Into the Creations 128

## Chapter 128 – The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family

128. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated into the Baek Family

Night had fallen.
Yuria and I were dressed in thick layers, ready to head out. Our destination was, of course, the Huge Snow Mountains.
Traveling to the Huge Snow Mountains at night was dangerous and ill-advised. I was well aware of this, but it was unavoidable. If we wanted to act without being seen, we had to move at night.
I had two objectives for coming to the Huge Snow Mountains.

‘A trip? Why would I come to a place like this for a trip? It’s a boring place with nothing to see but snowy mountains.’

If a real trip was my goal, I would have just relaxed somewhere nice near the Prukerus Baek family estate, not necessarily the Huge Snow Mountains.
I fastened my warm winter clothes, which I had brought from my previous life, and made sure my dagger was secure before looking at Yuria.
Yuria was completely covered in a coat and cloak, instead of her usual maid uniform. She even wore a black mask, leaving only her blue eyes visible. Her waist was equipped with weapons like swords, guns, daggers, and axes.

“Are you ready?”
“Yes. All the necessities are stored in my shadow.”

I nodded. Even if she hadn’t packed any necessities, I had my smartphone, so it wasn’t a problem.

“We need to be back by noon tomorrow at the latest. Let’s go.”
“Yes, Master.”

We left the mansion, concealing our presence. We circled around a bit before heading towards the Huge Snow Mountains. We didn’t go directly to avoid leaving a trail. If the knights found our tracks tomorrow, it could become troublesome.
At the entrance of the Huge Snow Mountains, I pulled something out of my inventory.

“Master, what is that?”
“This? A snowmobile. It’s too time-consuming and tiring to just run. It wasn’t as expensive as I thought.”

It was a two-person snowmobile. It had skis in the front and treads in the back. I had obtained this from the ‘Vampire Detective’ world. Since it wasn’t an item with special powers, its performance wouldn’t degrade even if used in another world.
I put on a helmet and grabbed the handlebars. Yuria sat behind me, wrapping her arms around my waist.
We started climbing the Huge Snow Mountains on the snowmobile. It was definitely faster and more comfortable than walking or running.

‘I need to find the rock that looks like an ogre’s face. In the original story, it was said to be around the middle of the Huge Snow Mountains.’

But soon, a problem arose.
It wasn’t the snowmobile or our fault. The snowmobile was working perfectly.

“Master, three ice trolls are chasing us from the right.”
“Ice trolls?”

I turned my head to the right.
Large ice trolls with blue skin were rapidly chasing after us. I frowned.
Ice trolls. The name sounded fancy, but their physical abilities were similar to regular trolls. The only difference was that they had adapted to cold environments. They were monsters that existed in my previous world as well. The author probably just used real-world monsters in the original story.

‘Trolls are D-rank monsters. They’re not a big threat to us.’

With my current abilities, I could easily deal with three trolls, provided I used mana. Yuria was even more capable.

“They’re still following us. Annoying… Let’s kill them.”
“Yes.”

Yuria aimed her pistol at the trolls. Just before she pulled the trigger, a magic circle appeared in front of the muzzle. She fired when the magic circle was complete.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The bullets passed through the magic circle. It was a power-enhancing magic circle. Normal bullets couldn’t harm trolls, so she had to enhance their power with magic.
The bullets accurately pierced the trolls’ weak points, their eye sockets, and penetrated their brains. The three trolls collapsed on the snowfield.

“As expected of Yuria.”
“It’s nothing… Master! In front!”

Yuria spoke urgently. I noticed what was in front of us a little later than Yuria. It couldn’t be helped. I couldn’t see through the darkness as well as Yuria.

“Damn it. What is that?”

There was something whitish in front of us. It was hovering in the air, not moving, and staring at us. It didn’t seem that dangerous. The fact that it wasn’t moving meant we could go around it.

“It’s a wraith. I got a little worked up.”
“It’s one that hasn’t fully formed. We don’t need to turn back.”

Wraiths varied greatly in strength. The strong ones were difficult even for veteran hunters to deal with. But this one was a whitish, smoky wraith that hadn’t fully formed. Other than the fact that normal physical attacks wouldn’t work, it wasn’t anything special.

“I’ll take care of it.”

Yuria held a dagger in her hand.
A blue aura formed on the blade of the dagger.

Whoosh.

I didn’t slow down the snowmobile. The moment the snowmobile passed under the wraith, Yuria swung her dagger.

Kieeeeeeek!

The wraith screamed and disappeared.
The simplest and most effective way to kill a wraith was to attack it using mana. Methods like mine, which used mana to enhance the body, wouldn’t work.
I couldn’t use aura yet, so I couldn’t kill wraiths like Yuria.

‘But I can kill wraiths with lightning.’

The lightning attribute I used consumed mana and vitality. Since the source of lightning was mana, I could successfully damage wraiths by using lightning.

“Are there any more chasing us?”
“……”

Rarely, Yuria didn’t answer my question. It was unusual. It was proof that her mind was elsewhere.
Yuria was looking at the upper left diagonal. My gaze followed hers.
A figure was visible on a white hill.

“…It’s a yeti. I don’t think I can handle it.”
“Is it looking at us?”
“Yes. It definitely saw us.”

The yeti waved its hand. Or rather, it looked like it was making a throwing motion. It was too dark for me to see clearly.

“Ice spears are coming! To the right!”

I swerved the snowmobile to the right, as Yuria instructed.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Three large icicle-like ice spears pierced the ground where we had been.
I felt a tension that made my lips feel parched.

