The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 16 Blood and Flesh Hell

"Woo-woo~ woo-woo~"

The owl is calling.

In the night of Wild Dog Forest, the glowing crystals still cast a little light down, preventing it from being completely dark, and there were also glowing insects swimming in the air, creating a unique kind of romance.

However, Klein had no interest in appreciating any of this.

Activate skill: Accelerate growth.

Klein's seed sprouted, and its roots burrowed into the body of the bone-stealing badger. The badger could only struggle because its mouth was bound by Klein, preventing it from making a sound.

Then comes parasitism... Activating the skill: Parasitism.

Success rate: 74%

Parasitism successful!

The bone-stealing badger's eyes glazed over.

These two skills have depleted Klein's accumulated magic power, but now it's time to return to the plantation.

Klein is still here in the carnivorous grass because he and Yanami have no way to bring the bone-stealing badger back to the plantation.

For safety's sake, Klein sent Yanami back to the plantation first, while he stayed here to guard it until he regained his magic power, parasitized the Bone Stealer Badger, and then controlled it to go back.

Fortunately, the Bone-Stealing Badger didn't have any means of breaking free, otherwise it would have recovered a lot of its magic power by now.

The vines were freed from their restraints.

It's time to go back.

Klein transferred his soul to a sapling of a bone-stealing badger.

The first feeling after being possessed was hunger, extreme hunger, because the bone-stealing badger hadn't eaten for a day.

Then there was the pain on my skin; the wounds from the battle with the Wind Demon Wolf were still there, and any movement caused a sharp pain.

Another important aspect is their sense of smell and hearing; badgers have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and hearing.

Most importantly, the Bone-Stealing Badger has night vision; otherwise, Klein would have had to run back in the dark.

What a fine body.

Klein twisted his limbs, his bones making a cracking sound, and after taking a few steps to get used to it, a question arose in Klein's mind.

How do you release invisibility? The rock rats that were parasitized before didn't have any magical abilities, so Klein never had a chance to practice magic.

But when Klein thought about invisibility, the Bone Thief Badger's body gave him a strange feeling, like a memory etched into his muscles was guiding him.

After releasing his magic following that feeling, Klein found that his body had become transparent.

Ah, it worked!

But wait... there doesn't seem to be any chanting, right? Can you become invisible without chanting? Or is this not magic, just an ability? But why does it consume magic power?

But now is not the time for doubt; he must return to the plantation before the Bone-Stealing Badger's magic runs out.

Night is dangerous, but Klein can now become invisible; he returns hidden in his own vines.

This stealth ability is really convenient. Although the Bone-Stealing Badger isn't very good at fighting, it's more than enough as a scout.

However, he was truly helpless when encountering creatures with a keen sense of smell...

The forest was so quiet that it made one's mind wander.

During the time he lived with Yanami, Klein constantly had a person in his mind; this was due to Yanami's telepathic abilities.

Now that the figure had disappeared because it was too far from Yanami, Klein felt somewhat uneasy.

Perhaps I've gotten used to living with her, and the originally boring days have become more interesting.

At least I can chat with her every day, instead of staring blankly at a bunch of lush green vines.

As Klein was reflecting on this, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Awooo—!"

No way? It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?

The sound was the howl of the Wind Demon Wolves that he had fought today.

The sound is coming from the east...

To the east lies the edge of the Wild Dog Forest, a massive and towering rock wall.

The rock walls often have small caves, like those in Klein Plantation, which are popular with wild animals, and perhaps the den of the wind wolf is also nearby.

Klein poked his head out from the vines, trying to look towards the east side of the forest.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine, and his hair stood on end.

He smelled fear... but it wasn't coming from the Wind Demon Wolf. Something terrible was in the forest!

"Woof, woof woof woof!..."

What could possibly be causing such a panic among the wolf pack?

The wolves were howling at something. Klein climbed a tree and looked down at them from above. The Bone-Stealing Badger's night vision allowed him to see the forest clearly.

"Woof...woof! Woof woof woof woof!"

There were more Wind Demon Wolves than during the day, and there were also pups. There were seven pups and nine adult wolves. It seems that the other three were taking care of the pups in the den during the day and did not participate in the hunt.

The wolf cubs hid behind the adult wolves, while the adult wolves formed a semi-circle, wary of the enormous creature.

What...is that?!

Each of the huge caves is connected by a passageway, and there is one on the eastern rock wall.

And now, something is wriggling in that passage... It is flesh and blood filling the entire cave. Its surface is covered with bright red flesh and blood, yet it also has mottled fur, the sharp claws of a beast, yet it also has the hooves of livestock.

It's like various creatures being chopped up, glued back together, all mixed together, twisting and twitching, converging into a bloody hell.

The Wind Demon Wolves maintained a distance of several dozen meters from this strange creature, slowly retreating.

The fleshy monster seemed to be stuck in the passage and was slowly approaching this way; a portion of it had already entered the forest.

Plop...

Bright red blood was squeezed out.

"Woof!"

The alpha wolf howled at the pack, and the other three Wind Demon Wolves, who had been injured by Klein, immediately left the pack and ran towards the puppies, seemingly intending to let the wounded wolf take the puppies away.

What exactly is that thing? It's slow and sluggish, and it feels terrifying—it's a physiological fear stemming from the bone-stealing badger.

Activate skill: Scout—but just as Klein was about to activate Scout, the alpha wolf made its move.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

Immediately afterwards, a familiar rhythm began, and the alpha wolf commanded the healthy members to unleash magic.

"Woof, woof, woof—"

The alpha wolf wanted to test the monster with wind blades—

What?!

puff!

Before the wind wolf wielding the wind blade could even unleash its magic, a tentacle sprang out from the flesh embedded in the rock wall and instantly pierced the wind wolf that was casting the spell!

So fast that even the highly agile Wind Demon Wolf couldn't react in time?!

What truly thrilled Klein was—

That was... magical perception?

The flesh-and-blood monster launched its attack just before the Wind Demon Wolf could cast its spell, demonstrating the same magical perception as the trolls.

Klein was somewhat relieved that he hadn't used the Detect method earlier, otherwise he might have been discovered just like when he faced the trolls.

"Awooo..."

The captured Wind Demon Wolf, with half of its body swallowed by the Blood Mountain, was howling in agony.

"Woof woof woof!"

The wolf pack retreated quickly; it seemed they wanted to leave, a wise choice.

But after running only a few steps, the flesh and blood monster had already completely arrived in the Wild Dog Forest, which was a mountain of flesh and blood at least three meters high!

Without any pause, it rolled toward the Wind Demon Wolf at an extremely fast speed.

At a distance of about fifty meters from the Wind Demon Wolf, the flesh monster slightly compressed, and then—it jumped up.

boom!

None escaped; all the Wind Demon Wolves here were crushed into meat patties, except for the three that had already left with their cubs and gone to the southern forest.