The snowstorm on Final Island arrived as scheduled at sunset.
Huuu!
Kieran let out a long breath and opened his eyes.
He frowned slightly.
"What? Not going well? "
Schmidt asked as he was baking a piece of bread on top of the campfire.
He had a general idea of what Kieran was doing.
After all, he had seen Nikorei doing the same thing before.
"Em!
It's a little harder than I thought! "
Kieran nodded without hiding anything and took the bread from Schmidt.
It was the third day since he returned to Final Island. Compared to the first three days, he easily saved almost 90,000 Points.
This time, however, Kieran got nothing.
Final Island was still affecting his desires.
Kieran faced his desires head on every single time but it was useless.
[Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art] didn't react at all.
Even though he didn't stop the breathing technique that was recorded in his mind, all he could feel was the warm energy flowing slowly in his body, there wasn't any surge of advancement.
"A bottleneck eh?"
Kieran muttered to himself.
Kieran frowned even harder.
Kieran wasn't sure whether his theory was correct or not.
However, he knew that if he didn't break through the bottleneck, he would get nothing in the future.
But …
How should he break through?
For the past three days, Kieran had asked himself more than once.
Yet, he didn't get any answers.
Even though he had all the knowledge about [Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art], none of the knowledge could explain the situation that he was currently facing.
In fact, even if Guntherson was here himself, he wouldn't be able to do anything about the situation before his eyes.
After all, these were two different worlds.
The nature of the powers and the system would slightly change along with the environment.
The simplest example was Final Island.
If the dungeon world of [The Unreliable Great Detective] had a similar environment, the Church of Dawn wouldn't have crumbled so quickly no matter how corrupted they were.
Other than that, it was because Final Island could quickly produce a batch of powerful Dawn Knight.
In fact, it was hard to say whether gunpowder weapons would be popular in the future.
"Final Island, Final Island …"
Kieran muttered in a low voice.
Suddenly, Kieran thought of something and stopped chewing.
"You found something?"
Schmidt asked.
"It's just a guess that I'm not familiar with …"
"Schmidt, I need to go outside and experience it for myself!"
Kieran said.
"Outside?"
"It's a snowstorm now, you'll …"
Schmidt instinctively tried to dissuade Kieran, but he stopped halfway through his words.
Ordinary people might die in such weather.
But Kieran would never do that!
"Be careful!"
The final dissuasion turned into a warning.
"Got it."
Kieran nodded, put on his backpack, and opened the door.
Wu!
The bone-chilling wind blew straight in. The flame in the fire pit was instantly suppressed and swayed back and forth, as if it would be extinguished at any time.
Kieran waved at Schmidt again.
He walked out of the room, closed the door, and soon vanished into the snowstorm.
…
The wind was like a knife.
The snow was like a sword.
The knife sliced the flesh and the sword pierced the marrow.
Even with [Secondary Elemental Damage Resistance], Kieran felt a sense of coldness in the snowstorm at night on Final Island.
Though, Kieran was overjoyed.
He felt the surging energy of [Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art].
"As expected, I've neglected it!
The special thing about Final Island isn't just desire, it's also the tempting desire of the weather and the extremely harsh environment that formed the name of Final Island! But …
"For me, it couldn't be better!"
Kieran took in a deep breath again as he stood in the middle of the snowstorm. His eyes glanced over the spot where the snowstorm was the fiercest.
His [A] class Perceptive Sense] had dropped to an unbearable level in this snowstorm.
Though, Kieran still vaguely found a mountain peak that was assaulted by the cold wind and snowstorm.
"That's the place!"
Kieran's gaze was firm as he strode towards his destination.
Every step he took, the snow would reach his knees.
Every step he took, his face would feel like it was being pricked by needles.
Every step he took, the snow on his body would get thicker, making it harder for him to move forward.
However, every step he took was firm and steady.
The wind was getting fiercer.
The snow was getting colder.
When Kieran was halfway to his destination, the coldness had spread all over his body.
[Secondary Elemental Damage Resistance]'s effect was decreasing.
The closer he got to the center of the snowstorm, the colder it got.
When Kieran moved forward another few hundred meters, his body started to be covered in frost. His legs were the first to be frozen, followed by his torso, arms and face.
Kak, Kak Kak!
Kieran's hands were slapping away the frost, his legs didn't have the intention to stop.
The condensed ice and frost kept bursting with crisp cracking sounds.
However, as Kieran moved forward, the frost was getting faster and faster.
Even if Kieran's hands didn't stop, he couldn't keep up with the speed.
Wuuu!
Another gust of cold wind blew past.
The snowflakes were slapped hard on Kieran's body.
Within a breath's time, Kieran was drowned.
Then, the frost started to spread again, covering Kieran's body.
Kieran's hand was frozen just as he raised it.
A 3 to 4 cm thick layer of ice appeared on Kieran's arm.
Then, the layer of ice started to get thicker.
Kieran's arm tried to break free from the layer of ice, but the moment his arm moved, more snowflakes fell on him.
A second later, Kieran was drowned in the snow.
Two seconds later, more snowflakes gathered around him and Kieran was nowhere to be seen.
Including the footprints he left behind when he came.
Three seconds.
Four seconds.
Five seconds.
…
Seconds turned into minutes. The violent wind was howling and the blizzard was humming.
The world of ice and snow seemed to have lost all signs of life.
Then, a round spiritual light that gave off a metallic feeling appeared.
Four in a row.
The power of ice and snow burst out.
KABOOM!
The oncoming blizzard was pushed away.
The healing power started to fill Kieran's body, his frozen body regaining its vitality.
The warm current expelled the cold.
Not just [Saint Thorns 2], but also …
[Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art]!
The surging feeling finally exploded at this moment.
It was similar to every time Kieran leveled up [Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art], the warm current in his body appeared in a special way.
Kieran immersed himself in it without a second thought.
A while later, [Saint Thorns 2] appeared for the third time.
[After training, Grand Master Dawn Knight Body Tempering Art has acquired a massive amount of experience, leveling cost decreased by 1 Golden Skill Point …]
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