But the city was still bustling. Some houses had collapsed under the snow, and rescue teams were rushing to save people. In other places, cars had been blocked in, and rescue teams were urgently clearing the roads.
All in all, over the past few days, the rescue teams' sirens could always be heard outside the walls.
And that wasn't all. The day before yesterday, a mutated night beast had charged inside. With the city walls blocking the snow, there was at least a little less of it here. Outside, the average snow depth had already reached the height of a three-story building.
What did that mean?
Put simply, even the shallowest snow outside was now six or seven meters deep.
Inside the city, there wasn't much snow to speak of, since snowplows cleared it every day.
Some wild animals were seeking shelter, so it was inevitable that a few mutated ones would charge inside.
There had even been a Mutant Monster yesterday.
It was an evolved form of a bloodsucking insect.
I had no idea what the bloodsucking insect's original form had been. Anyway, it looked like a thing with a chrysanthemum-shaped mouth, lizard-like limbs, and a maggot-like body—
I'd gone to take a look myself. It was so disgusting that I didn't get too close. Irene was the one who dealt with it.
After all, Irene wasn't the least bit afraid of bugs. In fact, she even giggled as she fought, saying things like, "You're still too green, little one~"
In the end, Irene played that insect to death.
Poor maggot. I mourned you for a second.
I lowered my head in silence and pressed my palms together, mourning earnestly for a second. Then I turned to the beautiful maid behind me and said:
"Steak for dinner. Also, tell