These Familiars Are Strange

The moment that the Astral White Tiger took this deep breath, there was a suction force that appeared in the air above it.

However, it didn't seem like it was sucking up just anything.

The only thing that the Astral White Tiger seemed to be sucking in was the sand that was around us. It seemed like the Astral White Tiger was eating the sandstorm itself.

I couldn't help looking at the Astral White Tiger with a strange look, but I also quickly covered my face with my hands. After all, since the Astral White Tiger was sucking in the sand, that meant that the sand was coming towards me as well.

But it seemed that I was worried for nothing.

There seemed to be something that contained the sand that came at us. There was this thing that seemed to restrict the sand, causing it to come in a funnel into the mouth of the Astral White Tiger.

It seemed that it didn't let a single grain of sand escape with the way that the suction kept it all in the single cone that ended in the Astral White Tiger's mouth.

With the happy look on its face, it really looked like the Astral White Tiger was just eating the sand.

But when I looked closely, I could see that this wasn't the case.

It seemed like once the sand entered the Astral White Tiger's mouth, it was being turned into energy that was being absorbed by the Astral White Tiger.

This was just like how it had absorbed the flames of the peacock from before.

The sand people of this dungeon could be considered elemental creatures since they were made of sand. The attacks that they used were attacks that used elemental energy to control the sand.

So this sandstorm around us should be one that was made from elemental energy.

For the Astral White Tiger that had the ability to control and absorb elemental energy, it only made sense that it was able to swallow it like this.

But with the look of relish that was on the Astral White Tiger's face, it really seemed like it was eating some kind of high class meal.

It seemed that the elemental energy inside of this sand was considered high class. It seemed that there was quite a bit of elemental energy that was gathered inside of this sand.

Though what kind of elemental energy it was, I had no idea.

Was it earth or was sand a kind of elemental energy?

Only it seemed like it had quite the effect on the sandstorm that was around us.

With the Astral White Tiger swallowing the sand around us, it really seemed like the sandstorm posed no threat at all. The sandstorm continued to become weaker and weaker with more and more of the sand being swallowed by the Astral White Tiger.

In no time at all, it seemed like the sandstorm was about to disappear.

Only the one that created the sandstorm wasn't about to let things end that easily.

"You think that you can stop me with just this?" The same booming voice rang out again before the sandstorm started to pick up again. With the way that the sandstorm raged, it seemed that the hesitation that the dungeon boss felt was gone.

The shock from seeing its sandstorm being devoured like this must have pushed away the remaining bit of hesitation that the dungeon boss had about attacking.

At this point, it recognized the Astral White Tiger as a threat, so it didn't care about the cactus fruits.

For the first time, there was something that was actually able to suppress its power.

It was only natural that the dungeon boss would be worried.

With the sandstorm picking up again, we couldn't actually do anything against it.

So instead of facing it, I pulled the Astral White Tiger out of my shirt and raised it up above my head. I was just using the Astral White Tiger as if it was some kind of shield against the sandstorm.

"Swallow it!" I shouted, but the Astral White Tiger seemed to have a different idea.

That was because instead of sucking in like it had done previously, the Astral White Tiger seemed to be preparing to spit something out.

It even looked like it was about to throw up because it wasn't able to swallow what it had just sucked in. It almost seemed like the Astral White Tiger was having some kind of acid reflux because of the sand.

But it turned out that this wasn't the case.

Instead of spitting it up, it actually shot out the sand that it had swallowed.

Only this wasn't the kind of normal way of shooting something out of one's mouth. It seemed like the Astral White Tiger was manipulating sand with the way that it released it.

That sand quickly took the form of a dome around us.

This dome of sand blocked the incoming sandstorm that was about to hit us.

It seemed that as long as we were in this dome, the sandstorm wouldn't actually be able to do anything to us. It was as if the sandstorm was being scattered around the dome when it hit the dome.

That was just how strong this dome of sand was.

After the sandstorm was scattered, the Astral White Tiger started sucking in again.

The sand of the sandstorm that had been scattered by the dome actually made its way through the dome because of the Astral White Tiger's breath.

It went right into the Astral White Tiger's mouth and it seemed like the Astral White Tiger was enjoying it quite a bit.

When the Astral White Tiger showed itself, this definitely wasn't what I had been expecting from it.

But now that it had demonstrated all of this, I was quite glad that it was here.

In the end, the Astral White Tiger really was the nemesis of any kind of enemy that used elemental energy.