Chapter 66: A Horrifying Nightmare (2/2)

Arion badly wanted to hug her since he felt that he might not be able to sleep without basking in her familiar fragrance, though due to his enhanced senses, he could clearly smell the wet freshness from her body after the bath. But at the same time, he was afraid that his uncontrollable libido might cause some trouble for him and Mei again.

As for Mei, she didn't know if it was proper of her to hug a man especially considering the thoughts and emotions she had in her mind. She still clearly remembered how she felt when Arion accidentally 'bumped' into her.

She didn't know how to react if something like that happens next time and if she was causing Arion discomfort. Otherwise, she couldn't understand why his 'sword' would get so big only near her.

But at the same time, she felt a sort of emptiness in her heart, missing the warmth she always felt from him before going to sleep.

Arion decided to sleep like this for the time being rather than risk making things more awkward between them.

He chose to think about random stuff when he suddenly remembered that he forgot to open the rest of the gifts.

But he felt that the other gifts wouldn't be more precious than the Vial of Blue Petals.

Soon before he knew it, his mind had already slipped into his subconsciousness…

'Damn...why is my stomach growling so much...this hunger...why is it so unbearable?'

'Let me get up and eat something…'

However, as he opened his eyes, he received the shock of his life,' What the fuck! My hands!!! Why do they look so weird....these claws...my skin...what the hell is going on??'

Arion twisted his hand around only to see long limbs with luminous black skin and ember-colored claws that seemed to shimmer in the darkness.

He then took a look at his body only to have his mouth hit the metaphorical ground when he saw his unfamiliar chest shimmering with a bright ember color while the rest of his skin was as black as the midnight sky.

He wanted to touch his body and feel them, making sure that this was all just an illusion and not his real body. But his limbs were not moving or listening to his mind strangely.

He then frantically looked around only to receive a heavier shock to his mind, 'Wait a second...this place...isn't this the Jawfiend's nest...I remember fighting them here...but...how am I even HERE??'

Arion panicked, seeing that this underground place was familiar, but when his gaze finally settled towards the front, his eyes became wide as saucers when he saw a horde of Jawfiends sticking around the Queen Jawfiend!

But the Queen Jawfiend seemed frozen in its place as if dead except for its fangs moving around a bit.

Arion's thoughts were in complete chaos as he was unable to make sense of anything at all.

But before he could connect his thoughts, he saw his hands moving on his own and intense energy welling up through his chest to let out an ear-rendering roar.

”ROAAAARRRRR!!!”

Even though he knew he wasn't the one who let out that roar, he felt as if that roar did escape from his own mouth.

And before he knew, he was already rushing towards the Jawfiends while they were also leaping towards them.

He wanted to close his eyes out of fright and shock at seeing a large horde of them jumping at him with their poisonous fangs, but strangely he was unable to close his eyes at all and saw helplessly how his 'own' claws were tearing those Jawfiends apart like paper.

But the next thing he saw made his heart write when his 'own' claws tore through a Jawfiend and plucked out its pranic heart before putting it in 'his' mouth.

'Ughhh...disgusting!' Arion wanted to spit it out, but 'his' teeth began to chew on it already, and he grimaced, hoping that his tongue falls out so that he doesn't have to taste it.

But after 'he' gulped it, he felt as if he ate something delectable while 'his' hunger pangs were becoming wilder.

Arion felt that as if he was in some horrifying nightmare as he desperately shouted, ”GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!”