The Frost Heart

The problem is getting worse

The breeze slowly moves from high to low, and provides coolness to those who feel it. On that day, the sun shines freely without clouds covering it and giving life light to the non-nocturnal creatures of the earth.

Somewhere, on the deserted streets of the passersby, there was a group of 10-year-old children forming a circular formation. They laughed out loud, pointing to the center of the circle where a child was crying.

The crying child was small, and his clothes were a mess. He was tormented that day, but could do nothing. Suddenly, a kick came into the little boy's face. The kick came from a kid who was the biggest himself in his group.

"Hey, bastard. You better not play with us. We don't want to get the curse of playing with us. Better, you get out of here!"

The greatest child denounced despicable words and ridicule to the child. Not only the biggest child, other children also berate the child. The boy was trampled by the biggest boy. The greatest child smiled, as if enjoying the torment of the child.

The boy could do nothing and just cower in fear. He was very scared, and hoped that someone would help him.

***

Jack's expression was very hard, with a heartbeat that was getting faster. He woke up in his worst nightmare and could do nothing. He's scared, really scared.

"It turns out that here the witch is," said the creature with its toothed mouth that is more like touching something than talking.

"Hey, you." Then the woman pointed to Jack. "I'll make a way for you to escape. In the count of 3, you have to run without looking back" the woman continued.

"But..."

"What are you doubting?!"

Then the black creature opened its mouth wide, like it wanted to devour something. Jack stared in horror at the creature's mouth, but the woman panicked to see it.

"He intends to call his group!!!" Then the woman ran forward with the intention of intruding on the creature's actions, but it was too late.

ROAR!!!!

The creature suddenly let out a loud noise that made the woman stop running and covered her ears. Jack was also affected by the loud noise. He closed his ears and felt that his ears were buzzing for a while.

"What is that?" Shouted Jack.

"I told you, he's KuroKaze, a witch-hunting demon like me."

"You..witch?"

"There's no time to talk. Now the problem is very runnyam. He's already called the group..."

CRUST!!!

Shortly afterwards, on the roof were heard cracking sounds. Jack and the woman looked up with a sense of uneasiness. They feel there's something heavy going up to Jack's roof.

"We need to get out of this house!" The woman immediately realized something and immediately wanted to get out of the house. He then made 1 line of red colored light and that line of light entered the body while saying, "[Power Boost]"

Then, the woman's body was coated in a thin red aura and made Jack become accustomed to the show of something strange from the woman.

While shouting, the woman ran forward and gave a front kick to the creepy black creature.

"Heh, just a level one reinforcement?" The creature underestimated the woman's technique and only held her back with one hand. But the woman did not reply, instead smiling at the sight of her being underestimated.

When the kick almost reached the hands of the creature, there was a sudden fluctuation in the woman's legs. All the auras in his body gathered into one at that kick of his foot. It surprised the creature and he intended to pull his hand, but it was too late because the kick had already reached his hand.

"Bruh!!!" The creature bounced back, until a few meters out of Jack's house.

"W-how...maybe?" Said the creature with an expression of disbelief.

"Hm! You underestimate the witches of today." In one breath, the woman was already in front of the creature. "You didn't expect, did you? I gathered my magic power into one to my feet and imparted power equivalent to the strengthening of a tier 4 magic. Now, goodbye!"

Then, the woman gave a stab to the creature's chest until it did not breathe again. Weak, thought the woman after pulling out the knife.

"Hey, don't shut up! Hurry up before they knock your house down" said the woman, looking back at Jack, still in the house, with a dumbfounded expression.

"What-" Before Jack continued he said, the house was already swaying, like it wanted to collapse. Jack came straight out of his house, following the woman's instructions.

Suddenly, Jack's house completely collapsed and flattened to the ground. Jack was surprised by it and stroked his chest. Luckily, Jack looked at his home.

"Don't relax, it's just the beginning..."

The woman put up her fighting horses, clasped her long knife tightly and looked solemnly before him. Jack then looked at the direction of the gaze and gasped after looking at it.

There are 4 black creatures that said the woman named KuroKaze is standing on the ruins of Jack's house. They're the ones who caused Jack's fragile little house to collapse. The scene was truly terrifying for Jack as the creepy creatures gathered into one. Jack feels the situation today, like a beautiful deer surrounded by evil predators.

"Run when I hold him!" Say that to Jack.

Jack nodded and prepared to run. He couldn't face the strange creature. It was beyond Jack's means and could only hand it over to the magical woman. Then the woman stepped forward and entered the battlefield.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened. One of the creatures ran past the woman and the rest confronted the woman. Kurokaze's goal was Jack who was still intent on running away. The woman panicked at the unexpected situation and intended to block the creature. But it can't because the other 3 shadow him.

"Hey, lookout!!!" the woman can only warn Jack, hoping he avoids the creature.

The creature kept running to Jack and Jack while running pale looking at him. The creature stuck out its tongue as it ran, like a dog. The creature then hit Jack, making Jack and the creature bounce to the front of his escape trajectory.

