Chapter 156 - Colony of Ants (1/2)

”Raksha! Bite it!”

Woof! Woof!

Obeying her command, Raksha, the young gray wolf charge toward the giant ant in front of them, bearing its fang at it. While the two were fighting, Sheila also assists her pet once in a while when things about to get dangerous for Raksha. Although the Giant Ant alone is not a trouble for her, that wasn't the case for Raksha as it was still low in level. After grinding some experience by herself, she would occasionally bring out her pets and let them hunt the monster in the wild while following right behind them.

Raksha, it has the meaning of Protection and Moon. Sheila had decided to give that name to the wolf pup which has now grown to young, simply because she wishes it would able to protect her in the time of needs. Its size has grown tremendously when it reached a young age which was now comparable to its previous size before turning into one of her taming pets. If it keeps on this momentum, it should be possible for Sheila to ride on it when it reached adulthood. Just imagining herself riding the gray wolf, adventuring in the wild together, brought a warm feeling of happiness inside of her. Sheila couldn't wait for that time to come.

As for 'Kuu', the mimicry slime. Sheila had told it to practice more on the mimicry skill, that was why it was currently impersonating as a dark long-sleeve jacket she currently wore on top of her summer outfit. Sheila praised it many times when she wore it for the first time as it felt very natural to the touch. She didn't expect to feel comfortable when wearing the dark jacket(Kuu) over her current outfit, it was almost to the point that she thought it was an actual jacket rather than a mimicry of a slime. That was simply how amazing and hardworking Kuu is! It jiggled around her as if embarrassing when it was receiving an honest compliment from her which was also pretty cute in Sheila's opinion.

Looking composedly at the Giant Ant fighting against Raksha, Sheila remembers the time when she had met it for the first time. She had been hunting the fierce wolf for a while now as she memorized its presence due to having Raksha with her. It was at the time when she had just finished hunting a group of them when suddenly this new type of monster menacingly appeared in front of her. She had sensed its presence miles away but have been ignoring it up until now since it didn't seem like it was targeting her, or rather, it looks more like the colony was minding their own business.

But when one Giant Ant approaching her out of sudden, Sheila knew it was going to kill her simply by sensing the killing intent just by staring at it. She was being careful and didn't want to make the first move, worried that by killing this ant, it might attract the colony to her. If that was the case, she would be done for, that is if she couldn't escape the Trial Tower in time which is impossible as she should have sensed them coming miles away from her position. But if she were to be distracted by something else in the meantime, like the time at the park where she was exposed to Yuna... that would surely be the end of her.

Or will it truly? After all, she hadn't forgotten about one important information regarding the Trial Tower. It was the fact that it should be possible to resurrect completely by three times so long as she was 'killed' in the Trial Tower, that was what the system had told her. Since she had never test it before, not because she was cowardly, but more of not having any trust in the system. She didn't want to die young, after all.

Woof! Woof!

While she was pondering over such thought, Raksha went toward her before barking, as if asking for praise which she complies in kind by crouching down a bit and snuggle it close to her. Its fur was very soft and feel comfortable to the touch, one might even exaggerate by saying it was heavenly! If not for its huge size, one would undoubtedly mistake it for a dog. Sheila also treats the young fierce wolf the same as what she would do to a dog. Even though its name clearly screamed 'fierce', it didn't look fierce at all in Sheila's opinion. She was really cute. Yes, Raksha is a 'she'.

It has only been a few days after she talked with her parents, yet she only managed to level up twice. The higher she goes, the harder it is for her to level up. But even with that, with the Trial Tower that has monsters which could respawn indefinitely, it didn't pose that much problem to her. While the other required them to put years of hard work for their skill improvement, she only needs to kill the monster to level up to become stronger. It was like she was born with a golden spoon, but even the system has its cons.