Chapter 131 - Pursuit (4) (1/2)

When the giant bird of fire attacked the fog, the monster controlling it understood that the bird was way stronger than it, and stopped all the creatures in the forest from attacking Aleen and his group.

It kept a distance and observed Claire from afar. It wanted to avoid fighting the bird and risk being killed.

But when Claire took the initiative to attack its main body, it was completely enraged.

Although it feared the bird's strength, it did not mean that it will let Claire kill it without resisting.

So, it suppressed its instinctive fear of the firebird's aura and attacked with all its strength.

Countless wraiths and ghosts were formed by the fog and attacked the group. They screamed creepily and extended their translucid claws to grab the bodies of Aleen and the others.

This was the true form of the only monster in this game, Resentment Core.

A monster formed by the accumulation of a great number of souls, that feeds and grows by eating more and more souls.

Its body was the fog in the forest, and its main core was located in the place where the firebird exploded. It was a gigantic level-three monster made of countless level-one and level-two souls.

Actually, the wraith that Aleen and the others fought before was just one of the many souls that make up the monster. It was sent out by the resentment core to find new souls to feed it. When the wraith was killed by Claire, it disappeared completely and weakened slightly the resentment core.

But the resentment core owned many souls like that.

And it did not hesitate to use them now.

Aleen and the blue-skinned man's expressions changed. None of them thought that the monster of this game would be so terrifying. If not because Claire told him about the true identity of the monster, Aleen would have ignored that they were inside such a terrifying creature.

And now that it decided to fight against the bird, it used all its strength. Almost all the fog in the forest cleared completely and transformed into wraiths and ghosts. They then attacked Aleen, Claire, and the blue-skinned man.

But when the creatures were just a few meters away from Aleen and the others, a bird's chirp resounded from Claire's body.

"Chirp!!!"

The chirp was filled with authority. It froze all the ghosts in their steps and warned them about attacking its host.

At the same time, the presence of the bird surged from Aleen and Claire's bodies. It was part of the set up that Aleen and Claire had planned before. Claire had left a bit of the bird's aura inside Aleen's body for this moment.

The Resentment Core was completely enraged. The bird attacked it first and then told it that if it attacked its host, it would retaliate with all its strength. It was obvious bullying!

But when it felt the bird's aura coming from Aleen and Claire, it did not dare to attack them.

After all, it truly feared a fight against the bird. It had the feeling that the bird could kill it easily. It was a fear engraved in the deeps of its soul.

So, it redirected all its rage to the only being nearby that was not enveloped by the bird's aura.

The blue-skinned man.