Chapter 132
"Avoiding us!?"
"Yea . I see with focused Passive Detection that monsters are moving like they're avoiding us . From what I tested earlier, looks like they were detecting our mana . "
Afterward, I slightly moved forward and went back again .
I didn't move far at all, but I could sense the movement of monsters .
Not all of the monsters are like that though, sometimes the weaker ones showed themselves up before us .
"Well, it's true that monsters with intellect wouldn't voluntarily go and challenge Mathias . . . . "
"Now that you mention it, escaping itself is an act that an intelligent monster would take . . . "
The difference in mana quantity between a dragon and a human child is obvious .
On top of that, I normally control my mana so it won't leak out too much, thus it's only around the level of Alma and Ruli .
A monster with great detection ability might be able to see through the difference in mana quality, but I don't see any monster like that .
" . . . Our prey escape because my mana leaks out . . . Should I better suppress my mana too?"
" . . . Can you do it?"
Considering her track record so far, Iris's mana control is catastrophically bad .
A fireball she intended to go straight forward went right above instead .
And since the output is high, it's unnecessarily dangerous .
"Un . I don't understand, but I'll give it a try! . . . Please back away a bit since we don't know what will happen!"
Apparently, she's aware of the danger herself .
Well, with how sturdy Iris is, her mana running slightly out of control probably won't hurt her .
Expecting that, I watch over Iris with Ruli and Alma from a place a bit farther away .
And then . . . .
"Here I go!"
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With the yell, Iris's mana rapidly contracted--and right afterward, pokon! Iris flew up vertically along with that sound .
While leaving a small crater on the ground .
. . . . Looks like the mana that was forcefully contracted exploded and launched Iris up .
"Uun . . . . I failed . It felt like I managed to suppress it at first . . . . "
Iris who landed without a scratch looked down on the crater while saying that dejectedly .
"Your mana reaction did get smaller for an instant . . . All the monsters around here escaped the moment it exploded though . "
I concentrated on Passive Detection after saying that .
The number of monsters who were just keeping some distance away from us have reduced to the level of an average plain one .
The remaining monsters are all moving like they're straight running away from us .
"I . . . I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare them away . . . . "
"Well, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses . I think you should be able to control your mana to a degree once you get used to that body too . . . . And there's no point in beating monsters that would run away just from sensing Iris anyway . "
A properly strong monster won't run away just from sensing the current Iris's mana reaction .
Some of them might run from the previous Iris, but the Iris right now isn't emitting as much mana as she did back then .
"I'm glad if that was the case, but . . . . "
"Rather, a monster that's truly strong might come after Iris . And that'd be most welcome . "
"I don't feel welcome about that at all . . . "
Ruli frowned when she heard me .
Well, judging from the mana reaction, there's fewer monsters coming here than expected .
For now, let's continue to press ahead without expecting much .