I followed the monkeys as the scampered over to the source of the  scream. I noticed it was getting progressively colder as we went toward the scream.

As I crashed through the brush and into a clearing I saw the the Shrill Shrike on the ground, it's wings bent and ice forming patches all over it's body.  Looming over it was a more humanoid figure. It had on a dress made of snowflakes, its young body was child-like  and it stood no more than about 1 meters tall.  its hair was long and embedded with icicles, her entire body was made out of ice. 

I used an Identification lens to look at the spirit beast and an information window popped up. 

Misty Ice Doll

Class: ????

Type:  Mind

Rank ???

Abilities: ????. ????. ????. 

I cursed, the Identification Lens that I had bought were to weak to fully gauge the Misty Ice Doll's power level. Not wanting to lose out on my commission I sent both Nimble Moss Monkeys forward  The Jester Class Monkey i ordered to use her skill [Vine Control] and it grappled the Doll.  The Knight Class Monkey was using it's ability [Empowered Strike]  and It charged in. 

The Misty Ice Doll was snared by the vines and was vulnerable to attacks, it being a Mind Type it probably wouldn't last long against a Strength type Knight Class spirit beast. 

Unfortunately many things happened, maybe it was the speed debuff of the Knight Class, maybe it was because it was a Mind type but the Misty Ice Doll escaped with just one move. 

The Misty Ice Doll muttered [Flash Freeze] and the area around it turned completely white.  The vines that were restraining it shattered into pieces,  The Shrill Shrike was further damaged and my Knight Class Nimble Moss Monkey was frozen in place. 

 The Misty Ice Doll turned to look at me and its face had two eyes with no pupils, just the white, dark blue lips that seemed cracked   and skin with a dark luster to it. 

My Pumpkin head used [Fear Gas]  to try to distract it but it seemed to not effect it in the slightest. 

I grew more and more worried. 

Come on think, what to do what to do, plant spirit beasts never did last against ice type beasts in the first place.  

I looked up to see the Misty Ice Doll ignoring me and going toward the Shrill Shrike, it's face cracking. I see it deemed us as not a threat and ignored us, I took this time to send out an illusion circle making it appear as if the Shrike was somewhere else. At first the Doll was confused before it turned to us again. With the loss of it's target the Doll's face seemed to be rebuilding itself. 

With a wave of its hand it's fingers grew into long icicles and it fired  toward us, I grabbed both my pumpkin and my monkey and tried to shield them, but my pumpkin jumped out of my hands and took the brunt of the damage with it's body, giving off a dying throe before dissipating into smoke. 

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Another wave of it's hand and another volley, I felt helpless, How could I be so useless in a fight,  I closed my eyes thinking it was the end of me which I heard a thunderous roar. 

Out of the forest came Rohnen his Thunderous Gorilla Ape swatting aside the crystals as if they were flies. 

The Doll used flash freeze to try to take it down but with Rohnen's ape in Berserk Mode, it did little to stop it. 

The Doll sent another volley at the ape, before realizing it had no effect on it so she backflipped to get away but was punched in mid-air by the Ape. 

The Doll was smashed aside, colliding into a tree, you could hear the sound of ice shattering but it got unsteadily to it's feet, wobbling on the spot.  "Why.... I just want an ability" the doll cried.  Rohnen looked at me "What do we do with it, it almost killed our commissioned quest"  

I felt bad, it was a powerful spirit but now it was like a broken toy, sure it would have made us get a bad reputation if we failed the quest but now it was just pitiful to look at. 

"We could leave it for Vadela, she might want to tame it" I suggested

"Oh Vadela, if we leave it she might also just kill it to advance her Frost Chick" Rohnen smirked and I threw him a look. 

"Whatever happens its up to her" I said.  

Rohnen sighed and he had his ape discharge electricity into the sky a signal for Vadela to come find him. 

"How was the Eastern Marsh Warbler?" I asked and he just scoffs 

"Easy peasy, its a water attribute bird so shocking it dealt twice the damage, almost killed it mind you, how about things on your end, your extra dirty" he giggled when he saw me covered in dirt. 

"I camped out and found two Nimble Moss Monkeys, as your attribute is Thunder and Beasts then you should be able to contract the Knight Class one. I said  pointing toward the still frozen monkey. 

"I would take it, but its better to get more money, I remember there was a commission for it back in town" Rohnen smiled  and there we stood, chatting away, We picked up mud and threw it at each other,  we told jokes and ate our snacks.

till Vadela showed up, her clothes torn and her breathing wild. 

"Hey what happened to you princess"  Rohnen smirked and Vadela scratched his face with her nails "I'm don't want to play right now" Vadela retorted .

I steered clear of Vadela and Rohnen was screaming on the ground as blood droplets squeezed out of the micro-openings on his skin. 

"What did you call me for, I hopes it not another joke" Vadela asked. 

"We...we. fou....found.... and I....ice att...attribute cre.....cre....creature for y....you" I stuttered, I was afraid of the possibility of her scratching me" 

"Okay so where is it?" 

"What do you mean where is it, its over the......re" I stopped my sentence to look at the tree the Ice Doll was at. it seemed to have vanished.  "Oh no" I groaned and I felt my face rip open.