Salazar's eyes slowly opened. He wanted to cry , yet he couldn't. The memories he'd seen , they were just too touching.
Thinking back on them, he almost felt regret for eating the silver furred wolf king. Almost.
Her life was one full of endless struggles and battles. Untold hardships and great losses. It was like a great epic , filling one with deep sorrow. Well , there was nothing he could do except move forward.
'I'll take revenge for you , so don't worry. Just rest In peace," he thought, completely ignoring the fact that he was the one to cause her death.
Now, he was excited and expectant. What would it feel like to transform into another monster. Would it be painful or pleasurable. Unpleasant or tolerable. He was a scientist and he lack of such information was killing him.
Taking a deep, the image of the silver furred wolf king appeared in his head. A ferocity, her courage in the face of death. He saw her as clearly as though she were standing right in front of him.
And just like a skill, his title did its magic. He felt himself liquify and his form began to shift. Although he wasn't particularly tall, he felt his shape fall and elongate. It was a weird process even for him to describe , but in a moment it was over.
He stood there , triumphantly in his wolf form and howled, his voice echoing in the massive cave. Finally. He'd done it. He was so happy that he could kiss the system right now if it had a human shape.
But no , he didn't have time for this right now. From his creations , he'd learned that the one armed giant Agregor had taken his word and had rushed here. As soon as the Centipede queen killed the wolf king , he'd launched an all out attack with his forces.
If he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he had to quickly learn how to effectively utilize this form. He took a deep breath and recalled how the wolf king fought from her memory fragments.
Unfortunately, although the Assimilation skill allowed him to eat and take the forms of monsters , it didn't give him the skills that hey had when they were alive. At most he just gained their affinities and hereditary traits.
His guess was that he'd have to create skills for these new forms just like he'd created his network skill. But if he was innovative enough , in addition to his mana manipulation skill, it shouldn't be too hard.
Using the silver furred wolf kings memories as a basis he began to experiment as fast as possible. He laced mana into his claws , thereby reinforcing them as well as giving them a terrible sharpness. He dragged them along the cave walls , leaving deep gouges on the rocks.
He chuckled. Good. Very good. This could work.
[ You have created a brand new skill. Would you like to name it. ]
It was the same procedure as last time. He named this skill [ Shred ]. Although it had a deep penetrative quality, he Salazar estimates that if he wanted to use it to its greatest potential then it would have to be as a sneak attack. Before anyone could create defenses or countermeasures for it.
Through his experiments , he learnt how to infuse mana throughout his body to reinforce it, thereby increasing his physical stats. Once he was done, he looked outside to see the situation.
Yeah, he had to leave now otherwise his window of opportunity would close. Looking at his form, he decided to change it to avoid drawing attention to himself. He ended up transforming into a red eyed rabbit , the first creatures he'd ever eaten, and hopped towards the battlefield.
'Never again,' he thought dejectedly as he hopped to his destination as fast a possible. 'If people saw me how, what would they think' he shook his head.
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The moment Agregor appeared , Celda knew that she was screwed. Even in her peak state. , she wasn't a match for that beast , and would have to lay several traps just for a slight chance at victory. Now however , she just knew that she was dead. How far from death was she, that was the only question left unanswered.
The giants subordinates races towards both the wolves and arthropods , and began to engage them in fierce combat. To them, both sides were enemies that they had to exterminate.
Agregor approached Celda , casually swing his club from left to right , clearly enjoying himself. His black eyes were practically glowing with malice. Celda knew that negotiations were pointless , so she made the first move.
She lunged him , snapping her mandibles , trying to crush his throat , but the giant battered her aside with his club.
In mid air , she adjusted her her body to fall at an angle they allowed her to immediately attack, her blood splashing everywhere , not giving any chances for adjustments. In the case of the one armed giant , fast attacks were his weak link. With the loss of one arm , throwing out fast , sharp attacks was the best way to win.
Only the silver furred wolf king would've stood a chance against this monster , but now she was dead.
'Damnit. How did he plan end up like this. 'Even up to this point , she never suspected that Salazar would've the guts to betray her. After all , he was just a variant mudman monster. Utterly and pathetically useless. So what if he could eat weak monsters. It meant nothing to her.
Hushed stunk by her routine , sending out incredibly fast attack's and feints , but it was like karma was against her. It was a compete reversal were this time , she was like the solver furred wolf king , and was unable to do anything but be slowly exhausted and killed.
She managed to get past the giants kings defenses and stabbed one of her limbs into him , but before she could even celebrate her achievement , she felt him grab her.
He had tossed his club to the side , and with one arm, hurled her to to the ground. Using a skill that allowed him to increase his weight dramatically, he kept her there with a foot over her body whilst he retrieved his club and raised it high above him. The finishing blow.
Unbeknownst to either of them, a red eyed rabbit had silently appeared behind Agregor. Just when he was about to end it all , the meek rabbit suddenly transformed into the skillet furred wolf.
Celda was so stunned that her eyes almost popped out of their sockets. With a loud howl, the silver furred wolf king slashed Agregor at the space behind his kneecap.
With a loud roar of pain, the one armed giant stumbled back , his face contorted with rage. He turned as fast as possible to glare at the wolf , clearly confused. He had heard Celdas victory shout.
Whilst he was stunned , the Centipede queen recovered and saw a chance. "How are yo- ," the giant king began to say but before he could finish, Celda had pounced onto his back and stabbed her mandibles into his neck.
She injected all her remaining poison into him , completely emptying her poison gland.
The strongest monster on the first floor roared and swatted her aside at he same time that the silver furred wolf king slashed at his arm. His club thumped onto the ground as bloods sprayed into the air.
With a dull thud , the giant king fell to the ground. Everything was as though it was happening in slow motion, by the time the world caught up , he was already dead.
Celda was panting heavily , staring at the body of her most feared competitor. She didn't even notice when the wolf king she thought she had killed transformed into her mudman slave.
Salazar approached her and she looked up when he got near. " D-d-did you see her. A-Adrianna, she was just here. "
Salazar gave her a puzzled look. Her eyes were dazed , and she still hadn't recovered. It seemed her mind still hadn't processed what had happened. She glanced around the battlefield as though looking for someone.
Whilst she was distracted , Salazar shifted back into his wolf form and activated [Shred].
His claws easily penetrated the Centipede queen who wasn't paying attention , instantly killing her.
He chuckled as he watched the two bodies. Greed appeared in his eyes. Who would've thought that the three kings of the first floor of this dungeon who be killed by the schemes of a mudman not even one year old in this world. Hahahahahaha