As the sun went down, the chilly breeze soon grew into a vicious, howling gale.

The hand warmers were essential for the survivors to keep their body temperature up. I ran around nonstop, checking inside every convenience store I saw. Since the chaos had erupted in the middle of the summer, the stores weren’t stocked with many items that could provide protection against the cold. It was difficult to find a large quantity of hand warmers, and there weren’t many items that could shelter the survivors against the howling wind.

As I ran around looking for convenience stores, I saw a store that made me stop in my tracks.

It was a small store that specialized in wedding dresses, and next to it was a store selling bedding.

I was in luck.

I hadn’t been thinking about any other forms of protection against the cold, as I had my mind focused on hand warmers. I could provide the survivors with fresh, clean covers if I went through the bedding store. Not only that, but they would be able to protect themselves against the biting wind as well.

A small smile spread across my face, and I called to my underlings through my mind.

‘Third and fourth company, come at once.'

While my underlings made their way to me, I went into the bedding store to look for which items would be useful to us.

Most of the covers were thin, to be used during the summer. However, the thin covers would be better than nothing, and the survivors could wrap themselves in multiple layers to warm thems...