Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 600

Chapter 600 Ice Sanctum

The ice sanctum was filled with majesty and beauty. Its temperature was insanely cold, below freezing point, and if not for his meager ability to control the ice element, Atticus would have long since frozen.

Atticus went through another wave of murmurs and chatter as he followed Isolde through the sanctum.

"What the…"

However, there was a major difference this time around. Atticus had no idea why, but every single person he saw in the ice sanctum was female.

They all had cold and calculating demeanors and were all beautiful.

Isolde noticed Atticus' confusion and decided to address it.

"It's something we also don't fully understand, but it is extremely rare to find a male ice elementalist."

Atticus felt "rare" was an understatement. He couldn't spot even a single male no matter how long he looked.

The walk went uninterrupted until they reached a small lakeside. Atticus couldn't help but recall his time at the water sanctum when he saw the lake. But he could spot a major difference—the water was emitting steam.

Despite the low temperature of the sanctum, the water of the lake was still scorching hot.

The lake was free of anyone, and only Isolde and Atticus were in the area.

Isolde turned towards Atticus and spoke,

"This will be where your first lesson will take place. Considering how fast you finished the other sanctums, I think it's safe for me to assume that you're an incredibly fast learner, so let us begin immediately."

Isolde turned and faced the steamy lake.

"The ice element, as you know, is a subset of the water element. However, water elementalists cannot form or manipulate ice. Do you know why?"

Atticus didn't respond immediately and decided to deeply ponder the question. He went through everything he had learned about the water element in his head and reached a conclusion quickly.

It was plenty obvious.

"The inability to lower the temperature of water."

Isolde nodded.

"Yes, you're half right. It is the inability to lower the temperature of the water molecule. This is what separates water elementalists from ice elementalists. We do not use a separate molecule in the air for forming ice; it's still the water molecules. However, instead of forming a connection with the molecules, making them react with mana and joining them together, we form a connection, making them react with mana and lowering their temperature before joining them together. Am I making any sense?"

Atticus nodded his head immediately. His mind was already working on digesting everything Isolde had said.

"Well, if you understand, then get to work. The temperature of the water is very hot, so you can simply sit down at the edge to meditate."