At that moment, someone appeared in front of us.
Unlike the gorilla, it was a monkey walking on two legs.
More precisely…
‘It’s a chimpanzee!’
It was clearly that chimpanzee I knew.
However, it’s certainly not an ordinary animal.
This chimpanzee had long, grown-out fingernails. A form specialized for scratching.
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[Iron Claw Chimpanzee lv28]
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“Ooh! Ooh!”
The chimpanzee jumped up and down in place to greet the gorilla.
It seems wary of me and doesn’t come too close.
“The snake… saved me… Thank you. I want to meet… the Wise One.”
The chimpanzee didn’t seem very happy about the gorilla’s return.
It spat on the ground.
What a rude fellow.
“Ooh ooh!”
The chimpanzee shouted like that and went ahead, as if telling us to follow.
The place it led us to was already filled with all sorts of primates.
Bonobos, gorillas, something like a spectacled monkey, and an orangutan with a plump belly.
I’ve seen a sight like this somewhere before.
It’s totally like Planet of the Apes.
No, it’s not just primates gathered here.
There was also something like a bear walking on two legs, and I saw an Owl Bear too.
It really seems like only monsters with hands are gathered here.
I could immediately tell who the ‘Wise One’ was.
A plump old orangutan was holding a staff that looked like something a shaman would use.
“Mrs. Gorilla…”
Mrs. Gorilla, he says.
The gorilla I was riding on shyly lowered its head.
“First of all, welcome… back alive.”
“Thank… you.”
The orangutan seems to be more intelligent than the gorilla.
He definitely spoke better.
Suddenly, the orangutan pointed his staff at me.
“Snakes are evil… bad. Why, are you together?”
“This snake, has hands. Good snake… saved me…”
I waved my sword to show that I have hands.
Seeing some monkeys retreat in fear, I’m not sure if this was a good choice.
But the orangutan recognized it.
“Invisible hands… Magic!”
“That’s right… Good snake.”
The gorilla explained the situation earnestly with its clumsy voice.
It speaks well of me. Even saying that I saved it and that I’m very strong.
“Let’s make him… our new family…”
A proposal to recruit me.
Though I still have no intention of accepting it.
“Hmm…”
The orangutan didn’t nod readily.
Then suddenly, he speaks as if mocking.
“Mrs. Gorilla was, caught by a fairy. Weak.”
“Fairies… are strong. It’s dead now. This snake killed it…”
“Lies, and weak one. Not family.”
Family, you say. You said you’d give love.
It was clearly a dysfunctional family.
The gorilla, enraged, slammed its fist on the ground.
Kwaaang!
Despite having starved for quite a while, the earth rose up significantly.
“I’m stro-ng! Kuheong!”
As the gorilla roared in excitement, the chimpanzee that had guided us at first growled.
It looks ready to fight.
Well done, gorilla.
“If you want… I’ll pro-ve it!”
The gorilla glared alternately at the chimpanzee and the orangutan.
The situation is becoming dangerous.
The orangutan pointed at me and said.
“Magic hands. Not even, real hands…!”
That’s correct.
As expected of a wise one, he’s smart.
“Can’t accept you. And… weak gorilla too!”
“Kuoooh!”
“If you really want to come back, kill that snake…!”
I felt it from my ill-fated encounter with the long-legged monkey, but maybe primates just don’t get along with me.
The orangutan told the gorilla that he would accept her back into the group only if she killed me.
That’s when it happened.
“Attack first now.”
The Heaven Defier magician whispered through starlight.
“My discip… no, my compa… no, my traveling companion wouldn’t be intimidated by monkeys, right?”
Pelerian corrected my title several times before finally settling on the ambiguous term ‘traveling companion’.
‘Of course not.’
The traveling companion of the evil magician is already prepared to be a bad snake.
My sword is already jingling-jingling.
I looked around.
There was no one strong enough to hide their status window.
Even their leader, the silver-haired monkey, wasn’t visible.
Moreover, I even borrowed a special skill from a monster in the indoor zoo.
This seems doable.
First, I’ll make a hole in the gorilla’s neck and then take care of the orangutan…
“That’s not possible.”
At that moment, the gorilla spoke firmly.
“The snake… saved me. I’m a good gorilla… I don’t, betray.”
No, weren’t only centipedes and goblins supposed to be the good monsters in this world?
I gently patted the gorilla’s head.
The orangutan sneered.
He shouted loudly as if declaring a martial arts challenge.
“Then, die-!”
The first to react was the chimpanzee that had been glaring at us.
It leaped up and swung its claws that were no different from blades.
A cruel assassin aiming even for the gorilla.
Shaaak!
I’ve seen this in martial arts novels.
Isn’t this the forbidden technique, the Nine Yin White Bone Claw?
I responded with just the basic Three Calamities Sword Technique.
Kagagak!
The fairy-made blade ended up cutting off the chimpanzee’s claws. It was worth sharpening it in advance.
The chimpanzee stared at its hand in bewilderment.
I didn’t miss that opening.
「Using Heart-eating Leap lv1.」
The leap-acceleration-bite combo was already fast originally.
But now it’s at the level of a light beam.
“Kuoeok!”
The chimpanzee fell with a scream.
There was a hole punched through its chest.
The monsters were shocked to see me biting into its bright red heart.
“Kill-it!”
The orangutan shouts once again.
I gulp down what’s in my mouth and prepare to fight.
「Your level has increased.」
This is a good start.
Just as I was about to go on a rampage.
First, I’ll use that borrowed skill and…
“Ooh-ooh, Wise-One!”
A large bonobo came running breathlessly and shouted.
“Bugs- The bugs are invad-ing…ack!”
The last part was a scream.
A spider the size of a fist was clinging to its neck.
And then, a loud vibrating sound was heard.
Whaaang-
It’s the kind of chilling sound you’d hear if a giant hornet was flying around your ears.
In fact, a few bees appeared.
One bee, as big as a wild boar, caught a spectacled monkey that was trying to escape.
And it starts gnawing on the monkey with its powerful jaws.
Crunch crunch crunch.
The severed head of the monkey fell to the ground with a thud.
“Invasion- It’s an invasion!”
The orangutan roared in anger.
This isn’t the picture I had imagined.
“Kke-kkekkekke!”
A familiar cry rang out from somewhere.
What appeared, crushing the monkeys underfoot, was a giant centipede.
Our eyes met.
“Kke?”
I didn’t expect to reunite with Centipede Mom so quickly.
“Kkekke.”
“Kke.”
“Kke!!”
Even though only a few days had passed, Bowingie, Big Eyes, and Big Head, who had grown considerably, were riding on their mother’s back.
I’m glad to see you, kids.
I cut the throat of a long-legged monkey that had lunged at me and wagged my tail.
Excited to see me, Bowingie jumped down and hugged me.
If it had a tail like a dog, it would have been wagging it furiously like a propeller.
I patted Bowingie vigorously.
‘It’s dangerous now, so go back to momm-ack!’
I was shocked.
All three centipede siblings had grown larger.
Being larvae, they had evolved in that time.
The second and third children riding on the King Centipede were:
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[Little King Centipede Big Head lv1]
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They had evolved like that.
Into magnificent creatures with the reddish-brown color typical of centipedes.
But the child hugging me.
The eldest, who had started to be influenced by me due to our deep bond.
Only Bowingie was different.
It had become a snow-white, white centipede.
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[Little White King Centipede Bowingie lv1]
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The lineage of White.
The will of W, continued here.
