a day later, the reason behind silvi's behavior.

[1 day later]

[andrius point of view]

'Argh... my back hurts'

"Oh...andrius are you awake, are you feeling alright?"

'Andrius wakes up'

As he woke up with a huge backache he heard the voices of Kanna and Tsubasa.

'Yes, yes, I woke up and if I'm fine, only my back hurts'

I answered thinking about why my back hurts until... I remembered what happened while we fell I was still in my werewolf form so I grabbed kanna and tsubasa in my arms while telling alba and wutong to help Silvi has that the fall can hurt her and she has no regeneration in case something happens.

When I told them they went quickly to help her while I fell I ended up hitting rocks that came out of the walls and then fell on my back... now I know what spider-man feels and his back pain... this is annoying but for the most part least I must be half better.

'Oh good you were asleep one day, we were starting to worry'

'THAT'

Tsubasa spoke relieved while I was surprised to know when I slept... but that's not the important thing now.

'Where are alba, wutong and silvi?'

'Apparently as we fell we separated from them, when you fell you hit yourself several times changing direction while they went down slowly'

'...' "(she sighed)"

trying to feel the connection between me and alba because of the contract I can't help but sigh it seems that they are very far from where we are since I barely feel the connection.

'You still have your tracking mark on some of them... I'm too far away to feel the location with the connection Alba and I have, it's too weak and I can barely feel it... at least I know it's alive'

'No… I forgot when we left to come here and as we fell we were too far away to put a mark on it… sorry'

'No, don't apologize... well then we have to find them... we don't know what trouble they can get into while they're alone'

'Yes'

'By the way, kanna is fine, she's very quiet... more than usual'

"Yes... andrius, I'm fine, only a blow that one of the giants managed to give me still hurts"

'Mmmm... let me see'

While I was talking to Tsubasa and deciding what we had to do, I noticed that Kanna was quieter than usual and when she told me that one of the giants hurt her I was surprised so I told her to show me... which she did.

He had a giant bruise on his stomach... from what I see it's already started to heal but it must still hurt a lot, so he took out one of the potions to give it to him... main thing because wutong isn't here and tsubasa doesn't know spells to heal physical wounds... Yes his spiritual elemental affinity gave him some healing spells but only for souls... but, that's not the important thing now, the important thing is to give kanna the potion to get better fast, we don't know when we will need to fight.

'Here... pour half the potion into the purple while the other half drink it.'

'Yes...'

I gave her the potion while I saw how the last potion she had was doing... I hope to find wutong quickly she is the only one who knows healing spells.

'Well... let's rest while kanna recovers a bit to go and look for alba, wutong and silvi wherever he is'

'Good...'

"It's ok Andrew"

After seeing that Kanna finished doing what I said, I told them to rest while Kanna recovers and me the same since my back continues to hurt... but, I didn't finish saying rest when Tsubasa was already asleep... in Seriously, what are you doing with this lazy cat, even though I imagine he was watching us all this time, so I'll let him go.

'Well... I hope alba, wutong and silvi are well wherever they are and that silvi doesn't get into trouble'

I thought as he fell asleep.

[Team POV: AWS]

It's already been a day since they separated from andrius's group and now they're looking for them in these endless caves.

Alba and wutong are fine since they are flying, taking advantage of the fact that the cave is high while silvi complains that she is tired since this is the first time that she walks so much.

'Alba you still haven't been able to feel where andrius is with your connection with him... I'm tired'

"We are not very far away and the only thing I can know is that he is alive... I am also ill, this is the first time that he separated me from him for so long"

'(She sighed) ... you guys, it's not so bad it's just been a day and you're like this'

'Hey... I don't miss him, I'm just tired and I want to find him so he can carry me on his back'

'Aha, yes little squirrel'

'Youuuuu brainless butterfly'

And so a fight began... between Silvi and Wutong.

"Okay... stop now, we're in a place we don't know and if you keep making so much noise we can draw the attention of some monster"

'Well...'(x2)

'(She sighed)... andrius has a lot of patience'

Already getting tired of the fight between wutong and silvi, Alba scolded them while thinking that Andrius has a lot of patience to stay calm with both of them.

"(He sighs) By the way... silvi"

'What's wrong dawn?'

"Well... it's already been a day and you've behaved differently than usual... are you okay?"

Suddenly Alba called Silvi and asked her about her behavior since they separated from Andrius, Wutong stopped looking to the sides and paid attention to the conversation since she was also surprised about Silvi's behavior... part was silent for a moment before replying.

