Becoming a Monster

Chapter 86 Don’t Badmouth Noah

”No, no, no, no, no! Why do you have to eat EVERYTHING?!”

Noah screamed while trying to tackle Fenrir down. Fenrir may be a huge, frightening monster to others, but to Noah, he was just a clumsy big ball of fur.

Noahʼs attempt to tackle Fenrir achieved nothing, besides Noahʼs face being pricked Fenrirsʼ hard fur that was hardened from being soaked in blood and then dried.

Even though he couldnʼt get Fenrir to budge, his actions still caused Fenrir to stop and look towards Noah in confusion as to why his alpha was suddenly showing him affection.

”You eat too?” Fenrir ʼaskedʼ before making a strange and disgusting regurgitating noise. To Noah, when hearing Fenrir speak, he sounded as if Fenrir was speaking plainly when all anyone else would hear were growls and grunts.

Fenrir managed to barf what he last ate, spilling some of the leftover contents of the eggs he ate before while trying to nudge it over to Noah.

Noahʼs face paled when he saw the hot mess being bright his way. He used all of his strength to try to push Fenrirʼs head away from him.

”I donʼt want what you already ate! I just need you to stop eating!” He quickly shuffled away from the wolf and he grew a headache. He arrived at the huge gap in the Queens backside where the eggs had most likely spilled out from. Before submerging both of his arms up to his shoulders in the queenʼs insides. Plopping noises could be heard as he threw the innards to the ground, hoping to find at least one egg.

ʼIf I can get one while itʼs still an egg then I could potentially have another creature without having to use my skill…Fuck, why do I have to have two gluttons…ʼ

Five minutes passed and he has yet to find anything that resembled an egg. He took one last handful of the antsʼ guts and threw them away before he depressingly rose to his feet.

”Sigh….maybe all of my luck was used on the chest…at least I can still get its core and test out my new skill. it should be a tier one skill so the improvements to Fenrir and Arachne should be pretty big before they evolve” he looked over to Fenrir who was crunching one of the ants legs.

”You, come here.” He called out to Fenrir who was oblivious to Noahʼs annoyance since he was happy to not only hunt but he was also able to consume a hearty meal.

Fenrir trotted over to Noahʼs side while wagging his tail. Noah felt completely helpless with how clueless he could be. He ignored the wolfʼs enthusiasm and pulled out a core from his ring, showing it to Fenrir who sniffed it first before becoming dejected.

”I need you to find something like this for me in that creature, can you do that?” He walked over to the middle section of the ant and pointed to it. It might be here, quickly fi-”

Before he could finish, Fenrir had already smashed into the ants abdomen with his jaws, feverishly trying to bite through the ants hard shell.

Noah stood off to the side and watched. He wasnʼt exactly sure if the core would really be there since the spiders before were in their butts. But after spending so much time looking for the egg, he never caught a glimpse of anything resembling a core back there, leaving the abdomen and the head as his only options left.

It didnʼt take long for Fenrir to penetrate the shell after his teeth and claws were strengthened. After he managed to bite his way through, he used his claws to tear at the sides to widen the gate, allowing his entire head to go inside the ants abdomen in search for the core.

”Gggrrrr”

The sounds of Fenrir growling got Noahʼs attention, he knew by that sound that Fenrir most likely was able to find it. And when Fenrir pulled his head out from the antʼs carcass covered in slime and whatever else was in its body, Noah spotted the stone lodge in its jaws.

Retrieving the stone, he wiped it off with the inside of his cloak before placing it into the ring, not forgetting to pet the driest part of Fenrirʼs head as a reward.

”We both need to take the time to clean ourselves…” He said, not talking to particularly anyone but himself. But he has been idle for way too long now, Arachne may have already come out of her ʼcocoonʼ.

”Fenrir, come.” He walked a little bit away from the ant to allow Fenrir space to walk over as he stood by Fenrirʼs side. Fenrri quickly walked over and layed down when Noah motioned him to the ground before Noah proceeded to try to climb atop of him.

”Whoa! Calm down will yah?” He beamed after Fenrir for some reason and grew excited when he noticed what Noah planned to do. As soon as Noah mounted him, Fenrir jumped to his feet, almost knocking Noah off who wasnʼt prepared.

”Awwhoo! Where to, where to??” Fenrir asked excitedly while his feet were moving sporadically in place and his tail wagging uncontrollably. Seeing how excited Fenrir was managed to deescalate Noahʼs annoyance with him from eating his potential creature.

”Sigh…letʼs go back to ArachNneeee!” Fenrir took off in a dash before Noah could finish his sentence.

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”Do you think heʼs coming back?”

