For the time being, I’ll take a walk in the forest.
I want to confirm if the Manticore is dead too, and I also have to find out what monsters here are easy to hunt.

With all the tribute left behind, I don’t have any problems with food, but…… I’m kind of having doubts if I should eat them or not.
How I wish if someone can make dried meat for me here.

I want to take a peek at the Lithuvar Tribe’s village, but… I might start trouble if I suddenly go there from here.
Alright then, the next time they come back here, I’ll have to be at my best behavior.
Oh yeah, if the Lithuvar Tribe comes back again, I should finish all their offerings before then.
I don’t want them to think “It did not suit my taste” or “I hate it” or something.

…… I won’t be treated as some thief stealing their tributes later, right?
Though, I’m probably just overthinking this again.
However, if I do something like “You’ve got the wrong dragon, so I’m giving this back!”, that might be problematic for me.
Well, if I find an easy monster to hunt, I guess it’s all right.
I want a stable hunting ground.

After I accomplish my objective, I’ll leave this shrine.
When I heard the rattling sound again from my back, I turned around to see that Wight followed after me.

Hey, won’t it be dangerous if she follows me…… wait, it’s also dangerous if I just leave her alone.
I’d like to level it up so it won’t fall apart anymore…… I guess I’ll make her follow me.
If I retreat the second I spot a high-level monster, everything’ll probably be all right.
When push comes to shove, I can just put the wight inside my mouth and use〖Roll〗to escape.
Yes, that’s right. It’s not like there’s anyone here who could be stronger than me right now. [T.N: Don’t jinx it! WTF]

With〖Presence Sense〗active, I enter the forest.
Finding the prey first is important when hunting.
When it comes to attacking or escaping, finding them first gives us a good head start.

I try to make no sound, and carefully continue to walk.
I’ll strike the first thing I find.
Wight is also with us, so I have to stay alert.
It sure is sticking close to me like glue……

Then, the wight suddenly tackled me.
Its shoulder broke apart and fell on the ground.
Hey now, what are you doing?

The wight ignores its broken body parts and continues tackling me.
Her body is getting more and more disassembled.

What’s wrong? Are you confused?
Partner, for now, use〖Fake Life〗on her……

“Gra~a~a~a~a! Gra~a~a~aa!”

Partner is also acting strange and suddenly roars.
She looks like she’s too pent up to hear my thoughts.
Darn it, has their status been affected?
I don’t sense the presence of another monster, so it may be from the effects of a plant or something.

I may be fine right now, but who knows if I’ll get affected and confused like them as well.
For now, we need to leave this place and move elsewhere… but then… an insect, about the same size as a red ant, bit at my tail.

What the hell, it looks nasty. It has black stripes on its base.
It has a weirdly long, and bent eight legs with joints that are hard to miss.
In its mouth are jagged teeth attached.
But, its teeth kinda look a bit different. And, that’s a whole lot of teeth.

So, its appearance is close to that of an Amblypygi? [T.N: Amblypygids are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions]
Although its behavior is completely different from the ones I know since it’s sucking my blood from my tail.
How do I say this… I guess the word to describe this is…
It’s disgusting.

“Gru~o~ooooooo!!”
“Gru~a~a~aaaaa!!”

I roared together with Partner, and we shook our tail and slammed this thing to the ground.
Blue colored blood leaks out of its mouth.
I think that’s my blood. Is it?

I’m horrified to think that I was bitten by that thing.
Ah, I feel like puking. Just looking at it is making me sick.
I’ll definitely wash my tail later. I want to cry. I want to leave this forest already.
Why didn’t I sense such a gruesome-looking monster near us anyway?

“Gru~oooo!”

I hold my claws up, and frantically shoot〖Wind Slash〗.
The wind blades hit a tree and are knocked down.
Because it has long legs, it was able to easily dodge my attacks, and run away.
The way it moves was honestly just too gross for my heart to handle.
If you were just gonna run away, don’t come here at all, seriously.

“Gra~a! Gra~a! Gra~a~aa!”

When Partner roars, black light follows after the Amblypygi.
It looks like she used〖Death〗, but its aim is so off.

It isn’t that fast, but… both me and Partner were still flustered.
And, also… I don’t want to go face to face with that again.

Getting rid of it sounds good, but… I don’t feel like it’ll make me feel better if I kill it.
So, I was very much relieved when I thought I could no longer see it, but I still have this eerie feeling in me.

Ha~a, ha~a, ha~a…… am I hurt somewhere?
I missed the chance to check its status though.
But, it isn’t really unusual to fear something you don’t know yet.
And, if I did know what it was, I might still hesitate……

Darn, my tail feels numb.
I can’t feel the pain.

It hid its presence like a ninja, and it sucked my blood like a vampire……
It’s like a black and white mosquito that targets large monsters.
No way, mosquitoes are definitely much better. When it comes to appearances, that is.
I think it looked more like a cockroach than a mosquito.

Well, I guess everything is all right for now.
Thanks a lot, Wight. Because you tackled me back there, I suddenly got wary that something was amiss, and that made me spot the monster.
That helped me a lot.

I then looked at the scattered-everywhere wight.
The skull shook left and right.

Hm? What is it, what happened?
Oh wait, is it just the wind?

Wight’s arm joint bent and its finger pointed behind me.
Looking at what its pointing at, I turn around.

From the distance, the Amblypygi is coming back this way at an incredible speed.
No, to be more precise, it wasn’t moving that fast at all.
It wasn’t fast, but because of its long legs, it closes the distance in each short step.
So, one reason why I couldn’t sense it approaching is because it doesn’t make any sound while moving.

And then, I suddenly remember something that happened before.
Even though I thought you ran away, are you really a cockroach, or what?! It suddenly leapt towards my face. Although I don’t quite remember my old room from my past life that much, but I clearly remember the image of a cockroach from my former world.

“Gru~o! Gru~o! Gru~o~o~ooo!!”
“Gru~o! Gru~o! Gru~o~o~ooo!!”

Me and Partner both use〖Wind Slash〗and〖Death〗in a panic.
〖Death〗made contact, but ash came out from inside the black light.
It’s no good.〖Death〗has no effect.
But of course, it’s because it depends on the level of my opponent after all.

Well, it’s not like I never learn from my mistakes too.
If my skills don’t work on you, then I should’ve just hit you with something else right from the start.

Using the tree that I cut down before with〖Wind Slash〗, I smashed the Amblypygi.
Leaking from the bark of the tree is a creamy looking liquid. The eight long legs wriggle like crazy.

I guess I don’t have to worry about it escaping for now.
I walk in closer to its head and shoot〖Wind Slash〗at it.
Its head was split in half, and the Amblypygi stopped moving.

【Obtained 186 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg〗skill gives you additional 186 Experience Points.】
【The Lv of〖Ouroboros〗went up from Lv 60→61.】

Ha~a…… thank goodness.
It has Presence Concealment and Bloodsucking, and it has Paralyzing Fangs too.
It was a bad monster for me. I didn’t handle that too well.
Can I still check its status from its corpse?

【〖Abyss〗: Rank C Monster】
【It sticks to another large monster and sucks their blood, while pouring the same amount of body liquid inside them.】
【The liquid from the〖Abyss〗contains poison, and when the prey dies, they lay their eggs on the corpse and uses it as their nest.】
【Its hunting preferences are anything smaller than itself. It is a heavy eater.】

…… U-Unbelievable.
I’m glad I won.
If I had died, I could’ve become the Abyss’s nest.

…… I seriously feel sick.
My tail is still numb… this is probably that Abyss liquid at work……
I wonder if I can just cut it off and let Self-Regeneration heal it back.