Travel to another world and become a monster messenger

Even if there were trees and rocks, the moonlight would outline them, making their presence easily recognizable, although compared to sunlight, moonlight is undoubtedly a very hazy and pale light.

In other words, the trees and rocks seen at midnight are almost three-dimensional shadows. The forest with overlapping trees is also a dark outline that does not attract people to approach even from a distance.

But luckily, the trees and rocks are mostly still, and while the wind may stir branches and leaves, the movements are far from truly eerie.

So if a large shadow is moving busily, it will be very noticeable, especially in areas with good visibility.

On the top of the hill, a giant butterfly silhouette appeared in the moonlight, fluttering its wings. It looked down at a small flying dragon.

The sound of the wind and the flapping wings created an indescribable sense of weirdness. The flying dragon raised his head and stared at the shadow of the butterfly. It was obvious that there was no friendly relationship between them.

The butterfly was the first to move. It dropped rapidly, and the dragon immediately flew to the side to avoid it. However, the butterfly's attack did not stop. It gradually chased the dragon as it tried to escape. The dragon flapped its wings desperately to escape, but the butterfly was obviously faster.

“Squeak!”

As the shrill calls came, the butterflies' movements became faster.

“Squeak!”

Its small size and nimble movements allowed the dragon to dodge, but this gradually drained its strength and energy, and it didn't last long when it was chased.

The butterfly flew from behind to the front of the dragon and rammed it. The dragon fell heavily to the ground and didn't even have the strength to get up.

Of course, the butterfly would not miss this opportunity, it rushed towards the dragon with its scales scattering. Then -

“Squeaky!”

The dragon's cry echoed in the night sky. The sound was carried by the wind and even reached the ears of Lim who was resting on the plain in the distance.

"……call?"

Lim's ears twitched slightly, and she sat up sleepily. She seemed to have heard a cry, but the surroundings were still quiet. Xu Zhen and the monsters beside her were sleeping soundly and did not notice anything unusual.

Maybe it was just a dream, Lim thought.

"Huh...Lim? What happened?" Lati rubbed her eyes half asleep and asked Lim in a sleepy voice.

Then Lim explained to Lati: "Hoohoo...Hoohoo!"

"Did you hear that? Maybe it was a wolf's howl... Don't worry... huh."

After saying that, Lati fell asleep again. The other monsters who were usually sensitive to sounds and calls also didn't care at all and slept soundly.

"call……"

Lim whispered, curling up again. As she wondered if this was just her imagination, she began to feel sleepy again.

After a few minutes, as if she had forgotten about the scream, Lim began to fall asleep snoring comfortably.

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The next morning, after Xu Zhen and his companions had a simple breakfast, they walked towards the western border. Although there were some clouds in the sky, they were not enough to block the blue sky, and the sun still shone brightly.

Judging from the current situation, it is basically sunny, but the wind is a little strong, and the far south is completely covered with gray clouds. And because it is a southerly wind, those nasty clouds are likely to be blown over.

“It feels like…it’s going to rain.”

"Suspicious clouds indeed."

Looking at the clouds in the south, Lati and Xu Zhen talked. During this time, Lim, who was sitting on Xu Zhen's left shoulder, looked around with a heavy expression.

“Woo-oo ...

"Lim, are you worried about what happened last night?"

They heard some kind of shouting. Xu Zhen and the others learned this from Lim during breakfast.

As Letty said, it was probably the distant howl of a wolf or some other animal. But for some reason, Lim was very concerned about that cry.

After that, although they all slept soundly, they remembered the incident as soon as they woke up. Lim herself didn't understand why she cared so much, and her inner confusion only grew greater and greater.

"Woo-woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo-woo--"

"If you just leave it like this, you might regret it..." Lim seemed to say.

"Hmm...it's really hard to judge."

Lati muttered to herself as she looked at Lim, who was looking around anxiously on Xu Zhen's shoulder.

"Think about it carefully, it's reasonable for Lim to care so much..."

“It’s really rare.”

Therefore, Xu Zhen couldn't just ignore it as a groundless worry. Lati also regretted that she was confused last night and didn't deal with it properly.

"Even if Lim's ominous premonition is true, I don't know where to check."

“It’s hard to tell, isn’t it?”

“Woo-oo ...

Facing Xu Zhen and Lati's words, Lim lowered her head helplessly. Although she felt that this expectation might be too high, Xu Zhen and the others still smiled gently and told Lim not to worry too much.

"Then we'll continue westward as planned. If we hear the noise again and feel something is clearly wrong, we'll go check it out. How do you think?"

“…Woo-oo ...…”

Lim seemed to agree, and so did the other monsters. Just as they were about to start again—

“——Xiao——”

They had indeed heard that voice. Xu Zhen and the others stopped and looked at each other in surprise.

“…Is that a cry?”

"I heard it, indeed... maybe it was Lim who heard it..."

“Woo-hoo!”

Hearing Lati's whisper, Lim nodded firmly. Xu Zhen looked around and asked, "Can you tell which direction the sound came from?"

“Howl!”

"there!"

The three monsters, Lopur, Fureo, and Lim, all pointed south. A huge hill stood in the middle of the plain. There were no other mountains like mountains around, and judging from the wind direction, the sound coming from the top of the hill seemed the most natural.

Xu Zhen and Lati stared at the top of the hill.

“From here, I can’t really tell what’s there…”

“I’ll just have to go and see.”

"Yes, Foreo, please?"

“Leave it to me!”

As he answered, Foreo began to absorb the natural magic in the air. Light particles gradually gathered towards him, and his body shape began to change from a cute small form to a huge four-legged brave beast.

"Everyone, come up quickly!" Foreo called out, and Xu Zhen and the others climbed onto Foreo's back.

The only ones who really sat firmly were Xu Zhen and Lati. Lopur sat on Xu Zhen's head, Lim was still on Xu Zhen's shoulder, and Lim was held by Xu Zhen in one hand. For a slime, it was obviously unrealistic to let it hold on to something.

“Hurry up! Target that hill!”

"clear!"

When Xu Zhen shouted, Foreo started running quickly.