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Chapter 147: Loose Ends Before Take-off

Being approached and kissed so suddenly had made her mind go completely blank.

“Apparently, he needs a couple of hours on Serolia. To fight more Visero? Mmmm…” Liz pressed her lips together. “I should probably go with him, right? But I don’t want him to find me clingy… Males hate it when females are at their beck-and-call, don’t they? Mmm… But he’s still going to be fighting… Mmm…”

The sound of footsteps resonated behind her, and Liz turned around.

The Paru gestured for her to get closer and enter the spaceship.

He was silent, which wasn’t strange. Kris was standing by his side.

A moment later,

“So? What is it?” Jay asked.

The Paru moved a hand to his throat.

Cough-

“H… Hello.”

Al, Jay, and Bak were immediately taken aback.

The Paru’s tone made it seem like he had just learned how to talk. Like this was his first word.

A moment later,

“Y-You can talk?” Liz muttered

“Whaaaat?” Rea made her chair spin.

“Since… Since when?” Kris asked.

“Interesting… And surprising.” Raya commented as she nodded.

About ten minutes later, the Paru exited the spaceship, massaging his forehead.

‘I know I told them to keep the secret, but they’re trying too hard to fake surprise…’

Kris and Liz were probably the worst at faking it.

‘They’re all…’ The Paru chuckled. ‘Terrible liars.’

He turned his gaze towards the bags that Liz had brought out.

‘I don’t mind though. I prefer people who can’t lie over those who can lie very well… Who can lie like it’s in their nature.’

The Paru took a couple of seconds to count the bags.

‘Anyways,’ He stretched his arms. ‘I still have a Quest to clear, don’t I?’

[Quest: “Serolia’s Apex Predator”.]

[Objective: Kill Serolia’s strongest Giganto Zilla.]

[Reward: 2 Skill Points.]

“Yes, yes.” The Paru muttered. “There’s still a lot for me to do here. Hope I can get it done fast.”

The Paru took hold of four bags with each of his hands, and started walking away from the spaceship.

‘Eat a good variety of Crystals. Find other Species of Visero and hunt the more interesting ones for Skills. Kill the Giganto Zilla. Kill the Tsero. Eat a couple of Tsero Crystals… And after all that, I’ll spend some time collecting more Crystals.” He nodded to himself. “Yeah. A lot of things here are valuable, aren’t they? Tsero Crystals are at the top of the list, but I’m sure that other Crystals are valuable too… I’ll eat as many and as much of each type as I can, and once there is no more to gain more those Crystals with interesting abilities…” The Paru tightened his grip around the bags he was holding. “I’ll bring them back in these bags. Haha… Two birds with one stone, huh? I’ll get strong, and rich!”

Of course, buying and selling things might be troublesome.

The Paru still doesn’t know much about the place he was in. About the different civilisations that inhabit it.

“I’m sure that the girls can help me with that though. Even if being a Paru causes an issue, they can sell them in my place… Well, I can talk, so it’s unlikely for it to cause an issue. Still, just in case…”

…

The Paru had been on his way towards the mountain that he had climbed with Roka, when he encountered.

“A lizard?”

Further away, he could see a large amount of them lazying around.

‘Mm.’ The Paru shrugged. ‘Might as well give it a taste.’ He thought to himself as he reached towards it.

The grabbed the lizard-like Visero and, the next second,

SCREECH!

An extremely loud and high-pitch screech exited the Visero’s mouth, making the Paru feel like his ears would bleed if the listened to that screeching for more than a second.

Thankfully, the screeching had stopped before a full second had passed.

Crunch- Crunch-

Just as the lizard-like Visero started screeching, the hand wrapped around him tightened further, killing it very quickly.

Gulp-

‘It only started screeching after I grabbed it so…’ The Paru walked towards the closest other specimen of that same Species of Visero.

The lizard-life Visero watched as the Paru’s hand got closer to it.

The moment that it opened its mouth,

Gag- Gag-

The Paru squeezed his finger between its jaws, forcing it to remain open.

