《Wild soul - Beast of Eden》


 Chapter 1 - Oh, a new life

    Crik!


    In the darkness, a sudden sliver of light pierced through as a slight crack appeared. The crack began to spread more and more in the darkness, like glass being broken, until suddenly¡ª


    Crish!


    Breaking through the shell of a pale, smooth egg, a small creature poked its head out.


    With its newborn movements, the creature broke through the remaining part of the eggshell and fell out onto the hay-filled ground.


    The new-born baby was covered by a transparent liquid that had flooded out from inside the egg. Struggling, the creature tried to open its eyes and move around.


    The liquid clung to the newborn baby like glue, restricting its movements and suffocating it slightly.


    But then, from above, another, somewhat larger creature lowered its head towards the little baby.


    The larger creature gazed at the struggling newborn with wide eyes.


    At that moment, the breath of the larger creature reached the little baby, and feeling it, the newborn turned towards the giant creature, even though its eyes were not yet open.


    Suddenly, the larger creature lowered its head further towards the little one, stuck out its tongue, and licked the baby. The liquid that covered the little one was swept away by the lick.


    After licking around the body, the larger creature finally licked the head of the little one. As it did, the liquid covering the eyes of the newborn was wiped away.


    Opening its eyes for the first time, the little creature saw the giant creature in front of it.


    "Mother," a thought appeared in the little creature''s mind. At the same time, a flood of memories suddenly rushed into it.


    Memories of a human living in another world and the final moments of his life suddenly came to the little creature''s mind.


    "Did I get reborn into this place as some kind of animal?" the little baby creature thought as it looked at its mother''s face. But at that moment.


    Gruu!


    Its stomach began to rumble, and it felt an extreme hunger.


    Sniff! Sniff!


    The little baby smelled something tasty. Following the source of the smell, it saw that it was coming from the eggshell it had just broken out of.


    At the same time, it also noticed a slightly larger creature sleeping peacefully close to its eggshell.


    The little baby creature took a step forward and moved toward its eggshell. Opening its little mouth, it bit into it.


    Crunch!


    With one bite, a piece of the eggshell got into the little baby''s mouth. As it chewed, the baby creature realized that the eggshell was not very hard.


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    With the memories in its mind, the creature felt that the eggshell tasted like expired milk¡ªnot very appetizing, but enough to ease its hunger.


    Crik!


    At that moment, it heard a sound. Lifting its head, it saw that a nearby egg was slowly cracking. The little creature watched this phenomenon curiously as the crack in the egg spread wider, and suddenly, a little baby creature like itself broke out of it.


    The little newborn creature was also covered in a glue-like liquid that came along with it. While it struggled against it, the mother creature carefully licked them away from it.


    Kuu!


    Looking at the mother creature, the newborn emitted a cute sound, and after that, it focused on its eggshell.


    After looking at the newly born one for a few seconds, he turned back to his own eggshell to continue eating it. But at that moment, he noticed his own reflection from the smoother surface of the eggshell.


    "so this is me now."


    Even though the creature he had become didn''t resemble any of the creatures he remembered from his memory, he realized that he was like a combination of certain two creatures.


    His whole body looked very similar to a white snow ferret, but he had gills that resembled an axolotl''s.


    He once again looked at the other newborn creature still eating its eggshell, and he noticed that the snow-like whites of its skin were not as bright as his.. and it also didn''t have any axolotl gills like his.


    "Hmm, is this a unique appearance of mine? If so, from now on in this life, my name would be... Blanco."


    While naming himself, he once again looked at his reflection in the eggshell. But this time, his eyes saw something else.


    Other than his reflection, he saw a beautiful, vibrant environment surrounding him within the reflection of the eggshell.


    Blanco hurriedly looked back and saw the world outside from the giant tree den they were in.


    The world outside was colorful and beautiful, but the only thing he saw clearly was a certain tree stood amidst the beautiful environment. It was a giant tree with pink leaves covering it entirely, and giant roots running around. It seemed to be the focal point of his vision, towering over every other tree with its height.The trunk of the tree was curved and shaped in a way that looked magical to his eyes.


    From the tree trunk, a green liquid flowed down through the grooves, resembling a little river. It nurtured the other trees around, creating a lush and vibrant ecosystem.


    Up above the tree, Blanco saw an unbloomed bud at the top. It looked a little gloomy but appeared prepared to bloom in the near future.


    Caaaw!


    A cry of a strange, unknown creature echoed through the forest, and a swift wind blew through the leaves of the trees, taking some of the beautifully colored leaves with it.


    A tree with vibrant cyan leaves, a tree with blue-colored leaves, a tree growing upon another tree¡ªBlanco saw a sight of wonder in the forest, and it was even more colorful to his eyes.


    Crik!


    At that moment, he heard another eggshell cracking sound. Curious about it, he looked back only to see that the other newborn creature he had previously looked at was already done eating its shell and was now heading toward his eggshell.


    Blanco lifted up one of his paws as a warning to the little creature, but the newborn clearly didn''t recognize the threat Blanco was showing. Slowly walking toward the eggshell while looking at Blanco with its innocent eyes, the baby creature opened its mouth to take a bite from Blanco''s eggshell.


    But as soon as it tried to take a bite, Blanco hit its head with his paw quite firmly.


    Keww!


    The baby creature hurriedly backed away from Blanco and his eggshell.


    The mother creature gazed toward the query between the newborns, and even some older newborns showed curiosity toward them.


    "Yeah, you better get out of here,"


    Blanco looked at the other one running back and hiding behind a still unhatched egg. But at that moment, the egg it hid behind suddenly cracked, and another newborn one came out.


    Blanco looked at the newly born one, but at that moment, he felt extremely sleepy. Walking toward his still unfinished eggshell, he ate it hurriedly as the sleepiness worsened. Just as he finished eating the shell, he rolled around himself and lay down on the ground where his shell was, closing his eyes to go to sleep.


    The other newborns around him also rolled themselves to find comfort and closed their eyes to sleep after eating their eggshells.


    In his sleep, Blanco''s white fur began to move in unusual ways, especially around the area of his hand, where it looked like a new kind of hair was growing. After a few seconds, a dark line appeared along with three dots in a circle on the white fur of his hands.


    But Blanco was oblivious to the changes happening in his body and slept soundly in his curled-up position. Similarly, all the other newborn creatures sleeping peacefully didn''t feel the strange symbols appearing on their bodies.

 Chapter 2 - mine is mine

    Thud!


    A loud sound echoed as some giant steps hit the floor, and Blanco hurriedly opened his eyes.


    He saw his mother with a little mouse-like creature in her mouth. She had dropped one of them to the ground, and the older ones born before Blanco were hastily running toward the dropped mouse.


    They jumped onto the dead corpse of the mouse and began to greedily devour it.


    As Blanco looked at them, he noticed that the older ones had strange symbols carved into their bodies, each one different from the others. While the older ones were eating the mouse-like creature, the other mouse corpses held in the mother creature''s mouth dropped to the floor.


    Blanco looked at the mouse corpse, and at the same time, the other newborns who were still sleeping around him slowly woke up from the smell and sound emitted by the mouse.


    Blanco saw the others waking up and hurriedly ran toward the mouse corpse. Getting closer to the mouse, Blanco opened his mouth and bit into its body. The first thing he felt was its tough skin, but as his teeth pierced its skin, he felt some thick liquid flowing into his mouth. from his other memories, he figured out that the liquid must be the blood of the creatures.


    Thump! Thump!


    Blanco heard the sound of the other newborns hurriedly rushing toward the corpse of the mouse. Without wasting a second, he bit into the mouse''s body and took a large piece of flesh from it to his mouth.


    "If it''s the life in my memory, eating something like this in this way would surely disgust my to death, "


    While Blanco was eating the piece he had bitten off, the other newborns came and began to eat the corpse of the mouse.


    Without much care about the others, Blanco finished the piece he had gotten to his mouth and continued to eat from the mouse corpse. But at that moment, another newborn pushed Blanco slightly as it tried to snatch the place Blanco was in.


    Blanco didn''t pay much attention to this newborn''s action as he continued to feast on the flesh of the mouse.


    But the other one swallowed a mouthful of saliva as it saw Blanco eating the flesh of the mouse greedily.


    Graaa!


    The newborn baby growled a bit as it tried to intimidate Blanco, Blanco ignored it and continued to eat the flesh of the creature.


    The other newborn baby that Blanco had slapped before looked at Blanco and the new newborn baby''s encounter with a curious gaze.


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    Seeing Blanco ignored it, the newborn baby creature got close to him and moved its head close to the place where Blanco was eating, trying to take a bite from there. But this action irritated Blanco.


    Grawwl!


    As Blanco became angry, he growled toward the newborn baby, and his growl was loud and echoed through the whole area. The other newborns that were feasting on the mouse corpse hurriedly backed away from Blanco''s growl, and even the older ones that were digging into the mouse corpse turned their gaze toward the newborns curiously.


    The mother creature, whose attention was towards the older ones, moved her head and gaze toward Blanco.


    "Am I too loud? Whatever," After scaring the newborn that bothered him, Blanco refocused back on the mouse corpse as he continued to feed on it.


    But as Blanco dug deeper into the body of the creature, he stumbled upon a round sack which was purple in color.


    "What is this thing, its stomach maybe," he curiously observed it for a few seconds, sniffing it. And after that, he bit into it, but as soon as he bit it, some liquid seeped into his mouth from the sack, and his mouth felt burning.


    Keek!


    Blanco hurriedly backed away from the body of the mouse as the burning sensation in his mouth felt painful.


    Seeing Blanco backing away from the corpse, the other newborn creatures, who were initially scared by Blanco''s growl, hurriedly ran back to continue their feast on the mouse-like creature. However, the place where Blanco was eating remained unoccupied by anyone.


    Tuk!


    Tuk!


    Blanco gritted his teeth and waved his mouth rapidly, saliva spraying away, but the pain he felt did not reduce one bit.


    But at that moment, after a few minutes of suffering in the burning sensation of his mouth, Blanco suddenly felt a euphoric and tasty feeling in his mouth, almost as if the thing that caused the burning pain in his mouth turned into something tasty.


    Feeling the taste, Blanco licked around his lips before going back toward the body of the mouse-like creature.


    Once close to the corpse of the dead creature, Blanco bit onto the purple sack and ripped it apart from the corpse, dragging it away from the others.


    As Blanco dragged the sack, some of the purple, cold liquid dripped onto the ground, emitting a sizzling sound as it corroded and decayed the floor a bit.


    The others around him looked at him curiously, but none of them intervened with what he was doing.


    Dragging the purple-colored sack away, Blanco began to eat it all by himself. This time, the liquid that seeped into his mouth from inside the sack did not give him a burning feeling. Instead, he found it extremely tasty, and he also felt a huge sense of euphoria, as if he were flying in the air.


    After drinking all of the liquid inside the sack, Blanco started to eat the flesh in it, savoring the taste. As he ate, he gazed at the outside world where the colorful giant tree was visible to him.


    The pleasant taste, along with the beautiful scenery, calmed Blanco''s mind a bit from the huge, euphoric feeling he felt. But at that moment, he saw that some parts of the forest were slowly drowned in the dark. After a few minutes, the tops of the giant trees were covered in the darkness as it slowly descended to the forest.


    Blanco, who was looking at the darkening forest, felt that there was something moving in the darkness. He stopped his biting and focused toward the dark. But at that moment, suddenly, another larger creature, similar to him, hurriedly crawled inside the hole where Blanco and the others were.


    Even though the creature that arrived now was similar to Blanco, it had a different colored skin and some strange symbols all over its body. It had some unknown tiny bird-like creatures in its mouth, and after dropping the prey it brought to the ground, it turned around and pushed the lid-like thing they placed close to the door, closing it.


    As the giant creature closed the door, the inside drowned in the dark. But within a second, tiny sparks of light appeared all over the place.

 Chapter 3 - The Hand

    Looking at those sparks of light, Blanco saw that they were extremely tiny creatures.


    The larger creature that arrived at the hole where they were grabbed the bird-like creatures back as it walked toward the mother creature and dropped the bird closer to her.


    The mother creature grabbed the bird and began to eat it.


    Just by seeing the large creature that arrived, Blanco knew that it''s the father of his.


    After observing his mother and father, Blanco lowered his head as he continued to feast on his food. But as he kept eating, he suddenly felt a dizzy feeling and exhaustion, and closing his eyes, he fell upon the ground. It''s unclear whether he''s unconscious or asleep.


    Thump! Thump!


    After Blanco fell and seemed unmoving, a newborn creature walked toward him, and the one who came was the same one that Blanco slapped when it tried to eat his shell.


    The newborn creature''s body was huge as it had eaten to its heart''s content, and even taking steps forward caused its whole stomach to sway to the side.


    The creature came close to Blanco and sniffed him a bit before slowly moving toward the purple sack Blanco was eating.


    Once it sniffed it, it suddenly lifted up its head, and in the next second, its eyes closed, and it fell upon Blanco.


    While in the unconscious state, the fur on Blanco''s body waved in an unusual manner again, and around his neck, a bit close to the mouth, a few strange symbols appeared, resembling sharp teeth.


    After a few hours, Blanco slowly opened his eyes, but he felt a huge weight pressing on his body.


    Confused by the sudden weight, Blanco struggled to push the heavy thing away from him. After a few minutes of struggling, he finally managed to push it off.


    After getting away from under the heavy thing, Blanco looked back and saw that it was the newborn creature that he had slapped before.


    "What''s he doing closer to me?" Blanco wonders, he got the urge to slap him again for lying upon him. However, seeing how uncomfortable it would be, Blanco abandoned that idea.


    "It''s a bit quiet," Blanco looks around and saw that everyone else is sleeping.


    Blanco saw his unfinished food, the purple sack, still lying beside him, and upon seeing it, he felt a little hungry again.


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    Getting closer to it, he began to eat it again.


    Tuk! Tuk!


    But at that moment, Blanco heard a strange sound. Confused by this, he stopped eating and lifted up his head.


    Tuk! Tuk!


    The sound was heard again, and it came from the closed door.


    Hearing the sound, Blanco became curious and moved toward the closed door.


    Because of the tiny creatures emitting light, the area around the door was a little bit brighter, but it was still a bit dark in that area. As Blanco got closer, his shadow fell upon the closed door.


    Blanco stood closer to the door for a few seconds, but nothing strange happened. Getting bored, he prepared to leave. But at that moment, he noticed something strange within the shadow of his that fell on the door.


    The shadow of his was getting darker and darker as moments passed.


    Curiously, Blanco got close to his shape a bit, but suddenly his senses felt something. From the shadow of his, a hand which had sharp, knife-like fingernails appeared and swung its sharp nails toward Blanco.


    Acting quickly, Blanco backed away from the door, avoiding the shadow hand.


    After missing Blanco, the shadow hand drew back into the shadow of his and disappeared from Blanco''s vision.


    "Something supernatural? So, this place I was born into must have some kind of supernatural force. Of course, thinking about it, it makes sense from this weird appearance of mine that I''m not in my previous world but instead in some kind of another world."


    " Wait, if I''m a reincarnator, could it be that I have some kind of ability to myself too?"


    Blanco closed his eyes and tried to feel something within his body, but no matter how much he struggled, nothing out of the ordinary, as Blanco expected, appeared.


    "Phew, well, if there''s something like that inside me, I''ll eventually has come out to me sooner or later."


    Opening his eyes, Blanco gazed at the spot where the dark hand disappeared. Even though there was no evidence of the dark hand, Blanco saw a dark, ink-like liquid fall from the shadow hand to the floor as it missed its swing toward him.


    Lowering his head, Blanco sniffed the dark liquid on the floor. The smell was very dense and potent, but it had a familiar scent, like the liquid inside the purple sack he was just eating.


    Looking at the dark liquid, Blanco had a contemplative look as he doubted whether to taste it or not. But after a few minutes of thinking, he suddenly jumped forward and licked it.


    Slurp!


    Not leaving an inch on the ground, Blanco lapped up all of the liquid from the ground.


    After that, he stood up, expecting something to happen within his body, but even after a few minutes passed, he didn''t feel anything. And even after that, he didn''t feel any change within his body even after a few more minutes passed.


    Khaak!


    But suddenly, Blanco exclaimed in pain as a tremendous pain erupted from his mouth. He felt like his mouth was eaten by countless tiny creatures from inside, and his tongue felt like it was being decayed slowly and painfully.


    "Is it poison? Dammit I shouldn''t have done that," Blanco exclaimed in distress.


    Blanco waved his mouth and tried to ease his pain, but nothing he did showed any effect. And as minutes passed, the pain gradually worsened, even making his eyes turn red from the agony he felt.


    Thud!


    The tremendous pain overwhelmed him, and he fell to the ground, his mouth open and his tongue stuck out. Blanco was now like a lifeless being.


    But at that moment, as Blanco''s tongue stuck out from his mouth and touched the earth, he suddenly felt a cold sensation on his tongue. He felt a bit relieved by the extreme pain he was feeling.


    Feeling the relieving sensation, Blanco moved and dragged his tongue across the floor. Even though his tongue felt a bit painful as he dragged it across the floor, the extreme pain he felt before slowly began to subside as the coldness from the ground slowly reached into his mouth.

 Chapter 4 - unusual consern

    After dragging his mouth along the floor, Blanco finally stopped as he felt the pain from his mouth slowly vanishing.


    Sigh!


    He laid flat on the ground again, exhausted and nearly drained of all his energy. He felt dizzy again, slowly succumbing to sleep.


    But at that moment, Blanco slightly looked at his front where he saw his own reflection.


    The scenery in front of him frightened Blanco a bit as he hurriedly backed away, but as he did, he realized that after long way of dragging his toung accros the floor he ended up close to a still unhatched egg, and the reflection he saw was shown by it.


    And the reason why his reflection is so clear even in the dark is because of the tiny creatures that brighten the area around him as they flutter above.


    After clarifying his confusion, Blanco walked back toward the egg as he took a closer look at his own reflection once again.


    "Hmm, based on what I saw so far, everyone has symbols unique to them in their body, then these should be my unique marks,"


    Blanco gazed at the sharp teeth-like mark on his back and the straight line and dot mark on his hand in the reflection from the egg surface.


    Crik!


    But at that moment, as Blanco was observing his appearance, a tiny crack appeared on the surface of the egg.


    Crik! Crik!


    The crack appeared on the surface, gradually spread more and more.


    Blanco took a few steps back as he anticipated what was happening, and just as he expected, in the next second,


    Clank!


    Breaking the eggshell, a tiny new baby creature came out from the egg.


    Forcing its way out from the egg along with the liquid that came inside from it, the newborn creature opened its eyes without any struggle. The first thing it saw was the Blanco looking at it curiously.


    The newly hatched baby creature tried to walk toward Blanco, but it got stuck in the liquid that covered it. It struggled for a few seconds to get out from the sticky liquid, but after realizing that its weak strength couldn''t free itself, it looked toward Blanco with innocent eyes.


    Kwee!


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    It made a strange sound as it looked toward Blanco.


    "is it asking for help?" Blanco got a bit closer to the baby creature, but suddenly he stopped and backed away. The giant mother creature, who was sleeping in the back, woke up by the little sound emitted by the newly hatched baby, and she moved toward it and licked away the liquid around it.


    Blanco watched how the mother creature cared for the newborn baby, and as he was looking, the sleepiness of his increased more and more, and he felt exhausted.


    "Is it because I''m still a baby? This body has so little stamina and gets exhausted and sleepy really fast," he pondered.


    Blanco looked around and found a cozy spot to lay down and drown in his sleep.


    The newborn baby, after its mother finished her cleaning, walked up to its eggshell and began to eat it. Within a few minutes, it ate the whole eggshell, which made it appear a bit fat.


    After eating the eggshell, it felt its eyelids closing on their own. While the sleepiness came in, it saw Blanco sleeping comfortably a bit far and moved close to him.


    In sleep, Blanco suddenly appeared in a dark space.


    "Huh, Where is this?" he looked around in confusion and saw something like a flower bud in the dark space, closer to him.


    "Have I seen something like this before?" Seeing the flower bud, he realized that it resembled the shape of the still unblooming bud that was placed at the top of the giant tree he saw outside.


    "Am I dreaming about that flower bud?" he wondered. "maybe I had much consern to that tree more than I knew, to think that its even appearing in my dream."


    at that moment, Blanco felt something behind him, and a green-colored shine casted around him from behind.


    He looked back curiously and saw a skeleton mouth with sharp teeth slowly appearing through the space. It had a green-colored energy swirling around it, emitting a sizzling sound.


    "This feels toxic," feeling the highly corrosive nature of the object in front of him. He backed away from it a bit.


    As the thought of backing away from the corrosive object came into his mind, suddenly everything in front of him sped up and blurred in the darkness.


    - - - -


    As a ray of sunlight fell onto Blanco''s face, he woke up from his slumber.


    "What a weird dream," he muttered, but as soon as he woke up, he was met with a heavy weight pressed upon his body.


    "This fat bastard, how come he ended up in here," annoyed. He pushed the other creature above him with a powerful force, but as he pushed, he realized that it was not as hard as before.


    "Could it be because my body is growing?" Blanco became curious about his newfound strength.


    But at that moment, his attention was drawn in another direction as he saw that the father of his was moving out from the hole they were in, and following him, the other older ones went out.


    "as I get older, I probably have to help father to find food," thought Blanco as he gazed at the outside view.


    Graaaw!


    Disturbing his peaceful view, his stomach rumbled. To ease up his hunger, Blanco tried to find something to eat, and as he looked around, he saw that the newly born creature that he saw yesterday was sleeping closer to him.


    Thud!


    Suddenly, a loud sound echoed, and looking at the source, Blanco saw the remains of the food the father creature brought yesterday placed infront of him by the mother.


    The other sleeping newborn woke up from the sound, and the fatty that Blanco pushed away sniffed the smell from the dead creature and woke up in an instant.


