Thanks to cooperating with Emul…… No, looking back at this fight he was the one who did like eighty percent of the job, we somehow managed to defeat the area boss, the Mud Digger.
Frankly, it was a good experience for me. Mainly because I managed to learn about the fact that some enemies possessed insta-kill moves and that not every single battle could be won solo. I also learned that not every single attack can be interrupted. It was a frustrating discovery, but it was a good kind of frustration this time around.
So until I manage to get on Emul’s level, I must do my best and try not to get in his way too much.
「For now, let’s just proceed to Thirdrema…… Guh.」
Because I still had one HP left, my body felt awfully sluggish and I was in a lot of pain. If we were to engage in another battle right about now, I would be dead for sure. I try to restore some of my HP with potions and medicinal herbs, but surely it would take a while for them to recover my health fully right?
Still, the amount of HP I managed to recover instantly was not so bad, so I had no complaints there.
「A, are you alright?」
「I’m alright. Collateral damage is just collateral damage, nothing that can be done about it.」\n「For me it looked more like a fatal wound rather than collateral damage……」
Fuh…… That’s right.
Well, my HP was slowly recovering, so we could finally proceed to Thirdrema without any problems…… Unless that Big Bad Wolf decides to show itself once more.
「…………」
「What’s wrong? You don’t look so well.」
「No, it’s nothing. I just thought that if it was a flag event something would have already happened by now……」
「?」
Wouldn’t now be ideal moment for some monster to try and ambush us? I swear to God, if something like that does happen, I am going to cry!
「Right, so after I upgrade my attributes and repair my things in Thirdrema, we might want to go straight back to Rabbitz. What do you think?」
「Wah……! I think that going to Rabbitz would honestly be the best course of action!」
「Thought as much.」\nWell, if it turns out that the next exploration zone is a good place for levelling up, we might spend some more time there. Although I didn’t say that out loud, as to not startle Emul. Together we went towards Thirdrema, while I was still staggering just a little bit.
「Ah, please wait just a moment, Sanraku-san.」
「Hm?」
We were about to reach the gate of Thirdrema, where a bunch of other people and NPCs were waiting in line at the town guard’s checkpoint. It seems that when you pass that checkpoint, you will safely arrive into town. Emul stopped me just as I was about to approach that checkpoint.
「If we keep on going that way we are going to be attacked.」
「Hm……? Ah, yeah, I guess. Technically you are still a monster…… But wait, weren’t you going through town without being bothered by anyone the moment we first met?」
Ahh, I only realized it now, but surely he must have appeared inside of the city’s limits via the Teleportation Gate. But he wasn’t just any ordinary monster right now, but a member of my party, so it should be quite alright for him to be able to enter the town together with me. But what if some NPCs start asking question upon seeing him? Should I hide him somewhere? But where? I was half naked, so there was no way that the guards wouldn’t be able to notice him.
While I was wondering about that, Emul touched the bracelet that was on his arm and started to sing some incantation.
「This is one of the secret arts that we, the Vorpal Bunnies possess! Sanraku-san, please watch closely and be amazed! “Metamorphosis!!”(TL NOTE: 177013, nuff said.)」
Bwaah!? What’s this!? For some reason, Emul was wrapped in a really thick smoke screen accompanied by an equally ridiculous sound effect. And when the smoke was blown away, what emerged from it was Emul, but……\nInstead of using all of the user’s MP at once and dissolving after a set amount of time, the magic will gradually consume a portion of the user’s MP every set amount of time, until the user uses another spell or his/her MP reaches zero.
In other words, even a monster can become a pretty human for some time!