Maeve blinked, looked up at the two-story-tall monster, and pointed at herself. "Me? Eat those two?"
"Yes."
This was the solution Elliot had come up with.
There was no supernatural flesh in the waking world, but there was in dreams!
These monsters called [Lord of Dreams] could neither be communicated with nor commanded. Their only use was that, once killed, they dropped Cards from the [Dream Memory] series, which he could use to build his own Dream World.
However he looked at them, these monsters ought to qualify as "flesh containing supernatural power."
And they did not simply disappear after dying, either. They left corpses behind.
This... should be edible, right?
Bang, bang, bang!
Several gunshots rang out, and the monster fell. There were no bullet holes in its body, but it had fallen all the same. In Vanessa's experience, that meant it was dead. "Go ahead and eat."
Maeve: "..."
She hesitantly approached the four-legged monster. This one had no fur, so it seemed a little less difficult to stomach.
Crouching down, she tried opening her little mouth to gauge how to bite it, only to discover, somewhat awkwardly, that there was really no good place to start.
"Do I just bite it?"
Vanessa thought for a moment and found it rather strange herself. Perhaps she should get a knife to cut it up?
"You... hmm, try mobilizing your spirituality and activating your innate ability..."
Since Maeve had only just entered the supernatural and had no experience, Vanessa spent some time guiding her. At last, Maeve successfully channeled her spirituality into her innate ability. She stared at the monster before her, concentrating on eating it.
The flesh around her mouth squirmed slightly, and the corners of her mouth seemed to rise a little.
Her mouth slowly split open, and