With Alo on my back, I jump off the cliff’s ledge.
I open my wings to slow down our descent, and we grabbed hold of the cliff wall, traversing down cautiously.
I’m using〖Presence Sense〗right now, and although I know it’s not enough to find any Abyss, it still feels like we’re getting closer to them.
There’s this chill on my back. I’m getting goosebumps all over my scales.

“Vu~e……” “Vu~e, vu~e…… vu~e……”
“Vu~e~ee~e……”

I can hear soft Abyss cries getting louder as we go down the cliff.
The lower we go, the wetter and darker it gets.
Getting closer to the bottom, there was a crowd of Abyss lying in wait down below.

And here I thought I was already used to it, but seeing this many of them again is really bad for my mental health.
I suppose they’re trying to look intimidating since their mouths are all wriggling at me with drool.
I inadvertently look away.
But, looking behind me, more Abyss come out of the hole in the cliffside and they’re coming this way.

…… This distance should hit.
Give them hell, Alo.

Alo crouched down and absorbed more magic from me.
Then, when I gave her an eye signal, she nods.

“……〖Clay〗”

Alo points her hand at the most crowded part of the Abyss.
The Abyss in the area get pushed aside and a large pillar extends up from the ground.
Many Abyss got hurled in the air, squirting out bodily fluids.
That heavy blow should’ve killed a few of them, and if not, they should still have received a significant amount of damage.

“……〖Gale〗”

Alo blasts a twister at the panicking group of Abyss.
With the terrain changed due to Alo’s clay pillar, the Abyss aren’t sure where to step on and they get blown away, hitting the rocks in the cliff wall or impaling themselves in the hardened branches of the twisted trees.

I assumed we could just keep going on like this…… but then, when the Abyss swarmed out of the way, something came into view.
It’s a yellow skeleton of a dragon.

Inside its eye sockets and ribs is a yellow gooey substance where a small green Abyss is lying.
It’s most likely an infant Abyss.
Its body was green, but its head and buttock is a fresh orange. Its legs were also orange and they were curled up like noodles.
Those orange legs and the yellow goo are mixing together that…… I kinda don’t want to keep staring at it.

“Oouurgh……”

Partner weeped at the sight, looking away.
That’s probably the remains of a dead dragon and they’re now using it as a nest to lay eggs.
I wonder if that will happen to me if I die here too. Let’s not think about that.

Anyway, let’s just leave that aside.
No more of that please.
That’s not the problem here.

I should be more concerned at the fact that the dragon skeleton has two heads.

“…… Ryu-, jin, sama?”

Alo lightly whispered.

H-He was eaten.
They said he went off and disappeared, but the Abyss already ate him!
What the heck was he doing all the way out here?

I attempt to fly back up and move away from the dragon skeleton.
The Abyss who came out from the cliff’s hole approach us but I knock them down the slope with my wings.
Alo seems to be in shock since she’s just staring into the distance.
Oh man, how do I explain this to Alo?

Besides, is that really their Dragon God?
It could just be two dead dragon bones merged together……
I wonder if I can confirm it with〖Status Inspection〗.

【〖Amphis〗: Rank C+ monster】
【A friendly dragon with two heads.】
【The people who live in the forest are grateful to it and see it as something sacred since its main diet is the Abyss that harms them.】
【〖Amphis〗are not intellectually smart yet they remain kind towards others without knowing anything.】

R-Ryujin-senpa~aaaaaii?!
What the heck, their Dragon God…… isn’t that strong at all.
I thought he’d be at least B- or something, but with that rank, no wonder he can’t handle a whole horde of them.
He has wings, so why didn’t he just fly to safety, or maybe he had terrible skills…… no, whatever the case, he’s dead now.

I doubt he could even put up a decent fight against the Manticore either.
It would be an instant kill. And, in the first place, just because this dragon eats the Abyss doesn’t mean it has any intention to side with humans.

I finally understood why Hibi talked to me in that tone with〖Telepathy〗.
Their Dragon God probably didn’t talk much.
Hibi must’ve been surprised when I suddenly became talkative and kept asking her multiple questions at once.

The villagers probably continued living on with their lives, passing their stories to the next generation.
So, they all assumed that this Amphis was taking a personal dragon time and avoided the village for years.
Well, with the amount of time it spent being M.I.A., the villagers must’ve been expecting another Amphis to come to their village and hail as their Dragon God.
With that rank, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more than two of them out there.

But, even if that’s the case, what was with the promise about the Manticore’s sacrifice…………
………… Aaaargh! I’ll think about it later.
I still have to deal with the current situation of the Abyss at hand.

I turn my head around and meet Alo’s eyes.
Alo looks confused whether to focus on me or her dead Ryujin-sama, but then she shook her head and stood up.

“〖Gale〗!”

Alo raises both arms.
Two medium-sized twisters are formed with magic and the Abyss are forced to hold on tight to the ground.
Meanwhile, I kept knocking down any Abyss that jumps at us from above with my wings.

Looks like we can pull this off on our own.
I was just thinking too much.
The Abyss that are crawling on the ground and getting pressured by Alo’s〖Gale〗can’t reach us up here.
This is Alo’s one-sided hunting fest.

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

One of the Abyss ran out of strength while holding on for dear life and turned into experience points.
The carnage continues as more Abyss run out of strength and become our experience points, with the message notifications continuously spamming loud pings in my head.
Even the young Abyss inside the Dragon God’s corpse was hit by Alo’s〖Gale〗and spurted out gooey yoke, turning into exp points.
The remaining Abyss realized that they can’t win like this and they all went back inside the hole in the cliffside.

…… I don’t think I can fit inside there.
There’s surely more of them inside those holes.
Unless I do something to stop their mass outbreak, neither me nor the Lithuvar Tribe will have a safe rest.
Should I just destroy the whole cliff? Or, maybe lure them all out with bait and exterminate them on sight……

Well, for now, I want to give the previous Dragon God a proper burial first.
The Dragon God’s skeleton was covered in yellow goo and the splat remains of the baby Abyss that Alo killed.
I feel bad for the fellow dragon if I just leave it like that.

Then, Alo tapped on my shoulder.
Looking at her, Alo is stretching her arms left and right.
…… Wait, does this mean……

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Name: Alo
Species: Revana Mage
Status: Cursed, Magic Power Revised (large)
Lv: 30/30 (MAX)
HP: 116/116
MP: 98/132
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O-, oh…… w-, wooah!
Finally, finally, we hit max level!