Reborn As An Evolving Monster



"Stop talking." Elisa warned as the Wind started dancing around her Weapons.

With a horizontal swing,

Slash-

"Phew..." The Commander whistled as he jumped up. "Almost looks like Sword Aura."

The Lioness opened her mouth wide while the enemy was in the air.

Ice Spike-

Ice Spike-

Ice Spike-

"You're not the fighting type, are you?" Elisa asked as the Commander landed on the ground safely.

The Commander seemed surprised for a second.

"Look who wants to talk now." Lin chuckled as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm not the fighting type. I'm more of the... Make them give up type, you know?"

"Yeah well..." Elisa bent her knees slightly. "Good luck with that."

She leaped forward with great speed.

'With the Effects of the Corruption decreasing thanks to Mark and due to Raven, my body has gained some of its power back. Especially...'

Blink-

Elisa suddenly appeared behind the Commander.

But the latter was quickly turning around, which filled her with surprise.

Still, she was prepared for that.

Elisa swung both her Timeworn Elven Daggers down, and Lin rose his arms defensively.

The Gauntlets around his wrists and forearms were enough to stop the attack but,

'It's still... Lighter than I had expected-'

A powerful kick landed on the Commander's left side, forcing him to cough.

His face winced as he was about to go on the offensive.

But Elisa had cautiously started moving her center of gravity backward even before that.

She jumped with a backflip, revealing a hidden Ice Spike that was quickly approaching.

Determined to keep the attack hidden for as long as possible, Elisa jumped at the last moment and as low as she could.

The Ice Spike barely missed her back as she bent her body.

"Petty tricks." Lin sneered.

But just as the Orcish Fiend extended its arm to block the Ice Spike, three arrows were shot.

'Would you look at that.'

Elisa's feet slid on the ground as she landed due to the backwards momentum.

'Drawing first blood. Not bad for someone so useless, huh?' She thought to herself, a slight smile on her face.

"You really..." Lin lowered his body towards his knee. With one swift motion, he pulled out the arrow that had pierced through the lower portion of his thigh. "Don't want to make this easier?"

Elisa's eyes narrowed.

"Why the obsession with making it easier?"

"Why? It's simple..." The Commander said as he straightened his body. "I don't want to fight."

"Ha? Then what do you-"

"You're not from here, are you? Mm. That's to be expected since you're a Dark Elf."

Her eyebrow twitched.

"What would that have to do with anything?"

"This is Sloth. We like to make things easier. For things to go smoothly without having to work too much or too seriously. Now..." Lin cracked his neck. "I have a job to do so-"

"And my job is to keep you from... Doing whatever it is you plan on doing."

The Commander's shining eyes turned cold.

The calm Aura around him started flaring up, causing the ground below to crack.

"Even if that means going against a Demon Lord?"

The Aura emanating from him was powerful.

The Status he exuded was an imposing one.I think you should take a look at

Gulp-

[The Title "Commander Of Sloth" is staring at you.]

Demon Lord.

Generals.

Commanders.

Soldiers.

The structure of the hierarchy that ruled a Demon Lord's Army was something that Elisa was familiar with.

In front of her stood a Commander.

In a way, it was one spot above the Lowest Grade, the Soldier Grade.

But at the same time, it was one spot below the General Grade.

'In the past, this kind of pressure...' Elisa clenched her teeth. 'Would have been far from enough to impress me, let alone tremble...' She bit down on her tongue, and a saltiness permeated throughout her mouth. 'I hate it.'

[The Title "Commander Of Sloth" awaits your answer.]

"Yes." Elisa declared as she made her Timeworn Elven Daggers spin in her hands. "Even if it means going against... A Demon Lord." 

Lin's eyes widened, and the Commander's Aura seemed to explode around him.

'...!'

The difference in pressure, in Status, in the Aura exuded, it was way too large.

Too sudden a change.

So sudden, that Elisa's body took a step back without paying attention to her mind or thoughts. 

"Don't think too much of this." The Commander, shrouded in a deep greenish Aura took a step forward. "Those who make our job harder, will find their job becoming harder. Get it?"

Elisa tightened her grip over her Timeworn Elven Daggers.

She bent her knees slightly.

Despite the fact that her every instinct was telling her to run away.

The Commander took another step forward, cracking the ground below once more.

Only then, did Elisa realize.

It wasn't simply the ground cracking.

The tall grass all around them had lowered themselves under the pressure he exuded.

The tall grass itself, kneeled in front of him.

In front of Lin, the "Commander Of Sloth".

"You're making my job harder... When I'm this slothful. Plus, you're doing so on my Territory. You really..."

Elisa's body forced her to take another step back.

Krista, who stood a dozen steps behind Elisa, had already collapsed to the ground. Her legs couldn't hold her weight under such pressure.

"Don't know a thing, huh?"

The Commander bent his elbows and,

CLANK-

The Gauntlets that covered his fists collided, producing a shockwave that made the Wind run away.

'Stop... Stop it... Now... Isn't the time...' Elisa told herself as her gaze moved to her right leg.

A leg that wouldn't stop shaking.

A leg that refused to move forward.

Crack- Crack-

The Earth was giving up under the Commander's Aura.

Nature was bending and kneeling in front of his Status.

And the Wind itself, was running away from him.

"Then... I'll assume this is it, okay?" Lin sneered.

Elisa's lips parted, but no words exited her mouth. And of course, none would.

There was no air around her.

The Wind had already run away.