With our last job done here, we had decided to finally depart today in the morning. In the end, we decided to go around the forest instead of going through it, in fear of getting to encounter more spiders than we could handle but not the people around us.
I had checked the entire forest beforehand and found that there wasn’t anything bad going on aside from this. There wasn’t any more Rabbit-kin going around either, so it was safe to say that the place was clear.
We decided to move on with our travels this morning after breakfast, with Lucifer flying around the skies while we dedicated ourselves to travel across the area around the forest.
There was no road, and the terrain was pretty rough, but nothing that Undead Horses and Ghostly Carriages couldn’t handle! Yes, I had infused souls into the carriages and used Fake Like on them, so they were able to become inanimate objects Undead, such as Ghostly Carriages, as I call them.
They’re pretty weak and around D Rank in power, but they can push harder without any problem and don’t get tired either- wait, carriages never get tired.
Anyways, the thing is, they can move by themselves, but we kept the Undead horses to make the whole Undead Kingdom army vibe, you know? Because I really like those vibes when I march with my Undead.
Maybe because I am an Apostle of Death or something, but it is really fun. I just like being with Undead… I had never had such an obsession before. Is this unhealthy? Do I need help?
Anyways, the thing is, we moved on.
The beautiful sky seemed very cloudy today. There was barely any direct sunlight. Also, there was a very chilly atmosphere, and strong winds began to devastate us without being able to do much on our own.
Ah… I guess it is not a really pretty day. I cannot go around describing it poetically if we are getting ravaged by icy winds!
“Th-These winds are a bit too strong!” said Partner.
“Wh-What the heck is going on now?!” asked Catarina.
“So chilly, my body is slowly fading away!” cried Silvio.
“Master, please give us shelter…” cried Francisco.
“You guys have to work hard! We can’t let you slack off. We need your fire to warm the people, so no shelter for you!” I said.
I infused Mana into the two fire ghosts as they suddenly gained new phantasmal mass and fiery flames around their phantasmal and ghostly bodies.
“Ooooh! We are back in town!” said Silvio.
“Th-This is it! I can feel it in every inch of my body… the power of fire!” said Francesco.
The icy winds continued to flow towards us, there was snow pilling up all over the caravan, and it seemed that it wasn’t going to stop any time soon. We were marching directly into a place with such cold temperatures! Is there really nowhere else where we can be accepted?
I guess… it is the only place that humans think twice before going there. With all the vast land they got with fresh temperatures and nice weather, getting into this ice wasteland was really not a good option, so they abandoned it.
The Fire Ghost pair quickly began to divide themselves into large flames, flying towards the rest of the caravan and warming up the people inside from the coldness. The cold also got into my shadows, so putting them there would also freeze them… it is no different.
Lucifer, despite that, was flying leisurely atop the skies while glancing down at what was happening. He seemed to be filled with contempt over today’s weather.
“Oi, Lucy! Come back down! You’re going to freeze to death up there!” I shouted.
“I am fine, I am already dead anyways. And we are getting closer, just a few more kilometers! Bear with it! After we get to the ruins, we should be able to take a break in there!” said Lucifer.
“Alright then!” I said.
“He really doesn’t want to come down, huh?” sighed Partner.
“Yeah, he appears to be fixated on reaching the place. I can understand him. After all, he used to be the Demon King’s friend and all. He must be obsessed with going to that place.” I said.
“I suppose he’s really reminiscing of the past?” wondered Emeraldine.
“Maybe that’s it,” I said.
“Hmph, for now, we should concentrate on getting into that place to begin with. The weather is terrible, though, but not like we can do much… We are all Undead minus the elf, so we can bear with it.” said Catarina.
“I-I am not an Undead!” said Takeshi.
“Me neither!” said Laura.
“W-Well, you two are monster freaks or something. Why are you crying so much over some chilly wind anyways?!” asked Catarina.
“Oi, don’t treat the kids badly!” I said.
I smacked Catarina’s head, but that barely caused any damage to her because she was a tough zombie, and I was a physically weak ghost…
“Okay, sorry… But my point is getting through, right? We have to just bear with it for the moment. It will eventually calm down.” Said Catarina.
“Alright then, if you’re so confident, you can keep watch,” I said.
“I can! Wait, what?!” asked Catarina as she looked at us walk inside the carriage with the twins.
I had decided to get inside the carriage and cook some warm food to warm everyone, and also make some warm drinks as well. I remember that the Duchess Affnaria, Julia Memendin Albraun gave us a lot of stuff and admist that there was a brown powder.
This Brown Powder is not chocolate nor coffee, but it is also made out of toasted seeds that then are powdered and, by pouring some warm water, can turn into a tasty coffee-like drink named Bahu. It is a special seed discovered by beast-kin that was quickly spread all over the continent. It is toasted and then made into powder, and it makes an excellent warm drink.