Chapter 36: Third Level
| Environmental Challenge! In addition to any beasts, monsters, or fellow-climber challenges, the third level of The Infinite presents also presents new dangers. It is, concisely put, a land of chaotic weather beyond what is natural to any world. Rains, lightning, and harsh winds are only the beginning. Temperatures swing wildly here. The ground itself shakes with treacherous trembling, which threatens to take away your footing at the least convenient times. The earth may split to issue forth molten rock. The hills may tumble down on top of you. Surviving the world in this place is its own objective, its own goal outside of defeating your foes and finding the gate to move on.
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The trick to moving with a heavy wind came intuitively to Tulland, who had grown up near the sea. As with waves, resisting them completely was a surefire way to get knocked over, but using their strength would amplify his own. After getting to his feet between gusts, he had finally managed to find the rhythm. And after a minute or so, he was beginning to have a bit of fun moving with the wind.
That was when the hail started falling. The first big chunk of it rolled off his briar helmet, and though it gave him a pretty good thump, wasn’t particularly dangerous to him, he wasn’t really injured from it. The next five or six battered him some more.
System, what the hell is this?
