“Rain! Are you alright?!” Lafetti immediately rushed towards him and grabbed his shoulders.

“I am,” Rain flashed a small smile, though his face was still a bit haggard. “I can manage,”

“You don’t need to. Just close your eyes, everything will end immediately.” Lafetti said.

But Rain shook his head. Calm returning to his expression. “I’m going to be fine, really…”

He wanted this… he stubbornly wanted to come so he can’t back down now!

“But,”

“Let him be, Lafetti.”

“Chief?”

Lafetti wanted to persuade Rain but she was stopped by Zarda. “He’s right. He’s already not a child… he needed to face this aspect of this world. He needed to get used to this kind of thing or else he would amount to nothing in the future.” Zarda said seriously.

Sensing that Zarda was serious and even her words sounded reasonable, she didn’t argue anymore but she still couldn’t help but cast Rain a looked of worry which was an extremely rare thing to happen.

“Now go, do your duty. The faster you killed the enemies, the faster he would feel better.”

Lafetti nodded her head. After casting one last look at Rain who returned it with a smile, she left and started her second rampage.

Rain was left, slowly digesting what is happening around him. On the other hand, Zarda stood behind him, as if giving him support, Rain endured and watched the fight, no, the killing without averting his eyes anymore.

And just like what Rain had expected before, no enemies ever get near him and Zarda. The Lamias were like Amazon warriors, almost becoming the definition of what it was called as the Beasts of the Battlefield. They are strong, each of them and extremely powerful!

With their short numbers, they easily killed their enemies!

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After killing the first batch, Zarda decided to rest for a bit. Some went towards the corpses and looted some things – though they limit it to the minimum like the abdomen and the head part of the carcasses was the things they only took.

These parts were extremely durable and tough almost like steel and were extremely good materials for creating armors. As for the others, they would be harvested later on.

At this moment, Rain had already stabilized and his complexion had returned to normal.

Lafetti coiled her tail around Rain and circled her arms around him, trying to help him calm.

Rain liked this kind intimate action and relaxed his body, leaning his back on Lafetti’s warm embrace. The scene was almost perfect, like a picture drawn by a good fantasy artist.

Around them, many no, most of the Lamias somewhat felt envious and couldn’t help but focus all their attention on the young couple, wishing they could substitute Lafetti and do it themselves personally.

Some began fantasizing, some started scheming and making plans to shorten their distance towards Rain and some just felt admiring them and watched them silently.

The group only rested for a couple of minutes before they continued their trip. Aside from ants, they also killed some rat-like monsters which were as tall as 2 meters.

At this moment, Rain was already almost back to normal. Though, he still stays in the center of the group, walking beside Zarda.

Then another bunch of Tolant Soldiers appeared.

This time, Rain managed to endure a bit better than the first time. He never averted his eyes as this was already his new reality. The peaceful, uneventful life as if living in a loop, was already no more and a new, interesting but a bit bloodier life had now started to open for him.

Well, as usual, no monster managed to reach him, oh, a mistake, several did – though it was obviously intentional from the other Lamias. However, these monsters were already on the verge of dying and some already lack limbs to be able to move around, which Rain easily killed.

At first, it was one monster, then another, one turning two, two turning three and much more. some Lamias if they could, would immobilize the monsters they are fighting and just it let through, letting Rain finished it.

Rain was extremely embarrassed but also very grateful towards the others. Of course, he had realized what they are doing and couldn’t help but feel moved.

Who knows who planned it but the pattern suddenly changed.

At first, they let monsters that were already in their dying moments or those without limbs passed through, but then it suddenly turned into monsters with barely enough strength and until the monsters that can still fight.

They seemed to be training Rain how to fight by giving weaker monsters first until it gradually becomes stronger. Like giving a low dosage of medicine and gradually raising it higher…

Rain’s fighting prowess gradually increased which startled the Lamias. Like Lafetti, Rain’s fast growth stupefy them… even Zarda let out a sigh of astonishment.

His speed of growth was extremely unbelievable that it can only be called by the word ‘Genius’!

He was now used to killing and his fighting strength had also reached an unbelievable state in just a short amount of time. Although time cannot really be measured in this kind of place but if measured correctly, Rain’s growing speed was much faster than any Lamias present.

