Chapter 357 Stage Seven
Snow Root Seeker fell down in the dense snow after running for a while.
Lin Lee appeared beside it, bound its leg with the rope, and dragged it toward the snowy trees behind.
After passing through the trees, he stopped in front of a hill with a snow dump in front of it; he removed the snow and revealed the large boulder.
After pushing away the boulder, a three-meter hole was revealed.
Lin Lee pulled and threw the snow root seeker he hunted inside and then pushed the boulder covering the hole again.
"I have to hurry up and collect more and more resources; also, the ice age is beginning soon. A chill wave will engulf this region and freeze everything outside; it can even transform the giants and beasts into ice statues if they stay outside the cave. Also, the Ice Age is one of the main reasons behind the decline of the giant population."
Lin Lee muttered and then covered the boulder with snow, turned around, and walked toward the white mountain far away.
’Father said he will close the home entrance in two weeks when the first wave of chill arrives; I will disappear just before that,’ Lin Lee thought to himself while searching for other prey around.
After a while, he hunted the two snow root seekers and dragged them toward the mountain home.
Snowroot seekers are the most common beasts to hunt in this season.
After returning home, he stored the two root seekers in the large, spacious storage hall filled with ice and snow and a lot of other frozen beasts.
Lin Lee glanced at the storage hall structure, which is fully enclosed, and there are holes in the wall that are closed right now. These holes can be opened from inside in order to increase the coolness and chilly atmosphere.
"I heard that the items frozen with chilly air preserve even for years, but they become very brisk; defrosting them is a hard part as it requires very careful handling."
Lin Lee muttered thoughtfully, looking at the frozen beasts, and then he turned around, walked outside, slid back the rock door at the entrance, and closed the storage hall.
"How many beasts have you hunted, Lux?"
At this moment, Azzura asked while walking toward the storage hall; she was dragging a lion-shaped beast with a blue barb on its back.
Auro behind her was also dragging another similar beast.
"I hunted two snow root seekers,"
Lin Lee glanced at them and replied while pushing open the storage door for them.
"Wow, your luck is good; snowroot seeker meat is delicious, and then these barb beasts we caught," Azzura’s eyes lit up, and she praised him while looking at him and dragging the beast inside.
"It’s not that impressive, just a little more salty than other beasts," Auro behind her commented, and then she glanced at Lin Lee and nodded, "Very good, do your best so that we won’t be hungry for the next four years."
Lin Lee nodded and then replied, "Don’t worry, I will do my best so that you won’t be hungry."
Auro nodded, looking at him; a smile appeared on her face, and then after storing the beast inside, she closed the entrance.
"Let’s go; I will prepare something to eat. I am really tired." Azzura then spoke, looking at both of them, and then walked toward the kitchen.
Lin Lee glanced at Auro and spoke, "I am going to my room; when the meal is ready, call me."
After speaking, he walked toward his room and closed the door.
Time passed,
Lin Lee used his expertise and hunted a lot of beasts and stored them inside the house and separate cave he found for himself.
On average, he hunted a few times more than any other giants in the village because of his skills and traps; soon the cave area he allotted for storage filled up.
At the same time, the storage hall in the house was almost filled, which made the whole family very excited.
…
Finally, a few hours before the first chilly wave,
Inside the Petra house,
"It seems in this season, we will have plenty of resources; you won’t have to sleep hungry."
Father Sun spoke, looking at the full storage hall with a satisfied expression, and then he glanced at his four daughters beside him.
They also nodded with a joyous expression on their faces, then the Auro glanced around with a thoughtful look on her face and asked,
"Father, Lux didn’t return from today hunt,"
Father Sun shook his head and replied with a non-caring attitude.
"Don’t worry, he is a sensible boy; he will return before the chilly wave. Now go and prepare something; I am hungry, and then I will sleep."
Auro and others nodded and then turned around, walked toward the kitchen, and started preparing the meal.
Father Sun then walked toward the main entrance of the house and pulled the large gate closed at the entrance; he didn’t lock the door, though, as he was expecting the Lin Lee return.
After eating the meal, he slept inside the room, while other females in the house also went to sleep one by one.
Giants pass the four years of the Ice Age by sleeping and eating; sleeping is a large proportion; sometimes their single nap lasts weeks or months in order to save the resources, and another reason is their mental well-being.
While the whole Petra family was sleeping,
Outside, the gust of wind flowed through the mountains; there are countless tiny, light, crystal-like particles mixed in the wind. Anything the wind passed through started shining like a crystal with a dense ice layer covering above it.
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In the heart of the hill,
Lin Lee was sitting cross-legged in a large, spacious, dome-shaped cave.
He was observing the interior of the cave; there are a lot of large stone boulders embedded in the walls of the cave, closing it from all directions.
"There is no problem in staying inside this cave; also, my family may have considered me dead by now. Next, I will stay, practice, and consume the resources I gathered."
Lin Lee muttered, and then he glanced at his arms and legs; then he stood up and started practicing the blood and bone art.
Lin Lee’s stances changed one by one, while the blood flow increased in his whole body, muscles started contracting and expanding, and bones were nourished by the blood and emitted popping sounds in the silent cave.
A few hours passed.
Inside the Petra house, all the females are sitting with sad expressions on their faces, while Father Sun is standing in front of the entrance door with a lonely and sad expression on his face.
"It’s my fault; I shouldn’t have encouraged him to hunt more," Auro’s sobbing voice sounded from behind, while her mother hugged her tightly with tears flowing from her eyes.
Father Sun was standing with a sad expression and then shook his head and knelt down on both knees toward the door and spoke with tears flowing out from his red eyes.
"It’s not your fault; it is mine. I shouldn’t have allowed him to hunt alone in the first place; he must have encountered a dangerous beast outside."
Instantly everyone was startled, looking at him like that, and then Auro and others ran toward him, hugging him tightly and starting to cry.
Other female mothers behind also started crying, including Lin Lee’s birth mother, who was wailing loudly.
While Petra’s family was full of sadness, the village chief’s house was filled with a happy atmosphere because the Gladian replaced his father; he passed the test and successfully gathered more resources than his father in this season.
Time passed, wave after wave of chilly wind flowed through the mountains, and layer by layer ice covered everything. The distance between the sun and the world increased for four years, and then slowly the distance reduced as if completing a cycle.
…
Four years passed in a flash.
Visibly, the snow and ice reduced day by day.
Inside the huge cave, a young giant with lengthy dark brown hairs hanging behind him,
He is standing while posing a strange stance; after a while, white smoke condensed around his physique.
And his white and flawless skin started turning red, and the blue veins bulged on his whole body, then the red phenomenon disappeared and reappeared after a while again and again.
Lin Lee, now seven years old, spent four years in a single cave, eating, training, and sleeping. The training increased his height at an alarming rate, which is impossible for other giants.
He is just seven years old, yet his height reached seven meters, which is the height of giants at stage seven.
A normal giant can reach a seven-meter height when he is twenty-five years old, and it is almost the prime stage for a lot of giants.
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