Read Adventurer Tale of Pouring 25 Years of Life into a Useless Skill, and Now After All That Time is the Strongest

94 - North, Day Two

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　After taking a rest, Thor and his team continued to walk through the wilderness lined with pinnacles in the afternoon.

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　Finally, as dusk began to fall, they exited the Thousand Edge Field.

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　The rocks were an obstacle, but at the same time they seemed to serve as a shelter from the wind.

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　The wind, which had been subsiding, suddenly increased its force and began to blow against us.

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　Squinting to see a large rocky hill a short distance away, Thor called out to his companions behind him.

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"We're almost there, can you make it?"　

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"Yes, I'm fine."

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"I'm fine!"

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"Unyamnya mnya ......, there's nothing here,...... To-chan."

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　Moo, who did his best to find the rock beetles, is curled up and cowering on the transport sled.

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　I guess it was hard for a child to go without a nap.

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　I look at Saralisa, who is in the last row, and she nods at me without saying a word.

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　Thor takes the lead as if he is protecting the others from the wind.

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　Behind a large rock, there were still traces of someone's use on the ground, as if it was a common place for encampment.

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　Thor hurriedly unpacked his gear and set up his tent in the same spot.

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　In this wilderness, the sun heats the ground evenly during the day due to the lack of cloud cover.

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　The dry air and the constant winds, however, do not make the temperature feel very high.

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　The problem is at night.

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　The heat that should have accumulated during the daytime quickly escapes if there is no moisture to store it and slowly dissipate it.

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　This is why it becomes impossibly cold at nightfall.　

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　Before the sun had completely set, Thor had finished pitching his tent, which was covered with a double layer of boar fur rugs, and let out a sigh of relief.

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　It has already been more than a month since he left the imp forest, and he seems to have gotten used to living in a tent.

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"Moo-chan, the food is ready!"　

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"Ugh, I'm so sleepy. But I'm hungry. ......"

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"Here, I think I could drink some soup. Mmmm..."

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　The child, still half asleep, is given a bowl of spicy-sour mushroom soup that Sola has brought from the city.

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　The stimulating taste woke him up a little, and he opened his mouth wide with his eyes closed.

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"Sora, you too ......."

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"I can't help it now. Yes, yes."

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　Moo put a thin slice of smoked rock lizard meat in his mouth and smiled faintly as he munched on it.

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　Sora, perhaps moved by the adorable expression on his face, involuntarily moved her face closer to his and kissed him on the cheek.

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　As they pressed their soft cheeks against each other, the child let out a small cry.

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"Onee......chan,su......ki!"

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"Yeah, yeah, I love you too."

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　Moe, who had fallen asleep, was gently carried to the tent.

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　Since he was still holding onto the sleeve of the girl's robe, Sola also sleeps with him that night.

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　The other tent is shared by Yuril and Saralisa.

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　With the warmer child in the middle, Thor and his friends slept soundly until morning.

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　The next morning, Thor wakes up to hear a commotion outside and quietly rouses himself.

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　When he emerged from the empty tent, it was still dimly lit.

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　With his sword belt slung around his waist, Thor headed in the direction of the voices.

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　Making noise at the edge of the rocky hill were Moo and Sora, who had apparently woken up early.

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　They were looking happily in the direction where the light was coming from.

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"What are you looking at?"

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"Ah, good morning, Thor."

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"Tor, look!　It's beautiful!"

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　As they approached, Thor stood behind them and peered over the boulders.

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　It was just as the sun was beginning to rise in the direction of the true east.

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　The dazzling golden sunlight turned the bluish earth a pale red.

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　At the same time, the cloudless sky quickly regains its usual pale blue color.

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　Thor gulps unknowingly at the transformation of the landscape, as if it is being born anew from this moment onward.

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　A small gasp of breath spreads white.

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　But the breath quietly melts away in front of the heated morning sun.

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　It was only for a few dozen seconds.

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　The dawn's first act, which I had watched unintentionally, was over before I realized it.

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　The area had returned to its former bleak appearance.

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　No, it was more than that.

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　What spread out beyond the rock beetle colony was truly an empty wilderness.

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　The flat wilderness stretched on and on as far as the eye could see.

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　There was not a single projection in sight that might provide shelter from the wind as before.

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　Thor let out another small breath and shrugged his shoulders at the happy girl and child.

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　After breakfast, the group walks out into the rough and dry field.

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　The wind had increased in strength, and they felt considerable resistance just to go a little further.

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　Thor, with his pack on his back, leads the way as a wind shelter, pulling a transport sled.

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　To conserve Mu's energy, the plan for today is to carry him from the beginning.

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　Sora and Yuril follow behind him with their walking sticks, and Saralisa is the last to follow.

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　Except for one child who sang a strange song, everyone walked silently with their feet in front of them.

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　We have been walking for about an hour, but there is no change at all in the scenery.

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　Another hour is spent moving forward, but the same thing happens.

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　Just when we were getting somewhat bored with the unchanged view, a sharp voice suddenly echoed from behind us.

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I hear something approaching.

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　It was Yuril's voice.

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　Thor hurriedly looked around and saw something out of the corner of his eye.

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　From a distance, it looked like a round sphere.

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　Thor shifts slightly and points at the mysterious entity approaching on the wind.

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"Do you know what that is?"

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"Hm?　Oh, Moo-chan, you've fallen asleep!　Thor-chan."

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"I think I'm going to roll a round one. ....... I've heard that in the wilderness, a chunk of dead grass can look like that."

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　Thor almost nodded his head at Yuril's words as he shook the tips of his ears, but on second thought, there was no grass growing there in the first place.

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　He untied his sled, pulled out his sword, and hurriedly readied himself.

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　In the meantime, the spherical object quickly closed the distance between us.

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　Thor's eyes catch the spherical object as it comes within a dozen or so paces of him.

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　What rolled down with great force was a white mass of rock as tall as a child.

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