She knew who they were. She just left them alone as she couldn't cross, but they tried to take her food. And those insolent things even tried to attack her. She couldn't open it herself if the door was to close, so she pinned it so that it would not close. Chrona left it open so she could eat the offspring and jump in afterward.

Chrona then snapped her offspring's neck. Chromat was killed instantly and Chrona began eating it at once. Chromat was a giant, but so was Chrona. Chromat was absorbed quickly into Chrona's body. Chrona frowned as she felt her body changing afterward. Dragona grew in power by molting, but Chrona consumed her offspring to become more powerful. Yet eating such a fool didn't seem to increase her power too much. She wanted to watch it over 24/7, but her offspring wouldn't grow powerful if it did not live in dangerous conditions, so that was why she tried to stay far away. It was all because of them. Chrona decided to release her anger within the sphere. It felt like a better idea to walk in, clean out the area, and claim it as her territory, rather than fighting over this small land with the other two. Chrona ran toward the sphere and saw something unexpected.

Some strange monkey was slicing up the red monsters. It even erased the pin she made to keep the door open. The sphere was now closing, but Chrona looked at the monkey. It wasn't because it had her tooth that she gave to her guard. It was because that monkey was able to kill her guard. Chrona was really surprised. He still had few more barriers to pa.s.s, but he would become as strong as her if he did it. He was walking down the same path she had walked down thousands of years ago. To become a different being. That was why Chrona became interested. If she made him her guard and ate him when he grew a bit stronger… she would gain unimaginable power. Then she'd be able to defeat Dragona and Liona and then run up to the north. Chrona destroyed all the red monsters charging at her and approached the monkey. The monkey watched Chrona without making any moves. Chrona felt the urge to eat it now. She felt like she would become more powerful even with the monkey in his current state, but Dragona and Liona would attack her at once. She held back her urge and decided to ask him. If she threatened him with fear and reward, he too would succ.u.mb to her will.

Chrona felt pain coming from her face. It was the first pain she felt after hundreds of years ago when she fought Dragona. Chrona then realized what happened. It was the monkey that smacked her face.

It was powerful, but it wasn't enough to avoid her senses. Then Chrona turned to the red sphere. It was now fully closed. The monkey smacked her in the face and disappeared through the hole.

Chrona came back to her senses. It wasn't a good idea to fight against Dragona or Liona here. She also needed time to digest her offspring, so she began running back toward the Great Forest. She was greeted by a more frustrating scene.

There were traces of people that ran through the Great Forest. All the Six-Horned she had been raising in her territory had been killed. Chrona was enraged. This humiliation was something she had never felt for thousands of years.

She chased after the tracks, but the intruders had long pa.s.sed the Great Forest. She had wasted too much time. She didn't want to chase after them out of the forest, so she began destroying the Great Forest.