"Hey, Victoria?"

"What is it?"

"What about animals? Are there any animal in this Monsters World? Like chicken, cow, sheep, any animals that can be considered as livestock. What about their existence in this world?" I asked.

"Hmm? I don't think I ever see any of them. All I ever saw in this world is monsters. Chicken monsters, cow monsters, everything is monsters."

"Even earthworm?"

"Earthworm? Why ask?"

"Because one is chasing after us from underground! And I see three others following that one!"

"Run faster! Earthworms in this world are no joke! Some of them even have evolved and able to swallow a small island!" Victoria panicked.

This is the first time I see her panicked this much. I guess Earthworm are that dangerous. To think that such a small creature in human world turned into island-eating monster… this world is more dangerous than what I have heard from Victoria.

"I think we'll be fine. I'm faster than them even on land." I said as I tried to calm her down.

"I just don't want to see them! They look disgusting!"

I looked again at the creatures that following me from underground. Victoria is right. They are disgusting. But in my previous life, I see many other disgusting things than Earthworms. I was a surgeon back then and what I see after cutting someone's stomach open… I don't want to talk about that. Parasites are so damn scary…

I hope I won't encounter similar case in this life.

"Oh? Those Earthworms are fighting each other now. I guess we're safe now."

Using my Divine Vision, I see the three Earthworms are attacking each other. The one that has been chasing me this far seem to lost interest in me and fighting the other two Earthworms.

And while the Earthworms are fighting, we are already far away from them that my Divine Vision can't reach them anymore.

Then as we continued marching toward the location where I can find Pear-y Fruit, someone appears next to us.

"Hola amigos!" It was Sonia who appears as she greeted us just like Javier.

"Hola." Victoria replied Sonia's greeting.

"Hola indeed. You can freely come and go between two worlds now?"

"Yes. But it seems that it took some time for me to arrive here although I left as soon as the portal is closed. How long have you guys been here?"

"About an hour or so."

I told Sonia to try follow us into the Monsters World. Initially, I asked her to come qith Victoria who will get there first, but Victoria says no. She said that there might be monsters that can kill ghosts.

So, I told Sonia to forget that idea. But Sonia insisted in coming as well since she will be useful for communication with everyone in human world. Since she refused to be left behind, I told her to come after I entered that world. I should be able to protect Sonia in some way.

But for monsters to have the ability to kill ghosts… are they also ghosts? That seems to be the most likely answer. Can they communicate with humans? Are they used to be humans? I won't know the answer unless I met them in person.

And if they can attack, that means there should be a way for Sonia to fight, right?

"So, what did I miss?" Sonia asked.

"A great battle between three giant Earthworms." I replied.

"…I don't think I want to see that."

"We're going to get some Pear-y Fruit for Lina. I never thought that it was so far." Victoria said.

Anyway, I continued running to our destination while having a chat. Of course I am still evading places with powerful monsters or if there are too many of them.

"Victoria, in that place where Pear-y Fruit is located, won't there be a lot of monsters? Since I heard that some monsters ate them like regular fruit." I asked Victoria.

"Yes. There should be many kinds of monsters there since that place has a lot of Pear-y Fruits. What about it?" Victoria said.

"What about it? What do you mean what about it!? If I'm going there, won't I just be their target!?"

"Don't worry about it. It has been a long time since the last human entered this world. I think for those monsters, they will only think of you as a new kind of monster. Most of the young monsters shouldn't know about the existence called human."

Oh, right. Since they don't know what a human is, they would think that I'm just another monster looking for the fruit…

"But I will still be attacked, right!? There are even monsters who fighting the same species as they are!"

"Just prepare for battle. It's not like you are not ready for it right? By the way, is today's goal is to harvest some Pear-y Fruits?" Victoria changed the topic.

"Sigh… that's right. After getting some Pear-y Fruits, we'll return. After resting for a few days, we'll go back to this world and that time, we'll be looking for another monster to make a contract with. Do you have any good monsters? One that have intellect and capable of our language."

Since Javier has told Victoria about some useful monsters to make a contract with, we can just go look for them instead of exploring to unknown area. It's faster that way.

"Yeah. Javier told me about many kinds of monsters that you should make a contract with." Victoria said.

"Good. Tell me about that later. It looks like we'll arrive soon."

I can see that there are many Pear-y Fruits hanging on the trees ahead of us, but they are being protected by monkey-like monsters.

Once we get to a good place I think is safe, I stopped. The three of us are looking at the monkey monsters protecting the Pear-y Fruits.

The monkeys are less than a meter tall, with their boss seem to be around 120 cm tall. They have brown fur all around their bodies, a pair of arms which are longer than their legs, and a tail as long as their arm with black color at the tip of their tails.

"Victoria?"

"They are called Long-Tailed Monkey. Or just monkey for short. Although they prefer fruits, they are omnivore and extremely territorial. I don't think we can avoid battle." Victoria explained.

"… and you led me to their territory?"

"The only place that I know where we can find Pear-y Fruits is here, alright? I'm immortal so I never care about how dangerous this place is."

"…there are too many of them. And each one of them is very strong. If I get surrounded, it will be over. Let's find an opportunity to steal at least two fruits. One is for Lina, and the other if we can find a solution to grow that fruit in our world. It will be great if I can grab a lot more of them."

I see those monkeys easily lift their own body with just one hand while swinging on the branch. They could even lift their body weight with their tails. And they are quite fast.

I need to find a route where there are less monkeys and grab as many fruits as possible, then open a portal to return right away.

"Well, good luck, Roy. Although I'll be going home first, the one to arrive first might be you. Bye-bye."

And Sonia left us here as she returns home alone. Did she forget that I can just open a portal for her to go home right away instead of being delayed when she teleports between two worlds? I haven't used much magic since I arrive, so I should be able to create a portal two or three more times.

Let's forget about Sonia for now and just get those fruits.

"So, any plan?"

"Run as fast as possible, grab some fruits, then escape to the sky. I'll try to open up a portal mid-air."

Just a simple plan from a simple man. Simple man who can easily leap to the sky,

When I saw the opportunity arrive, I quickly commence my plan.

When I entered their territory, only the closest monkey noticed me. Then I jumped from branch to branch like those monkeys, and that previous monkey already shouted a warning to its allies. Everyone now has noticed a trespasser entering their territory.

Good thing it's still night here. Most of the monkey are still asleep. But they woke up because of the warning and now all of them are chasing me. By the time their leader appears, I already grabbed five fruits.

And now with the leader's appearance, it's time to escape. Using the tree trunk as a step, I jumped to the sky. Then I leaped further with my Air Steps, but I'm still inside their territory. Then I jumped higher for the second Air Step, and then the third as well. Now I'm too far for those monkeys to reach.

As I fall down from the sky, I opened up a portal right below me back to my home in Cassau. And I succeeded transferred back to my world as I crashed to the floor and destroyed it.

"…welcome back, Roy. What happened?" It was Kayla asking.

"Just fifty meters free fall to escape from monkeys."

"Hmm?"

Of course she would be confused with that explanation.

Then everyone gathered because of the loud noise from the floor being crashed and asked me about my scouting.

"Lina, here. That's the Pear-y Fruit I told you about. Eat it right away and soon, after I get my second monster and your level has increased, I'll take you to that world so you can get another monster."

I give one of the fruits I got to Lina and she smiled happily with the gift she received.

"Thank you, Master! When that time comes, please take care of me!"

"I will."

I looked outside and see the sun is still up. But I'm already tired, so I left the explaining to Victoria as I go to sleep in my room.