Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

With Sena staying with Rat, Nil and I decided to move on to the narrow path.

"It's not snowing... it's still cold..."

"Even if you wear cold magic gear for now, it won't work on other parts... will you wear it a little thicker?

"No, it's cold now, but it's okay because it'll warm up if you move.

Buuuuu!

"Nh!!

As soon as she said it was okay, a gust of wind blew, and they buried their faces in their clothes.

"Move quickly to warm up your body.

"Yes, that's right.

You keep your back on the wall to see if you can walk through the scaffold by yourself.

I'm afraid of being disoriented by occasional winds.

Kara...

I can see shards of ice falling from the thin scaffold.

You shouldn't look down there.

It may be possible to land magically just by falling, but this mountain has a strong wind blowing from top to bottom.

If it falls, it should be pushed by the wind and fall much faster than the natural fall. That way, killing momentum with magic could be dangerous.

Besides, from above, most places have sharp ice columns. If it falls, it will become a skewer.

I swear to my heart that I will never peek down again, and I will continue on a thin scaffold.

"Nil, I think we can get out a little wider.

"I see.

After a while, the narrow scaffolding spreads out into a place like a dance floor.

* Giggle *

Since the feet are flat and snow is piling up, they emit a unique sound when stepping out of the feet.

"Is that it?

It is good to have followed a narrow path, but the surroundings are surrounded by ice walls and it seems unlikely that we will be able to go any further.

"It's a natural path... it's only natural that there's nothing..."

"This kind of thing needs patience..."

I see. Let's head back up.

When I look at the sky, I begin to see the sunshine in the dark sky.

The weather in the mountains is susceptible to change, and I can't be alarmed, but I want to go where I can while it's clear.

Nil and I went back carefully to where Rats were waiting, and we started the day.

Climb one wall, look for a place to go from there, explore the surroundings, but stop again.

Climb one more wall to explore the surroundings... a dead end.

It's a much harder and more tiring task than I say, but I have to repeat this.

And around noon.

"Master.

Nil calls out.

"Senna..."

From my perspective, it looks like you're starting to get a little tired.

"Okay. That's enough for today.

Where does the wind blow... "

Looking around, there are sharp ice pillars, ice walls and snow. That's all.

"Master. What about around here?

"It's narrower than yesterday, but it's enough.

I didn't realize it was blocked by the ice pillars, but there was a slice of ice that seemed to have ripped apart beside it.

As long as you spend the night, there will be no problem.

"Sena, that's enough for today.

"Huh? But we..."

"Senna."

"Ugh... okay. That's all for today.

"Oh, can you help me make a bed?

"Okay. I promised to listen to Sinya when I got here.

Phew... I was overstretched too. Be careful.

"I can't help it. Let's get it over with and get some rest.

Yeah.

Ever since I started climbing this mountain, my face has been flickering all over my head. Life expectancy is less than half a year.

Because of the symptoms of cherry blossom spot disease, you won't suddenly die six months later. Even if you can walk now, you should gradually weaken.

If you are stuck and weak, you are unlikely to be saved even if your disease is cured. If you think about it, the deadline for delivering a cure is probably faster.

Sena was in a hurry to make some tools, but she still spent a week. Even though you know it was the time you needed to climb the needle ice peak, you still feel anxious.

"Hah... no. Even if you don't mind, I'll keep thinking.

Senna says with a dark face as the floor is leveled.

"I'm already thinking about trying not to think about it.

It's about the lives of people you care about. I can't stop thinking about it.

"... did someone close to you die?

Well...

He felt something in my words. All the women I know are really sharp...

"Don't forget your old father and mother.

"That's right..."

"Even after I left my old place, I lost some of the people I got along with...

Whatever form you lose, whoever you care about will think about it.

No matter how long it takes, it's not easy to remember.

…………

"But Sakura should be able to help.

No, we'll make and deliver the medicine. Isn't it?

"Of course!"

"Then don't you think our lives are the same as Sakura's?

"Our lives...?

"What happens to the medicine that we deliver to Sakura if we fail in a hurry or freak out?

"I see... that's right..."

"We can't die. Absolutely.

So rest well when you're tired. Find another way when you can't.

"That's right... that's right! All right, all right!

Senna laughs naturally with a refreshing face instead of the strong laughter she has had so far.

"Alright! Rest well today!

I see.

I don't think it's persuasive to say such a thing when I'm full of energy... but I'm sure it's okay because it's about Sena.

"Before you rest... I'll see what the tools look like, so can you get out the tools for Sinya and Nil?

"Okay.

"I see.

When the ground is finished, Sena maintains the tools. Me and Nil are getting lunch ready. Rat is lying on his back.

Lat talks to me unexpectedly as I finish lunch and take my time.

Sinya.

"What's wrong?

I haven't seen a monster since I started climbing this mountain, but don't you think that's strange?

I felt Rato's doubts too.

When I searched near the foot, Rato picked up some kind of monster.

They were all weak monsters below C rank, but they were still easy to find, and I don't think they were small.

