“The fact that you only woke up after I was done with the entire pack makes me think you were intentionally stalling to not work, you fat furball.”

Gökbörü raised his head from the horse he was eating. Blood covered his mouth and stained his white fur. His mouth was filled to the brim with meat. He reminded me more of a hamster than a wolf pup. After letting an angry growl he resumed eating. I looked at my bag of holding.

“Around 20 mana stones. No wonder Blanche gave a rat’s ass to regular mana stones. They are easy to acquire when you are strong.”

While not all monsters dropped mana stones, I was able to get a good number of them. Not surprising considering I killed a pack consisting of around 40 monsters.

“Come on we are going. You ate enough.”

Despite his size, Gökbörü was able to eat a surprising amount. He already ate a horse including its skeleton and scales. I am pretty sure I saw him unhinge his jaw like a snake once. He whimpered as he took another bite.

“We are going to hunt stronger monsters. I am sure they will be more delicious.”

He swallowed and tried to jump on me.

“Hell no. Clean your fur before.”

He growled and froze the viscera on his fur. Then he shook off the ice from his fur and climbed to my shoulder. He sniffed the air.

“Anything noteworthy?”

He let out a bored yawn despite waking up just 30 minutes ago. Guess that meant that he sensed no strong enemies. I walked away from the grasslands and entered the forest. Despite the lack of light trees were able to grow here. Though their bark was orange and their leaves were purple. Lily probably would have received mental damage from how ugly the colors were.

“What the fuck is this?”

Between two trees a spider net bigger than my entire body blocked my path. What shocked me wasn’t its size, however, it was what weaved it. It was hairy with fur reminiscent of a tiger except for its naked 8 limbs. Its limbs ended with claws similar to a mole. It had a pig’s head with 8 huge eyes. Its body was like a spider.

“There is no God. If there is one, he cannot be good as he lets you live. He is either powerless to kill you or blind to your existence. Holy shit, you are ugly. You are disgusting. I have seen countless Horde Bugs. I lost limbs and died yet seeing you is the worst thing I ever experienced. What the fuck? What the actual fuck?”

I roasted the spider thing with my words. I just couldn’t stop. Yikes, looking at it sent shivers down my spine. I summoned my spear and injected massive amounts of mana into it. Feeling the mana it must felt threatened as it opened its mouth and spat green liquid at me. I dodged and threw my spear. The liquid melted the ground as my spear tore a massive hole in the creature’s torso. It was an overkill but I just wanted to make sure it was gone for good. I didn’t even search for whether it had mana stone or not. Fuck that.

After cool-looking horses, cute birds, and interesting lion creatures I didn’t expect this kind of horror. If I were to fight against monsters they better be epic-looking!

My cries must entertained the universe itself as I heard buzzing. When I looked in the direction of buzzing I just wanted to leave the dungeon.

Wasps with stingers of scorpion. They were as big as adult dogs. The problem was the fact that there were hundreds of them.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh! Why bugs? Why? Why? I fought against bugs for my life? God, I will never complain about canine monsters again just let me out of this hell!”

I hit the ground with my hammer. Gaia Burst has activated and the wave of wasps clashed with a wave of rocks. While it only was able to kill two dozen or so, it crippled the first wave’s wings. I let Gökbörü take care of the ones in the ground as I tore through the ones that can still fly.

“I hate this, I hate this, I hate this.”

I was filled with disgust, Gökbörü, on the other hand, was fully immersed in the battle, his fur bristling with determination as he leaped and snapped at the grounded wasps, his fangs tearing through their exoskeletons with ease.

Their stingers, while creepy couldn’t pass through my armor. Even if they could, they had to sting me like a hundred times to bypass my resistance. My hammer struck true, shattering the carapaces of the wasps with each swing. It was a gruesome and chaotic battle. After what felt like an eternity, the last of the wasps met its end, and the eerie silence that followed was a stark contrast to the previous chaos caused by their buzzing.

I took a moment to catch my breath and survey the aftermath of the battle. The forest floor was littered with the lifeless husks of the defeated creatures.

Gökbörü, his white fur now stained with the green venom of the wasps, climbed back onto my shoulder. I let him since my armor was also covered with wasp’s innards. Gökbörü started to lick them.

“Aren’t they poisonous?”

I asked but he didn’t seem to mind. Well, maybe it could even help his resistances to grow.

“You are really not a picky eater.”

Gökbörü continued to clean himself and me, his pink tongue making quick work of the venomous residue on his fur. I watched him with a mix of amusement and curiosity.

“They must have a hive or something, right?”

Maybe the boss was their queen or something. Or soldiers. I didn’t know much about wasps. When we encountered them, we usually blasted them with insecticide back on Earth. As I was thinking that Gökbörü stopped licking and looked at the ground. Not soon after I felt the vibrations.

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“Ah, not this shit again!”

My previous battles with the wurm and giant beetle flashed in my mind as something tore through the ground. It knocked down some trees as I retreated back.

