Chapter 47 - 46 Sol Brothers
Igor’s hands were bound. Swaying, he followed a rope leading up the mountain.
Kadi suffered the same treatment, his hands also bound, completely exposed on the mountain.
Leading the way was a reticent and mysterious figure wrapped in a long purple robe.
Igor naturally couldn’t understand why he was restrained for no reason. After arriving at Guru Mountain, he had encountered numerous peculiar events, so this situation didn’t feel too strange. He didn’t struggle because it would be pointless. The man in the purple robe was incredibly strong, completely out of his league. Even if the Scale of Faith tilted in his favor, he wouldn’t be a match for this purple-robed man. Besides, nothing had happened that was worth invoking the Scale of Faith. Igor glanced back at Kadi, the—erm—creature he had only recently met. Now, Kadi was sharing his misfortune, which made Igor feel somewhat guilty.
Kadi gritted his teeth and tugged at the ropes binding his hands. The result, however, was disappointing: not only did the rope fail to loosen, but it tightened even more. It’s over, Kadi thought. Now that I’m completely exposed on the mountain, there’s no escaping being locked up in the Slumber Room. Still, that Igor fellow is pretty interesting. Even if I’m imprisoned, the conversations with him were worth it!
"Can I ask where we’re going?" Igor ventured. He had tried to question their situation several times already, but to no avail. The mysterious man simply ignored them, silently leading them up the mountain by the rope.
Speaking of this Dawn Peak, it was quite strange. From the foot of the mountain, Igor had estimated that reaching the summit of Dawn Peak shouldn’t take more than a day. However, he had already spent one night on the mountain and was about to enter his second evening there. Yet, the summit of Dawn Peak still wasn’t in sight. Although various strange occurrences had delayed him on the mountain, this still felt odd.
"It’s getting dark. Shouldn’t we find a place to spend the night?" Igor persisted.
The mysterious man remained unmoved, continuing up the mountain.
"Look, it’s getting darker and the Extreme Winter is approaching! We need to find a place to stay, quickly!" Actually, the approaching Extreme Winter wasn’t particularly relevant to finding shelter, but Igor figured that one should use peculiar methods when communicating with peculiar people. He himself didn’t realize that, in some ways, he was also quite peculiar.
Kadi, trailing at the rear, had his mind filled with chaotic thoughts. The pleasant conversation he’d had with Igor was now a memory, deeply engraved in his mind. Now, his thoughts were occupied by the horrifying scenes old Kevin had once described. Kevin had warned him not to interact with the people from downhill. If caught, the consequences would be severe.
Kevin had described those severe consequences to him in vivid detail. However, he had never truly believed him. From his observations on Dawn Peak, the methods of the people downhill weren’t nearly as brutal as Kevin had described.