Chapter 415 - Icy Grave(Part-1) (1/2)

Ryuu shivered not out of fright but cold it was so cold that he was sure that even his blood, the blood of a near peak Mystic Immortal Emperor seemed to be freezing from the insane cold.

'Brrrr… I should not have tried to move to the next level, it is so cold it is even colder than the 'Ice Abyss' back home.'

'Ice Abyss' was a part of Ayindril that Ryuu had been taken to by his master, he had stayed there for an entire day, and he swore never to return, though at the same time he met several familiar faces there, maids who were serving sentences for not being able to protect him during his hunt all those years.

Ryuu looked at those people living in such a cold and dreadful place as he could not help but ask out, ”Teacher why are they here?”

Celestia looked at him with a kind smile on her face, a smile that made his hair rise at the back of his neck as she spoke, ”Well you remember you got eaten by an Imoogi that was not even an Immortal, an ant compared to those idiots over there, well they failed to protect you as such they are serving some punishment which would be over sometime within the next decade I believe.”

Ryuu's eyes widen as he spoke with alarm, ”Are they here since then?”

Celestia nodded as Ryuu began to speak, ”But that is not right, they..”, he gulped upon seeing Celestia looking at him with one of her brows raised, gathering his courage he quickly spoke, ”They are here because you all know what is right, how silly of me to question such a correct decision.”, he finished with a nervous laugh.

Celestia simply smiled at him as she patted his head as she spoke, ”Well since you understand let us move to the next destination since we volunteered to help our 1st mistress some precious herbs and we cannot waste time as they are needed urgently.

Ryuu nodded as he spared one last look at the maids that were being punished, as his teacher's voice came to his ears, ”Ryuu you are not strong enough to fully withstand the cold without me partially shielding it from you so try to keep up with me.”

Upon hearing a certain word Ryuu could not help but ask out loud, ”' Partial'? Do you mean to say you can fully protect me from the cold?”

Celestia smirked at him as she spoke, ”Of course who do you think I am.”

Ryuu's jaw hung open as he spluttered at that, ”B-but why?”

”No pain no gain dear, now move fast.”

”S-so da-da-damn co-cold, w-we have t-to fi-find –sh-shelter, or we would d-d-die.”, a severely shaking Zywia somehow manage to stutter which finally broke Ryuu from his reminiscing.

Ryuu looked at her as he winced upon seeing her face as Zywia's face was showing signs of hypothermia, 'Damn it we have to find shelter soon, the night is approaching without shelter and proper warmth we would all die.'

His eyes then fell on the clear white snow below, as he let out a tired sigh, 'I am already feeling numb on my face, and the snow is so hard none of us can dig in to create some form of an igloo, not to mention most of our KI is spent trying to keep us warm and safe for the time being.'

”Cave, Ca-Cave, over the-there.”, a shout came as one of the cultivators spotted a cave as many broke into excited chatter before they pulled out there weapons, it would not do them any good if they suddenly stumbled upon a lair of some dangerous beast and dying.

Ryuu nodded at that he was in no condition to even speak as he simply nodded his head as the group dashed towards the cave.

As they entered the cave the smell of blood and decay hit their nose, as they became instantly alert dreading the confrontation ahead.

Ryuu grimaced as he saw the cave mouth was only big enough to let a group of four enter at a time side by side, and the height was not that much, to begin with.