These monsters looked like emaciated otters walking upright, with only their eyes protruding like a snail's.
Their bodies were covered in long, blood-red fur.
But the blood-red fur didn't hang naturally. It drifted through the air like living jellyfish tentacles.
At first glance, the monsters looked like clusters of ominous will-o'-the-wisps.
They moved during the brief periods when Curvature Space entered the bright pole. Although they moved extremely fast during those periods, they wasted time in the gray-matter layer of Curvature Space and at the dark pole. Averaged out, their speed was not much different from a Natural Scholar moving at full speed in the real world.
"Could these be Shadow Wall Demons?"
Reilo guessed.
Could these strange, nearly immortal shadow creatures in the real world be ugly, otter-like creatures with ominous red fur in Curvature Space?
There were four of these long-furred creatures in total.
But since they could move only when Curvature Space entered the bright pole, they were far slower than Reilo. He had no trouble approaching them to observe them.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
When Curvature Space entered the gray-matter layer, the strange creatures became motionless. Reilo approached and examined them, but what surprised him was that they hadn't entered the so-called dormant state. They were simply staying still, their snail-like eyes blinking in unison as they stared at him.
Meanwhile, the ominous red fur on their bodies, like jellyfish tentacles, emitted a series of hissing sounds.
"Could they have to obey the rules here, too? If they move in the gray-matter layer, they have to expend energy—and they simply can't afford to?"
Soon,
Curvature Space shifted from dark to bright and reached the bright pole.
Almost exactly as Reilo had expected, the monsters immediately lunged at him.
Naturally, they were no match for Reilo's speed. He