SL:R

Chapter 30

“Growl…”

The canine wolf, Gray, was crouching and staring at his prey.

[Gray Lv.4]

Canine Wolf

His level had gone up a bit, but he was still the size of a palm. However, as expected of the descendant of the great canine clan, Gray had grown to the point where he could easily hunt one or two goblins.

Thanks to this, Gray was now walking with his tail held high and full of energy. Of course, handling three goblins at once was still difficult, so he would quickly retreat to the small den prepared beforehand if three goblins attacked at once.

The goblins would eventually give up the chase because the den was too small.

While Gray was adapting to life in the Shadow Dungeon by controlling and taking down the large and stupid goblins, he was suddenly faced with a great danger one day. An intruder had come to the Shadow Dungeon!

“Growwwl…”

Gray secretly followed the intruder with a cautious look in his eyes. The intruder looked quite strong but seemed to have no strength after starving for a long time.
He could do it.

That very moment ignited Gray’s fighting spirit.

He could.

Hunting prey stronger than oneself was a very honorable task.

Gulp.

Gray held his breath and waited for the moment the prey showed an opening with a tense expression.

And finally!

Flutter.

The creature moved!

“What are you looking at?”

“Growl?”

Esil’s hand lifted one hind leg of Gray, who was crouching in the corner and glaring at her.

“Growl! Grr!”

Oops! Caught!

Gray flapped his short legs in surprise. But realizing that he couldn’t escape from Esil’s grasp no matter how much he struggled, he barked fiercely with a rebellious look.

“Grrr!”

“Oh, seriously. If you weren’t Sooho’s pet, I would’ve eaten you up by now.” Esil looked at Gray and licked her lips regretfully.

‘I can’t believe that the descendant of the Beast Monarch is stuck in a place like this.’

Although he was just a small bite-sized creature, the blood and flesh of the canine clan were a very valuable elixir in and of itself.

“Growl!”

Swish, swish!

“What? Would you like to taste it?”

Gray twisted his snout around and eagerly licked Esil’s hand that was holding his back. Even so, his eyes continued to glare at her boldly.

“You’re a funny little pup.” Esil chuckled. “Well, you probably know instinctively that if you were to eat me, you would gain strength.”

‘Because we’re actually in the same position.’

Esil herself was the only surviving demon noble in the Demon World. In other words, she was the only candidate to become the King of Demons someday.

Just as the demons coveted Esil’s blood, the pure blood flowing in her veins was imbued with valuable power.

‘…And that’s probably the same for you too, isn’t it?’