Sam and his team retired to their camp instantly. They didn't care what the merchants thought, they will be leaving this place by the next day, even if the merchants really brought someone, with Sam's temper, he might just kill them all.
After they returned, Sam started cooking. Since he promised Sky that he would cook, he can only comply, but as soon as he started the stove, the plates lined up one after the other from the beasts to the teammates.
He sighed and just went on with it.
The atmosphere in the cave is really warm. There is not a single sign of the massacre they just did.
But there is one person who is gloomy. Paras.
Sam knew that Night Ghost gave him the memories and from that point on, he became like this.
Sam took two plates and passed one over to him before sitting down beside him.
"What happened?" He asked.
Paras took the plate and said with a sigh.
"I got some valuable information. If we catch the heads of the five great sects, I will get all the answers."
"The five great sects? That is a tricky one. But that still doesn't explain your current mood."
"I have a clue on why this all happened. And I don't want it to be the truth."
"Hmm, wrestling with the truth. Been there and done that. The thing is, the truth never changes. Even if you don't want to believe it and you don't want it to be the truth, it is not possible to change it. The sooner you accept it, the better it would be. So, if you tell me, why you don't want it to be the truth, then I might be able to help you digest it faster."
"It involves another god. Other than these three that are already involved and the reason behind all of this might seem too petty. I suspect these three used the hands of that god to deal with the whole planet. They hid the matter only because they are afraid that the other god might learn the truth and make them pay for it."
"So, you are saying, you are now mad because it was all because of some shit that gods had between themselves and you and your people had to pay the price."
Paras nodded.
Sam chuckled and said.
"Do you know the Demi Giants, why do you think they died?"
Paras didn't answer, but Sam continued.
"They didn't do anything to me, they didn't harm me, there is no enmity. But they still died. The Demi Giants are a warrior race, but they died like that buried under some ten thousand-year-old ice. All because they worshiped a god that likes to play with their lives. We are the ones who killed them, but the god they earnestly worship day and night is the one who led them to their deaths.
Compared to their situation, you at least have a chance to get revenge, even if it is the gods that made your people go through all this, you at least have a chance to fight for yourself. You only think about that chance and hold on to it. Work with it, get your vengeance and in the process explore for that answer you are looking for.
After all, it is no use thinking whether they died for a petty reason or some greater cause, the point is they died. Your loss wouldn't diminish its value just because the reason behind it is petty. Now get over it, eat and get ready, we are going to a different ice field tomorrow."
"What did you say, boss? Ice field again?" Saber Monarch yelled from the other side of the cave.
"Stop yelling you numb skull, everyone can hear you if you speak normally." Vidyut retorted even before Sam could reply and then the banter began.
The next morning, Sam's team met with the merchants to get some news about their next target as they both belong to the same realm. As for why two powers such as these are staying in a single realm unlike the Night Demons who conquered realms, this realm is actually bigger than the Night Demon realm and there are a few powers that could rival the Night Demon realm and they have smaller realms that provide them with resources.
But their next target is not like that, they are hidden in a different way.
This time, the target is a sect that is based on ice golems and they worship Hel.
The sect only accepts Ice element users and every sect member will have an ice golem which they create themselves and develop along with different materials along with their cultivation journey.
The entry into the sect is only granted directly after awakening. They will hold the admission test and they purely test the talent, the affinity, and the raw creativity of the children they want to take in.
Along with that, there is something else that is a bit troublesome about this sect. Nobody knows its exact location.
There is a city in the middle of a region called the Ice plains and in that city there is a branch of the sect where their external affairs are managed.
The products the sect sells and the products they want to buy are all bought and sold by these people.
They take the mercenary tasks assigned to the sect and they connect the word to the sect.
Nobody knows where the sect is. Legend has it that there is only one guy who managed to find the location of the sect and he did just for the sake of it. He didn't have enmity, it could be said, he only focused on the glory that comes with it.
The Sect leader came out and announced to the whole world that their sect's secret hiding spot was uncovered by one man and one man alone and he would be the honorary elder of the sect and his descendants will be the friends of the sect for eternity.
That is the only incident that this secret sect made a proper appearance on to the world.
But they are not complete without a presence in the city. Now and then, the prodigies of the sect come out and challenge others, they go to tournaments in other realms, they take some serious missions that involved some high-level beasts and killers within the city and the surroundings.
Currently, Sam and the team are traveling with a merchant group. Since they are in the same realm, they didn't bother to use the Dimensional drifter and a reason for that is they needed to hear something in great detail from this merchant group about their next target city.
The city is called the oasis of the ice plains. Because that place is the only one that doesn't look like it was carved out of ice.
There the trees can be grown, the soil of the place is normal. The only difference between that and a tropical area is the sunlight. Except for that it is all the same and this oasis has appeared or this city has been converted into an oasis only two years ago.
From the description of the merchants, a young man came to that city and found some liquid deposits under a valley by accident, and from there, he created large-scale machinery all by himself as he worked for six months.
After that machine was activated, it started spewing fire elemental energy out of nowhere and a bunch of formations that were run based on this fire elemental energy was activated making this city an oasis of the ice plains.
Sam became interested in this information and tagged along with these merchants to hear about it in great detail and when he reached the city, he was clearly stunned.
The city is just like the merchants described, the whole city looked just like a normal tropical place with some greenery and a lot of brown earth clearly exposed.
He stood at the city gate to turn around and see the white ice plains stretching far and wide and turned back to see the city which looked completely normal without a single hint of snowflakes.
He walked in and their team separated from the merchant group.
Since they don't have direct access to the sect, they need to focus on this external branch that runs external affairs for it.
This time the situation will be a lot trickier than before and there is no way they could just directly finish this off in a day as they did with the Demi Giants.
Sam went to the external branch and saw that it is a large enough estate. There is a large arch at the entrance with the words. The Tundra Sect is carved on it.
He went in placed a mission before paying some advance and checking their operations, in-process he also left a couple of shadow mice to snoop around a bit.
After that, he went to the center of the city where the center of attraction is located the tower that made this city what it is today.
