"You see that?"
Dave looked at the ice pillar that extended from the valley floor to the top.
"We need to climb the pillar, but there's a yeti patrolling the area at the top. We will climb halfway and see if the Yeti is there or not. as long as the invisibility potion is still active it won't spot us."
"Okay. What are we waiting for?"
"You first," Lone smiled.
Dave shrugged and walked up the pillar, slowly and steadily, his eyes locked on the top verifying if there was no yetis there.
When they were halfway, a yeti suddenly appeared at the top of the pillar. Dave inspected it.
Yeti
Level: 275
HP: 375,000
Tier: Epic
Damage: 20,000-30,000
DN: 5,000
MA: -2,000
Skills:
[Beast Roar] dazes all enemies in a 5 meter radius around the Yeti.
[Hot Blood] the yeti passively regenerates 1% of its HP every second
[Chomp] causes [Frostbite] effect, freezing the target's bloodstream and suspending their stamina regeneration for 60 seconds.
Any attack on the target afflicted with [Frostbite] effect does double the base damage.
Bestiary:
The yetis are creatures of the cold, at home in environments of snow and ice. Aggressive and territorial they do not tolerate any intruders.
Yeti blood is an essential ingredient in some of the more powerful health potions. The properties of the blood is one of the reasons why they are so hard to kill.
The yeti looked like a white, four-armed gorilla with a spreading crown of antlers. The face was a mix of human and toad, the wide mouth full of sharp, uneven fangs.
"Well, that's ugly!" Dave said.
"Look who's talking," Lone replied, "I think it's cute. Look how fluffy it is, I'd cuddle it to pieces!"
"Okay. All joking aside, we need to get past it."
"It should leave in a moment, we can go up then," Lone replied.
"The invisibility potion will be wearing off soon. Do you have more?"
"No potions, The shop didn't have any others for sale. I hope he leaves before then. If not, we will have to take the slopes again."
Dave didn't like the thought of taking the slide again.
The yeti luckily turned back and left before the invisibility potions wore off. They took the chance to go up the pillar. Dave saw several yetis asleep, with the exception of a few that patrolled the area.
On the opposite side of where the yeti roamed was steep wall of ice.
"Alright, we need to go past this wall before the yeti comes back," Lone pointed at a wall.
"Your quest has a lot of climbing," Dave grumbled as he looked at the high wall.
"I know you don't like heights, but this is the only way. Alright, I'll go up first, follow my lead."
Lone grabbed on one of the many ice protrusions poking out of the ice wall and began climbing.
He mimicked Lone's movements, following her up the wall.
"I think the yeti is coming back," Dave said.
"Yeah, that's normal," Lone said over the wind, "If we are fast enough it won't notice us."
"We've been vertical climbing or hiking up mountains since we left the village. I haven't killed a single mob. This is a pretty lame quest."
"It's a hunter's legacy quest, so agility and dexterity are tested. Don't your legacy quests always have something to do with death?"
"We are almost at the top now, so be ready!" Lone encouraged the draugr.
The wind was too strong so Dave had to shout. "Alright!"
Lone reached the top first and waited for Dave. The wind was much stronger there.
Dave dragged himself onto the clifftop a few seconds after.
He thought that it might be another slope, or that they would need to go down. It was a huge area with several glaciers spread across the ice land.
Yetis were roaming about in the area. Dave did a quick headcount and came up with about forty yetis.
"Man, it's going to take a lot of time to kill them all. And what's up with this damn cold, my beard is has ice in it." Dave brushed the frost crusting his beard only for it to freeze again almost immediately.
Lone laughed at the sight of Dave's frosted beard.
"We don't need to kill them all, we need to get past them. I keep dying right between those two glaciers there," Lone pointed, "The yetis were just too tough for me to handle."
"Why didn't you bring more players to help you?" asked Dave "You have friends in the Devis."
"Not everyone has time to help a lowbie like me. Most of the high-level players I know are doing quests or dungeon runs for the guild. I brought some level 200 friends with me before but we still didn't make it past the yetis guarding the glaciers"
"What makes you think I will be any more help than your friends?" asked Dave as he stroked his frost coated beard.
"You are Mr. Skeletal," Lone grinned at him.
"Alright, let's get going. The path looks clear I think we can make it to the glacier before we are spotted."
Chapter end
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