"I was thinking the same thing... Any signs of monsters around?

It's not in my range.

"... because of the harsh environment, monsters can only settle at the foot of the mountain...?

"You've seen the monsters I've been hunting.

"That's right...."

Among the monsters Rato hunted was a C-ranked monster called Snow Rabbit.

It looks like a pure white, mocky polka dot, but the contents are very similar to horn rabbits.

It is said to be a subspecies of horn rabbits and inhabits cold, snowy places.

It seems to be moving faster than a horn rabbit, but from a rat's point of view, it's probably taller than an acorn.

This snowrabbit is so light that it has the habit of liking cliff-like places and this mountain is in excellent condition.

There were other C-ranked monsters called Snow Bats.

In a nutshell, a pure white bat, slightly larger in size than a bat. Of course I can fly.

A monster who builds and acts in a herd and likes to live in a place as cold as a Snow Rabbit and with few outside enemies.

Both were strange monsters at Needle Ice Peak, but I haven't seen them since I started climbing.

"I was near the foot... unnatural, right?

As for me, I thought I'd start climbing more often.

"Isn't that right..."

At the foot, we also found monsters on the side that prey on snowrabbits and snowbats. Then the place to build the nest should be somewhere in this mountain.

But actually, I haven't even seen a single footprint.

As a snowbat nest, the wind should be the best place to lower it. However, there were no signs of snowbats either at the place where we took the break this time or where we took the break yesterday.

"What does Rato think?

I wonder if there's someone else who can't even get close to those monsters?

"That's right...."

There are a number of other reasons, but the worst prediction would be that.

If you encounter a monster of S-rank in a place like this, which can be described as a snowy mountain or an iceberg, with only poor scaffolding...

It's almost impossible to avoid it, even if it's not extreme, if it's attacked when it's stuck to the ice wall. It's good.

Hopefully, I don't want this prediction to hit me, but this is the only prediction that hits me well...

The next day, we were climbing the wall again as Senna recovered completely.

It was different from walking and running on its own, and I didn't go any further as it was slow, but before the sun went down, the seventh time was right in front of me.

But...

"This is..."

"It's a tall wall..."

There are nearly twice as many walls standing in front of you.

"If we climb here, we'll cross the seventh line..."

"Can you climb...?

Senna, who didn't spit so much, pulled herself against the boulder.

The ice walls are shaped with many muscles in the longitudinal direction, and the unevenness is intense. There seems to be plenty of room to grasp... but honestly, it's a delicate question of whether Senna's health goes up.

"I wish I could pull it up..."

While I was here, I pulled up Sena and Rato several times. However, it was only when there was space that could be pressed, and there was hardly any place where there was such convenient space.

"I'm fine. I'm going to climb. I hate to come here and give up.

"... I see. I wish I could take a break from climbing.

Yeah.

If I could get here to the boulder, the climbing of the wall would improve considerably, and the way I could rest my body by hanging the rope on the wall, and the relatively easy way to climb, were also on Sena.

Well then, let's go first.

"Be careful.

Ah.

I don't know how many times this is gonna happen... but I'm gonna start climbing over and over again.

When you climb a giant wall, the only thing that occupies you is the sound of me climbing the wall and the sound of the wind blowing through.

Zah... zah...

Only sound resonates in a quiet, white world.

I wonder if I've climbed half the wall... when I reach up to move on, a noise like never before pops into my ear.

Bastard!

The sound of wings. When I realized it, I was in a pretty dangerous situation.

Looking back at the direction of the sound, I saw a pure white crow that would be close to ten meters if the feathers were spread out.

S-Rank Monster, Snow Crow.

It is a monster that can be seen in cold regions of the continent.

It is a long-range type of monster with unimaginable speed from that giant body. I only use wind magic, but there are many advanced wind magic.

They do not fly, attack magically, or approach.

A crow is impressive for its white character, with its most distinctive white blades passing through high resistance to magic and most flying gear.

It's a Ranged Specialization monster.

Enter the type of opponent you don't want the most right now.

Sinja! Move away!

Rat's emotions are flowing in.

"Nh!!

Snow Crow's specialty is wind magic. No matter how you look at me, you can't just stick to the wall like this.

Quickly, Snow Crow starts drawing a magical formation that won't tear me apart.

"Qhhhh!"

When the Snow Crow rang, the magic team glowed. Advanced wind magic, the magic team of the Dafujin.

I'll cover you from below!

"Shit!"

Even if I jump from here, I can't land, and I don't have time to draw a magical formation to suppress the impact during the fall.

Paki!

Kick the ice wall and force yourself to jump sideways.

"Quuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Gah!

Snowclaw wind magic hits the ice wall, sneaking off the ice.

"Uh-oh!

Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy!

He tries to chew Pickel on the ice walls and kill the momentum with Eisen to keep his body from falling. However, the ice can easily peel off and cannot kill the momentum.

The piles that were thrown in for these times also came out of the ice one after the other.

Orah!

Gah!!

Push the pickel into the wall and stop it from falling.

