Ball Rabbit

What appeared in front of me, was something the size of a softball.

what the kind of rabbit is this?

The body is round, with the hands and feet cant be seen inside the hairy ball.

Its round tail also swings left and right af if to match the movements.

It seems to be asleep while hiding under the sand, and the sweet fragrant of the cactus seems to wake it up.

Because the plant is fully covered with the thorn, theres no way such a small body will be able to tear it.

For such a creature, its caution level is way too light.

For the time being, lets confirm its status.

RacePalmtop Ball Rabbit

StatusNormal

Lv2/5

HP4/4

MP3/3

Attack1

Defense2

Magic2

Speed2

RankF-

Characteristic Skill

Hiding:Lv1

Resistance Skill

Hunger Resistance:Lv4

Normal Skill

Dig:Lv1Light:Lv1

Playing Dead:Lv1

Title Skill

Idol of the Desert:Lv1Kin Eater:Lv1

[T.N: the kanji translates to Tamausagi, tama directly meaning ball, but the kanji for the tama is also the one for jade, meaning Jade Rabbit is also plausible. However, as much as I want to call it Jade Rabbit, theres none of the characteristic of jade at all for this rabbit. It is round like a ball though, so yeah. Ill stick with ball for now.]

Uwa its been a long time since I last seen this kind of status.

How was it possible for it to be living in the desert that looks like the demons lair?

You can dig a hole even without theDigskill.

Theres no use inPlaying Dead, as theyll just pick you up to eat.

Well, its that huh.

Such a small thing will never be able to fill the stomach.

It brings its face close the contents of the cactus that has dropped on the ground, and begins to eat by licking it.

Not to mention even raising it to Lv4, it seems to have suffered a considerable amount of starvation to live.

The Lv wont go up if you dont fight, so its pretty hard when youre at the bottom of the food chain.

When its like that, I would probably keep on increasing myHunger Resistancejust like this rabbit.

However, its Lv still goes up.

It seems like it had some kind of unpleasant skill, did this fellow eat its own kind after losing to starvation?

It got a cute appearance, but it seems like it has gone through its own share of trouble.

Well, it cant be helped once youre desperate right?

Although I do felt like eating right now, I really felt guilty when I see its face

Not to mention seeing its round belly, would you be able to do it?

Does it has low caution level, or does it went crazy because of the empty stomach, but it seems like it havent noticed me at all whos standing behind it.

Its possible that its been living quite well till now.

After stuffing its cheek full, it starts swallowing the cactus, finally exhaling a satisfied breath.

My eyes matched with the Ball Rabbit.

Hepuu!?

The Ball Rabbit raises a small cry, as it digs up a hole and hides itself under the sand.

I have no idea how many times I ask this, but how the heck is this kid able to survive?

After observing the swelling pile of sand for a while, I began to walk in the opposite direction.

How to say it, its the feeling of wanting it to work hard and survive. If such a monster pile up the experience one at a time, it will evolve someday.

I really want to see the evolution system sometime.

However, the feeling of wanting to devour it that should be growing inside me somehow doesnt happen.

No, but, is it because its small?

I feel like I would be able to jump at it without reserve if its bigger.

Or rather, when you think about something absolutely delicious, it should be the fat one.

I should serve the gross looking monster to the Ball Rabbit, until it became totally fatbut somehow, I dont know if I would be able to eat it once I become more attached to the fatty one.

After I walked a few more steps, I heard a rustling sounds from the back.

Its only been five seconds from when I turned my back.

Rustle, rustle rustle, rustle rustle rustle.

this, its not the sound of a rabbit huh?

I turned around.

Although I though how it suddenly appeared, when I trace where it moved, I was able to confirm that theres a hollow in the sand.

Does this guy also digs a hole to hide itself? How careless can you be, me?

For now, shall I confirm the monsters status?

Baby Scorpion:Rank E+ Monster

Though it evolved into a smaller body after evolution, it excels at aiming at the weak spot after being able to hide its body from powerful enemy

E rank huh, so it should be around the same as the Gray Wolf.

What a timing.

[T.N: The second paragraph is not really that accurate. Thats my best guess]

You should have just leave.

Or rather, if I dont get involved, it could have been a funny story.

Me in particular, have no intention of eating the scorpion.

The surface seems hard, Im not really into eating bug-like thing, and theres the poison too.

Because I already had the Ball Rabbit, I dont want to eat the scorpion.

Yet, is it presumptuous of me to interfere with the desperate hunting of other creatures?

However, before I noticed it, my body involuntarily moved.

My claw easily goes through the back of the shell and sticks to the sand, fixing the scorpion in place.

The hand and feet of the scorpion trembled without power, and stopped before long.

Because the rank difference is too much, the experience value cant be obtained.

ooh, first time Im seeing this kind of message.

Although I had thought that the obtainable experience value would be low, were they reduced with the rank difference?

However, I can neither turn it into experience value nor turn it into food, this is literally a useless killing.

Just like when I throw the vase turtle down the cliff, theres a slight sense of guilt.

Although I might get affected by the poison status, should I endure and eat it? If lucky I might resist it.

Lets at least do a proper burial.

As I finished the Baby Scorpion, the Ball Rabbit which crawls out of the sand pile to run away stops moving, quietly staring at me.

Pefu

The Ball Rabbit approaches me while dragging its ear which hung down restlessly.

It seems to have recognized that I had helped it.

Since traveling alone is lonely, should I take it with me since its special?

No, however, I dont have any confidence that I can protect this fellow

If I took it, I will protect it.

These two point is really critical.

Not to mention theresDragon Scale powdertoo.

However if I leave it, it will probably be eaten for real this time.

While Im worried about what I should do, I remember the skill of the Ball Rabbit, Dig.

If the Ball Rabbit evolves, wont it be possible for it to dig underground to set up the base?

If that is the case, one of the difficult point of making underground base has been removed.

In return, I will have the evolved moon rabbit dig my base.

If this goes well, before the effect ofDragon Scale Powdertake place, we should be able to cleanly go the separate ways after benefiting each other.

If the sign of sickness starts to appear, we will separate in the middle, but I dont know what will happen if I dont try it.

Thinking about the people who had been affected by theDragon Scale powderso far, I think that the effect should be considerably slow. It might be my desire to investigate this.

I have only used thePlague breathonce, all the time during my journey.

Although I dont want to keep on having this unpleasant feeling, I want to avoid it at all cost.