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The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 18

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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 4

The trip to the second trial takes about half a day. Leaving us arriving half a day early for the trial itself.

But while the others use that time to sleep before the trial begins, I just train my mana arcs. Expanding them as much as I can before the start of the trial.

Although I still finish my training about an hour or so before the trial is set to start. Simply to get a good look at the area.

We’re not actually in the Toxic Frosts right now. But we are close enough to see it.

The area is rather unusual to say the least. Since it’s still snowing even outside of the Toxic Frosts. Just without any poison in the snow.

So it switches over from toxic snow to regular snow. With our ships stopped in the sky beneath the regular snow clouds. Whatever those clouds are called.

Still. I have to admit, all those sayings about danger being beautiful seems to be true. What with how the toxic snow is literally sparkling with purple lights as it falls to the ground.

Kind of like stars falling from the clouds.

Purple ones.

It’s beautiful.

I want to test out what effect the corruption in the snow will have on me, but we’re not allowed to step into the Toxic Frosts until the trial begins. And I don’t exactly have any type of magic that can pull some of it over to me.

I have fire and death magic after all. Those don’t have anything to do with wind or anything that can bring it to me.

So I’m left sitting here watching the snow from afar.

There are also some creatures wandering the snow that look rather unusual.

Specifically, all of the creatures have purple skin and fur so dark that it’s almost black. And their eyes look like hard and cracked deep purple stones instead of eyes.

Also, they’re kinda lumbering around like zombies.

Mindless. Attacking anything in sight, even other creatures like themselves.

And after watching for a little while, I see an animal wander into the Toxic Frosts. So I get to see the animal getting directly affected by the corruption.

And it’s certainly a sight to see.

The glowing purple snow sinks right into the bear’s body before making the thing roar out in pain. Following which the bear’s body begins to turn purple all around every spot the snow touches.

That same purple that’s so dark it’s almost black.

The corruption spreads through the bear’s body even as it tries to get out of the toxic snow. But since it didn’t even seem to notice the effects of the snow until at least half a minute after entering the Toxic Frosts, it finds itself too far from safety.

So by the time it gets within several steps of safety, it loses its footing and crashes to the ground. Corrupting even more of its body thanks to its upper body touching the toxic snow on the ground.

Then the deep purple color spreads all across its body at an even faster pace before reaching the bear’s face and changing its eyes to a deep purple color. Hardening its eyes in the process to be just like the others in the Toxic Frosts.

It certainly looks dangerous.

I watch for a bit longer before turning my attention to one of the corrupted creatures trying to leave the Toxic Frosts.

Which makes for an interesting sight as well. Because the creature doesn’t last long after leaving.

It’s like the further it gets from the mana infested area, the harder its body grows.

Until it literally becomes a deep purple statue just standing in the snow.

Hmm… so the snow makes them dependent on the intense mana found in the mana infused region?

That’s interesting. I kind of want to capture one and run some tests on it.

Then again, I guess I’ll be able to do that soon enough.

What interests me more though is seeing what effect the snow will have on me.

There are a few possibilities that come to mind.

Either it just barely starts the corruption process with each snowflake, only for it to reverse immediately with said started process, or it will start the process and take a few seconds to reverse.

The two possibilities are both similar and different at the same time.

Neither will leave any lasting effects, seeing as that’s impossible with my body, but I would strongly prefer the former over the latter.

If the effects of every snowflake reverses immediately, it’ll mean I probably won’t feel anything at all. Considering how that bear acted like it didn’t notice the corruption at first.

But if it takes a few seconds, then I might feel immense pain from the corruption before it reverts.

I continue studying the Toxic Frosts from afar. Whether it’s the creatures in it, the snow itself, or even the mana filling the region.

Every last detail. I make sure to study it all.

Until everyone begins waking up and leaving their ships to prepare their own defenses against the snow.

At which point I can’t help but study their defensive spells out of curiosity. Just seeing if there’s anything I can steal from this lot of Class S magicians.

But while I’m doing that, my attention returns to the Toxic Frosts.

Because some creature wanders over a mountain in the distance that looks nothing like any of the nearby corrupted animals.

It’s some sort of walking tree.

A deep purple, almost black one with stone instead of bark making up its body.

Interesting… there really are monster-like creatures in this region.

Although I guess they call these ones created by the mana in the infested region beasts. Not monsters.

The president said that the mana gets thicker the closer to the center of the Toxic Frosts someone gets, so I’m guessing the beasts will be stronger closer to the center as well.

I frown for a moment before nodding my head.

Alright. I guess I’m going for a hike in the snow.

To the center of the Toxic Frosts.