Chapter 103: He Talks!

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‘Unlike before, I’ve grown quite attached to them. Quick and efficient…’ The Paru cracked his neck as the ramp was brought down. ‘Guess I’ll have to try a bit harder.’

The plan was simple.

Don’t get hit by lightning. Gain immunity or, at least, resistance to it as fast as possible.

‘To do this, I’ll eat as much Crystal as I can. All kinds of them… Just like my Paru brethren are doing now, on that Planet.’ He chuckled internally. ‘Hunt, kill, and Devour the smaller Visero. Unlike how I did on Tyl, I won’t spare any of them. They all have the ability to resist lightning… To varying degrees, I’m sure. But that doesn’t matter. I’ll aim for only the smaller ones. I just need to hope not to run into a Godzilla-type or to get hit by lightning. As long as neither happens before I get some Skills, then it’ll be fine.’

He stepped outside with Liz walking at his side.

His palm hit hers, but he had no plans to take her with him.

‘If anything, I’d rather she stay safe inside… I’ll get it done even faster to decrease the chances of anything going wrong.’

The Paru’s eyes narrowed as he breathed out.

‘Let’s get it done.’ He thought to himself and, a second later,

“Ha?” Liz was immediately taken aback. “He’s running off…?

The Paru’s feet hit the ground quicker and quicker.

‘I’ll leave her far behind. She needs to carry those bags and that case. I can’t waste time waiting for-‘

“So?”

The Paru’s eyes widened as he turned to his left.

“What’s… The plan?”

Liz was running just as fast as he was, which was impressive enough, without even taking into account the fact that she was carrying bags filled to the brim with guns as well as a case for another heavy weapon.

The Paru’s gaze moved back towards the front, before going back to her.

He wasn’t running at top speed, but there was no doubt in his mind that she would be able to keep up, at least for a bit.

“Let’s maintain this pace…” Liz said as she ran. “I can’t go much faster than this… But I can keep going for a while.”

She wasn’t smiling or bragging.

There wasn’t an ounce of pride or any other emotion in her voice.

Liz was solemnly exposing the facts.

If they are to act as a team, then it simply makes sense for each to know what the other is capable of. Both their capacities, and their limitations.

And then you extend your legs through the holes, alright? Like this. Do you get it-

The Paru clicked his tongue.

If she was going to stick to him, then they would have no choice but to fight together, side by side.

And if they’re going to fight together,

“I’ll need to eat a lot.” The Paru said.

They need the ability to communicate together.

“Eat? Why-” Liz’s facial expression completely changed and her eyes widened.

The surprise and confusion were immense, but she didn’t stop running.

“You can talk? Since when?? Wait… Did you just…? Did I imagine it? There’s no way you-”

“Does it matter?”

“It does! Could you talk this whole time, or-”

“I can gain some of the properties of what I eat. You know that, right?”

“Uh… Okay?”

“If I can get enough to eat, I’ll grow immune to lightning, like the Visero. Once that happens, I’ll be able to deal with this alone.”

“Alone…? Just because you-”

The Paru took a sharp turn towards the right.

“Ugh! Wait!”

He only stopped once he arrived in front of a large structure of Crystals.

“So… What now?” Liz asked as she arrived by his side. “You’re going… To eat a Crystal?”

“Stand guard while I-”

“You’re going… To eat a Crystal?”

The Paru sighed.

“Yes.”

“So the-”

“Yes.” The Paru answered before she could even ask the question.

Stuck between shock and anger, Liz found herself unable to act on either.

She passed her hand over her face, and her facial expression went back to neutral.

“Alright.” She turned away, her gaze darting from one area to the next. “We need to circle around the ship to make sure. We can spend more time doing other things afterward.”

It had only taken a second for the Soldier to calm down and judge the situation.

There wasn’t one shred of doubt within her that the Paru had Devoured the Tsero Crystal.

That didn’t matter now, and making it an issue would only stand in the way of the completion of the Workas’ mission.

Crack- Crack- Crack-

Gulp-

Three seconds later, the Paru was done with the structure of Crystal.

It was on the smaller side, as he had been able to fit it in his hand.

‘With this body, I’m able to use my fangs better. If my fists can’t break the Crystals off the Visero’s backs, I’ll just have to shave them off with my jaws, bite by bite.’

The two moved in a circular fashion around the spaceship, remaining about one hundred meters away from it at all times.

Liz scouted the area while the Paru Devoured as many Crystals as he could.

‘Tsk.’ He clicked his tongue as the seventh was Devoured. ‘Still nothing-‘

The next second,

Sksh- Sksh- Sksh- Zap-

The noise immediately made them turn in the direction from which it originated.

It sounded like something electrical was-

The next instant, they exited the ground.

A group of four Cryllo had been moving below the surface by rolling underground.

Sparks of electricity covered their curled-up bodies as they exited the ground and took to the air.

They spread themselves wide as they screeched, extending their sharp claws!

‘Touching them will cause a zap. It’ll only make my muscles twitch, probably. Their bodies produced electricity through friction and their Crystals stored that. All four will land on me. I need to-‘

Bang- Bang- Bang- Bang-

Instantly, four shots were fired, and the Armadillo-like Visero were pushed back by the bullets that hit their bodies.

A crack had been made in the shell that covered their stomach.

As their bodies hit the ground, four more shots were fired.

“Holy shit…” The Paru muttered, taken aback.

Liz immediately proceeded to start reloading her weapon.

“You’re going to eat that too?” She asked calmly while reloading.

There wasn’t an ounce of indignation or disgust in her voice.

“Yes.”

Weapon reloaded. Only then did her gaze meet his again.

Liz nodded.

“Cool.”