Storm

"Oh! So this is the new system! Quite interesting, I like the way those buttons are not crowding my screen anymore!" The boy said to himself while sitting inside a carriage, alone. In front of him is a tab.

[General information]

[Name: Abelard]

[Age: 16]

[Gender: Male]

[Occupation: None]

[Level: 46]

[Stats]

[Strength: 190/10000]

[Agility: 120/10000]

[Intelligence: 186/10000]

[Leadership: 120/10000]

[General Reputation: 55/10000]

[Luck: 9999/10000]

"I was lazy to check notification, but I didn't expect all these things to improve in such of a short time! But wait… the age… it turned to 16, doesn't that means that that boy 16th birthday has passed?" He raised one of his eyebrows and placed his 2 fingers at his chin, thinking.

Then he smiled and just called the boy, "Abelard? Hello Abelard! I know you are watching me, can you just show up in front of me or something? I need to talk to you about something!"

The mini boy (I'll just call him mini boy now since mini guy or miniature doesn't really make sense, sorry for the inconvenience) showed up in front of him and rolled his eye with a crossed arm. With a rather rude tone, the mini boy asked, "What do you want?"

The boy became expressionless and suddenly, he placed a serious face. He looked at the mini boy, "Abelard… I just want to congratulate you on your 16th birthday, even though you are not in your body yet"

The mini boy placed his shocked and surprised face, he suddenly grinned but Abel didn't stop there, "… Abelard, I just want to… apologize for what I said to you while we were on that city… I was rude when I made that kind of joke"

Abelard became more surprised each word the boy said to him, he just smiled back at him, "Well, I want to apologize as well, I was naïve, not knowing you are the only way for the escape from this small body, from now on, shall we work together?"

Abel nodded, and they both shook hand even though there is a little size difference, but that doesn't matter because from now on, the two of them became a friend and promised to help each other in this world, both for their own greater good!

…

[Acquired thick fur coat]

[Effect: Reduce coldness by 10]

The boy found himself on the ship that departed from the port just a little north of the dwarf city. He smiled as he felt the super cold breeze while standing on the bow, now with the mini boy, Abelard, sitting on his shoulder.

The friend, Halius, approached the boy and placed his hand on the shoulder while saying, "The breeze is super cold. Thank goodness the dwarves gave us these thick animal furs. By the way, Abelard, why are you on the bow instead of inside the ship enjoying some warm?"

He answered without looking back, "I'm just enjoying the glacier, despite it being only ice, I found it pretty and calm looking at it, the creation of nature I suppose. Now it's my turn to ask, just the same question"

Halius answered, "Well, I was just wondering why you are here, I'll go back inside, it's getting colder and colder. See you inside and have fun watching the glaciers!"

He released his hand from the boy's shoulder and went to the inside of the ship from a trapdoor. The boy and the mini boy just smiled, and they continued their business. They went inside not long after that.

…

Rumble!

Rumble!

"Abelard! Halius! Boys! Come here!" The heavy voice of Thorgrim could be heard amongst the sound of raging thunder just outside the hallway of their small bedroom. Both boys woke up and quickly exited their room.

Abel and Halius, despite all the noises, noticed the small layer of water that covered the wooden floor they were standing. When they faced each other eyes to eyes, they both knew what would happen to them if they didn't hurry.

Thorgrim was nowhere to be found, but the trapdoor leading to the upper deck was opened. Both boys nodded at each other and quickly made their way for it while in his mind, Abel kept on repeating the same name, 'Abelard! Abelard! Abelard…"

Shortly after they made it outside, they could see the raging thunder near the ship and rain accompanied by gusts of wind. Both of them almost lost their footing on the deck because of the slippery floor and the gust of wind.

They regained their composure soon enough and noticed Thorgrim and the rest of the crews carrying a longboat. They threw it to the side of the ship and one by one jumped to the ocean. The only people left are the two boys and Thorgrim that looked like he is waiting.

When the prince of dwarf noticed the two boys, he made a hand gesture to come to him and they complied. The three of them jumped to the raging ocean after that and climbed onto the longboat, which is filled with the crews at this point.

Despite the small size of the longboat, powerful gusts of wind, powerful waves on the sea, raging thunder and the minimum amount of light, they rowed the boat to the unknown direction. They kept rowing and rowing even after they escaped the storm area.

There was almost no mood to talk to each other right after that incident, and they just kept rowing and rowing. Until 1 and a half-day after rowing and carried by the wind… they reached a land covered in snow, they disembark from the ship and sat down on the cold snow for a few seconds.

[The first player to discover the land of the most north]

At this moment, Thorgrim approached the boy, "Abel… do you have any plan or food left? We really need to survive with this cold are and find our way to the City of Valfield, our original destination"

The boy looked at him straight in the eyes, expressionless, and he turned his face away and opened his inventory. The boy then turned his head back to the dwarf and shook his head multiple time.

Thorgrim placed his hand on his stomach and sighed, but the boy has a solution, "Thorgrim, find a cave or make a shelter somewhere around here, I will go and find some settlement or maybe even a city to trade food for"

He nodded to the boy's words and Abel went out on his journey to find a place to trade without telling others except Thorgrim. After some minutes of walking, he found a smoke heading towards the sky and that is like a saviour to his eyes.

The boy ran to that direction and he found a village, people there stared at him before he even entered the village. Then he saw a spear, heading right toward his eyes. He dodged the spear and looked at it behind him for a few seconds.

[Discovered the village of Ormsa]

[Encountered Gertrud, the daughter of the village chief of Ormsa]

But then he heard a woman's voice, "Hey! Which tribe are you from?" He looked at the source of the voice and saw a woman about the same height as him covered in thick fur, and below it, he could see a layer of armour.

He raised his hand in the air, "I'm not from any tribe and I certainly do not wish to fight or have any conflicts here. My group was hit by a storm and it brought us to this land. We are starving right now and wish to trade some food with some gold"

She seemed surprised at first but furrowed her eyebrows afterwards, her expression showed that she didn't believe the boy's words, "I don't believe anyone weaker than me, the daughter of the village chief and the nephew of the king should enter this village"

She extended her arm forward, and the spear flew right by Abel's head and back to her hand. She pointed the spear to the boy. Abel took a deep breath and gulped his saliva and took his sword out of his inventory.

[Gertrud has challenged you to a duel]

[You have accepted the duel]