Akko and Diana are in the Cork dungeon, in the middle of an icy mountain, feeling quite cold, but so far managing to keep up with each other, helping each other make their way there, on a path to get the third and penultimate pendant of courage before the master sword finally goes into Atsuko's hands as the great warrior of Hyrule.
In that room where they cleared the way to the door until then there was a very crowded corridor, with a staircase indicating a climb ahead, in that door was with the lock of the master key, so they could not yet go that way, although Kagari found just a crack on the left and she was already thinking well what to do, getting close to her and taking a bomb out of the bag, sliding away to distance herself.
"Akko be careful, this bomb could end up melting the ground underneath us or even causing an avalanche on the mountain, which could leave us trapped or kill us with a landslide" said Cavendish.
"I think that in this dungeon there will be no risk, but look, I opened the way, it was undoubtedly a secret entrance" Said the girl from Luna Nova.
And she even opens a passage, when passing through it ends up coming across a corridor that passes right next to where they had left only without the hardhat beetles that were on the other side, they went straight until they found a fork, on one side a staircase down with a door with a key and on the other a path still straight.
Both followed the straight path to see if they can find more, which they end up coming across a room full of enemies, this time they were skeletons, something that the crimson-eyed had already faced in other dungeons, since the door just low with them passing.
"That's cool, come on Diana, we'll finish them off easily" said the brownish one.
"Ah so these will be easy, a pity that there is no curved wall for us to have fun, it would be interesting to defeat the enemies that way, now it will be a little complicated for me to get it right with this rapier" Said the platinum blonde.
The two go together propelling themselves as if they were skating in sync, with the blue-eyed one giving the impulse to run over some skeletons and thus push them further against the walls, in this way destroying them which she would then crash into the wall and with her friend in the middle would return to her and give her arm to be thrown again, as if dodging working well together.
"Come on Akko, that was good, you've already managed to defeat two skeletons, but there will be more of them around here" Said Diana who continued to help Akko with impulses.
The impulses are very useful and the skeletons were more attacked thrown on the wall by the arrival of Atsuko who was managing to find a way to still go back through the walls and go to her friend until the skeletons were all defeated and in this way a chest appears, both open and it was another key, which they follow the path to the other door, when they go in they realise that they end up at the entrance to the dungeon.
"Ah, so this is where it would lead, there were two paths that we would need to take, if we separated it would lead anyway, that's good to know" said Kagari.
They go back the way, until they reach the door that was with the keyhole, they open the first one where they are faced with a room where they had some octoroks throwing stones everywhere and walking from side to side, in a corridor that was separated by two sides, in this they went to the left side, making way, hitting the creatures when they fired at them or came close, which together managed to have a good synchronisation of attacks and combine, which came across two baus, the crimson-eyed one opens one of them and had only Rupees, already the blue-eyed one opens and is also the same.
"Oh damn it's only Rupees" said the frustrated girl.
"Even so, it's good to take it, so you'll be richer, the Rupees may be more useful to you than to me" Said the princess, and the warrior was already taking the Ruppes and putting them in her bag.
"It's 100 Rupees in total, it's a good sign that I'm getting richer, but they're not much use" said the brownish woman shrugging.
"You really are the chosen warrior and have a very pure heart, anyone would be jumping for joy with 100 Rupees being found, you are different Akko, you just act like it's no big deal, your focus really is on this dungeon being done as correctly as possible" Said the platinum blonde.
"I just want to adventure and save Hyrule, I already said that power doesn't matter to me, all I want is to live a quiet life in peace with my friends and maybe venture out from time to time, even bring joy to people, maybe if I try hard enough I can find Chariot, she was my motivation to be who I am today" Said the Hyllian of new Luna all inspired.
"She caused that whole explosion that killed a lot of people, I can't go with her face, even if my sisters like it, but I don't want to argue too much about it, let's go to the other side that must be where we should go" Said the princess of Wedinburgh.
There go the two to the path where they should follow noting that even makes a curve, dodging the stones thrown by the octoroks that were from one side to the other sliding on the ice, which the two go defending the monsters with some ease and even managing to open way, until you reach the door where there was already a key to open and as they had already taken two keys just went ahead.
When they open the door they are faced with a bar in the centre, only they end up finding it very suspicious, it was a corridor all open with a hole around it and soon they were proven that it was a suspicious corridor when six hardhat beetles were falling in that place.
