, leaving her unable to fight alongside Belo and Ayrin. Hence, she had been practising Crystal Angel without wasting any time.

The pain during the process was unimaginable, but she did seem to feel much better after entering the Snowfall Forest.

The extreme cold weather froze her limbs and blurred her mind, while also greatly reducing the sensitivity of her body.

Meraly walked back closer to Belo and pouted, “But I rather feel more pain. It’s too cold.”

“Suit yourself.”

Belo snorted, but did not move away this time.

The unique high beastman bloodline allowed Belo’s body to adjust and adapt to the extremely cold environment. His blood seemed to be much hotter than usual. The heat released from his body warmed Meraly up but brought back the intense pain, making her lips tremble.

However, she gritted her teeth and leaned closer to him.

“Hmph!” Belo snorted without saying anything.

We can’t walk properly if I stick any closer.

I will forgive you with this.

Meraly’s lips trembled due to pain, but her heart was smiling.

“Almost there.”

Suddenly, a cold glint flashed across Belo’s eyes as he spoke.

“Almost there?”

Meraly was surprised for a moment, then her heart started beating faster. She became extremely nervous.

“Yeah.”

Belo nodded and continued walking forward.

Meraly closely followed him. Soon, she realized why this area was rather humid and had ice flakes floating in the air.

An ice lake appeared before them.

The lake contained some unique minerals. Although the temperature on the lake surface was no different from the surrounding forest, the water did not freeze and was instead in a molten state. It looked like the many semi-melted ice sherbets that shops in the Kingdom of Eiche would sell during summer.

There were no obstacles above the water. The bone chilling wind kept blowing up icy water droplets and condensing them into ice flakes in the air.

Suddenly, Meraly saw mysterious light dots on the other side of the lake.

“What’s that?” she asked.

The moment she noticed the light dots, they immediately vanished, causing her to feel even more scared.

“They’re Forest Snow Wolves.”

Belo nonchalantly spoke, “The snow wolves in the Snowfall Forest are even stronger than those in the Eternal Winter Forest. However, they won’t come near us since I’m here.”

Belo’s explanation did not lessen Meraly’s nervousness. She turned around and asked Belo, “You mentioned we were almost there. Did you sense something?”

“Do you want to turn around?” Belo suddenly asked.

“What?” Meraly was confused about Belo’s sudden question.