Online Cluster: Great Tomb

Chapter 13: Everlasting Winter

The snowstorm we experienced was bad enough to take a full day until it subsided completely. Zia's condition had also improved as she continued to be by the fireplace.

From inside the room I knew that if a new day dawned, as well as our radio channel had also been turned on by someone from the headquarters. I don't know who, because it doesn't really matter, but still I'm grateful for it.

With our radio channel turned on, I asked Fadli a few things with an earpiece last night. One of them is how to incubate this dragon egg.

Well, luckily for the case of the dragon egg I kept with Zia this did not require any difficult conditions. Just bring it to a place with a temperature of zero degrees, that's enough. Even in the cabin the temperature remains at a minus, so there is no problem.

I took out the white suitcase that I had obtained at Ilham's place after buying some weapons and other tools. I placed it on the floor and opened it on my knees.

Carcano, M4A1, and the tools I bought were placed separately on black strerofoam foam. Then I saw an object that shouldn't exist because I didn't order it.

“What is this?”

I reached for two things that should not be in the suitcase. A gray silencer and a small cardboard box with pictures of bullets. I think it's for Carcano because it's a little bigger than the M4A1.

“Bonus? Then they are good enough to give a bonus like this, right?”

I assembled the M4A1 with its fully-existing accessories, then loaded the bullet into its magazine. After all, I put the spare magazines into the holster, while the other magazines I put on the M4A1. Not forgetting to activate the safety.

Finished taking care of my beloved M4A1, I took care of Carcano. Well, there's nothing special I did to him because I just put a bullet in it. Just like other old model rifle weapons, Carcano does not have a magazine but directly put a bullet into it.

With the two weapons I had prepared put into the inventory, I walked out of the room and saw Zia who had already woken up first in front of the fireplace with the dragon egg she kept hugging.

“Zi, I want to go out to see this region, well?”

I'm quite curious because this sector I've never been to before. Also I want to see the habitat around here.

“Iya. Careful. Oh yes, this ..”

“Hm?”

I approached as he pulled out a medium-sized cardboard in front of me.

After I opened it, it was filled with cheap rations that could be bought on any NPC in the city.

“This food?”

I pointed to the stack of cereal snacks from the solidified wheat and the mineral water.

“That's not to be picky! The important food bar is the same drink filled!”

“He is yes!”

I took out a bottle of mineral water and two packs of such snacks and put them in inventory.

“Yes, I'm leaving. Oya, my snowmobile brought it! If there is anything, call me!”

I pointed at the earpiece I always wore in my ear to signal it.

“Iya.”

That way I got out of the cabin and allowed Zia to take care of the dragon egg. To be honest, I was very curious about the dragon that would come out of the egg. Will it look like Maga Antu? Well, I guess he'll definitely be a little similar.

With such curiosity, I increasingly went north with snowmobile to the top of one of the hills. Up there I could see a vast plain with many lakes and trees in a direction that led far north.

I decided to continue my journey towards the lake and stop at the edge.

After getting off the snowmobile, I squatted near the water and touched it. Well, obviously the water froze all over. From that position I could see some deer and other animals from a distance. But they did not find any monsters.

A splash of water sounded not far from me. Following the source of the sound, I found a rabbit trapped inside the side of the lake partially frozen. Caused his layer to break and he got stuck.

“Ah, jerk, yah.”

I hit the ice around the area that trapped his lower body and lifted the poor rabbit out of the water.

As part of her body was trapped in the freezing water, she was seen convulsing and unable to move.

I stroked his head gently while taking out a dagger from the inventory and sticking the tip of the dagger around his small neck.

Somehow I remembered a character from a game that was also a race of polar rabbits, I guess. The character was so filled with sadness in his story and I said his name accidentally.

“Sorry yes, Frostnova.”

I stuck the dagger around his neck and made an instant death. I hope it's a death that doesn't torment him.

Given the existing regulations, excessive hunting will get punishment. But what I did was not hunt, but kill him with compassion. After all, if left unchecked, he will still die and be tormented.

Because I feel sorry if left behind I decided to put it in the inventory and then continue the journey slowly using snowmobile with a fixed direction to the north.

On the way, I heard a slow howling.

“Wolf?”

From the sound, the location was quite far away. But on the other hand I thought, if the sound is far enough, doesn't that mean the sound is loud enough?

Because of that, I directed the snowmobile towards the arrival of the howling sound. Sure enough, a black wolf was seen with one of its legs hit by a bear trap and unable to move.

After getting off the snowmobile and intending to help her, I realized that her size was abnormal. At least his height is almost on par with mine.

He noticed my arrival and growled by baring his large fangs. Even so I did not stop my steps and continued to approach her slowly but surely. But when I had enough distance from him, the wolf tried to attack me with its claws.

