Chapter 48: Chapter 48: The Chase

"Sorry for disturbing you!"

Charles offered an awkward smile to the giant creature before him, quickly reeling in his fishing line. Then, he turned to Max with a scolding tone, "All you think about is eating, and now look—you've gone and disturbed someone's rest!"

Without wasting another second, Charles grabbed Max and bolted toward the forest. As he ran, he glanced back at the monster's status panel:

[Devouring Serpent]

[Attribute]: Water

[Level]: 60

[Quality]: Gold

[Emotion]: Agitated

[Health]: Healthy

[Description]: A recently ascended sixth-tier Mystical Beast with enough destructive power to shake mountains. You've disturbed its rest, and it is now extremely agitated.

After quickly scanning the system's information, Charles inhaled sharply, feeling a thousand curses surge through his mind. "Of all the places, why do I keep running into this guy?"