Yeti, or snowmen, were upper B-rank monsters in my previous world. They had the ability to manipulate ice. Most of them acted alone, but sometimes they formed groups. When they were in groups, even A-rank hunters avoided them.

‘The yetis in this world can even manipulate wind.’

Therefore, that yeti could be considered an A-rank monster. It was a monster that could only be fought by someone at the upper level of Aura Expert.

“U-turn to the left!”

I steered the snowmobile according to Yuria’s instructions. Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Ice spears pierced the ground.

‘Ugh… Just looking at it is terrifying.’

I wanted to send that yeti to hell, but fighting it wouldn’t be easy. Moreover, the yeti was far away, barely visible to me. Even if we fought, we wouldn’t have much of a chance of winning.

Awoooooooo!

The howl of a wolf was heard. I reflexively looked up at the sky. It was a full moon today. A perfect day for chaos.

‘If it’s a wolf in the Huge Snow Mountains… it must be a dire wolf.’

They were C-rank monsters.

I looked in the direction of the sound. Twenty dire wolves were running towards us. Dire wolves were weaker than trolls individually, but they always acted in packs and were agile.

Screeeeeee.

Wraiths were also appearing here and there. They had clearer forms than the whitish ones from before.

“Seven ice trolls and a group of ice boars are coming from the left.”
“Did even the boars smell us? It feels like we’ve become a popular restaurant.”

I spoke casually, but my insides were burning. It was a desperate crisis. If we stopped here, we would become monster food.

‘Damn it. I didn’t think it would be this bad.’

And that wasn’t the end of it. Of course, monsters appeared from the front as well. Thanks to Yuria quickly dealing with the ones in front, I didn’t have to worry about them much, but the monsters chasing from behind were a problem.
There were already over 80 monsters.

‘If time passes, more will gather. It would have been better if it was daytime… Did we make a mistake by moving at night?’

Fortunately, the yeti had started throwing ice spears at the monsters instead of us. From the yeti’s perspective, we and the monsters were just the same kind of prey, so it was starting with the easiest to catch.

‘It’s a good thing it’s far away. The yeti probably doesn’t know we’re humans.’

If it knew we were humans, it would have targeted us. Monsters instinctively targeted humans first. You could tell just by looking at the monsters chasing us.

‘The ogre-faced rock… the ogre-faced rock…! Where is it!’

Kaaaaaak!

The sound of a monster was heard from the sky.
Yuria, who was sitting behind me, reacted quickly. She threw her dagger into the sky. Something fell to the ground with a thud. It was a monstrous bat over 1 meter long.

‘More monsters are appearing here.’

Whoosh!

The snowmobile’s engine was loud. If necessary, I was planning to use hacking to exceed the snowmobile’s speed limit. I had learned in ‘Vampire Detective’ that hacking could temporarily transcend performance limits.

“…Found it!”

There was the ogre-faced rock.
I glanced back. They were still following us.

“We need to shake them off…”
“If it’s just for a moment, I can use Dark Shift to shake them off.”
“Please do it right now!”
“Yes.”

Darkness poured out of Yuria’s shadow. This wasn’t magic.

Yeongcheon Style Dark Shift.

It emitted darkness, engulfing the surroundings. Only the caster could see through the darkness. Or, someone with more mana than the caster or someone with a special ability could see through it.
I hadn’t mastered Dark Shift, so I couldn’t use it, but I knew about it.
My vision went dark. I estimated the distance in my head and put the running snowmobile into my inventory.
Yuria caught me as I was about to fall to the ground. Yuria picked me up and started running forward.

“Yuria! There’s a space below the ogre-faced rock, jump into it!”
“Understood.”

Thud!

Our bodies plunged into the snow, and we felt ourselves sliding down. The darkness faded, and my vision returned.

‘My vision is still dark. But I can see if I use mana.’

We were able to stand on relatively hard snow. I looked up at the ceiling. There was a hole about 5 meters above us.

“…Won’t the monsters chase us here?”

Yuria asked worriedly.
I shook my head firmly.

“That won’t happen. This place is protected by a barrier. Even if dire wolves have an amazing sense of smell, they won’t be able to follow us.”
“A barrier… Is this a dungeon?”
“You could say it’s a place similar to that.”

We brushed the snow off our bodies. It would be fine on the way back. There was a safe secret passage. We could use it to quickly get to the bottom of the mountain. The problem was that it was one-way.

“It’s probably this way. Let’s go.”

We started walking inside, stepping on the white snow.
As we went deeper, the snow gradually disappeared, and the temperature became warmer.

“It’s a cave. I can feel the heat.”
“One of the secrets of the Huge Snow Mountains is that the inside is warm, unlike the outside.”

We walked through the cave. It felt good to be in a warm place after being in the cold.

“…Is this cave warm because of a dragon vein?”
“Oh. You noticed right away. You’re right. To be precise, it’s a place where dragon veins gather. A spirit vein, you could say. Do you remember the legend of the Huge Snow Mountains?”
“You mean the story that an ancient silver dragon died in the mountains, and that’s why the snow doesn’t melt?”
“That legend is true. To be precise, this was the silver dragon’s nest. The reason the Huge Snow Mountains became a perpetual snow mountain was because the silver dragon used all its remaining power to make it that way.”

The reason wasn’t mentioned in the original story, so I didn’t know.

“Is the dragon’s lair your goal, Master?”
“No.”

The legend of the Huge Snow Mountains was a story from a very long time ago.
A dragon’s lair? It would have already been discovered by adventurers a long time ago. It couldn’t be called a dragon’s lair now.

“My goal is the dwarves living here.”