Chapter 237 - Ice and Fire (1/2)

Two days later.

Michael finally arrived at his destination after an arduous journey through the cold and evading monsters that could easily snuff the life out of him.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The cold wind softly blew against his body as Michael stood there just staring at the scene before him with amazement.

”Huh! Would you look at that? So there were really people living here” Michael said with a laugh.

Michael is, in fact, raising his hands in the air right now because there are three men with their arrows pointed towards him as they stood on top of their wooden wall that surrounds their little village.

The village is really small, probably around one hundred meters in diameter, the surroundings of the village wall are fortified with an abatis or spiked barricades, but the weird thing is that Michael could feel a soft and warm breeze coming from the village.

”State your name! Who are you!? How did you get here!?” a man wearing an animal fur coat warily said with his arrow ready to let loose and strike at Michael if he ever made any weird movements that they would perceive as a threat.

”Hey, hey, hey! Chill!” Michael smiled stiffly, he wasn't really afraid of them attacking him. After all, their levels are only around Level 20 and Level 23, so they wouldn't even pose any threat to him, but at the same time, he was also wondering how this group of people are still alive in this godforsaken place with how low their levels are.

”I'm Shadow!” Michael said as he quickly took off his hood covering his head, revealing his slick hairstyle and handsome face with two identical earrings on both of his ears.

”I'm from Sharval Kingdom!”

”Wait...you came from outside of Everwinter? How did you manage to get all the way here? The place around here are packed full of Ice Trolls wandering around, no one can come here or get out of here, even an army wouldn't stand a chance against the tribes of Ice Trolls living in this land!”

”So don't even bother lying! Tell us who you are or else we'll shoot!” the man on the wall once again angrily yelled at him.

”I'm Shadow and I came from Sharval Kingdom, and walked...all the way here?”

”And I only met three Ice Trolls so far and never bumped into a tribe of them whatsoever”

Michael just shrugged his shoulders, and then suddenly, his eyes became sharp when he saw someone coming up the rampart wall.

”Hello, I am the Village Chief of Snow Village, Buckley. Just call me Old Buck if you want” said an old man wearing a fur coat and has a walking stick.

[Buckley] [Village Chief of Snow Village]

[Level: 15]

'He is probably around mid-sixties or late sixties' Michael thought as he examined the old man.

”It's cold out there, please come inside. Open the gates, and let the young man in” Old Buck quickly ordered.

”Village Chief, we can't! This person is too suspicious! We don't even know if he's a malicious person!” one of the men said while pointing at Michael with a wary look, even the others are also nodding in agreement.

”No, let him in. I want to have a talk with him, would that be okay for you young man?” Old Buck looked at Michael while stroking his long grey beard.

”Of course, Old Chief,” Michael smiled along with a shrug of his shoulders

Then the gate of the walled village opened slightly, and a man peeked out and waved for him to come inside.

”You better behave, or else, I will immediately kill you if I see doing any weird things while you are here”