"Little lion, want the body?" Ethan asked the Dread-Eyed Lion.
"Yes! Definitely!" It nodded furiously.
"Go ahead, then." Ethan laughed.
"Thanks… Boss!"
The Dread-Eyed Lion pounced on the Voltari's corpse and swallowed it whole. Then it stood there in bliss, slowly absorbing the energy.
Ethan shook his head.
Just over a year ago, the beast had nearly killed him with a single glance. Now it was sucking up to him.
He had certainly grown fast.
But not fast enough.
Almost everyone else had carried today's battle. He'd barely been able to contribute.
Ethan sighed. "I need to get stronger as soon as possible. Being this helpless feels like crap."
The void passage was open now, so plenty of Stage SSS Outland Beasts had probably arrived. Once New Atlas stabilized, he needed to start hunting for more Stage SSS crystal cores.
He raised a hand, about to dismiss the Deadlock Dimension and have Emily restore his mental energy, but a thought stopped him.
