I closed my eyes and sighed in relief, facing forward so she wouldn’t see my expression. I couldn’t imagine how lonely traveling alone would be. I wasn’t even considering the fact that I had obvious feelings for the elf with that.
I was still munching on crocolisk at. I had managed to get to the last one, making sure not to eat each one in its entirety as it didn’t seem to be a necessity, if the snake was of any indication.
“How much can you eat?” Cellestra asked, clearly impressed that I’d managed to keep going.
“You see that giant thing behind you?” I said, referring to my spider abdon. “Take a wild guess how much fits in that.”
Cellestra turned around and observed the swirling colors inside my rear. “Quite a bit, I assu. I’d be curious to see how long you can go without eating after this. I don’t have to feed my tarantula more than once or twice a week.”
“No idea. I do think I won’t stop eating, though. There’s this skill that I plan to utilize.”
“Fair enough.”
I finished the last crocolisk and tossed its body back into the water. I did the sa with the others and shook my head in disappointnt.
“Nothing?” Cellestra asked.
“Nothing,” I confird.
“Unfortunate. How far did you plan to go in the dungeon?” The elf then asked.
“I’m not quite sure. I don’t know if that floor boss will have been replaced. That’s one of the things I wanted to ask, but I doubt you know about it.”
“From what little I know about dungeons, I do believe floor bosses are supposed to spawn again after a while.”
“Okay. That would be interesting. It wasn’t a hard enemy to kill, but I don’t quite know if I’m looking forward to eating sli.”
I chuckled. “I guess a sword would be useful for fighting that thing.”
“Will I be okay on here?” Cellestra asked.
“I think you’ll be fine. Those crocolisks are more agile than that sand-covered sli. I hope you don’t mind?”
“Oh no, I’m fine here. I doubt stepping off will make this easier for you.”
“Yeah,” I sighed. “You’re right. Back there is as safe as it gets. I will have to fight that sli in lee, though, so you better hold on tight.”
“Gotcha.”
With all nearby threats neutralized, I skittered towards the room with the sandpit, keeping my eyes wide open for anything to appear from the water. When I was almost at the end of the path, and about to leave the swamp behind , I was startled when sothing jumped out of the water. Without even thinking twice, I’d created an earthen wall in the blink of an eye in the general direction of where the movent ca from.
I was relieved to see it was nothing more than a giant toad. The mont it extended its tongue to strike , I summoned threads to intercept it. I then bound its tongue to the ground as I watched the confusion in this creature’s eyes. It didn’t get to experience that feeling for long as I channeled my lightning arc. With nowhere to move to as it was restrained, the toad didn’t live for much longer.
You have killed a Noxious Titan Swamp Toad: No experience was awarded.
“Uhhhhh,” Cellestra let out.
I sighed. “I guess we’ll find out…”
“Are you sure about this?” She asked as I skittered close to the giant amphibian.
“Nope. Not at all.”
I waited a few monts to see if anything else would appear, then dragged the body away from the swamp towards the arch that led to the next room. There, I started tearing away the creature’s slimy skin. To my surprise, there was pink flesh underneath it, not too different looking from raw chicken.
“That looks better than I expected,” Cellestra said as she leaned to the side to watch what I was doing.
“My thoughts exactly. However, I doubt it will taste like chicken. I’m also slightly worried about it being poisonous, but I do have a spell to remove toxins, and I have decent resistance to it as well.”
“Snakes are easier in that regard,” Cellestra added, “With their venom being stored in a specific place.”
I nodded. “Though, I don’t know about that last snake. It could have been poisonous as well. I an, it was called a noxious cobra.”
“And this toad?”
“Also noxious.”
“Hum. It’s quite useful to know exactly what you killed,” Cellestra noted. “Simply judging from the nas, it can already give you important information.”
“You’re right. It is useful.”
I started eating the toad’s at and noted that it wasn’t all that bad. If I had to compare it to anything, it was quite similar to the taste of chicken. The flavor was light, with so hints of fish in it as well. It definitely wasn’t the worst thing I’d eaten.
“And?” Cellestra asked curiously.
“Being able to talk and eat at the sa ti is certainly interesting,” I said as I turned my head to Cellestra.
“That’s not what I’m talking about you silly!” She said before smiling.
Her reaction was a pleasure to see. I’d already known this would be her reaction, yet I reveled in it anyway.
“It’s only fair I pay you back for the jokes you’ve made about ,” I continued, keeping up the light air that surrounded us at the mont.
“I guess I deserve that. No, but really, how does it taste?”
I crossed my arms again while I was eating. “Sowhat of a mix between chicken and fish. It’s quite an odd flavor but not bad at all.”
I took a few more bites when a ssage showed up before . I instantly turned my head to see what it said.
Devour (Evolving) effect activated.
Enhancent: Amphibian Tongue is available.
Amphibian tongue unlocks the following skill: Tongue Slingshot (Level 1)
I scratched my head at the ssage. What the hell was this?
“Your blessing showed you sothing?” Cellestra said.
“It did, and I’m trying to figure out what to make of it. Sothing about this is off. It says sothing about an enhancent I can get, and then it notes it unlocks a skill, but what’s odd is that it also lists that said skill has a level, in this case, one.”
“Is it any good?”
I shrugged. “I have no idea. Elysa, what does this enhancent do?”
Amphibian Tongue - Tongue Slingshot
Grows a tongue in your spider mouth that can be extended to slap enemies.
“I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or be angry,” I said with a sigh.
“That bad?” Cellestra asked.
“I’m sure you’re going to laugh if I tell you.”
“Now I’m even more curious.”
I covered my eyes and forehead with my palm before taking a deep breath to relay to Cellestra what had just shown up before .
“Apparently,” I started, emphasizing the word as best I could, “I can grow an amphibian tongue in my spider mouth, which I can then use to literally slap enemies, much like that toad.”
Cellestra tried to suppress a giggle before bursting out in full-blown laughter. “By the goddess, this blessing of yours is far more hilarious than I could have expected. Honestly, what was she thinking?”
Her laughter continued for a good twenty seconds before she was able to contain herself. I was shaking my head with my eyes closed the entire ti.
“I didn’t know what to expect, but this just goes beyond everything I could have thought of,” I said, my head still shaking.
“At least I have a much better idea of how it works now. From here, I assu I can judge the value of my targets before I start eating them. However, I see there being a possibility that these toads can also give
another skill. It would be nice to be able to know that beforehand, but I guess this will have to do.”
“Hope you’re hungry,” Cellestra said, amused by recent events.
“Not so much anymore, no,” I said as I moved the toad’s corpse out of my way with my legs.
“I’m sorry, Kealyna, I was just joking,” She said apologetically, in a low voice.
“No offense taken. Don’t worry. I’m just a bit… disappointed with this outco. I was hoping for sothing more useful.”
“You won’t take the skill?” She asked.
“It’s useless. Why would I take it?”
“Dunno,” Cellestra said. “I thought you said sothing about lacking a tongue.”
“I an, I don’t seem to need it when my stomach works like this. A tongue will make no difference.”
“Fair enough, Shall we continue? I’m curious about this supposed floor boss.”
I looked at the entrance to the room before . “Yeah, let’s do that.”
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