    "O,ohh."


    After surveying the food, Blanco glanced back at all the new little ones and realized that the remaining parts of the creature wouldn''t be enough to feed them all.


    "Being late would be regrettable," he muttered to himself, hastily making his way towards the remaining corpse. Seeing him go, the other newborn hurriedly scampered towards the food.

 Chapter 5 - Fear from me

    Getting close to the corpse, Blanco bit off a mouthful and began to eat. As he did, he noticed a dark, ink-like substance seeping into the area where he had bitten.


    The other baby creatures hurried over and started to feast on the remains of the dead bird-like creature. However, as they ate, they suddenly began to stagger and then collapsed to the ground.


    Sniffing around, they eyed the spot where Blanco was eating and deliberately avoided that area.


    Blanco didn''t pay much attention to their actions, being too focused on eating. Their absence, however, allowed him ample time to consume his food undisturbed.


    "Is it because of my roar yesterday?" Blanco finally noticed that no one was around him. He gazed at the others on the opposite side of the dead animal.


    As he did, he slightly noticed the dark-purple spots spreading through the meat he was eating.


    Sniff!


    He sniffed it again and felt a wave of unease wash over him.


    "Poison, and it''s the same feeling from my dream. Could it be I have poison on my teeth?"


    He took another bite from the animal and saw the dark stains spreading around the area he had bitten.


    "Seems I don''t have any effect from my own poison. Which is pretty nice," he thought to himself.


    Without anyone to bother him, Blanco began to eat again to his heart''s content. The fat creature that always ended up near him watched blanco eating with greedy eyes.


    Blurp!


    After eating his fill, Blanco slowly walked towards the giant round door, his stomach fully round. He leaned against a corner, gazing outside. The cold wind blowing in felt like a comfortable massage to his body.


    "Haaa, life of an animal. If only I could stay like this till the end of my life," enjoying the outside view, Without even realizing it, his eyes slowly closed, and he succumbed to sleep.


    After a long sleep, the tiny newborn baby opened her eyes. She stood up with lazy movements, shaking her head a bit. Then she glanced at the spot where she had seen Blanco sleeping before she fell asleep and noticed that he was no longer there.


    It began to panic as it realized Blanco was not close by. It hurriedly looked around, but at that moment, the giant head of its mother lowered toward it and gently grabbed the creature in her mouth.


    The mother moved her away and placed her closer to some food she had kept safe for the tiny creatures.


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    After placing the baby creature closer to the food, the mother creature glanced back at all the eggs she had laid. At that moment, only tiny bits of shell remained, as all of them had hatched. Being the last one to hatch, the mother creature showed some extra love towards her final baby.


    The tiny baby ate the bit of food its mother had kept for it. Afterward, it looked around and saw Blanco sleeping comfortably near the opening of their little hole. Some sun rays from outside fell onto Blanco''s body, making him shine like a radiant white crystal against the ground.


    The wind that gently flowed into the hole first greeted his body, bringing a refreshing chill from outside, which made him even more comfortable.


    Kuu!


    Seeing Blanco, the baby creature exclaimed joyfully and ran toward him. But after only a few steps, a wave of exhaustion fell over its body. Feeling heavy and tired, sleepiness took over, and it slowly closed its eyes.


    The mother creature gazed at Blanco, who was sleeping comfortably. She let him enjoy the feeling for a few seconds before walking up to him, gently grabbing him with her mouth, and bringing him back into the nest. She placed him upon a soft bed of feathers.


    Blanco curled up on the feathered bed, enjoying its warm comfort.


    After Blanco curled up and slept comfortably, another creature came close to him, the slightly chubby one. It moved around Blanco for a few rounds before finally settling itself in the bed close to Blanco. It closed its eyes, finding comfort in the warmth of the nest.


    Within a few minutes, it succumbed to sleep, and without even realizing it, it rolled onto the hay floor and ended up on Blanco''s body.


    - - - -


    In a dark space, Blanco opened his eyes.


    "Where am I? It''s the same darkness, but I don''t see that flower bud or the corrosive mouth," being confused Blanco looked around and at the moment he caught a familiar smell.


    "This smell, I remember this."


    Suddenly, a giant roasted pig appeared in the space, a short distance away from Blanco.


    It glistened in brown and golden hues, rolling gently while emitting rising smoke.


    Gulp!


    Seeing the roasted pork, Blanco swallowed a mouthful of saliva involuntarily.


    Blanco dashed towards the delicious-looking pork, his steps fast and his expression greedy.


    But even as he ran for a while, the distance between him and the roasted pork didn''t close in. Instead, it remained the same as before, and he never got any closer to the meat.


    "Ah, what''s going on? Let me get a taste of you," Blanco muttered in frustration.


    Blanco lost his patience as he ran towards the tantalizingly roasted pork, which seemed to stay just out of reach no matter how hard he tried.


    Gruuk!


    His stomach rumbled. "Hold on a minute, buddy. Dinner is right in front of you," Blanco thought to himself.


    He leaped forward, hoping to finally reach the pork and eat, but it never happened.


    Arghhh!


    "Just come here, you wicked bastard!" Blanco''s hunger reached its peak, the rumbling stench urging him to scream more and more as he ran. Despite feeling exhausted, he never stopped running.


    "Just a bit more," Blanco thought as he ran, his eyes fixed on the meat with desperate hunger. But his tired body was reaching its limit. Putting all of his hope into one more jump, he leaped forward towards the meat, while the rumbling of his stomach echoed louder than ever.


    Gruuk!


    Blanco, who was sleeping soundly upon the hay bed, was abruptly awakened by the rumbling sound of his stomach.


    "Meat, my delicious meat," he murmured in a half-asleep state, licking his lips. But in the next moment, he fully awakened.


    He saw an unusual sight: the mother creature was looking outside from the hole in their place, her face showing worry.


    Blanco prepared to get up, but the familiar weight fell upon his body.


    "What the hell, not again," Blanco grumbled as he pushed the fat creature away from him.


    "Whoa, it''s easier than before."


    "I''m growing really fast," satisfied with his growth,Blanco walked toward the door of their place, closer to his mother.

 Chapter 6 - somethings wrong

    His gaze scanned the outside scenery, but all he saw was the darkening sky.


    "How long have I been sleeping? It''s almost nighttime,"


    He noticed the surroundings slowly being engulfed in darkness, but it wasn''t like the darkness that came when the sun was absent. This was a deep, pitch-black darkness that lurked behind the fading sunlight until it was time for the sun to go down completely.


    Gruuk!


    Blanco''s stomach rumbled again.


    "Damn, where is the food? I''m so hungry," he muttered, looking around their nest. But there was no food to be found. Similarly, all the other newborns in the same state as him were lying low on the ground, overpowered by hunger.


    "something''s wrong. Father usually comes before the sun goes down or before the darkness covers the area, but today they''re late. Could there be something wrong?" Blanco thought, gazing back at the forest.


    But suddenly, a giant animal''s head peeked into the hole of their nest.


    The mother creature quickly moved in front of Blanco, and the newborns screamed in a frightened way.


    Blanco, being shielded by his mother, peeked from the side of her.


    In the next scene, his father appeared, holding the giant creature from his mouth as he entered the nest.


    The large creature, with a head resembling a bat and a lizard-like hide, was their dinner. Following the father, the older ones came in to the nest.


    "uh? Something''s wrong," Blanco noticed that the older ones were not in good shape. Some had grave injuries, while others had blood all over their bodies. He also noticed that there were fewer people in the group than there were in the morning.


    As Blanco focused on watching them, the father dropped the larger creature to the ground and moved closer to the soft hay bed that only he and mother creture slept. He lay down on it, exhausted.


    He had some grave injuries on his body, and similarly, all the other older ones went back to their hay beds and lay down silently.


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    The mother picked up the dead creature from the ground and brought it closer to the newborns, dropping it at their feet.


    The newborns happily ran toward the corpse of the larger creature and began to feast on it. Blanco walked toward the creatures, but his eyes remained on the older ones. He wanted to know what had actually happened.


    The next morning, Blanco woke up at the crack of dawn when the first sun rays shone through a tiny hole in the tree nest where they were staying.


    The whole nest was aweke at that moment. All the older ones woke up and gathered in front of the door of the hole.


    Blanco and the other newborns gazed at them curiously, wondering what was about to happen.


    "Now that I look at them, they are kind of cool,"


    Blanco noticed that the markings on the older ones were somewhat attractive in a fiery way. He also observed that some of their fur had a contrasting color.


    At that moment, the father creature walked toward them. He passed by everyone, acknowledging some with a nod while completely ignoring others. After reaching the front, the father looked back at all of them.


    Graaa!


    He roared, and all the older ones followed suit. The one who stood at the front of the group walked toward the father. The father leaned his head forward and touched the other''s head. Suddenly, a blinding light appeared from the father''s head and passed to the other one.


    Closing his eyes, the older one received the blue light and backed away. Similarly, the father did this with a few others who had powerful bodies. Blanco noticed that almost all of them had a change in the color of their fur.


    After passing the blue light to the final one, the father opened the lid that covered the hole in their nest and gazed back at the older ones.


    Graaaw!


    He roared.


    Krwe!


    Suddenly, the mother roared from behind.


    At the same time, all the older ones roared together as they launched out from the hole and jumped out fromtthe nest.


    "Wait, this isn''t what I think it is, right?" Blanco had a clue about what had happened but needed proof to believe it, so he deliberately set the thought aside for the right moment to decide.


    Father and mother gazed at the older ones leaving the nest. Some curious newborns got close to them, peeking their heads out from the hole to look at the outside world.


    After a while, once the older ones had left the nest, the father also departed for his hunt. The nest returned to its usual inhabitants: the mother and her kids.


    Munch!


    Munch!


    Digging deeper into the flesh of the giant creature''s remains from the previous night, Blanco ate to his heart''s content.


    The other newborns, carefully avoiding the parts where Blanco was eating, ate their meals.


    After eating a stomachful breakfast, Blanco played comfortably on the hay bed and dove into sleep.


    When he reopened his eyes, it was already nighttime. Gazing outside, he saw the darkness slowly swallowing the forest. At that moment, his father returned with a frog-like creature in his mouth, and he came alone.


    "Guess what I thought is right. After taking care of us in our little childhood, we have to leave this nest and fend for ourselves, alone in this forest," Blanco thought as his father shut the door.


    He looked outside through the closing door and saw the forest covered in darkness, feeling a bit terrified by the thought.

 Chapter 7 - knowledge help

    "Judging from their body size, I don''t think I have much time until I''m kicked out as well. To survive in the woods, I have to prepare myself better," Blanco thought, his gaze becoming determined.


    Grrruk! (stomach rumbling sound)


    "But that comes after taking my dinner," he said, running towards the food his father had brought for them.


    - - - -


    In a dark space where the unbloomed flower bud and fierce sharp-toothed skull floated, Blanco opened his eyes.


    "I''m here again. Now that I think about it, I don''t think this is a dream at all. How could I act and think like this if this were just a dream?" Blanco thought as he slowly moved closer to the fiery skull.


    "If my guess is right, this place should be my sea of consciousness, and this thing should represent my poison power. Look how fierce it is, and its teeth look the same as the marks on my fur," he muttered, feeling the core''s intense energy emanating from the skull.


    "And this thing..." Blanco turned towards the unbloomed flowerbud.


    "I don''t have any idea what this thing is, but I hope it''s something helpful to me," he muttered, observing the bud.


    "So, one is a poison ability of mine, and one is something unknown, and I''ve already seen them before, unlike this thing," saying he turned back to where a radiant white door had appeared and floating in space behind him.


    "A very suspicious door, huh? But it has the color of white. White means purity, so I guess opening this thing wouldn''t be harmful,"


    With a dull and meaningless excuse He grabbed the door handle and opened it. As soon as he did, a radiant light cast onto his face.


    "Urgh," he grunted, shielding his eyes from the brightness.


    In his sleep, Blanco''s expression changed as he struggled, but after a few minutes, it subsided.


    - - - -


    As the morning sun rays fell on Blanco''s face, he woke up from his slumber, feeling the familiar weight pressing upon his body.


    "I think I have to do something about this," Blanco muttered, pushing the fat creature off his body and looking at him.


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    "Look how fat he is. If he continues to get fatter, he''s going to end up being a feeder."


    "....."


    "Huh, a feeder? How did I know something like that?" At that moment, Blanco realized there was a new kind of memory in his mind.


    "These are... Whoa, I think these are my inheritance memories about this creature."


    "And according to them, I was born into a frost marks race, a small omnivourus species... Nice, this knowledge comes at the right timing."


    After sifting through his memories, Blanco once again looked at the fat creature in front of him.


    "After birth frost marks race undergoes a major evolutionary phase, which depends on their whole personality and the things they do, judging from his abnormal stomach and greedy hunger, he would definitely end up as a feeder, a species that can store energy from the things they eat inside their bodies and use it later."


    "And about this one: ''Balnco looks at the little newborn creatures that he watched hatch, sleeping closer to him.''"


    There were no noticeable changes in it''s appearance compared to when Blanco saw it at hatching.


    "Hmm, wait a minute, this is a girl," Blanco exclaimed, observing her more closely.


    "Maybe because she hasn''t grown much yet, she hasn''t shown any evolutionary traits in her appearance. Even her skin is still empty white."


    "As per my memory, as someone gets closer to evolution, they will change their skin color according to that path. At that point, he should be brown," thought Blanco, looking at the fat creature.


    "Than, what about me?" he wondered. Walking away, Blanco moved toward the opening of the nest and looked outside.


    "My fur color is the same, which means I''m nowhere near an evolution," he muttered, looking at his white fur.


    "But on the other hand, I have two marks on my body: one for my poison ability and the other that I have no idea about.another thing I''m curious about is these gills of mine. There is some information in the inheritance knowledge about those born with extra molecular structures, but those cases are extremely rare. They typically possess a unique ability granted by those extra parts of their bodies. Seeing that I''m the only one with these gills here, I think I''m also one of those extremely rare cases, which is a good thing for me. But the downside is I have no knowledge about what kind of ability I possess from this."


    "If I have to guess, because they are gills, it''s probably something like breathing underwater, which isn''t a bad thing but...


    Whatever it is, I have to figure it out before the father brings us out to hunt.


    According to my memory, right after a week from their birth, frost makers bring their newborn children out from the nest for the first time to train them for life in the forest. This training lasts for a full month.


    After a month of training, whether the newborns are ready or not, they have to leave their parents'' nest to live on their own.


    So, I''ve got a day or two before the father creature brings us out to hunt.


    Thump! Thump!


    From behind him in the nest, Blanco heard a sound. Looking back, he saw the mother creature dragging a tiny dead creature in front of the sleeping newborns. The newborns woke up from their sleep as they smelled the dead creature.


    "Thanks to the new knowledge I got, I already know what to do in my free time," Blanco muttered as he walked toward the dead creature and began to eat.


    It was a dead bird-like creature with a long tail.


    Chizz!


    The parts where Blanco ate began to emit a sizzling sound as a dark purple poison spread through the meat. The others backed away, terrified by the poison, but closing his eyes, Blanco enjoyed his food calmly.

 Chapter 8 - Around somewhere

    Burp!


    After eating his fill, Blanco walked to a secluded spot in the nest where no one was around. It was a place at the back of the nest, so neglected that even the mother creatures didn''t pay much attention to it. she was sleeping at the moment.


    Huff!


    He looked around and saw nobody nearby. Suddenly, taking a breath, he ran quickly in a circular path around the area.


    ''According to the inheritance memory, the growth of a newborn frost maker is extraordinarily fast, which is why they eat as much as they can to get the necessary nutrition to grow stronger and more powerful.


    "But with the memory of a human on my side, I know that only rely on eating won''t be enough for me to become stronger."


    Huff!


    Blanco''s speed slowed down after running two rounds in a circle, but taking another breath, he tried to continue without stopping.


    "That''s why I will train my body to its limit to be much stronger than the others my age, to surpass them easily."


    Thump! Thump!


    The sound of Blanco''s running echoed through the nest, and the other newborns looked at him curiously.


    Opening her eyes, the mother creature lifted her head and gazed at Blanco. After watching him for a few seconds, she lowered her head and closed her eyes again.


    Ignoring the others'' gazes, Blanco continued to train his body.


    Huff! Huff!


    But after a few more rounds of running, he felt very exhausted and collapsed to the ground.


    "Haaa, this should be enough for the first day," he said, closing his eyes. After a few minutes, the sound of his deep sleep filled the air.


    The fatty creature walked toward Blanco carefully, and seeing that he was sleeping, it walked more comfortably, laying on the ground close to Blanco and closing its eyes.


    The smallest of all the newborn creatures, the female one, hidden behind one of the rocks in the nest, peek at Blanco. Seeing that he was asleep, she slowly crept closer to him, settled on the ground, and closed her eyes to sleep.


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    - - - -


    Ugh!


    Startled by the movement under the heavy creature, Blaco woke up from his sleep.


    "I expected something like this," he said, seizing the moment to push the hefty one away.


    "Whoa, it''s much easier than before when I only gathered nutrition to grow. My training is really paying off."


    Thud!


    As the sound of the creature hitting the ground echoed, Blaco saw his father return with a bird-like creature in his mouth.


    After filling his stomach, Blanco resumed his training session.


    ---


    In a secluded area of the forest, surrounded by colorful trees and creatures, there stood a shimmering blue cluster of crystals. Around its base lay a layer of blooming flowers, swaying gently in the swift winds that passed by.


    The sound of the wind and the echoing calls of animals filled the area, leaving no place quiet.


    Shrubs!


    Suddenly, through a lush green bush, a creature resembling a horse but with a sharp, colorful horn on its head emerged.


    The skin colour of the creture fitted the colorful trees around the area, its skin shining like a mirror reflecting the blue shine cast from the gem as its own color.


    Huff!


    The unicorn walked toward the gem and circled around it a bit, while the flying birds and the small creatures searching for food roamed around through the area as the unicorn took its slow walk.


    After circling the crystal, the unicorn lay down on the ground close to it and closed its eyes, seemingly preparing to fall asleep.


    As time passed, the burning sun in the sky slowly went down, the darkness spreading across the forest, casting an eerie feeling over the area.


    The creatures of the forest''s actions became frantic as they began to run around in fear, while the birds screamed in haste.


    But suddenly, as the darkness swallowed the forest, the giant blue crystal''s shine began to increase tremendously, illuminating a huge area around it.


    A wind began to blow, and the trees began to glow again, but not in the same color they had during the day. It was a refracted color, a calm one. A vein of light directly went through the ground from the crystal to each of the trees, giving them the light to shine.


    The creatures became calmed, and they slowly laid down to the ground. The atmosphere became peaceful as the noise from the birds dispersed, with only their sweet sounds occasionally heard.


    Huff!


    The unicorn breathed heavily as it changed its position for a more comfortable way to sleep.


    Whoosh!


    A soft wind blew past the unicorn, waving its hairy fur, but after that gust, the wind that blew through the area suddenly disappeared.


    And the forest, which had a calming sound, became quiet.


    The unicorn opened its eyes and woke up from its slumber. It gazed at the forest area but saw that the shine that cast through a long way through the forest had been reduced significantly.


    From the shine of the crystal, the giant trees that stood around cast shadows of them through the forest, but these shadows slowly began to increase in darkness. And the surrounding darkness of the area around the unicorn and the crystal began to increase.


    From the shadow of one of the larger trees, two piercing eyes appeared, their pupils shining brown with a fierce gaze directed toward the unicorn and the crystal.


    The unicorn, who was watching around vigilantly, jerked its head toward the direction where the two eyes appeared, but when it looked, the eyes had already disappeared.

 Chapter 9 - seeping darkness

    The unicorn stayed looking in that direction for a while, and after that, it closed its eyes and lay back on the ground.


    No sound emitted from the forest, and it was absolute quietness.


    Shrubs!


    But at that moment, from above one of the trees, a leaves rustling sound came.


    Huff!


    Suddenly, the unicorn opened its eyes and began to run away, but from above one of the trees, a figure jumped out.


    From the darkness, only its silhouette could be seen, and that figure was humanoid but full of spikes around the body.


    Swish!


    As soon as the figure jumped out, it threw one of the spikes toward the unicorn that was running.


    The skin of the unicorn suddenly glowed, and a pink-colored shield appeared around it.


    Clank!


    The spike thrown by the shadowy figure managed to pierce the shield but got stopped halfway through. The shadowy figure then jumped down and kicked the end of the spike.


    Crik!


    From his kick, the spike penetrated further through the shield and managed to crush it, piercing through the body of the unicorn.


    Neigh!


    The unicorn exclaimed in pain and struggled to run away, but the shadowy figure grabbed hold of the unicorn from its horn and forced it to the ground.


    "Spike General Warren..."


    Huff!


    Unicorn exclaimed in pain.


    "How did a terrible creature like you manage to get in here?" it asked, but the other figure stayed silent.


    "Are you tired of living? As soon as our king finds out about what you''re doing, he will slit that throat of yours."


    While it''s talking, its horn on the head began to glow, and it aimed it toward the shadow figure.


    Swish!


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    A giant spike, one the size of a sword, pulled out from Warren''s back as he thrust it through the head of the unicorn again.


    The shine in the horn of the unicorn dispersed as its head fell to the ground lifeless.


    Pulling out the spiked weapon, Warren forcefully tore apart the unicorn horn in it''s head and held it in his hand.


    Clutching the unicorn''s horn in his hand, Warren walked toward the shining crystal, and as he got closer, his appearance became clear in the shine of the crystal.


    His whole body is like a human figure, but his skin is much darker and shines slightly like the tough skin of a wild creature. Countless sharp spikes grow out from his back, and from his elbows, two long, sharp spikes appeared like weapons.