"Oh!!!" Jack landed first when he fell. He hurriedly got up again and did not look back. He had to escape from these strange creatures. Jack did not care about the warning screams from the woman and continued to run to save her. He ran and kept running. All he thought about was just running from the creepy Kurokaze.

He didn't know when he was running, but he suddenly arrived at a used warehouse 10 miles from his house. That's where Jack stopped breathing. He then sat on a used tire close to one of the buildings. He then looked at his former escape trajectory, hoping that the creature would lose track and not find it.

"Huh, huh, huh!! Shit...! What the hell is going on?"

Jack only scolds the wounded woman, but she ends up being the target of the creature that is after the woman. That night was really strange. Starting from the woman who issued strange abilities, and the appearance of creepy black creatures that ended up being pursued by one of them. Jack was driven mad that day and assumed it was all his dreams.

Jack then looked up at the night sky.that night was the perfect full moon night. The moonlight was so bright that night, making it a beautiful sight in the night sky so dark. Jack was quite grateful with the moon, because with his light he could run freely without fear of tripping.

"By!!!" As Jack was enjoying the night view, he heard a growling sound beside him. Jack looked up and saw that Kurokaze was staring at him with her sinister face.

Jack was shocked to death, and suddenly the creature hit him in the stomach. Apparently the creature's punch was very hard and made Jack bounce to the side while feeling that the porridge he ate was going up.

After a successful surprise attack, the creature then advances towards Jack. After arriving, Kurokaze picked up the helpless Jack and threw him towards the wall of the building, like a piece of trash. And not only that, Jack was then beaten by the creature blindly towards Jack's face. The helpless Jack could only cover his head from the blow of the creature. But the creature's punch was so hard that at the 11th blow, Jack had difficulty holding back his consciousness. His face was full and full of bruises. Jack's condition is so bad. And in the 12th blow, Jack had already lost his consciousness.

***

It hurts! Really painful! The blow was so painful. I'm just a scavenger and live a quiet life, why do I have to face this shitty thing?

Right now, I am unconscious. At a time like this, I feel floating in a place that is minimal lighting. I am very aware of what is around me. But simultaneously, I was unconscious in the real world.

I need to get out of this place and get my body back. Then I'll try to do something to the creature and run away from it.

Well, that was my plan and now I don't know how to get back to the real world. If I could regain consciousness, how would I escape from that creature. All I thought about was futility. I can't do anything and I'm very weak.

"Huh, what happened?!" Panic suddenly enveloped my heart as something sucked me in. I couldn't do anything about it, which made me panic. If that sucked me into something dangerous, I would not be able to save myself.

After a few minutes of drifting, I saw a black hole

with spots of light that every moment dim and glow every few breaths. That hole sucked me in and I don't know that hole. I was just forced into the hole by closing my eyes. If it's going to happen, then it happens, that's what I think about when I get into that hole.

But I felt nothing when I went into the hole. I then opened my eyes and saw an unusual sight. 1000 more spots of light that dimmed every second and returned brightly wrapped with boundless darkness spread wide before me. The ceiling and floor I was on were the same as I saw.

This sight was quite unusual, but somehow I didn't feel surprised by the unusual. Like I've been to this place in the past.

This is not the time to enjoy the view. Where I am now, I don't know what this place is. This scares me a little. I was afraid of being trapped and tormented in this place until I found my death.

"I'd better walk, who knows I found something to explain."

I walked away hoping to find something. As I walked, I looked to my right and left hoping to find something. Well, still there are only the same scenery, namely spots of light that flickering.

But suddenly there was a big light beside me to my right. Suddenly I looked to the right and saw the bright light, no longer focusing forward. But when the light was gone and I looked forward, there was a person with a face down until his invisible face was standing right in front of me.

I was surprised to see him, because of his sudden appearance. But I could calm down and ask him.

"Hey, my name is Jack Zitman. Do you know what this place is?"

"This.is..is one of..your.hat." He speaks very slowly. What confused me was the answer.

My liver? This spot? I'm confused about that.

"Can you explain?"

"Difficult.explain. Place..this.is...mystery." I breathed a sigh of disappointment hearing his answer. He didn't know what this place was and it slightly dispelled my expectations. But no problem, most importantly there are people who can be invited to find a way to get out.

"Hey, can I know your name?" I then asked her name.

"I'm.I'm.I.m..." He repeated the word "me" three times with a stutter. Every time he said, he lowered his head.

"I.is.is..." And the latter was a little different and his head was getting lowered. I stared intensely at the person with a turbulent curiosity.

"...YOURSELF!!!" Then he looked up in front of me and I was immediately surprised to see the same face I had plastered on that person's head. His face was the same as mine, but his left eye was jet black without white.

Not yet recovered to my shock, my chest was pushed by that person and made me feel like I had fallen to a high altitude. Then I screamed loudly while feeling an electric shock in my chest. It doesn't hurt, it just feels tickled.

I kept falling like I was falling from a height until there was a speck of light. The spots look different from those sights. The spots felt so warm and felt like they were free of restraints. I tried to reach for the light and suddenly I was sucked into it.