Chapter 56: Fort Chipewyan
The first pill was always difficult on the body. It took three full days to recover, with Dasha spending his time between the House of Wisdom, his lab, and, eventually, the Shadow Hall. The fifth gate crept up and he was more than ready. He was nearing the Late stage of Qi Condensation. A step away from a breakthrough.
His vision rocked back and forth, and he steadied himself. Looking down he faced a blue disembodied reflection of himself.
Dasha was on a boat, somehow, and stranded in the middle of nowhere. Clouds and a light blue paint spread across the sky without the obstruction of the sun.
[ Gate 5 : Fort Chipewyan
Main Objective: Kill the Misi-kinepikw
Prize Pool: 6,000 XP, 10,000 PP
SPECIAL OBJECTIVE: ?
SPECIAL PRIZE POOL: ? ]
’Fort Chipewyan...Canada, Alberta,’ Dasha deduced. ’This must be Lake Athabasca. And Misi-kinepikw means great snake in the Cree dialect.’
"I really am back home, eh?"
His small boat wasn’t a boat but rather a canoe. Specifically, the types used by North American Indigenous people, long and limited in space. Having been exposed to many museums in his early life, Dasha could identify it instantly.