These Familiars Are Strange

It took a while longer to settle Iris, but eventually she closed her eyes and took a small nap to regain her energy.

Running for so long had tired her out, so it was only natural that when the ropes of her tension snapped, the exhaustion that followed hit her right in the face.

She found it hard to resist it and the only reason she didn't fall asleep right away was because we were still in the dangerous dungeon.

But in the end, she was able to calm down and fall asleep while being guarded by the Fanged Wolves.

These weren't the same Fanged Wolves that I had summoned, but rather Fanged Wolves that I controlled with the Echo Bat. Even if I wanted to leave the Fanged Wolves that I summoned behind, I couldn't do that since there was a time limit.

They would have disappeared by the time that she woke up, so I had the Echo Bat get a few Fanged Wolves to protect her.

Taking one of the Fanged Wolves, I headed off in a certain direction.

I told Iris that I was going to scout out the area before leaving, but that wasn't what I was planning to do at all. Rather, the Fanged Wolves had already scouted out the area and made sure that it was safe.

In the first place, the area around the cave was the territory of the Fanged Wolves, so it wasn't as if there was anything else there. The Fanged Wolves marked their territory and made sure that they didn't let anyone else into their territory, so there was no need to worry.

The direction that I was heading in was the same clearing as before.

I didn't know if the things that I wanted were still there, but I still wanted to give it a try.

When I arrived at the clearing, I found that the things I wanted were still there.

It didn't seem like anything had touched the things that were in this clearing as it was all still in the state that I left it.

Including the corpses that were on the ground.

These corpses were the reason why I had come back here in the first place.

I walked over to Yu Xiang's corpse in the center of the clearing and stood over it, looking down at him with a strange look on my face.

It wasn't that I was regretting what I had done, rather there was a trace of hesitation that was on my face as if I was hesitating over something.

But in the end, I still called out the Scavenger Rabbit.

What I was about to do was considered a taboo, but it was something that could be done since this place was a dungeon. In the dungeon, even humans were considered things that could have loot.

With the ability of the Scavenger Rabbit…

Before that though…

I turned to look at the Scavenger Rabbit and asked, "Can you use your ability on him?"

The Scavenger Rabbit didn't reply right away as it looked at Yu Xiang's corpse on the ground. It looked at his corpse for a bit before suddenly giving a nod to show that it was able to do this.

I still hesitated a bit after seeing the Scavenger Rabbit agree, but then I said with a nod, "Alright, do it then."

The Scavenger Rabbit gave a nod before jumping out of my hand to land on Yu Xiang's corpse. 

It didn't seem to have any hesitation as it suddenly reached its hand deep into Yu Xiang's body. It seemed that Yu Xiang's corpse had no resistance at all as the Scavenger Rabbit dug into it, splashing blood all over the place.

It was different from the corpses of the monsters that didn't seem to have any blood when the Scavenger Rabbit dug into it.

Part of me was interested in this since I was curious what the difference between human corpses and monster corpses was in this dungeon.

The bigger part of me was just disgusted seeing Yu Xiang's corpse being dug into like this.

Even if I had made up my mind to loot his corpse and the corpses of the subordinates that followed him, it was still hard seeing his corpse being treated like this.

I was a human after all, so it was hard for me to watch when a human corpse was being torn into like this.

It also made me worry a bit about the Scavenger Rabbit that it was able to do this kind of thing without any hesitation at all. Even though it was a coward, it seemed strangely numb to things like this…

After a while, the Scavenger Rabbit turned around as if it was finished.

It was just that when it did, I was shocked by its appearance.

It was completely covered in red blood and there were bits of Yu Xiang's flesh that were hanging off the Scavenger Rabbit. The way that it was plastered in these bits from Yu Xiang really created a terrifying scene…

It was hard not to be shocked by its appearance, but the Scavenger Rabbit didn't seem to mind its appearance at all as it wanted to offer what it was holding to me.

Before that, I brought out some tissues and some water from the Storage Ring to help the Scavenger Rabbit clean up.

Even if it was terrifying, it was still my familiar.

So at least I should care about it if it was dirty like this.

I used the tissue for a general wipe down before washing the Scavenger Rabbit with the water. When I used the water, I could see that the Scavenger Rabbit didn't seem to like this.

It was only because I was the one washing it that it was staying still.

Only after it was all washed up did I take a look at the thing that it was offering me.

"A bead?" I asked in a confused voice.