The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 22

[Afternoon] time phase.

I scrolled the map menu, searching the place where it was placed, it was far away; about two days of walking on foot, then I waved a gesture to called my pet phoenix.

!unknown gesture!

What's wrong with this ? I waved it several times, but still that message popped. Then, the last choice is to walk, I hastily run crossing the snowy field. Guided by map navigation system, lucky it was still here so I don't get lost. The holographic pale yellow sun shone over the snowy road, A pair of my steel boots kicked the debris here and there. Small footprints printed on the white fluff snow, it was likely dog or wolf wander around. A loud howling sound untune my ear. A big muscular build standing in front of me, a man with long spiky teeth with white furs covered him. Another pack of wolves came, their frightening face daunted me. I pick my sword, took a deep breath trying to gain energy after a long run.

"How dare you came here ?" the leader said with a grumble voice. "This is my place ! those who trespass must defeat me !" he shouted, along with the howling wolves around him.

"I take your challenge !" I shouted.

"Deal !" he said. He leaped toward me, trying to devour me in one gulp.

"Beaming Sword !" I shouted, then pointed my sword above, a blue arch light penetrate his chest with ease.

A pixelized brown dusts scattered, with swirling snow breeze around me. The pack of wolves flee themselves from the earlier wind, from it's blowing strength a storm would occur in near time. I pulled the cloak tightly, making sure that it wouldn't flew away from me. My shaking feet stepped slowly at the snow covered path, the brown earth beneath has covered in stain white. As the path lead to the dense black forest. The holographic sun on the red horizon started to sunk down in deepness of the night, it was [Sunset] time phase that will shifting into [Night time]. The silhouette of spiky leaves from the pine trees shading the path that I stepped along, my body shivering in cold, I tried to warm myself with the heating aura around me that emitted little by little. I don't want to waste much energy for rushing time, especially when facing that useless fight.

[Night time] time phase.

When the skies full of stars came out, like a complete galaxy constellation, light up the path that crossed through this dark forest. My exhausted body forced me to take a deep sleep. I looked around me whether any safe shelter for a night. After a short walk I found a hollow log that has a diameter of my height. The warm feeling when entered to it give a comfortable weather. My eyelids became heavy, and dragged me into the world of dreams.

△7 Novadia 1656

[Morning] time phase.

The warm sunlight fell down, covered the virtual world with it's heat. Sound of bird chirps remind me to the song of golden phoenix has made. I yawned with a moan, streched my body, the feel of numbness and exhaust has relieved.

"Good morning to me.." I said to myself, no one replies. Of course I'm traveling alone.

"Good morning mom." a sound of a little boy echoed through the hollow log, it was Zimi, he popped out his head from the outside "Where have mom gone ? where's dad ?" he asked.

I answered, "Dad is..here" I brought the vial's filled with Jotan's soul orb. "How did you came here ?" I asked.

His innocent face seem to thinking, "Well, auntie Erenna worried about mom and dad too, so.." he scrolled the map. "I search the portal, also mom, but I'm confused when dad isn't there. Uncle Alpha said that mom and dad leaved for a beach holiday, so he searches in [Isla Deinti] but he didn't found you both." he said.