"Too bad they can't help us, or else this would have been a breeze."
"But having two levels 550 Doom Knights babysit us would break the game balance," Dave said facetiously.
"But having Drahma walk us through the Underworld didn't?" Lone said jokingly.
"Drahma was an exception," Dave coughed in embarrassment.
Lone and Dave climbed up into the mountains, soon losing sight of the town and the valley it was in.
The two negotiated narrow, high pathways and scaled steep cliffs on their trek. Lone's Agility granted her uncanny control over her avatar, enabling her to grab protrusions and climb rapidly and dexterously.
Dave on the other hand, had to slowly make his way up. His agility and dexterity was far less than Lone's but his strength compensated, enabling him to use handholds that weaker characters could not. At one point, a protrusion he was grabbing on broke, but Dave caught on with one hand and pulled himself back up, cursing whenever he looked down.
"Heh. You don't like heights, I remember you screaming like a girl in the Threaded Dungeon," Lone teased.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Ha!" Lone laughed.
Lone was the first to reach the mountain peak. She waited for Dave to come up.
Dave pulled himself up the peak and looked out over the icy mountains.
"Alright, we made it!" Lone said.
"What? Where? All I see is snow and ice."
"Look down," Lone pointed.
On the cliffside a frozen stream meandered down the side of the mountain.
"What's that?" asked Dave.
"Haven't you ever been to Waterworld?" asked Lone.
"No."
"Then this will be a good experience for you!" Lone said as she shoved Dave over the edge.
Dave screamed as he fell.
When Dave hit the ice his body bounced and hit again, then slid face first down the frozen stream like a toboggan.
Lone giggled and jumped after Dave, she had god down frozen stream before so she caught up to Dave and surpassed him.
Dave was awkwardly trying to balance himself, cursing under his breath.
Suddenly, he had an idea. He pushed his hands and feet against the ice, thrusting his body up into the air and equipping his Tower Shield. He planted both legs on the tower-shield and was surprised to find he was easily able to balance and he was going even faster now.
You have gained a new title
Shield-Boarder
[Unique]
Your shield can now be used for something other than blocking.
You have increased stability when using a shield to slide over slippery terrain.
Congratulations on finding something a shield can do other than [Blocking]
"Ha!" Dave was quite happy with the new title. It wouldn't be much help in a fight but it was a nice title.
"Waaah! Not fair! I wanna ride too!" Lone said looking back as Dave edged closer to her.
"Hop on." He gave Lone a hand, pulling her onto the make-shift snowboard.
With Lone on the tower shield their speed increased.
"This is much better than normal sliding."
"I think we have a little problem," Dave said.
"Problem...?"
"I can't steer this thing! How are we going to stop?!"
"Don't worry, there's lots of snow at the bottom, it will cushion our stop when we hit it. No need to panic."
"I see where the ice river ends and there is no cushion!"
"That wall wasn't there the last time! Alright let's panic!" Lone started screaming in Dave's ear...
Chapter end
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