دانلود رمان انگلیسی “به لطف خدایان” – جلد 12

“Brr… Another biting day.” With less than a week left in the year, the city of Gimul and Duke Jamil’s territory at large had been hit with a historic cold front. The recent streak of heavy snowfall meant that I had to start my commute before daybreak. As I stamped across waist-high snow in my handcrafted snowshoes, I found myself thoroughly relieved that I could cast long-distance teleportation magic using stone slimes as targets. Before long, the familiar Gimul city gate came into view. The pair of guards on either side of the gate gave me a wave. “Good morning!” I called out. “Morning!” one responded. “It keeps getting colder, doesn’t it?” the other added. The snow slowed my tread, so I arrived at the gate just as we finished greeting each other. “It’s got to be a tough trek, what with the snow,” one of them added. “Especially when it piles up day after day.” “It doesn’t make it easier, for sure.” I presented my ID, and they checked it during our brief small talk. “You’re good to go. And you’re doing your thing again, right? We’ll help you get set up.” “Thank you. That’d help me out a lot.” “You’re the one helping us!” “It’ll get our blood pumping, at least.” I assumed they really did want to warm up with a bit of exercise. And two extra pairs of hands would help me out. I began to produce the series of tools needed for the job from the Dimension Home. “With how cold it’s been, some of my aqua slimes evolved into ice slimes recently.” “Aqua slimes are made of water, right? I’m no expert, but are you sure they didn’t just freeze?”