Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme! Chapter 34 Glacia's Expedition Gains

After pampering his summon for a bit, Aoni went ahead and helped her clean all the crud off her fur before tallying up everything she had brought back.

Luckily, the cold was more than enough to curb decomposition, and as such, other than the standard Gay slls you'd expect from woodland critters and, of course, gore, they didn't stink too badly.

While organizing the deceased animals by size, he couldn't help but glance at Glacia as she rolled around in the snow without a care in the world to free her fur of gore.

Because the evidence spoke for itself, every single critter had been one-shotted, and based on what Aoni was inspecting, the death blow for the smaller animals was always a crushing of the skull.

Birds, mice, rabbits, they all were the sa; it was almost as if she had plucked them up like a vegetable and popped their noggins like grapes.

That ntal image sent a slight chill down his spine, not because it was brutal, but because it was GLACIA, his smol, little floof, who was doing it.

Then again, it wasn't really that surprising; all things considered, she was a Predator. However, when Aoni got to the larger animals, he noticed they seed to be like a cross between a mole and one of the dozens of polar fox species.

They had long, fluffy white or gray tails with dense fur, pointed ears, and slender bodies, all the fox-like characteristics one would expect; however, their paws and snouts were opposite of the small mammals he knew of because the paws, snout, and flat nose all scread subterraining burrower.

In total, there were 8 of these things, and each one had similar kill marks; IE, their throats had been ripped out, which once again made Aoni look over at his sweet little floof.

'I gotta admit, she's a lot fiercer than I gave her credit for, the fact that she alone was able to locate and hunt these eight uh…Fox-Mole things is a testant to her being able to sniff them out, and then there's the more agile creatures like rabbits and mice, not to ntion birds…' Aoni thought while finishing up his arrangents and taking a step back so he could get a full view of everything.

'In a span of four hours, she was able to kill 39 animals, as well as track down the remaining Spikey-Fruits; that's…kind of amazing. However, processing all of this…is going to be difficult.' Cupping his chin, Aoni ignored the chilly weather and ran through his options.

'We were only taught a single thod of drying out hides in cold weather…and that involves a shit ton of salt…which we don't have…unless,' scanning his surroundings, Aoni realized sothing vitally important, and in one swift move, spun around and knelt in front of Glacia, startling her to the point she ended up face first in the snow.

"GAO, Gaooogoaogogoaogo!" Shaking her head and sneezing twice, she seed to be yelling at her Lord adorably, as if trying to say, "WHAT THE HELL, MAN? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? HOW CAN YOU SPOOK A GIRL LIKE THAT WITHOUT WARNING?"

She may have been trying to act tough, but he simply found her antics cute and gave her a few head pats before picking her up and walking into the cave, more specifically toward the bookshelf where he'd kept their MREs.

Placing her on his shoulder, Aoni began sorting through until he found what he was looking for: a single white packet with an S printed on it, a bag of salt.

Ripping the corner of the packet, the Lad dumped its contents into his palm and addressed his summon.

"Glacia, if we want to cure the hides outside so I can use them for crafting, we need to tan them…and for that, we need LOTS of salt…' Speaking slowly, Aoni held up his palm so she could catch the scent.

"I know you can find things, so we need this…" seeming to understand what he was saying for the first ti, Glacia leaned forward and gave the pile of salt a sniff before sneezing violently and nearly sending the salt and herself flying in opposite directions.

'Okay, that was too fucking adorable,' wearing a soft smile, Aoni patted his summon with his free hand as she wiped her face furiously like a hamster before eventually calming down and glaring at him.

"Sorry, sorry. I should have warned you. Anyway, do you think you can find more stuff that slls like that?" Carefully watching her facial expressions and eyes, Aoni hoped she would understand, even if what he was asking was a long shot at best.

Finding Salt deposits on the mountain was a tall order, considering factors such as altitude and distance from ancient oceans. However, if they did exist in his territory, Aoni could potentially gain a massive benefit in the early stages of developnt.

Because of their usefulness, salts and minerals would ALWAYS have value and purpose, no matter the ti or place.

For a few monts after clearing her sinuses, Glacia nudged Aoni's hand and even tasted the pile of salt a few tis before smacking her lips and looking around.

And before he could even say another word, she used him as a springboard and took off running, giving Aoni barely enough ti to grab hold of his Hook Blades and take off after her.

Unfortunately, there was no way for the Lad even to hope to keep up with his summon. Within a few seconds, she was already racing down the slope of the mountain, leaving Aoni standing at the edge of the flattened terrain, watching as she vanished from sight.

'Sigh…should have expected that…I guess for now…I should drain the blood and store the bodies…I could probably skin them, but what's the point if I can't do anything with the fur and hides yet.' Drooping his shoulders, Aoni deposited his weapons back in the cave, grabbed his knife, and dragged out one of the felled logs Glacia had scavenged the day before.