What a Lamia took a month to learn, Rain did in a week or two.

Even [ Sylphy ] who was monitoring Rain’s every progress couldn’t help but felt dumbfounded after seeing the results.

What a scary man…

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The trip continued much longer than Rain had originally thought.

He expected it would only last for a day or two but the expedition actually continued for a week, probably even a month now. Zarda wouldn’t return unless they had killed the Tolant Queen because if the Queen was left alive, what they killed would only be insignificant.

The Queen would make hundreds and hundreds of soldiers until they covered the entire Monster lair, reigning supreme.

The group had already killed 2 digits of monsters already, Rain had stopped counting after reaching 50 since starting that time, more and more giant ants started appearing. They must have felt the incoming danger, Rain and his group were carrying. The Queen must be panic-stricken right now…

What is only unfortunate was that there seemed to be no such thing as campfire during sleeping time existed in this kind of place. They slept without any light and there’s no fire burning beside them…

Although he was alright with food, eating raw meat with his [ Predation ] skill but it was freaking damn cold every sleeping time!!

Fortunately, Lafetti liked coiling herself around Rain – though due to her being cold-blooded, it was somewhat still cold but with her doing this, it somehow became bearable.

However, his decision of choosing the skill [ Predation ] was probably the most correct decision he had done in his entire life because, not long after, after eating a monster they had killed, a lizard-like monster that looked like a crocodile, he had gotten the skill [ Cold Resistance ]!!

Now, he was somehow able to endure cold temperatures making him extremely happy!!

Although he still felt cold somewhat, his resistance was increasing day by day!

[ Rain Revert Lv1

Strength: E88 Endurance:E73 Dexterity58 Agility63 Mana: F21

Title: Lost Child

Patron: Goddess of Chaos and Strife, the embodiment of Carnage and Mischief; Goddess Atria.

Unique Skill: [ Support System Pixie: Sylphy Systema ], [ All Language Comprehension ], [ Predation ]

Skills: [ Agility EX Lv2 ], [ Bone Spike Lv2 ], [ Enhanced Smell Lv2 ], [ Sword Mastery Lv3 ], [ Night Vision Lv2 ], [ Strength EX Lv1 ], [ Rapid Dash Lv1 ]

Resistance: Cold Resistance: Lv1 ( 25% ) ]

His status was growing steadily, from a seed to a small bud… Rain’s status was blooming like a beautiful flower in the middle of the night. It was slowly taking shape… in an unbelievable speed.

After waking up, Rain and the others continued.

Rain was still at the center group, keeping Zarda company – well, one last obvious change was that, the relationship between Rain and the other Lamias had somewhat gotten closer.

Even Drova and Stagna, who was originally dissatisfied with his existence and always hope for some unlucky misfortune happening to him, was now able to smile and talk with him, even joking with each other. They somehow able to acknowledge his existence and even accepted it.

Despite the unceasing battle of carnage, the group still didn’t have any casualties which were quite lucky, no, amazing.

Although some had already suffered grievous wounds and injuries during battle, they were immediately rescued by others, showing their stupendous teamwork and sense of camaraderie – In this sense, the Lamias who was standing behind them, Archers and Mages, shown their importance in battles.

Their timely support and aid could be said to be the ones keeping the melee combatants in front of them alive… what an amazing bunch

Time after time, Rain couldn’t help but be dumbfounded from the teamwork the Lamias were showing.

No one was left alone, everyone shared the same destiny, same life, same importance, same role!

Rain was dazzled and amazed. They were only a few, but against an army? They were untouchable!

Moments like this only show the importance of team play, especially in battle – Trust, Belief, Communication, Diversity of Capabilities and Adaptability.

Watching them fight, Rain can’t help but started to cheer.

The fight that was happening in front of him was never before seen kind of reality for him… no man is an island, Rain heard of that saying before. He also wanted to have some sort of connection – as an orphan with no family or siblings; he had this desire to find somewhere he really belongs.

It was probably the reason why, despite Lafetti being a monster, he still stubbornly stay with her at that time, where one would certainly run away or escape in that kind of situation – of course, other than a protected umbrella.

Rain’s excitement and cheer made Zarda extremely amused. She did nothing and just watched him quietly… and the more she saw him the more she liked him.