Chapter 116.2
As I searched the area, I suddenly noticed a non-human “gaze” watching me from afar.
I turned around and stared into the darkness deep in the forest.
“…Nero?”
[…]
Coeurl, the phantom beast, appeared again, and by chance or necessity, Nero, as I had named him, stared at me silently, as if sizing me up.
In the dim morning light of the forest, we stared at each other as if checking each other out, and I pointed my black dagger silently at Nero.
“If you are in my way, I will deal with you. If not–“
[Gaaaah!!!]
At that moment, Nero’s tentacles, which had sprung out of the darkness, intersected and collided with my black knife, and I switched positions, thrusting the dagger between Nero’s eyes.
“Lend me your strength, Nero.”
–This–
Nero replied, moving to my side with an agility that defied his huge body, and then he brought his nose close to the ground where the path was no longer distinguishable.