Chapter 49: Frozen expanse
Snow covered the ground below like a white blanket. Percy was standing on a steeply inclined surface – a boulder or something.
‘This world must have harsh winters.’
Not used to looking at everything sideways, he climbed down from the rock. He noticed his host didn’t weigh much, their feet not sinking very deep, their steps barely leaving some shallow prints.
‘Good. Let’s not attract any predators so soon.’
Examining his surroundings, he realized his host wasn’t the only unlucky lizard. Countless more geckos stood motionless all around him, having met the same fate. Either some extinction level event had occurred in this region, or it was normal for his species to go through cycles of freezing and thawing with the seasons.
‘Oh well… You don’t mind me eating their cores, do you?’ he asked his new pal.
Percy had already experienced some of the lizard’s memories. He’d watched his host devour its own siblings, so he doubted it cared. That said, he figured it was polite to ask.
No reply.
Shrugging, he activated Mana Sense, noting most of the creatures were not only still alive, but also at Orange like him. Approaching the nearest one, he dug its core out with his claws, before swallowing it whole.