The sky was not covered by dark clouds but by a flock of seagulls, which made Lomi’s jaw drop in amazement.
“Wait a moment.”
The pale-faced Lomi lowered her head and stared at the mysterious liquid pooling on the ground.
“So, you mean to tell me this is…?”
At that moment, a pungent smell pierced her nose, and she let out a scream.
“Eek!”
It felt as if two rotten fish soaked in urine had somehow wedged themselves into both of her nostrils.
She quickly got up, clutching her nose with her front paw, and stopped rolling from side to side.
Even in that short time, the gathering flock of seagulls had rapidly increased in number.
“How many are there exactly? Thirty, no, fifty…?”
There seemed to be at least fifty of them.
The smell of the nightmare that had grown denser and the way everyone was gathering like a pack of wolves was becoming increasingly evident.
Perhaps this was not just an incident from yesterday or today.
At this rate, it was as clear as day that the numbers would continue to increase.
For now, they were just guarding the mountain, preventing any approach, and wandering around nearby, their mouths watering.
“What should I do with them?”
As she pondered, she narrowed her eyes and gazed at the sky.
The only fortunate thing was that they were all lower-ranked Mongmas, so Romi had a good chance of winning the fight on her own.
“All right! Let’s settle this in under a minute!”
It was the moment when she was checking her route and focusing intently.
The Mongmas, who had gathered like massive clouds, suddenly scattered in all directions.
“What’s going on?”
Romi, who had just started to sprint, paused briefly and investigated the situation.
Usually, in cases like this, there were three possibilities:
The first was that they sensed the presence of a human and fled.
Humans and Mongmas had been mortal enemies for over a thousand years, constantly killing each other. Therefore, most lower-ranking Mongmas fled upon sensing the presence of a human.
The second possibility was encountering ruthless humans who didn’t hesitate to kill insignificant Mongmas like them. Just like all other creatures and humans, the personalities of humans varied.
There were humans who quietly let insignificant Mongmas, who couldn’t harm humans, go free, but there were also humans who trembled and dried up when Mongmas displayed their arrogance.
So, if they sensed the presence of a human and saw that the Mongmas had scattered like that, there was a high possibility that the opponent was a formidable human emitting an overwhelming aura, akin to a tyrant.
And finally, the third possibility was encountering an exceptionally skilled high-ranking Mongma.
Engaging in a fight for food with fellow Mongmas with a clear difference in strength was simply a matter of time before facing death.
It was an impossible task to take on a group.
And Romi believed that the current situation was undoubtedly due to the first reason.
She thought that they had belatedly realized her presence and fled to avoid a dire outcome.
“Hehe. Well, at least these cowards know that humans are scary.”
If she had nothing else to do and was bored, she would have eagerly chased after them and questioned at least one of them.
However, with a new toy in hand, there was no need for that.
Romi lowered her head again and played with the Mongma’s skull, licking it, biting it, rolling it around with her front paws.
The mist that had erased all the shadows on the ground disappeared.
The cold silver moon once again appeared above the clouds, and the Mongma horde that had gathered like dark clouds vanished.
Someone wearing a black robe stood tall on a building much higher than that, looking down at the landscape spread beneath.
He chuckled softly as he noticed the distracted Romi.
It seemed like he hadn’t noticed her presence at all due to her hidden presence.
“You lucky pup.”
If she had attacked him, he would have killed her without hesitation.
He shifted his gaze from Romi and looked at an apartment building with a river.
“They say it’s a famous restaurant, so I came to check it out.”
With an expressionless face, he had been staring at one place, and now his lips parted.
“Not sleeping and still fooling around with romance, huh?”
A hint of regret seeped through his crimson lips as he spoke.
The man remained firmly in his place, not leaving the spot for a long time.
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] [Star Icon]At the same moment.
The river and the mountain, still in the middle of an unfinished conversation, had a brief pause in their dialogue.
The day when the fused souls of Illy and Moa within her regained their full strength and left her was the day she had answered Kang’s question about her plans after that. She had replied that she had too many options to consider, and the conversation had stalled.
“I’ll have a drink of water and be back.”
Eventually, he asked her as she got out of bed.
“Not sleeping?”
“I want to continue our conversation now.”
With such an incredible behind-the-scenes story to tell, sleep was out of the question.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
