Minerva had just finished hunting for dinner. Normally she and her pet, Fang would have gone out together but she told him to stay in the cave and guard it. Why did she do that? Today would mark their one month celebration of meeting so she wanted to get something nice for him.
So she found a bull deer and was dragging it back, but on her way there she could smell something burning and smoke was rising to the sky. It came in the direction of her cave, so she dropped her bull deer meat and ran as fast as she could towards the cave. When she got there, she saw 3 humans standing there and Fang was dead in front of her cave which had been set on fire.
She walked towards Fang's corpse, tears in her eyes. The humans hadn't noticed her presence even after she had squatted down next to Fang. The poisonous fumes had no effect on her due to her natural resistance to poisons she had acquired from eating several of them in attempts at surviving by herself.
She then shifted
Minerva had finally calmed down and could think rationally. Although when she lost her rage she became a somewhat mindless beast, she was by no means stupid. She had been told about the king of the forest, Larm.The creature that had single handedly created this forest to protect various species. The being that created a creature powerful enough to destroy an entire nation by itself. The existence known as god amongst most of the creatures in the forest. That very being now sat in front of her.She would have to admit that Larm was very beautiful and she exuded a divine presence that was suffocating. Such a being would have nothing to do with a simple Hob-goblin. Which is why the words that came out of her mouth were all the more unbelievable."Y-you want to make Minerva, your child?"Larm nodded with a pleased smile on her face."Of course as a child of mine it would also become your responsibility to protect this forest in my stead.""Huh?
A wyvern with white scales clad in armor soared through the night sky gracefully, cutting through the dreamy clouds. On its back was a young figure clad in dark grey armor that reflected the moon light, giving it a silvery allure.She had just finished making her rounds. It was her mission to go to and from human countries as a delegate of the Ogre Tyrant. He had created illegal trade between most of the human nations and had made a huge profit out of it.Although it was not permitted for humans to enter the Larm forest, there was nothing saying that he wasn't allowed to trade resources with the humans. Or so the ogre would say. Through this he had acquired a hefty amount of weapons and money from human nations. That was the back-up plan the Ogre Tyrant had come up with, in the case the First Tyrant ever noticed what he had been doing.This delegate was returning to the Ogre's fortress with a letter the king of a nation had made for the Ogre tyrant and so they h
Day 14Well, I had had enough of this! Eating raw meat was disgusting. Way too disgusting even for me. It had almost been two weeks since my reincarnation and I still definitely wasn't used to any of these. Minerva on the other hand was eating it like it was nothing. Then again, a few years eating this would probably make you think nothing of it.'Ne, ne, Minerva-san! Don't you have any spice for your food?'"Spice? What is spice?"'You know, that thing you add to meat to make it taste nice.'"Nice? Add?"'Uwaa! Agent! Help me out here!'<<Notice: In the West of the Larm, there exist creatures called Caulala. They produce spices whenever they sing>>'Eh? Seriously? That easy? Caulala, huh? Where are they found?'My holographic map popped up and it was in the zones I hadn't explored yet, so I didn't have a detailed mapping of it, but at least I knew where I had to go.'Minerva-san, can I go out today wh
"And so I punched the damned troll in the face, then with a boom and bam I just destroyed the entire cave of trolls. That's how the legend of Twilight spread so quickly. I wish they changed my title though. It's too embarrassing.""Don't you think you are too noisy?"Seiko whispered to the girl at his side."Eh? Too loud? Really? But that doesn't matter!"Seiko let out a tired sigh then pulled out a device. This device projected a map for the girl to see. The map was shaped like a dragon curling itself attached to something else, but the map didn't show beyond there."You see where we are right now? It's called Larm."The young man pointed at their current location on the map. Jasmine had her finger to her lips as she observed the map curiously."I've heard of Larm. They told me not to pass through this forest."She stated nonchalantly."Yes. That's because Larm is a very dangerous and uninhabitable place for humans."
Day 15 Today was unbelievably boring. I went out with Minerva today to search for my spawns, but we couldn't find them. Sure, we didn't search every nook and cranny, but she used her [Overlord] skill to search for them, but they technically weren't my spores anymore, so the skill wasn't really useful to us. On the bright side, I acquired the skill [Telepathy]. Apparently I had been building proficiency for the skill by constantly communicating my thoughts to Minerva. At least now I could talk to more people… even though that wasn't different from my regular conversations with Minerva now. I had been so bored I activated [Slime Body] just because and Minerva was having fun with my jiggly body. It was sort of ticklish, but not really. I had no idea what to use the day for. I should have probably used it to practice my skills, but I was feeling too lazy to do so. I mean, if there was any trouble, I had Minerva there to help me. Then there was the caulala
Day 16 I spent that night on a tree branch right over the corpses. After much thinking and self-revision, I came to the conclusion that I was simply frustrated and took out all my stress on Minerva. I didn't know why, but I simply couldn't care about the dead humans. It was probably because I didn't know them before. I wanted to eat their corpses, but what I hoped to be the human part of me wouldn't allow for it. There was no need to eat them. I wasn't hungry and considering they died so easily, they definitely weren't strong, so I doubted they had any useful skills. So in essence, I really didn't need to eat them. That would have simply been a waste of time. So, for now I would look for a new nest. Or at least that was the plan till I heard some weird sounds and screechy voices. When I looked down I saw green monsters. Goblins. They were scavenging through the dead bodies for goods. One of them picked out a dagger and looked at it, grinning gleefully
Various messengers of the Ogre king had been sent to the West to deliver a single message. "Denizens of the West! Your Tyrant has invaded my land, thus declaring war. As such, I am about to decimate your lands. If you wish to live, come serve under me before the next full moon. And if you wish to die, stay with your foolish Tyrant!" His plan was to strike fear in the denizens of the west so that they would flee to the east and thus, quicken his invasion plan. He wanted to weaken Minerva as much as possible. However, he had underestimated how much the denizens of the West feared Minerva. No living magical creature in the West would ever go against her. It was one common rule that had been engraved in the minds of even the youngest of the denizens. Still, this didn't mean that the denizens would sit and do nothing. They all knew what to do. They just needed to find Minerva and that was the end of the matter. They could leave it in her hands. There were 9 days left till the deadline.
Eventually I decided to follow the sprite. It was more like she threatened to follow her. Apparently this 'Oldest Tree' was a very well respected creature in this forest. If I didn't go, I may have met some grave situations.She also told Gorm that he had been invited. The guy ran like hell to get into his armor and look dignified once again. I was a bit creeped out by the complete change in mood with his armor on.On the way, since I was bored I tried to make light talk with the sprite, but I realized she maintained a 3 meter distance from me and she wasn't responding to my comments. I saw the [Anxious] status next to her and just decided to give up. It wasn't that she hated me, she was just too anxious to speak to me. Been there, done that, didn't end well.In the awkward silence, I hypothesized that the 'oldest tree' was just some dryad mama with big boobs."We're here."The sprite said, pointing to a huge tree. This tree was so massive that it