Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 726 - 642: Frost Giant

In the vast expanse of the snowy domain.

Amidst the swirling blizzard, a blue light point suddenly appeared, flying around in the sky.

A mechanical sphere hovered in the snow, with its top accumulating a considerable amount of snow.

The sphere shook its body, shaking off the snow on top, then flew around in the area filled with falling snow.

The blue light of the eye occasionally shot out blue rays, scanning and surveying the surroundings.

Suddenly, there was a sound from a cluster of withered trees nearby.

The blue light point instantly locked on, and then the entire machine entered a silent state, beginning to carefully survey.

With the invisible blue ray scanning, a more than two-meter-long, white-haired cat-like animal was revealed between the withered trees. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The sphere scanned the surroundings again, confirmed there was nothing more, and turned to start its return journey.

On its way, it happened to meet another sphere identical to itself, flying out from the place it was heading to.

The two spheres nodded slightly at each other, as if exchanging greetings.

Then they parted ways.

And in the snowy field, a convoy of vehicles was slowly driving with their high beams on.

Although the high beams were on, the illuminated range was extremely limited, remaining as dark as ever.

Around the convoy, several spheres were patrolling continuously, conducting scans.

Their scanning targeted the ground, preventing vehicles from getting stuck or even sinking into hollow spots.

The returning sphere conveyed information to Yuyou at the hub, where Yuyou conducted a simple analysis.

The sudden heavy snowfall almost completely obscured the entire environment, with visibility reduced to only a few meters around.

As a result, just entering the area, they had to slow down, moving forward carefully.

They handed over the driving rights to Yuyou for control, with other vehicles safely following within the range prescribed by the motorhome led by Yuyou.

The surrounding intelligent core ensured that though the driving speed was slow, it was exceptionally safe, maintaining a steady pace.

Meanwhile, the blizzard outside caused the vehicle members to tightly close the transparent windows, enjoying the warmth inside.

"Entering and immediately encountering a blizzard, what bad luck," Finaris, sitting in their team's motorhome, said, looking at the snow-covered windows.

Having recently become an Explorer, Finaris had barely seen much snow. Before entering this area, she was excited, but the severe weather dimmed her enthusiasm.

Funa, who was driving, turned and said with a smile, "It's okay, there will be a chance to go out and play. It can't snow like this for several days, it will stop eventually, don't worry."

Finaris knocked the snow off the window with her hand and said helplessly, "Okay, I hope so."

As for the two Angel siblings, they were cuddled up asleep in the middle of the motorhome.

The difference between the cold outside and the warmth inside mysteriously increased the sleep of these two Angels.

...

The blizzard continued until noon the next day before it finally began to subside.

The blazing sphere in the sky cast a golden light, illuminating the white earth.

The convoy stopped in the snow to take a break while everyone got off to feel the snowy landscape.

It must be said, although the sun was bright, the weather around was indeed a bit too chilly.

The guild members, not accustomed to the cold, tightened their clothing.

After spending the whole day in the vehicles, Kane also got off, stretching lazily.

Suddenly a sharp alarm sounded from a distance.

Upon hearing the alarm, guild members who had just gotten off quickly went on high alert.

Kane shouted to everyone, "Danger, stay alert."

Then Yuyou immediately pulled up the footage sent back by the reconnaissance robot from afar.

The footage showed an ugly humanoid monster nearly 5 meters tall, holding a giant ice club, slowly approaching their location.

With a hunched body, long and bulky limbs, a forward-pointing horn on its head, yellowish eyes under which a huge mouth with dirty yellow plaque-filled teeth was exposed.

This was a Frost Giant living in cold regions, and luckily, its strength was not at the gold level.

Moreover, they are solitary, not living in groups.

Encountering one here implied that there wouldn't be more powerful enemies nearby.

Upon seeing the footage, the Frost Giant's figure appeared on the distant hill.

Through the Eagle Eye, Kane saw the enemy's strength, at most only silver medium level.

He turned to a nearby team and said, "Gnate, take your team and take him down."

"Yes, President."

Gnate's excited voice came through, and he said to his teammates, "Go, go, go, let's take down this ugly monster."

The remaining guild members, although on alert, didn't assume offensive stances, instead, they watched closely.

