Chapter 592: Aro’s Sense of Smell
Once I’ve confirmed the surrounding area is safe with [Presence Perception], I lower my two [Ouroboros] heads to the ground and open my jaws.
『It’s over now. You can come out.』
I call out to Aro and the treant, who have been taking refuge in my mouths.
『Master-dono… I’m glad your safe.』
In tree spirit form, treant crawls out, sliding over my tongue. Sure enough, he’s covered in my saliva.
『You went through a lot, master-dono… To think there was a monster like that…』
Y-you also went through a lot, treant. Sorry about that. There really was no other option at the time.
I didn’t expect us to run into a max-level L rank like that. I was getting complacent, certain that I could deal with any number of A+ ranks this place could throw at us.
Knowing that threats like the origin matter are around, rushing through this Forest of Ngai is risky, but time is too critical to take it slow. If we dawdle for too long, we’ll be too late to return. In the end, even knowing the danger of this Forest of Ngai, we’ve no choice but to keep pushing on as before.