We had climbed up pretty high.
　Raina looks terribly cold.

　I've absorbed the ice attribute demons along the way, so my tolerance has increased and I don't feel the cold, so I'm not aware that the temperature is dropping.

　The higher we go up the mountain path, the steeper it gets.
　On a cooler note, I'm beginning to feel a little too lightly equipped.

　If I slip and fall, will my defense be enough to handle it?
　I won't know for sure if I don't try, but I can't risk that kind of quicksand.
　I might be okay, but it would be a bad idea for Raina to slip off, so I'll have to be careful as I climb.

　Then we continued climbing for a while, and Lenya seemed to be getting pretty tired.

　We have just found a cave, and we decide to go in there to rest.

　The cave is dark.
We use the [Small Light] to illuminate the surroundings.

　After resting in the cave for a while, we heard a low roar.

　Multiple footsteps are approaching.

　They were not human footsteps.
　It was a thud, a thud, a sound that would only be made if something very heavy in weight was walking.

　I turn toward the sound I hear.

　At first it's too dark to see anything, but slowly I begin to see the identity of the one who made the sound.

　It's a bipedal demon covered in white fur.
　It seems to be over two meters tall.
　Its face is vicious.

　Ten of these demons were walking towards us.

''These are........Yeti, aren't they?

　Meku muttered as he looked at the demon.

　Is the Yeti a legendary creature that is said to be found in the snowy mountains?
　It seems to be the name of a demon in this world.
　I'll take a look at it and evaluate it.


"Yeti Lv.30/36.
　A humanoid demon with the attribute of ice. It uses the [Ice Punch] to freeze enemies. Its weak point is the attribute of fire.
　HP 312/312.
　MP 24/24
　Skills [Ice Fist (Ice Punch) Lv 4]
　Resistance [Ice Resistance Lv. 8]


　It seems to be weaker than Ice Giant Snake.
　Well, this is the result of one Yeti's evaluation, so it's possible that the others are stronger.
　I checked and they were all much the same.
　The limit level of 41 was the strongest in this group of Yeti.
　There are ten of them, but this one should be easy to defeat.

　The Yeti were drumming like gorillas, threatening us but not attacking us.

　Maybe they are insisting that this is our territory and that we should leave.

　If they don't come from over there, I wouldn't want to defeat them somehow, would I?
　In general, demons are supposed to attack from the other side, you know.

　However, we can't leave this cave and take a break, though.
　Compared to the outside, it's naturally warmer inside, and I don't want to leave.

　I didn't attack or run away, I just stood there and watched as the numbed-out Yetis attacked.

　This guy's weak point is the flame attribute.
　I shoot the 【Flame Ball】 wildly to bury them one by one without fail.

　Lenya also battles and easily eliminates one Yeti.

　I'm going to annihilate the Yeti.
　I absorbed all the Yeti corpses.

　In total, the ten bodies gain 624 more HP, 48 more MP, 33 more attack power, 31 more defense power, 45 more speed, and 31 skill points.

　After absorbing ten stones, it's gone up quite a bit.

　My HP in particular has been going up, at an incredible rate lately.

　The Yeti didn't seem to be around anymore, so we rested in the cave for a while before resuming our climb.

　Then, as we continued to climb for a while, we heard a tremendous roar from above.

　Startled, I looked up and saw a ridiculously huge dragon flying in the sky.

　It was two times bigger than the dragon I had slain in town.

　It let out another roar and swooped down in front of us.

"This is no place for lowlife," he said.

　In a very low voice, the dragon spoke.