Encountering Blizzard

"Good morning, Mel." Claire's mood had already adjusted.

As a traveling merchant, one couldn't lack strong self-regulation skills, as they would inevitably encounter all sorts of troublesome matters.

"Good morning, little girl."

"You brat, aren't you just a kid yourself? How dare you call someone a little girl!" Kate's palm slapped Mel's head.

Although they had only known each other for a day, after experiencing life and death together, the atmosphere between them had already drawn much closer.

The breakfast wasn't very tasty, a kind of paste-like food, whose name was unknown. It was wet and sticky with salt mixed in.

It didn't matter, as long as it wasn't particularly hard to swallow. How much longer would these days last?

Mel really wanted to take out all the food from his spatial inventory and eat it, but he didn't feel safe right now. He hadn't known this merchant for long, and he'd only known the swordswoman for a day. There was no need to reveal his biggest secret yet.

It seemed like each item only occupied one slot. If there were two stones, one large and one small, would they still occupy the same slot?

After quickly finishing breakfast, Mel Kallo walked out of the inn, casually picked up two stones from the ground, and then put them into his system space.

They occupied two slots, one large stone and one small stone, different weights, different masses.

Mel Kallo frowned slightly. He had just thought of a useful method. If the same type of material only occupied one slot, then he could store an entire mountain of stones. This would be equivalent to having a one-hit kill ability. No matter what kind of enemy, he could just release the mountain from his system to crush them to death.

But this idea was clearly unworkable. Even two stones of roughly the same size still occupied two slots.

"What if I put a flying dagger into it?"

He activated the skill [Flying Blade].

The dagger was instantly stored in the system space. When it was retrieved again, the dagger had lost its previous kinetic energy. It seemed like it couldn't be used as a release medium for weapons.

What about weapons thrown by enemies? Could they be blocked directly? Theoretically, it seemed possible. As long as his spirit was sufficiently concentrated and required focus, he could activate the system space to store the enemy's weapon before it touched him.

If he could achieve this, it would be equivalent to having a spatial defense magic that didn't consume mana.

Mel Kallo didn't continue practicing. When he could grab a crossbow bolt flying towards him with his bare hands, perhaps he could use the system space to store ranged attacks. But he couldn't do it right now.

He could store the dagger he threw because he knew the dagger was about to be thrown and had made a preemptive move.

Returning to the inn again, Mr. Freli had also finished packing. They were about to set off for Oak City again.

"There are two paths we can take now. One goes through the eastern plains, but that's Centaur territory. The other goes through the mountains, and we might encounter many forests like yesterday's."

"Centaur race?"

"Yes, a demi-human race, probably considered a type of beastmen. They have the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. They are rumored to be a very warlike race."

"Are they hostile towards humans?" Mel Kallo continued to ask. In the game, the Centaur race wasn't hostile towards humans, unless they were demonized centaurs who had joined the Demon King's Army.

"It's hard to say. Since Claire and I didn't choose to go through the eastern plains last time, we did hear some unfavorable rumors."

"What about monsters? Which path has more monsters?"

"There are more demons on the mountain path. There are fewer monsters on the plains, and they are usually lower level, because the Centaur race has been hunting the demons that invade their territory."

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After a brief silence, Kate interrupted their conversation, "My master taught me to try not to take paths that haven't been traveled before. If you came through the mountains last time, it's best we go the same way this time."

Since the adventurer in the team had spoken, Mel Kallo naturally wouldn't insist on anything else. He would leave professional matters to the professionals.

After deciding on the route, they set off again. After all, the matter of supplies was entirely entrusted to Mr. Freli.

Three hours later, the group had already left the small town.

The weather was exceptionally cold, and the clouds looked very low. In such a situation, it was likely to snow.

The wind blowing on his face felt like a blade scraping past.

"It's probably going to snow. What bad luck," Freli looked up at the sky. He hadn't prepared any winter clothes to save on Oren.

The further south they went, the warmer the weather became. By the time they returned to Oak City, even without winter clothes, they wouldn't freeze to death. But halfway there, it was uncertain.

Mel Kallo had no understanding of the weather changes in this world. He hadn't even been in this world for a full year and hadn't personally experienced the changing seasons.

"Any thoughts? At least before you die, I can give you the remaining Oren," Mel Kallo told a dark joke.

"Not yet. As long as the snow doesn't block the road, we'll reach the Oak region in a little over a month."

"Hearing you say that, I think we're very likely to get stuck in a blizzard."

The wind had been strong all day. In the evening, snowflakes began to fall. But this was just the beginning. It wasn't the oppressive sound of wind and snow rustling down, so they still had time.

"It looks like we can't set up camp tonight. We can only try to travel further and make the Earth Dragon work harder." Freli took out dry rations from the feed bag to feed the Earth Dragon, and then gave it water.

In the current situation, they couldn't stop for too long. They just needed to let the Earth Dragon recover some strength so it could continue moving forward.

If it really didn't work out, they would have to get off and walk.

By midnight, the snow had intensified, and the accumulated snow made the ground slippery. If everyone continued to sit in the carriage, they might fall into a ditch, carriage and all.

"It looks like we'll have to get off and walk," Freli got off the carriage, holding the reins.

Mel Kallo and the others quickly got off as well. In this weather, only the torches provided some warmth.

Kate also complained, "The weather was so good when we set out, how did it turn into this now? We have the worst luck."

There was no way around this situation. If they could, they should have stayed in that small town until spring before setting out, but they were in a hurry and had no choice but to face the harsh weather in the wilderness.

"Let's keep moving, or we won't be able to walk at all," Freli urged them forward.

Mel tightly held Claire's hand. In this darkness, if he didn't hold on tight, a child could easily slip and disappear.

At dawn, they could no longer move. Even the Earth Dragon was stumbling.

If they forced themselves to go any further, the Earth Dragon might collapse before they did, especially since it was still pulling a cart full of supplies.

Kate keenly spotted a cave not far away. "There's a cave! I'll go check it out first!"

It would be fine if it was abandoned, but if it was inhabited by bears or goblins, they would have to be careful.

Kate walked towards the nearby cave alone, holding a torch. Everyone else became vigilant again. There was no way they could just go in without checking. If there was something inside, they would have to find a way to deal with it.

"Hoo..." Mel let out a breath, his toes feeling a bit frozen.

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