I Became A Bat

24: Fairy

Thick vegetation span the whole place and there's even a huge palace up ahead. It's totally different from the previous floors I've been through before. Is this even the same dungeon?

Just right below me is a stairway that leads towards the valley bellow. There's nothing to gain by standing in this place for too long so I better go down. Since I have wings, I naturally wouldn't do such a thing as walking down step by step.

I started wandering my gaze around the place for a bit and just a few meters away from me, my pair of eyes spots a cliff with not much obstructions. With a grunt, I jump and opened my wings. After a few seconds, I'm already going through the air.

A few flying monsters pass by. They look like silkworms but with moth wings on their backs. It's a whole flock of them. Screens appear on top of their heads showing their names and levels. Monsters known as Winged Weavers and their average level is around Level Ten. Not that weak and not that strong. I guess I could use some free experience points.

Blobs of mana gather at both of my hands and form bullets. Unlike before, the mana bullets are light purple in color instead of blue. I wonder how strong this attack have become.

Without wasting any time, I quickly let the mana bullets fly towards the Winged Weavers. Without creating any sound in the air, the two bullets arrive at the monsters who had no idea about what's happening. The bullets passes through the bodies of the Winged Weavers at front. Unexpectedly, they travelled unhinderedly as if they passed through said and went for the other monsters at the back.

Eh? Did it not work?

I raised my hand to make another bullet but dispersed the attack almost immediately. There's no need for a follow up attack since the Winged Weavers actually started falling down. The health bars right next to them starts fading away one after another.

Woah! So Mana Affinity actually became that strong, huh? Even though it just rose by one level.

Not good. Some of them are about to get away. It seems two bullets are not enough to get rid of a flock. I form a smile on my face before I started making more bullets. It didn't take long before they all died.

Hmm? What's that? There's actually smoke peeking through the thick canopy of an area of the forest. My eyes narrow so I can take a better look. Right below the trees, I can spot branches and logs lined up together to form structures of various shapes and sizes. Some figures are moving about within these structures.

No way! There's actually a settlement over here?

I quickly landed on the forest floor. It's no good if the settlers at that place spot me. Who knows? They might just be another group of ungrateful human adventurers.

With light steps, I carefully try to trek across the place. For someone like me who's used to the floors above with barely anything blocking my way aside from boulders, I can say that covering even a small distance at this place is a chore.

Ahead of me are gigantic tree roots, strange looking plants, and huge boulders. While moving around, I try as hard as I can not to touch any weird thing. It won't be funny if I end up being poisoned for being careless. My poison resistance isn't that great yet.

Still, for a settlement to be at this place. I wonder who they are. Monsters with high intelligence?

"He's heading at the village's direction!"

"Don't let him get away!"

Voices suddenly echoed out from the thick woods. Because of all the obstacles in the way, the sounds were not delivered properly but they definitely were there.

So people really are here? Involuntarily, my eyes narrow. As fast as I can, I quickly started finding a place to hide. Let's see... On the thick branches with barely any light, I think I'll be find over there.

My body perfectly blends in with the surroundings thanks to my black fur. Despite the light emitted by the crystal on this dungeon floor's ceiling, there's still really a lot of place its light coisont reach, huh?

Suddenly on the enormous tree roots and thick bushed ahead, something moves. I turn my whole focus over there. Surely enough, someone appears.

It's a teenage boy, a human. Wait, something's a bit different. Light green skin, beautiful features, and a pair of dragonfly wings on the back. Isn't this guy what they call a fairy? But it's a guy and not a grandma. Based from his clothes, he seems to be quite rich with that clothed inlaid with shiny stones. Good clothes, might take them for myself later.

Currently, this adolescent looking fairy is covered in wounds and scratches. His white long hair also has branches sticking out which was probably the result of running through this forest. The boy is heading towards my direction with face full of fear but also anger. There's still quite some distance before he can reach my location but the gap is getting short and fast.

Getting myself involved in this is a pain but isn't this a good opportunity to get to know this place better?

Just a few meters before he's  about to reach the tree where I am hiding, I quickly started making a rope made of mana. Like a snake, the rope of mana lunges at the boy and wraps around him. A look of panic paints his face and the wind around him started acting up a bit weirdly.

To avoid accidents, I hurriedly tightened the rope. The result was him being tied from head to foot with no way to move his limbs. After that, I pulled him upwards towards my hiding spot.

"W-who are you?" A voice that's just a little deep. From the looks of his face, he's just about fifteen, three years younger than I am.

Now how should I introduce myself. I have a mouth but I can't really use it to speak the human language. Ugh, this is frustrating! 

Huh? T-this is... A warm feeling spreads through from my body and into my chest. Before I realized it, a red crown symbol is already hovering right in front of me. However, it doesn't emit any scanning red light. It just hovers there for a few second before it starts entering my chest once again.

"Your Highness!" The fairy boy suddenly bows his waist, an action that makes his already unsteady footing even worse.

I quickly move to grab him by the collars of his fancy clothes. It seems he's also terrified of the fact that he nearly fell from on his wide eyes and shivering body so I decided to wait for him to calm down first.

The guide is successfully captured but as for my next course of actions, now what?

[AUTHOR'S NOTE]

For days, I didn't know how to start this chapter but here you go.