The next half hour is pure heaven. Pure gourmet heaven.

Never before have I eaten such a delicious, juicy meat. Never before have I tasted such exhilarating sweetness.

It is far above the level of the two humans I ate back then. Their meat tasted like coal compared to this, this heavenly meal.

If the low level elven grunt tastes like this, then I can't imagine how delicious their upper echelons can be.

Ooh, I can hardly wait to eat them!

As I am eating the downed elves, I notice that Morgan is looking at me with a satisfied look on her face. I suppose she really is glad she can exact her revenge.

When I finish, my stomach feels like it's about to burst, quite a rare occurrence for a big eater like me. Must be all the magic they possess.

"How do you feel?" Morgan asks.

"Great! Very great! I've never eaten meat this delicious before!"

"Do you feel any drowsiness?"

Oh, she's asking if I'm going to evolve.

"No worries! I can still keep going!" I answer with a big, hearty smile.

"Good. But we're not going any deeper tonight."

"Wait, why? But we have come this far and--"

"I don't want to risk pushing the elves any further," she answers with a grave look on her face. "Even though they say they don't follow the Three Heroes, I know they'll report to them if they know I have returned. I'm only here to pick off the scouts like the ones you just ate. They should be enough to fulfill the requirement of your next evolution. I can feed you the rest of the energy requirement back at the base."

"But... you can take them! You can take them all! You easily dispatched five of them just like that! You're the Demon Queen! You are more than enough match for them!" I protest. I really, really want to eat more of that elven meat.

"No, those guys are amateurs. The guards protecting Freya, and Freya herself, are a different matter entirely. Originally, I intended to be taken to her as a prisoner, so that I can launch a surprise attack against her. But alas, she has wizened up a bit from her arrogant self. She now orders anyone to be shot on sight, no prisoners. Now, if I go there, she will be alerted to my presence. There are many more scouts and guards the closer we get to their village and it's impossible to not be detected by them. Maybe they can't take me on at once, but they sure can send a message to the Three Heroes about my return. And then, they will come here, out for our blood."

Listening Morgan's explanation, I can only curse silently at those three bitches. Really? Why must they be such a nuisance?

"So, we'll return at once before any other of the scouts come by. They will notice the disappearance of the five, of course, but they won't think of me to blame right away."

Reluctantly, I nod to her in agreement. I recognize my own weakness. I must evolve further and further until one day, I can take on those three whores and make them into my food.

One day.

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When we arrive outside the forest, it is daytime already. I have almost forgotten how daytime feels, being stuck in dark places for what seems like ages. Ah, the sun feels nice on my skin.

Morgan summons her griffin once more. And just like before, we ride it back home to the base.

However, in the way I suddenly feel nauseous. Really nauseous. Like I am going to puke any second.

"M-Morgan, p-please land for a moment."

"Eh, what's the matter?" she asks. "Why are your face so pale?"

"A-air sickness. I need the-the ground. Right now. Bad. Don't want to--puke on you."

Accepting that I do indeed look like I'm going to puke, she orders the griffin to land straight away.

Quickly, I jump off the creature onto the ground.

And then, I puke. Right then and right there.

However, what came out isn't the elves' chewed body parts, that would be just plain nasty, but an egg came out instead. Its size is huge, almost as big as my body yet somehow it fits going through my mouth. Maybe it expands once it's out from my stomach?

"What the hell is--"

Then, it hits me.

It's the same thing! It's the same thing with the chicken!

I'm going to get a new body to control!

I shout with joy, earning a really confused look from Morgan.

"D-did you just... lay and egg? Only it came from your mouth and not from your... behind?"

"Yes! Yes I did!" I grab her two hands excitedly. That does nothing to soothe her confusion.

After that, I explain how I am capable of birthing a new body that shares the same consciousness with me. She says she already knows that, but she didn't expect I would birth it via an egg, especially an egg this big of a size.

"Could this mean that you can have a secondary body as big as your primary body? I thought you're stuck with little animals like the chick," she theorizes.

"Yes! That's the best part!" I answer with a raging excitement. "I can't wait to see what's inside!"

But that will have to wait since it won't hatch right away. We end up carrying it with us of course, back to the base. No sense waiting for it to hatch right on the middle of nowhere.

I have just the hunch that I am going to be very pleased with this new body.