I was struck by the impact of numbness in my arms, but I avoided the wind magic. And he's not dead.

Gogokoko...

A chunk of snow-capped ice falls down as it hits the ice wall.

"Ahhhhhh..."

Shinya! They're still coming!

"I can't even shake my sword!

"Aahhh! Aahh!

Goww!

Now I'm going to jump to the other side.

Garrigari!

The fall of my body was stopped immediately, and magic was avoided, but I couldn't do it like this.

Nil and the others are shooting magic from underneath, but the Snow Crow is intact. We have to hit him directly with our sword somehow...

"Master!!

Nil's voice from directly below.

Turning to her eyes, she wraps a rope around her waist and ties it tightly.

I know you're telling me to pull it up... but it's pretty dangerous.

But... Nil and me.

Grasp the rope extending from your hips with your right hand and Nil also grasps the rope strongly.

"Uh-oh!

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

When the rope is pulled up strongly, all the piles that were being punched come off, and Nil's body rises.

Nil's body is approaching me. With a black magic team and Warrior in his hand.

Huh!

Take your hands off the rope and grasp the shadow tentacle extending from Nil's hand.

Quah!

I wanted to lift Nil towards the Snow Owl like this, but I didn't watch the Snow Owl silently.

Nil!

I'm still being targeted.

If you don't get around before you fly Nil, you'll be killed.

Nil also seems to have noticed the Snow Crow's magic team. At the same time as the momentum disappears, he stabs Warrior into the wall and fixes his body.

Goww!

"Nh!!

Seeing Nil in a stretchable position, move your body away from the wall. Naturally, if you don't touch the wall, your body will fall.

"Master!

A heavy wind blade grabbed my shoulder and wounded me, but it was a shallow wound.

"No problem!

Nil and I intersect as we fall, and the shadow tentacle we were holding stretches out.

Gagga!

"Nh!!

Nil, who supports my weight, slipped a few meters, but I managed to endure it.

"Qhhhh!"

Even with the Snow Crow, I drew a magical team.

Grab a shadow tentacle and run sideways with your feet perpendicular to the wall as you slow down.

"Uh-oh!

Since the length of the shadow tentacle has not changed, I will make my body run like an arc on the ice wall.

"Aaaaaaaaahh!"

I can't set my target while I'm moving, and I'm annoyed. I'm a loud snowcraw. He changed his mind from me to Nil.

Nil!

Yes!

Nil reacted to my voice without any hesitation, kicking the wall and throwing his body into the air.

Goww!

Gagga!

A strong wind blade hits Nil's location, making a big ice cut.

If I had been right under it, I would have been crushed by falling ice chunks, but I moved sideways so I wouldn't have to worry about it.

When you feel the weight of Nil in the shadow tentacle, the body of the fallen Nil stops and pulls its arms toward the Snow Crow at that time.

Nil's body flies to the Snow Crow at a rate that exceeds the speed at which people throw.

"Hey!

Zashh!

Nil's strike brilliantly captures one of the Snow Crow's feathers and inflicts a huge wound.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The wings are damaged and you can't grasp the air anymore, and the snowflakes are falling apart.

It's my turn!

Buzz buzz!

A charged rat creates a line of light against the ice wall and reaches the falling Snow Crow.

"I won't let you escape!

Rat's mouth grabbed Snow Crow's neck.

Gokin '!

The weakness of the Snow Crow is that it is less defensive against physical melee attacks.

That way we won't be able to withstand Rat's bite attack.

After the dry sound of the bones breaking, the snowclaw's neck, which had been sucked into Rat's mouth, was bent in an uneven direction.

I wonder if you're still breathing. It's twitching, but it seems that you can't move one wing at a time.

Tang!

When Rato landed lightly, he put his know-how on the ground and proudly looked up at me.

I'd like to compliment you, but now we still have to lead the Nil thrown into space safely to the wall.

Since the shadow tentacle has already disappeared, hurry up with the rope connected to the waist.

Nil's body stops moving up and slowly moves down.

I only saw Nil's face once while I was working on the rope, but I didn't feel any worry or anxiety. To meet that trust, I pull the rope hard.

Nil's body was about to fall down, but it moved sideways and came towards me.

Even if I don't take it, I don't think I'll stick it to the wall, but it doesn't mean I'm not hurt by being hit by the wall.

Don't...

Grab the approaching Nil with your hands off the rope.

Silver hair slightly touches the cheeks.

"Thank goodness.

"No..."

Slowly stick a little red nil on your cheeks to the wall.

"Sena... seems to be safe.

Looking down, you can see a chunk of ice decimated by the Snow Crow, but Senna is still hiding behind Rato, in the shade, and seems to be safe.

"You almost died.

"Master. Is your arm okay?

"I just cut it slightly.

"Just apply the scratch medicine.

"Even after I went up..."

"Master.

"... yes.

Look at Nil's eyes and apply the scratch medicine honestly.

Are you okay?

"It's just a light scratch. It's okay."

I feel Rat worried about me from the bottom, and I return it.