Chapter 168: Cause for Concern
"Alright, the corpse is in my Storage Ring, let’s take a short break to rest up and then head back to report this," Remarked Raven, the others taking a seat on the grass in response.
"Yeah, I’m not particularly tired or anything, but the stress and adrenaline I felt after that mutated bear showed up kinda wore me out mentally," Responded Akila with a wry smile.
"Me too, though I do feel a bit physically fatigued as well," Sighed Ferd.
"Probably because I healed you, your arm was badly fractured and the right side of your ribcage sustained some damage too," Raven informed him.
"I really am sorry, you wouldn’t have gotten so hurt if I’d held back a bit more," Spoke up Zina apologetically.
"Like I said before, you have absolutely no reason to apologize. A few fractured bones is a price I’m more than willing to pay when the alternative would’ve been death," Ferd shook his head with a wry smile.
"What was with that Monster, anyway? Was is simply just a random mutation? Or maybe evolution?" Suggested Laiza uncertainly.
"Hm, good question...I’m leaning more towards the former, given how deformed its appearance was compared to the other Death Grizzlies, so I doubt that was evolution. There are a few Monster species that can evolve, like Goblins and Slimes, but Death Grizzlies aren’t one of them," Pointed out Raven.
"I-I really hope this was a one-off thing, it’ll be bad if more mutated Monsters like this one start popping up. I-If a Mid Level Monster got this much more powerful, I-I don’t want to imagine how powerful a mutated High or Critical Level one would be," Shuddered Kia warily.
"Hm...hey, are there ant Monsters in this world?" Inquired Akila curiously.
"Yeah, there are, they’re called Giant Ants. Why?" Responded Raven.