    Around the ground where Warren walked, the tiny little creatures and birds fell to the ground, acting lifeless, as a dark substance slowly devoured their bodies like parasite. The tiny creatures stood silently as the darkness slowly devoured them. The flower field slowly disappeared to ashes as the drakness slolwy seep into the field.


    Getting closer to the shining crystal, Warren observed it. The blue-colored crystal seemed like a living creature; inside, there was a liquid-like substance that moved slowly.


    Suddenly, Warren lifted up the horn of the unicorn in its hand and thrust it at the crystal.


    Clang!


    The unicorn horn pierced straight through the crystal, and the crystal shattered into countless pieces.


    The only shining thing in the dark forest suddenly disappeared, and the darkness around instantly swallowed the whole area. The darkness surrounded Warren and swallowed him, acting like a shroud around him.


    After he got swallowed by the darkness, Warren looked around at the spherical-shaped dark surface surrounding him.


    But it was not darkness; it was like countless dark-colored creatures swirling around him ceaselessly.


    Suddenly, countless eyes appeared from the darkness, their pupils a deathly pale white.


    Facing them, Warren suddenly knelt down.


    "My king, the unicorn king''s territory is rapidly becoming weaker. I hope you are satisfied with these results," said Warren.


    "Time will come, Flower of Spirit. The Spirit Flower will bloom soon. Find it and bring it to me," a eerie tone from the darkness spoke out.


    And in the next moment, the dark bubble that spread around Warren shattered, and the creatures covered him, blending him into the darkness around him.


    "Search through every inch of this forest. Before it blooms, I need to find the Spirit Flower and offer it to my king,"


    While Warren was speaking, countless eyes appeared behind him in the darkness, their pupils a brown color.


    "If anyone dares to get in the way, show them my wrath," he added with a tone of authority.


    After Warren spoke, the eyes in the darkness spread through the forest, moving swiftly around the area. In just a few minutes, they covered a long distance, where countless creatures ran away from Warren''s direction to another area. The dark creatures jumped into their shadows and blended in with the atmosphere.


    ---


    A slight wind blew past the giant tree that stood in front of Blanco''s nest. Under the night sky, the tree had a strange shining color different from its daytime hue.


    At the top of the tree, the unbloomed flower bud remained in a gloomy manner, but suddenly, a tiny crack appeared on its surface, emitting a deep, brilliant neon-colored shine.


    In the dark space of Blanco''s consciousness, the unbloomed flower bud suddenly moved, and a slight crack appeared on its surface, also releasing a neon-colored shine to the outside.


    ---


    Laying in the hay bed on the ground, Blaco was sleeping comfortably. And at that moment, a little face got close to him and stuck out its tongue, licking his face.


    "Ugh, huh?" Blanco opened his eyes from the wet and strange feeling and saw the tiny female creature in front of him, her face extremely close to his.

 Chapter 10 - first step

    "Whoa, this is new. What''s she doing?" Blanco lifted his head and looked around in confusion.


    As he looked, he saw the other newborns were already awake and eating the flesh of a mouse-like creature. The father creature stood near the opening of their nest, gazing outside.


    "What''s all this? This is not the usual time we''re all awake,"


    "...."


    "No way, is this the day?" He hurriedly stood up, ran toward the corpse of the mouse-like creature, and began to eat.


    "Of course it has to be today, dammit. I''m usually awake at any slight sound, but because of the training, I''m more worn out and slept like the dead," he thought as he bit into the flesh and swallowed it without even chewing.


    Chizzz!


    His poison began to spread around the flesh of the creature, and the other newborns around him carefully moved away.


    While Blanco was eating, some of the newborns had already eaten their fill and walked toward where their father was, standing in front of him. As time went by, except for a few which includes Blanco, all the others had gone in front of the father creature and stood there.


    Swallowing a bit, Blanco also moved toward that place and stared looking outside. After all the others had gathered, the father creature suddenly jumped out from the hole to the outside.


    Following him, the first line of newborns that stood beside him ran and jumped out, and the others followed.


    Blanco also ran and jumped out from the hole. The shine of the sun fell upon his face. While he was falling, he gazed at the forest, and the lavish foliage bathing in the sunshine gave off a refreshing feeling to him, almost like new energy entering his body. The giant tree that stood in his vision kept getting taller and grander as he fell. At that moment, he looked down and saw a giant tree branch on the way down. The others who had jumped before him were landing on the branch and following the father, running along it.


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    Thud!


    Blanco landed on the tree branch and ran along it, passing a few of the others running in front of him until he got close enough to see where the father creature was.


    After Blanco landed on the tree branch, the little creature and the fatty one, who had followed behind him without his knowing, also landed on the branch and continued to run behind him. As Blanco passed a few others running in front of him, they fell behind him.


    Blanco ran alongside the others along the branch, gazing at the father creature running ahead. The father creature was a bit far from him. Suddenly, he saw the father jump from the branch to another branch, and the others followed him, jumping onto it as well.


    Getting closer to the new branch, Blanco also jumped onto it and followed the others.


    From the branch they landed on, they moved to another tree. Holding onto the tree, they climbed to the top and ran along another branch, then leapt to yet another tree. Running around that tree, the father creature guided the others down the trunk to the ground. After jumping down to the ground, he ran to a giant bush and jumped into it, hiding.


    All the others, ten or fifteen in number, also ran inside the bush and hid secretly.


    The giant bush is large, and even with all of the creatures inside it, there is more than enough space for them to move freely. However, none of them moved as they watched the father''s movements.


    "What''s he doing?" Blanco observed his father. The father creature is peeking through the leaves in the bush to an area that has a few tree nuts fallen down. As he waited silently for a few minutes, from a tree, a squirrel-like creature moved down and ran toward one of the nuts on the ground.


    Even though the creature looks like a squirrel, it has large ears akin to a bunny and fur colour akin to a mud.


    "Oh, a prey! Is he going to catch it?" Blanco exclaimed, expecting his father to catch the squirrel-like creature in one bite. The squirrel creature is much smaller than their father''s own, so his thought is not wrong. However, the father creature did not act as he expected.


    The squirrel creature picked up the nut from the ground and began to eat it. It enjoyed its meal without a care in the world about the other things happening around it.


    "Why isn''t he attacking it? That''s the perfect timing," Blanco said impatiently, looking at the scene.


    The squirrel creature ate the whole nut it was eating and grabbed another one, putting it inside its mouth. Then, it quickly ran toward the tree it came down from and climbed up it.


    After it disappeared, the father creature still stayed still without a sound. But the newborns around him were getting impatient, and some were trying to leave the bush.


    Graa!


    The father creature emitted a tiny sound, which quieted down the angry emotions of the newborns and made them behave again. Just then, the squirrel-like creature that had gone up in the tree came down again, and following it, a bunch of similar creatures came down this time. They ran around the ground to grab hold of nuts fallen from the tree and to eat them.

 Chapter 11 - first hunt

    Suddenly, the father lunged forward and grabbed one of the squirrel creatures that was closest to the bush they were hiding in.


    The sudden event alarmed all the other squirrels around, and they began to run in all directions. The newborns followed their father''s example, rushing out from the bush and chasing after the squirrels that were trying to escape.


    Blanco looked around the area and saw one of the squirrels climbing up a tree.


    "That one, it should be an easy prey," he rushed out from the bush and ran toward the squirrel-like creature.


    Holding the head of the squirrel creature, the father creature shook it violently against the ground until the squirrel''s movements stopped. After that, he dropped his prey and gazed at the newborns.


    The small female creature and the fatty creature that followed behind Blanco also chased after a prey they selected. However, the squirrel, being much smaller and more agile than the frost makers, ran at a speed that outpaced them.


    Getting closer to the tree the squirrel was climbing, Blanco jumped onto the tree and ran behind it. The squirrel, noticing Blanco catching a glimpse of it, realized he was following and sped up even more.


    It hurriedly climbed up the tree, ran along a branch, and jumped to another tree. It climbed up through that tree and hid behind a bunch of bushes.


    "So fast," right Infront of his eyes blanco saw the squirrel fastly running and disappearing from his vision.


    "But you''re not getting away from me," Taking a leap, he increased his speed. His agile movement and well-built, energy-filled limbs acted as a powerhouse when he leaped forward, giving him a burst of speed.


    "My training, it''s really effective," he thought as he climbed up the tree. Blanco ran along the branch, jumped to the other tree, and hurried through it, closing in on his prey.


    Running through the tree, Blanco climbed up to a giant branch and stopped his movement.


    Sniff!


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    He sniffed the air. The squirrel was nowhere to be seen in his vision, but through the smell, he knew it was nearby.


    Shrush!


    Suddenly, a nearby bush shook violently. Blaco quickly ran toward it and saw the squirrel jump away from the tree and begin to fall. But suddenly, it stretched out its limbs, and its long, soft skin acted like a flaring parachute, allowing it to float through the air.


    The squirrel looked up with a smirk on its face, but as it looked, it was met by Blanco, who jumped from the tree toward the floating creature.


    "Caught you!" Falling down, Blanco collided with the flying squirrel creature and bit its tiny body. The squirrel struggled violently, and Blanco faced a bit of a struggle to overpower it. However, as Blanco''s poison seeped through his teeth into the squirrel''s body, its movements slowly stopped, and it became silent.


    Falling through the air, Blanco looked down and saw the ground below, and there was a large gap between them.


    "If I fall to the ground, it won''t end up in good state," Blanco thought as he looked at the giant tree trunk and tried to move closer to it. Stretching his limbs, he tried to imitate the movements of the squirrel.


    "This is pointless. I don''t have those extra skin parts like this guy," Blanco complained as his efforts to float toward the tree became useless.


    But at that moment, the long skin of the dead squirrel creature caught the air and stretched out, causing Blanco to levitate a bit closer to the tree trunk.


    "Hmph!" Blanco grabbed the tree trunk while falling. His limbs suffered in pain as they dragged down through the tree bark, but the speed of his falling was not slowed down.


    "Argh!" Blaco put more effort into grabbing the tree trunk tightly, and suddenly, sharp claws emerged from his paws.


    Crush!


    Dragging a long scratch mark through the tree trunk, Blanco''s fall speed slowed down as he tightly held onto the tree using his claws.


    A smoke rose from close to the claws, and parts of the tree trunk broke away from it as he was going down. But within a few minutes, Blanco finally stopped falling.


    "Phew, first hunt, closer to death," looking down to the ground which was a few feet away Blanco thought to himself.


    "Why didn''t I know I had sharp claws like this until now?" he observed his sharp claws coming out from his paws for a few minutes and began to climb up through the tree after that.


    Going back the way he came, Blanco returned to the place where the father and the others were gathered.


    Upon his arrival, all of the newborns were already gathered around the father, but they did not have any prey with them. They all gazed at Blanco as he approached, holding a squirrel in his mouth. Holding the squirrel, Blanco stepped through the group and came in front of the father, placing his prey in front of him.


    Alongside him, a few frost makers that managed to catch squirrels stood, placing their prey in front of them. The father creature observed all of them. He did not glance at the newborns that didn''t catch any squirrels, only focusing on the few that had caught one and placed them in front of him.


    While observing everyone, the father suddenly stopped his gaze at Blanco.

 Chapter 12 - Rivels

    He showed an acknowledging look toward Blanco.


    Blanco felt a bit proud of himself, but at that moment he felt the gaze of all the other frost makers who managed to catch squirrels directed toward him.


    "Are they upset about something? Oh, right, there''s that thing. Whoever is acknowledged by the father at the end of the month will get a portion of father''s ability passed onto them. Of course, they''ll consider me a rival now,"


    "But speaking of that..."


    Blanco took an observant gaze toward the his father. He had bluish skin with a mark resembling a turtle shell on his fur.


    "It''s only one mark, but it''s large. He must have only one skill with him, but a powerful one at that. I initially didn''t have much interest in this fact, but seeing how they look at me like an enemy, I have to teach them a lesson. Nobody can disrespect me, not even my brothers,"


    "Only I will be the one to get his skill at the end of this month," Blanco declared to himself. As he made this mental vow, his father''s attention was drawn to the prey Blanco had brought.


    From the squirrel''s body, a dark smoke rose up like mist, originating from the spot where Blanco''s poison had spread.


    Sniff!


    Blanco''s father moved closer and sniffed the squirrel, then suddenly backed away.


    Graa!


    father growled and looked towards Blanco. At that moment, his gaze landed on the distinctive marks on Blanco''s body. Seeing them, he became silent, though his eyes showed a look of surprise.


    Blanco watched as the squirrel was slowly being overtaken by his poison. Its color changed, and an extremely toxic smell began to emanate from it.


    "This won''t be good. I need to learn how to control my poison ability," he decided.


    The father creature grabbed the prey he caught and walked past all of them towards the way they came. Following him, the others ran behind, picking up their prey from the ground. The few frost makers that managed to catch squirrels gave Blanco a competitive gaze before running behind their father.


    Looking at his prey, Blanco contemplated whether to bring it back to the nest. After thinking, he decided to grab it since his poison had no effect on him and followed his father back to the nest.


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    Through the tree branches and giant trees, they retraced the path they came from, heading back to their nest.


    In the nest of the Frost Makers, the mother creature waited alone, peering over the edge of the nest, anxiously watching for her children and partner to return. Behind her lay the lifeless corpse of a large lizard, its neck clearly broken where the mother had grabbed it. The rest of the corpse remained untouched.


    Suddenly, she saw her children and partner running up the tree trunk toward the nest.


    Seeing them, she backed away from the edge, and finally, the father creature jumped into the nest, followed by the children.


    Thud!


    After landing in the nest, the father dropped the food from his mouth and walked toward the hay bed, lying down. He placed the food closer to the mother, signaling that it was meant for her.


    The mother picked up the corpse of the squirrel the father had dropped and began to eat it. The other newborns who managed to catch squirrels started eating their prey, while those who didn''t catch any prey proceeded to eat the food the mother had already brought for them: the corpse of the lizard creature.


    "Even though we are omnivourus, it seems our family prefers meat," thought Blanco as he ate his prey.


    Even though his prey was poisonous to the point of emitting a corrosive smoke, it had no effect on him. Instead, it felt like an extra juice in his meal.


    At that moment, the father, who had been lying on the bed, got up and walked toward the mother, who was eating.


    "Rowl!" he growled.


    "Rww!" the mother replied, her cry echoing back. In an incomprehensible language, the two of them began to communicate with each other. Occasionally, their gaze shifted towards Blanco, their eyes filled with an incredible and proud look.


    After finishing his meal, Blanco lifted his head and walked towards the empty space where he usually trained. Instead of starting his usual routine, he lay down and closed his eyes, not to sleep but to concentrate.


    "Hmm, how could I control my poison? It''s like an unstoppable force constantly emanating from my teeth," closing his eyes tightly he tried to focus on feeling something from his poison ability. Instead of it being automatically activated all the time, he wanted to know if he could control it to prevent anything like what had happened previously from happening again.


    If the prey he caught was supposed to be shared with others, then his poison would render it useless.


    As Blanco delved deep into his mind, trying to sense something, he suddenly felt a sensation akin to holding up a urge from let loosing inside him. At the same time, a tiny itching feeling on the tip of his tongue vanished.


    "Huh,"he opened his eyes.


    "Did I do it?" he wondered, then stood up.


    Approaching the lizard creature that the other newborns were eating, he took a bite from it. Afterward, he inspected the spot he had bitten, finding no darkened area.


    "I really did it, nice,"


    "and now" Blanco said to himself as he took another bite from the lizard corpse. This time, he allowed the surge of holding back his poison to release, feeling the tip of his tongue tingling again.


    Examining the spot he had bitten on the lizard, he noticed a dark spot appearing in it.


    "This went much easier than I expected. I thought I would have to train more to control poisons," Blanco remarked, satisfied with the result. He returned to his empty training ground and resumed his routine.


    Running in circles for a few rounds, Blanco stopped once he got tired, resting for a bit and regaining his energy. Then, he walked up to a small rock that''s Somehow ended up inside there nest and tried to push it away.

 Chapter 13 - Someone to trust

    In the area where the newborns were devouring the crops of the lizard creatures, the chubby creature and the tiny female frost maker paused in their eating to gaze at Blanco, who was engrossed in his unusual training.


    Observing Blanco stop his training, rest, and then attempt to push the rock, the little female frost maker dashed towards the empty space and began to run around, imitating what Blanco had done.


    After seeing the little one doing what he intended to do, the chubby one ran behind her and joined in her training.


    Having pushed the rock a bit away from its original place, Blanco turned around to run a few laps to build his stamina. However, he was surprised to find his training space already occupied by two other individuals.


    "aren''t these the annoying two?" Blanco recognized them, recalling that the two of them had been rather clingy to him in the past.


    "Well, if they decide to follow my training, they can do it as they wish. It won''t be a hassle to me at this point, and I''m done for the day anyway," After observing them for a few minutes, Blanco found a comfortable place to sleep and lay down.


    As the sun rose from the horizon, the group of frost makers left the nest early in the morning.


    Following behind the father, Blanco quickly ran, this time staying very close to him, with only a few frost makers between them.


    Running so closely behind his father, Blanco realized how much he''s still ungrown. Just to keep up with father had to exert all of his effort to running.


    "Think of this as training, Blanco," he muttered to himself while running.


    "But where is he leading us today?" The path they were taking today was different from the way they had gone before.


    After climbing down from the tree, the father began to run through the dense terrain, passing rocky mud puddles and some very spiky plants. Eventually, he led them to a giant fallen tree.


    The tree had been split down the middle, with a large scorch mark where it had broken.


    "A fire... no, maybe it''s lightning," Blanco muttered, looking up at the sky.


    But he didn''t have much time to dwell on it as the father continued his way towards the fallen trunk of the larger tree. Climbing up onto the fallen tree trunk, the father began to run along it, followed by his children in a line.


    "This is way larger than I initially expected," Blanco thought after a few minutes passed of running through the tree branch, realizing he couldn''t see the other end of the tree trunk.


    The father creature, who was in the lead, sped up and swiftly moved up to the branch. After another few minutes of running, Blanco saw the end of the trunk. It had fallen onto another bunch of trees, crushing them and tearing them apart with its weight.


    "Is he going all the way to the tip?" Blanco wondered, seeing his father had no intention of slowing down. But as they got closer to the tip, his mind changed immediately.


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    "What the..."


    Approaching the tip of the tree trunk, Blanco saw that the ground below them had been broken apart into two sides, revealing a large underground valley beneath them. Running through the valley was a beautifully lined series of waterfalls, which appeared mesmerizing to Blanco''s eyes.


    To the far eyes, the underground valley couldn''t be seen as the ground on either side of it hugged too closely, obscuring the view. However, one could only see the underground river valley by climbing through the tree trunk.


    From the underground valley, there was a larger tree that grew tall enough to reach the level of the higher ground where Blanco stood. From the top of the tree trunk, the father creature jumped to a branch of the giant tree that grew from the underground.


    "does he want us to jump to that?" Blanco became confused, observing what his father had done. Considering the height they were at, if one missed the steps to the other tree branch and fell, they would surely die from the fall.


    "Well, let''s see who''s courageous enough to be the first one to do that," Blanco thought as he looked at the others. However, at that moment, something else caught his attention. The few others who were with him in the front slowly backed away after seeing their father jump to the other tree branch, leaving Blanco as the only one in front of them in the line.


    "You cowards, where is that rivalry of yours from before?" Blanco complained, looking at them, but he quickly turned his gaze forward, knowing it was pointless to blame them.


    He slowly walked toward the top of the tree trunk he was on, the lower underground below visible to him just a step away.


    "Whoa, don''t be fearful, Blanco, you can do this," he whispered to himself, closing his eyes and lifting up his head. Upon opening them, he looked to the other side where his father was watching him from the other tree branch.


    Seeing his father''s eyes, Blanco felt something. His father''s eyes held no fear of him falling, and they seemed to completely trust Blanco that he could do it.


    "He seems so confident in me," Blanco thought as he looked once again below, but this time he didn''t feel fear.


    Phew!


    "Here goes everything," Blanco muttered, taking a leap and jumping forward.


    In the next moment, he was floating above the gap between the two tree branches. To Blanco, it felt like his whole body was itching to touch some solid ground as soon as possible.


    Thud!


    The tree branch shook as Blanco successfully landed on the other side.


    "I did it, let''s go!" Joy overflowed in Blanco''s heart. His father had an acknowledging look on his face, and the other newborns who hesitated to be the first to jump got some of their courage bolstered by Blanco''s feat.


    Following Blanco''s steps, they ran forward and jumped to the other side of the tree branch. Within a few minutes, almost all of them managed to make the leap, and the only one left was the little female creature.


    Standing at the tip of the tree branch, she gazed at the other side where the others, including Blanco, were. She looked down and saw the deep valley below.


    "She seems so.. unconfident in herself," Blanco thought to himself, observing the expression on the little one''s face.


    "She just needs someone to boost up her courage a bit... Just like me before..."


    The female little creature lifted her head after looking at the deep valley, her face filled with fearful expressions. On one side, she was afraid she would fall, and on the other side, she feared that the others would leave her.


    Filled with these thoughts, her gaze once again aimed toward Blanco.


    Her facial expression softened as she saw Blanco''s face. It expressed a sense of confidence and belief, a belief in her.


    The fearful thoughts in her heart melted away, and taking a step forward, she unknowingly, like a puppet controlled by strings, jumped forward.


    In the air, she moved towards the other tree branch, but once she closed her eyes, her speed slowed, and she began to fall downwards.


    Thump!


    She only managed to touch the tree branch before falling down.


    "No..." Even before the father acted, Blanco swiftly moved forward and bit the hand of the female little creature, dragging her up.


    Her eyes were closed, drowned in fear, but once she began to feel the touch of the surface, she opened her eyes and saw Blanco in front of her, and she was on a tree branch.


    Looking at the two of them, the father''s face broke into a smile. Turning around,he began to run down through the tree in the next moment.

