Chapter 387: Eighty-Seventh Floor, Mystical Beast Treatment (7)
[Heal the mystical beast under the alchemist’s protection. Time remaining: 95 hours 52 minutes.]
Despite the pale mist still blocking my senses, I felt the same omen from before. At some point, a gaze had fallen on me—completely silent without any trace of presence.
Determined not to repeat my earlier mistake, I immediately activated Flash Strike and launched forward.
Only then did the mysterious figure come into view, but I still could only see a vague outline, a hazy silhouette at best. It was undeniably there, though, even if it remained indistinct.
Just like it is half-submerged in the mist.
What stood out more than its appearance, however, was how its demeanor had changed.
Yesterday, it had only observed me, neither hostile nor friendly. Now, it felt like it was trying to send a message or a signal, as if it wanted to help. I had a hard time describing the situation, but the fact that it hadn’t disappeared despite having the ability to, felt like enough proof.
I stopped running and started walking toward it, almost as if in a trance.
Even as the distance between us steadily shrank, the figure didn’t vanish. It remained there, though still only a blurry form.
A childlike figure with what looks like tufts of fur on its back.
As I drew nearer, the figure seemed to sharpen briefly as its outline gained clarity. However, it dissolved once more into the surrounding mist.
In that fleeting moment, I realized the shapes on its back were not bristling tufts of fur or a tail as I had first assumed. Though I hadn’t seen them clearly, they resembled something else entirely, something more delicate and deliberate.