Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 72

There are few types of monsters, but there is a race called symbiotic types.


Symbiotic types exist only outside dungeons and attach to other creatures like burrowing snakes.


What distinguishes them from parasites is their ability to synchronize their magical powers, allowing them to use their abilities on their hosts.


It seems that many powerful monsters, such as bosses of large groups or demon king species, often have symbiotic types attached to them.


And sometimes, they attach themselves to humans as familiar spirits, like me.


In such cases, due to the inherent differences between humans and their own race, they seem to be somewhat weakened.


However, they still gain non-human abilities, and there is no difference in becoming a significant force.


Combined with [Prayer], when Alex muttered, "You really seem like a demon king," I kicked him for now, but I feel that way myself.


Demon King Sera-sama... Seems weak.


Anyway, this is the ability of the burrowing snake Akame.


This is amazing.


I think it's not just an ability, but sharing senses.


I can sense living beings not only within my field of vision but also in places where my vision is obstructed, like obstacles.


I forget its name, but it might be similar to some organ snakes possess.


I'm pretty sure it was something that detects infrared, but I think this one senses magical power.


Items and magical tools somehow looked sharper, as if they were more focused than usual, so I believe this idea is correct.


In this world, I'm not sure what I'm sensing, but I can feel the presence of skilled people.


They notice my approach even though I'm floating and making no noise, so it's not sound.


They probably sensed magical power, right?


Hehehe.


I might have gotten a step closer to becoming a master.


◇


Dungeon!


It's been about 10 days since I accepted Liesel's request, hasn't it?


It's been a while since I've been in a dungeon to confirm Akame's power.


"There they are..."


Hiding in the undulations of the ceiling about 20 meters ahead, I spotted a flock of giant bats.


Normally, I would have been ambushed and surprised before retaliating, but I'm faster and it seems like I could take the initiative this time.


There are about seven of them, I think?


Let's go all out at once!


I accelerate and rise using Levitation, closing in.


"Hah!"


The bats seem to have noticed my approach, but before they could react, I swiftly cut them down with Shadow Sword.


"Got 'em!"


Although I've always come out unscathed before, there was still a risk of getting injured.


But this time, I managed to proceed flawlessly at my own pace from start to finish.


Perfect.


Well, regarding combat...


"Oh... I see..."


As the battle ends and I descend in altitude, I notice the seven bat corpses lying on the ground.


Usually, I'd cut off their cores with a single strike, even if they took the initiative, but this time, I prioritized speed too much, leaving the corpses intact.


It's still beyond my current ability, but someday I want to be able to aim for their cores even at this speed.


First things first, I need to do something about this...


Since the cores are in their heads, I approached to pierce them with Shadow Sword, but just then, Akame appeared from my sleeve.


Considering it's an external monster and might be interested in the dungeon, I watched its actions. It then burrowed into the heads of the corpses.


I wondered what it was doing, but when I saw the corpses vanish, I realized it had crushed the cores.


Akame went around crushing the cores of the other six corpses in the same way.


"...Akame, are you... okay?"


Although I didn't have much detailed information, I was shown some information about the burrowing snake that the knights had when I made the contract.


One of the known characteristics is that they don't have a digestive system and don't need to eat, instead they absorb magical energy, or so it seems...


It doesn't seem like it just swallowed the cores after gnawing on them.


Its behavior hasn't changed, but is it okay?


"Can you go on?"


As I reach out my finger, it stretches out its body and rests its head on it.


Does this mean it's okay?


Well, if it's not, it wouldn't have come to gnaw on them on its own.


"Alright, let's go a little further!"


When I call out, it burrows back into my sleeve.


... It's okay, right?

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