These Familiars Are Strange

It was as if the entire world froze with the way that they all stopped moving.

Though when one looked closely, they could still see that the leaves of the tree around this area were still fluttering in the wind.

It was just the deer and the wolves chasing the deer that were frozen in place.

There was one wolf that had been in the middle of jumping who fell down on its face and was in a very awkward position, but the rest of them were just frozen there while in the middle of running.

There were confused and terrified looks on the faces of all these monsters, but I didn't care as I started heading towards the wolves.

I took a close look at them and recognized them as v Fanged Wolves.

These were the lower evolution of the Gale Wolves and were considered E Rank Monsters.

They were the lowest grade monsters that were available to hunt in this dungeon.

So I didn't hesitate to pull out a dagger as I approached these wolves. This was the same dagger that I had gotten from the King Slime, which was a magic item.

A magic item was much sharper than normal items, so I was certain that this would be able to pierce the hide of the Fanged Wolves.

As for why I was killing it instead of the Echo Bat, that was because I also needed to become stronger.

The other way to grow stronger in this world was to kill monsters and absorb their mana. Though that was a method that was only available to those that had a high capacity for mana in the first place.

I was one of those people, which was why it was strange that I had summoned the lowest grade familiar…

But that wasn't important.

I knew that I couldn't only rely on the power of the Echo Bat, I had to become stronger as well.

So I had to kill these Fanged Wolves and become stronger as well.

The Fanged Wolves looked at me with aggressive looks as I approached them, as if they would attack me at any moment. It was just that they weren't able to move at all since they were frozen in place.

Even if they wanted to attack me, there was nothing that they could do.

I wasn't afraid of them at all since I knew that they wouldn't be able to break free of my Echo Bat's hypnosis.

So I raised the dagger and plunged it right into the neck of the closest Fanged Wolf.

There was a spurt of blood that came out and splashed me since I wasn't careful, but this was the first monster that I was killing on my own. I realized my mistake and quickly stepped away, but it was already too late since I was half soaked in the Fanged Wolf's blood.

A bitter smile appeared on my face as I headed towards the next Fanged Wolf.

The way that the Fanged Wolves looked at me completely changed once I killed the first of their companions. Now there were looks of absolute terror that were cast in my direction as I approached them.

I didn't care as I continued stabbing each of the Fanged Wolves in the neck.

It was inevitable that some blood splashed in my direction, but I didn't care as much since my clothes were already soaked with the blood of the Fanged Wolves.

Once they had been taken care of, I turned my attention to the deer.

This deer was also a monster, but it was at a lower level than the Fanged Wolves.

Still, loot was loot.

As I approached, I found that there was a weird smell coming from the deer.

When I looked behind it, I found that there was a pile of what seemed to be brown droppings on the ground.

It seemed that the deer hadn't been able to hold it in and had lost control of its bowels from the fear.

But that also let me learn something new.

It seemed that not everything could be stopped with the Echo Bat's hypnosis.

If the instincts were strong enough, they could still break free and do these involuntary things.

I looked at the deer with pity and put it out of its misery.

After that, I summoned out the Scavenger Rabbit who had the same reaction as when it saw the slimes for the first time. It only calmed down when it saw that the Fanged Wolves were dead.

It had even seemed afraid of the deer.

Shaking my head, I said with a sigh, "Go and use your ability on it."

The Scavenger Rabbit gave a nod before jumping onto the corpse of a Fanged Wolf.

After digging around for a bit, the Scavenger Rabbit turned around and raised its hands to present something to me.

When I saw what it was, I was surprised by what it was.

It was a finely carved flute that was in the shape of a wolf.

I didn't understand what this thing was until a screen suddenly popped up.

Summoning Flute (Fanged Wolf)

Will summon two Fanged Wolves to fight by the user's side when it is blown. The wolves will last for an hour and can be summoned twice a day.

A Summoning Flute?

This was an item that could go for an astronomical sum.

After all, for people that had low grade familiars, this was the only way that they would be able to get a familiar to fight with. For those rich people with family members that had low grade familiars, they would spare no expenses to get these for them.

But I would never sell this thing.

I looked back up at the Scavenger Rabbit and said, "You really are my lucky charm."

The Scavenger Rabbit showed a proud look and wanted to go back to digging through the other corpses, but I stopped it by saying, "Wait."

It turned back to look at me with a confused look, but I just said, "Wait for a bit."

Not long after, the dungeon's auto loot system kicked in and the corpses turned into loot.