<h4>Chapter 93: Ice Fortress</h4>


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    What have I been cooking? Well, it is something rather modest, very humble, in fact.


    I didn''t want to go by myself on this journey, I mean, without a house.


    I know I am a giant dragon, and that no normal house could even contain my enormous body, but maybe what I''ve made in thesest 7 days could be considered more like a small fortress.


    Oh yes, my Ice Magic has surpassed my previous limits, and as I practiced more and more, the better I became. I think I might be the greatest Ice Mage in the entire world, but I should not get overconfident with myself and keep practicing.


    However! What I have reached as of now could be said to be way above a mere Rank 2 Middle Stage Cultivator. Indeed, I have surpassed my own limits in every way possible, and perhaps I have be even greater than I could have ever expected, and all of that in 7 mere days!


    I think I am bing arrogant by the second, but that is not without a reason.


    And that is why I am showing off my creation today to my public, Bedann, Yuki, Frost, and the other wolves.


    I had already covered it with snow, so they wouldn''t be able to see.


    Bedann nced at me with a bright smile, expectant for what I had in store, while Yuki seemed to be tired of my shit- Wait, what with that expression?!


    At least Frost seems excited, as he''s waving his tail, and it is totally not because Bedann is petting him right now.


    "I am thankful that you have alle here today, as I had finally decided to show you the project I have been working on over thest week…" I said.


    "Oh, you''re finally going to show us the fortress you made? It is so big! Did it took some hours to cover it with snow?" asked Bedann.


    "GAH! …Bedann! It was supposed to be a secret, a surprise! How did you found it?!" I asked.


    "Eeeh? Everyone knows that you were making a floating ice fortress, you worked like 12 hours a day making it…" said Bedann.


    "No! Forget about those memories! Stop! This is… It was supposed to be a surprise!" I said.


    Seriously, this girl really doesn''t know how to read the mood!


    "Ah… W-Well, sorry… Oh! Let me do this… and… Boop! I forgot! Oh, what were we doing here?" asked Bedann, as she moved in circles while covering her eyes and then nced at me back, pretending to have forgotten.


    Yeah, I guess she''s trying to cheer me up, but this is a bit too much!


    I nced at her with a tired expression, as I sighed.


    "Well, here it is… the Ice Fortress…" sighed, as I blew some wind and took away all the enormous pile of snow before us, which was around 18 meters, revealing arge fortress constructed with reinforced magic ice bricks.


    It was like a huge block made of ice bricks, and it''s an interior possessed wooden ceiling, walls, and furniture of both wood and ice, there was even a chimney I set up carefully by using Ice as well as wood, which I manipted through wind magic, carrying it around like telekinesis and meticulously building everything like it was now…


    The entire "block" had arge entrance that held arge gate that opened downwards. It perfectly fitted my size. And I would also be able to sleep inside ratherfortably.


    There was enough space for a second floor where I put a kitchen and stored dried meat and anything we have gathered such as herbs, dried mushrooms, and root salt.


    The top of the block had a pointy end, which I shaped around to make it smooth, so it could be aerodynamic… because I was nning to use this thing in the skies as well.


    Oh, and it had enormous wheels too, made of the super-resistant magic ice, which is insanely strong the more mana I use to create it.


    The stairs to the second floor were also made wide and big for me, although I could also fly over it… I suppose they were made more for Bedann.


    And that was it… I worked diligently on this side project while also doing all of the training stuff. Making this brick by brick was certainly tiring, but thanks to Parallel Mind Through Processing I discovered I could let a parallel mind making bricks while I was doing something else, talk about convenience.


    Simrly, I can use a parallel mind to conjure wind magic and make the whole fortress float in midair while I do somethingpletely different.


    I had also learned to create something simr to Runes, which is when I imbued so much intent and mana into a certain object, a strange letter-shaped image would emerge on the item, which I called rune.


    Runes carry specific tasks when you give them enough Mana… So I created Runes with the task of "floating" which I stuck in the ice bricks that made the floor of the fortress and then whenever I infuse mana into it, the fortress will float automatically.


    There is another way to let it float which is by letting it use the "Mana Core Batteries" I left stored in a smallpartment, which is merely Mana Cores I have ground from whatever small fry I killed. The Fortress automatically absorbs these Mana Cores through the Runes and floats.


    I''ve calcted that with the Mana Cores I''ve umted there, it could float for an entire month.


    "Oooooooh! Amazing! So we will go with our home!" said Bedann with a happy smile.


    "That''s right! We''ll travel with our very home! And I will also upgrade it as we go… Or more like it will upgrade itself as we go!" I said whileughing.


    "EH? Upgrade itself?" asked Bedann, as I smiled maliciously! Although I have a stiff face so I couldn''t show any expression.


    Yes, what did I mean by "upgrade itself"?


    Suddenly therge fortress began to exude an icy azure aura from within, which possessed quite the phantasmal properties.


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