Sharokmon woke up in his den to the sound of running water. "Strange," he mused, "there's no running water within miles of this place." Using his bad arm, he lifted himself up and investigated the sound.

He soon found a large river. Sharokmon thought to himself, "This must have been formed by yesterday's event's." it looked warm but when he stuck his skeletal arm in not only was it freezing, but it flowed up his arm and froze as if it were skin and muscle! Even his claws were thinly coated. This surprised him and he stumbled backwards. What surprised him even more was when his ice arm grabbed a branch and kept him from falling when he hadn't even moved his arm! Once he regained his balance, he sauntered off into the forest to see what else he could do with his arm.

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Several hours later, Sharokmon returned exhausted to his lair, having discovered anything he touched with his frozen arm froze and that he could demolish a large tree in a couple of seconds. He collapsed onto his makeshift bed and fell into a deep sleep.

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He awakened to see a large foot in front of his face and a rough voice saying "get your lazy butt up, I've got and order to recruit anyone in good psychical health to serve in Lord Apocloymon's army." "what?" said Sharokmon, still drowsy with post-sleep.

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A little cliffhanger here. Who is this mysterious creature? Find out next chapter!