Day 511-520/Day 516

Day 516 / 46th day 
　Last night, we killed a black thunder ox, cooked it, and ate a meal, which attracted a good amount of monsters to attack us. Most of the corpses were recovered, but there were still a few pieces of flesh and blood that were scattered when we killed them. It was too much of a hassle to collect all the details, so I left them alone, but it seems that the monsters were lured by that and gathered again after I went to bed and fought.
　The roughness of the surrounding area, which hadn't been there before I went to bed, and the slight scars on the surface of the Golemkrat's armor suggested that it might have been quite violent. Well, it didn't affect me in any way, so that was okay.
　I filled my stomach with the monsters I had killed last night for breakfast and continued on my merry way. The weather had been cloudy since this morning, and the air was a bit gloomy. Thinking that the weather was about to break, I transformed a part of the Golemkrat to make a ceiling for my run, and just as I thought, a shower came. It was a bit of a hassle to use the ability 【Air Wall】to create a wall of air in a certain area to keep the rain from coming in, but I wanted to get ahead before the rain worsened the ground conditions. Even though it has the capability to run on rough roads, the less work it takes, the better.
　The weather was not good, but after a while, we came to a paved road. Checking the map I had purchased against my directional ability 【Compass Direction】, I knew that we had arrived at our destination safely.
　As we proceeded along the road, the surroundings gradually turned into a dense forest of trees. The road twists and turns to avoid huge trees, cliffs, and other undulating terrain, and continues onward. It was not a straight line, so we had to slow down a bit. The distance we traveled was naturally short, but it was probably a good thing for me personally because I was able to secure some food since there were wild vegetables growing near the road from time to time.
　 　Today, we only passed a few vendors and pilgrims, but we were able to proceed without any problems. It looks like we'll be able to arrive at the Madralen Mission City tomorrow. We camped at a corner of the street, thinking that we would first go to the Gate Street of Heavenly Food, which is lined with stores run by believers of the 【God of Gastronomy】 and 【God of Food】.
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　“四十六日目　／　五■十六■目”
　昨夜は黒雷牛の討伐と調理、それから食事を行ったが、それに誘われてそれなりの量のモンスターが襲い掛かって来た。
　その死体の大半は回収しているが、仕留めた時に飛散した僅かに肉片や血は残っている。
　流石に細かい部分まで回収するのは面倒なだけだったので放置したのだが、それに誘われてモンスターが俺が寝た後にまた集まり、争ったようだ。
　寝る前には無かった周囲の荒れ具合と、ゴーレムクラートの装甲表面にある僅かな傷跡からそれなりに激しかったのかもしれない。
　まあ、それが俺に何も影響はなかったのだからいいとして。
　朝食は昨夜仕留めたモンスター達を使って腹を膨らまし、今日も軽快に進んでいく。
　今日の天気は朝から曇りで、空気がややジメジメとしている。天気が崩れそうだと思い、ゴーレムクラートの一部を変形させて天井を作って走行していると、思った通りに一雨来た。
　一定の範囲に空気を壁を作るアビリティ【空壁】を使って雨が入ってこない様にしながらの走行はやや面倒だったが、地面の状況が雨で悪化する前に少しでも先に進みたかった。
　悪路でも走破可能な性能があるとはいえ、手間は少ない方がいい。
　天気には恵まれなかったが、暫くすると舗装された街道に出た。
　方角が分かるアビリティ【方位磁針】と購入していた地図を照らし合わせると、無事に目的の街道に到着できた事が分かった。
　街道を進んで行くと、周囲は次第に樹木が鬱蒼と生い茂る森に変わっていった。街道も巨木や崖やら起伏の激しい地形を避けるように曲がりくねり、先へと続いている。
　直線ではないので速度をやや落とす必要があった。移動距離は自然と短くなるが、街道の近くには山菜の類も時折自生していたので食材確保も出来たので個人的には良かったかもしれない。
　 　今日は多少行商人や巡礼者らし一団と少しすれ違うだけで特に問題なく進む事が出来た。
　明日には≪マドラレン宣教都≫に到着できそうだ。
　到着したらまずは【美食の神】や【食材の神】を信仰する信者達が営んでいる店が立ち並ぶという≪天食の門前通り≫で食べ歩きするんだと思いつつ、街道の隅で野営した。
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