Chapter 39 - Scavenging in  Snow Crest

 Arriving at the restaurant that have terrace, Stian and Cyra then reported the information they gathered towards the gathered mercenaries and decided to convey the storage area they have found.

 Stian who was telling the details was also inwardly planning inside as he  decided on what do next. Right now among  them are desperate mercenaries who have been fighting for ten days straight without any abundant of food.

 With the battles that they have been participating since the town was siege and caged. They were fighting endlessly and their only relief during those fighting was to eat food and drink ale that could warm their stomachs. Hence, the reason why these mercenaries were willing to make this restaurant their temporary based was mainly because of the owner was a great cook than can turn anything into fine meals.

 That's why the mercenaries right now were on the edge of their seats since today the stockpiled supplies of the restaurant would be gone. Reason is that due to the popularity of this restaurant  called Gnashing Oak there were a lot of customers that orders in bulk and because of that the owner was half of his supplies during the start of the siege.

 Moving on the plan that the group  Stian and Cyra is in was simple. First the mercenaries would guard the entrance of the store as Stian opens the lock of the cellar as Cyra covers him. Then when the  cellar is open the rest of the strong armed mercenaries carrying rucksacks would then come  in and gather everything they can from the cellar until it's empty.

 Following that the mercenaries would then  escort the food carriers while the two scouts which is Stian and Cyra would stay in the rooftops  to  survey the area and alarm the group when a horde of Snow Giants started coming over for them.

 Once the plan was detailed, the group then started preparing themselves as they rested their bodies in order to regenerate their depleted mana.

 Since Stian is mana less , he didn't rest and gathered some of his rations in his backpack and carefully opening it with his pocket knife while being careful that the others won't see the canned food. Opening the food he then took a chunk of meat inside the can and eat it.

 Chewing the food, Stian then look at the town who is now in chaos due to invasion of snow giants and sighed in his heart. After all Stian finally understood how chaotic this world is, that events likes this are common and is  not surprising at all.

 Stian was after all a  man from an heavy regulated world where when things like this happen, personnel of many kinds would swoop in and try to deal with situation. With modern equipment's and long range communication devices , any situation back in his world would usually be solved in a heavy cooperation .

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

 So seeing  that it's not even a month since Stian got transported into this world and already have encountered two disasters and due to that Stian just can't help feel skeptic about his future in this world...

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 After the mercenaries rested, I Stian also headed back to the ground floor after I discarded the food can in secret after eating the food in it. Walking back towards ground floor I saw the group being armed to the teeth as I then also readied my scimitar in hand and started following the group.

 As me and Cyra surveyed  the area within the roofs, the mercenaries also did their best sneaking from buildings to buildings in order to not be sense by a Snow Giant. Following next, we arrived  at the marketplace along with mercenaries.

 Soon, I then jump towards the building and saw the lock cellar. Using the scimitar I eventually slash the padlock and slowly open the cellar. Entering inside ,I soon saw supplies of food an even some wine as I surveyed the room. Making sure the cellar is clear, next I  signaled Cyra to let the mercenaries know that the coast is clear.

 Following the signal the mercenaries quickly guarded the perimeter as I left the cellar in order to join Cyra on her guarding. Since it was not time for idle chat, I didn't speak a word towards her due to having to keep my guard up.

 After the mercenaries have hoarder all the food in the cellar. We then quickly took off back to the same route when suddenly all of us were alerted by a loud sounds of footsteps. Seeing that there seems to be a lot of them, I then took the chance too go to a higher position to spot the commotion.

 As my eyes glance at the commotion my heart stop for a moment. Snow Giants in the  north of our position and a bunch of garrison forces who seems to ransacking the marketplace for supplies. After all, the group   of us have now rucksacks of food and wine.

 If the people of the garrisons finds the food, hence there is a big chance that they might confiscate the goods due to '' reasons'' .  But anyway there is also chance that they won't act like that , but since the situation is dire, we need to be careful..

 Thus, I  leap back to the mercenaries  and the ones carrying the rucksack and told them of the snow giant horde and the garrison coming this way. The mercenaries face turn dark for a moment...but soon went back to their  wary attitude and nodded as we then move slowly back to our temporary base hoping to sneak unnoticed.