Chapter 230
230 – Exploration
I’ve decided that I’ll go explore the forest with the wight . For the ti being, the objectives are finding food, evolving the wight, my own levelling… and, if ti allows, making contact with the Lithovar people .
I hope we’re able to find sothing tasty . There was rice and boar in the tribute, so if we look around, we should be able to find them .
As for evolving the wight, the objective is for her to gain flesh . That’ll work, right? It would be beyond pitiable if she were to be stuck as bone forever .
And for my own evolution…
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[Irushia]
Species: Ouroboros
Condition: Normal
Lv: 61/125
HP: 1555/1555
MP: 1505/1505
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Nice, my HP has a run of 5s . That’s ant to be lucky, I think . Not that I care all that much .
My level still hasn’t reached the turning point . The amount of experience needed will be even more from here on, so my next evolution is still a long way off… When I evolve, what’s going to happen to my partner? Are you going to disappear?
“Gaa?”
When I look at her, she lets out an idiotic cry… She’s not one to think about things like evolution, this girl .
For ti being, it’s probably for the best that she’s not worrying about it, but I’m curious all the sa . If we were to go from two to one, would she return to being inside ? Would it be like killing her? Or it could be that I’ll keep having two heads in all my future evolutions . Ah, there’s also the possibility that I’ll sprout a third head . Even with only one other head, it’s hard enough to set goals and keep my mood high, so with a third head I’d just die from stress .
Suddenly, I stop to think . The Lithovar settlent should be close . If I were to go visit them from here, they’d get scared, right? But then they didn’t co to visit this morning . So if I don’t do sothing, won’t I just fade into obscurity? But but, if I ss up and they see as being aggressive, I’ll beco unable to et them at all .
But but but… While I’m fretting by myself, my partner stares at with cold eyes .
“Gaaa…”
She shakes her head in exasperation and looks ahead . “Hurry up and walk”, she says in my mind, indicating the way forwards with her jaw .
S-sohow I feel like I’ve lost . Was I really making that much of an absent-minded expression just now?
Anyway, the wight’s with us today, so making contact with the Lithovar tribe might be a little bad . It would be difficult for her to et her friends as she currently looks . I’ll focus on hunting for today . That’s for the best, yeah .
“Gaah! Gaah!”
When I start walking, my partner again pulls in a direction with her head . Drool is flying from her mouth . What is it? Did you see sothing? You could have told telepathically like you did a mont ago, you know . The skill level has increased after all .
“That looks tasty! That looks tasty!”
Whether its her thought or her cry, it doesn’t make much difference . The ball rabbit was able to use telepathy a lot more useful things though .
I follow her line of sight to see sothing pulsing with light . It’s humanoid, but quite small . Around the size of a small animal . Not wearing any clothes, its smooth, featureless skin is visible . It looks kind of like a clay doll made in the shape of a human .
It seems to have spotted us from its hiding spot behind a tree root .
That’s… not sothing you’d want to eat, right? I for sure don’t want to . What even is that thing?
【[Raran]: E-Rank Monster】
【From its peculiar appearance, it has been called nas such as ‘guardian of the forest’, ‘forest child’, ‘spirit of the forest’ . Each na carries the superstitions of that area with it . 】
【Possessing a docile personality, it lives by absorbing the magic power of trees . 】
【If it gets angry, sothing terrible will happen . 】
Touching this guy’s definitely off limits .
“It looks tasty! It looks tasty!”
Stop that, we’re not gonna eat it . No, with this much of a difference in rank it should be ok . Even though it’s the perfect rank for raising the wight’s level, I don’t want to get involved with it . Sorry, but we’re searching for a different prey . It’s not like eating that would fill your stomach anyway .
“Gaah! Gaaaah!”
How much do you want to eat that thing, seriously? I really don’t get what’s so appealing about it .
I don’t know much about this raran thing, but won’t it go away after seeing her rampage like this? I glance back and see that the single raran has beco three . The three little humanoids are peacefully lined up, emitting a pale green light . Do they want to be eaten, those guys?
Their eyes et mine, and the three of them shrug their shoulders in unison . Then, the light flashes and they disappear .
“Gaa…”
My partner hangs her head dejectedly . You really wanted to eat it that badly? Sorry, but I’m not gonna make sothing that creepy my enemy . To get to lower my guard, just one of those guys… no, just one of those things ca by itself .
While searching for so other monster to hunt, I hear a rustling sound and spot an abyss in the distance . I don’t want to go near one of those if I can help it . Even if I defeat it, I can’t eat it . Ah, but then exterminating it might be a good idea . It’s C-rank, so if the wight were to help, she’d earn a ton of experience . Hmm… Even so, I don’t want to fight it…
While I’m worrying, [Presence Detection] picks up on sothing on the opposite side . This presence feels human . I think it’s Lithovar .
I’m a little bit curious . I want to check in on them though… No, I’ll just be stumble across them . After all, if I’m close by I shouldn’t go out of my way to avoid them… Yeah, I’ll just go show my face . Only for a bit, only for a bit . I need to thank them for the tribute after all, yeah . I can’t run away here .
…However, there’s the problem of the wight . Letting her and the Lithovars et would be bad .
I glance behind to see the wight looking up at , appearing lonely .
Uuuu… Just seeing them from a distance should be ok, right? I’ll just greet them, then if they co closer and it looks like they’ll see the wight, we’ll sneak away .
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