SWNOVELXO Chapter 30: 30
The huge waves hit the ice, making a deafening roar, and the snow and fog raised covered the sky, as if swallowing the whole world. Mark tightly protected the ice sword in his hand during the violent turbulence. He could feel the biting cold and huge pressure, which almost crushed him. He tried to open his eyes, but he could only see a chaotic gray and white, and the deafening roar in his ears made him unable to think. I don't know how long it took, but the movement around him gradually subsided. Mark felt his body lighten, as if he was lifted up by something, and then slowly placed on the hard ice. He struggled to open his eyes, and his eyes were still blurry, but at least he was no longer spinning. He shook his head, trying to dispel the dizziness in his mind, and then struggled to sit up.
"Ahem... Mark..." Carl called not far away, and the voice seemed particularly weak on the empty ice field.
Mark looked in the direction of the sound and saw Carl half-lying on the ice not far away. His clothes were soaked in ice and snow, and he looked particularly embarrassed.
"Are you okay? Are you injured?" Carl struggled to stand up and staggered towards Mark, his face full of worry. Mark shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm fine... I was just tossed by this huge wave... cough cough... I was so exhausted..." As he spoke, he tried to stand up again, but still failed. Seeing this, Carl hurried forward to support Mark and pulled him up from the ground.
"Come, I'll help you." Carl said, putting Mark's arm on his shoulders, half dragging and half hugging him to sit on a relatively flat ice surface.
"Thank... Thank you, Carl." Mark leaned against the ice wall, panting, his face was a little pale, and it was obvious that he had not recovered from the shock just now.
"Where are we... where are we?"
Carl looked around and found that they were in an unfamiliar glacier area, surrounded by towering ice peaks and bottomless ice cracks. The scenery was magnificent and dangerous.
Carl shook his head. He didn't know where they were washed to. He looked down at his equipment and found that the backpack was still there, but it was soaked by sea water, and the things inside were probably wet. He sighed, took the backpack off his shoulders and put it on the ice. "Don't worry about it for now. We have to find a safe place to rest first and make plans when it gets light." Carl said, helping Mark stand up and looking around for a place to shelter from the wind. They walked along the edge of the glacier crack with difficulty, looking for a place to stay. The wind and snow still showed no sign of stopping. The cold snowflakes hit their faces, and it hurt like a knife.
After walking for an unknown period of time, they finally found a relatively sheltered ice cave. The entrance of the ice cave was small and could only accommodate one person, but the interior was spacious enough for the two of them to rest inside. Mark and Carl went into the ice cave and sealed the entrance with snow to resist the invasion of wind and snow. It was dark and cold in the ice cave.
"Rest first, conserving energy is the most important thing. Wait until dawn." Mark said, sitting down against the ice wall. The only thing he was thankful for now was that at least the energy stone fragments were not lost in the chaos just now. He reached into his pocket and held the cold crystal stone tightly, as if it was their only hope in the dark. "I hope we won't be frozen to death before dawn." Carl's voice was particularly low in the darkness. "No," Mark said, taking the energy stone fragments out of his pocket. A faint light shone through Mark's palm, dispelling a small piece of darkness around, and also letting Carl see hope.
Although the light emitted by the energy stone fragments was weak, it was enough for the two to see each other's faces clearly. Mark's face was full of fatigue and worry, while Carl seemed relatively calm, but his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
"Do you think we can still leave here alive?" Mark suddenly asked, with a hint of uneasiness in his tone. Carl was silent for a moment, and did not directly answer Carl's question. He just looked outside the ice cave, as if he was looking through the thick ice at the ice field that was being swallowed by the sea. "Yes." Carl finally gave an affirmative answer, his tone was firm and powerful, as if he was convincing himself, and also as if he was comforting Mark. Mark did not speak again, but held the energy stone fragment in his hand tighter. The ice cave fell into silence again, with only the heavy breathing of the two people and the faint light emitted by the energy stone fragments, proving that there was still life here. Time passed by in silence, and the wind and snow outside the ice cave still showed no signs of stopping. Mark and Carl leaned against the ice wall, closed their eyes, and tried to keep themselves awake.