Chapter 719: North, Winter Troll King (1/2)

It took him another 6 months to finally arrive at the Northern Continent.

The moment he arrived, he was greeted with a dense cold air and a vast blanket of snow. Everything was covered in snow, well at least a great majority of it. The cold breeze was refreshing, yet it also contained the scent of savageness.

He could feel the brutality in the air and smell the faint scent of blood, he's still at the edge of the continent yet he could also feel the dreadful situation of this land. Vendrick looked up, staring at the think clouds looming all over the continent. There are some rays of sunshine that managed to seep through the clouds, allowing the continent to somewhat brighten up but aside from that, nothing.

Observing for a while, Vendrick could already tell that this Winter won't be letting up anytime soon, in fact, he has this feeling that it will never go away. Still, this is none of his concerns for now. He has a mission to finish, therefore he didn't stay at the edge of the continent for very long and started travelling towards the depths of the Northern Continent.

Vendrick didn't bother to hide much. He simply travelled as swiftly as he could. He could sense that the temperature got lower as he went deeper to the north but it didn't matter to him since he's completely unaffected by it.

He could also sense the feral demonic beasts hiding at their own lairs. Most of them weren't particularly dangerous so he ignored them. The stronger ones were hibernating in their own caves and lairs, the weaker ones were wise enough to never enter their lair since it would simply spell death for them.

Due to this arrangement, Vendrick encountered no troubles getting deeper into the continent. Sure, he might've trespassed some lairs of the stronger beasts who were hibernating but he suppressed his presence well enough to not disturb them, the weaker ones simply avoided them since he let out a sliver of his own animosity.

His target here is the Winter Troll King. Vendrick could somehow tell that searching for this troll might take him sometime but he didn't mind it. He has some time to spare, for now he simply just wandered the Northern Continent, completely unbothered by the cold temperature around him.

The Northern Continent has an awful lot of mountains, this was something he discovered from his observations so far. Interestingly enough, majority of those mountains are actually home to the hibernating Demonic Beasts. Some mountains had a cave system in its interior, some doesn't. Some beasts preferred to hibernate inside the caves, some preferred to do it on the peak of the mountain.

Vendrick also noted that as he went deeper into the continent, his surroundings are getting darker. The clouds are thicker and darker here for some reason, the kind that doesn't allow light to pass through any longer. It's also colder here of course and from where he currently was, Vendrick could see a Hail Storm ahead.

The Hailstorm behaved rather strange. Just like the winter here, it didn't show signs of weakening or stopping. Additionally, it was stationary. Vendrick had been observing it for a few hours at this point and not even once did he see it moving from the spot of experience any changes in its intensity.

The Hailstorm was strong and relentless. Vendrick could already see hints of its abnormality. If he entered the place where the Hailstorm reigns, he wouldn't be so surprised to know that he'll see some of the stronger demonic beasts active in there.

That being said, Vendrick is not in a hurry.

He took his time and rested. He had gotten used to the isolation. Loneliness isn't a foreign element on his life, he rather enjoyed the peace it brings if he's being honest. Of course, there's no way it'll beat the warmth of being with his family but still...

Vendrick also enjoyed the cold breeze of the winter here, coupled with the boundless blanket of pristine white snow. If this place was a little brighter, then it'd be perfect on his opinion.

He set up camp inside a formation. At this point, he knew that he's strong enough that the demonic beasts would leave him alone but he just wanted to turn-off his alertness from time to time so he still decided to set up the formation so that he could relax without getting disturbed.

He enjoyed a warm bowl of hearty soup and slept afterwards. He chose to camp out for a few days since he felt rather spent from travelling. He was also observing the Hailstorm from time to time and found out that it is indeed not showing any signs of stopping.

Vendrick could already tell where this is going. Was he bothered by it? No. In fact, this made things a bit simpler for him. For now, Vendrick didn't care about anything else other than relaxing.

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”Alright. Time to get back to work.” Vendrick muttered as he cleaned up his camp.

After retrieving his supplies and the formation as well, he started walking towards the Hailstorm. Where else would he go if not there? All signs of abnormality was pointing towards that place so he might as well see what's up with it.