Heavenly Kingdom: The Kingdom among the clouds

Chapter 78: Snow Peak Mountains II

[Snow Peak Mountains, Northern Continent]

Located at one of the most dangerous death climbing mountain ranges in the northern continent, a group of six people are currently traversing its surface as they occasionally engaged in combat against demonic beast in the slope of the mountain. To be exact the moment this said group arrived at one of the checkpoint in the mountain which was marked by Gabriel, they were immediately attacked by demonic beast on all side, resulting into a unavoidable battle to ensue.

In particular there are three reasons why snow peak mountains are categorized as one of the three most dangerous death climbing area in the northern continent. First is that the path across the mountain range is too obscured by the snow and too dangerous due to its slippery ice. If one doesn't have proper equipment to cross the mountain range, one could find himself dead or fall into the range chasm the moment one miss a step.

Second is that the mountain range is home to various monsters bigger than the size of a regular human. Due to not having the system of Kingdom and more of a democratic value which puts commoners in the continent as the same position as a ruler, such common trait as army and adventurers doesn't even exist in the area. Of course when speaking of its own democratic value, the democracy in the northern continent is not like the developed democracy in the modern earth. If one have to compare it, then its basically the same during the days of early society.

What's more since the mountain range is rumored to be a home of various monsters, the group then expected it to be roaming with monsters they have never seen before. However the moment they stepped into the mountain till their way to the suspected source of the demonic beast, the group haven't been able to see at least one of the so called northern monster's. Through that they soon concluded that the demonic beast in the area must have usurped the original dwellers of the mountain range, thus the absence of monster and presence of demonic beast.

Third reason is that the snow peak mountain has the same concept of mount Everest back on earth.  Like the farther up towards the peak a person is, the lower is the atmosphere density become. Also the longer a person stays in the mountain range, the more it one would be affected by its temperature which would result to a freezing death.

Due to that snow peak mountain is one of the three most dangerous death climbing mountain range in the northern continent alongside the dragon's mount and the Runic Mountain.

As for the group itself, its is officially made up of Asagi(Mirror Avatar), Ariel, Uriel, Amos, Leon, and Irish. As the six of them slowly approached the suspected target place for the source of the demonic beast based on Gabriel's assumption, the more they were attacked by demonic beast in large quantity. However even though the demonic beast contains an overwhelming number, the group on the other hand contains quality and massive attack power, due to that no matter how many enemy they faces, they were able to get rid of them in a moments notice.

At first they were skeptical whether the suspected area was a correct target for the source core, but the more they linger around the suspected area in the snow peak mountain, the more intense and ferocious the demonic beast that are attacking them. According to the philosophy of earth "an area that is most likely hiding something is much more crowded, than an area that doesn't have a single person in it". Like the term of hiding in plain  sight.

After all if something important is near the area, its is most like that many people would be guarding it. Thus the more they linger, the more they were assured that the place was it. Plus based on the topography of the area, the source core would be somewhere around the mountain range or somewhere hidden ins surface level.

After Killing their 150th demonic beast, Ariel slowly wipes away the blood from her short sword as she glanced back towards Asagi who was also seemingly covered in the blood of the demonic beast she killed. Of course that goes the same for the other people aside from Amos who stayed in far behind the group and only attacked in a ranged manner.