351 Snow (2/2)

A single word, sounding like an order, escaped from his lips. All of a sudden, the hands restricting the bear spurred into motion. The arms holding its jaws pulled it on opposite directions, a strong grip crushed its neck, the hand on its sides shaved the flesh on its body, the bears arms were severed so as the legs.

It only took one order from this little human, and the life of Tier 5 Demonic Beast ended just like that. There were no fluctuations on Raven's face, he remained listless as if what he did just now was nothing worthy of concern.

After dealing with the Glacial Snow Bear, Raven continued on his path towards his next destination. And due to the coldness of this place, the corpse of this bear will solidify in less than an hour.

***

A couple of hours passed and Raven eventually reached the mountain top.

His bare chested body stood tall on the peak and his listless eyes feasted on the scenery below. No normal human should be able to find a proper footing on where he currently is but Raven is everything but normal so he's an exception.

The peak is surrounded with bed of thick snow that reached his waist. Raven is literally standing in a smooth ice as he gazed below. The cold blew past his face and made a mess out of his hair but he was unbothered. He calmly gazed at the direction where he should be going, which also the reason why he climbed this mountain.

What's beneath him, is similar to what's around him. Snow.

Fields of snow as far as the eyes could see. The farther one goes to the north, the colder and harsher the north gets.

Raven's eyes didn't stay long to gaze at what's beneath him. He wanted to be on a higher ground to gain a wider vantage point, this is so that he could make a mental map of what path he should take towards his next objective.

Past the raging hail, Raven managed to get a peak of what's beyond.

A vast field of smooth ice and frozen objects. This place is closer to where he's destination. If he goes north and past this field of ice and hail, he'll arrive there.

”The Frozen Tomb of the North.” Raven murmured in a soft voice.

After making a mental map of the path he should take, Raven jumped from where he was and landed on the bed of snow. He then began his descent from the mountain.

As he descended the mountain, Raven also decided to raise the level of the Restriction Seal on his body. A very risky move since this seal is already limiting his movement freedom, plus he's also descending from the mountain. Though he could vaguely sense his surroundings, he's making it more difficult for himself to go down safely. The mountain has an uneven ground and one wrong step will cause him to roll down the mountain while sustaining grave injuries.

Nevertheless, it's training for him. He didn't want to miss a chance to strengthen himself at any given moment, else he would fall behind.

His life could've been much easier if he decided to use the Spatial Abode but he refrained from using it and decided to go on foot, and there's two reasons for that.

First is because it's training and two, he can't.

Something's watching him, and Raven knows what it was. This entity is one of the first to be born on this plane and it's as old as the plane itself. It lives here in the north, and is responsible for many things in this plane. This entity is something that Raven can't go against since one move from this thing, would cause the whole north to boil in activity.

This entity is strong and is practically immortal. Had Raven decided to use the Spatial Abode right now, this entity will call upon a massive hail that is backed with the power of Ice Laws, which will completely decimate the Spatial Abode in no time.

This is the unwritten rule of the North. Everything goes by foot. Defy this rule and the entity living here will be pissed and send a raging storm of ice headed towards your way.

Raven leaned this lesson the hard way during his previous life, and he didn't intend to the same in his current one. Therefore, if he wants to reach the Frozen Tomb, he had to do so by foot.