”Why do you care if he does? Being around him is just as scary as being around those monsters.”

”Well…his spider is still here…I donʼt think heʼll be gone for long.”

”Did you see how easily his wolf took care of those ants?? We wouldnʼt have to fight at all if he came with us.”

”Shush! Be quiet…last time someone spoke of that, they were ye-”

”Why do you all admire that bastard!” Mark screamed out, startling and frightening the people who were in the midst of talking.

”Heʼs not the one keeping you alive, we are! He wouldnʼt care if any of you were to die right now and you want someone like that around?” The area became uncomfortably quiet. How could they answer yes and not accept Mark even more? Even if Noah didnʼt care about their lives, it was already proven multiple times that if heʼs around then all the monsters would be taken care of by that experience junkie.

”What if he ran into the zombie from before??” Bailey gasped while covering her face at the thought of them possibly endangering Noah, not once, but twice. At the thought of the absurd and powerful zombie meeting Noah, a small smirk appeared on Marks face, but someone else was even more than happy for the encounter to happen.

”I hope he does…”

Thud!

”Aaaahhh!” Regina fell to the ground holding her head. Looking closely, blood could be seen starting to leak from her hands covering the wounded area. Pam, who for some reason always stayed by her side, drew a spear that she ʼborrowedʼ from one of the dead bodies that just so happened to ʼtripʼ into the arms of one of the zombies before Ishii and the group arrived to help.

”You bitch! Whatʼs wrong with you?” Pam screamed at a heaving Ailetta who was still clutching the rod in her hands.

When Mark badmouthed Noah, she was irritated by him, but her threats and insults towards Noah didnʼt bother her as much as when Regina spoke about him. She had already swung before she could realize what she had done, but she didnʼt regret it at all.

”I hope you can say that to his face when he comes back. Youʼre already lucky that he hasnʼt killed you yet!” Her words that seemed to be laced with venom werenʼt able to reach Regina who was still rolling in pain. But her words caused Pam to become alarmed.

”You or that freak wonʼt touch a hair on her head while Iʼm here!”

”I already did!”

”Ailetta stop this please!

The two went into a battle of words, but was finally interrupted by Jasmine who couldnʼt stand seeing her friend act this way.

She grabbed her hand first and when she noticed that Ailetta didnʼt try to remove herself, she began to drag her away while Bailey and Isabelle came to de-escalate the other party. Bailey talked to Pam while Isabelle healed the wound on Reginaʼs head. The wound only took a few mins to heal now that Isabelle was a couple of levels higher. Isabelle took this time to return to the others to make sure there wasnʼt anyone who could potentially be infected.

”Yo-you slut! Youʼre just as crazy as that bastard! Both of you deserved everything that was done to you, I hope you and Noah both die!”

Ailetta became livid at Reginaʼs outburst, she gripped her rod with all of her meager strength and was about to circulate her mana to reanimate one of the zombies to finish her off since the ants were not left in any shape to reuses, but right when she made the decision to go after Regina, she heard a voice yelling in the distance and that voice was becoming closer extremely fast.

Before anyone could figure what was happening, the huge figure of Fenrir running towards them could be seen.

Everyone jumped in fright when they saw the beast coming towards them so fast just out of instinct, they had briefly forgotten that Fenrir was a tamed monster.

”Ahh noo! Get away, get away!”

”Regina??”

A hysterical Regina could be seen running towards the the closest dorm that they tried to enter before. She was terrified, believing that Noah heard what she said and was sending Fenrir out to hunt her down. As she was running away, the pants she was wearing were growing a wet stain that began to travel down her leg as she screamed without restraint.

Meanwhile, Noah was oblivious to the little spectacle that happened between them as he was trying to recover after Fenrirʼs stunt. Well it started off as something not very entertaining to Noah at first, but…

”Next time Iʼll use my skill to buff up your speed, I wonder if I increased your strength would that make you go faster as well? We definitely have to do that again!”

He beamed with so much emotion that the people spectating were having a hard time determining if it was the same Noah as before.

”Noah!”

Noah was interrupted when he heard a familiar voice call out to him. He turned around to find Ailetta running towards him, wearing a smile big enough to stretch her face.

”Oh! Hey Le.” He responded as if they had already seen each other and her life was never in danger.

When Ailetta approached, she smiled warily from his response, or rather lack thereof, but she remembered he would always have moments like that.

She wanted to jump into his arms and hug him tightly after the many life and death experiences sheʼs had in the past day. She couldnʼt feel the safety and comfort from her friends and thatʼs what she wanted the most right.

Her eyes began to water as she still tried her best to maintain her smile while addressing Noah.

”No-Noah? Will you be staying here tonight?”