Slurp, slurp.
Biting down on a corner of the monster, Gluttony sucked hard, completely ignoring its struggles and wails as he blended into the shadows.
The enormous monster immediately began shrinking at a visible rate.
A dozen or so seconds later, when the monster had shrunk to the size of a cow, Gluttony suddenly opened his sucking mouth wide and swallowed it whole, skin and bones included.
The enormous monster had become Gluttony's meal.
Although Gluttony had already eaten more than one delicious meal that day, he certainly did not mind an extra late-night snack.
So, when he sensed similar snacks nearby, he conveyed his longing to Qin Ran.
"Not yet."
Qin Ran shook his head slightly.
He knew very well that what he needed now was to obtain information about this world more quickly.
As for hunting monsters?
That could wait a little longer.
Gluttony whined like a hungry cub before disappearing into the shadows, while Qin Ran sensed the changes in his Source Force.
Compared with eating real "food," the Source Force gained from hunting these monsters was far smaller, almost negligible.
This only made Qin Ran more curious.
He set off again, heading toward the library.
Once the monster disappeared, the real library immediately revealed itself.
It stood less than thirty meters from where the monster had been.
At the entrance, a cold-faced guard, unlike the other friendly guards, watched Qin Ran approach step by step.
Qin Ran likewise spotted the guard at a glance.
"Above Tier I, but below Tier II."
His Entry Rank Perception gave Qin Ran a fairly clear grasp of the guard's strength.
With that kind of strength, eliminating the earlier monster would have been ridiculously easy, yet the guard had not done so. In that case...
"Some rules I don't know about?"