"I knew there would be these things around here, now come on Akko it will not be possible for you to slide with style, we have to hold on and stay close, if these monsters approach us we can end up being thrown into the hole" Explains Diana and Akko agrees with her head.
The two got closer when the several Hardhat Beetles got close Cavendish held Atsuko with one of her arms, she held the sword with one of her arms and was giving cuts which she ended up not being thrown when catching the spring part of the monsters that were just going backwards when trying to get close.
The six monsters continue to get closer again and they are still keeping on the spinning plan, getting closer to one of the holes which pushes one of the hard hat beetles into the hole, but there are still some left, which the spinning had to stop due to the dizziness that the blue-eyed one got.
"I'm a bit dizzy in the head Akko, damn it, there are still some of them left, please try to hold their wave" Said the princess.
Throwing boomerangs, the path was being opened by the warrior of Luna Nova who was paralysing the rest of the hardhat beetles in this way until she managed to get out to a more central part of the room, but soon the monsters were reappearing and moving again, which the platinum blonde hair was still rewarding herself for the dizziness.
"Noctu OrfeiAude Fraetor!" Said the crimson-eyed one turning her sceptre into a bow, already starting to fire at the hardhat beetles that came near her to give an attack.
The arrows helped to distance the creatures, which Akko was getting closer and attracting more of the creatures, while Diana was getting back on her feet, alone she could even be very versatile, dodging one of the monsters with enormous skill, giving a cut that kills the creature and throws it near a vase where it rests the picks up throws and kills another of these monsters, one was getting very close until pushing Atsuko making her almost fall, but Kagari takes the bow out of the bag and launches a very accurate arrow that kills the creature.
The Cavendish was with the last of the monsters coming close to attack her but with a single lunge with the rapier she manages to kill him and be propelled practically dragging herself sitting on the ground until she gets close to the warrior who helps the princess to get up, which ends up leaving the face of the two a little too close.
"Akko!" Said the blue-eyed one embarrassed by the very sudden approach of the two with blushing faces.
"Diana?" Said the crimson-eyed one a little flushed and even holding her friend who almost fell into the hole with shame.
The two were silent for a while, then they went to the chest, which had just the master key, which they needed to go to the bigger door, they went together returning on the way still having quite a climate and the cold was not so much of a problem since they were just overheating things between them.
When they arrived at the biggest door they opened the way and came across a corridor, in it there were some ice vapours coming out of some holes that were coming out from time to time, both had no idea what it was, but it seemed to be dangerous.
"I wonder what that steam is supposed to do. I feel a little colder than usual around here, it's strange, but I feel it" Akko said.
"It must be the source of all the cold, it must be right here where my mum suffered from the cold, I think these vapours coming out must freeze us so let's be careful" said Diana.
Both stopped for a while just to study how the pattern that came out of the steam there was before going to the other side, which were taking a deep breath, looking well, one hour they give themselves the impulse and follow the path of the steam, managing to reach the other side safely which even gave a greater relief to the two, on that other side there was a V fork.
Together they followed the path to the right and there was just a large chest, but then the challenge begins when the door comes down and simply the floor starts to release some ice sheets going towards the duo.
"Really, these things have appeared again?" Said the frustrated Atsuko.
"Are those the floors that come out and chase us? "I don't think I have a shield for that and my rapier is a bit weak for thatAkko, can I use your sword? You take the shield" Cavendish said.
"Well that's the way, I'll have to stay tucked away in the shield, you really can't break the ice with rapier?" Said Kagari until a slab of ice breaks upon contact from a slash from Rapier.
"Forget it Akko, we'll destroy the ice sheets that come at us" said the blue-eyed one.
The duo were sliding kind of alternating and managing to even hit some plates once in a while, while others simply hit the wall by going at a rather high speed, which even came an impact against the weapons of the two, who still continued to go from one side to the other, holding their arms and using their feet to get back on the walls.
"It's been fun going to the dungeon with you, Diana" said the smiling girl with the crimson eyes.
"I also liked coming this way, even with this terrible cold we can get very far" said the platinum blonde while breathing a lot of cold air which even spits some vapor.
Soon the plates stop being thrown towards the warriors, which they go to the chest using the master key to open it when they manage to open it they are faced with another item, simplyAkko obtains gloves that when she puts on she feels a greater lightness in her movements, in some strange way, when using the sword she even manages to move quickly which was very strange.
