After me and Partner stuffed ourselves with the tribute, I took a nice nap in the shrine.
Partner fell asleep as soon as we settled ourselves, but as for me, I couldn’t really sleep.

Rustle rustle, rustle rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle.

…… Not with the Baby Arachne crawling around actively in the shrine.
They make me so tense, I could hardly sleep.
Calm down you guys, seriously.

“Nga~a……”

Meanwhile, Partner continues to sleep without a care in the world.
Damn it, why do I always get the short end of the stick……
Is there a skill that puts me to sleep or something.
I could fall asleep anytime if I had that.

I couldn’t even drift off to dreamworld even with my eyes closed, so I just lied there, staring at Partner’s sleeping face.
…… I really wonder if you’ll disappear on me the next time I evolve. [T.N: Dammit author, stop mentioning this]

Partner has helped me many times in the short while we’ve known each other.
At first, we couldn’t communicate with each other, and we had a different way of thinking, but she’s now my closest and most important companion.
Before, when I first saw the Twin Head, I would’ve never picked a two-headed evolution.

I hope there’s another two-headed evolution in the next options.
If there’s none, I could choose not evolve either way.

I’m strong enough already and I probably won’t encounter any more scenarios where I’m forced to make life or death decisions like the old days when my rank was low.
I mean, I haven’t met any other rank A monster beside me, and even Adofu, who was a captain of the knights, was only a little stronger than a rank C.
Though, three heads would be too much, if you ask me.
I feel like it would be a whole load of stress to deal with.

【】

Hm?
For a split-second there, I thought I felt a blank message being sent in my head…… was it God’s Voice?
I don’t remember asking God’s Voice a question, nor have I taken down any monsters lately.
It could just be a bug in the system for all I know.
Well, this is a game-like world, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

Thinking about such things, I felt my consciousness slowly fading.

Rustle rustle, rustle rustle.
I jolt back awake upon hearing the baby spiders crawling around me.
…… These little critters… when will they let me sleep?

One spider stuck itself on my nose.
Rubbing me with its little legs, I sneezed.

“Gruaachooo!”

You little~…! What do you think you’re doing?!
I shake my head around, the spider fell, and it stood back up again.

“Gruaashooo!”

I just heard Partner’s loud sneeze at my side.
So, you were waken up by the spiders too, huh.
I felt an itch at my back and noticed that the other spiders were on our tail.
Y-You guys are just doing whatever……

Then, moments later, the spiders got flung away.
There was an Abyss in the center.
The baby spiders’ eight legs were twisted and bent all around.

It doesn’t look like they received any fatal damage.
The Abyss is rank C, while the baby spiders are rank E.
That difference in rank should be enough for them to die by just one slight slap.

Well, I’m glad they’re fine, but…… not the Abyss again!
They’re good at concealing themselves so I always take too long to notice them.

It seems the baby spiders were trying to warn me about the Abyss when they played at my nose.

Even in this situation, I’m surprisingly calm about this.
I may be getting used to the whole Abyss thing by now.

“Gra~aaaaaa~aaaaaa~a~a!”

Partner roars in a frenzy and shakes her head wildly.
So, I guess Partner still isn’t used to them at all.

“Wi-, nd, com forth…… G-〖Gale〗”

Alo waited for the spiders to move away before raising her hand.
A small twister swirls around the Abyss.

The Abyss didn’t let the〖Gale〗stop it from biting my tail though.
But, when the twister stopped, the Abyss stopped biting me and noticed Alo, so it turned to her.

“Vu~e~eeee!”

The Abyss opens its jagged mouth and reveals its many teeth.
…… I just noticed that looking closer, it has two rows of teeth.
I would’ve gone my whole life without knowing that, now I feel like puking.

I lift my tail up.
The Abyss spits a yellow liquid at Alo but she avoids it and it hits the back of the wall instead.
There was a sizzling sound and a part of the wall dissolved.

Looks like it tried to pay her back for her〖Gale〗.
It’s like everything these sickening bugs spit out are all gross stuff.

I swing my tail and hurl the Abyss to the ceiling.

“Vu~ea!”

The whole shrine vibrates on impact.
The Abyss’s body gets hollowed out and it spits a creamy-liquid from its mouth.
And, just like that, I hit it hard again to the ground.
The Abyss was crushed flat but its legs kept on twitching.
One of its legs was squashed and now it only has seven legs left.

I turned and walked towards the Abyss to finish it up and pierce its back with my claw.

【Obtained 173 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg〗skill gives you additional 173 Experience Points.】
【The Lv. of〖Ouroboros Dragon〗went up from Lv. 65→66.】

Gyeh, my claw is inside the Abyss……
My tail got splashed by Abyss goo too, this will be rough to wash out.

…… Is it just me, or have I been encountering more Abyss lately?
Is this normal? I have a bad feeling about this……
Oh yeah, Alo and the baby spiders participated in this battle, did they level up a bit?

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Name: Alo
Species: Revana Mage
Status: Cursed
Lv: 3/30
HP: 50/54
MP: 44/55
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Ooh, and you just evolved not too long ago too, it’s nice to see you level up so soon.
Leveling up is a lot faster after evolving, so we’re making great time.
Heck, maybe she’s gonna evolve sooner than I expect.

“Gra~a! Gra~a~a!”

Hm? What is it, Partner?

【“Our tail, stuck!”】

Eeeeeh……?
Turning around, I saw the leg that got squashed out of the Abyss stuck on our tail.
It’s still twitching even after being separated from its main body.

“Gru~a~o~ooooo!”

I lash my tail around and shake the leg off of us.

As for the baby spiders, they’re gathering at the Abyss’s corpse again.
One of them went after the leg I shook off.
They’re so bold despite so tiny.

I sighed in relief, but then my〖Presence Sense〗detected something.
There’s something heading over to the shrine.
This feeling…… they’re humans.

I immediately look at Alo and she nodded in response.
Alo picks up her Earth Rabbit and hides at the back of the shrine.

I exit out the shrine and see Hibi and Baron in the distance heading this way.
The two of them are always together, Baron must be Hibi’s personal bodyguard or something.

They look like they’re panicking as they run towards me.
Though, seeing them run at their own speed, Baron is way faster and he has to stop to let Hibi catch up.
…… Pace each other, damn it.

Hibi is wearing a mask, so I wasn’t sure it was really her at first, and Baron’s face looks pale.
He look relieved when he saw me but he was still breathing heavily.

“Ryujin-sama! The village, the village is in danger……! Please, please, help us in our dire need! We beg of you!”

Baron arrives first and he slams his head on the ground, groveling at my feet.
W-What’s all the rush about?

Hibi arrived late and I can tell she’s still catching her breath under her mask.

“…… *huff* Baron, calm yourself.”

“F-Forgive my hectic behavior, Hibi-sama. It’s-… it’s just that… this emergency made me all frantic and……”

Baron said no more and bowed to me and Hibi before hiding behind Hibi’s back in shame.