Thankfully Ely didn't do anything dangerous like this anymore. Instead she opted for a safer approach.
Ely cut wounds on the beasts and let them bleed this attracted other predators. Granted there aren't many of them available in this snowy mountains. And more so we cant just attack anyone. There were a few big bird that came by and ate a bunch. But since they looked pretty dangerous we didn't attack them.
But afterwards a bunch of small grey birds came and started feasting on the bodies. As such we shot them down pretty much immediately.
With constant hunting down smaller prey's that come by we were able to gather lot of them. All of which were buried under the snow beside our cave.
As for the fire to cook them were got it from a nearby patrolling goblin.
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'Hm? Where is Ely?' today morning, When i woke up Ely wasn't there. She has the peculiar habit of sleeping while hugging me.
Don't ask me why i am sleeping hugging a girl. Ely is very touchy. and she likes to cuddle a lot.
Well considering that we are siblings in this life and the fact that we are foxes, i have decided to ignore it for now.
Walking outside i spotted Ely in the distance. She was looking down at the goblin village. Seriously why is she so hellbent of getting stronger. I get it that if we kill something we get stronger. But that doesn't mean to go around killing everything on sight.
"Yip! " I called out to her while walking towards her. She also turned around.
[ What are you doing here? ] I asked.
[ Planning... ]
[ Are we going to attack soon? ] I asked her.
She nodded.
But then she pointed down towards something.
I followed her pointing, and noticed something there.
An above the average goblin. It was muscular and more intimidating than the other ones.
Seeing this i couldn't help but feel intimidated.
I looked back at Ely, [ That thing is bad news. ]
Ely seemed to be carrying the same sentiment.
But then why is she still trying to attack them? I couldn't understand.
[ How are we gonna fight it? ] I asked.
[ We wont. ] She wrote.
This made me more confused.
She pointed at the mountain top.
I didn't know what she was planning. But i had a bad premonition.
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It was the middle of the night. The goblins in the goblin camp were sleeping peacefully.
However, just above their head, near the peak of the mountain in the glistening snow under the silver moon light two foxes could be seen, working. They were digging the snow near the top. They and been doing it for a while now, creating a large line across the snowy mountain.
And finally their work paid off. As the whole mountain shook a little bit. The two nimble little foxes ran to the top of the mountain immediately. The next moment as if the ground was moving the snow slid down the mountain, obliterating everything in its path.
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I gave a last look on what we just did and my scalp went numb. This girl is a devil. I am talking about Ely of course.
She figured out how to kill most of the goblin without a fight.
Just create an avalanche she said.
An now look. I just witnessed the goblin village and everything in between completely devoured by the avalanche.
Let's not anger Ely in the future.
After a while when the avalanche stopped everything was gone. Everything, trees, rocks i mean it was all gone.
That's when the level up struck.
However, it was a little different this time. Until now we have only killed smaller animals. But this time we have technically killed a lot of things. And they are still dying even after all this time.
The level up is big.
And for some reason i feel really dizzy. Huh...
Suddenly i realized Ely picked me up by the neck for some reason.
I did try to protest but my world soon went dark. Maybe that's why she picked me up and ran towards a safer place.
Wait a minute how does she know i feel dizzy?
Oh, well i feel too tired to think about that.
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When is woke up next my whole body hurts like hell. What just happened. Ely was hugging me while sleeping. It seems she took me to a cave before she collapsed as well. The reason i know she collapsed as well is that we are sleeping in a very odd posture. Oh well,
I pushed her away as i sat up. My body really hurts like hell. It doesn't seem to be just bad posture. it feels like my whole body has been taken apart and reworked from the from the ground up.
I took Ely from her place and laid her in a more comfortable position before starting to inspect. The pain was also very quickly dissipating. Replacing with a growing sense of hunger. It now felt like a have been trough some real exercise.
I decided to wait for Ely, observing myself.
'Hm?' I now had two tails.
Ely had them as well. So was this like a bigger power up? It seems like so. After all aside from the sense of dread, i also felt significantly stronger. And besides that it might just be me but i feel like i and Ely are a little bigger now.
Oh, well i can confirm that after Ely wakes up.
So while observing myself i waited for Ely to wake up.
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Me and Ely went to one of our spot where we hide our food and then to a designated spot where we hid our fire. After that we had a huge feast.
It seems Ely was as much hungry as i was.
After the feast i decided to take rest,.
While Ely checked out her new prowess. As she tested out her power by doing random karate chops with her paws i sat there and watched.
However, something unexpected happened. Ely who testing out the frost fire now stopped and furrowed her brows.
I didn't know what she was furrowing at so i went towards to her, [ Is something wrong? ]
[ There is something there... ] She wrote and then massaging her belly. I couldn't help but be confused.
[ Something where? ]
[ You know the place we summon our frost fire from. ] Looking at her writing i also peaked in to where i summon my frost fire from. It was a place right under the belly.
And indeed i have something there as well. Aside from the familiar sky blue orb, there is now a grey one. What does it mean?
*Poof!*
Suddenly Ely who was standing not far away had a grey fog surround her, and before i could understand what just happened she turned in to a human?
"Yip(What...?!)"
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So yeah it was a shape shifting ability. You just have to take the energy from the grey core and flow it through your body. And you can easily take a human form.
So does that mean that power up sleep thing gave us a new ability aside from frost fire. That may be the case.
That's good. but...
"Why am i a girl!!!" I shouted out.
"I told you you are a female fox." Ely said nonchalantly. Even though Ely had said that deep somewhere i still hoped that wasn't the case. But...
"Let's calm down first..." I took deep breaths. Looking at Ely, "Okay first things first, let's get some cloths." I said hiding my precious spot which now felt empty.
"Why, i don't feel cold..." Ely shook her head.
'This girl.' I felt really irritated. Ely wasn't even trying to hide her nudes. What the hell, i am suppose to be the man here and she is suppose to be the woman. Why is it in reverse?
"Forget it." I immediately turned back in to the fox form.
Ely who was till now just sitting there nonchalantly had a change of expression. "Okay then fine let's get something to wear." She said.
'Huh?' Why is she irritated now that i turned back.
This girl... I would never figure her out.