“…… Vu~e? Vu~e?”

The Abyss’s legs writhe in mid-air.
But since its head was caught and it can’t look behind, it can only wriggle its legs randomly.

“…………”

It was going good, grabbing the Abyss’s head and lifting it up, but now it looks like she doesn’t know what to do next.
She’s shaking while holding the Abyss’s head.
Alo looks at me, asking for help.

…… Hold on, is she about to cry?
Well, if I was holding the Abyss’s head for more than a minute, I’d probably cry too.
The first time I even touched it, I was extremely grossed out by it.

“Vu~e~e~e~e! Vu~e~ee~e~e~e!”

The Abyss starts to wriggle wildly, and Alo is about to freak out.

…… Also, what’s with that arm anyway?
It suddenly grew larger than her body and her nails look demonically sharp.

Did Alo even have a skill that can do that?
No wait, she does. Her characteristic skill,〖Morphed Body〗.
The bodies of a Revana are just made up of earth bounded together by magic.
Is it even possible to use magic to restructure your body like this?

Alo adds more strength into her grasp.
Her nails pierce the Abyss’s body.

“Vu~ee~e~e! Vu~e~e~e!”

The Abyss rampages in her large hand.
Alo gulps and prepares herself for what she’s about to do next.

“〖Gale〗!”

Just when magic gathered around Alo’s enlarged fingertips, when Alo chanted, a small tempest exploded.
Alo’s enlarged earth-made hand was blasted to bits and the Abyss was blown away, along with three more of its legs.
Alo’s hand breaks apart but it stops behind the back of her hand, and some bits of her shoulder turned to sand due to recoil.

When Alo lifted her shoulders, the enlarged hand drops on the ground and turned completely to sand.
Underneath all that sand, Alo’s usual slender arm is seen.
…… That enlarged hand is shocking indeed, but it could turn out useful in the future.

“Vu~e~e……”

The Abyss has now lost half of its legs and there’s slimy fluids leaking out of its body.
It tries to stand straight with its remaining legs but it couldn’t.
Alo touches my tail, absorbs more of my magic, and extends her arm at the Abyss again.

“〖Gale〗!”

Another twister lifts the Abyss up into the air and it falls hard on the ground, with more creamy liquid splashing.
The Abyss should be nearing its limit soon.
If it’s still alive, it should be unable to battle anymore, so let’s just finish this up with another〖Gale〗and……

【Obtained 44 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg〗skill gives you additional 44 Experience Points.】

Wait, what?!
Even though I hardly did anything?!
…… Well, I did support her when I helped her evade the Abyss, lent her lots of my MP, and also boosted her overall magic capacity.
If it’s only this much, I’d rather have Alo receive it…… things don’t always go as I hoped it would.

But, Alo should’ve received most of the exp points……

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Name: Alo
Species: Revana Mage
Status: Cursed
Lv: 17/30
HP: 78/84
MP: 54/93
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…… From Lv 14 to Lv 17.
I thought it would go up more.
It’s true that leveling becomes harder in the middle stages, and the Abyss she fought wasn’t that high leveled, but still… only three levels is kinda……
I have〖Son of the Dragon King〗and〖The Walking Egg〗to help me level up faster, so I can’t imagine how frustrating it must feel for others who have to level up normally……

As if reading my disappointment, Alo looks down.

N-No wait, if you look on the bright side, three levels is a good thing.
We just need to keep working hard and reach the goal.

But once we hit Lv 20, leveling up is going to get even harder.
At least Alo’s magic will increase by then.
The next Abyss we fight will hopefully won’t give us too much trouble.
As long as Alo keeps recharging MP from me, she’ll have an endless amount of mana supply.
If she absorbs too much from me, my MP will automatically recover with a short rest.

And, besides…… there are still two more Abyss in the area, hiding somewhere.

But, the amount of Abyss that Alo needs to hunt so she could evolve would be…… with a rough estimate, around 15 Abyss perhaps.
But, since leveling up becomes harder the higher her level, maybe 30 should be enough.
Evolving Ball Rabbit up to rank D was fairly easy though…… it’s D to C that’s tricky……
It’s kinda understandable, because if everyone can evolve from D to C that easily, the world would be crawling with final evolutionists everywhere.

I glance at Alo.
At a distance, you could already mistake her as a human.
So close, we’re so close. Looking back at all the stages of her evolution, her next one has to look even more human.
As long as it’s not another weird-looking evolution.

Alo has been deeply wishing for this, which is why she’s desperately trying her very best.
…… The Abyss nest… should we go look for it?
If it exists, then the 30 Abyss that Alo requires to evolve is also there.

Since the Abyss are running around rampant everywhere, I want Alo, Lesser Treant, and the baby spiders to help me in exterminating them around the forest, but I can’t ask them to do that until they’ve leveled up.
The Lithuvar Tribe are also expecting a lot from me.

…… Maybe I should bring everyone along.
I think I can protect Alo and the others while fighting an entire horde of Abyss.
One swing from my tail already deals so much damage to them.
I’m confident I can beat up to ten Abyss without receiving any damage.

I even invaded a whole nest of Red Ants before.
And, I’m much more powerful now than back then.
To be honest, I haven’t met anyone stronger than me ever since I became an Ouroboros.
The hero I fought in Haranae was ridiculously strong, but with my current status, I think I could fight someone like him even with a handicap.
As for the Abyss……

“Gra~a……”

Partner looks like she’s about to cry.

【“Y-Ya actually want us to go there……?”】

N-No, of course not, but the Abyss outbreak is spreading farther and we can’t keep watching over Alo and the others all the time…… if I don’t show up in the village often, the villagers will keep coming to the shrine, asking me for help when another horde of Abyss raids them…… and when that happens, they’re gonna find Alo eventually.
That’s why I thought we could move the fight to them……

“…………”

Partner is making an “I’m sick of this” face.
…… I also don’t want to see any more Abyss, you know.

【”…… Ah! Behind ya!”】

In response to Partner’s warning, I turn around and shoot a full-powered〖Wind Slash〗.
There was nothing behind me and my〖Wind Slash〗knocked down multiple trees instead.
The two Abyss who were frighteningly close to the baby spiders got surprised by my〖Wind Slash〗and hurriedly retreated.

…… Alo, can you still go on?
There’s still two more pests to clean up.
They’re good at hiding themselves so even if it seems like they ran away, they’ll attack you if you let your guard down.
They’ll surely show up again.