Chapter 305: The Reason for Helping That Knight
Thunk...
"......."
A small black pup, its appearance reminiscent of a newborn husky, accidentally let go of the hourglass it had been carrying in its mouth.
The hourglass, filled not with sand but with fine gemstone dust, was clearly an artifact of significant worth. And yet, there it lay, rolling across the ground in a pitiful fashion.
But the pup—no, the high-tier monster Ortos, a two-headed beast with a serpent’s tail—couldn’t even bring itself to care about that.
Its mouth remained gaping open, frozen in shock.
Despite being a monster, Ortos was intelligent—far more so than the average creature of its kind. It was capable of expressing a wide range of emotions, which was why, at this moment—
"W-Woof."
Tremble!
—its entire body shuddered in sheer terror, as if it had just pissed itself.
Because—
Drip, drip...