 Chapter 14 - New prey

    After dragging the little one to safety, Blanco saw his father running down through the tree and hurriedly followed behind him. Noticing this, the others quickly did the same.


    As they descended through the tree and drew closer to the giant riverside flowing through the valley, Blanco saw numerous exotic-looking animals either drinking from the water or lounging comfortably near the riverside.


    Among them, some were rather large compared to the cute frost makers running through the nearby giant tree. Some animals appeared as enormous giants.


    "They''re huge," Blanco thought as he examined the other animals.


    Blanco''s father, being the experienced one he was, jumped down from the tree to the ground and began to run through it. Avoiding the areas where some ferocious creatures resided, he carefully guided his followers through a tiny grass field. While doing this, he suddenly saw a plump, frog-like creature a few steps away from him, its skin adorned with an attractive color.


    As soon as the father saw the frog creature, he hurriedly dashed toward it and grabbed it with his mouth. Shaking his head violently, he slammed the frog against the ground until its movements ceased.


    Dropping the frog creature to the ground, the father looked back at Blanco and the others. From his gaze, the young frost makers realized what they had to do.


    "So catching frogs will be today''s task," as the others went their own ways to hunt a frog of their size. Blanco also set off in a separate direction from the others.


    Bang!


    But As Blanco was running through the ground, a giant paw of another creature landed extremely close to him.


    "Almost got crushed," muttered Blanco as he continued running. But in the next second, another paw landed close to him, which frightened him a bit.


    "Oh crap, it seems I walked into a herd of some giant creatures," Blanco realized, but it was too late to correct his mistake.


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    The paws of the large creatures continued to land around him as he ran through them. Blanco felt like he was in a battlefield, not knowing when a paw would land on him or when he would find an escape.


    Hmph!


    Seeing a paw about to land on his path, Blanco jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding it. But in the next moment, he saw a group of creatures walking in front of him, their paws continuously landing on the ground. Each paw appeared larger to Blanco''s eyes, making him realize he couldn''t possibly pass through them.


    "Only one thing to do here," thinking Hurriedly, he ran towards the paw of the creature that had landed close to him and jumped onto it. Grabbing tightly, he ran up the leg and climbed onto the back of the large creature the paw belonged to.


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    It was a deer-like creature with large, colorful antlers resembling a crown on its head.


    As Blanco hopped onto its back, it slightly moved its head back to see who had jumped onto it. Upon seeing that it was just a frost maker, it turned back again.


    "Am I that harmless to them?" Blanco wondered to himself, finding it odd that the deer-like creature didn''t seem bothered by his presence.


    "But right now, it''s good he thinks that way," Blanco stayed upon the back of the deer-like creature for a while, gazing around the area and observing some exotic and intriguing creatures. He was also trying to find a way for him to catch a pray.


    Suddenly, as Blanco was watching, he saw a frog jump out from the riverside onto the ground. Moving forward ardently, it continued to jump until it disappeared into a lush bushed field just a few steps away from where Blanco was.


    "Gotta catch him," taking a step forward, Blanco jumped from the back of the deer-like creature to another nearby one, and then to another and another until he came to a place where he could safely jump down to the ground and head towards the bush field where the frog went.


    Running through the ground, Blanco hurriedly got into the thick bushes of the field. Even though he had no sign of where the frog went...


    Sniff!


    With a deep sniff, he could slightly detect the muddy and fishy stench in the air.


    "Where are you, I know you''re in here," Blanco whispered silently as he stepped through the bushes. The wet leaves and twigs rubbed against his body as he slowly moved, giving him a chill feeling despite having fur.


    Crok!


    Suddenly, from behind one of the bushes, the sound of the frog was heard.


    "There you are," Blanco exclaimed, and without hesitation, he swiftly jumped toward its direction. Appearing through the bushes, Blanco saw the frog on the other side, and he was closing in on the place where it stood.


    But sensing Blanco''s movement, the frog jumped away at the last moment.


    Thud!


    Blanco landed on the empty ground.


    Hmph!


    Without pausing, Blanco hurriedly ran toward the frog, and the frog quickly began to jump away to evade Blanco.


    Surh! Shrush!


    The bush field, which is usually quiet, began to emit a noisy sound as Blanco and the frog began to create a ruckus through it.


    "I got you now," Blanco exclaimed, getting extremely close to the frog. With all his effort, Blanco dashed forward and opened his mouth, trying to bite it. However, as his teeth touched the surface of the frog''s skin, it slipped with the frog''s slipperiness, and the frog escaped from Blanco''s mouth.


    "Ahh, not again," Blanco muttered, becoming a bit irritated. A few steps away from him, the frog stopped and looked back at Blanco. Its face was expressionless, as if it didn''t consider Blanco as a threat at all.


    At that moment, the area of the bushes became a little darker, which made Blanco aware of the passing time.


    "I better hurry this up, it''s almost the end of the day," he muttered, looking up at the sky.


    He once again looked at the frog in front of him, noticing that it didn''t even try to run away from the chase it was in.


    "Is it playing with me," Blanco doubted, but reassuring himself, he suddenly ran toward the frog. However, at the same moment, the frog jumped away.


    "I will get you this time," looking up toward the frog that was jumping. Blanco ran behind it.


    Crik!


    Crash!


    Suddenly, the ground below Blanco suddenly shook and crumbled, dragging Blanco down into a giant hole in the ground.


    "Aww, what is this?" In the underground hole, Blanco looked around in confusion, thinking to himself.


    Croak!


    He heard the sound of the frog, and looking up, he saw the frog looking at him from the edge of the huge ground. It didn''t have its expressionless expression; instead, it had a mocking look on its face.


    "Did it know this was going to happen to me?"


    From above, a ray of sunlight fell into the hole where Blanco was, illuminating the surrounding area.

 Chapter 15 - Trapped.

    "Where am I?" Blanco asked as the surroundings became clearer. A giant underground chamber with large tunnels carved throughout appeared. As Blanco looked around, his gaze landed on a giant skeleton embedded in the wall of the hole.


    Seeing that skeleton, Blanco suddenly became shocked because, with one glance, he felt it was familiar to him.


    "Is this... a human?"


    The skeleton was a large, two-legged being, and Blanco initially thought his guess was right. However, as he observed it more closely, he realized some of its features were different from what he knew of humans.


    The skull had four eye sockets where its eyes were supposed to be and two mouths. It had four arms that were abnormally large. Behind it, embedded in the wall, were remnants of wings that probably extended from the skeleton, slightly visible.


    "With these features, he can''t possibly be a human, but considering the kind of world I''m living in now, maybe there''s a possibility he is one."


    Siiing!


    At that moment, the rays of sunlight falling from above shifted slightly, causing some of their light to fall onto a place previously in shadow. From that sunlight, something shiny illuminated, catching Blanco''s eye.


    "What is that?" Curiously, Blanco investigated the source of the shining object and found that it was a red-colored gem buried in the ground, with only the upper part visible.


    "Eh, is that a gem?" Blanco hurriedly ran toward it. Since it was buried, he began to dig it up, but as he did...


    Thunk!


    His sharp claws, digging into the ground around the gem, collided with something metallic. Observing it, Blanco realized that the gem was embedded onto something.


    Continuing his digging, Blanco unearthed the entire object to which the gem was attached. Within a few minutes, a giant axe, embedded with the red gem at its center, was revealed by Blanco''s efforts.


    "Phew! That took a lot of effort. I hope this is something valuable," muttered Blanco, gazing at the giant axe.


    "Well, the axe won''t be much help, but that gem should be something special, right?" Walking toward the red gem still shining in the sunlight, Blanco tried to get it out from the axe.


    First, he tried to move it with his hands, but it didn''t even budge. After failing, he tried to pluck it out with his claws. Despite appearing to have been in place for a long time, the gem was still tightly attached to the axe and didn''t move an inch.


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    From above the hole, the frog was still watching Blanco, but seeing that he had completely lost interest in it, the frog turned around and jumped away.


    Clink!


    Opening his mouth, Blanco tried to bite out the gem from the axe. It was not an intelligent thought from his human side; instead, it came from his wild, animalistic instincts.


    But as he was trying, a drop of poison at the tip of his teeth fell onto the gem.


    "Oh no," realizing what had happened. Blanco tried to lick the poison away, but in the next moment, he was surprised to see that his extremely corrosive poison couldn''t even leave a scratch on the gem''s surface.


    "Is this real, or is my poison''s lethality reduced?" confused, He dropped a bit of his poison on the bone of the giant skeleton.


    Chizzz!


    Within seconds, a sizzling sound came from the bone as the poison ate into it deeply.


    In the next moment, he dropped another bit of poison on the axe that the gem was embedded in, and similar to the gem, the axe showed no effect from his poison.


    "Seems not everything can be affected by my poison," Blanco muttered, admiring the axe and the gem once more. He tried to pluck it out again, but at that moment, the rays of sunlight shifted from the gem and The gem''s shine vanished, leaving behind a dull, rock-like crystal.


    Seeing the once-shining crystal turn into a dull stone, Blanco''s interest in it diminished tremendously.


    "I thought this was something magical, but other than its durability, which is totally not of any value to me, it''s just an old weapon," said Blanco as he turn his gaze away from the gem and direct it tiward the giant skeleton.


    "Pretty sure this belongs to him. Just how old is this thing?" he wondered aloud. The skeleton was tightly embedded into the walls, and from the ground, some tree roots and stones protruded, further securing the skeleton and dragging it deeper into the walls.


    Looking at it, Blanco suddenly realized that the height of the skeleton almost reached the level of the hole''s edge.


    Blanco moved quickly and climbed through the skeleton, passing through its hand to its four eye sockets, and from there, he could see the overgrown brush on the outside of the hole.


    "Hmph!"


    Taking a position, he jumped from the top of the skeleton''s head to the outside of the hole and landed successfully.


    "I''m out," Blanco muttered to himself as he looked down at the hole he had just emerged from. The dull-looking crystal and the axe once again met his eyes for the last time before Blanco turned his head around.


    "So where is tha¡ª" he stopped mid-sentence as what he saw in front of him surprised him.


    the frog that lured him into the trap remained close to the hole. It hadn''t strayed far, seemingly fixated on a few flies flying around in a nearby bush. Staying close to the bush, the frog extended its long tongue in an attempt to catch any of them, but the nimble little flies managed to evade the frog''s tongue with their speedy maneuvers.


    Th-uk! Croak!


    the frog emitted a disappointed sound after missing its prey once again.


    "Quite shameful, right?" Blanco''s voice suddenly rang out from behind the frog.


    Croak!


    Startled, the frog quickly looked back, only to see Blanco standing right behind it. With a panicked hop, the frog tried to leap away, but...


    Pthwew.


    A few drops of Blanco''s poison landed on the frog, and within seconds, it lost the ability to move completely.


    "You should have escaped when you had the chance, but on the other way it''s good thing you didn''t"


    The last thing the frog saw was Blanco closing in, and his mouth opening to swallow it.

 Chapter 16 - End of a four legged

    Lying upon a tree log, which was covered in moss and sun-drenched grass, the father of the forest makers watched as the sun slowly set.


    As it did, he saw his children returning from their hunt, running toward him. Some of them carried the prey they had caught, while others came back empty-handed.


    Looking at all of them, the father''s eyes searched for a special one. But even after all of them had returned, the one he was looking for was still not there.


    He hurriedly stood up. It was not uncommon for some of his children to die during their training hunts, but he trusted that the one he sought was still alive.


    Shrush!


    At that moment, a nearby bush rustled as Blanco stepped out from it, holding the corpse of a frog-like creature in his mouth.


    The father became relieved as he saw him.


    Holding the frog, Blanco gazed at the others. He noticed that the little female one and the fat one had each managed to catch their prey this time.


    "Must be the effect of my training,"


    After all of them had returned, the father climbed down from the tree log and picked up the frog corpse he had caught. He then led them back the way they came, moving through the large trees and jumping from branch to branch.


    As night fell, the first makers hurriedly returned to their nest and closed the door lid.


    "Today is a tiring day,"


    After eating his prey, Blanco went to his usual spot and closed his eyes, deciding to postpone his training for the day.


    However, the little female and the fat one continued to train after finishing their meals.


    ---


    Under the night moon, a swift and cold wind blew across the field of grass.


    In the dark hole in the ground where Blanco fell, a ray of moonlight pierced through, illuminating the surroundings.


    One of the moon''s rays slowly changed its trajectory and fell upon a dull, red-looking gem. As the moonlight touched the gem, it suddenly began to glow.


    From the gem, red shining lines ran through the axe, and from the axe to one of the skeletal hands that was holding it.


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    The red lines slowly advanced through the skeleton, completely coursing through it.


    Suddenly, in the four eye sockets of the skull, darkness appeared, and tiny glowing pupils emerged in each one.


    Thud!


    The hand of the skeleton landed above the hole, and following it, the whole skeleton rose from the ground. In one of its hands, it held the giant axe with the shining red gem embedded in it.


    The skeleton acted strangely after rising up, gazing at its hand, which still had some tree bits and rocks stuck between its bones.


    Lifting its head, it looked toward the giant moon in the cloudless sky. It raised the axe in its hand and held it above its body. The moon''s light fell upon the red gem on the axe, radiating a red hue that shone onto the skeleton''s body.


    From the skeleton''s body, an inky substance began to form, and a figure started to manifest slightly.


    But in the next moment, the appearing flesh and figure upon the skeleton suddenly dispersed.


    Thud!


    The skeleton landed a foot heavily on the ground and put down its axe.


    In the next movement, it lifted the axe again and placed one of its eyes to see through the red gem embedded in it.


    Looking through the gem, the forest appeared in another vision to the skeleton''s eye.


    And as it looked around, it showed, in a shining color, a few creatures living under a tree...


    ---


    In a den under a giant tree...


    Tuk!


    A little brown fur fox creature jumped up to catch a flying insect. The flying creature had a body that was shining, brightening the den from its darkness.


    Except for the little one, all the other well-grown foxes in the nest were sound asleep at the moment. Among them, the largest one was sleeping closer to the exit of the den, which was tightly shut with a rock.


    Bang!


    Suddenly, the rock that closed the exit shattered as a giant axe came through.


    The leader fox and the others woke up hurriedly, and upon seeing the broken rock, the leader became even angrier.


    But the other members of the group became more curious about the axe that landed in the middle of the fox den.


    They circled around it and sniffed it, emitting some growls towards it.


    The little fox stopped playing and hid behind her mother.


    Graaa!


    The leader growled as he got closer to the axe.


    Suddenly, the gem in the center of the axe began to shine, and the foxes'' eyes were blinded by the light.


    Chizzz!


    The bodies of the foxes that were being blinded slowly began to disintegrate and turn into a liquefied-like substance from the extremely bright light.


    Graaa!


    The wolves roared and tried to get away, but they were pulled back by some unnatural force until they completely liquefied.


    The little fox was held tightly by her mother, but she felt her mother''s body slowly vanish before her eyes, and after that, she also began to disintegrate.


    The flesh of the wolfs, after turning into a fluid state, swirled around the giant axe.


    And in the next moment, the liquid rushed out from the den to the outside and surrounded the skeleton figure standing under the moonlight.


    Encircling the skeleton figure, the liquefied flesh began to fuse into a new body for the skeleton.


    The flesh laid on the four hands and through and throughout the legs and head, the place where the features of two mouths had form a flesh upon it, and long dark hair began to grow from its head.


    Within a few minutes, a figure of a domineering figure stood under the moon.


    Throughout his body, there was a dark mist rising up like smoke, and his deep, vacant eyes resembled the night sky devoid of stars or moonlight.


    The figure lifted up one of his hands and directed it toward the tree where the axe had landed.


    Bang!


    Dislodging the whole tree, the axe rushed toward the hand.

 Chapter 17 - Bulgaar is back

    "Haha, after a long time, this Bulgaar is back. Hmph! Even death can''t stop me." said the figure, speaking from its two mouth it had a unrecognisable eerie voice.


    "My precious companion, did you miss me?"


    Bulgaar softly touched his axe and wiped away its dust and rust. The gem responded with a wave of shining light throughout the axe.


    "Oh, hoh, hoo, look at you. You can even respond to me now. But my companion, it seems someone did some dirt on you."


    As he surveyed the surface of the red gem, he noticed a slight stain. It couldn''t be seen normally, but by focusing with his four eyes, Bulgaar saw it.


    As Bulgaar said this, the gem suddenly shone and cast a light of illusions, revealing the figure of Blanco digging up the crystal and axe from the ground.


    The illusion showed how Blanco fell from above, curiously dug up the axe, and then tried to remove the gem from it.


    "Hmph, a fool," muttered Bulgaar.


    In the next moment, the illusion showed how Blanco lost interest in the gem as its shine faded and how he climbed out of the hole, passing through the skeleton.


    Watching this last part, Bulgaar''s face suddenly twisted into pure anger.


    Raghh!


    An earth-shaking roar echoed through the air from Bulgaar.


    "That puny little bastard! How dare he step into the almighty Bulgaar''s body. Haa, this cannot do. I planned to return to my king as soon as possible, but before that, I have to teach this little freak a lesson."


    "Show me where he is," he commanded. From the gem in the axe, a ray of light fell upon the ground, highlighting the tiny footsteps of Blanco shining in the dark. Following the steps, Bulgaar began to advance.


    ---


    In the dark space of Blanco''s consciousness, his figure floated through the empty darkness.


    Stretching his hands and legs, he moved them like swimming, speeding up his floating.


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    "Haha, this is fun," said Blanco, turning around and flipping upside down. Doing that, he closed his eyes, feeling the momentum.


    In the nest of the frost makers, a slight smile appeared on the face of the sleeping Blanco. Beside him, on one side, slept the little female one, and on the other side, the fat one.


    At that moment, in his sleep, the fat one moved his paws as if running and rolled around, ending up on Blanco''s body.


    ---


    Crash!


    In the forest, a large tree was crushed down, and stepping through it, Bulgaar emerged.


    "What has my king been doing all these years? How can a place like this still exist? Where is the reign of darkness of my liege?"


    A number of questions popped into Bulgar''s mind as he advanced through the forest, making him more irritated.


    "Ugh! I have to hurry this up," Suddenly, from behind Bulgaar''s back, two pairs of wings began to grow. The dark mist surrounding him rose up and intensified as it was sucked into the wings that were materializing.


    Within a few minutes, a deep, dark pair of wings fully materialized from the back of Bulgaar.


    Whoosh!


    With a swing of his wings, Bulgaar flew up through the air. Once above the whole forest, he looked through the red gem of his axe.


    Looking out over the forest, a certain place shone through the gem to Bulgaar''s eye. Seeing it, Bulgaar''s expression turned ecstatic.


    "Found you, you little freak."


    Whoosh!


    Through the air, Bulgaar flew swiftly toward the tree where he saw his target. While heading in that direction, he passed an unusually large tree.


    In the space, suddenly a golden-colored ray appeared, right in front of Bulgaar''s path, and moved forward like a sword''s edge.


    Boom!


    The giant golden sword slash echoed loudly throughout the forest, shaking the whole place, and illuminated the whole path where it went, like daylight.


    Even the ground below it cracked and became crushed.


    "Arghh!" Bulgaar screamed as he fell down, his wings rapidly vanishing, and most of his body being damaged to the point where his skeleton could be seen on the outside.


    Thud!


    His axe, having been loosened from his hand, landed right in front of his face, and looking at it, he saw his own reflection from the gem''s surface.


    "My face, how is this possible?"


    His face completely vanished, leaving only his skeleton behind.


    From above space a golden shine fell upon the ground, catching Bulgar''s attention. He lifted up his head and looked toward the source of the light.


    Through the space, a figure began to materialize. The figure was divine, a golden aura filling its body, and it had no other feature except for a human-like but not exactly shaped form. The inside of the body was completely filled with a divine golden aura.


    "A guardian, but why?, Is someone like this be in here?"


    The appeared figure lifted up one of its hands and pointed its finger toward Bulgaar. In the next moment, a golden-colored beam blasted from the figure''s fingertip toward Bulgaar.


    "Agh!" Bulgaar hurriedly picked up his axe and held it in front of him.


    Bang!


    The golden beam landed on the axe, and it managed to hold it for the time being.


    "Why is a guardian that''s supposed to protect the forest attacking its own inhabitants... unless... there''s something more valuable than the whole forest has to be here, something like spirit blossom."


    Crik!


    Through the axe, cracks began to appear.


    "Shit, I don''t have much time. I have to inform my king about this."

 Chapter 18 - floater fish.

    From Bulgaar''s back, the flesh began to bubble up like a ball of flesh.


    Pop!


    The ball burst, and a little bug-like creature appeared, completely made from Bulgar''s flesh.


    Crik!


    Crash!


    The axe suddenly shattered, and a light beam passed through it. But Bulgaar hurriedly turned around in an instant, grabbed the bug-like creature in his hand, and threw it away as far as he could.


    "Go, inform my king... Arghhh," As he spoke his final words, the light pierced through Bulgaar''s body, causing him to burn and shatter into particles.


    Thud!


    The bug creature flew a long way through the air before landing on the ground. After landing, the creature stood up, turned in a certain direction, and began to walk.


    The remaining dust of Bulgaar''s body floated up through the air and vanished. The forest guardian floated back toward the giant tree and to the unbloomed bud at its top.


    Once closer to the bud, the guardian stopped, gazing at it.


    [Protect the garden, the garden is safe,] a shallow voice echoed through the air, and the guardian slowly began to vanish.


    Time passed. The sun rose in the east and set in the west, and as the sun went down in the west, the nightly moon rose in the east and set in the west.


    A few weeks later...


    Plop-plop!


    Splash!


    A flow of water, peaceful and calm, ran through a field of grass. The stream wasn''t a large one, but its depth was enough to accommodate dozens of larger fish throughout its course.


    On both sides of the water flow, the overgrown grass field created a strong boundary, preventing the stream from widening.


