Survive (11)

"Essentially an Aura is the phsycial extension of someones will. An aura is violent in nature. Assume, someones will is to be peaceful and they wanted to stop a fight. If they were to use their aura, it wouldn'tcalm the two fighters instead it will attempt to make them unable to fight through force." Shark said.

"This force can be used in different ways. Stopping another's aura, and heating the aira around you are examples of different ways you can use it", Shark continued, "What's really necessary for you to know is the next part. The only way to improve someones aura, is through strength and manipulation."

"In other words, aura is a direct consequence of strength. If we want to make you able to resist the cold, you need to grow stronger. But then of course, simply because you have the aura, doesn't mean you can use it well. So we need to train your aptitude towards temperature control, specifically, making the air hotter."

Noah had briefly experienced a powerful aura before. It had been the aura of a man who had killed thousands, it was during the test of courage. That aura had been directed straight at Noah with the intent.

"Anyhow, training yourself strong enough to have an aura, capable of resiting the coldness without clothes takes years. Thankfully, we have the time to spend on that"

"I am only staying here one year" Noah added in.

Shark began laughing, "Bob, the shit eater, says that to everyone, you're not getting out of here unless you climb the giant." Noah was caught by suprise, he couldn't believe he had been so gulliable to believe such a thing.

"Your training schedule is going to be simple. You'll get clothes and then you will do a lot of heavy lifting outside. And, whilst you do that. I am going to organize the group. We are going to need a strong mage and a good archer."

Abruptly Shark went out of the enclosure, Noah saw a lot of trees falling, as he looked over the wooden wall. Then Shark came back slightly sweaty.

He led Noah out, there were roughly 50 trees stapled on each other, and there was one single tree far away from them. "All you have to do is lift the trees from here, to hear. Before nightfall.

And so, he left Noah to do his task. Noah thought it would be easy, but when he tried lifting the trees he realized how heavy they were. It took him ten minutes to move a single tree, his arms were aching and he was freezing.

He went to pull another tree.

And so it was night. All the trees had been stockpiled in the place he had been told. His entire body was visibly shivering, and it was hard for him to remain standing. He had lost feeling in his feet, and in his fingers.

The door to the enclosure opened up, and out stepped Shark. He had a wide smile on his face, which Noah found very punchable. "Well, come on. Get in".

Noah dragged himself towards the door, he and when he entered he felt the sweat heat. He almost passed out right there, almost.

Instead, they walked towards the cave and ate. Noah's fingers began regaining their senses, still, it was difficult for him to properly grasp his food.

"I guess you're serious about escaping this hell hole", Shark nodded.

"Its going to be hard, there'll be yeti's, huge birds and countless more obstacles in your way. Why not just grow a life down here?"

"Because I don't want to"

"Good reason, DUMBASS".

90 days later.

"Stats" Noah said proud, he had just leveled up.

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Level: 21

Class: Adventurer

Unassigned points: 1

Agility: 23

Stamina: 10

Magic: 5

Strength: 15

Charisma 5

Luck: 6

Skill: 10.2

Skills: Basic sword fighting level 3, sprint level 3, Scared shriek level 3, Sub-Stealth level 4 (passive), backstab level 3, Back track lvl 1, Swift level max, Danger sense lvl 2, Danger attraction lvl 1(passive), Unbreakable spirit lvl max (passive), Fight think lvl 1, Medium dagger fighting level 7.

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He put it into agility, making his total go all the way up to 24. He walked towards the enclosure after he had finished lifting the logs. Now was when he would meet Shark. He said his greetings and was soon ushered away onto a new area.

It had gotten to the point of Noah not getting cold when he wore a parka and thick boots. He could stay out there practically forever without freezing to death. He realized how long it took him to improve his resilience against the cold, he shivered when he thought about Marga the naked. The fact that they had managed to kill her was still shocking to him.

He thought about Marga the naked as a remarkably strong person, he stood in front of the door gazing away at nothing. He feared whoever had done so to her, but as the saying goes, there is always a bigger fish.

The door opened and out of it walked Shark, today they would go hunting since their meat supplies had gotten low. Hunting in this dimension was strange compared to hunting out in real life. Here, the animals waited for you to approach and when you began a fight, they would fight you no matter how out numbered they got. Well, there was one catch, the strongest animal in that pack would always join the fight, even if you had started it with the weakest.

The animals were merciless, they would continue to attack you until you stopped breathing, or until they couldn't attack you. It was one or the other, there was no exceptions to this. He followed Shark to a spot where you could find a lot of different bisons, they stood out like a pimple. They had black hide, and amid all the white snow it would be strange if you didn't see them.

They were the weakest animals you could prey on in these lands. They had no magical abilities, and they were easily killed. They could bleed out quickly, killed by blunt force, burned, there was multiple different ways of killing them.

The bison's themselves had fur all over their body, they were about a mans height. They had two large black horns which they would use to ram into things. Noah decided to fight a medium sized Bison whilst Shark would kill the alpha.