The team led by Gnate had just exchanged all their contributions for better equipment to enhance their strength and were now eager to find a monster to test themselves against.

As the weakest team in the guild, the Giants this time happened to be an opportunity for them to handle.

It would be pointless if other guild members came, given the significant difference in strength.

Wearing copper-colored armor, Gnate's team was already spotted by the Giants, and they charged at each other.

A phantom wing appeared behind Gnate, allowing him to accelerate suddenly and rush to the enemy's front.

Then a long, slender tail appeared behind Gnate, quickly wrapping around the enemy's ankle.

The hilt of his sword in the other hand struck down fiercely on the enemy's other ankle, cutting a massive wound.

The Giant reacted slowly, receiving the blow before it could attack and crouched down in pain.

However, the other leg was already entangled by the tail, and Gnate pulled hard to the side.

The enemy fell to the ground immediately.

The teammates behind him instantly concentrated their attacks, with arrows and magic balls landing directly on the head and shoulders.

The Giant shrieked painfully, swinging the ice club in its hand wildly, while shards of ice materialized in the void, scattering around.

These ice shards formed rapidly, turning gray immediately and possessing great power.

A turtle shell-like phantom appeared again on Gnate, shattering and deflecting all the incoming ice shards with a crash.

He then wielded the longsword with both hands and slashed fiercely at the lower limbs of the enemy.

Watching from not far away, Kane's group felt a chill down their spines.

The nearby Dragonkin shivered, giving a thumbs up in admiration and said, "These young people will surely achieve great things in the future."

The surrounding teammates all nodded in agreement.

Although their words sounded amusing, the cooperation within Gnate's team was indeed seamless.

Soon, the thick-skinned Giant collapsed in front of them.

Gnate's team was unscathed, not even out of breath.

Although no magic items dropped, the ice club in the Giant's hand was an offensive type of equipment.

In the outside world, these things wouldn't just disappear and could be considered part of their spoils.

Moreover, Gnate's team was lucky enough to collect the energy emitted after this Giant's death, obtaining a silver magic stone.

After this small encounter, they rested for a while and then boarded their transport, continuing deeper into the snowy mountains.

By midnight, they finally reached the regulated cold region previously mentioned by the Dark Servant.

This area was more silent and desolate compared to other places, with hardly any intelligent life due to the extreme cold.

The vehicle had to move slowly because the tracks and wheels iced over quickly, only to be crushed by the drivetrain, then refreeze not long after.

This greatly slowed their progress.

Inside the vehicle, guild members curled up, covered in thick cold-weather clothing.

The cold air even penetrated the surface, invading the interior of the vehicle.

Even though there were heating devices inside the vehicle, they couldn't completely dispel the chill.

The first to succumb was Lilu.

She waved her magic, conjuring a giant transparent bubble, encapsulating the entire convoy.

The vehicles aligned tightly together, slowly moving forward, staying within the bubble.

Thanks to the bubble's presence, while the cold air didn't entirely disperse, the regulation-like attributes that constantly froze their path were finally gone.

Their speed picked up, allowing them to leave the area more swiftly.

They increased their speed.

By the next morning, they finally left the region.

Having been chilled all night, the guild members could finally rest well inside the vehicle.

After leaving the region, the rest of the journey was flat; they were about to exit the cold of the snowy mountains and enter the final stretch, signaling their imminent arrival at their destination.

After a few more days of travel, they could see the snow on the ground thinning, and vibrant greenery appeared in the distance.

When the vehicles completely exited the snowy mountain region, they stopped.

Kane then entered the guild hall.

He needed to have a short meeting with Polona and others; since they were there and approaching from the rear, it was a perfect opportunity they couldn't miss.

They planned to launch a significant strike against the Cannibal Ghost forces, crushing their arrogance and some vital forces.

Kane and his group's sudden arrival was an unexpected external force the Cannibal Ghosts hadn't anticipated.

The Cannibal Ghosts had been scouting various surrounding forces before the World Ring fully opened.

The Cannibal Ghost forces had expanded their territory by a third, harassing many small forces around them.

The Cannibal Ghost forces had become the source of unrest in this area.

Kane and his group's arrival marked the first step in the counterattack.