Now laying on the ground breathlessly we stared at the blue sky and white clouds.

Still not believing that we are underground I began to just accept it as it is. Common sense won´t work in a fantasy world anyway. Guess it is time to improvise adapt and overcome.

I could even feel the rays of the 'sun' that was shining on us.

Feeling the rays of the 'sun' I couldn´t help but think, that at times like this I am glad to be alive and reborn. No stress. No work. No screaming bosses. And the best of all, no monotone life.

Now my life is full of tasty things, battles to the death, pain, and slithering for my life...

Jup, all in all, it can be said that my life improved! I had to die first but worth it.

Oh, how I wish that Grian is here with me.

*Sigh*

...

After a few more minutes of resting, we finally decided to continue our journey. Our destination isn´t important, as we don´t have a place we want to reach.

Sahar looked at the torn backpack and saw that only 4 more monster cores were in there. The rest were all lost and now nutrients for the Nagirus. I still haven´t eaten the purple monster core as I remembered the notification I got when I ate the purple crystal Sahra threw at me. I wanted to wait till I have a monster core on my own before eating it, to gain the bonus stats or whatever I will gain additionally.

As Sahra put her torn backpack on her shoulders, she bends down and stretched her hand out for me to climb up. Seeing her stretching out a hand, I shook my head while staring into her pitch-black 'eyes'.

While we were resting, I decided to walk, no, slither on my own to level up my skill and increase my mobility. I can´t always depend on Sahra to carry me when we are running away.

Tilting her head a little bit, she shrugged her shoulder and pointed in a direction, and signaled me to follow her.

Giving her a little nod I slithered next to her.

For the next few hours, we didn´t encounter anything. Not even insects or birds, as if we were the only ones on this plain. But we spotted one lone tree during our walk. It was around 30 meters high with large green leaves and a thick white tree trunk. Seeing the tree Sahra eagerly fastened her pace and ran up to it., while I didn´t understand why she was so excited about a tree. Looking closer while sprinting after Sahra I could see that there was something growing on them.

After catching up to Sahra I looked up and could see that the things that were growing on it were glistening blue fruits. Their shape was oddly similar to apples, but their smell was much sweeter than apples. Sahra who reached the white trunk of the tree quickly put the backpack down and began to climb up the tree while I just watched the surroundings, just to make sure that no one is sneaking up on us, even if we never encountered a monster till now. You can never be too cautious. After so many near-death experiences, even I learned my lesson...

Of course, while being on the lookout I trained my slither skill, by just pacing around the tree in circles, but I didn´t manage to raise it by even one level or feel any improvement.

Now waiting for Sahra to come down I just continued to try and raise my level, at least I hope I can raise my skill level that way.

*Thud*

'Gahh!'

Screaming like a little girl I raised my head and leaped back. Looking at the object I heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing a blue apple suddenly fall in front of me nearly gave me a heart attack.

Puh~ that was close.

*Thud* *Thud*

Another two fruits landed too close for comfort.

Looking up I could see another few apples fall down and quickly slithered in away from the tree while continuously dodge the falling projectiles.

*Thud* *Thud*

Seeing a fruit just barely grace my nose I couldn't help but shrike inside my head. 'HIII! That one was too close for comfort. Better get away quickly!'

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

*Ding*

[Slither leveled up!]

Oh nic-

*Thud*

"Hisss!"

Ack, holy Isaac Newton that hurt! Damn gravity!

Do I have to discover gravity now?

Snickering a little bit another apple landed on my head as if punishing me for the bad joke.

'SAHRA STOP WITH THOSE APPLES, WE HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY!!'

"Hssssssss~!"

As if Sahra had read my mind the falling stopped, and I looked around me to see dozens of blue apples lying on the grassy floor.

*Thud*

'HIII~!'

Hearing another 'Thud' sound I flinched a little, but it was only Sahra who jumped down the tree and landed beside me.

*Sigh*

Sighing that it wasn´t another apple bombardment I glared at Sahra, who just tilted her head innocently. I think I will get PTSD if this continues.

Not minding me, Sahra already picked up the blue apples and pilled them next to me, before sitting down. She then picked up one of them from the pile and opened her mouth, showing dozens of sharp needle-like teeth, and began to take a big bite.

*Crunch* *munch* *munch* *munch* *gulp*

A juicy crunching sound could be heard as she bit into it with great fervor, devouring half of the fruit in just one bite, before swallowing it and putting on hand on her cheeks and squirming in delight. Her black dots turned into an upside-down 'U' and let out a cute high-pitched noise.

Expressions like this really let me think if Sahra is reincarnated too. But it could be that monsters also have emotions and feelings. Don´t get me wrong, I don´t care if she is a reincarnated or an actual monster. She is more human than most humans I have met in my two lives.

Guess the bizarre apple is really tasty. She even ate the stem and the seeds inside it.

After eating the other half, she looked at me who was staring at her the whole time with a smile on my face. Her face turned a little bit red as her gaze landed on me. She shyly grabbing another fruit from the pile and handing it to me. Well, more like holding it in front of me, as I don´t have hands!

Opening my mouth a little bit I notice that it was slightly too big to swallow for my comfort.

While trying a few times to get the right angles to swallow it whole, Sahra noticed my distress and stood up to pick up her glass dagger, before slicing the blue glistening apple into 8 pieces and laying it in front of me.

Seeing the bizarre fruit slices in front of me I gave it a quick lick. My eyes widen as I discovered that it tasted oddly similar to the glowing pond I drank out of all the way back in the beginning.

So without hesitation, I once again opened my jaw and gulped down the slice whole.

*Gulp*

"Hisss~"

Hissing in delight I unconsciously wagged my tail back and forth. It is even tastier than the pond's water and the monster candies. It was truly addicting.

Licking my lips in satisfaction and grinning like a fool I realized what I have just done and got embarrassed. Peeking at Sahra from the corner of my eye, she just gave me a knowing smile while nodding. She took another fruit and continued to devour them at a rapid speed.

Not minding me anymore, she just took another one and leisurely ate it. I too continued to eat to my heart's content as there were more than enough fruits to satisfy our hunger.

...

'Puh, I am so full... I don't think I have ever eaten so much in at once.'

For the last 3 hours, only the sound of munching and crunching could be heard beside the gentle blowing wind. Without mercy, we unendingly disintegrated the tasty fruits one after another.

None were spared!

Eating the last blue apple slice in front of me I fell on my back and burped.

*Burp*

'Ahhh~ My stomach hurt; I think I ate too many of them...'

*Burp*

But it was definitely worth it.

To my left, I could see Sahra lying on her back, hand-stretched out, showing a small, bloated stomach. Even though she ate nearly 5 times the amount as I did her stomach barely changed in contrast to me who is now 3 times as thicc as before.

Turning her head towards me she had a satisfied grin plastered on her face and fell asleep without even turning into a bolder.

Wow, she really just ate herself into a coma and here I thought we couldn´t eat all of them.

Chuckling a little bit I turned my swollen body and dragged it next to Sahra. Lying next to her. She grabbed me in her sleep and hold me close to her chest, snuggling into my soft scales. Not minding a little skinship I curled myself around her hand before falling asleep in her embrace.

...

...

*Ding*

*Ding*

*Ding*

*Ding*