Chapter 16. SCALING THE MOUNTAIN
Roman rested in a cave carved inside the mountain.
It has been three days of non stop climbing and scaling , facing multiple dangerous situations. Escaping multiple advanced ranked beasts and slaying some with his life on the line, escaping multiple strikes of lightning and deadly rock slide.
He finally found a cave which of course was inhabiting a danger beast on its own.
Of course he slayed it using his last bit of energy.... and dined on it later.
After a long hour nap, he covered enough energy to continue.
"The mountain is getting harder and harder to climb. It's like it wants me to leave"
Standing up, he picked up his katana and slashed it in the air multiple times
"But I'm not leaving, I will get to the top"
He turned to the entrance and the same time, he heard the howling of a beast.
Awooooooo.....
The strange purple lightning struck the entrance of the cave a beast appeared, a wolf beast and it's body was surging with multiple sparks of lightning.
"An elemental beast, and an advanced one at that. Can this day get any worse"
Roman groaned, and as if answering his questions the beast growled and launched at him.
Roman suddenly ducked to the ground and in a quick motion, he spinned and drove his blade upwards.....and it came into with the wolf's neck, impaling it and sticking out of the other end.
It was dead, just like that.
"Important stuff to note"
Roman said as he carved out the crystal
"A beast always launches at it's prey on its first attack therefore leaving it slightly defenceless mid jump"
He scoffed
"So obvious and stupid"
Pulling out the crystal, he smiled.
"I'll save this for later"
He ripped a larger part of his already ripped shirt and tied the crystal around his lap...for easy access.
Walking to the entrance, he gripped his sword tightly and jumped out of the cave.
What welcomed him was the sound of the ferocious wind, heavy rain storm and thunder claps.
He grabbed an edge of the mountain wall, channelled energy into his legs and began to run upward with full speed.
It was a trick he had discovered a while back, channeling energy into his legs and feet helped him stick to the mountain without falling.
The top was near, he could see it.
Awooooooo...
"Not again "
Multiple lightning struck at the rocks below him and more wolves appeared in place.
They cast their gaze upon him and began to give chase.
"Not good"
Channeling more energy into his legs, he increased his speed.
But the wolves were quicker.
They were catching up.
Pausing on his tracks, he flipped backwards leaving the comfort of the rough walls and descended down.
His blade glowed and he released a slash at the walls
BOOM
The walls exploded creating a rock slide which crashed against the wolves with force.
Roman stabbed the walls with his blade, slowing his descent.
"Arghhhhh, I'm too young for this!!"
He yelled then continued upwards.
Another bolt of lightning struck the the mountain causing more rocks to descend.
Roman groaned but kept advancing.
He released another slash of his blade, blasting one of the incoming rocks into bits. He ducked low avoiding the tiny rocks while the large ones passed his side.
"Is that the best you got you stupid mountain?"
He yelled
A massive roar answered his question.
"Damn it, my big mouth"
Looking above him, he saw the beast that shooked him to the very core.
"That is not an advanced ranked beast!"
His eyes threatened to fall out.
TBC