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 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 Ouro 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 that had a very high water resistance. I combined it with [Cold Attack Resistance], [Water and Ice Resistance] and [Storm 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 [Perceive] 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].
The male stopped and retreated to the cave.
Sigh, I suppose you really do have to cherish the life you are given.
After searching in the snow for a while, I found another bear - only a male this time.
There would be no mercy.
I decided I wouldn't use my abilities and readied my Halberd.
Although it is inferior to the Lord of the Forest, its four arms were quite bothersome and powerful, making it a fitting opponent.
In the end, I cut the arms off one by one, then cut its head off and ate it whole.
Ability unlocked [Bristle Guard]
I wandered further in to the mountains, looking for my next prey.
The next thing I encountered was something like a deer, a monster about five meters in stature.
It was pure white with muscles quite developed like that of a leopard. While it looks like a deer, it is obviously a carnivore. It stands tall and gives off the aura of a champion.
As for the rest of its characteristics, it was enormous, similar to that of a giant. It was covered in white hair that gave off a faint glow from the snow and the slight rays of sunlight beating down on it.
It was as if the heavens itself were stating that this beast was divine.
It was as if it was a painting of a majestic spirit.
Without even having to see the front of the beast, I can easily tell this is the boss of the . It's the giant of the giant race [Fomori], the living embodiment of the earth. It has been told to me that the Fomorians are an existence that is stronger than any normal boss monster of a forest or mountain range, and this one stands at the pinnacle of all of them.
Discovering this great beast, I know that I must fight it no matter the cost. Now, I begin to pick from my near three hundred abilities.
My senses and body are greatly enhanced, I clad myself in my Red Stag Exoskeleton. I wield my halberd and the Shuyari. With these prepared, I turned to face this great beast.
This beast may be killed instantly, but in the case it isn't, I'll need to use everything I have just to survive. This is an opponent that I have almost no chance of winning against. Its sheer presence is of that level.
I put my chances of winning at 30 percent. In other words, I put my chances of being killed at 70 percent.
My chances of winning against the Lord of the Forest when I was a hobgoblin were more than twice the chances now. I'm overflowing with cold sweat, the premonition of death sweeping over my entire body. But this is something that I must do.
The white beast noticed me in the corner of its eye. Shaking it's head side to side, both of its antlers fell to the ground with a thud. The action puzzled me, and in that one moment, my focus had broken, a major mistake.
Then, before I could even realize my mistake, the Great beast suddenly pummeled the ground, causing the ground to ripple, and I myself fell to the ground. In an instant, the Great beast was towering over me. My heart sank.
It stares at me for several moments. Then, in an instant, it begins moving rapidly away.
I could not understand why, but I was given a second chance, I need to strengthen my vigilance even more.
I gathered it's antlers for later and began my pursuit.
Proceeding after the White Stag, my senses were heightened to their maximum. I moved as fast as I could, but in a single leap, the earth would shake and the beast would be dozens of meters away.
Such extraordinary speed.
This chase continued for some time without an end in sight, but as if growing tired of my chase, the beast seemed to activate an ability.
None of my trap-detection abilities except for my [Intuition] set off, warning me that I was about to die. In that moment, I had no choice.
I fled.
But my end never came, I turned back to see the Great Beast simply staring at me in the distance.
Total defeat. I lost without throwing a single blow.
At the very least, I will be able to return to my children. I also decided that I would give these antlers to them as gifts, since I did not earn them in a fight, I had no real right to eat them.
With that, I start walking the mountain to find something else to target.
While I was walking, I found a white slime lurking in the snow.
The slime was somewhat gray in appearance. The magic system it had seemed to increase it's hardness and made it hard to hit. I also have a resistance to physical attacks.
I wonder what sort of resistances this species has.
Thinking that, I take another look.
I didn't even try to kill it. I just bent down and sipped it like jelly.
The only news to me was that it improved the effectiveness of my resistance. What a shame.
It's time to go home.
On my way back, I heard a faint noise mixed in the sound of the snowstorm. I could also detect minor vibrations in the ground. From the distance, these impacts are quite intense.
After sharpening my senses, I decided to head in the direction of the sounds and vibrations.
I'm quite curious after all.
After getting near the origin, the vibrations intensified, and I could distinctly make out the sounds of a battle. Apparently, someone is fighting with something. Taking a higher level of caution I decided to approach closer. I needed to take caution in case I needed to retreat. Since I don't know what form of battle this is, if it's a battlefield between two sides, I cannot get involved, or risk having several dozens of enemies surge upon me from both sides.
With my curiosity building, I proceed down the mountain road. The snow seems to be intensifying, but I proceeded anyway.
I traveled for several minutes. Suddenly, several objects entered my [Detect Presence], four small blue points and two yellow points. Near them is one massive red point, four large silver points and one point I could not clearly identify.
It was jumbled and pretty hard to discern.
As I approached the location, there were intense sounds of mortal combat in the air. The thunderous sounds were almost as if the world was constantly under an earthquake, shaking violently.
I continued advancing until I reached a clearing on the edge of a cliff. There, the battle had been unfolding. As I had imagined, a fierce battle has been raging.