"Wow, it seems that I got stronger with these gloves" said the warrior strangely.
"It must be the power gloves, you can lift heavier stones with it now, I think there will be something like that later, try to lift me just to see if you are really stronger" said Diana.
Akko simply holds her friend's waist and easily manages to lift her up by holding her hands, which she is even shocked, managing to lift the princess with such lightness that she then puts it on the floor and even blushes, since she herself was also embarrassed by the whole situation, with that she walks backwards.
"I think that was too much Akko, but still, it's good that you're stronger now, let's go the other way now" said the blushing Cavendish.
The warrior and the princess are following the other fork where there are simply several hardhat beetles in the middle of a thin path where they have to move on, since on the sides there is a hole, in this Akko is already being smart, using her bow kind of sideways, waiting for the creatures to arrive and with the impact of the arrows they simply fall into the hole because they are not so intelligent creatures. so.
"That was great Akko, you really outdid yourself on that one" said the blue-eyed one.
"I'm smart, now let's go" said Atsuko.
Walking further on they arrived where it seemed to be a spiral slide, they even stand at first but then they start to slip and in that some screams come out of the mouth of the platinum blonde hair while the brownish one is just finding the most fun thing in the world on that spiral slide, arriving at the bottom of the path where there was no obstacle in the slide.
"Ahhhhh, this thing only gets faster" said the frightened princess.
"Go faster, this is the perfect dungeon!" Said the warrior loving it and soon feeling a hand wrapping around her waist.
"Don't think about letting me go, we'll fall for it together" said the furious Diana.
"Diana, it's just a slide, we'll get down soon, we're almost at the end of the dungeon" said Akko, reassuring her friend.
Slipping downstairs the two manage to get exactly where they come across a slightly dark room, with candlelight, it had a huge door, several fairies passed in front and did not need them because they already had the pots full, they are getting up from the floor and removing the snow from the body and it was really cold the place, more than any other in the dungeon.
"I'm actually feeling warm outside after that, the cold here is really freezing" said Kagari.
"I think that's why my mum said it was dangerous and one of the hardest dungeons here, but now without further ado let's go Akko, time to defeat the monster, if you want I'll wait at the door out here" Said Cavendish who soon feels a hand pulling her.
"Not at all, you'll defeat this thing with me, we started the dungeon together, we'll finish it together" said the crimson-eyed one.
The pair is healed by the fairies they found there feeling even a little less cold, just as the body was with renewed energy, Akko even drinks a potion and also recovers the magic which helps her to get more arrows in stock, then uses the pot to put a fairy and so with Diana they pass through the door where the boss of that dungeon is.
The ground is no longer a slippery ice, this time a tremor is felt with the steps, on that floor full of snow that was even fluffy, icy winds blew and a roar can be heard, from the middle of a pile of snow comes a hairy man with white hair covering his entire body from head to toe, they were very long and he was 3 metres tall facing the two girls with very red eyes.
White haired man like creature Yeti
Both girls are getting into a more defensive position and the Yeti is already going to get on top of them by wrapping itself like an acorn and rolling towards Kagari who manages to dodge that roll with ease, already studying the movements of the animal that then ends up getting up and in this it is forming huge snowballs and throwing towards the two which the snowballs still scatter on several stones, the crimson-eyed one was lucky to protect herself with a shield, but not the blue-eyed one who was hit full on by several of them, some even pointed.
"Ahhhhh!" Screams the platinum blonde haired one in pain.
"Diana!" Said the worried crimson-eyed girl.
"Leave it to me Akko, distract this thing, I know what to do" Said the Cavendish getting up, with some wounds on her body and removing the pieces of ice, some that even ended up leaving her with some cuts.
The brown-haired one distracts the monster who is still walking towards her with some roars to scare her with his huge hands until he was going to hit her, to land a punch only to be surprised in the back with an attempt to punch the princess's rapier, which he then throws only a punch that throws the platinum blonde hair and also hits a punch on Akko's shield that surprisingly manages to hold a strong punch thanks to the gloves.
"Woah! I did it?" Surprised Atsuko pushes back and then takes the sword with the yeti taking a few steps back, tries to make a cut and is surprised that she was able to get at least a tiny crack in the creature's hide.
