[Level 10, Ogre created]
[Clear]
[Level 11, Twin headed Ogre created]
'The aura that thing's oozing is crazy.' I thought inwardly, maybe it was due my stats affecting me; I could tell that it wouldn't be an easy fight. Isha had killed the ogre before with a snap of her fingers because it was being annoying while we talked, and now, before I got adjusted to increases in the strength levels, I was now standing in front of a much stronger monster, well, I was fortunate enough to learn that the mana suppressors weren't really able to suppress my aether.
The twin-headed ogre was three, no, four times bigger than me, and with its bulky build, it looked menacing, menacing enough to scare the inexperienced, and with my current state, I knew it wasn't an opponent that I could face without getting injured, so
"Haa..." I sighed and held out my left hand, with my palm open, and
"Erebus." I muttered; I wasn't confident in having enough aether to summon him, but since the monster's level had increased slightly and drastically, I had no other choice now.
PUFF
With a puff of black smoke, a black, cute cat materialised and slumped on top of my head, emptying almost 75% of my miniature aether reservoir.
"Hey." I greeted him, caressing his head with my fingers, and was satisfied to hear him purr.
"GROOOOWWWLLLLL!!!" The twin heads of the twin-headed Ogre roared in unison. Glancing at it for a split second, I tapped on Erebus's head, indicating him to transform.
"Mrw~"
WHOOOOMMM!
BAM!
"....."
"....."
"Pfft."
"Gheth ofp!" I exclaimed with great difficulty while being buried under Erebus's now transformed, huge, fluffy body.
Thankfully, he got off and licked my face without my consent, "You could have gotten off first, you know?" I scoffed at him, got on top of his back, and sat on it.
"I'll ask about him after getting out of here." Isha's voice sounded behind me, and with a nod, I tapped my right foot on his right, indicating him to rush at the monster in front of us.
"Graaaaa!" Its right head roared and swung its chained Morningstar at us, but since I knew Erebus was smart enough, I didn't command him; instead, I readied myself to hunt the monster in front of me.
It wasn't long until Erebus was near the twin-headed Ogre with me on his back; he dodged and closed in on the monster extremely well, as if he had already pre-planned his and the monster's actions. Thinking it may be related to his abilities of some sort, I focused on the task at hand.
"Stun!" I roared, and with a subtle golden glow, the twin-headed Ogre's moments halted. Using the chance made for me, I kicked off of Erebus's back, and with the broadsword on my right shoulder, clenching it with both of my hands, I swung it diagonally downward at the twin heads.
CHUP
THUD
Unfortunately for me, my swing only managed to cut off one of its heads. Gritting my teeth, I morphed my left hand into that of my Frost Devil's form and punched at its eye, piercing through it by the next instance. With a ripple effect, the golden glow dispersed, and understanding that Isha was doing it so that I could face a challenge, I continued to rip the insides of the remaining head of the twin-headed Ogre.
"Grrrrraaaaaaa!!!!" It roared in pain and punched at me, stumbling. Using the small opening caused by its stumble, I pulled back my sword that was stuck in its remaining head's neck and stabbed it at the previously cut neck to dodge the incoming punch.
BAM!
"Gur...ga...." The now single-headed ogre stumbled in a daze due to its own punch, while I climbed up on its half-remaining neck and punched at its ear with my left, devilized arm.
"Blergh...." Holding in my urge to puke due to the disgusting ear wax's gooey sensation I was feeling all around my left arm, I clenched my first and
[Burst] I used my shotgun's ability.
BHOOOM!
SPLATTER!
THUCK-THUCK
"It's disgusting." Isha's comment sounded behind me as I jumped off of the ogre's dematerializing body; its blood splattered on me, and the flesh chunks spread out on the floor.
"It's a shared feeling." I muttered, glancing at my left arm, and noticed that the gooey substance around it had also disappeared, but still, the disgusting sensation remained, making me shiver in disgust.
[Clear]
"Sh*t." I cursed out, and Erebus, who was following me from behind, began to lick my right side of my face.
'Even he is disgusted.' I thought inwardly and shrugged with my mouth.
[Level 12, Minotaur created]
"Ho?" I exclaimed and glanced at Isha, who noticed my gaze and smiled beautifully.
[So, you do remember my cooking.] I heard Isha's voice in my head and nodded my head in response.
[Unfortunately for you, it's just an illusion; if you bring me a Minotaur you hunted, then I won't mind cooking for you again.] She said telepathically, I loved the taste and texture of the Minotaur meat that's cooked by Isha after removing its poison. Of course, even though the poison did no harm to me, its taste made it inedible.
'I have to plan and go to 'Blank' when I have time.' I noted this inwardly, because it was only there that one could find a Minotaur.
After completely materialising, "Raaammmmoooooo!!!!!" The Minotaur roared loudly, standing on its hind legs before zooming at me with a large axe in its hand.
TING!
And Isha appeared behind me, blocking the Minotaur's axe swing with her katana. Understanding that she realised that I alone couldn't handle it for now, at least without fighting with everything I have, she decided to act.
Noticing the smug grin on her face as she looked at me over her shoulder, I understood that she wouldn't fight together if I didn't ask for it, so
"Care to join?" I asked, and she pushed back that humongous monster with a simple, elegant swung of her katana in response to my question.
"Our roles have switched this time around." I muttered with a small smile, as something I did similarly in our previous lives flashed through my mind.
"It certainly has; who knew I would get a chance to do something similar?" She said and stared at me in my eyes; understanding her thoughts, I rushed towards the stumbling Minotaur, clenching my sword.
"What goes around definitely does come around." Isha mumbled and appeared next to me with a smile on her face.
Noticing the red coloured glow appearing around the Minotaur, "Black Mirror." Isha mumbled.
"Dance of the Dark Ink."
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