Journey To The Nix River (Part 2)

While flying towards the east, Heda and Lydia passed through many places. Mountains, forests, towers of varying sizes, and a few large dungeons. They also saw a lot of monsters, some of them which they have already seen before, and some new ones.

"Hey, are those you're sisters and brothers?" Lydia asked as they passed through a group of Devil Eyes. These Devil Eyes' also looked like Heda, the only thing different was that they were smaller in size and did not have a tail.

"Nope. I am a one of a kind. Those inferior beings are just snacks for me. Speaking of snacks, why don't we rest for a bit and eat some roasted monsters?" Heda said while a slimy substance suddenly came out of her tentacle like tails, as if she was drooling in her monster form.

"Sure. Let's take a break for now since this guy on my back might start puking already..." Lydia said while she sighed since after a few minutes when they took of from Greengarden, Philson started getting dizzy and wobbly that she had to use a spell on him just to make sure he does not fall off. As for Nuggets, she was just sleeping peacefully on her back, not budging an inch even with the great speed of her flight.

...

After they landed near a place called 'Fisnar's Great Forest,' based on Lydia's knowledge...

The place was filled with pine trees that varied in sizes. Some were as tiny as a shrub, while some were even larger than Lydia's height when in her dragon form. The place was also filled with monsters that looked like boars, cows, large birds, and so on.

Heda immediately scanned their surroundings and found two possible targets for their lunch. There was a large pack of Silverneck Boars 100 meters north from them and a gigantic buffalo-like monster on a nearby lake, 50 meters at their east.

She told Lydia of their options and heard a surprising response from her.

"I'll take care of those boars. You take care of the buffalo." After saying this, Lydia immediately flew towards the direction of the pack of Silverneck Boars while her wings slashed through the pine trees she passed by.

"Okay... (I feel bad for those trees...)" Heda thought to herself as she went towards the nearby lake, where the gigantic buffalo monster was.

As for Nuggets and Philson, who were left all alone while they wait for the two to get their lunch...

Bawk Bawk! ("Wait! I want to come with you! Don't leave me with Mister Puke over here!")

Seeing that both Lydia and Heda were already gone, Nuggets pouted and just sat down on a stump of a fallen pine tree. As for Philson, after a few seconds of trying to control himself, he puked on a nearby bush.

...

ROOOOOAARRRR~~~

Lydia roared loudly the moment she reached the place where the Silverneck Boars were. She saw hundreds of them.

Silverneck Boars were a bit larger than the average boar, they also had steel-like fur that protects them from sharp weapons like swords, and the reason they were called Silverneck Boars was because of the passive skill they posses, 'Steel Protection.'

Steel Protection was a passive skill that made the boars' have a steel ring that covered their necks that boosted their defense on their head, and if they enter their berserk state, they can turn this steel ring into an entire set of steel armor that covered their whole body.

But sadly for them, they were up against Lydia, a dragon.

Not even having a chance of running away since they were under a Fear effect because of Lydia's roar, they immediately fell one after another after getting smacked by Lydia's spiky tail.

...

While Lydia was having an easy time with the Silverneck Boars, Heda was having a hard time deciding on what she should do.

In front of her was the gigantic buffalo she was supposed to hunt down. The buffalo had dark-brown fur, two pairs of large horns on its head, and some kind of bone plating on its back. Normally, monsters like this were aggressive towards others, but right now, it was just happily sipping on some water from the lake, as if it was the first time it drank water and thought it was the most delicious thing it tasted.

Heda was really hesitating to kill this happy looking monster since she herself knew that monsters had feeling too. Just as she was thinking of what to do, two gigantic buffaloes of the same species arrived. These two were a bit larger than the one drinking at the lake and had black fur and three pairs of large horns on their head.

"Are these two the parents of that happy looking buffalo?" Heda thought to herself while she prepared to leave since she cannot really bring herself to kill these buffaloes. But just as she was about to do so, she heard a loud and whining cry coming from one of the buffaloes. It came from the one who was very happy a while ago. It got tackled by one of the larger buffaloes and came crashing near the spot where Heda was hiding.

"How dare they! Don't worry friend, I will make sure I will turn these two bastards into... ummm... (What's that thing called again? Barbecue?)"

After trying to comfort the buffalo who was in pain beside her using bestial language, she suddenly drove her four tentacle-like tails to the ground. Then a few seconds after that, hundreds of spikes that were as thin as a needle came out of the ground where the two black-furred buffaloes were and impaled them. Their bone plating on their back were useless against Heda's attack.

"Sorry for the trouble, and thank you." The buffalo that Heda helped stood up and approached Heda.

"No worries." Heda wanted to smile at the buffalo but remembered she was still in her monster form. So she just made her body, or eyeball, move up and down. After doing so, she pulled back her tails from the ground and it suddenly stretched like rubber and grabbed both of the black-furred buffaloes.

"Ummm... can I have their monster cores?" The buffalo asked when it saw Heda was about to fly away with both of the black-furred buffaloes.

"Sure." Heda agreed and immediately decapitated both of the buffaloes she was carrying using a thin beam of light that came out from her eyeball. After that, she flew away and returned to the spot where Nuggets and Philson were waiting.

...

After Heda left the gigantic, brown-furred buffalo alone, it suddenly chuckled and laughed while slowly transforming into a muscular guy who was stark naked. He also had very long brown hair and looked a bit scruffy.

"What an interesting beast. It can actually feel pity and has a sense of justice. Too bad that she already has a master. Would have been a nice companion to have around." After saying this, he grabbed a red colored orb from the skulls of the buffalo heads beside him. These orbs were what everyone calls Monster Cores.

After doing so, his mouth enlarged as he swallowed both of the monster cores. And after he was done digesting it, he transformed into a small lizard and went towards the direction Heda went.