Smack! Crack!
"I need to roast it a little longer. Otherwise, parasites would be troublesome."
Above the burning flames, the snake meat cut into small pieces had been threaded evenly onto a skewer and was being roasted over the fire!
Moss slowly turned the branch in her hand, sucking back the tears at the corners of her mouth as she said with slight regret:
"It's a shame there's no salt or cumin here. Otherwise, it would be perfect."
Sizzle!
The fat kept popping in the flames, constantly releasing an enticing aroma that tempted Moss.
"Gurgle... Just a little longer. It'll be ready soon!"
Moss swallowed, her eyes fixed intently on the snake meat before her.
Actually, she wasn't hungry right now. The pile of chopped vegetables from earlier had already been enough to fill her stomach.
But this was meat! Cooked meat!
Since her reincarnation, Moss hadn't eaten even a single cooked thing!
That Flame Marsh Lizard from before didn't count. At best, it could only be considered warm raw meat!
Now that she had the ability, she had to enjoy a proper meal of cooked meat!
"Anyway, I have the Glutton talent. Anything I eat can be converted into energy and stored, so it'll be fine!"
Moss brought the roasted snake skewer close and sniffed it. The fragrance of the roasted meat made her smile in satisfaction.
She couldn't be bothered to wait for it to cool and bit straight into it!
Delicious! Delicious! Super delicious!
It clearly didn't have any flavor at all, so why was it this delicious?!
Moss narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, a glimmer of moved tears flashing in them!
"Mmph~ Mmph mmph..."
Moss chewed the snake meat, her movements growing faster and faster. The roasted snake skewer, larger than her body, was rapidly being devoured!
Before long, Moss stared blankly at the branch that was all she had left in her hand, feeling a little lost.
"It's all gone..."
Moss sighed, casually tossed the branch aside, spread her hands, and shrugged helplessly.
"It couldn't be helped. A snake is only so big. It would've been great if I could have another one, but..."
Moss lowered her head and glanced at her perfectly flat belly. She reached out and rubbed it, saying in surprise:
"Was it completely digested the moment I ate it? That's way too fast!"
The snake meat she had just eaten had already been digested completely, without leaving behind even the slightest residue!
Moss felt as if her body were a furnace. Anything she ate disappeared in an instant!
"This is convenient. I don't need to deal with bodily functions anymore!"
"But with digestion this fast, if I eat poison, will it take effect faster, or will it be completely digested?"
"If parasites or germs enter my body, will I become infected, or will my body digest them directly?"
Moss scratched her head, feeling a little confused. The key was that these things weren't exactly easy to test!
After struggling with it for a while, Moss still couldn't figure anything out, so she could only set the matter aside for the time being.
"Forget it, forget it... I won't think about it anymore. Time to work!"
Moss stood up and stretched her body, beginning today's work plan!
Burrowing!
She had to widen the original entrance a little. Otherwise, even entering and leaving the cave would be inconvenient!
"Ah, I've got another busy stretch ahead of me!"
Moss murmured softly. Thinking of her fully packed schedule ahead, she couldn't help but reveal a bright smile.
"Oh my, I'm really looking forward to it! I'll expand the entrance first, then make the inside bigger too..."
In the blink of an eye, two months passed!
"Ah-ha! Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Whoosh! Boom—!
A surging wave of fire seemed ready to swallow everything, its dazzling light shining through the pitch-black sewer!
Bang bang bang bang!
As the sounds of objects hitting the ground rang out one after another, the dazzling firelight vanished as well!
Congratulations, Awakened One. Your level has increased!
Tap!
Moss landed lightly. Her snow-white fur moved despite the absence of wind, as if it were burning!
The fading glow of the flames illuminated her outline, while a vicious light like that of a ferocious beast flashed in her crimson eyes!
A smile that seemed delighted and excited, yet slightly twisted, curled at the corners of her mouth. Sparks that had yet to burn out sprayed from between her lips.
She... was like a monster in the flames, viciously slaughtering...
"Huh? Don't make me sound like some kind of villain! First, get it straight—I'm the one who was attacked here!"
Moss raised her head, seemingly speaking to no one in particular. Her puffed-up expression was incredibly adorable; she had already become a full-fledged cute pet!
Of course, Moss wasn't concerned about that sort of thing right now. What mattered more to her were these sudden attackers!
A group of black spiders!
Their bodies were as dark as ink, their eyes glowed red, and each one was about the size of an ordinary person's palm. They were also extremely aggressive!
Moss counted the Black Spiders burned to death on the ground. There were actually more than a hundred of them!
Looking at the spiders, Moss said solemnly:
"These spiders are inexplicably similar to those Black Rats. What exactly is the reason?"
She wasn't saying that they looked alike, but that their behavior was similar: they attacked the creatures around them indiscriminately!
Moreover, these spiders were even more vicious than the Black Rats, probably because their brains weren't as developed as the rats'.
According to the information from Moss's Detection, their Spirit attribute was lower than the Black Rats'.
"Generally speaking, most spiders aren't social creatures. Why are they gathered together now?"
"Has spring arrived? No, that can't be right. How could there be so many spiders gathered together?"
You're not allowed to join in...
"Ughhh..."
Moss shook her head vigorously, suppressing the strange thoughts in her mind.
"Still, fortunately, these spiders are all gathered in the enormous shaft to the north and don't often come over here. They shouldn't be a problem for now."
Moss didn't take these spiders to heart. Instead, she opened her status panel. Thanks to these spiders, she had leveled up once again!
Name: ??? Class: Warrior Level: Bronze Level 7 Constitution: 7 Spirit: 7 Job Points: 5 Talents: Mana Enhancement V→VII, Mana Release V→VII, Flame Manipulation V→VII, Mana Perception V→VII, Meditation Body Refinement V→VII, Glutton III→V, Detection I→III...
During these two months, Moss had mainly trained the parts of her talents related to Magic Power and flames. Her other talents had basically not increased.
Even so, Moss, now at Level 7, was already one of the strongest creatures in the surrounding area!
The few forces stronger than her were either vast in number or made up of individuals whose strength surpassed hers!
For example, the nest of these Black Spiders that had just attacked her was one of them!
There were also the gigantic lizards wintering in the main sewer to the south. Moss had nearly died at their hands in the past!
To the northwest was a terrifyingly huge centipede. Its body was extremely hard, and the area around it was filled with highly concentrated methane!
Moss's strongest attack at present was fire. Fighting that Giant Centipede in such an environment would be tantamount to seeking death!
Although that creature was weaker than her, Moss still classified it as a threat!
Finally, there was the most terrifying force of all: a Snake Den to the west containing several thousand venomous snakes!
Moss would never have imagined that there could be so many snakes in the sewer!
The first time she encountered them, she had nearly been scared to death. Fortunately, she had managed to escape in the end.
Other than these four forces, however, the creatures in the remaining areas were no longer a match for Moss!
As for that group of Black Rats, Moss had never seen them again. She didn't know whether they had all died or fled somewhere far away.
"I'm back!"
Moss returned to the cave and, as she spoke, pounced on Little Ball, who was coming to greet her!
Flop!
"Ah-ha, it's so soft and comfortable! I'm exhausted..."
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