Frostbound

The destruction that surrounded me after the wave was over astounded me. Not in the amount of it, but the ease with which it had been accomplished.

The imagery of bodies and blood strewn everywhere inside the walls was not new to me but this was the first time that it felt so effortless.

Usually at the end of battles, my body was tired from exertion and my breathing was hitched. My mana was empty and there was a certain toll on my body the wave extracted.

This didn't feel like that. Sure, I had some superficial wounds and some of my blood was spilled, but the level of destruction didn't match the effort I felt I put in.

The boost from my Spirit Anchor was clearly visible to see.

With it now formed, there was only one thing left on the to-do list before I got to evolve.

Reach Body of Wood.

After the wave, there wasn't a lot to do. Working on autopilot was enough to clean up the bodies at this point from doing it so many times and gave my mind a chance to think about other things.

The 28th wave was over, leaving only 2 left.

Just over a week remained of the tutorial we had been teleported to. In a week and two days, we would be put back on a changed Earth. It was both exciting and worrying.

We knew somewhat about the conditions we would be returning to and that was cause for alarm. Saying nothing of the people, the environment alone would be actively trying to kill us.

The plants that inhabited the planet changed dramatically during the terraforming, or so we were told, evolving and mutating far beyond what they once were. The animals too.