Chapter 2285: Basics

Chapter 2285: Basics



Sam placed his hands on the snow.

He used the observation ability and once again, he was greeted with failure. With the

observation ability he couldn't see anything. It just felt like he was waving his hand in the complete void.

Sam with the rock nearby.

Sam sighed. Until now, these two abilities haven't let him down even once. They always came through. They always worked, even when they didn't unravel the things as they were, they at least gave him a clue.

For the first time he had back to back failures with these abilities. The tunnel was one thing, at least, he could see the rationale of why his abilities didn't work. But now... it is just frustrating. A million things went through Sam's mind as he looked around.

*SWOOSH*

As the club came at him, he just jumped up without even looking at the Jotnars. They tried to beat him up, but he all he cared was to dodge and to take a good look at the surroundings. He is trying to see if there is any clue.

Just like the sequence of the tunnels and their appearance in the previous challenge, there should be something here.

Right now he is trying to identify all the moving elements.

First one that is constantly moving are those white winds. They are carrying snow as they moved in huge currents. They are not stopping just like a snow storm. Then there are these Jotnars which are coming at him relentlessly.

Apart from that, there are not really any moving elements in this space.

Sam then started moving around. He just dashed through the snow lands as if it is his own backyard.

*CLICK*

Around ten minutes later, he suddenly sensed something and dodged to the side.

From a snow mound, another Jotnar arrived with a huge club in its hands. He looked behind to see the first two still running towards him. Now a new one is here.

He is at least glad that they are slow. And judging from the timing it seems like the next one might come another ten minutes later.

As stepped aside and ran forward, he noticed that no matter how much he ran, nothing is changing. There is only that vast expanse of snow and occasional rock in between. He decisively turned around and dashed in the opposite direction.

He went past the Jotnars that tried to hit him once again and ran forward. At least, he didn't have to walk against the white winds at the moment. His running became a bit easier. Soon, he is at the point where he landed.

The origin point of the challenge.

Sam frowned a bit as soon as he reached here. There is something off about this place. At least that is what he felt after he went out and came back. He waited for a moment, but was unable to put a finger on it.

He activated energy vision.

He saw the overwhelming amount of frost energy which is effecting him, but he couldn't do anything to it.

He tried to use the observation ability in the surroundings and once again, he felt like he was standing in the void.

Nothing conclusive.

Only now did Sam realize how much he is relying on these two abilities. Even though he kind of understood they wouldn't work, he still went for them. Hoping something might appear. He shook his head and dashed forward.

The flow of the wind... it was such a basic thing that he missed. When he ran in the first direction, straight ahead, the wind hit him in the face. When he came back, it was behind him.

It was only natural.

However, when he ran in the opposite direction, once again the wind hit his face, he didn't

feel odd at that moment.

Sam thing happened when he travelled right and left.

Sam wanted to verify something. He let the Jotnar's tail him as he flew diagonally. Once again,

the wind is hitting him. With the help of wings, he could feel the subtle fluctuations of the wind. He changed directions multiple times. But as long as it can be considered away from the central area, the point of origin, the wind is hitting his face.

It is definitely by design.

And with the windspeed increasing every now and then, it is clearly giving resistance to Sam

as if to make his stay in the central area.

It could either be a good thing or a bad thing. It could be a clue, like it is saying that Sam

should stay in the center to get out.

Or it could be trying to make it hard for Sam like opposing to move away.

However, if it is the second case, everywhere other than the central area will be an exit... which

is idiotic if you wanted to test someone on formations.

So, it is probably more suitable to think of it as former.

Which means, the answer should like in the central area.

Sam activated energy vision once again. He observed the movement of the ice elemental

energy. He could see it. The movement of the wind very clearly.

Sam is focusing on it to look beyond the energy carried by that wind. After all, it is not natural

for the wind to flow from all the directions.

It has to be artificially created and there is only one way to do that. A formation that is located

at the center. In the central area.

'I can't believe I wasted one hour for such a basic analysis.'

Sam thought to himself and went down. He cannot use energy vision or observation to get a

clear glimpse at the actual formation nodes that are creating this situation. He has to go find

them himself.