Frostbound

Austin

He had gone and done it now. He'd truly fucked up.

It was something he had experienced a blessed few times. One time when he crashed his first car. Rest in peace, Betsy. He was just driving along in the rain when a split second later, he was hydroplaning off the road and into a ditch.

The car ended up totaled and he was in a world of pain, but it being one of the few times he feared for his life was much more memorable than the pain. Well, Before fearing for his life became common practice.

The tutorial had a few moments where he thought he wouldn't make it as well. Somehow, he pulled through it all, but this was different.

None of those feelings compared to what he was feeling now.

Mitchell, his mother, and even Alice came down to help fight but none of them expected what they had found.

They were attacking the hive and it was not going well.

The swarm of insects they'd faced before was nothing compared to the ones closer to the Hive.

Closer to the treasure.

Everyone could feel it now. It was palpable in the air and Austin could taste the pressure it gave off. It smelled of Rain and a summer storm. It made the air thick with Water Mana and the humidity it gave off made everything harder.

He was drenched in sweat, much like everyone else and it ran down his armor in rivers of salty water.