Even after I woke up, the rain was still coming down hard.
Since that was the case, we had no real choice but to spend the day in the cave.
Fortunately for us, the cave was quite wide and spacious. After I spent some time expanding it to suit our needs, there weren't any problems at all.
Since I also had enough food in my item box to feed the entire settlement for a week, food was not going to be an issue.
The rain stopped around mid afternoon, but shortly thereafter, it began to snow. The wind was quite strong, and because of the previous rain, the roads were in poor condition so proceeding would be a bad idea.
That said, it would be better for the sisters to take another day to recover and spend time with their children.
Tomorrow, the weather should be better.
Having made that decision, Blacksmith-san and I decided to kill our spare time in a variety of activities...
Dhammi-chan started reading some of her novels to the Tomboy Princess.
Redhead started to train with Fire Lord-kun and the Boy Knight. Every now and then, the Princess takes a break from her reading sessions to participate as well.
Blacksmith-san took out her blacksmith's tools and started to work with some spirit stones. She passed off a wink over to me, which I thought was very cute.
Alchemist-san took out her own tool set and began to develop some new drugs for use.
The Sisters are with Auro and Argento, still fast asleep, which I wouldn't blame them for either.
As for myself, I headed out of the cave, alone...
I left the two male Lords in charge of watching the cave entrance with the female one to help Dhammi-chan tend to the Sisters if they need anything.
I had decided to hunt, because I really had nothing better to do.
The location I decided to hunt monsters in was the
Since this also doubled-up as scouting the area before we progressed, there wasn't any problem with doing so.
I was progressing in the snow storm without much difficulty.
I wore a rain poncho and trousers made from the Cuckoo's skin purchased from the Fortress City Trient that had a very high water resistance. I combined it with [Null Cold Damage], [Aqua Resistance] and [Complete Wind Resistance].
The weather barely affected me at all. Combined with me being an Ogre, I'd assume it wouldn't be much of an issue anyway.
Normally, finding prey would be difficult in this sort of environment. However, using [Presence Sensor] I can detect signs and tracks to track them down. I decided to track the animals that hid from me first.
The first set of tracks I found were from the bear that I had destroyed earlier in the cave where everyone is staying at.
The bear wasn't in much shape for eating, though that species wouldn't have any abilities I haven't gained already.
After that, there was a pair of tracks leading to a cave nearby.
In the cave was a pair of bears, one male and one female, the female was obviously pregnant.
The male was bearing its tusks in my direction in an attempt to defend its mate and child. Usually I'd have just killed all of them and eaten them, but since I just became a father myself, I hesitated to kill the pregnant female. The female wouldn't run away if I killed the male either.
Because I really wasn't in the mood, I pretended not to see the cave. Since I can easily track these bears, it wouldn't be hard to find several more. Though I have to admit, I did try to incite the male bear to attack me. It wouldn't be my fault if the male decided to abandon its mate to try and take me. However, when it began to attack me I unconsciously used [Intimidation of the Strong].