    Plop!


    A colorful and plump-looking fish jumped up from the water, flipped in the air, and then fell back into the stream.


    Plop!


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    Within seconds, another fish of the same kind jumped up. From time to time, these fish leaped joyfully from the water, flipping in the air before falling back into the stream.


    Through the bushes beside the water flow, a few eyes could be seen, hiding among the foliage.


    Plop!


    One of the fish jumped out from the water, flipping through the air, readying itself to dive back in.


    Swish!


    But in the next moment, from the bushes, a creature dashed out, leaping from one side of the water flow to the other. While in mid-air, it caught the fish that was hovering above.


    Thud!


    The creature landed on the other side of the water flow. The fish in its mouth began shaking continuously, trying to free itself from the sharp teeth that held it.


    Chiz!


    In the next second, those sharp teeth pierced deeper into the fish''s body, and as they did, the movement of the fish slowly came to an end.


    Shrush!


    Through the field of bushes in front of him, Blanco''s father appeared, observing Blanco''s hunt. He gave an acknowledging nod to Blanco, who was waiting for his response.


    "He seems satisfied with the results, but he''s not the only one satisfied with myself,"


    "Who knew these gills of mine have this hyper-sensitivity? Thanks to them, I can pick up any unusual things happening around me in an instant." The gills around his head were shaking as Blanco though about them.


    "And to this moment of training, I''ve learned a lot of things about this forest," Blanco reflected. "The first one is that every creature living here at least has one skill. Most of the time, that skill ends up being their racial skill. But in some rare cases, an individual can awaken some special abilities that can be more powerful than the racial one, the racial ability which, in my case, is the sharing of one''s skill to another of my kin.


    "It''s not the most helpful ability, but if used mindfully in the hands of a being like me who has awakened special abilities, it can become useful. My father is also a rare case like me, one with a special ability awakened. That''s why all the others are trying very hard to gain his acknowledgment and receive his skill for themselves to become somewhat strong."


    "But their hope got crushed when I was born. As one who also possesse a rare ability, if I receive my father''s skill at the end of this month, I will be much stronger than the others of my age.


    "And at the same time, there''s another reason why I think my racial ability is a good one. It doesn''t having any weaknesses side to it''s is the most valuable part of it"


    Thump!


    Dropping the fish from his mouth to the ground, Blanco gazed at it thoughtfully.


    "Floater fish, Their racial ability gives them the ability to breathe in water and even outside of it, which helped them greatly in survival. But instead of using it solely for survival, they also began to use it for their entertainment."


    On a day when the sun shone brightly in the sky and the air was as hot as boiling water, they jumped out from the water to feel the warmth and temperature of the sun, which I think they enjoyed doing.


    But on the other hand, this habit of theirs also ended up being their downfall. Predators who knew about this fishing habit would wait on those sunny days close to the rivers and lie in wait until the fishes began to jump up. Once out of the water, they were hunted by predators very easily. Just like what we are doing.


    He once again looked at the fish with pity in his eyes.


    Shrush!


    Blanco heard movement from nearby bushes and saw one of the weaker frost makers looking at him with greedy eyes. It had been hiding there for a long time but unable to catch any fish for itself.


    "Take it," Blanco pushed the fish toward the frost maker before turning back toward the water flow. The frost maker quickly grabbed the fish and dragged it back to the bush.

 Chapter 19 - regain hope

    "Let''s test this one more time," looking at the river, blanco closed his eyes, and the gills around his neck waved in an unusual manner.


    Bulb!


    The sound of the water flowing through the stream, the air bubbles popping up from deep within, and the continuous humming sound of numerous kinds of fish swimming through the water began to be heard clearly by Blanco.


    Woosh!


    Among those fish, he heard the sudden movement of a fish darting rapidly upward.


    Blanco opened his eyes and looked at the water flow once again, preparing to rush forward.


    Flap-flap!


    Suddenly, Blanco heard another sound coming from up in the sky.


    Splash!


    The fish jumped out from the water and hovered through the air as far as it could go. At its highest point, it flipped in a skillful manner and readied itself to dive back into the water.


    The rays of the sun shined on the fish''s scaly surface as it flipped through the air.


    Scree!


    At that moment, an ear-piercing sound came from the sky.


    Flap-flap!


    Flaring its giant wings, a flying eagle-like creature rapidly approached the fish.


    Its razor-sharp claws shined as they clutched the fish hovering above the water. In the next moment, it flapped its wings again and flew up through the air at an extremely fast speed.


    While flying up, it glanced back toward the water flow and the bushes around it with a keen eye. Not noticing anything unusual, it looked back at the sky.


    Hiding under a large bush, Blanco glanced at the sky. The eagle-like creature was flying far into the sky, and at one point, it tossed the fish in its claws upward and swallowed it in one bite.


    "Velocite Eagles, If I hadn''t managed to catch the sound of its wings, I would have been the one to end up in those claws instead of that fish."


    Splash!


    Another floater fish jumped up from the water and jittered through the air.


    Swish!


    From a nearby bush, a Frost Maker hurriedly dashed forward, catching the fish and landing beside Blanco. The Frost Maker was the little female creature, with light markings visible throughout her body.


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    "Even without gills like mine, she managed to catch it this soon. Her growth in these few weeks is terrifying," Blanco thought as he looked at the little female creature. "Could she also be a rare one that awakened a special ability?"


    Thud!


    The female creature dropped the fish on the ground and gazed toward Blanco, her eyes filled with expectation.


    "Good job," thought Blanco as he walked past her, nodding in acknowledgment. "When she shows off her skill like that, I feel a bit inferior."


    Blanco turned his focus back toward the water flow.


    Splash!


    Another floater fish jumped out.


    Swoosh!


    In an instant, Blanco dashed forward, grabbed the fish, and landed on the other side.


    "But whenever she does so, she becomes good competition for me," he thought, biting down on the fish until it slowly went silent.


    Susuh!


    Through the bush-filled field, the father appeared, walking toward the water flow. He jumped to the side where Blanco stood, emitting a sound as he landed.


    Graaa!


    At the end of its growl, it began to run through the grass field. Seeing it, Blanco followed closely behind. The little female creature hurriedly jumped to the other side and followed behind Blanco.


    Even though the father creature ran swiftly through the grass field, Blanco managed to keep up with him. The little female one, however, slightly fell behind.


    While running, the other Frost Makers that scattered around in the wild to fish in other spots joined in. The fatty one, who was fishing in another spot, jumped out from a bush field as he joined the line of the Frost Makers.


    "Seems he ate all of the things he caught," Blanco guessed as he saw some fish parts around the mouth of the fatty one.


    Running through the grass field, the father led them to a large tree at the corner of the field. Climbing up through it, the father ran through the tree branches and jumped from one to another.


    The Frost Makers following him also jumped, doing so skillfully and with experience.


    After jumping from one tree to another and running above the tree forest for a while, the group of Frost Makers arrived at their familiar tree where their nest is located.


    Climbing up in the nested tree, Blanco glanced at the giant tree that he could see in the distance. It stood magnificently, illuminating the surroundings with its own color and brightness.


    "It''s still the same as I first saw it, gigantic as ever. Maybe when this training session is over and we can go our own way, I should check it out," Blanco thought while looking at the giant tree.


    But at that moment, to his vision, another Frost Maker appeared, running very quickly and glancing toward Blanco with competitive eyes.


    As he was the first one to run behind the father, it indicated that Blanco should be the strongest among all others to follow him closely. Seeing how these Frost Makers were trying to outrun him, Blanco understood their intentions. And following the other one he saw another few Frost Makers trying very hard to outrun him.


    Some of them bumped into the body of the little female creature and the fatty one who was following closely behind Blanco.


    Kraaa!


    Even though the fatty one simply ignored them, the female one showed some resistance and fearlessly confronted them.


    "Look at them, they still have hope in their hearts to be the ones to get acknowledgment... Should I encourage them? If they see that there''s still a chance to beat me, maybe they''ll give more of a challenge for me."


    Suddenly, the speed of the other Frost Makers increased as they ran past Blanco. Blanco slowed down, which the others took as a chance to run past him.


    The little female creature and the larger one looked surprised and confused at the sudden turn of events, while the others, who didn''t have any thoughts of challenging for acknowledgment, also had surprised expressions on their faces as they witnessed it.


    Running at the front of the others, the one frost maker glanced back at Blanco, giving him a mocking look.

 Chapter 20 - is it Back

    Waiting in the nest, the mother creature gazed down at the giant tree she was in and saw the father and newborns rushing toward the nest. She calmly took a few steps back from the entrance.


    The first one to jump into the nest was the father. Following him, the other Frost Makers rushed in at a fast speed but didn''t manage to slow down in time and fell, rolling a bit away on the floor.


    Gazing at the entrance, they tried their best to hurriedly stand up. Just as they stood, Blanco entered, followed by the small female and the chubby one.


    The first few Frost Makers that entered stood proudly in a corner of the nest. Blanco glanced at them and then at the floor close to them, seeing that it was a mess. The Frost Makers also looked down, following Blanco''s gaze, and saw the same thing, realizing their attempt to hide what had happened was futile.


    With a laugh, Blanco walked toward his mother, dropping the fish in his mouth close to her. He walked past to his empty space in the nest...


    "Huff - huff!"


    Running in circles, Blanco exclaimed tiredly as his speed gradually slowed down.


    Thump thump!


    In that moment, a footstep sound was heard from behind Blanco, and in the next moment, it was heard next to him. Passing by Blanco, who tried to stop, the small female Frost Maker ran quickly, and similarly, the chubby one followed. However, compared to the female, the chubby one fell slightly behind.


    Bomp! Bomp!


    Blanco''s eyes glanced at the round stomach of the fatty one''s . It waved to the sides like an extra body part attached to its body as it tried to move quickly.


    "If it weren''t for his stomach, he could definitely run faster than her," Blanco thought as he slowly stepped out of the running circle and went to the place where he sleeps.


    Laying down, he glanced around the nests where he could see the other Frost Makers also running in circles. Among them, he especially noticed the one that he let pass him; it was running very hard, facing great exhaustion while glaring challengingly toward Blanco. Blanco turned his gaze back toward the chubby one and the small female one as he watched them train.


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    "Come to think of it, out of all the others, these two are the closest to me, but I didn''t even know how to call them. It could be a good idea if I gave them a name just in case," Blanco thought as he observed the two of them.


    "The female one would be Nixie, and the chubby one would be Puff," Blanco decided after a while of thinking, But in the next moment, Blanco''s eyes closed, and he fell asleep, and the two Frost Makers that were still training also lost their consciousness and fell asleep.


    After losing his consciousness, Blanco suddenly appeared in the dark space of his unconsciousness.


    "Uh, what the hell?" The moment the scenery changed didn''t feel real to Blanco; one second he was looking at the others training, the next he was in the dark space of his consciousness.


    "Why am I suddenly in here?" he questioned as he looked around, noticing something happening in the space.


    To the side of the poisonous haze floating through the space. Blanco saw strings resembling a spider''s web slowly appearing through the space. Blanco felt a little pain in his head as the web slowly materialized, but he managed to bear it.


    "Is this a new ability?" Curiously, Blanco pulled one of the web strings, but as he did, tremendous pain surged through his head, causing him to disappear from the space in an instant.


    In the late midnight, all of the Frost Makers inside the nest had already gone to sleep, and the little flying creatures that illuminated the surrounding area were flying through the nest in their heart''s content.


    "Argh!" Blanco suddenly opened his eyes and woke up, he felt that the pain in his head had disappeared.


    "Seems I cannot touch that thing unlike others," he muttered to himself as he looked around and saw everyone sleeping. But while doing so, his gaze suddenly stopped at the close entrance of the nest as he saw something shadowy moving in it.


    Seeing the shadowy figure, memories of the dark hand and how it struck toward Blanco rushed into his mind.


    "Is it back? I don''t know what it is, but I do know it''s not a usual creature I''ve seen in this forest," Blanco slowly got up and walked toward the door. Once closed, he tried to touch the moving shadow.


    But in the next second, the moving shadow ran through the door and dispersed. Confused, Blanco looked back to where he saw the shape of the shadow being caused by one of the flying creatures as it lowered itself to the ground in a place where the shadows of the objects around fell onto the door like a creature.


    "I refuse to think about this anymore," muttering to himself, Blanco silently walked back.


    As the morning light fell upon the nest, the father creature was the first to walk out. Behind him, Blanco tried to walk out, but the other group of Frost Makers rushed out in hurried steps, passing Blanco.


    "They are more than energetic today. Haha , this is gonna be fun," Blanco chuckled as he ran out from the nest. Following behind him were Nixie and Puff.

 Chapter 21 - lesson

    With fast speed, Blanco quickly ran past everyone else, except the few individuals running closer to the father. Getting closer to them, Blanco sped up even more and slowly passed them one by one.


    As one being passed by Blanco, they tried desperately to keep up with him and ran past him, causing the distance between them and the others running behind them to widen.


    Even the father noticed that a few of his children running behind him were rapidly getting closer. Glancing back, he understood the situation and increased his speed.


    Within seconds, the distance between the father and the others widened significantly.


    Running from one tree branch to another, and then to a larger one, the father guided the Frost Makers back into the bush field where they hunted for fish.


    Running through the bush field, the father jumped to the other side of the water flow, and his children followed suit, jumping to the other side as well.


    In the morning, the water in the flow was clear and calm, allowing them to see the colurfull reflections of the bush roots that ran below the water flow.


    After passing the water flow, the father guided them and continued to run through the bush field, leading them to a new area where Blanco and the others had never ventured before.


    After a long run, the group of Frost Makers passed through the bush field and arrived at a place where the ground was broken, resembling the edge of a mountain. From there, the father gazed at the scenery in front of him. Getting closer to his father, Blanco looked at the scene where a valley of rocks was located.


    Throughout the entire area in front of them, there were large pillars of rocks everywhere¡ªsome as large as the tallest trees in the forest, and some shining brightly under the sun above.


    Thud!


    The father jumped from the edge of the land and landed in the valley below. The children followed eagerly, jumping down and landing safely on the ground.


    Once all of them were on the ground, father guided them through the rock field. They passed numerous exotic-shaped rocks and crystals.


    But at one point, the father suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on an exotic-looking frog with large ears laying on a flat surface rock.


    The sun''s shine fell directly on the surface of the rock, heating it to the point where the air around it began to blur. Yet, the frog lay comfortably on the rock, its stomach facing up and its head low, positioned so the sun fell directly on its belly. With its eyes closed, the frog was thoroughly enjoying its sunbath.


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    The father slowly lowered himself closer to the ground and took extremely slow and silent steps forward. Watched by his children, he took a few minutes to slowly get closer to the rock where the frog was lying.


    Swish!


    Suddenly, he dashed forward. The frog reacted quickly as soon as it heard a sound and got up, but the father was already upon it and grabbed hold of the frog with his mouth.


    Thud!


    The two of them fell to the other side of the rock and disappeared from Blanco''s and the others'' vision.


    Shursh!


    The sound of rustling could be heard. After a few seconds, the rustling stopped, and the father jumped back onto the rock with the frog in his mouth. Dropping it to the ground, he lay upon the rock and gazed at his children.


    The Frost Makers hurriedly scattered, each going their own way to hunt.


    Running through the rock field, Blanco came to a place where a pile of rocks lay and prepared climbed up onto it.


    Clank!


    He suddenly heard a sound from behind. Looking back, he saw Puff making his own way through the rock field.


    "What about her?" Blanco looked for Nixie but didn''t see her close to him. Looking around, he saw her a bit farther away, going through a grassy area in the rock field.


    "Usually she follows me, but I think she finally understands that after this month, we have to hunt on our own," he thought.


    Blanco focused back on the rock he was climbing and climbed up upon it. Once at the top, he gazed around the area and saw nothing but rocks around.


    "Hunting frogs in this field would be tough," Blanco thought as he jumped down from the rock and walked forward.


    Even though the sun shined brightly and hotly in the sky, Blanco still saw some spots where the wet mosses were overtaking some of the rock fields.


    "Where is this water coming from? It doesn''t seem like there''s been any rain recently here," Blanco thought as he gazed toward the sky. Except for the giant sun, he didn''t see any dark clouds.


    Walking past the moss-covered rock area, Blanco continued his hunt for a frog. After walking through a few tight and curved rocks, Blanco came to a place where a layer of large rocks lay in front of them.


    Continuing his way, he climbed one of the bigger rocks and got to the highest point. As he got closer to the place where he could pass to the other side.


    Woosh!


    A noisy sound reached Blanco''s ears. "This sound is so familiar," Blanco hurriedly stepped up his pace and rushed toward the peak of the rock ledge. Upon reaching that place, he gazed at the other side where he saw a stream of water flowing through another part of the rock field.


    "This must be the grassfield water flow," gazing at the water flow, Blanco saw there were large leaves growing at the same level as the water along the stream. Upon those large leaves, he saw the exact-looking frogs that his father had caught, lying comfortably basking in the warmth of the sun.


    Looking at them, Blanco took a step forward.


    Clink!


    But As he did, one of his paws stumbled with a rock piece, and the piece fell down through the cluster of rocks, hitting one rock after another, causing a few more rocks to fall along with it, which emitted a noticeable sound.


    Plop! Plop!


    Within a second, the sound reached them. The frogs hurriedly jumped into the water and disappeared from Blanco''s sight.


    "Guess Father''s lesson today is how to be stealthy,"

 Chapter 22 - frog Hunt

    Blanco walked down through the rocks and came closer to the giant water flow. No sign of frogs could be seen.


    Lifting his head, he gazed at the long water flow.


    "They seem to be enjoying sunbathing closer to the water flow. might be able to find another group if it''s true." thought Blanco as he walked in line with the way the water flowed.


    walking along with the flow of the water, Blanco saw numerous kinds of fish-shaped figures swimming underneath. Some emitted a shining glow from their bodies, visible even to an outsider from the water.


    Bzzz!


    Tiny flying creatures hovered through the air, emitting a noisy sound.


    Bzzz!


    Tuk!


    A flying creature met its end with the touch of Blanco crushing it.


    "Annoying," he growled.


    Gazing forward to search for prey, Blanco continued his walk. The flying creatures that hovered around him flew away from his actions.


    "Huh," as he took a few more steps and passed a giant rock. Blanco saw a group of frogs lying on a flat surface rock close to the water flow, basking upside down with their stomachs facing the sun.


    Remembering his father''s hunt, Blanco lowered himself closer to the ground, taking silent and slow steps forward He slowly got closer to another rock on the path to the frogs. From there, he jumped to another rock and then to a nearby bush that was close to the group of frogs.


    Hiding behind the bush, Blanco peeked toward the few frogs. The distance between them and Blanco was really close.


    Blanco took another silent step forward.


    Bzzz!


    At that moment, a noisy flying creature flew past Blanco and landed on the stomach of one of the frogs. Disturbed, the frog opened its eyes and the first thing it saw was Blanco taking a slow step toward them.


    Crawk!


    The frog emitted a sound as it got up, alarming the others, and hurriedly jumped toward the water flow.


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    "Gotta use the secret move." Blanco quickly rushed toward a frog close to him. He opened his mouth, the tips of his teeth revealing the purple glow of his venom.


    Tuk!


    Blanco bit the frog, but it managed to jump away, and only a few of his teeth pierced the skin, tearing a tiny part from it.


    Crawk! Crawk!


    Screaming, the frog jumped into the water and disappeared from Blanco''s sight.


    "Damn, not again," Blanco sighed, looking at the water that had become restless.


    Buzz!


    The noisy flying creatures hovered above his head and Blanco turn back to walk again, follwing the water stream.


    Bulb!


    But at that moment, Blanco heard a sound from the water flow. Looking at it, he saw the body of the frog floating up and appearing through the water. The frog was unmoving, carried a bit away by the water''s flow but then stopped by a large leaf on the surface.


    "Poison for the win," Blanco happily jumped into the water and dragging the frog''s body out.


    Thud!


    Putting down the frog aside, he shook his fur body, which shook away the beads of water on him, but his body was still completely wet.


    "Since I caught the frog already, should I enjoy myself a bit?" he gazed at the sky, noticing the sun was still moving toward the center.


    The next moment, Blanco jumped onto the flat rock where the frogs previously were. Stretching his limbs wide, he lounged comfortably, basking in the sun''s rays.


    -----


    Sniff! Sniff!


    The fatty frost maker, Puff, sniffed through the rock field, groaning as it walked through the bush and rock-filled area. Passing the rocky terrain, Puff entered an area where a lavish field of bushes grew warmly under the sun''s rays.


    Sniff!


    It suddenly lifted up its head, looking at the bush. Its eyes were directed toward a plump red berry growing at the tip of a bush leaf, the leaves curved nearly to the ground from the weight of the berry.


    With fast steps, Puff moved toward the berry and bit it from the bush.


    Chis!


    The deep red juices spurted out from the berry, spraying everywhere and dripping drop by drop to the ground. Taking the whole fruit to its mouth, Puff began to chew it with a greed.


    While eating the berry, Puff gazed around the bush field, trying to find another berry for itself. But its eyes got distracted by a colorful butterfly flying above the field, rising up from a tree log. The little fly hovered above Puff for a few minutes before flying away through the field.


    Thuk!


    But as it flew away, a thin but long tongue suddenly emerged from bushes and stuck to it, dragging it into the bush field again.


    Puff''s chewing stopped and started at it as he saw it, knowing whose tongue it belonged to.


    Gulp!


    Swallowing the berry in his mouth quickly, Puff rushed toward the area where the tongue came out. But as he ran...


    Crawk!


    He heard the sound of a frog and saw the sight of a frog jump up and disappear through the bushes. Looking at the direction where it disappeared, Puff hurriedly rushed and jumped through the bush field.


    Jumping through the bush field, Puff suddenly stopped as he saw the frog, but it was already in the mouth of another creature in front of him¡ªa giant snake. The snake rose its head straight as it held the frog in its mouth and gazed toward Puff.


