Right before my eyes, a wolf as large if not larger than E-800 appeared behind her and pounced its sharp teeth towards her small body.

And I watch, as E-800 suddenly snap around and punch the wolf in the face with the back of her fist.

Awooooo!

She instantly transformed back into her Fenrir form and quickly dug her fangs into the wolf’s neck.

Splat!

She rips a large chunk of meat off its neck, causing it to bleed profusely.

Her level suddenly went up by one.

“She’s strong…”

The people mumbled with awe flickering in their eyes.

After ensuring that the Elite Vampire Wolf was dead, E-800 returned to her human form once again.

“See? I won’t be a burden,” she said to me.

I can’t help but wonder why she is going out of her way to follow me.

But…

“I have already… said that… you are now free…”

My eyes narrowed at her.

“Follow me if… you want… but I… will not babysit you…”

E-800’s solemn expression changed at my words, seemingly brighter.

“Un!” she nodded.

After the wolves were wiped out, we took a few more moments to rest before continuing on our journey.

As we walked, I couldn’t help but look at E-800 with lingering eyes, almost as though I was mesmerized by her.

I don’t know why, but there was something about her that caused me to look at her differently than before.

Perhaps, it was because she was naked?

I looked at the others, and sure enough, they too were gazing at her with weird eyes, especially the men.

They were gazes that made me feel uncomfortable.

I wonder why.

E-800 suddenly looked at me and asked, “Is there something bothering you, E-333?”

She probably noticed me looking around.

I shook my head.

It doesn’t bother me that she’s naked, but the atmosphere was weird.

It was at this moment someone spoke up, “Fenrir, are you okay with looking like that?”

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The one who spoke was from Group 3, another female like her, but the majority of her body was covered in scales, almost like fish scales or some sorts.

E-800 looked down at her own body. “It’s just my skin,” she said as though it was nothing weird.

“...”

The female with scales showed a look of surprise at her words, almost like she couldn’t believe what she’d just heard.

“You should at least cover your vulgar parts; it’s causing trouble for the rest of us in many ways.”

Another one spoke up; it was someone from group 1.

So I wasn’t the only one who could feel the weird atmosphere.

And for some reason, E-800 looked at me.

“Am I troubling you…?” she asked in a saddened voice.

“No…” I said.

“Then it’s all good!” she smiled and no longer paid attention to the topic.

The middle-aged lady from group 1 frowned when she realized that she had been ignored. “Shameful... This is why demi-humans are vile creatures... disgusting...” she mumbled underneath her breath.

E-800 suddenly stopped walking and looked at her with killing intent flickering in her red eyes.

“What did you just say, human?” she said in a low voice, almost sounding like a growl.

The middle-aged lady instantly paled and shook her head, “Nothing! I said nothing!”

I glanced at their short interaction and no longer bothered.

Although humans and demi-humans do not fight each other at sight like we do with monsters, they are not without animosity.

Not all, but some humans view demi-humans as monsters because of their inhuman traits, so discrimination and hostility between us exist — at least this is what I was told by my parents.

After seeing the fearful expression on the middle-aged lady’s face, E-800 sucked her teeth and turned around, continuing to walk.

She probably doesn’t see humans in a bright light, either.

We continued to walk silently for another 3 hours before stopping to rest again.

During this rest period, I couldn’t help but look at the 2 children in group 3.

They don’t seem any older than 10 years old, and the two looked 100% human.

Why were they captured and put on the third floor?

They must have some sort of unique talent or skill that have caught their attention.

The female with scales as skin also interested me. What kind of tribe does she belong to?

There was also the man with a lizard tail, and another with a monkey tail.

“Um… Master…” E-800’s voice resounded beside me; it was low-sounding and filled with uncertainty.

I gave her a calm look, and I didn’t say anything about how she just addressed me.

That gave her expression some confidence.

“What should we do about food?” she continued to ask.

“Food…?”

It took some time for that word to register in my head.

I have long forgotten the fact that we as living beings needed food and nutrition to survive.

Because I can’t die, ‘they’ didn’t bother to feed me and allowed me to starve.

There have been many occasions where I have died from starvation or dehydration, but every time I revive, that feeling would be gone, so I no longer thought about food or water.

“Couldn’t you… have eaten… the Vampire Wolves…?” I said.

E-800 looked at me with wide eyes and said, “Master, undead monsters cannot be eaten even if we cooked them or else you’ll get sick…”

“Is that so…”

That fact, I wasn’t aware...

“Then the next time… you see monsters… that are edible… eat it…”

“I understand…” E-800 nodded.

For now, we can only wait for food to come to us.

“Let’s go…”

I stood up, and everybody looked at me, some with dissatisfaction.

“I know you’re the leader and all, but can’t we rest some more? We have walked for over 6 hours now! My feet are numb and my legs hurt!” said someone from Group 1.

I looked at the middle-aged lady who spoke — the same one who seemed to dislike demi-humans.

“You can rest… for as long as… you want…”

She suddenly brightened up after hearing that.

“Then—”

“But I will be leaving…” I turned around and started walking.

The middle-aged lady instantly froze, her mouth wide open with shock.

The others smiled bitterly, but they didn’t say anything and followed.

When the middle-aged lady finally returned to her senses, her face twisted with anger and hatred.