80 This Hero Arrives At The Frozen Mist Hills! (1/2)

The blinding light slowly faded as a room filled with mist slowly came into view. The walls were made of jagged stone and there was a stout man with a thick beard watching us. I blinked a few times to adjust my eyes before the short man bellowed out.

”Alright, get a move on. We got a few more people coming through so we can't have you waiting in here.” They gestured towards a stone door behind them as they said this.

Immediately, I was shoved out of the way by the large man named Jaq as he stepped forward with his party. Ron waved goodbye to me as they stepped outside of the room. I brushed my shoulder before I pulled myself together.

”Okay. Let's move.” I said as I began to walk towards the stone door. As I gripped the handle, I turned to the stout person and asked them a question.

”Excuse me, but-”

”Don't talk to me. Save it for outside.” They pushed me slightly. I could feel the frustration rising.

”Let's go Onii-san. I don't want to get turned into goo by getting caught in a bad teleport.”

”Wait, you can get turned into goo?” I asked, but my question remained unanswered as the rest of my party went on ahead of me.

We stepped out into a larger circular room that appeared to have been carved out of stone. Even the furniture was made out of rock! Everything is lit by some strange rocks in the walls that give off light that is similar to that of the suns. Inside of this room there are several people, but other than Ron's group and my group, everyone else is stout and has a beard.

It's only just occurred to me that we actually just teleported upwards of thousands of kilometers in a second. It barely even cost the same amount as a meal. Truly, magic is incredible.

”Oi you krags, what's gonna chunker up your rippa?” A stout person approached us and asked.

”What?” I could hear Tael blurt out.

”Right. Yer offa the crungsta yeah? Gonna dipper you puds?”

I turned over to the party and huddled together.

”Okay… Does anyone have any idea what the hell this guy is saying?”

”Nope.”

Okay. Well that's not good. Is there a language barrier here? I thought everyone spoke the same language!

”Oi!” The man shouted as he yanked at my sleeve. ”Accent waggy?”

”O-Oh! Yeah, I can't understand your accent! I'm sorry!”

The man nodded his head and pulled out a piece of paper. On it he wrote out: \u003cDo you need directions?\u003e

”Yeah! Where are the hot springs?” Tael jumped forward and asked with eyes that resembled a dogs.

I shoved Tael aside and bowed in apology.

”I apologize. May you direct us to an inn of some sort? Lower price is preferable, but I can handle a little bit of cost.”

”Yes. I'm sorry if this is a bit forward, but what are you?”

\u003cI'm a dwarf.\u003e

”I thought so. Thank you sir!” I began to take my party out of the room as I heard the sound of someone stomp.

”Whaddya mean we can't go to the frontlines right now? That's specifically what we came here to do!”

”Sorreh. We got word of lots of troops mobilizin! We need to work with espionage forces first before we can send ya to the front lines.”

”You gotta be kidding me! ...Fine. Let's go. I need a soak.”

Jaq and his party shoved me to the side once more as they stepped out into the city. I rubbed my shoulder as I followed behind them.

When I stepped out of the large circular room, I could see the interior of the Frozen Mist Hills.

We're within the mountain, no doubt about it. The ceiling is made up of several stalactites as well as many more of those glowing rocks that lit up the room we were in before. The air is actually rather hot despite the fact that we're inside. It must be at least 28 degrees celsius in here right now. Is this how it always is, or is it because of the time of year?

In front of me there are several buildings that appear to have been carved out of stone. The area is so full of things that it's almost suffocating. If I wasn't taller than the people walking around, I would certainly have no idea where I was going.