'... Of course I'm fine and even for you it's strange how I'm behaving, that's how I should act normally... my mental affinity wouldn't allow me to act that way but I use it to get some revenge on andrius for everything what he put me through when he was just a normal animal... hehehe, just seeing him lose the little patience he has is very funny to watch and a perfect revenge since he doesn't know how to act with someone with that behavior... hehehehahahahaha '

'...' (x2)

Silvi answered while alba and wutong remained silent not knowing how to respond to what they just heard...

"And... how do you know that he has no patience for that attitude of yours?"

'Well... andrius before you will arrive and take me with you, he used me as a "helper" to train his telepathy and even though at first my little squirrel brain did not understand him, after I became a monster I managed remember everything he said and while he was training he talked about many things..."

After alba came out of her daze over silvi's confession she asked her and silvi replied while remembering the times that andrius used her to enter his telepathy and talked about different things, she can say that she is the one who knows andrius the most from the group both his likes and dislikes... about his rebirth and his system... even though she won't say that, andrius said before he told it that he won't tell anyone what he will tell her and she even that she is taking revenge on him for doing her go through so many scares... but, even though she is taking revenge, she is still grateful to him, for helping her become a monster, even indirectly but still grateful.

So she swore not to tell anyone what andrius told her, after all andrius helped her become a monster and have the mental affinity that she has, she had come to the conclusion that by andrius training his telepathy on her helped him gain that affinity... and thanks to it he was able to remember what happened before he became a monster, and thanks to it he can keep the secret better since since he started training he has been improving his mental defenses.

"(He sighed) anything as long as you don't harm andrius"

'Of course he wouldn't do that'

"Well... I'll trust you... come on we have to find them"

'Hey...hey wait for me'

Alba sighed as she saw the squirrel and said that, Silvi was annoyed with her for thinking that she would do something to Andrius, Alba flew faster to not fight, sure for Silvi while the poor wutong who was watching in case no monsters came almost killed her. they leave behind

[on the surface]

While the atk group and the aws were underground, two ice giants could be seen on the surface in the area where the giants exploded.

"Have you found any indication that those monsters have died?"

"No... but, I found a drop to the underground... possibly when the leader's son and his group self-destructed they caused the ground to drift creating an entrance to the underground tunnels, possibly they are there"

"...send a communique to the sub leader about our discovery and ask if they want us to go in and search there"

"Good..."

The giants began to speak while waiting for the response of the sub leader, even though they were sent to check if those monsters had died, entering those tunnels would increase the risk of death for them more than being here and waiting for a snowstorm... at least they know that the strong winds of the storm won't take them away nor the strong cold will kill them, but in those tunnels their ability to fight will be greatly limited by their size and weight... that's why they honestly didn't want to go there.

"The reply from the sub leader came..."

"What, what did he say"

The second giant spoke as his face darkened and the other giant quickly wanted his answer but after seeing his face he had a bad feeling.

"He said that the same leader ordered us to look for the bodies of the monsters that killed his son and not to return until we find them"

"...come on, the faster we get down and find them the faster we'll get back"

"Yes..."

With darkened faces they went down into the tunnels hoping to find the bodies of those monsters not so far below.

And so began another adventure... the question is, which group will find the other first... just wait and see. (Because I don't know either. :v)

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Hi... just wanted to talk about some things I thought while dodging the chapter.

Silvi's personality/attitude/behavior, just to clarify how mature she may be now according to her, she is still a newborn monster so to speak, so her personality/attitude/behavior can change as she grows or passes the time time... so sometimes she can act childish or other times more mature or serious.

And this is the one I was thinking of to clarify... it's about romance, even if I don't implement it for now, keep in mind that we are in a world of animals and monsters, so don't expect monsters to fall in love or behave like a person in love according to the ideas of human behavior so to speak.

They are or were animals that acted on instinct so they will emit partners according to their strength, potential or status, something like with Kanna who chose Andrius for his strength and potential, she already decided that he would be her partner and that will not change... since, she is a dragon so it must be understood but andrius still understands this point, a part of him wants to do it the human way so to speak.

So it would not be uncommon for some female monster to decide to have children with andrius just for those reasons... but for my part and andrius's part I will wait until 1) Andrius has a human form and 2) her companions have a larger body adult.

I think that's all, I hope you liked the chapter, if you liked it save it in your library, leave your power stone and comment on what I can improve or whatever you want.👍