“Oh… I can feel them pulsating.” Looking closer, the Paru could see two crystals protruding from the lizard-like Visero’s body. Each on one of the Visero’s cheeks. “They’re not just on the cheeks. They go through the cheeks and into the mouth. Then… It makes them vibrate very quickly, right? That’s why I can feel them pushed against my finger. The internal portion of each crystal grinds against the other’s, and the high-speed friction results in that screech… It’s something like that, isn’t it?”

[Correct, for the most part.]

“For the most part, huh?” The Paru made the lizard-like Visero dangle above his wide open mouth. “I’ll take that.”

Crunch- Crunch- Gulp-

“Think I can get something like that? A secret way to destabilize the enemy… It wouldn’t be through my cheeks though, preferably. Maybe down my throat? That would make sense, putting it next to my vocal cords or something…? Well, anywhere in the throat should work. Since it’s the crystals grinding against one another.”

[The further the crystals are from the target, the more energy is lost.]

‘Mmm… I suppose that’s true. Sound waves do get weaker the more they ricochet against stuff… I guess that’s how energy works in general. That’s like the Giganto Zilla getting weaker each time it hit or was hit by a Tsero. Doesn’t really matter though.’ The Paru shrugged. ‘Having sharp crystals like that in my mouth could cause problems.’

He turned towards the rest of the Lizard-like Visero.

‘If I’m lucky, there might be enough for me to have get spots from which that screech can be produced!’

[You have Developed the Skill “Defeaning Screech”!]

‘And I managed to get it in two spots.’ The Paru opened and closed his fist repeatedly. ‘Perfect!’

He walked in the direction of the Tsero’s mountain, and wondered if the Giganto Zilla was still there.

He wondere what type of Skills he could obtain after Devouring the Giganto Zilla, the Tsero, and the Crystals.

He wondered what to use his Skill Points on.

“Skill Points aren’t actually Magic, are they?” The Paru asked. “You made it seem like Magic but…”

[The System, back then, had simply noted that the Goddess of Death was capable of Magical Prowess.]

“But Skill Points aren’t that. They’re the same as what happened when I was struck by lightning. My cells became… More than energized. Because of the surplus of energy, they could work harder and more efficiently. That’s why the Skill never gets too different. Each Skill, I can use because there is something in my body’s cells that allows that. Strengthening that Skill means strengthening that something… Or making it work extra hard to produce more of whatever it produces…Mm… I’m now interested in the tests that Raya wanted to test.”

The Paru scratched his head.

“Telling me things by putting it as Stats and Skills helps, but it’s also confusing. Skill Merging sounds like something new, but it shouldn’t be. Within my cells, there is genetic information about everyone of my Skills. Each of my cells has information on the Blade Of Bones Skill as well as the Weak Poison Production Skill. My cells being able to bring out both shouldn’t be surprising…”

He held his chin for a moment, before nodding.

“Interesting thought nonetheless. I’ll be spending more time in Raya’s laboratory… For more reasons than one.”

The Paru took a couple of additional steps before stopping.

“At first, I didn’t really care about them. But now I do. They’re thankful to me for having helped them, and I’m thankful to them for having taken me. Without them, I would still be stranded on that same Planet after all.”

The dark clouds above circled around.

The Tsero’s mountainw as now visible in the distance, and the flickering lights flashing from its peak seemed more violent than ever.

“The Goddess of Death. What does she want?”

[Why do you ask?]

“Because I’m thankful. Although that doesn’t mean I will do whatever it is that she wants me to do. Well, with a title like that…”

[The Goddess of Death has decided to change her approach.]

“Is that so? Not going to try to convince me? I’m in a pretty good mood now.”

[The Goddess of Death doesn’t need to convince you.]

[All, without fail, will, one day, turn towards the Goddess Of Death.]

“Mm. Well…” The Paru wiped his mouth, staring at the mountain’s invisible peak, shrouded by dark clouds. “If you say so.”