Ch 28: Breakfast
“Mmm…the sound of flowing water is getting louder, it’s morning already.”
Mos sleepily opened her eyes, stopped her Mana Absorption Dream Training, sat up and yawned widely!
“Haah——”
Getting off Little Dumpling, Mos scratched the ground, stretched, and the sleepiness on her face hadn’t completely disappeared.
“Regrettably…I didn’t succeed again today, even though I already knew I was dreaming…still…I can’t control the Mana absorption…”
While complaining, she shakily walked to the wall in front of the cave, extended her claw and scratched the wall, recording today’s date.
‘Master, good morning!’
Little Dumpling hopped and skipped to Mos’s side, cheerfully greeting her.
“Ah, morning…get me some water.”
Mos hugged Little Dumpling who was rubbing against her, stroked its round head, and said with a light chuckle.
‘Yes, Master!’
Little Dumpling hopped towards the cave entrance, preparing to fetch water from the river.
“Be careful…”
Mos wasn’t worried about Little Dumpling going out, she just gave a customary reminder.
Don’t just look at Little Dumpling’s well-behaved and sensible appearance and think it’s weak now.
In these three years, Little Dumpling has absorbed quite a lot of Mana!
And its level is linked to Mos’s level!
That is to say, Mos is currently level 7, and Little Dumpling is also level 7!
Thinking of this, Mos opened Little Dumpling’s Status Screen and glanced at it.
【Name: Little Dumpling】
【Level: Bronze 7】
【Constitution: 14】
【Spirit: 4】
【Skills: Liquefaction, Mana Perception, Jump, Poison Generation, Devouring, Water Manipulation, Water Purification, Water Storage, Concentration, Physical Immunity, Water Resistance, Corrosion Resistance】
“Hmm, very safe…”
Although its strength isn’t stronger than hers, relying on the invincible skill of Physical Immunity, its safety level might be even higher than hers!
“Alright~ I’ll get ready too.”
Mos looked at Little Dumpling’s Status Screen, smiled gently, shook her head, and prepared to make breakfast!
There was a stove made of small stones in the cave, with a tin can on it.
This can was found by her in the river, a very sturdy iron can.
Mos used wire to make two handles, using it as a cooking pot.
She took two skewers of grilled snake jerky from the nearby grill, untied the rope, cut them into small pieces, and threw them into the can.
“Hum hum hum~”
Mos hummed a song while busy, in a very good mood.
Since gaining the ability to use fire, her quality of life has greatly improved!
For example, the jerky on those grills was slowly dried by her using fire!
There are many kinds, including snake jerky, lizard jerky, frog jerky, and so on.
The storage time of this jerky is much better than raw meat before!
Besides those usually kept in the cave, she also put a lot of grilled jerky into the Battle Pet Space!
Moreover, Mos found that the jerky stored in the space was significantly more durable than the jerky outside.
She no longer had to worry about not finding food every day, nor did she have to eat those unpalatable insects!
“Hum hum hum~ There’s still time…”
While Little Dumpling hadn’t returned yet, Mos clapped her hands, intending to clean herself.
Mos moved away from the stove, stood in the center of the cave, and shook her fur, red light flowing back and forth between the hairs!
Whoosh!
Suddenly, flames ignited on Mos’s body!
At this time, her whole body was burning fiercely, and this process lasted for nearly a minute!
Hiss…!
The flames slowly extinguished, Mos opened her eyes, looked at her snow-white fur, and nodded in satisfaction.
“Hum hum, perfect control!”
The flames gushing out from her whole body could completely burn or blow away the dirt, thus achieving the effect of cleaning her body!
Moreover, this technique doesn’t only have simple life functions, it also has a good melee effect when used for attack!
Claws and teeth wrapped in scorching flames have extremely strong destructive power, it can be said to be an attack skill that combines armor-breaking and burning!
Mos calls this technique “Flame Entanglement”!
Currently, together with Explosive Flame, it has become her strongest output method, and it is also her biggest gain in the past two months!
Poyo!
‘Master, water!’
Little Dumpling, which had grown several times larger, squeezed into the cave entrance and shouted to Mos.
“Ah, put it in the can.”
Mos replied, turning her head and walking towards the stove.
‘Yes, Master!’
Little Dumpling obediently responded, hopping to the front of the stove, extending its tentacles and discharging the purified water from its body.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
As a result, Little Dumpling’s body gradually shrank, and the water quickly filled the entire can!
Looking at the clear, transparent, and odorless pure water, Mos happily stroked Little Dumpling’s head and exclaimed:
“You did a great job!”
Even though she had seen it many times in the past two months, Mos still couldn’t help but praise Little Dumpling’s ability.
If you were to ask what is the rarest thing in the sewer, clean water is definitely one of them!
And Little Dumpling possesses the most precious ability in the sewer—water purification!
Not having to drink foul-smelling sewage is such a happy thing for a creature living in the sewer!
This ability should also be very rare among many demonic creatures!
At least, that’s how Mos sees it, she is truly fortunate to have met Little Dumpling!
Even more, Little Dumpling has also obtained Water Manipulation!
This is an extraordinary ability on par with Flame Manipulation!
If Little Dumpling also learns Magic Release, its strength will be greatly enhanced!
However, Little Dumpling’s soul is not a mature soul like Mos’s, which is from another world. Little Dumpling, with its slightly low Spirit attribute, is not yet mentally sound.
Currently, it cannot fully master the Magic Release skill.
But Mos is not in a hurry about this, she just lets things take their course.
‘Master!’
Little Dumpling, having received Mos’s praise, was happily acting affectionately towards her.
“Good girl…let’s make breakfast.”
Mos stroked Little Dumpling, then went to the stove to prepare the meal.
“Vegetables, vegetables…vegetable soup this morning~!”
While humming a simple melody, she took out the vegetable pieces she had brought back yesterday from a small bag beside the stove!
Mos used her claws to chop the pieces even finer, then turned to Little Dumpling and said:
“Please, Little Dumpling.”
Mos put the vegetable pieces into Little Dumpling’s body, letting it clean the surface dirt and rotten parts.
‘Yes, Master!’
Little Dumpling is cleaning the vegetables(eating?), and Mos is about to start a fire!
Mos didn’t use firewood; although wood is common in the sewer, it’s usually wet and won’t burn.
So Mos can only rely on Mana to burn!
However, boiling a can of water doesn’t consume much Mana.
Controlling the temperature of the flame to make it burn slowly is not difficult for Mos now.
A concentrated ball of Mana floated into the stove under Mos’s control, and a crimson flame ignited!
Mos looked at the stable burning Mana cluster under the stove and nodded gently.
“Hmm, this will do, it should be enough to boil the water.”