Chapter 513

Chapter 513

The reason why Siegfried chose to charge into the blizzard was simple.

‘I can’t stay stuck here forever.’

He had no plans to stay for a long time in Mount Kunlun. He wanted to throw the Ignite Soul inside the Ancient Crater even a second earlier and go back to the Proatine Kingdom.

The fact that different things kept popping up on his way to the peak was already annoying enough, so he decided to just go for it and put an end to this exhausting journey.

The Night Stalkers were present around the clock in this place, so he could neither seek refuge in his Mobile Bunker nor fight them forever.

“Y-Your Majesty! Where are you going?! Your Majestyyyyy!” Elliott shouted.

“What are you doing?! Hurry up and run!” Siegfried shouted in response.

“Eh?!”

“Let’s just run past them!”

“...!”

“I don’t think you can go back anyway! Just run!”

Elliott stood dumbfounded at Siegfried’s words. However, he soon realized that there was some truth to what Siegfried said. It was too late for them to go back nor could they survive here, as the Night Stalkers were prowling in the blizzard.

In other words, they had no other choice than to run and chase after Siegfried.

“Run if you don’t want to die!” Siegfried shouted at them once again.

“Y-Yes!” Elliott responded. Then, he turned around and shouted at the climbers, “What are you doing?! Run! We need to follow King Siegfried! RUN!”

The Santa Climbers ran for their lives and charged into the blizzard.

***

A desperate charge happened soon afterward. Siegfried, Hamchi, and the Santa Climbers ran as fast as they could to get away from the Night Stalkers.

Unfortunately, there was no way things would flow as smoothly as they expected it to be, and their biggest enemy right now was none other than the ferocious winds of Mount Kunlun.

Whiiiiiiiish!

The wind was blowing hard right at their faces.

“Ack! W-Why is this wind so strong?!”

It was so strong that even Siegfried was having a hard time running, and he had to depend on his thrusters to barely keep running.

If there was one silver lining in his current situation, then it was that the Night Stalkers were getting pushed back by the winds, too.

“Where are... you going...?”

“Come back...”

“Take me with you...”

“I want to... live... give me... your life!”

“I was wronged... I was wronged...!”

The Night Stalkers stubbornly chased after Siegfried’s party, but they were unable to catch up due to Mount Kunlun’s winds. To begin with, the Night Stalkers were undead so they were slow, but they turned into turtles after getting slowed down by the wind.

Most importantly, they were not running on flat terrain, which slowed them down the most.

“Let’s go... together...”

Just then, A Night Stalker suddenly appeared behind one of the climbers. Siegfried was able to charge forward against the wind, but that was not the case for the climbers. The wind slowed them down to the point some of them fell behind and were caught by the Night Stalkers.

“Y-Your Majesty! Ack! S-Save me!”

“I told you to move faster... Tsk...” Siegfried clicked his tongue and grimaced before he placed down Shadow Swamp.

The slow effect of Shadow Swamp slowed the Night Stalkers even more and they looked like they froze up.

Seuruk... Seuruk...!

The shadows[1] of the Night Stalkers rose from the ground.

“Tie them down for a bit,” Siegfried commanded the shadows.

This single action alone saved the climbers from the Night Stalkers.

“Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you so much!”

“Just shut up and keep running!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The Santa Climbers braved the fierce winds and ran after Siegfried.

Two hours later.

[Alert: Insufficient Stamina!]

[Alert: Insufficient Mana!]

[Alert: Please rest!]

“What is it this time?!” Siegfried exclaimed in anger and grabbed his +13 Horse Fly before running out of the bunker.

He was greeted by the Night Stalkers, but they were not alone this time.

“Kireuk! Kireuk!”

A gigantic monster letting out a cry that would send chills down anyone’s spine accompanied the Night Stalkers, and this monster was...

“A spider...?”

It was a gigantic spider larger than three fully-grown bulls combined.

***

[Frozen Tarantula]

[A gigantic tarantula that inhabits the section of Mount Kunlun infamous for its neverending blizzard.]

[It possesses eight extremely sharp and powerful legs capable of ripping through most steel.]

[Also, it can shoot out freezing spider webs, and caution is advised against it.]

[Type: Neutral Creature]

[Level: 290]

[Note 1: It is extremely agile, so trying to run away from it will be futile.]

[Note 2: Anything caught by its web will not only be restrained but also get frozen.]

It turned out that the Frozen Tarantula that had ripped open the Mobile Bunker with its legs was not a monster but a neutral creature.

“We only have five kilometers left...” Siegfried bit his lower lip and muttered.

He could have easily taken care of a single Frozen Tarantula, but they were currently completely surrounded by hundreds of them.

Could he run five kilometers while evading these Frozen Tarantulas and the Night Stalkers?

‘Not a chance...’ Siegfried was certain that would be impossible and tantamount to suicide.

“Hey, Hamchi.”

“Kyu?”

“I think we have to slug it out.”

“Really?! Kyu!”

“Let’s go with a bang, shall we?”

“Sure! Let’s fight! Kyuuu!”

“Then, shall we greet them first?”

“Kyu?”

Siegfried jumped into the air and shouted, “Hello! Nice to meet you!”

Then, he slammed his +13 Horse Fly into the ground.

Krwaaaaaaang!

Splitting Heaven and Earth shot forward in a fan shape and swept away everything in its path.

‘This ain’t gonna be easy,’ Siegfried knew fighting against hundreds of Level 290 creatures would not be easy, so he decided to seize the initiative and strike first. Then, he placed down Blaze Field and Shadow Swamp on top of activating Overclocking before jumping into the midst of the Frozen Tarantulas.

Sseuuuuu!

A cloud of green poisonous fog spread around him. The Frozen Tarantulas were neither machines nor undead, so he bet that Irradiate would be effective against them, and he was right.

[Frozen Tarantula]

[HP: ??????????]

The Frozen Tarantulas within the Irradiate’s area of effect started losing HP drastically. Irradiate was quite effective even against Level 290 creatures, as its damage was further amplified by the DOT damage of the Top-Tier Ignite Crystals.

‘Alright, I need to keep this momentum going and sweep them–’ Siegfried thought.

Boom! Boom!

Siegfried was interrupted by the sound of something massive slamming the ground.

“H-Huh...?” Siegfried muttered after realizing there was a massive shadow casting down on him, so he decided to look up and see who this shadow belonged to.

Ten meters...

A creature standing on two legs towered over him. It was larger than the Frozen Tarantulas with its entire body covered in fur. It had a face similar to a gorilla, yet its fur was light pink in color rather than black.

“Why is this thing too damn big...?” Siegfried muttered.

It was then.

“GWUUUUOOOOOOOOO!”

The giant with the face of a gorilla roared at Siegfried’s face.

1. Yes, there was no sunlight, and I doubt shadows could form during a blizzard, but author-nim wrote it like this. ☜