Please Allow Me to Be a Righteous Thief Again Today (1)

The sweet symphony of leveling up.

A warm sensation spreading throughout my body.

Normally, I would have danced with joy.

'Sob, sob.'

But right now, my heart is heavy.

Poor chimera snake.

It was still a baby, but it had its heart torn out by an old knight and died.

Even though it was a fierce creature that indiscriminately killed humans and monsters alike.

Even though it looked like a boss monster, with knights impaled on the spines that grew from its body.

Even though it led tens of thousands of monsters out of the great forest, likely to cause the death of countless humans on the continent.

Even though it kidnapped me, whom it had just met, and dragged me all the way here!

... Now that I think about it, it's hard to defend.

But still.

It was just a baby, wasn't it?

It wasn't its will to be born to lead the monster wave.

It might be more appropriate to blame the World Tree.