Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Snowed in (265)

An avalanche.

To be honest, Kai was a little surprised that they had lasted this long without seeing one. This mountain was infested by countless powerful beasts, more so the higher up they climbed if they were to count the Polar Demon, but it seemed that an Equilibrium was all it took to set one off.

And it couldn't have come at a worse time, considering that Cecilia was still passed out in Kai's arms while Remy and Petunia were still hidden behind that rock.

Unsure of what to do, Kai made a quick decision to keep all his abilities active a little longer. So far, they hadn't been on for as long as they had been back when he fought Ezekial and escaped the city, but it was getting there, and he knew the backlash was not going to be pleasant.

Picking Cecilia up off the ground, Kai gritted his teeth and infused his legs with Mana Surge and began running back the way towards Petunia.

Looking up at the incoming avalanche, he saw that it would cover a wide portion of the side of the mountain they were on. There was a large amount of snow coming down, and Kai was unsure what would happen if they were to get buried underneath it.

His entire body hurt, and Minor Restoration was constantly healing both him and Cecilia, with a little more emphasis on him considering that he was the one who was trying to get them out of the immediate danger zone.

Desparately trying to run through snow was not a pleasant endeavor. Despite not being affected by the cold too much because of his increased vitality after being put in the tutorial, the act of running through snow did not get any easier.

His feet still sank with every step, he had to put more power into every movement, not to mention the fact that the ground was shaking, everything was pointing in the direction that they wouldn't be able to make it out of the avalanches path.

And that was the sad truth, no matter how hard Kai ran, he knew that in a matter of seconds he and Cecilia would both be smothered under a mountain of snow.

But that was when Kai saw it.

On the side of a mountain, a small opening that he couldn't fully see inside. He wasn't sure if there would actually be anything inside it, or if there would actually be any room, but it was their only chance.

So, quickly changing direction, Kai ran straight for the opening, trying to ignore the growing rumbling of the avalanche getting closer.

Until just before he would have been buried and suffocated, Kai dived into the opening, using his own body as a shield so Cecilia wouldn't get injured.

Gripping onto Cecilia tightly, Kai scrambled deeper into the opening, getting away from it as some of the snow started filling it. He watched as the opening he had entered through was completely blocked off in less than a second, it so compacted that Kai wasn't sure exactly how long it would take for him to dig out.

He could faintly make out the rumbling getting quieter and quieter, so he knew that the avalanche had continued its descent.

What he didn't know was how to get the hell out of here.

And what was even worse was how dark it was where they were. Kai couldn't even make anything out but he was scared to use Soul Flame because he was didn't exactly know did the skill use any oxygen, which he was sure there wasn't a lot of considering that the cave didn't exactly go back very far.

However, there was one type of flame he was willing to test, a type of flame that was so mystical and magical Kai hadn't used it yet because he had no idea what it actually done.

So, after carefully and softly setting the unconscious Cecilia down, Kai stuck his finger out and used Soul Flame to creature a tiny flame using only Mana as its base.