Chapter 87: Ice Mountain Trolls

Ding!

[You've encountered Ice mountain trolls.

Level 30

HP: 10 000]

The ice trolls were made of ice, but neither of them expected for them be so tiny that they wouldn't even reach Kiro's knees. To make matters worse they were faceless.

They looked like faceless garden gnomes. They made a grunting sound, occasionally. The trolls had a grotesque charm about them, they were very hard to look at.

"This will be troublesome."

"Why? They're so small, we could crash them with just our feet."

"That's exactly why! They'll have an easier time dodging attacks."

"Not if I use my flames." Hubris said more to himself.

He didn't wait for Kiro's commands, as he took strides toward the closest troll and sliced it in half. It exploded into a tiny pieces.

Kiro was impressed that Hubris could fight while he was sitting comfortably on his back. He took out his staff, and started helping his mount. He felt like support, but it wasn't too bad.

He stood, balanced ontop of Hubris, while swinging and poking his staff. He resembled a war general on his war horse. Without a doubt Hubris was more ferocious than a war horse, as he was the main attack in this fight.

"Hubris, be honest, you have gravity manipulation don't you?"

"No."

"Then how come I'm not falling while you're rampaging like this?"

It looked like he was getting the hang of using his intangibility skill. One minute he was solid, the next he was ethereal. It was an enchanting sight.

Of course, he didn't need to show off this much, fighting level 30 monsters. But he was just using this for training. This was after all his first fight after his evolution.

"Could I fight them, all by myself?" He asked, remembering the embarrassing fight from before, somehow he wanted to redeem himself.

"You're sure?"

"Yes, please get on my back, Master."

The ice trolls may have been small, but they weren't cannon fodder. They used their small size to dodge incoming attacks, they could easily conceal themselves in the snow too.

However, Hubris' senses were too keen to be eluded by low level monsters' petty tricks. To say it was a massacre would be an understatement.

Hubris jumped up high, opened his mouth and tiny balls of hellfire rained on the mountain floor. The attack was simply too powerful, it even bore a hole on the ground and left a big crater.

Ding!

[Congratulations on annihilating Ice Mountain trolls. You've gained 10 000 EXP and coins.]

"I wonder how you fair against something like, the harbinger, you've grown so strong." Kiro couldn't hide his surprise.

"The thing we fought before? I could take it." He replied, smugly.

"You know, I haven't forgotten, you still have a no meal for 2 weeks punishment." He looked at the famished Hubris with a wicked smile.

He just had to bring him back to earth.

He whimpered, but accepted his punishment all the same.

"Now then, forwards we go."