28.3ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ.ᴄᴏᴍ/sᴛʀᴀᴛᴏᴛʜʀᴀx

It snuffed the air as Rain neared, ears twitching, trying to locate him. He didn't give it a chance and leapt on its back and bit down, then again, and then again. The Cavebear died with barely a whimper and Rain had to take a moment to realize he had started eating it, he reluctantly managed to pull his jaws away. His stomach growled painfully in protest. He was starting to lose himself to instinct, biting so many monsters without actually eating them was sending his monstrous animal hunger into overdrive, having an effect on him he wasn't sure he could control, making him act irrationally.

Rain slipped off the Cavebear's back to the ground with a sigh. He looked back at the body and frowned, then after a moment shook his head.

"One last place to check." He rubbed the back of his paw past his lips, drool coming with it. "Gods, I feel hungry enough to eat a tribe, or three."

He reappeared back in the central clearing in which he had fought Cairn and Lazia. First he checked the Goblin tents but as he had assumed they were currently unoccupied. Then he came to the crude wooden buildings in the center, apart from the main one they seemed to contain only basic supplies, not of immediate concern.

The last building of the clearing lay at the opposite end. A long crude wooden building much larger than the others. Rain made his way over to it. He diverted toward one end as a flash of movement caught his attention. He rounded the end and blinked in surprise. A naked person stood there, her hands chained above her head to a tall wooden post.

She had the body and face of an Elf, partly, her legs were like that of some kind of bipedal sheep species, with black cloven hooves and soft and puffy white cloud like sheep fluff. The sheep like legs began about six inches down her leg from her hip, transitioning from pale skin to fluff with a particularly large puff of fluff like the tops of stockings. A small square of cloud like fluff sat above her mons and another large burst of cloud like fluff at the top of her sternum between her breasts. Her arms were encased in a sheath of white from nearly the top of her biceps to her wrists each end capped with a puff of white. It gave the impression she was wearing close fitting white sleeves with a cloud of fluff at each end.

Voluminous hair framed her head, her thick white locks framing her face. She was short for an Elf at five foot six inches. A pair of blue eyes looked back at him from a worried but resolute Elfin face.

"You- what are you? Monster? Leveler?"

Rain looked down at his blood soaked body. "Take a wild guess."

The Elf-sheep paled. "O-oh. I suppose you aren't here to rescue me then."

"No. I'm here to kill everything in this cavern."

"Hold on a moment, you can't be serious! I'm not part of this tribe! I only just got here!"

Rain tilted his head to his side. "You aren't one of the breeding stock they use to make half Goblins?"

She blushed. "No, I am most certainly not! I was caught by that wretched witch spider thing only this morning. I have nothing to do with this, so you can't kill me! I'm not part of whatever grudge you have against the Goblins!"

"Whoever said I have a grudge?"

"Then why are you doing this?"

Rain showed his teeth. "Because I want to eat you all." He took a step closer.

The Elf-sheep's eyes rounded. "What kind of- W-wait. Look, you're clearly sapient and intelligent, let's just talk this out for a sec."

"Hmm, I'm listening."

"You don't need to kill me, I'm just a low leveler, a scrub, level fourteen, I've barely begun, totally not worth it."

"Mm, I'd bet you'd taste pretty good though."

"Wha- No! Listen, there's something in that barn you need me for."

"And what would that be?"

"I'll show you. Just unchain me."

Rain narrowed his eyes. "You want me to let you go free? For nothing? Do you think I'm a fool?"

She raised her chin. "I'm serious, take me inside, you will need my help, it's not something you will want to deal with on your own."