章 30: Harvest Time
A flock of Red-Eyed Vulture soared in the sky with shiny black wings. The shadows they cast down caused the crows below them to scream in fright.
This world obeyed the law of the jungle, whether monsters or humans. The law was the same since ancient times. The weak would be sustenance for the strong.
Even though the crows were willing to give up their food, the Red-Eyed Vulture mercilessly slaughtered all the crows who dared to take their food.
Evan, who saw the savagery of the monster, just walked among the Red-Eyed Vultures without worrying about being attacked.
He knew the Red-Eyed Vulture was an intelligent monster. The scent of fresh blood that enveloped Evan's body coupled with the aura of Greater-Demon made the Vicious Bird only let out a loud sound to tell that the corpses belonged to them.
Evan didn't mind giving them the food since he already had a pile of fresh Silver Salmon.
After arriving at the edge of the castle, Evan calculated how much he would have to use the Self Collection Skill if the skill radius was only 10 meters.
'There's no way I can finish it tonight!!' Seeing that a single Lamia could reach a length of 10 meters, there was no way he would be able to gather 29,981 Lamia Energy Cores without help.
'At least I have to do it little by little. If just one Lamia energy core can make me go up one Level, how about 29,981 Core Energy? Will I be directly on par with the True Dragon King?'
With that hope, he started to activate his skill.
"Self Collection!!"
[Self Collection will span 700 meters around Host]
[Do you want to sacrifice all your MP?]
[Yes/No]
'Lucky!! Just sacrifice all MP to get 29,981 Energy Cores?? I had thought wrong, it turned out to be an OP's Shabby Skill!!'
Without thinking, he immediately chose the Yes option in his vision.
[Self Collection activated!]
A black magic circle appeared around his feet, and the circle's size started to get bigger.
A flock of Vultures, who were having dinner, were surprised and flew away when the Magic Circle passed them. They didn't even come back to eat again because they saw the magic circle as a threat.
It only took a few minutes for the Magic Circle to reach all of Lamia around the castle. As the Magic Circle stopped growing, a white light slowly began to shine.
As if there were thousands of aids, Energy Cores slowly began to put out from each Lamia's body. And floated closer to Evan.
One by one the Energy Balls were lined up nicely in front of Evan. However, he saw that some Lamias didn't put out any Core Energy, even the rotten corpse behind him didn't put out any Core Energy either.
[Successfully collected 7,451 Energy Cores]
'The majority of Energy Cores are white, and there are only a few that have a gray color. Mob Class Lamia, and the rotting Lamia didn't emit any Core Energy either. Huge loss!! But 7,451 is also a very large number. Now the main problem, how do I absorb that much Energy Core?!'
[The Hidden Quest "Mob Slayer" Completed]
[You have acquired a new skill: Energy Sublimation (Lv1)]
Evan was speechless when he suddenly finished the quest. Even though, at that time, he was confused about how to absorb thousands of Energy Cores in front of him.
'Another new skill... Now I can't be fooled by that cool-sounding skill name. I have to be really careful and understand before using this skill.'
Defining from the name, he understands a little about the function of his new skill. He remembered when he absorbed his first Core Energy and when he absorbed Lamia Lord's Core Energy.
The initially dense Core Energy turned into a vapor that could be absorbed by the body. It was similar to the Sublime event.
"This time I believe in the function of this skill! Energy Sublimation!"
Evan started his skill activation by opening his palm and aiming at the thousands of Energy Cores in front of him.
As Evan guessed, it was similar to when he absorbed Core Energy as usual. It's just that he didn't need to hold it directly and could absorb thousands of Energy Cores at once.
"It hurts so much!!" He tried to endure the pain that radiated in his hands. The rushing flow into his hands gave the sensation of being hit by a waterfall in his bones.
Fortunately, the excruciating pain was only felt in his hand and disappeared when the flow passed through his shoulder.
After the Energy Cores were absorbed. Suddenly he felt limp all over his body, and his eyes started to light up like he was going to faint.
'So this is what happens when I run out of MP. It's really annoying, even though there's a party after this.'
Evan jumped into Piwood's head before losing his consciousness completely.
"Piwood, I want to rest." Evan spoke softly and finally fell asleep in Piwood's head.
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After a few hours, Evan fell asleep. He began to be disturbed by a familiar voice.
"My King... My King..."
"Soon, Liselis. I'm still sleepy..."
"My King..."
"Okay, I'm coming. Is the fish cooked?"
"...Help me!"
He immediately opened his eyes, and his sleepiness immediately disappeared because he was surprised by Liselis's request that did not match his thoughts.
He began to push his upper body with a gasping breath to check the origin of the voice calling for his help. He was sure that the voice asking his for help was Liselis's voice, not from the system.
"This is annoying... Is she teasing me?" Before Evan could get to his feet, his paws slipped from not paying attention to the shape of his bed.
*Thud*
His chin hit the edge of the bed, which was a girl's knee.
"Ouch!! Knees? Why is there someone's knee on my bed and it's so big!" Evan again forgot that he had turned into a one-meter-long dragon.
When he looked back to make sure who the owner of the big knee was. He was surprised because it was not only someone's knees that were on his bed but he who was sleeping on Lucia's thighs.
'Lucia?! Gosh, I forgot again that I'm now a tiny dragon... Hmm, so I slept on her lap... How long have I been asleep??'
There were many questions in his head, but Evan couldn't wake Lucia up. Because she must have slept with him to restore his health.
Evan immediately jumped from Lucia's thigh to find out if Liselis and her Clan had arrived at Darkness Castle or not.
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