As I approached, I saw a group of six, four humans and two demi-humans. On the field were also several giants, one substantially larger than the others and had
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 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 Ouro 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 that had a very high water resistance. I combined it with [Cold Attack Resistance], [Water and Ice Resistance] and [Storm 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 [Perceive] 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].
The male stopped and retreated to the cave.
Sigh, I suppose you really do have to cherish the life you are given.
After searching in the snow for a while, I found another bear - only a male this time.
There would be no mercy.
I decided I wouldn't use my abilities and readied my Halberd.
Although it is inferior to the Lord of the Forest, its four arms were quite bothersome and powerful, making it a fitting opponent.
In the end, I cut the arms off one by one, then cut its head off and ate it whole.
Ability unlocked [Bristle Guard]
I wandered further in to the mountains, looking for my next prey.
The next thing I encountered was something like a deer, a monster about five meters in stature.
It was pure white with muscles quite developed like that of a leopard. While it looks like a deer, it is obviously a carnivore. It stands tall and gives off the aura of a champion.
As for the rest of its characteristics, it was enormous, similar to that of a giant. It was covered in white hair that gave off a faint glow from the snow and the slight rays of sunlight beating down on it.
It was as if the heavens itself were stating that this beast was divine.
It was as if it was a painting of a majestic spirit.
Without even having to see the front of the beast, I can easily tell this is the boss of the <>. It's the giant of the giant race [Fomori], the living embodiment of the earth. It has been told to me that the Fomorians are an existence that is stronger than any normal boss monster of a forest or mountain range, and this one stands at the pinnacle of all of them.
Discovering this great beast, I know that I must fight it no matter the cost. Now, I begin to pick from my near three hundred abilities.
My senses and body are greatly enhanced, I clad myself in my Red Stag Exoskeleton. I wield my halberd and the Shuyari. With these prepared, I turned to face this great beast.
This beast may be killed instantly, but in the case it isn't, I'll need to use everything I have just to survive. This is an opponent that I have almost no chance of winning against. Its sheer presence is of that level.
I put my chances of winning at 30 percent. In other words, I put my chances of being killed at 70 percent.
My chances of winning against the Lord of the Forest when I was a hobgoblin were more than twice the chances now. I'm overflowing with cold sweat, the premonition of death sweeping over my entire body. But this is something that I must do.
The white beast noticed me in the corner of its eye. Shaking it's head side to side, both of its antlers fell to the ground with a thud. The action puzzled me, and in that one moment, my focus had broken, a major mistake.
Then, before I could even realize my mistake, the Great beast suddenly pummeled the ground, causing the ground to ripple, and I myself fell to the ground. In an instant, the Great beast was towering over me. My heart sank.
It stares at me for several moments. Then, in an instant, it begins moving rapidly away.
I could not understand why, but I was given a second chance, I need to strengthen my vigilance even more.
I gathered it's antlers for later and began my pursuit.
Proceeding after the White Stag, my senses were heightened to their maximum. I moved as fast as I could, but in a single leap, the earth would shake and the beast would be dozens of meters away.
Such extraordinary speed.
This chase continued for some time without an end in sight, but as if growing tired of my chase, the beast seemed to activate an ability.
None of my trap-detection abilities except for my [Intuition] set off, warning me that I was about to die. In that moment, I had no choice.
I fled.
But my end never came, I turned back to see the Great Beast simply staring at me in the distance.
Total defeat. I lost without throwing a single blow.
At the very least, I will be able to return to my children. I also decided that I would give these antlers to them as gifts, since I did not earn them in a fight, I had no real right to eat them.
With that, I start walking the mountain to find something else to target.
While I was walking, I found a white slime lurking in the snow.
The slime was somewhat gray in appearance. The magic system it had seemed to increase it's hardness and made it hard to hit. I also have a resistance to physical attacks.
I wonder what sort of resistances this species has.
Thinking that, I take another look.
I didn't even try to kill it. I just bent down and sipped it like jelly.
The only news to me was that it improved the effectiveness of my resistance. What a shame.
It's time to go home.
On my way back, I heard a faint noise mixed in the sound of the snowstorm. I could also detect minor vibrations in the ground. From the distance, these impacts are quite intense.
After sharpening my senses, I decided to head in the direction of the sounds and vibrations.
I'm quite curious after all.
After getting near the origin, the vibrations intensified, and I could distinctly make out the sounds of a battle. Apparently, someone is fighting with something. Taking a higher level of caution I decided to approach closer. I needed to take caution in case I needed to retreat. Since I don't know what form of battle this is, if it's a battlefield between two sides, I cannot get involved, or risk having several dozens of enemies surge upon me from both sides.
With my curiosity building, I proceed down the mountain road. The snow seems to be intensifying, but I proceeded anyway.
I traveled for several minutes. Suddenly, several objects entered my [Detect Presence], four small blue points and two yellow points. Near them is one massive red point, four large silver points and one point I could not clearly identify.
It was jumbled and pretty hard to discern.
As I approached the location, there were intense sounds of mortal combat in the air. The thunderous sounds were almost as if the world was constantly under an earthquake, shaking violently.
I continued advancing until I reached a clearing on the edge of a cliff. There, the battle had been unfolding. As I had imagined, a fierce battle has been raging.
As I approached, I saw a group of six, four humans and two demi-humans. On the field were also several giants, one substantially larger than the others and had
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