Chapter 350: Aro’s Evolution
350 – Aro’s Evolution
Flying low, I manage to escape the basilisk’s meal candidates. They’re ultimately just beasts in a state of agitation. All I need to do is put some distance between myself and them, for them to stop chasing me and I can leave them to slaughter each other. It seems the basilisk wanted to get me involved in that huge brawl, but fortunately, due to the difference in our magic power, it didn’t inflict a severe status condition in me.
Looking back, I see the monsters crying out strangely as they fight in the distance. The adam is firing off [Gravidons] indiscriminately while crushing the monsters around it one after the other through kicks. Adams are attack-and-speed specialised striker types. It doesn’t have any opening that a lower rank monster can take advantage of…. No, it got turned to stone by the lower rank basilisk somehow.
Now that we have some distance, I want to land right away. The nightmare was somehow able to bring along the bucket with its thread, but regrettably a lot of the contents were shaken out in the process.
The basilisk that my partner wanted to eat is also in tatters, with its skin peeling off and the flesh gouged out. It was dragged along the ground, so it might have been inevitable, but looks pretty gruesome. It looks like the result of a grisly execution. By the way, I might have been underestimating its [Poison Sash], as plumes of smoke are rising from the ground where its magenta blood scattered.
…It’s really not something you should eat. Hey partner, do you seriously want to eat it? I feel like I’m always in your debt and I want to thank you, so if you really want to, it’s fine? It probably won’t be enough to break our stomach. But I can’t recommend it very highly. If you don’t mind waiting a little bit longer, I’m confident I can prepare something a lot nicer.
After landing on the ground, I put the treant down and then place my chin on the ground and stick out my tongue for Aro to roll out. On top of being covered with my saliva, she’s now also got dirt sticking to her. Oof… Sorry.
She slowly getting to her feet, then nods towards me as though to say not to worry about it. She nods, but doesn’t say it out loud. Th-that’s right! More importantly, evolution, evolution! She should now finally be in range to evolve.
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