Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest - Chapter 1659: Warming Up

Chapter 1659: Warming Up

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As we finally arrived in here, I thought it was time for lunch before we departed after the Ice Trolls, so with Mark and Rita, we cooked a meal using the ingredients we’ve hunted or purchased, and that was Mushrooms, lots of Earth Eater and Owlbear meat, and also rice and noodles… also we tried out the dried, purified mushrooms of that evil Myconid, and they had a very rich flavor, so we added them to the meals.

Well, better not let that go to waste right? And without the poison and the nether inside, they were incredibly delicious mushrooms!

I know Myconid are people but… that guy was more like a monster than anything, so it’s fine right?

“Wow, that was delicious~ I really needed something like that to warm up! It was an amazing stew!” Rita said after finishing her second plate. “I loved everything~ But what were those blue mushrooms? They were specially tasty, like, really tasty!”

“Ah yeah, they had a nice soupy flavor, right?” I nodded. “They were… I found them in the caves. They might have been poisonous, but I purified them beforehand. Imagine all the mushrooms we could eat if we purified their poison! There’s a lot of tasty-looking ones.”

“Uuhu, I guess so…” Rita said. “Okay I guess I’ll go with you, maybe I was a little mean before.”

“Oh really? You think so?” I asked with a forced smile.

“Okay sorry…” Rita sighed.

“No problem,” I nodded. “Anyway, anybody else wants to come with us?”

Not everyone wanted to come, the cold out there was discouraging, and the way up here ended being tiring even when we were on top of rides… barriers and the like can only keep the cold away for long before we have to endure it anyway.

At the end, those that accompanied me were Mark, Rita, Lily, and Monica, the rest just wanted to stay inside, including my daughter, which was surprising, she’s always itching for a fight.

I saw her covering herself with blankets alongside Anna and Elisa while they watched videos on the internet, I guess they just wanted to chill and rest for a day, and that’s fair.

Katherine wanted to come but I told her that it was better if she stayed behind and we communicated through our Spiritual Link, as for Gabriel, he disliked the cold and he was also on his bed covered by blankets, Katherine was taking care of him, as for Jenny, she was also in her own room using her phone and eating snacks.

Looks like giving them phones that work everywhere wasn’t that good of an idea!

I was surprised that Monica wanted to come along though…

“You sure you don’t want to stay with the girls?” I asked her.

“It’s fine, I’m weirdly immune to the cold,” Monica said. “Maybe because I’m like a ghost? Or a little like one.”

“Could be,” I nodded. “Alright then, let’s go.”

We set off into the wild coldness out there, this time Mark prepared a fiery aura buff for everyone, which helped us combat the cold. Our party wasn’t big, but maybe that’s for the better, just the original team and Monica.

By the original team, I meant Rita, Mark, Lily, and me! Yeah we’ve been all four of us for a while back in BNLO and even now, my daughter and her friends, then Gabriel, Katherine, and Jenny were later additions… though that’s without counting our trusty Acorn and Nieve, also indispensable members which we miss even now.

“It’s less cold now, which is nice,” Rita sighed in relief. “So where to, captain?”

“Over there, there should be a path made of ice spirit crystals,” I said, pointing into the distance. “Ah, it’s there.”

We found a path of colorful azure and white crystals, which led to the Icy Caves, it was an easy landmark to use to move around this mountain covered by snow 24/7.

The path there wasn’t that hard, especially because we rode Silver and Belle, while Goldie was unsummoned, finally going back to his home, the Spirit Lake in the Forest of Beginnings, which he was missing.

“So what’s the deal with these Ice Trolls or whatever?” Rita asked. “Why are they even attacking and why are they evil to begin with? They aren’t Spirit Beasts right?”

“From what we heard they aren’t, no,” I said. “I believe they’re also a Spirit Race or something… Katherine, are you there? Can you hear us?”

“I can hear you loud and clear, don’t worry master,” Katherine spoke through the Spirit Link between us, her voice resonating in the empty air. “Let me do something about this though…”

“Oh, let me help,” I nodded, as I quickly manifested an Avatar for her made of my own Spiritual Energy, similar to how I can summon the Fairies and the Fairy Queen through magic, bringing forth their Spiritual Forms to battle and to help me out, for example. “There! That should be more than enough, right?”

“Oh yes, it’s wonderful, like I have a second body!” Katherine nodded.

As she flew around, I heard through our Spirit Link Gabriel’s voice.

“Katherine let’s cuddle together…”

“Hm? Are you too cold? Oh dear, alright…”

I heard them cuddling cutely, Gabriel was such a baby, that not even Katherine could resist him, so they must have cuddled together.

“Are you talking with Master?” he asked.

“Yeah, yeah, do you want to come?” Katherine wondered.

“I think I can do something about it too.” I said.

“Really?!” Gabriel gasped.

“Yeah, I’ve got a Spell that I would have used back then but I never did,” I said. “I can use it now though… so let’s see. Which one was it? Ah yes, this one!”

“{Angelic Spirit Friend Summon}!”

I quickly remembered which Spell I was talking about, rapidly summoning Gabriel along, the process wasn’t hard or slow at all, as he was swiftly summoned along.

FLAAASH!

From the skies, a ray of light descended, taking the faint, ethereal shape of Gabriel, who appeared floating in midair with little wings.

He was very small though, around the size of a cat, floating around with surprise…

While both slept in the cabin, they could accompany us as Spiritual Beings.

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