Chapter 296 - Under The Deep Blue Sea (III) (2/2)
The patterns that formed like a flower before are now formed into a circle and the two artifacts that were placed by Tina earlier are now on the door as well, currently combined together. I also realized that the last part of the artifact is still attached to the door which is why we didn't find any trace of the last artifact around.
As soon as all of the patterns were placed together, the door slightly opened and dust from being closed for so long fell from the cracks of the door. Not only that, the moment the door opened, the coldness that we keep on feeling earlier suddenly got stronger when the door is now being opened.
”Ugh...it looks like the cold atmosphere we have been feeling since we came down to the 15th floor is coming here huh?” Lucia was forced to smile even in this troublesome situation.
I slowly walk towards the door and push it open. Anyone who tried to open a sealed door for a long time would also struggle on opening it since it is also a big door and it is made of stone so I had to use my strength.
”F*CK, guys, I know I am strong but this sh*t is heavy, a little help please.”
The three laughed before they helped me push the door slowly. It was f*cking heavy that it was not sugarcoating that I thought it wouldn't move at all. We managed to push it open but barely. The door is just too heavy to move at all and we wonder who made this door and made it literally something that can't be opened easily.
Inside is like a different place. It was like a literal freezer of the fridge. It's so freaking cold I don't know what the hell is going on here. There isn't any freezer here in the past timeline. It is cold but not to this extent where everything is freezing.
From what I can remember, it was a long hallway of rocks and gem veins sometimes pops out of here. There are even sometimes the Lung Moss grow on the walls at times. But seeing the walls frozen, I doubt we can even grow anything here unless it's a plant that grows specifically on ice.
We proceed further inside the cave's hallway and as we go deeper, the more freezing the place is.
”My goodness, this is the coldest place I have ever been! Even the cold winters on other Continents aren't this cold!” Lucia's flames even started to show some freezing from time to time. Even the flames that should have been melting the ice are being solidified by the ice.
As we arrive at the very deepest part of the cave, what we saw is a huge chunk of ice. It was so big that I doubt anyone would just ignore the ice at all. In the middle of the ice are two figures. I can't see what was frozen but from the shape, it seems like a boy and a girl were both frozen there. The two are holding hands inside the ice. A censored holding hands since I can't f*cking see them since they are only silhouettes but I can easily tell they are both male and female.
”Two people frozen? Let me try thawing them out.”
Lucia summoned her flames that can usually burn almost anything it touches unless it is similar to a rock or water. But with ice, it should be very easy.
WOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!
The smoke dissipates and it reveals the same thing. Nothing changed at all.
”What the heck is going on? How come my flames aren't doing anything?!”
The ice didn't have any kind of signs of being melted. It was as sturdy as it was before.
”Should I try smashing it with my weapon, Master?”
”No. Don't bother. From the looks of it, this isn't just something we can just quickly melt. And the fact that they are here in the center means they are something important. This means, whoever they were inside the ice, might be the ones we are looking for.
Then, we felt a slight tremor and a blue octopus appeared from one of the holes in the cavern. So the main cause of the freezing is none other than the octopus.
[Ice Devilfish: Monster of Ice Hell]
HP: 20,000,000/20,000,000
Type: Ice, Water, Sea Monster, Foreign Being