    Its skin was a mix of numerous colors, causing the surroundings to appear as shining like a rainbow.


    Gulp!


    Gazing at Puff with its keen eyes, the snake swallowed the frog. In the next moment...


    "Hisssss!"


    It screamed toward Puff and lunged at him.

 Chapter 23 - Terror screm

    Bzzz.


    In a lavish field of grass, a tiny bug-like creature was hovering through the air, causing a noisy and nonstop buzzing sound.


    Thuk!


    Suddenly, a long, thin tongue shot out from a bush below, striking the flying bug and dragging it down as the tongue retracted.


    Crik!


    Biting the flying creature, a frog began to chew on it as it stood under the hood of a large grass blade.


    Shush!


    A sudden bush-shaking sound was heard, and its eyes twitched as its body came to a sudden stop. Even the chewing stopped.


    Minutes passed in silence, and after that, the frog began to eat again, but its large eyes kept glancing toward the direction where the sound came from.


    From a bush behind the frog, another creature was watching it. She waited silently, looking at the frog while it chewed its meal.


    She lowered herself to the ground, and her body tensed a little, then suddenly dashed toward the frog through the bushes.


    Crawk!


    The frog jumped away instantly, narrowly avoiding Nixie''s grasp. Screaming, it darted through the bushes and disappeared from Nixie''s vision.


    Getting up again, Nixie ran toward the direction where the frog had gone. She ran swiftly, but her steps didn''t make any noticeable sounds.


    Jumping between another bush, Nixie met with the frog once again. Seeing Nixie, the frog jumped into a crack between a rock and the earthy ground.


    Walking closer to the crack, Nixie gazed at the darkness within. She sniffed the air and jumped into it.


    Thud!


    After going through the dark tunnel, Nixie landed upon a flat surface rock.


    Crok!


    The frog, which had been staying on a nearby rock, became frightened and jumped.


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    Jabuk!


    Hearing the sound of water, Nixie got up from the ground. In front of her, she saw a beautiful little pond, with waves of water running through it. Nixie also saw the frog swimming deeper into the water and disappearing from her vision.


    But more than the lake and the frog, Nixie''s attention was drawn to the central part of the pond, where there was a lotus-like plant. At the tip of its stem was a single, small, blueish shining flower.


    From the flower, a bluish wave of air spread, drifting through space and landing on the surface of the shimmering water.


    In the water, the frog was still swimming deeper and deeper, but suddenly¡ª


    Crik!


    Its movement stopped, as if it had been frozen. The surface of the water slowly calmed down.


    Afterward, another bluish dust fell from the flower and mixed into the air around it. The air swirled around the flower a few times before rushing toward Nixie and slamming into her body. The bluish dust spread around and settled on her.


    Sniff!


    Sniffing the air, a few blue dust particles flaked into Nixie''s nose. Through her eyes, a blue wave spread, shimmering like snow.


    Splash!


    Nixie jumped into the water, swimming toward the tiny earth mound in the center of it.


    A ray of sunlight angled from above toward the earth piece, and with the surrounding area darkened, the flower in the middle appeared more highlighted.


    Shsss!


    Nixie got out of from the water and move closer toward the plant, the blue flower exuded a mysterious wave as she approached.


    Staring at it for a while, Nixie opened her mouth, ate it, and swallowed it.


    Suddenly, through Nixie''s body, a violent blue-clear air wave surged, and from her body, a mist began to spread out.


    Boom!


    A bluish wave spread out, freezing the whole lake in an instant, and even the rocks around were swallowed by the frost.


    Nixie squinted her eyes in pain, her fur straightened, and she slowly floated up. She writhed and convulsed in mid-air as a snow-like air rose from the frozen lake and enveloped her. The white fur of Nixie slowly turned ash-like, and some even transformed into a bluish hue, making her skin a mix of ash and blue.


    On her back, a mark resembling a snowflake appeared.


    Thus, slowly landing onto the ground, Nixie opened her eyes. Her pupils had turned into a pure deep blue.


    She felt like she awakened a new sense, and she could feel that the surroundings coldnes is familiar to her.


    Turning around, she hurriedly ran toward the exit of the cave, but it was on higher ground.


    As Nixie ran, her pupils shone, and she opened her mouth.


    Swoosh!


    A bluish aura spurted from her mouth and landed closer to the cliff, where it created a cluster of frozen snow.


    Jumping to the cluster of snow, Nixie leaped out from the crack and came to the outside.


    The outside was still calm, the sun shining in the sky, and the sound of birds and some bugs echoed through the air in the lush field.


    Rushing forward, Nixie ran toward the way she and blanco had separated, but at that moment..


    Screech!


    A loud scream pierced through her ears. Nixie suddenly stopped, recognizing whose voice it belonged to. Without further hesitation, she hurriedly ran toward the direction the scream came from.


    Screech!


    The sound of the frost maker echoed through the air. The father, who lay upon the rock, suddenly opened his eyes and lifted up his head. In the next moment, he stood up and ran toward the direction where the voice came from.


    Upon the flat layer of rock, Blanco is soundly sleeping. Around the rock, the bodies of dead flying bugs lay scattered.


    Screech!


    Hearing the scream, Blanco''s eyes snap open.

 Chapter 24 - Rescue!

    The colorful snake rushed toward Puff with a scream, but Puff acted quickly and managed to jump away in time to save his life.


    Grahhh!


    Landing away from the snake, Puff roared at it, but with a much louder and more dominant roar from the snake, Puff fell silent and turned to run.


    But the snake hurriedly moved with its slithering motion and arrived in front of Puff, who was running, surrounding him with its long body.


    Kreek!


    Puff screamed in pain as the large and long body of the snake wrapped around him and tightened. Puff struggled to get free, but the snake felt like an unmovable boulder to him.


    The snake looked down toward Puff and opened its mouth wide to swallow him. Puff gazed at the sight of the snake, a drop of saliva falling onto his face from the snake''s mouth as it came closer.


    Puff''s resistance intensified, and he struggled with all his might to break free from the snake''s grip.


    And then, suddenly, his eyes glowed, and throughout his body, golden rays of light spread and...


    Boom!


    A blast of energy was released from his body, pushing the snake away from Puff with the force of the blast. On Puff''s skin, a mark of thunder appeared, glowing in a golden color.


    Standing up on his paws again, Puff looked at the snake, which was already running toward him.


    After the energy blast, Puff''s body felt a bit weak, and he knew the reason for it: the energy blast consumed the energy of the things he had eaten, stored inside him.


    Shhhh!


    Getting closer to Puff, the snake lunged forward, biting toward him. Puff jumped aside, his body glowing again with a golden aura. He rushed forward to the snake, and getting closer, he caused another energy blast that sent the snake flying a bit away from him.


    Gruuk!


    Puff''s stomach rumbled as he ran out of all the stored energy. The weakness that he only felt in his paws before now spread throughout his entire body, and he struggled to even stand on his paws.


    Shhh!


    The snake screeched toward Puff from afar as it stabilized its body and lifted its head. In the next moment, its body began to glow, and from its glowing skin, a thin, poisonous air began to spurt into the outside world.


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    Cizz!


    The grass around the snake slowly died from being exposed to the poison.


    A wind blew through the area, and the poison emitting from the snake''s body mixed into the wind and spread around.


    Sniff!


    To Puff, who was breathing heavily, the air suddenly felt teasingly strange at the tip of his nose. In the next moment, he felt all his strength disappear, and he lay flat on the ground.


    The snake observed the way Puff lay on the ground like a dead man and crawled toward him slowly.


    The snake knew it was victorious, and there was no need for rush.


    Thump.


    Suddenly, from the top of a rock, the snake felt a movement and looked up to see another frost maker jumping toward it through the air.


    Graawwl!


    Shhh!


    The father landed on the snake and began to bite onto it, pushing it around. The snake struggled and moved violently, shaking the father around and trying to bite him.


    Even though the air around the snake was poisoned, the father seemed to have no effect from it. He rushed forward with determined violence and bit the body of the snake.


    But the snake''s scales, which were colorful and hard, resisted the force of the father''s teeth and, with a swift swing of its tail, pushed the father away.


    Landing a bit away from the snake, the father growled and tried to rush back toward it, but hesitated, taking a step backward, he suddenly stopped.


    Huff!


    He exhaled heavily, visible veins appearing through his eyes as the poison of the snake began to overpower him.


    The father felt weak on his knees and struggled to stand again.


    Shh!


    The snake gazed toward the father with its fiery eyes. It waited until the father was completely overpowered by the poison and fell to the ground. When his movements became weaker, the snake rushed toward the father with its mouth open, intending to swallow him in one bite.


    Swish!


    Suddenly, in the snake''s path, a pillar of ice surged up between it and the father.


    The snake became spooked and backed away cautiously.


    Swish!


    From another direction, the snake felt a sudden movement. As it gazed, it met with another spiral of ice rushing toward it.


    Shhh!


    Screaming, the snake rushed away from the ice spike. In the direction the ice spike came from, the snake saw another frost maker, whose skin was akin to ashes and bluish water.


    The father creature, weakened by the poison, was still laying on the ground with his weakened body. But at that moment, his turtle shell-like marks on his body began to glow, and from his body, a colorful smoke rose up. As the smoke rose, the veins that had appeared in the father''s eyes slowly vanished, and he regained his vitality.


    Graa!


    With a growl, the father stood up again. Feeling the movement, the snake saw the father slowly standing up and had a confused expression, struggling to understand how he had gotten rid of the poison.


    Taking a step forward, the father rushed toward the snake. At the same time, Nixie blasted another beam of ice from her mouth toward the snake.


    The father, who was extremely close to the snake, suddenly backed away in inches as the spike of ice from Nixie landed in his path toward the snake.


    Clank!


    Some frost adhered to the body of the snake. Moving violently, the snake broke out from the frost and moved back from the two of them. It gazed at them with its fierce eyes, showing extreme anger. But at that moment, its eyes landed on Puff, who was lying in the field of grass.


    Suddenly, the snake rushed toward Puff and grabbed him. The father acted quickly and ran behind the snake, but the snake''s movement was faster than the father''s, and it rushed toward a nearby bush.

 Chapter 25 - connection

    A pillar of ice rose toward the bush that snake was rushing into and..


    Bang!


    It slam into it and drop Puff from its mouth.


    The snake moved again and crushed the ice pillar with its strength. It gazed toward Nixie and the father, who were running toward it, its sharp eyes showing the extreme hatred it had toward the two of them.


    Suddenly, the snake began to vomit something out from its body. A little white pearl emerged in its mouth from inside its body.


    Holding the pearl in its mouth, the snake once again gazed toward Nixie and the father, then crushed the pearl and swallowed it.


    In an instant, the poison smoke emitting from its body increased tremendously, turning into a poison cloud that spread around the area, blocking everyone¡¯s vision from each other.


    Sssss!


    Through the unseeable poison cloud, the father and Nixie struggled to breathe. They became cautious as they heard the sound of the snake moving around them through the cloud.


    Shush!


    Through a tiny bush growing on a layer of rock, Blaco stepped out as he came searching for the source of the scream. Looking around, he saw Puff lying on the ground and a cloud of smoke rapidly approaching to swallow him.


    Through the wind, Blanco smelled the air and felt a familiar sensation looking at the cloud of smoke.


    "Is that poison? It seems terrifyingly lethal. Puff won''t survive something like that if he gets caught in it," Blanco guessed.


    "I have to hurry up." Jumping forward, he rushed toward Puff, but as he went, he saws that the clouds were already near Puff, and he was still much further from him.


    "No, I won''t be able to make it in time. I have to be much faster," Blanco determined. He ran with all his might, and suddenly the straight line and dot mark on his front paw glowed. Blanco felt a sudden surge of energy, and in the next moment, he dashed forward with tremendous speed.


    He got close to Puff, but getting closer didn''t stop Blanco. He couldn''t halt his momentum and passed Puff, running through the smoke. Blanco collided with the snake, which was preparing a stealth attack toward the father and Nixie.


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    With the impact, both Blanco and the snake were launched far away by Blanco''s force and landed in a place surrounded by trees.


    "What''s up with that? Did I get a new power or something?" Blanco wondered aloud as he straightened up. He felt the sudden surge of energy calming down, but he also sensed that if he needed it, he could summon it back.


    "It''s like a powerful rushing force. This would come in handy when hunting," Blaco thought, examining his new ability.


    Sssss!


    Blaco heard the sound of the snake and looked back to see the giant serpent writhing on the ground and straightening its back.


    Shhhh!


    It roared toward him, and suddenly Blanco''s gills waved in an unusual manner, sending a threatening feeling to Blaco.


    "This feeling... I''ve never felt this even when I met that eagle the other day. This snake, it''s really aiming for me, and it certainly could kill me easily," Blanco thought.


    Shoosh!


    Around the snake, the cloud of smoke began to spread out again. The grass, little plants, and everything plant-based started to decay from it.


    Opening its mouth, the snake spat out a giant ball of poison toward Blanco. Hurriedly jumping away, Blanco avoided the poison, which landed on a tree trunk and slowly began to decay.


    Knowing very well it was useless for him to fight the snake, Blanco tried to run away, but the snake moved quickly and got close to Blanco. Opening its mouth, it spat out another glob of poison.


    Decaying the grass below, the poison moved through the air toward Blanco. Suddenly, a pillar of ice rose from the ground as an ice spike arrived between them and landed, blocking the snake''s poison.


    "Huh," confused, Blanco looked in the direction where the ice spike had come from and saw a frost maker with a strange fur color. Blanco struggled to identify this new frost maker, but from its movements and body size, it felt familiar to him.


    "Nixie? , since when did she have ice powers like that? And her skin is also a little strange," he thought.


    Nixie gazed toward Blanco, preparing herself to strike the snake once again, as if looking at someone she cannot lose to.


    But at that moment, Blanco, who was still observing Nixie, suddenly saw that the tree trunk on which the poison had landed earlier had been completely decayed by the poison, and it was falling directly toward Nixie.


    "No, get out of there quickly!" Blaco exclaimed, but neither could he speak nor could anyone understand even if he did.


    "Get away from there!" Blanco rushed toward Nixie with a scream from the bottom of his heart. He readied himself to use his newfound power once again.


    But at that moment, when the thought of reaching and screaming to Nixie reached its utmost intensity, a wave of air spread around Blanco''s form, and new marks ¡ª two straight lines ¡ª appeared on his ears. Suddenly, he felt a deep connection with her.


    "Get away," he thought, and Nixie''s expression suddenly changed. He looked back and saw the falling tree and quickly ran away to avoid it.


    Boom!


    Crushing the pillar of ice, the tree fell upon it.


    Once landed on the safe place, Nixie had a confused expression, and she gazed toward Blanco, who also wore the same expression all over his face.

 Chapter 26 - sharing and caring

    "Did I feel that right? No way, I really did communicate with her.


    Ever since working and hunting as a group, the problem I had was whether these guys have any human-level intelligence or not, and how they communicate with each other. Although I later realized there is no sound wave communication, there are gesture-based connections with them, like rubbing against each other to show affection and lowering their head in front of others to show obedience. Later, I also got used to it. But now, with this, I think I''ll be able to communicate with them more freely. Though I still feels like this ability is limited only to some distinct commands like follow or jump. I think I can only send direct orders to others for now "


    While Blanco was thinking to himself, the sound of the snakes echoed through the air.


    Chizzz!


    The tree that fell to the ground, began to emit a sizzling sound, and started to corrode from the center, revealing the snake on the other side and making a path for it to cross.


    Its body was glowing immensely, to the point that even looking at it gave Blanco an itching pain in his eyes.


    But Even though Blanco was a bit close to it, the snake didn''t kept its eyes on him and focused toward Nixie.


    Shhh!


    It hissed with a creepy sound and rushed instantly toward her, with a speed Blanco couldn''t manage to catch.


    "It raged to the point he didn''t even bet an eye on anything other than its main target. Seeing how its only focus is Nixie, I doubt she could easily evade it this time. The more this battle goes on, the more disadvantaged we''ll be."


    The moment the snake rushed toward Nixie, Blanco began to spit out poison from his mouth around the area. Even though he didn''t see the snake''s movements, he hoped some of them would end up falling upon its body.


    Hiss!


    Just as Blanco hoped , a drop of poison fell upon the body of the snake, which was rushing toward Nixie without caring about others. The poison from Blanco corroded the surface of the snake''s skin, leaving a dark spot on its colorful surface. The snake hissed in pain and changed its direction, rushing toward Blanco, who was already running away from it.


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    Through the field of bushes, past the giant trees, Blanco ran hurriedly. The snake, with its size and swift movement, rapidly appeared behind Blanco.


    Nixie gazed at the snake tailing behind Blanco. She hurriedly tried to run behind it, but at the moment, she suddenly stopped as her expression changed into one of curiosity, like newborns learning something new.


    In the next moment, she jumped to a nearby bush and ran toward a different direction.


    Hiss!


    The snake spat out a ball of corrosive poison toward Blanco, but with his agile and swift movement, Blanco easily dodged the poison.


    But Having missed him, the poison landed on a giant tree on the path he''s running. Upon colliding with the tree, it was instantly corroded and melted by the poison.


    Craaa!


    The giant tree fell to the ground, blocking the path where Blanco running. He, who had turned his gaze back to see the snake, didn''t have time to see the tree and only saw it at the last moment.


    Boom!


    The tree fell, causing the earth to shake a bit and flocks of birds to fly away from the nearby trees into the sky, disturbed by the reckless atmosphere.


    The snake stopped after getting close to the tree and spat out another ball of poison, melting the tree trunk. While melting, it suddenly saw Blanco, who had put some distance between it and him. On Blanco''s body, the mark of a straight line and a line of dots was shining brightly.


    Shhh!


    The snake hissed and followed behind. The fallen tree was the last remaining part of the few trees close to the area where the rocks and crystals were located, and Blaco was already out of it as the snake entered it.


    Blanco was running through the rocks and crystals, trying to hide from it. But the snake could clearly sense his movement through the ground and was confident in not losing Blanco''s trail. It felt that Blanco had gone behind a pillar of rocks and was staying behind it, hiding.


    The snake slowly followed the trail of Blanco, passing through the rocks and crystals that had extremely sharp edges. As it passed by them, it became extra cautious.


    Once it got to the pillar where Blanco was hiding, poison began to drip from its mouth as it crafted another ball of it.


    Sssrush!


    But suddenly, Blanco, who had hidden behind the pillar of rocks, jumped out in front of the snake. The snake was confused and caught off guard, but it quickly conjured its poison and prepared to spit it at Blanco.


    The straight line and dot marks on Blanco''s body glowed, and he rushed forward, hitting the body of the snake and pushing it back in the direction it came.


    The snake''s eyes reverted back towards the way it was pushed, only to see the shining tips of the sharp crystal edges looming at the end. It jerked its body to dodge aside, but its moving was fast, and within a second, it collided with the sharp crystals.


    Chus!...

 Chapter 27 - sculpting

    After colliding with the snake, Blanco landed on the ground. He quickly lifted his head and gazed toward the sharp crystals, where he saw the snake pierced by their edges.


    "It actually worked. Because it was a sudden thought, I really didn''t think it would work," he mummuerd said as he got up, still looking at the snake, which was impaled by the sharp edges of the crystals. Blood was flowing from the snake''s wounds, dripping down to the ground from the crystal edges.


    While he watched, he felt a weakness in his limbs and lay down on the ground again.


    "Did I get too much exposure to its poison? To think someone else''s poison would work on me, despite me being a poison user myself....I have to find a way to enhance my poison ability somehow, but as far as I know, upgrading an ability isn''t a simple thing," Blanco pondered aloud.


    Crik!


    But as Blanco was thinking, he suddenly heard a sound from the crystals.


    He hurriedly looked, and what he saw was the snake''s skin, which was losing its shining luster and slowly turning into a dead-like state.


    "What is going on?" Blanco felt unease in his heart. Mustering up his strength, he got up and took a few steps back.


    Crik!


    Suddenly, the skin of the snake, which was turning into a dead-like state, crumbled and crushed into ashes, revealing an even more beautiful luster. The new skin of the snake appeared, white in color with blood-like veins running through it.


    "Did it shed its skin? Uh, this doesn''t feel good," Blanco thought as he saw the sharp crystals that had pierced the snake''s body crumble when the old skin separated from its body, failing to penetrate the new skin.


    The snake, previously appearing dead, suddenly opened its blood-red eyes. In an instant, it searched through its surroundings, quickly locating Blanco.


    Blanco felt threatened and quickly ran back. From the lower ground, he climbed up through a pillar of large rocks.


    From the snake''s mouth, a giant poison ball suddenly appeared and shot toward Blanco, who was at the top of the rock layers.


    Bang!


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    The snake''s poison ball landed nearby, causing Blanco to jump to avoid it, but he ended up falling to the other side of the rock layer. The snake swiftly moved through the ground, sliding up the rock layers. As it approached the top where Blanco had fallen to the other side, it sensed a new sensation and a smell in the air.


    Water, there was water nearby. The snake felt the cold sensation in the air, sensing the nearby water flow as it arrived at the top of the rock layer. Below, it saw Blanco still rolling down toward the bottom. Near the base of the rock layer, it observed a flowing water stream, peaceful and calm.


    At that moment, when Blanco finally landed below, a bunch of frogs that had been lounging around the water flow jumped into the water, stirring the surface into a frenzy.


    Down on the ground, injured from the fall, the snake saw Blanco struggle to stand up on his paws again.


    He gazed toward the snake with fearful eyes, then in the next moment, rushed toward the flowing water at the bottom and jumped into it.


    The snake quickly rushed toward Blanco, going down through the rock layers. Despite bumping into countless rocks, none seemed to damage it.


    It saw Blanco, who was flowing down through the river, slowly getting ahead of it. The snake hurriedly rushed towards him, jumping into the flowing water.


