Chapter 31: [The Incoming Sloth] (V)

"M-my name is Yuto, I was passing through this dungeon with my family when we were attacked by a monster. I managed to escape, but they caught up to me and... and... I need an arm," the child, no, the evolving Thurar said, with a grin stretching on its stomach mouth.

I didn't hesitate at that moment, standing in position, ready to dash towards the monster that stood between me and the exit. I jumped and thrust with my spear from his left, aiming for the undefended side, but a large solidified tentacle generated from his cut off arm deflected my attack.

"I did not tell you to attack, I told you to give me an arm, specifically yours," he said nonchalantly as he effortlessly deflected every hit I tried to land on him.

"Since when have you been studying humans? Or, rather, since when have you been consuming them?" I inquired, posing my hypothesis.