Frostbound

Chris

I journeyed east at a breakneck pace. My boost from [Momentum of the Avalanche(R)] had finally peaked and I was moving the fastest I could. I left the terrain-altering effects behind and focused on traversing as much ground as possible.

I leaped my way east faster than I could truly keep up with the surroundings. I blew through trees and plants like a bull in a china shop. My boosted stats made running through trees only a slight deterrence rather than the obstacles most people considered them.

Splinters and half-broken trees followed me as I rampaged east.

For all my power and skills, I had nothing to help me track my foe. It left me zig-zagging from pylon to pylon for hours without any luck. Most pylons I ran into were turned into the dungeon-esque monster-infested lands but some held people.

The monsters I ignored and I couldn't determine if the people I encountered were at fault. Even in my rage-fueled state, I wouldn't just slaughter innocent people.

If I were to take a second to think things through, I would have noticed the oddities in the pylons that I had passed but my focus was narrowed so completely that I hadn't.

As my search extended into dusk, my frustrations grew. They were either good hiders, or I missed something.

Tracy

"Ma'am, you need to see this!" Kathy came running into her office without even stopping to knock first. She was finishing up the checks on the defenses for the wave tomorrow while trying to recover her mana.

Using her trapping skills all day had drained her and her office was designed to help her recover faster. One of the enchanters put a mana-gathering formation down that she had bought from the store. Making the mana density in her office higher which raised her mana regeneration.

They had just gotten the next level of walls at the monumental price tag of over a million points. The upgrade increased the number of catapults from 2 to 4 a side.