    Splash!


    In the water, it swiftly swam toward Blanco, who was moving erratically. It quickly caught up to him and thrust its mouth forward to bite. Blanco dodged at the last moment, narrowly avoiding the deadly jaws of the snake.


    The snake turned back, darting towards Blanco to bite again. With no other options, Blanco dove deep into the water. The peaceful water flow turned into a battleground as Blaco and the snake began to struggle¡ªone fighting to escape death, the other to capture its prey and release its anger.


    Blanco, who had dived deeper into the water, struggled to breathe as the snake circled around him. He swam deeper until he reached the bottom of the water and took another push upward, touching the ground from its paws and and swimming hastily to the surface. The snake located Blanco and rushed towards him.


    Splash!


    Emerging from the water, Blanco leaped above its surface. Behind him, the snake followed. Its mouth opened wide, and the razor-sharp teeth filled with poison gleamed as it aimed directly to swallow Blaco, who was slowly escaping its grasp.


    But at that moment, from behind a nearby bush, Nixie suddenly jumped out. Her mouth was already murmuring a icy blue frost spark, and she directed it toward the snake above the water.


    Crik!


    A layer of water turned into frost, enveloping the snake, who''s Nixie''s main target.


    Thud!


    Blanco landed on the frosty layer and gazed back at the figure of the giant snake, now frozen into an ice sculpture. Its appearance filled Blanco with a frightening feeling.


    Looking at it, Blanco felt the sensation of being at the bottom of the food chain. Despite having abilities superior to others of his race, compared to creatures at the top of the food chain, he was still an easy prey.


    "This is hard to swallow. If I faced something like this alone, I don''t have enough confidence to win. I need to be more than what I am now to survive in this world," thoughts flowed through Blaco''s mind as he gazed at the frozen snake.


    Nixie also admired her creation of the ice sculpture. After a moment, her eyes shifted toward Blaco, who was standing nearby. She took a step forward, slowly approaching him.

 Chapter 28 - moment before Death

    Blanco noticed the movement of Nixie. He looked at her,he knew that if she hadn''t acted according to the order he gave, he definitely wouldn''t have been able to beat the snake.


    "Hmm."


    At that moment, Blanco felt a slippery sensation under his paws. Looking down, he saw that the water was flowing upon the icy layer bit by bit. He hurriedly looked toward the ice sculpture of the snake. The water flowing down fell past it, breaking some of the sides and melting them.


    "Ice is... melting. I knew this isn''t permanent, but to think it would be this soon. We have to get out of here quickly," Blanco urgently prepared to run away, giving Nixie orders to do the same. But at that moment, he saw the father and other frost makers rushing towards them quickly from afar.


    "They heads straight into the danger," Blanco tried to send a thought to the father from his mind, but unfortunately he failed.


    "Seems there''s a limit to this ability."


    Crack!


    Blanco, who was in the momentum of rushing towards his father and others, suddenly stopped as he heard a sound from the ice crystal. He looked at it, toward the snake frozen in the center of it.


    It didn''t move, nor did it seem to be alive, but looking at its fearsome appearance still filled Blanco with fear in his heart.


    But suddenly, Blaco''s fur stood on end as he saw the eyes of the snake move slowly, turning toward him.


    The gaze alone made Blaco weak in his paws.


    The snake''s eyes were bloodshot, and a series of memories rang in its mind. It was born with its siblings, tiny and weak, just like Blanco. Their mother, alone at the moment of their birth, struggled to feed them, becoming increasingly weak since their birth.


    One day, their mother didn''t return to the den with food at the usual time. The little snakes didn''t notice anything unusual at first. When their mother didn''t return, what arrived instead was a herd of rats with sharp teeth. They rushed into their den and began attacking each and every one of its brothers and sisters.


    Alone, it tried to fight but was powerless. In the end, it chose to run away. Amidst the screams of its kin, it fled towards the den''s exit and jumped out, unnoticed. That''s what it thought, but once outside, it saw the corpse of its own mother being eaten by the rats. Its mother was still slightly alive, her eyes gazing helplessly at it.


    The thought of running vanished from the little snake''s mind, replaced by bottomless anger toward the puny and sly creatures that slaughtered its family.


    After that even tho it manage to flee from there the hetrad in his hart never left him alone, It made him killed every lowly creature it met with rage. Up until now, it had been successful, but now it faced these puny creatures that were trying to kill it, just like they had done to its mother and siblings when it was young.


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    The snake''s eyes were bloodshot. It didn''t want things to end this way; it wanted the opposite. It didn''t want to end up like its mother and siblings until It successfully found those rats and slaughtered each and every one of them.


    The snake''s body began to leak poison again, encasing itself in a poison cocoon, melting the ice that surrounded it.


    Boom!


    Within moments, the ice shattered, and the poison cocoon appeared free. Blanco quickly jumped back, while Nixie and the others who were running towards it suddenly stopped in shock.


    "It can''t be¡ªan evolution at a time like this. If it succeeds, a small group like ours can''t stop this thing. We have to hurry and run!"


    Blanco tried to run, but a wave of poison and air spread from the evolving creature, signaling the completion of its evolution. The atmosphere around them shifted, both threatening and conveying a message to others.


    "Khaa!"


    The poison cocoon cracked open, revealing a creature with an upper body resembling a human and a lower body like that of a giant snake, emerging from within.


    "Kha-kha-kh," a shallow voice akin to a mocking laugh erupted from its mouth, its eyes fixed on the sky, brilliant and bright, basking in the sun''s radiant glow. Its skin shimmered.


    Blaco was mesmerized by its beauty, lost in its allure until suddenly snapping back to reality, regaining composure.


    "Shit, a hypnotic effect," he looked at Nixe, then at his father and others, all transfixed by the evolved snake creatures with soulless gazes.


    The creature, still gazing at the sky, lifted its hand, pointing a sharp finger toward Blacnco.


    Suddenly, Blany felt a weight upon his body, his limbs growing weaker. "What kind of ability is this? How can one evolution make such a difference in power?"


    Blanco noticed Nixie and his father growing weaker, yet they remained mindlessly fixated on the creature, oblivious to their surroundings.


    "Not good. Without even moving, it''s managed to bring us all to death''s door. Others are still under the hypnosis effect, not even responding to there weaknesses, which clearly means I''m the one who has to take action."


    "Ugh" Blanco stood up, his legs trembling with effort. The markings on his body began to glow, and suddenly, he surged forward with a leap towards the snake creatures.


    "Overgrown snake bastard, stay back from me!"


    Blanco looked for weaknesses in the snake''s icy veins. If he could dislodge it from the layer of ice, it might fall back into the water¡ªa risky but hopeful strategy.


    The snake turned its gaze from the sky, its attention now fixed on Blanco. Its hand darted out, grabbing him instantly.


    "Urgh!" The pain Blanco felt from the snake''s grip was excruciating; its poisonous aura was easily seething around him, even causing his white fur to turn gray.


    Through half-closed eyes, Nixie glimpsed Blanco being ensnared by the snake. Whne she witnessed it her mind suddnely became clerk with one though, She tried to run towards him, but her weakness overwhelmed her. She conjured a small spark and blasted it towards the snake.,


    But the ice park of her is not as strong as before, it landed on a nearby pillar of rock, missing its target.


    The snake paid no attention to what Nixie was doing. It pointed one of its sharp, nail-like fingers toward Blaco''s neck as it held him suspended. The snake wore a smile, savoring every bit of the moment.


    "I''m... going to die," a fear of death slowly approached Blaco.


    Swish!


    But at that moment, Blaco heard a familiar sound from the sky.


    Kweeek!


    A giant eagle-like bird suddenly descended from above, its talons like knives piercing into the snake. It flapped its wings forcefully, lifting the snake into the sky.


    Shhh!


    The snake struggled, attempting to break free from the eagle''s grasp, but despite its efforts, his attack and abilities showed no sign of harm aginst the giantic bird.

 Chapter 29 - The friend

    The snake was in a dire situation. The revenge in its heart slightly wavered, and it lose its grip on the Blanco in its hand. At the same moment, the eagle pierced its giant beak into the snake, harming it.


    The screams of the snake and eagle filled the air. The snake attempted to attack the eagle with its lethal poison, mindlessly releasing balls of poison everywhere. Some fell to the ground, some fallst into the peacefully flowing water flow, and some onto giant pillars of rock, causing them to melt slightly.


    "Urgh!" Blanco cried out in pain as he fell down, surrounded by parts like scales, teeth, and finger-like pieces from the snake''s body, scattered by the eagle''s attack.


    Among the scattered parts, Blanco noticed something strange: a pearl-like tiny ball falling among them, shining with its own luster and emitting a mysterious aura.


    "A pearl of a snake?" Blanco exclaimed as he examined the pearl, Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.


    "How could I refuse such a thing when it gives off a smell of food right inforn of my eyes,"


    Within a few minutes of swallowing the pearl, Blanco lost consciousness. He fell down, landing directly among the bush field on the ground.


    Nixie, her father, and the others who were freed from the snake''s power rushed towards Blanco, only to find him lying silently on the ground.


    In the sky, the snake fought a fierce battle against the eagle, but it realized it was slowly losing ground. It knew that once it was caught by the eagle, it would be over. The snake stopped mindlessly flinging poison balls around,


    But One of the poison balls the snake had already flung out shot past the rocky terrain and landed in an area where a few giant trees were growing. One of these trees had a hollow, and at that moment, rats were going in and out of it.


    Shurhs!


    The ball melted through the tree branches in its path and landed directly in the hole, instantly melting the rats outside and even continuing through the hole towards the rats'' den.


    ----


    In a pitch dark space, Blanco opened his eyes. He didn''t feel any pain in his body, nor did he hear the sound of the forest or any other noise. It was as if his body was not with him, and he was completely in another place.


    "Why am I here again?" he, who was floating aimlessly, stood up. When he did, his gaze directly landed on the fearsome skull of a human-like creature that had an extremely corrosive aura swirling around it.


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    "Something strange," while observing the skull blanco noticed that the aura swirling around the skull was slowly growing. After it grew to at least three times what it previously was, it stopped.


    " As I know, this skull should be the representation of my poison ability, and its growth means my ability has also grown? But how?"


    At that moment, as he was doubting, he suddenly remembered the dark green orb that fell alongside him from the evolved snake and how he swallowed it.


    "Is this because of it?"


    To Blacnco, who was focusing his attention on the corrosive skull, there was a tiny tingling sensation fleeing from his back.


    "A tickle," he looked back and saw a dark bud in the dark space. It gave the feeling that it was right at the center of the space.


    "Huh!" From the dark and gloomy bud, Blanco suddenly saw a light, a tiny light with a wonderful color casting out from it. He hurriedly got closer to it and saw a tiny crack appear on the surface of the bud, and within it, this luminous shine was casting out.


    "Just what is inside of this thing?" he wondered. From the crack, a few mist-like dust particles spread out, like sparkles. The specks of light roamed through the space, illuminating the area around and suddenly rushing toward Blanco. Once closer, the light began to wander around him.


    When he moved, the sparkles also moved; when he stayed still, they stayed around him, sometimes coming extremely close to his face, and other times rotating in the air as if to get his attention.


    "This is... Why do I get the feeling this thing is trying to play with me or something?" Blanco tried to touch it, and an illusory body of his suddenly appeared as he extended his hand.


    The sparkles flew around his hand in a playful way.


    "It''s like a beast friend," muttered Blanco, but when mentioning about best friends, the memory of Nixie and puff with his father and mother rushed into his mind.


    "I wonder what happened to them," he thought, and in the next moment, his vision went blank.


    ---


    With a slight movement, Blanco opened his heavy eyes. He felt his body, the coldness of the air, and the sound of the night. From these, he knew he was in the real world.


    "Where am I? It looks like our nest," lifting up his head, he looked around. Indeed, he was in their nest. At that moment, the drakness of the nest was illuminated by the brightly glowing creatures that were flying around, some even landing on Blanco, resting themselves.


    All around Blanco, the frost-makers were lying on the floor, deep in sleep. They gathered in groups, crawling close to each other. His father slept closer to the exit door, while his mother, who was in another hey bed, slept separately from the others.


    And at that moment, Blanco was lying on the other hay bed alone, the only one in it, usually most of the frost-makers tried to sleep in this hay bed because its comfort was much better than the hard floor.


    But this time, no one except him was in the bed.


    "Looks like everyone is safe, even him," muttered Blanco, looking at Puff who was lying closer to the hay bed on the floor.


    "Seems I lost consciousness after eating that thing, or maybe from falling from that height. Man, losing consciousness is getting out of hand."


    In the corner of the nest, where the other hay nest is, the mother creature''s eyes slightly opened. They directed toward the other hay bed where Blanco was lying, and they caught a slight movement from his body.


    Her eyes immediately opened. Getting up, she rushed toward Blanco. Blanco noticed her movement and looked toward her.


    As she got closer, she stuck out her tongue and licked Blanco''s face and body. He felt warmth, from outside and even from within.

 Chapter 30 - Never be forgotten

    The father, whose ears twitched as he was not in a deep sleep, lifted up his head and gazed at the mother and Blanco. He also stood up and walked toward them.


    His heavy footsteps alerted the other forst makers that had high senses, and when they woke up they alerted the other less sensible ones, than within a minute the whole nest got aweke.


    Nixie jumped into the bed and begen to lick all over Blaco face, she showed an expressions of an happy child. Normally blanco woud dislike thsi very much, but considering the warm air and atmosphere inside the nest he hardly settle his hart to accept it only this once, but it became more difficult when he saw the salive she leaving behind his radiant white fur.


    Puff, who layed beside rolled and bumped into Blanco. His weight felt very familiar to Blanco now.


    The other frost-makers, who had been giving Blanco competitive looks before, now looked at him with admiring gazes.


    At that moment, rays of sunlight fell into the nest from above through a tiny hole, signaling the rise of the sun.


    "I wonder what we''re going to hunt today. Whatever it is, I have to find out what that growing corrosive aura around that skull means," thought Blanco as he stood up. He didn''t feel any painful sensations in his body.


    "Despite fighting a life-threatening battle yesterday, now I''m completely fine."


    "Even him," Blanco gazed at Puff. "Maybe our healing ability is faster?"


    As the rays of sun flashed from above, the other Frost-makers also prepared themselves to leave the nest.


    Father walked up to the closed door and opened it.


    But unlike yesterday or before, he didn''t rush out from the nest. Instead, he stood at the front of the door, gazing toward the nest.


    The other frost-makers hurriedly ran toward him, lining up in front of him.


    The scene unfolding in front of Blanco now was something he had only seen once before, and that''s...


    "So, today is the day."


    Blanco walked toward the group of frost-makers, with Nixie and Puff following him.


    When Blanco arrived, the frost-makers moved aside, making way for him to the front, closer to the father.


    "So not only Father, I''m even acknowledged by them, haha," thought Blanco as he moved forward. Nixie and Puff, who followed him, moved beside him and only stopped when Blanco stood in front of Father. The two of them were right behind Blanco, which meant after him, they were the next in line among the others.


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    Standing in front of his father, Blanco looked toward him. Taking a step forward, Father moved closer to Blanco and pressed his head against Blanco''s body. From Father''s body, a light shone and passed through to Blanco''s body.


    As soon as the light passed through Blanco, he appeared in the dark space where the fearsome poison skull, the web, and the bud were located.


    In that place, close to the skull, new turtal shell-like objects appeared. At first glance, Blanco felt that the shell was extremely durable.


    "This is Father''s ability." Blanco didn''t know what his father''s ability could do, but it seemed that if it created a shell, it had something to do with protection.


    After the shell completely manifested in the dark space, Blanco reopened his eyes in front of his father.


    After passing the ability to Blanco, Father walked up to Nixie and Puff, who were behind Blanco, and placed his head against the two of them. A light passed through to them too.


    "That must be the lesser skill passing into the two of them. If I have to guess, that suddenly dashed-like skill of mine is also a lesser skill, or meybe not, if only my runing speed increase slightly than it cane be considered as a lesser skill, a one that slightly enchant one of our body futures"


    "Graaa!"


    After Nixie and Puff, another few among the group received skills from Father. After that, he came toward the door and nodded solemnly. Mother also emerged from the corner of the nest, looking at her children with eyes full of emotion.


    Father moved aside from the door, revealing the clear, open path for Blanco


    "As the one to be aknowledge, I''m the one that needs to go out from the nest first," Blanco remnised what''s stated in the inherited memory.


    "Kruu," a sound escaped from his behind, Looking back, he saw Nixie and Puff looking at him with eyes full of yearning.


    "As frost-makers, after leaving the nest, we have to build our own place, and it''s not something to do with others, and they know it too. Although it''s a shame, I think it''s time to say goodbye to them." Blanco nodded softly toward them and then turned his gaze toward the other frost-makers, who were also looking at him with longing eyes. He nodded to them as well.


    Taking a step forward, Blanco got close to the exit. Right in front of him, a breeze blew into his face from the outside. The forest and freedom he hoped for were right in front of his eyes.


    Lifting his paw, he prepared to rush out from the nest, but for one last time, he looked back, toward his father and his mother, and the warm nest that protected him and kept him safe, The place where he was born, the place where his egg had been, the place he trained, the place he slept, and toward all the frost makers that gave him a comforting feeling.


    Lifting his paws, he prepared to rush out from the nest, but for one last time, he looked back, toward his father and his mother, and the warm nest that sheltered him and kept him safe. Then the places where he was born, where he grew, where he trained, where he slept, and finally toward all the frost-makers that gave him a sense of belonging.


    "Maybe because I have a human mind, right now, I''m feeling a bit emotional. This place will never be forgotten by me, and all of them will forever remain in my heart. But it''s time for me to move on to my life with my own rules."


    Blanco took the step forward and rushed out from the nest.


    "Gruuk! Graa!"


    He heard the voices of Mother, Father, and the other frost-makers as he ran.


    "To begin my new life, I know exactly where I should go."


    Going down through the trees, Blanco jumped onto another tree branch, and from there, he leaped to another and another.


    Through the giant trees, the tiny frost-maker ran swiftly, and in the direction he went, there was a giant, colorful tree with an unbloomed bud at the top of it.

 Chapter 31- farewell, season. (End of part one)

    In a faraway place in the forest, through a field of land where trees had fallen due to unnatural causes, a tiny bug, resembling a spider, moved steadily along its path.


    It passed through the fallen trees, cracks on the ground, and numerous obstacles with its robotic-like walk, never once halting its movement throughout its entire journey.


    Now, the bug faced another obstacle in its path. The path it needed to traverse was occupied by a herd of bear-like creatures. These creatures were furry, with two colors mixed in their fur¡ªa main color spreading through most of their body and a simple circular line around their stomach area.


    Despite their fearsome faces, they had a beautiful appearance. However, as usual, the spider-like bug, supported by its numerous legs, never stopped its walk and continued forward. It approached closer to the herd of bears.


    The herd of bears did not notice the arrival of the bug. Given their giant size, it was not surprising that they didn''t notice it at all.


    However, the bug''s unnoticed presence posed a danger. If one of the bears accidentally stepped on it with their giant foot, the bug had no way to defend itself.


    Despite this, The bug continued its way through them. The herd of bears lay lazily on a field of tiny grass, their massive bodies sprawled on the ground as they playfully rolled and play with each other.


    Safely passing through all the commotion caused by the bears, the bug arrived towards a certain bear that was larger than the others. This beast was sleeping a bit away from the rest, as if keeping a watchful eye over them from the side.


    As the bug walked near the shadow cast by the giant bear, the darkness within the shadow deepened. From within this deepening darkness, a hand rose up¡ªa hand resembling one submerged in dark water. Drops of liquid fell from the hand, which appeared to be made of a dark and unstable liquid substance.


    The hand stretched out, grabbing the bug that was going on its wandering way.


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    After seizing the bug, the hand withdrew back into the shadow of the bear and disappeared. In the next second, the bear''s shadow rushed out from its place, swiftly moving through the forest, leaping from one shadow to another.


    After a while of journeying, the hand entered an area that seemed darker despite the sun being up in the sky, with the shadows in that area slightly deeper than those at night.


    The shadow entered the darkness and vanished within it. When it reappeared, the watery hand rose from the ground, holding the bug in its grasp.


    The place it arrived at was surrounded by trees, with a layer of tiny grass spread across the ground and a round rock at the center of it. Upon this rock sat a dark figure, throughout it''s body a few shrp spikes emerging out, which is none other than the Spike General Werren.


    He grabbed the bug in the shadow hand and crushed it, a surge of dark energy flow from his hand towards his head.


    "Ha-ha, so it''s found."


    - - - -


    Back in the nest, two remaining frost-makers, Father and Mother, watched their children as they embarked on their own journeys. They continued looking at them until the last one disappeared from their vision. Even after that, they kept looking until the warm feeling that had filled their hearts a moment ago slowly faded away.


    The first to react was Father, who stood up and walked out from the nest. Following him, Mother also stood up and walked out.


    Once outside, they looked back at the nest they had built, the tree nest that had held the upbringing of their children. They had cherished raising them, experiencing emotions that only first-makers could feel in such times.


    But alas, not everything remains forever. Once the kids have grown and left the nest, the breeding season of the frost makers comes to an end.


    Frost makers are creatures that do not particularly enjoy being in groups; they are solitary creatures. Even though they can stay in groups, they prefer a solitary life. Only during breeding seasons do adult frost-makers come together to propagate their lineage for the future. Once it ends, they return to their solitary lives, often separating from their partners.


    Outside of the nest, Father glanced at his partner, as did Mother. The two shared warm gazes. It was the end of their union; now they had to part ways.


    Father took a step forward and ran through the tree branches, while Mother also ran in the opposite direction, leaping from one tree to another.


    The frost-makers, once united to breed, would once again come together during the next breeding season, but only if they were alive at that point.


