10 - Shrooms

Chapter 10 - Shrooms

Written By Curiostyx

~[The Wyrm]~

The Gunelift silently swam across the riverside as he took a wary glance towards the vicious Lobster.

Luckily enough, it didn't seem to be another Wyrm as the Gunelift felt its gaze land hot on his tail...

But then, its attention was swiftly drawn away as it felt complete indifference towards the Wyrm's presence.

It wasn't a Wyrm and didn't feel particularly hungry, considering it just fed. A Gunelift wouldn't reward much EXP, anyway...

With bated breaths, the Wyrm witnessed the Lobster's departure as the sound of its rumbling steps responded through the surroundings.

He was tempted to send an Appraisal to the Lobster, but he wasn't arrogant nor dumb enough to convince himself that the Lobster wouldn't be able to sense it.

He lacked knowledge about the fine details of the Skill but knew that whoever created it must have added some downsides as well. Balance was still important, after all.

The target being able to know you Appraising them would be a good flaw to this crazy invasion of privacy Skill. At least, that's what he thought...

Perhaps it had a different flaw, but he only had a single life to test it with and he was sure as hell ain't gonna do it today.

The Wyrm finally released his breath as the Lobster got out of sight. He finally mustered up some courage as the Wyrm swam closer to the river center, taking in the sights along the way.

'This world is pretty damn mysterious...' He commented as he saw large fungal growth dominating the riverbed, acting as a sort of replacement for algae.

'I don't even know how that works... Pretty cool, though.' He thought as the shadow of his form covered a segment of the fungal patch directly below him.

They glew in the dim light as bright bioluminescence radiated out of the fungal patch, adding even more light into this already bright biome.

'Must be poisonous, or something...' He concluded due to the fact that there weren't any animals munching on the easily accessible food source.

With the new-found knowledge, the Wyrm wrote yet another entry to the "Don't fuck around with this, or you'll find out" list.

The Wyrm observed a school of mice-sized Sardines swimming in the distance. A pattern resembling a stream of fire ran down their sides, giving them a rather impressive color scheme.

'Food...' A stream of mysterious liquid flowed down his chin, somehow not being affected by the magma's overflowing heat, as he stared longingly at the Sardines.

In the entirety of his new life, he had consumed nothing but the flesh of his own unborn siblings, such a reaction was quite understandable.

But he encountered a problem... When he tried to catch one of the many students of the school, it was way too God damn fast.

Like Achilles himself, the Sardines simply bolted away from his area of attack whenever the Wyrm got close to their immediate area.

He could probably get to them if he made use of another Heat Wrap, but accomplishing such a maneuver would definitely deplete his SP to a dangerous number.

Potentially fatal, even.

Range attacks such as his Fireball Breath and Discomfort Spell would also be a massive waste, his MP would hit zero again!

With watery eyes, the Wyrm departed from the area as he couldn't get his hands on any food...

Perhaps he'd have to resort to consuming the fungal patch on the ground. He had no other option, so with a heavy weight on his mind, he made his way to the river bed.

The glowing shrooms littered the ground as they swayed from side to side, following the stream's flow.

The Wyrm gulped as he stared at the mushrooms, there had to be a catch to them, but he couldn't afford to think much anymore...

-Crunch~!*

With a soft crunch, a segment of the mushroom was torn off and entered the Wyrm's throat.

'Oh... Oh hell... Fuck...' He immediately figured out why no one wanted to feed on these shrooms.

Absolutely putrid, those were the only words that came to mind when describing the horror that is the taste of this demonic delicacy.

Tears welled up inside his eyes as they formed a steaming hot stream that flowed down his face, dripping onto the solid ground.

He forced his mouth to move as it continued chewing on the chunk of fungus. His tongue receded into the back of his throat as it tried to evade touching the disgusting mushroom.

-Gulp~!*

With an audible gulp, the chunk was pushed back into his esophagus and fell down to his stomach.

Immediately, the Wyrm's face turned as green as Shrek as he made a gagging expression that a Webnovel reader ought to be familiar with.

"Cough... Cough~!" The Wyrm choked on his own throat as his body went into turmoil, trying its God damn best to eject the chunk from his stomach.

It climbed back up to his throat but was blocked when another chunk fell down and pushed it deeper.

To stop throwing up, the Wyrm filled his mouth with the shrooms and continued swallowing them, pushing them deeper and deeper into his gullet.

His face constantly transitioned from color to color as if he had just swallowed a whole bucket of RGB lights.

-Gulp~!*

With a loud gulp, he swallowed the final chunk as the shrooms traveled down into his stomach.

-Grrr...~*

Peculiar noises were produced as his stomach rumbled in outrage, his organs were rebelling!!!

'Shut the fuck up, Stomach-san! Just digest it and I'll promise I won't abuse you anymore, okay!?' The Wyrm shouted as he sent a tiny fist toward his tummy.

'Uegh... Why did I do that...' He complained internally as he rubbed his chest in pain.

It somehow worked though, as Stomach-san had decided to finally cease his foolish rebellion.

'Ugh...' His Stomach had stopped its rumbling but the pain was still there... Thankfully, with Pain Mitigation it wasn't such a big problem.

A quick glance at his Status revealed the fact that his HP hadn't been affected by his lunch, but his SP had slightly increased by a few points.

Seems like the Shrooms weren't actually poisonous, just extremely repulsive to consume.

The Wyrm took a heavy glance toward the Shrooms as he let out a sigh... He then took another bite.

『The Title ~Foul Feeder~ has been bestowed. In response the Skills ~Poison Resistance LV 1~ and ~Rot Resistance LV 1~ has been acquired.』

And another.

It seems that he wouldn't have much of a gourmet menu from now on...

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"Sorry for the delay, Had a problem with my laptop and I refuse to write with my phone." -Remark.

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