"Akko!" Diana called out, moaning in pain.
Desperate and agile Akko goes using her boots of speed and propels herself with everything going with the sword making way with the yeti, until she reaches her friend, taking a fairy out of the pot, only she is soon surprised by the yeti throwing a snowball, and with that Kagari risks catching the snowball with her hands realising that it works a lot.
Throwing it back at the monster and it turned out to be a good hit, as the monster was caught with everything with the huge snowball hitting him with all the debris filling his hide with wounds.
"Ah so that's how it goes, when he throws that thing I hit him back, Diana can you hit him with anything?" Asks the one with the crimson eyes.
"My rapier is useless and it was forged by the Nelson blacksmith who is the best in all Hyrule, it was for her blade to cross this monster at once, so I will watch, take my rapier for you to try, I think it is the strength with your glove you will be able to cross his heart" Said the blue-eyed one.
"Diana... "Said the brownish one worried, but their concern is interrupted by the Yeti rolling towards the two who throw themselves to avoid being hit by the monster's roll.
"Go Akko defeat this thing" said the one with platinum blonde hair still with some little pain.
Akko goes all out with Diana's rapier hitting the blow and this time it went through the monster's back going to the other side of the chest, but it was not enough, the yeti still threw Atsuko to the side making her fall without the rapier in her hand, still continuing a blade through the monster that simply kept walking normally.
"Okay, he's tougher than he looks, Diana" Kagari said, getting up.
"Keep trying Akko one day it will die, unfortunately I'm not much use" Cavendish said.
"I think I'll try to do something else" said Hyllian of Luna Nova.
The huge Yeti was going up to Akko who was using the forced glove to protect herself with the dark and hold on, was then pushing up to make the yeti take a few steps back and with that she gave a cut with her normal sword catching in the leg what the yeti went crazy trying to hit her with a punch, but the brownish dodged quickly.
In this Diana takes her crossbow that was still guarded and launches an arrow that simply just hits the monster's head without doing anything too much, he turns to Cavendish who is scared and is already preparing to pick up and make a snowball, but Akko surprises by leaning on the monsto's back holding the rapier and with that she manages with her other hand to remove the blade that ends up making a rain of blood and the yeti even tries to slap Akko to expel, but she quickly holds the blow with her hand.
"Now you'll see who's really strong" said Akko, surprised that she could hold the monster's hand.
She holds the yeti with one hand and the other uses the rapier again only hitting the monster's head that angrily hits the ground and this shaking ends up making the crimson-eyed one thrown again without the rapier, she hits one of the walls and then stands up, already looking at the yeti still hitting the ground in pain.
"We're almost there Diana, your weapon is more useful than it looks, but stop this monster only seems to pierce, what a drug" Said Atsuko.
"It's a rapier Akko, it's made for that, you have to know how to pierce the vital points of this monster, now he's mad punching the ground what are you going to do?" Asks the princess.
"I will do what he does to us" Kagari said, forming a snowball and getting ready to attack.
Akko was forming a snowball joining with what yeti did, Diana was distracting the monster she was shooting arrows with her crossbow that were catching on the creature, which even helped a little because one of them caught just the other eye of the monsto, where one of them was already crossed by the rapier, opening more way, for escape and distraction.
Atsuko with both hands was lifting the huge snowball and I'm already playing against the yeti which is hit full on starting to get more injured and in this despairing even more starting to be releasing a breath of air towards everything that came out a vapour that was freezing around everything, the girls even managed to hide behind walls of ice and it was so strong the freezing that even with the warmest clothes possible both girls shivered with cold.
"Wow, this stroke of desperation almost killed us" said Diana a bit relieved.
"Now let's defeat this monster, before we have a hard time" said Akko after the freeze ray.
And there went Kagari leaving in the middle of the cold and the monster was still making many punches on the ground of despair what Akko could not even make a snowball, she decides to take the bow out of the bag and accurately aim the arrows when firing noticed that the gloves also helped to make larger and stronger arrows be fired which caught a precise one in the head of the yeti passing through and another that was fired in the monster's chest that turned out to be a strong enough impact for him to fall hard to the ground with blood spreading all over the ice.