    If one died, the other partner would remain alone forever. That''s the loyalty the first-makers had, even in their preferred solitary lives.


    From the horizon, the sun slowly rises, but the nest, which is usually noisy and bustling with frost-makers, now sits alone and quiet. Only the footprints remain as clues of their lives.

 Chapter 32 - a long journey

    A butterfly, with bluish feathers that had white outlines with strange symbols upon them, flew across the sky. It flew past trees, tree roots that grow through the tree, and tree veins, until it came to an area where a tiny water path was flowing.


    On one side of the tiny water path stood a giant tree, its roots gigantic, making some tree trunks look like tiny canes compared to them. These tree trunks commonly ran through this tiny water path, with the water also flowing through them, nurturing them and emitting the sound of water splashing into them.


    The butterfly, flying in mid-air, descended and landed on top of one of the giant tree roots from the giant tree where a single pink flower grew. In the giant root, this pink flower glowed charmingly and also lonely.


    The butterfly slowly descended and landed on one of the petals of the flower. The flower petal didn''t even notice the arrival of the butterfly until it began to quiver from the butterfly''s weight.


    Crik! Crank! Crunch!


    Nearby to the flower and the butterfly, a frost maker, white and attractive, was eating the corpse of what looked like a squirrel.


    Ripping out a flesh from the squirrel''s dead body, the frost maker flung it up and swallowed it while lifting its head.


    Through the frost makers body, there are strange-marked symbols. One is like a shell that stretches across its back, and another gives it a bit of a fierce aura, resembling markes of teeth spreading around it''s mouth and neck. On its hands there are straight lines with a few dots at the end, alos a few straight lines can be seen on the tips of its ears.


    At the moment, while biting down, the frost makers gaze landed on the butterfly that was landing on the flower petal.


    While biting the flesh, its eyes focused onto the butterfly. Suddenly, the few straight marks on its ears glowed mysteriously.


    "Fly away."


    The butterfly suddenly twitched, fluttering its beautifully wings two to three times out of confusion.


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    But after a minute, it returned to its calmness, where it focused on sucking out the flower''s sweet nectar.


    The frost maker''s eyes trembled. It had a thoughtful expression and a focused gaze.


    "Fly away."


    Once again, the butterfly twitched and suddenly flew away from the flower, hovering above the air a few rounds. After that, it landed on the flower petal again. Instead of getting back to sucking the flower, it gazed at the frost maker that was looking at it, then returned to its flower.


    The frost maker''s eyes squeezed tightly. They focused again, and the lines in its ears glowed.


    "Come here."


    A slight twitch became visible in the butterfly''s wings, but it showed no other movements in its body.


    "So, it can hear my commands but chooses to ignore them. Guess loyalty is a must when it comes to commanding others," Blanco mused to himself, reflecting on the previous experience he had.


    "Which means, if there isn''t anyone loyal to me, communication skills are completely useless."


    With that thought, he lowered his head, biting into the corpse of the squirrel. He ripped apart another flesh and swallowed it.


    "Well, if I meet Nixie or Puff again, it would be useful, but I doubt it will be a long time before I see them again. Judging from the thought response I got from Nixie, she''s planning to head back to that rocky field agin. It seems she has some interest in that place and probably will make her nest there.


    Even though I''m not hundred percent sure, Puff had some thoughts about moving to that deep valley area. Maybe he likes that place with lots of animals to eat."


    While thinking about others, he also looked toward the destination he was heading, which could be seen in the distance as a gigantic tree reaching toward the sky, dwarfing every other giant tree in the area. The rose-colored leaves of the tree resembled clouds in the sky, spreading through the area and obscuring the sky and even the ground.


    "When looking at it from afar, it appears closer, but who knew There is a large distance between them, maybe because its height makes it appear closer to everything."


    After one last bite from the corpse, Blanco resolved to start his journey again.


    Thuk!


    But suddenly, something arrived in an instant from behind and stuck to the butterfly on the flower. Without a second of hesitation, it retrieved back, dragging the butterfly with it.


    Blanco hurriedly looked back, curious, only to see nothing out of the ordinary from the area where the ''something'' came from, which was a field of trees and bushes.


    Blanco stared at the trees, somehow the tops of the trees were filled with branches and veins gave him an eerie feeling. Because of the dense leaves on the trees, the treetop area was a bit darker.


    Suddenly, to the keen eyes of Blanco, he spotted a lizard-like creature perched upon one of the tree branches.


    Although at first impression Blanco thought it was just a normal creature, he became agitated when he saw a tiny remnant of a bluish feather at the corner of its mouth, slightly falling out.

 Chapter 33 - Fortune gains

    The lizard opened its mouth, revealing the butterfly inside. It moved its tongue slowly, moving the butterfly to its mouth and swallowing it.


    "Creepy," was the thought Blanco felt when he looked at the lizard. Its eyes were abnormally large compared to its body, and they were staring in two different directions, making it hard to pinpoint exactly where it was looking.


    Blanco turned around. It was the first time he had seen a creature like this, and he prepared to leave.


    Thuk!


    But in the next moment, he felt a stinging pain in his back.


    He looked back quickly and saw a thin, elongated object stuck to his back. It easily passed through his fur and even the pain resistance skill he had showed no resistance against it. Blanco felt the thing had pierced his skin.


    "What the..." he quickly jumped away, pulling out the tongue. The tongue retracted back to its owner, the lizard creature perched at the top of the tree.


    After retrieving its tongue, the two eyes of the lizard that were aimed in different directions suddenly moved as they both focused in one direction¡ªtowards Blanco.


    "This is new. Instead of hunting others, this is the first time I''ve felt like prey. Ah right, that snake totally saw me as prey too.


    But if that lizard thinks it can defeat me with just that long tongue of its, haha, it''s laughable,"


    As Blaco was thinking, the lizard once again stretched out its tongue, shooting it through the air towards Blanco.


    Blanco quickly dodged away, and the marks of teeth around his neck glowed.


    Chuzz! Chuzz!


    A few spit balls shot through the air, although most of them missed their target. One ball collided with the tongue of the lizard.


    Keewk!


    The lizard screamed and quickly retracted its tongue, but other than its scream, it showed no painful expression.


    "Hmm, that''s surprising. I thought it would run away after getting hit. Is it because it has some hidden trump card against me or is it just stupidity?" Blanco pondered to himself.


    While Blanco was lost in thought, he heard a few sounds emerging through the trees around the area, all of which sounded like creatures running through them.


    Swish!


    From a nearby tree, through the thick leaves, a few tongues shot out, all of which arrived swiftly, and Blanco failed to dodge some of them.


    The gills around Blanco''s neck twitched a bit. Suddenly, Blanco began to feel the surroundings more sensitively.


    Before the long and sharp tongues could touch Blanco''s skin, he swiftly moved, avoiding them.


    Having missed their original target, the few tongues landed on the ground and even pierced the earth a bit. The sharpness they possessed was clearly visible.


    "I have no knowledge of this creature, but from what I''m seeing, they hunt in groups and use a long range for hunting with the help of their tongues. Unless I get closer to them or manage to get rid of their tongues, this battle is in their favor."


    Blanco looked toward the trees from which the tongues shot out. Through their thick leaves, lizards stepped out, gathered in groups. Not just one or two, but at least a hundred surrounded Blanco , positioned in the trees around him.


    They stayed upon tree branches, looking at him mercilessly.


    Looking at all of them, Blanco soon realized that the battle was not something he could win. Without further thinking, he quickly dashed away, trying to flee from the area.


    Swish!


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    All the lizards on top of the trees reacted instantly, their clutching sharp tongues arriving through the spaces, aiming toward Blanco.


    The gills around Blanco''s neck twitched. Blanco moved swiftly, avoiding the sharp tongues, but no matter how fast he perceived their swift arrivals, he couldn''t keep up with all of them. In the end, a few of them pierced through his skin, causing intense pain.


    "It hurts," Blanco exclaimed as he jumped away, pulling out the tongue that had pierced him. He looked back at his body. Even though the shell-like marks on his body glowed, the pain was still powerful.


    "Can their attacks bypass my pain resistance skill?"


    Blanco glanced at the tree branches where the lizards were preparing to launch their tongues once again.


    Swish!


    They shot out, and the straight-line marks on Blanco''s hand glowed as he swiftly dashed away. At the end of his dash, he turned toward a direction where most of the lizards were gathered. His mouth formed a bubble, full of poison that he had stored in it.


    In the next moment, he shot them out, a giant deep green poison dart through the air toward the tree branch where the lizards were.


    It moved swiftly, and seeing lizards slow reaction, a smile appeared on the corner of Blanco''s mouth.


    "Gotcha!"


    Pizz!


    The poison landed on the tree branch and emitted a sizzling sound.


    "Eh," but the happy expression on Blanco''s face turned to confused as he saw the lizards moving at unusual speed through the tree branches. Upon closer inspection, he saw they weren''t actually running; they were gliding through the tree branches.


    From the bottom of their feet, a wetter-like slippery substance was oozing out, making the surface of the tree extremely slippery for them. The lizards, having honed this skill throughout their whole lives, were extremely skilled when it came to gliding on these slippery trees.


    "Tch, how unlucky, another disadvantage for me."


    Frustrated by his failed attack, Blanco became even more displeased. He took a few steps back and eventually returned to the place where it all started, closer to the flower where the butterfly was before.


    "My first time outside alone and I''m fighting an battle that I can''t win. This is not a good sign, not at all."


    "Since there''s no hope of winning, my only option is running away. But they surely wouldn''t let me do it as I please. Looks like I have to endure some pain in this."


    With a plan in his mind, the straight lines on his hand shined again as Blanco dashed back, running away from the lizards.


    They also chased through the trees, following behind Blaco.


    "Haha, this is unexpected. Who would have thought they would follow me?" Blanco thought to himself, feeling a sting of pain. The plan he initially thought of was completely wasted now.


    "Well, it''s alright. No, this is perfect. Now there''s only one way of winning. Since I already used my dash skill, I have to wait for a few minutes until I recover enough energy to use it again. I hope I''ll be able to outrun them until then."


    As Blanco was running, he jumped through the larger vines and rocks, which slowed his speed a bit. But he wasn''t the only one facing disadvantages; even though the lizards could glide from tree branches when jumping from one tree to another, they also experienced a bit of a slowdown.


    But because of their larger numbers, the slight slowdown in the lizerds speed could easily be overlooked.


    The first group that closed in on Blanco shot out their tongues.


    Blanco felt a sharp pain in his body as the tongues pierced his skin. Despite this, he continued to run, bearing the pain.


    "Just a few more minutes," he hoped.


    But the lizards behind him had no intention of giving him that time. They opened their mouths, shooting out their sharp tongues.


    Blanco''s gills twitched, giving him a sense of the arriving tongues.


    But The previous tongues were already piercing his skin and restricting his movements a bit, preventing Blanco from dodging side to side to evade them.


    "This is going to be painful," Blanco closed his eyes, preparing to endure the stinging pain once again. He also resigned himself to what would come after; the energy he needed to use his dash skill once again was almost fully replenished. If he could endure the pain, he would be able to outrun every one of them and escape from here.


    The tongues arrived and pierced Blanco''s skin.


    "Ugh," it was painful, like sharp nails penetrating, and he felt something eating away at him from inside.


    Chizzz!


    But suddenly, Blanco felt a strange sensation throughout his body. The lizards that were following behind Blanco suddenly stopped, as did Blanco. They saw his fur and skin turning a deep dark green, and a little smoke emitted from his skin.


    Chizzz!


    As they pierced through the skin, the lizards suddenly felt an extreme pain in their tongues, and in the next moment, they felt nothing at all, realizing something was wrong. They hurriedly retracted them.


    Opening his eyes, Blanco looked at the changes happening in his body. Seeing the deep green skin with smoke emitting from it, Blanco remembered the ability that the snake had.


    "So this is the ability I got from him. What a fortunate way to figure this out."


    At that moment, the tongues that pierced him retreated.


    Blanco looked up at the tops of the trees. The lizards were in confusion. Some of the lizards that had retracted their tongues suddenly lost their balance and fell from the trees like dead bodies. They were paralyzed, and some of them appeared to be dead.


    Seeing their comrades fall, the lizards became frightened. First a few of them began to retreat, and then hastily all of them ran back, never looking back in Blanco''s direction.


    "Cowards... Well, even if they didn''t run, I wouldn''t hunt them anyway. It''s pretty hard to aim when they glide," Blaco thought to himself. He looked at the few lizards that had fallen from above. Despite recently getting his stomach full because of the battle, he felt exhausted again. So, he didn''t hesitate to take the food that lay in front of him. And it''s not becus he want to fulfill his anger toward them by eating them, not at all.

 Chapter 34 - free transportation!

    Digging into the insides of the lizard, Blanco ate to his heart''s content.


    Phew!


    Removing his mouth from the lizard corpse, he spat out a mixture of large red chunks of blood and saliva.


    "Ugh, the most disgusting meat I''ve ever eaten," he muttered, reminiscing about the unpleasant taste of the lizard meat despite eating it.


    With his stomach and heart filled, Blanco started his journey again with a feeling of comfort.


    But before he left, he glanced at the lonly flower to see another yellow-colored butterfly hanging on it.


    Jumping over the giant tree root along with the tiny water flow flowing beneath them, Blanco landed on the other side. With swift steps, he ran across the ground.


    The way he ran wasn''t exactly running; it was a mix between running and momentary long jumps between strides.


    The path to the gigantic tree isn''t clear. In fact, after he started his journey from the giant tree with water flowing nearby, he didn''t see any area that had space for anything else to happen. The whole area is densely packed with numerous trees that even prevent sunlight from reaching below with their wide-spread branches and leaves.


    Hmph!


    Gaining momentum, Blanco jumped past a tree branch that jutted into his path like a barrier. After that, he leaped to another tree branch, running through it until he jumped to yet another.


    Stopping there for a few minutes, he gazed at the path ahead that he needed to move forward on.


    The dark atmosphere with large trees and their roots sticking out from the ground looked like horror creatures trying to crawl out from below. But in this eerie setting, there were fortunate rays of sunlight passing through the thick layer of leaves and branches above, landing below in the darkness.


    Those rays of light appeared like miraculous things, illuminating the objects they touched in the darkness. They gave a heroic and divine feeling to anyone who saw them.


    The vians of those large trees was like a collection of ancient warriors'' attire, hanging down from the sides of the trunks. Some roots ran through the ground, completely engulfing the earth and leaving only veins on the surface. Some veins were interconnected with other trees, creating a network with thick veins joining each other, forming wide gaps between each tree. Sometimes, these tree veins acted as passages for creatures to move from one tree to another.


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    And at that moment, looking at one of those joints that connect two trees, Blanco is thinking about jumping onto it to move to the other tree.


    "It also looks like a bridge," thought him, feeling that the vines resembled something familiar from his human memory.


    Right then, just when Blanco tried to jump onto the tree vines, he heard a loud sound from the upper layer of tree branches and leaves that spread through the sky like a clouds, blocking the sun rays to the below.


    Blanco gazed toward the direction where the sound echoed from, and saw a flock of birds starting to fly into the sky from their resting place.


    "It''s just a flock of birds, why the hell does it sound like a tree fell?" After watching the birds fly away, Blanco jumped onto the tree vines and ran through them.


    But as he was right in the middle of the vine, another sound similar to the previous one was heard. And then another, and another.


    Throughout the entire forest, the only sounds Blanco heard were the birds flying away.


    "For them to leave in a group like this, something must be happening up there," he thought to himself. Although he was eager to reach the giant tree as quickly as possible, curiosity got the best of Blanco.


    He hurriedly ran to the other side of the vine where he jumped onto another tree. From there, he ran through it upwards until he passed through a layer of thick leaves that formed the upper canopy of the forest.


    Maneuvering through the densely packed leaves, Blanco carefully climbed up a tree branch. It was an easy task at first; the thick tree branch had more than enough space for Blanco to step wherever he wanted, even if his vision was blocked by the leaves.


    But problems arose later as Blanco advanced through the branch; it began to become thinner and thinner.


    And at the end of it, it was like a tiny twig. Lifting his paw, Blanco slowly placed his foot upon it. Under some weight, the twig lowered a bit but showed no sign of breaking.


    Phew!


    With a sigh of relief, Blanco took another step forward and pushed his head through the leaves until it popped out on the other side, where the dense layer of tree branches and leaves ended. Right now, Blanco is standing at the highest point of the forest, his head slightly poking out enough to see the entire sky and the horizon.


    When he looked at the sky, the first thing Blanco saw was a sky full of birds flying.


    Some were enormous, maybe even ten or eleven times larger than Blanco himself, while others were tiny, almost half the size of Blanco.


    They flew systematically, like arrows, but some flew individually, especially the larger ones. Blaco, who was momentarily mesmerized by this scene, noticed something extra special.


    The feathers of those large birds are much wider, so when they flap their wings once, they flap them again after a long time. During this time, the tiny birds that are unable to fly for long distances and fast land on the stretched feathers of these giant birds. The giant birds showed no concern about them. Isn''t that the best free transportation device?


    "Would I be able to fit one of those feathers?" thought Blaco as he looked at them.


    He can also see some shade of cretures through the clouds above, but there not very clear, butfrom the shade he could see he realised that whoever flying above the cloud is enormous to the point he can''t measure it with his own body.


    "But why are they flying away all of a sudden? It''s okay if it''s a few of them, but to fly all of them in all of a sudden..."


    While thinking, Blanco glanced at the horizon.


    The sun was slowly settling down in the west, and from the east, the moon was rising slowly.


    The light is vanishing and the darkness is coming.

 Chapter 35 - Roommates

    "Night is terrifying. It holds the monsters and beasts¡ªa little creature like us cannot fathom to resist."


    In Blanco''s inherent memory, this message is loud and clear. Every creature that can see in the day will hide at night, letting the terror of darkness take over the forest.


    "I have to find a place to hide." After looking at the breathtaking sky, Blanco fell back into the gloomy forest.


    "There are countless trees; there has to be a place I can stay." While looking from above, Blanco had already noticed a few places fitting for a temporary nest. Jumping from branch to branch, he slowly descended to the ground.


    "Whoo..." Through the forest came a gloomy sound that shook Blanco''s little heart. He later realized it was the wind blowing through the forest. Nonetheless, each time the wind blew, it gave Blanco an ominous feeling.


    After a long and frightening journey, Blanco finally arrived at a spot he had marked as fitting for him.


    Shhh!


    But it was already occupied. Two bird-like creatures were hugging each other as they gazed at Blanco defensively.


    "No need to be aggressive, I''m just leaving." Having no confidence in shooing them away, Blanco quickly moved to another spot he had marked.


    But that day, luck was not on his side.


    Hssss!


    "Okay, I''m leaving."


    "Arrrrr!"


    "I''m not gonna steal your food!"


    Shhh!


    "Not again..."


    After checking almost all the places, Blanco stood alone on a branch. All the spots had been occupied by someone else, and Blanco had nowhere to go.


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    But as Blanco thought about what to do next, he saw a tiny creature, similar to a fluffy ball, moving quickly on the ground. No other creatures could be seen at this time¡ªeveryone was heading to their hiding spots. So this creature must be going to its hidden spot too.


    Blanco silently followed the creature like a predator stalking its prey. The clueless creature, which seemed to be hugging a tree seed, moved and sometimes rolled before arriving in front of a hole at the bottom of a tree.


    After it went inside the hole, Blanco slowly closed in, silently and carefully, to look inside. It was a very spacious hole, and in one corner, there was a pile of tree seeds. The tiny, fluffy creature placed the tree seed it brought onto that pile.


    "Looks like this is not its temporary place¡ªthis is where it lives permanently."


    "But not for long."


    Shhh!


    With a threatening sound, Blanco entered the hole, trying to scare the creature away.


    But the creature didn¡¯t seem threatened at all. Instead, it only glanced at Blanco once before going back to piling the tree seeds.


    Oh!


    "Looks like I don''t have to resort to violence."


    As he was now a guest in the creature¡¯s home, Blanco didn¡¯t try to cause much of a mess and curled up to rest.


    When night fully fell, the fluffy creature rolled a large, heavy tree seed to the entrance of the hole, sealing it shut.


    Inside the hole, it was warm, and Blanco''s new roommate didn¡¯t bother him in the slightest.


    But even though Blanco seemed to be asleep, he was still awake, spying on what the fluffy thing was doing.


    The creature appeared to be cleaning itself, licking its body. Then, after its bath, it rolled on the ground as it moved toward the pile of seeds.


    Thud!


    Jumping into the pile, the seeds tumbled down upon its body. But instead of being startled, the creature seemed happy, letting out a tiny cheer.


    "Ku!"


    One of the seeds ended up rolling closer to Blanco. As he sniffed it, Blanco realized he could actually eat it.


    Blanco looked at the fluffy creature. It was also looking at him, urging Blanco to eat the treat it had given him.


    After a moment, Blanco stuck his tongue out and pulled the seed into his mouth.


    Crunch!


    It was actually tastier than he thought, and he really liked it. Later, the fluffy creature threw a few more seeds at Blanco, and he ate them carefully.


    After filling his stomach, Blanco rolled himself up comfortably and went to sleep. On the pile of seeds, the fluffy creature was already lying flat, its giant stomach full of seeds.


    . . . . .


    Blanco woke up to a sound¡ªthe sound of the fluffy creature opening the entrance to its nest.


    Bright rays of sunlight fell onto him from the opening, telling him that the dark night had passed and a new day had begun.


    Waking up, he stretched himself, and then, seeing the pile of seeds, Blanco took a mouthful and swallowed them.


    "Should be enough for my morning meal."


    After opening the entrance, the fluffy creature had already left, so Blanco didn¡¯t get to say farewell. Stepping out into the bright day, Blanco started his journey again.


    Running through the ground, evading obstacles, he jumped to a tree. From there, his journey continued¡ªmoving from on e tree to another.