“A centipede?”

I sighed as I got ready to charge towards it. But before I could tentacles shot out of from its segments and grabbed me. They were sticky.

(You resisted Paralyzing Venom.)

“If you want to film a hentai find some dark elf or something!”

Gökbörü and I used Ice Wolf’s Breath at the same time to freeze and break free of the tentacles.

“You know when someone gets transported to a fantasy world, they get a harem of hot girls not get attacked by tentacles!”

Gökbörü let out a growl of agreement, clearly not thrilled with our current circumstances either. The centipede, now with its tentacles disabled, slithered closer to us. It was a nightmarish creature, its body segmented and covered in chitinous plates, and its numerous legs moved with eerie precision.

Taking a deep breath and tightening my core, I swung my hammer to its head. The impact caused a sickening crunch, and the creature let out a high-pitched screech, but it didn't go down easily. Instead, it retaliated with a venomous spray from its mandibles. I narrowly avoided the corrosive liquid, feeling the heat as it scorched the ground beside me.

“Gökbörü, legs!”

As I smacked it once again, Gökbörü summoned ice spears and aimed the sever creature’s many legs. Both of our attacks were successful though the creature’s vitality seemed high as it tried to catch me with its mandibles.

“Fuck no, I am not getting caught by something that has tentacles!”

I retreated back as the creature tore through the trees to reach me. The pure destruction it caused was terrifying, to be honest. It hurled itself to me and I jumped and landed on its body. More slimy tentacles shot out of its segments.

“Take a hint!”

I summoned swords, launching them to the segments, where the creature was the most vulnerable.

(Tyranny of King is activated. Your strength increases by 5 for 1 minute.)

Damn, only one proc? Unlucky. I summoned all my mana. The gem on the hammer shone brightly. I brought it down and released all the mana using Mana Erupt. The part I hit exploded but it wasn’t enough. The segment was still connected despite the massive damage it endured and it was trashing around to throw me off.

“Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

With a howl that made me proud, Gökbörü created a massive ice spear and severed the segment. Creature trashed around more before…

(You collected Soul of Giant Tentacle Centipede.)

What an uninspired name. I got closer to it and saw a dagger.

(Bite of Binding Centipede)

(Power: 12)

(Durability: 225)

(A dagger born out of the records of the Giant Tentacle Centipede, a notorious predator known for ensnaring its prey, the Bite of Binding Centipede embodies the relentless hunting instincts of this fearsome creature.)

(Paralyzing Venom: The dagger secretes a potent venom that, upon entering the bloodstream, blocks nerve signals, rendering foes temporarily paralyzed. Victims also experience a numbing of pain.)

(Binding Bite: Each successful strike with the Bite of Binding Centipede carries a 10% chance of inflicting "Slowness" upon the target, impeding their agility by 5. This debilitating effect mirrors the centipede's method of ensnaring its prey, rendering them less agile and more vulnerable.)

The blade was the same shape as its mandible. Its hilt was tightly wrapped in supple, shadowy leather. A single centipede's eye adorned the pommel, casting a perpetual, watchful gaze.

“Creepy.”

I crushed the creature’s head and grabbed its mana stone. It was the largest one I found till now. The dagger had rather low durability and power but useful options. I planned on absorbing it after getting used to it.

Gökbörü took several bites out of the fallen creature before climbing back to my shoulder.

“Guess there are things even you won’t eat.”

I scratched his head. Gökbörü responded with a contented growl, and we continued our journey deeper into the strange and perilous world of the Chimera Garden. I let out a small chuckle. I sounded like Steve Erwin. I was sure he would have narrated the chimeras I fought with an excited Aussie accent.

“Let’s find the boss and move to the next floor. This place isn’t that exciting.”

I slaughtered several more bug-type chimeras. They were weak and Gökbörü didn’t bother eating them. I walked at a fast pace until my gaze met with the massive nest made out of tree bark and brown paper-like material. Scorpion wasps I fought before tended to it and flew in and out. I blended with the shadows and watched them from a distance. Despite the amount I slaughtered before, the buzzing sound coming from the inside and the number of them flying in and out made me think that I barely scratched the surface of their forces.

“The workers are not the problem.”

The soldiers were. At least I thought the smaller and more numerous were workers and bigger and less numerous were the soldiers. Unlike workers, soldiers couldn’t fly. They still had wings but they were atrophied. While all their legs were bigger than workers’ to support their bigger frame, their front legs were different. They resembled a crab’s pincers. The left one was huge and thick like a shield while the right one was thinner and sharper looking. Their stinger was also longer. They resembled more a fucked up love child of a scorpion and crab than wasps at this point.

"Alright, Gökbörü, we need a plan," I whispered, glancing at the nest. "We can't take them head-on. We need to find a way to weaken their forces."

Damn, a fire-related ability would be very handy right now. I searched through my bag of holding.

“Let’s create some chaos.”

I smiled like a maniac. Gökbörü tilted his head in confusion.