“Oi! Relax with napa?!”

Well, it's not easier than I thought. Even after an hour had passed, he still looked at me even though he was lying down this time. I brought myself closer and he woke up.

“Oi, oi... come on..!”.

I undo the urge to approach him and stay at a safe distance. Taking the previous rabbit carcass from the inventory, I gave it to the black wolf and left it.

Not that I completely abandoned him, it was just that I tried to give him a bigger hunt to distract him, then tried to free him.

There is no point in killing wolves. I wouldn't have tried to eat such an animal. I mean, comeon! Who would want to eat such a beast?!

Continuing the journey, I entered a forest area that was not too dense. Dry and tall spruce trees without foliage decorate this place. Since it was a little impossible to use the snowmobile in this place, I put it in inventory and took out Carcano.

The snow came back down quickly in this region even my breath had started to evaporate. Well, that doesn't mean I'm used to this kind of weather. Although it's not as cold here, at least I've felt an approaching chill.

At that time me and some friends accompanied by a supervisor, we had tried to climb Mount Semeru. Yep, we climbed the highest mountain on the island of Java during the rainy season. I was soaking wet as I approached the last post but that didn't stop us even though the cold was bone-piercing.

Not long after continuing on foot, I saw two large deer that were scavenging for snow, looking for frozen grass.

“It.... moose?”

Two large moose deer were about fifty meters away from my sight. I picked up Carcano and aimed at one of them.

The deer that entered my view moved his ears and raised his head high. It looks like it is sensing a threat and trying to find it. It's just that my finger was a little faster when pulling the trigger than his instincts.

A gunshot rang out loud as Carcano did not have a silencer. The deer that was shot fell stiff with all four legs kept straight, while the other ran away quickly.

“Huff..”

I approached the deer I had shot before I finally heard something in the snow not far from where I was standing. I looked towards the surrounding snow surface and found nothing.

“Sound of something falling? Well, at most just imagination.”

I put my foot back on. After standing near the carcass of the moose, I put it in the inventory and the same sound was heard, only this time I found a hole right near my feet that was not there.

“Eh?”

I lowered my body to see clearly into the hole I saw, before finally a projectile shot out at high speed grazing my left shoulder which also made me fall.

“Ap-?!”

Realizing what had just hit me, I immediately turned around and ran as fast as I could. But the same thing came back and this time it hit my right leg.

“Agh-!!”

I fell over and rolled back a medium-sized tree and opened the inventory to take the dye and immediately used it.

I looked towards my shattered left shoulder and my right leg was broken off.

“Sniper, huh?! Damn it!”

I peeked out from behind a tree and from a distance, not too clearly because of the snow, but I was sure I was looking at a building on top of a hill.

By forcing myself, I tried to stay away from the place by jumping with only one foot. Although it was very tiring because I was constantly jumping, I finally got out of the forest and immediately used the snowmobile to return.

Not wanting to die in such a place, I pulled the gas with all my might and felt the blizzard coming back. At a crucial time like that was also the snowmobile fuel that I used up in the middle of the road.

“Oi, oi, oi don't do this WOY!!! Damn it!”

I hit the wheel hard because I was upset. Trying to reach for the ear to activate the earpiece, I could only fall silent because of it.

“Zi! I-... eh?!”

The earpiece that had been hanging on my right ear was gone

.

“Is it possible to fall when I rolled earlier? … Eh?”

I have absolutely no idea what to do now. Because of that I just dropped myself from lying on the snow with the cold weather that I could not endure because of the storm.

Using my right hand to wipe my face because of the regret I now experience because my left hand cannot be moved.

“Tau gini mending not go too far.”

It took thirty minutes to recover the missing player body parts. Even so I'm not sure I can survive.

“Hahh... survived the bullet, probably would have died because of blood loss or weather here, well.... haha.. hahh..”.

Grrrrr---!!

I heard a growl near me. After looking towards the direction the voice came from, I saw the trapped black wolf again. I didn't expect to stop at a place like this.

“Oh, hi! Let's meet again. Now my death option has increased to three. Run out of blood, weather, or be killed you.”

After saying that, I dragged my body towards the bear trap at his feet with the rest of the energy present. After grabbing the trap on his leg, the wolf bit firmly on my broken left shoulder.

I ignored his bite and kept trying to open the bear trap with my right hand and face to hold one of its sides before it finally opened.

After his leg was free, he released his bite on my shoulder and ran away.

“Oi... please kill me first... cold cuy... here...!”.

I began to find it difficult to maintain consciousness and ended up unconscious in that place.

It's a pity because I'm about to lose my favorite M4A1. Without a chance to try it, I would also lose a great deal of credit. What a fucking day for me.