While the demonic children were practicing their chaos flames against magic dummies, Dreu gathered the seven demon worms before him. As he got ready to look through the prompt window of these seven newest additions, Zog landed on his shoulder.
Can I practice with those kids?
Dreu still had a hard time adjusting to Zog’s voice. He wasn’t sure what voice suited Zog but the high pitched voice, similar to those used by people towards infants, seemed very out of place. Regardless, he was content that they could communicate with each other now.
Go ahead! Try to be careful around them! Your flames may harm them if you accidentally hit them.
Once given permission, Zog happily flew over to the children. Ragellon summoned another magic dummy and Zog attacked it with lots of ferocity. Even from where he stood, Dreu could tell the magic dummies had to be replaced every few minutes. Dreu considered joining them but he learned the dummies weren't ideal for close combat. Meanwhile, Ilveroz and Aggich were chasing some poor demonic creature down. Between Aggich’s slow and Ilveroz’s speed, none of the small weak creature stood a chance. Lacking experience with training creatures, let alone demonic creatures, Dreu left them to play on their own as he was told play was a form of training for animals and suspected demonic creatures were no different. Once caught, the duo showed mercy by letting their tag prey go. Remembering what he was planning to do, the young man returned his attention to the demon worms.
< Lv 5 Demon Worm (Keth):
Status:
+5% attack and defense from veterancy.
-25% hit points from old injury.>
Dreu held up Keth to find the old injury mentioned in the prompt window. There was a gash mark along the demon worm’s back, one that was almost as long as the demon worm himself. Like the demon worm Zog, Keth couldn’t communicate with him so Dreu had no way of knowing what caused the injury. The young man could only assume that Keth was lucky to have survived the encounter, especially when he recalled what happened to the spiders. Despite surviving, the hit points debuff was massive and the young man had to wonder if the debuff would carry over to Keth's evolution. Given that the demon worm could move and fight just fine for now, he placed Keth down and moved to the next one.
< Lv 4 Demon Worm (Xig):
Status:
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+5% attack from combat experience.
+5% movement from speedy legs.>
Xig was the speediest of the bunch and was always the first demon worm to reach the enemy. Despite not fighting any better than its other counterparts, Xig exhibited that it could use its legs to dodge enemy attacks better than its friends. One had to wonder if the movement buff wouldn't transfer over to the demon butterfly due to it specifically referring to legs. If Zog was any indication, then the movement buff might be wasted since demon butterflies legs didn't do much. Dreu was about to check on another demon worm when the shouting of the demonic children got his attention. He looked up to see them pointing and screaming. He followed their stares and stopped upon seeing a Fel Spider running towards them. Then, the spider unexpectedly halted in its movement as though it hit a wall. Behind it, there was a group of demonic versions of monkeys. If they weren't dark gray with demon like eyes, Dreu would totally mistaken them for the primates known to live in some parts of the human kingdom. After what he experienced with spiders, he felt that staying out of this conflict would be the best course of action. In a cruel environment like the Demon Realm, the spider was merely another creature that was too weak to protect itself.
We got to help her!
Dreu turned his head in surprise. He didn’t even notice Zog landing on his shoulder but the demon butterfly was right there.
It’s a Fel Spider. They’re dangerous, remember?
This is different! Last time, the spiders attacked us. This time, this one spider is all alone and wounded.
At the mention of wounds, Dreu looked but the spider was simply too far away. Zog then clarified that he sensed the demonic aura weakening which was generally how demons sensed a wounded foe. Such was also the method of many demonic creatures when it came to hunting their prey. Seeing determination in the demonic butterfly, Dreu gave Zog permission. As an underdog literally his entire life, Zog must have known how the spider felt being helpless. The demon butterfly flew towards the Fel Spider which had yet to recover from its collision with the barrier. The demonic monkeys, as Dreu would call them, surrounded the spider. They lacked weapons in their hands but their arms, at least twice as thick as those on normal monkeys, looked strong enough to harm or kill anything they punched. Their facial expressions indicated that the spider was about to learn what they had in store for it.
Are these monkeys tougher than any demonic creature we encountered so far? We should probably back Zog up if he gets in trouble.
Zog unleashed a barrage of green fireballs towards the monkeys as soon as he was close enough. The monkeys, too preoccupied with the wounded prey, looked up too late. Each monkey was hit by a fireball and they all screamed in pain. The screams of pain soon became screams of rage. The monkeys banged on the barrier as they wanted a piece of the one responsible for their pain. The demon butterfly did a small dance, as if taunting them. Zog, having gotten the attention of the monkeys, led them away from the spider. To make sure they pursued him, he unleashed more fireballs which the monkeys dodged easily.
Damn, they are already learning how to beat Zog. Ilveroz and Aggich, let's go give Zog a hand!
A few barrages later, Ilveroz and Aggich arrived onto the scene. With a bark, Aggich slowed the monkeys down allowing Zog to land another direct hit on all the monkeys. Yet, none of the monkeys even had any burn marks on them.