It's been several days since Henry started visiting the Zoron village, in this process he managed to absorb a lot of DP from the beggers until all of them died of exhaustion.
After all of them died, Henry finally decided it was time to find new target to suck DP out of but as he didn't wanted to die and lose his progress, he decided to explore another place very close to the Academic town, Monica.
Arriving near a circular temple covered in vegetation, Henry commanded Aeryn to sliced a way through.
[You've found a forgotten temple! A auto save will be made to save you progress]
After getting the notification, Henry immediately left the temple going back to the cave again after all, if someone saw him, a nightmare, near a sacred temple, he was sure the entire holy empire would not only kill him but also drive the nightmare species to extinction.
"Hm.. Now, I just need to find a new source of DP" Henry said, transferring some of the accumulated DP to Aeryn.
Transferring half of his accumulated DP, Henry noticed that Aeryn was slowly taking the form of s human with her white eyes and some blurry details appearing.
He too felt his body taking the shape of a human but to fasten his transformation, Henry decided to target the adults or childs in the Zoron village.
Going back to the Zoron village, he visited a house, he has been tampering with for the last few days. Climbing up the house, he slowly removed a few tiles throwing it down towards Aeryn, who easily caught them without making a single sound.
After removing the tiles, Henry removed the wooden frames, placing them properly on the roof so, that they wouldn't fall. Slowly passing his body through the hole, he arrived in the first floor where the bedroom was; slowly opening the door to the bedroom Henry peeked inside to make sure everyone was asleep, having conformed it, he slowly headed towards the bed as he—
[You Died! CAUSE: Sneak attack.]
[Game Score: 1237]
[Review: You weren't cautious enough.]
[Restarting back to the latest save point...]
Opening his eyes, Henry found himself back at the Forgotten Temple, turning back he saw Aeryn was right behind him, turning her head here and there seemingly confused.
Looking at her acting strange, Henry had some doubts but it seems Aeryn, too had regressed just like him. Although, he wasn't sure how this save point system works but it seems that at least the things that are the user's allies can also regress.
"Hm.. This might become a bit dangerous.." He said, Looking forward at Aeryn. Quickly leaving the temple, Henry went back to the cave but as he wasn't sleepy yet, he decided to observe Aeryn's behaviour for any changes, he wasn't sure but it seems to she possess at least some amount of thinking capacity as she tried to mimic his actions and words.
After waiting for night to fall, Henry headed back to the same house, this time more cautious. Placing the wooden frames gently beside him, he waited for a few minutes as a man walked towards the bedroom holding a glass of water.
Henry entered the house immediately after, but to make sure no one else was downstairs, he decided to check first then, go to the bedroom.
Gently walking downstairs, Henry tried his best to not make a single sound as he observed his surroundings for any unexpected encounter.
Hick—.
As he looked around, he heard a small squeaking voice nearby, hearing it, he immediately halted his steps, turning around to look at the source of the sound.
"A kid?" Henry said, Looking at the brown-haired girl wearing normal pajamas.
"I-I.. Don't e-eat.. Pl-please don't e-eat me.!" the girl said with voice was as loud as a whisper.
Staring at her for a few moments, Henry saw the girl piss herself as she was on the verge of crying.
"if you cry or make even a single more sound, I will definitely eat you." Henry said, glaring at young girl as she covered her mouth with her hands. Although henry was planning to get his revenge by absorbing the DP of guy who killed him until he died but if it's seems he found a better way— To turn his daughter into his loyal slave!
Heading towards the young girl, Henry gave his hand to her as he waited for her to accept his hand.
Looking at Henry's hand, the young girl was fee confuse and fear at first but when she realized he wanted to help her get up, although reluctant, she decided to take his hand getting up.
"From now on, you're mine. Since, you know of my existence, I can't let you go around the human settlements. If you've any problem, I'm always ready to eat you." Henry stated, making a imprint on the girl's hand with his DP.
Suddenly feeling the warm yet eerie sensation, the girl wanted to scream but she wasn't enough to get herself eaten by a monster just because of feeling uncomfortable. Looking forward at the devastating black figure, tears flowed down her cheeks but she made sure to not leak a single sound.
Looking at the girl trying so hard to not make a sound, Henry could feel that the girl was determined to live no matter what she has to do, although hideous Henry tried his best to smile warmingly as he knocked the girl unconscious.
Picking up the knockout girl, he headed up to the first floor and climbed the roof, throwing the girl at Aeryn to catch, as he returned to get his DP.
"Fuu~ why am I so nervous?" Henry mumbled, quietly under his breath as he opened the bedroom door.
Looking at the two figure sleeping on the bed, Henry strolled towards the bed as he gently placed his on on the men's head activating his DP Absorption to the maximum capacity as the man's face immediately started turning pale as Henry felt a abnormally sweet taste coursing throughout his body as his body became one step closer to that of a human.
Looking down at the man, Henry knew instinctively that he was already dead as he smelled a rotting smell. Going to the other side of the bed, Henry paced his hands on the man's wife but just as he was about to absorb DP from her, he realized— he could turn that man's wife into his slave, too.