Seeing the figure of that huge monster, Pandora was in a critical situation right now, because she had stopped extracting the [Ancient Parasitic Flower] just now, causing her body to plummet. But that didn't make her run away like a coward.
'Thanks to stopping the extraction, even though the HP and MP were reduced to the lowest level, in exchange I gained quite a lot of new skills from it. It can be said that this is quite a risky battle for me.'- Pandora
"Stand back you two, find a safe place to hide." - Pandora
"Yes, Father!"- Baal took Agares' hand and hid behind a nearby tree
Pandora looked at the huge monster, although she didn't know how strong it was or how strong it was, she just had to be careful or else she would lose her life if she accidentally lost her concentration. The monster rushed, she quickly dodged and then used her sharp claws to scratch the monster's body hard, but her fingers did not touch its body but also scratched through. She realized that this was no ordinary monster, so she had no choice but to dodge.
'What is it anyway? It seems but isn't a physical form, the way it's flexible is not normal at all.'- Pandora
While Pandora was thinking, there were dark tentacles emerging from the ground and encircling her legs.
"What the?!?!"- Pandora
They then smashed her whole body to the ground so hard that it sank to the ground, and then threw it a great distance. Baal and Agares were shocked to see that, Agares was about to rush out but was hugged by Baal to stop her from doing something reckless. The monster turned to look at the two of them, intending to use its shadowy tentacles to attack them.
But just as it was about to do so, something crashed into it from behind, causing it to scream in pain, the thing that stabbed the monster was a fiery hand with sharp nails.
"Stay away from my children, monster!"
Hearing the familiar voice, the two children looked up in the direction of the voice. It was Pandora, her body was broken in half on the right side but the other half was still intact. She then scratched the monster in two, causing it to disappear, and her hand returned to normal.
'As expected, it's just a shadow, isn't it? - Pandora
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[Black Shadow Monsters: Creatures living in Umbra Forest, appearing only at the time of the red moon, they are high-level monsters, limited in number, cannot be killed by normal means. Can only be destroyed by fire from Firefly or Fire Flower.]
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'How fortunate that when I had a field of Fire Flowers nearby, I quickly ate them to get the
"Mother/Father!!!" - Baal and Agares
Hearing the call of the two children, she did not have time to react, they rushed to hug her tightly, with tears in their eyes. Seeing them cry, perhaps because they were afraid of the monster, Pandora comforted the two children.
"It's okay, I'm here. The monster is dead." - Pandora
"We were scared... when we saw you being thrown away like that..." - Agares
"We were supposed to fight, not hide. We're useless!" - Baal
"No, I told you to run away. It's not your fault." - Pandora
"But it's our fault..." - Baal
"Because we are so weak..." - Agares
Pandora is a little confused because the experience of comforting children is not easy at all, is this the pressure of being a parent as people say?
It took her a while to calm the two children, but now she has to camp here because they fell asleep after crying. Thanks to the Fireflies that glow everywhere so she can go without fear of getting dark, she also read more information about Fire Flower, which is Firefly's food so they can glow when eating Fire Flower's nectar. When a swarm of Fireflies gather in one place, there will definitely be Fire Flowers, in addition, Fire Flowers have the effect of medicinal herbs to cure toxins. Pandora took quite a few and turned them into potions for travel.
She looked at her right hand, the whole right part that had been broken before was now completely healed as if it were nothing. Feeling that something was wrong, Pandora opened [Skills] to her surprise.
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[Stats]
[Skills]
[Unique Skill]: In progress...
[Personal]
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She watched it over and over to check if she was dizzy anywhere, when she rubbed her eyes and looked again, it was real.
'Is there so many skills? As expected, stopping the extraction isn't necessarily a bad idea. The more skills I have, the stronger I become. And the stronger I get, there's no need to run away anymore, but this isn't enough, I need to get stronger' - Pandora
Looking at the two children sleeping soundly, putting on their coats to keep from the cold, she looked up at the sky, the red moon was back to the normal moon, Black Shadow Monsters no longer appeared, giving her peace of mind. somewhat. She leaned back against the tree and closed her eyes, falling into a deep sleep.