blueteamnovel Chapter 45 Finding Something More (1)
Chapter 45 Finding Something More (1)
Mere seconds after crawling into the icy tunnel, Aoni was bathed in complete darkness as he left the reach of the sunlight spilling into the Yeti-Made Cavern.
'It's just darkness, cold, and enclosed space...nothing to panic over Aoni.' The Lad mused to himself in a weak attempt at calming his anxiety.
'The only danger here is being buried under multiple feet of snow...all the monsters and creatures that could have been living in this area were forced out by the Territory Boarder...' Working on his factory default setting of using every bit of information he had on hand, Aoni inched forward, drawing closer to the skittering sound he knew to be Glacia pin-balling around as she widened the tunnel.
Tatatatatata
'Have some faith in your Summon; you already saw how densely packed she makes the walls; there's nothing to fear...you are no coward.' Steeling his resolve and exhaling forcefully through his nose, the Lad pushed on for several minutes until he noticed the distinct LACK of tatatas causing him to speak up.
"Glacia?"
...
Not hearing a response from his adorable fluff ball, Aoni's forward motion halted immediately, and an inkling of worry for her safety crept into the Lad's mind.
"Hey! Glacia, where are you!"
"Where are you..."
"Are you...."
"you..."
'Oh great...an echo, JUST what I wanted to hear when crawling in absolute darkness.' Gulping down a mouth full of saliva, Aoni stretched his arms out and began feeling around because he knew that if an Echo were present, there would no doubt be a vast open space to accompany the traveling sounds.
'Well, miss sassy pants, maybe don't sneak up on me, and I won't freak out,' rolling his eyes, Aoni paid his summon no mind and instead took in the wonderous sights of the naturally formed cavern.
While visibility was low, it was relatively easy for him to see how vast this open space was, and if he didn't know better, he'd believe a small town had once rested here.
Mind you, there was no indication of life or anything resembling ruins as far as he could surmise, but that was simply how large this open space was filled with thousands, tens of thousands, maybe more, of glowing teal gemstones.
'Teal Gemstones...wait NO WAY! NATURALLY FORMED ENERGIA CRYSTALS!' Aoni, screaming in his head, burst into motion toward the nearest wall so he could get a good look at some of these glowing rocks.
Upon getting close enough, his conclusion was proven correct because he could feel the same sensations he remembered from traveling in the flume being emitted by the teal gems.
"This is insane!" Whipping off his pack, the Lad quickly dug out his knife and, after wedging it between the Rockwall and the gem, carefully extracted the valuable resource, a palm-sized crystal.
| ★ Energia Crystal located |
| Would you Like to Convert it into Progress Points? |
....
The moment the notification popped up in his vision, Aoni's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. His eyes flicked from the notification to the crystal and back to the notification.
'One Full Star...this is...holy shit...I can...no...that's insane...ha...haha.hahaha.'
"HAhaHAHAhAha!" At first, laughing in his head, eventually, the Lad's laughter spilled out into the real world, and he couldn't help but feel it was finally time for him to Take Off.
"GLACIA, ALL ABORD THE ROCKET SHIP, TOOOO LUNNNAAA!!!"
"O...ooO.." taking a step away from her Lord, Glacia looked at her lord with a strange expression as if saying... "Have you finally lost it? Did the shiny rocks push you over the edge?"