Remnant

The third floor was an extremely harsh environment of cool and lack of heat envisioning the Antarctica in itself.

Icy floors, polar bears roaming around just as a part of decoration, under the icy floors there are water at freezing temperatures beneath. Around 4°celcius.

A miracle of nature in itself.

In such an environment Both of them had to shell large amounts of money for cold resistance clothes.

From one of the mounds there was a loud howl. As a large group of snow wolf's appeared on the top of the mound.

There was no chance to win as they had the high ground.

Like Obi Wan did.

But it's okay I'm the master of low ground tactics. And I don't have much of anything to work with.

Then how to deal with wolves.

Step 1 : Halt their movement.

Wolves are tertra pedal animals. So the best way to deal with them is to just lay a spike field.

Which Jay did and just like an orchestra directed by Jay.

The Wolves howled in pain as their feet got stabbed by the sharp spikes that lay bare before them.

But wolves are also smart creatures. They soon got around the spiky field. And some even jumped on back of other wolves.

Jay :

Flame wall

Spikes.

Jay erected a flame wall which halted the movements of the wolves. And laid another spike field which stopped the wolves movement.

McElroy :

Idiot you trapped us, and now they surround us.

Jay :

Damn it.

The wolves hunger could be seen as drops of saliva dropped and instantly would freeze in the air itself.

Jay :

Firanga.

The fireball that appeared in Jay's hand . Jay threw it at the wolves. And the area exploded revealing the cold waters beneath.

Jay :

So it's an aoe spell.

McElroy :

Icebolt.

Icicles appeared above Mcelroy's shoulder as he carefully aimed them at wolves one at a time. Jay kept raising walls and blasting with Firanga.

McElroy :

Jay preserve your mana. Remember mana is not infinite.

Jay nodded and immediately took up arms.

A sword and a shield by his side.

He used that to slash and block attacks from wolves one at a time. McElroy would chip using Icebolt and Jay would cover Mcelroy's back. A simple yet effective strategy. Laif waist to the large group of wolves.

Congratulations. You have leveled up.

Jay : lvl risen to 24.

McElroy : lvl risen to 25.

Jay and McElroy continued through the tundra. Where McElroy had a question in his mind.

McElroy :

I had a question about your battlestyle.

Jay :

Shoot.

McElroy :

Why don't you use multiple swords. Instead of one at a time.

Like keep swords levitating with metal magic and use them to attack.

Jay :

Well it's like, you know when you have many things in store but you only pick one item. My fights are something like that.

I pick one and forget the rest exist.

McElroy :

Not that I understand, but I somehow get what you're trying to say.

Jay :

Though it won't hurt to try it out.

Walking step by step with dredging paths lying ahead. Stpes buried in deep soft snow. And the blizzard soothing enough to put one to sleep. Jay and McElroy tried to survive the tundra.

With the flames of the spell Firanga they kept themselves warm. As they took step ahead one at a time.

None of the cold resistance that Jay had stored over time worked.

The blizzard subsided after a little while. While Mcelroy's steps stopped.

Jay :

McElroy what happened.

McElroy was standing with his eyes closed.

Jay :

Oy, it's now the time to. Sleep now. Wake up.

McElroy was soundly asleep while his steps just loved forward.

Jay :

Sleepwalking? It never happened before.

Jay :

Hey McElroy wake up.

McElroy :

Yes yes yes im i'm i'm now awake.

Jay :.

You were sleepwalking. Since when.

McElroy :

Sleepwalking that's first to me. A god does not sleepwalk.

It must be my brain is tuned to do task even while sleeping.

McElroy :

Your really want to talk in this place.

Jay :

We can take it later then.

At the end of the floor was a giant entirely made of ice was waiting for us. One gigantic digital eye enclosed around the icy shell. An icy robot. What would come of it when seeing it like that.

It made weird noises but somehow those noises resembled words. It seemed like the golem was trying to express himself.

Golem :

Static noises.

Golem :

Brrrr skrrttt. Sishrbd.

Golem :

He.... Pp.

Golem :

I'm sure you're hearing this now. Oh brave adventurer.

I'm the Remnant of a god long forgotten now lie in this machine.

I won't be able to talk now I am fading.

Golem roared back to life and it saw the two disrupted adventurers.

The golem picked up a small part of glacier and flung it over to Jay and McElroy. Who without their skills were caught in the sudden attack and as the floor of ice cracked the sank in the cold waters of the region. Both of them swam back up. And their bodies was overcome with cold. As the icy waters had seeped into the very fibers of their clothes.

Jay could have warmed them both. But even Jay's control of fire is not I dependant. He can only produce what skills he has. Nothing extra.

Jay once again summoned a firanga. A foot all sized fireball appeared which gave them the quick relief that they desoaretelt needed. And Jay threw the ball at the frost golem.

Some of the ice had melted off the body.

McElroy :

I'll take the eye out, continue your attacks.

Jay used fireballs to keep the giant distracted.

While slowly chipping off its health.

While launching fireballs upon fireballs on him.

It unleashed a deadly blizzard upon both of them. With temperature decreasing upto - 40 celcius.

That's caused Jay to miss his shot and instead targeted the ice below him. Just a stroke of random luck. This caused the ice strength to weaken taking one of the legs of the golem with it.

McElroy :

Nice one

This caused McElroy to take direct action as he had a direct path. In his hand an iron sword. He slides towards the golem with grace like in ice skating. And a quadruple axle leap and he stabs the eye. But nothing happens. Except it enrages the golem even further.

It continues to hurl rock at both of them which shatters the ice beanth and makes a clean break. Decreasing the area they can stand on, until they stood in one block of ice

Jay takes the advantage to do the same for the golem and targets the right leg to drown it on water but the golem leaps and in both of his hands was a ice rock held being slammed down mercilessly upon. Both of them.

Normally Jay would have just flown off. And McElroy would have just blown the other end off. But their skills are sealed.

So suicide strats it is.

Jay threw a firanga to the ground which exploded throwing off Jay and McElroy to the side a mediocre distance while the golem drowns himself in cold water and emerges like it was nothing. Just a bath.

Jay was hurt by his own explosion so was McElroy. But McElroy remembered his role before the golem stood tall.

Mctoom up his sword one again and this time lodged it between the eyes and the ice. And like a lever he pushed the sword deeper and pulled it from outside. Until the giant eye of the golem fell off. The digital eye shut itself off. But the golem was still up just without any visual Input. Trying to find a sense of direction it took a step just to fall in the ditch it created and drown as it didn't even know it was inside the water.

A meaning less death

Floor 3 cleared.

Jay lvl : 28

McElroy lvl : 29

Rewards :

Heavenly virtuous sword stance x1

Ice stone x1

Jay :

A book about sword stance?

McElroy :

I'm getting curious what is the book about.

Jay opened the book to find out it is written entirely in Chinese characters which neither Jay nor McElroy could read.

Even with the translation function they could read but not understand.

McElroy :

What is this qi, is this like mana?

Jay :

Use the metal qi and circulate them in the meridians.

Open the seven plexus located in the body.

While swinging the sword downward the flow of energy should be in such a way.

This technique is mostly suited for the ones who have reached the level of Pure Immortal.

Jay's eyes meticulously scanned the pages of the martial arts book which he had received. And within seconds his brain short circuited. While McElroy was purely confused.

McElroy :

Immortal do they mean Maria and Ikaros.

Jay :

No more questions.

Jay closed the book with both of his hands. And tossed it in the inventory. And they walked towards the stairways which ascended beyonds the blizzard.

Proceeding to the next floor.