Although Jason was fine with letting things as they were to improve his reputation and make things easier for him to find his family, Mary insisted that she and the tanks should get a smaller cut of the profit that they were making. She was stubborn like a mule, so Jason failed at convincing her. It was fine there. He was gaining more money. He even managed to pay his debt on the previous day, but…

Although not many people knew who he was, some were recognizing Jason, and he could hear some rumors about himself spreading. So, things were proceeding well. Eventually, if they still are around, his family will hear of him and contact him. In the meantime, Jason just had to keep up with the excellent work.

"It seems that we finally have some stock of meat. Thanks for your hard work," Mary said after another day of successful hunting. "A lot more people are willing to help us with the transport and processing of the monsters, so Hugo isn't in a bind anymore."

"That is good to hear… still, how come the number of monsters never decreases?" Jason asked. "We return to the same areas every day, and they appear there every day…"

"It is not confirmed yet, but there are some rumors about this…" Mary said. "Just like things had gone to hell due to some special fissures, people think that monsters keep coming from smaller ones. Still, their numbers will increase if we leave them alone, either way, so hunting every day and all day is our only option."

"Maybe I should check things at night by hunting them…" Jason said.

"You aren't the first to think of that, many tried it, but they didn't find any vestiges of that," Mary said. "Besides, the monsters at night are much more violent. To the point that they fight each other and don't respect the limitations of their territories."

"Hunting them like that should be easier then," Jason said.

"Listen here… I thought that your goal was to find your family by becoming famous while alive," Mary said. "Besides, even if you hunt at night, you bet no one will drive the trucks to transport the monsters."

"I guess you make a fair point," Jason said.

Jason went to the warehouse to rest, but things were too noisy there with everyone working. In the end, Jason decided to move somewhere else for the time being. While he could, he didn't want to find a place for himself yet. He couldn't relax completely at the warehouse, and that was good because once he relaxed, he began to worry about many things.

Jason frowned when he felt that the temperature around suddenly decreased a bit. Still, then he felt something landing nearby, and then he saw a woman wearing leather clothes and emitting a cold Aura, Jason frowned at first since the woman just flew and landed there, but then he recognized that red hair.

"Rose?" Jason asked while frowning.

"... You are actually alive," Rose said. "I had heard the rumors and decided to check it, but I still didn't expect that it was true."

"Are you one of the lords of the city now?" Jason asked. "Your power seems quite something. Still, considering that, it doesn't make sense, your surprise."

"What do you mean by that?" Rose asked.

"Didn't you come to check my power while I was unconscious?" Jason asked.

"No, the other two did?" Rose asked. "They went around recruiting a lot of people, so I suppose they went to scout you… Regardless, I am happy that you are alive. That was just what I wanted to say."

Rose began to fly away while emitting a cold Aura again. She seemed a bit different than Jason recalled, so he didn't know how to react, even though he wanted to talk with her a bit more. She looked as pretty as ever, but she didn't seem full of life like before.

"I guess she lost a lot… and all the power she obtained isn't even close to compensating for the loss," Jason thought.

Regardless, to think that Rose would be the ice queen… She was a warm person before, so that title seemed more offensive and inadequate than anything.

From the rumors he had heard, it seemed that Rose had ice powers… Unrivaled ice powers. There were some people here and there that could use ice magic, even Jason could learn Ice Arrow, but she was on another level. She was completely immune to cold, and she could even absorb energy from others and her surroundings. People assumed that she obtained the powers of killer frost.

"I suppose it would be insane to think that someone like me could help her. Besides, my plate is already full," Jason thought while he was heading back to the warehouse. "She is a good person, so I hope that she will overcome this."

Rose was one of the leaders of the city, so perhaps she had already overcome her loss. However, Jason felt that she would be better like she was before.

Jason went to sleep later than usual since that was bothering him, but things returned to normal until noon at least… After that, the city was attacked… They had returned…