"I did it!" Celebrates Akko relieved
The monster then disintegrated into dust, which he was simply disappearing and a light appears marking the defeat, in addition to the pendant of courage, Hyllian de Luna Nova picks it up as well as the heart which leaves her very invigorated, in this way she gives her hand to the princess of Wedinburgh who gives a smile and the two go to the light, where they stop just outside the dungeon, and finally defeating the dungeon;
"Ahhh so that's it, I thought we were going to have to go all the way back, that's why we were so desperate on the slide, well now we can go home" said a relieved Diana.
"Mission accomplished, now let's go it was fun to go with you in this dungeon, you really saved from some drills, I think your presence helped to warm up from all the cold I had felt" Said Atsuko smiling and a little embarrassed.
- Wow I was feeling a bit of pain, but now it's eased up, that yeti hits pretty hard, apart from the debris, hang on... Are you warm from the cold? Me? Ahhhhhhhh, Akko!" Said the embarrassed Cavendish trying to hide her blushing face.
"Ah but I'm not wrong, you being around really helps, I didn't just stand there walking, I was always moving and also the hugs you gave me warmed me up, nothing as warm as the human body, so it's very good" said the brownish girl.
Cavendish is very blushed with all this and there go the two starting the way back, in that dusk in the surroundings, which already beats a concern to return at night, since the path has some monsters, but the two remember that even in the daytime there are still some to disturb and with an improvisation of shield they even managed to make a kind of sled with Akko's small shield that was carrying Diana in her arms.
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The two after a long walk arrive at sunset at the Dublin ranch where they are already encountering the familiar faces of Chelsea, Holly and Amanda around the place, they were outside already preparing to enter and rest, seeing the two are even relieved, besides Mrs McLaren being very concerned to notice the tears in the clothes of the two.
"You're back!" Holly said happily and relieved to see her friends.
"What about those cuts? Did the monsters there hurt you badly? What bastards!" Chelsea said worriedly and both girls are fine.
"Ah they hurt, but we had fairies to heal us and get out alive, it was a long journey" said Diana.
"I just really want to eat something, this time in the dungeon made me want to eat something, preferably hot, the cold inside is something scary my eyelashes were icy at the tip, it seemed that it snowed on Diana's eyebrows that no longer exist she even looked old" Said Akko while her stomach is roaring.
"Akko! You can't say anything, your darker hair is all highlighted by the ice, we look like ice cream, well I'm hungry too, it's been a while since I've eaten anything, I'd welcome a nice hot meal, all I want now is a little warmth" Cavendish said.
"Well I want you to tell me everything, the food was already getting ready, I put some corn to cook, although I don't think you two were cold, I think the heat here kept you very warm actually" Said Mrs McLaren pointing to her niece's chest that gets all blushed.
"Auntie!" Said the platinum blonde haired one with shame.
The girls go to the ranch house where they take the opportunity to eat the cooked corn putting some butter beaten byAmanda and also salt, delighting in plenty of food, resting after the dungeon, which later the older woman was taking care of the injuries of each one noting that they were actually even unharmed, due to the magic of the dungeon, which was already being very peculiar.
"Well you only had tears in your clothes, I forgot that these dungeons heal you after you pass them, well I'm relieved now go bathe" Said Mrs McLaren.
"The dungeon was a lot of fun, who knew, now I'm a little afraid to go home, I think my mums will be a beast of angery, I hope that the punishment is light from them" Said the blue-eyed one.
"Oh I don't think so, they may ground you, but it's not like Bernadette didn't do it, somehow it even facilitated my sister's marriage to your mother, Queen Clarie kind of thought she was a protective warrior responsible for protecting her daughter who is not helpless at all, I don't doubt that Bernadette knew how to manage on her own in the eastern palace, the two just didn't go together in the dungeon you just came from" Said the ruin.
"Ah, I still disobeyed, I want to be able to go to the next dungeon with Akko, she was a lot of fun there, I got to know more of Akko that I didn't get to meet" said the platinum-haired one.
"It was fun going with you too, you're not as boring as you look"Akko said with a few chuckles.
The two then talk more with Chelsea who loves to see how the dynamic of friends was getting even closer, somehow even a little suspicious, seeing an even greater chemistry of the two.
Akko and Diana managed to get the pendant of courage, missing this time only the last one, which would also be the most dangerous of them, the two girls are already showing a good dynamic between them managing to warm up what was extremely cold, but they managed to make it as something more heated by the climate they had between them.
See you, cold witches...