Asmond and his team were looking around the buildings, and they were talking about the origins of the place. They were curious about what had happened to the place since not every building was made of ice. Some were frozen by ice, and some even had furniture inside that was abandoned.
While they were checking one of the frozen buildings, they heard a whistle coming from one of the holes in the wall. They looked up and saw the same creature come out of the hole, and land right near them.
"Shit, we can't deal with them, Asmond. Our weapons are already in a bad condition," Silas said as he looked at Asmond.
"Don't worry, I will handle them. You guys go and check the buildings," Asmond said as he walked toward the creature and drew his sword.
Asmond cut the legs and arms of the creature, and it made the creature screech so loud that they echoed throughout the whole kingdom. Of course, Agnez and the others heard about it even though they were on the other side of the kingdom.
"Looks like they got company," Sven said as he looked in the direction the screeches came from.
"That's none of our business, but it would be if they didn't kill that creature fast enough and bring in the rest of them down here," Agnez replied as she looked around.
Rozan suddenly landed in front of them.
"We have got a problem. I found stacks of baby skeletons inside a building, and there were so many of them. Although, I'm not sure if it's the demons or the creatures who ate them," Rozan said.
"If that's the case, Gerrard and Nagy should know the answer by now. Let's go and check the castle," Agnez said as she looked at the castle in the distance.
"Yeah, that's what I thought as well," Rozan replied as he nodded his head.
Gerrard and Nagy were on top of the castle after, and they stealthily climbed down the wall since there was a window open right below them. They slowly climbed down since the ice was so slippery and they didn't want to alert the people.
They heard the screech in the distance again, and this time it was louder that it alerted the people inside the castle. They both got into the window right after those people came out to check.
"Those creatures! They're coming here again?! Let's hide!" A man's voice echoed inside the castle.
Gerrard and Nagy looked at each other and then nodded their heads. They started to explore the inside of the castle, and it was somehow warmer than the outside.
While they were exploring the highest floor of the castle, they heard loud moaning voices in the distance. Nagy was immediately flustered when she heard it while Gerrard raised his eyebrows as he looked around to see where the voices were coming from.
"Come on, take my babies and breed like a whore!" An old man's voice could be heard with the moaning. "That's it! Make some space for my babies," The old man continued as he sighed in relief and moaned.
"That's disgusting," Nagy said as she looked at the door where the voices were coming from.
They heard footsteps coming from the room, and they both immediately hid behind a wall. The door burst open, and they heard women crying and sobbing as they ran away in the hallway. The women saw Gerrard and Nagy, but Nagy immediately put her finger in front of her lips as she shook her head.
The women's eyes were teary, and they started running away again with nothing covering their bodies.
"What a good fucking, but I'm too old for this," The old man said as he stretched his arms and stood in front of the door. "Time to eat," The old man continued as he walked to the opposite side of the hallway.
"Let's follow those girls, I want to hear what happened to their world," Nagy said.
Gerrard nodded his head and followed Nagy from behind.
Agnez walked on the main road and saw the castle right in front of them. They faintly heard people talking from the castle.
"Looks like there's a survivor here, and that means the ones who ate babies are those people," Agnez said as she looked at Rozan.
"Right, and I hope they're not like those people in Bumi World," Gunnar said. "Should we kill them if they turned out like zombies?" Gunnar asked Agnez.
"Of course, they have no reason to live anymore, but I don't think that's the case here. They breed the babies like in Helmga World, so that means these people are using the women to breed for food," Agnez answered as she kept walking toward the castle. "I'm not sure if we should kill them though,"
Asmond and his team showed up from the other road, and they were going to the castle as well.
"Oh, you guys are here as well. Are you guys going to check the castle?" Asmond asked.
"Yes, we heard people talking from the castle. I guess they're scared because of the screeches and now everyone is hiding inside the castle," Agnez answered as she nodded her head.
They walked through the gate and saw lights coming from inside the castle. Agnez didn't bother to play stealthy and entered the castle so casually. Although she made noises, they didn't find anyone since the people were hiding somewhere.
"Come out, what are you doing hiding behind that door," Lillith said as she looked at the closed door next to her.
The door slowly opened, and it was an old man with an old knife in his hand. He looked shaken even though he already knew the ones who came into the castle were humans.
"Who are you people?" The old man asked.
Agnez sighed as she looked at Asmond, and then she tilted her head toward the old man.
"We are here to safe your world from the demons," Asmond answered.
"Re-really? So you can free us from this place?" The old man asked.
"Free you from this place? What does that mean?" Asmond asked.
"It's better if he's the one to explain it to you. Come, follow me," The old man said as he opened the door wide.
They followed the old man into the hallway, and they ended up in the kitchen hall. They saw an old man, the same old man that Gerrard and Nagy saw earlier. He was eating a piece of meat with a few of them on the plate.
"They're here to save our world, my lord. We will be able to leave this place," The old man said to his lord.
"They are?" The lord replied as he sucked the bone in his hand while Gunnar and the others were disgusted by him. "Well then, let them sit, and serve them something to eat,"
Agnez and the others sat down, and it didn't take long until someone came in and brought a plate with meat on it. The guy served the meat to them, and Rufus immediately grabbed one from the plate while Agnez and the others stared at him with suspicious smiles on their faces.
"Don't eat that," Arum said quietly.
Rufus was about to eat it but immediately put the meat back on the plate.
"Why? You don't like baby meat? If you don't like them, then give them to me. We are not wasting food here," The lord asked as he chewed the meat.
Asmond and the others looked at the meat and imagined that a baby was on their plates. They immediately pushed them away as they looked disgusted by it.
"Don't bother, this is the only way for us to survive. You would do the same thing if you were trapped here with nothing, especially if those monsters are lurking everywhere. We are too weak but not weak enough to let ourselves give up on living," The lord said.
"First time? You should know what we were dealing with in the Helmga and Bumi World. It's far worse than this, so get used to it. It's not normal, but it is what it is," Rozan said as he looked at Asmond and the others.
"Hah, a fine man with a fine way of thinking. I like you already. Oh, my name is Jonnastein, You can call me that," Jonnastein said as he giggled.
"So, tell us what's stopping you from leaving?" Asmond asked.
"There's a tunnel all the way south from here, we dug that tunnel, but when we tried to leave, something was waiting for us from the outside. Something terrifying, and so we decided to collapse the tunnel so that thing can't enter," Jonnastein said as he pulled the plate in front of Asmond.
"What did you see?" Asmond asked.
"A dragon with ice scales, and everything you see here and above was that dragon's doing," Jonnastein answered. "That dragon is the one who reigns the south, and the master of that dragon is the one who reigns the north. If you want to save our world, those two are the ones you need to kill," Jonnastein explained as he started eating the meat.
