Reborn As A Tentacle Monster - Chapter 31 Friend Or Foe?

Zed was finally at a balance with his new evolution. He decided the best option for him was to befriend this new xenomorphic alien creature. If he didn’t then soon it would consume him as it did to so many others who sought out power beyond the gods themselves. Zed realized that maybe he wasn’t the only one was reborn as tentacle monster. But he could be wrong. So far, this world was full of a magical and ancient beast that seemed to be spawned from the environmental conditions they lived in. The first layer had a normal cave-dwelling beast such as goblins, orcs, and slimes. The second colder artic layer contained yetis and a basilisk snake, there were probably more creatures in this layer could withstand sub-zero temperatures. This final third lava layer contains replies and dinosaurs species who might have been spawned from the lava rocks below. Out of all the layers this one was filled with the most fearsome and deadly beast to roam Zareth. Zed had a hunch that strongest beast dwelled here. After his near-death experience with the Thunder Raptors, he knew that Zareth was hell incarnate, not a wonderland. He vowed to use his system index to its fullest potential. He didn’t want to up like the foolish adventures and cultivators who get slaughtered by stronger beasts.

“Althera can you hear me? Are you there?” Zed taps on his forehead with a rude motion.* The witty A.I didn’t response, not even a chime, ding or ring was heard.

“It’s useless, she will only hinder us. Your friend is gone. I have now taken over as your true dark system.” Says Zeds blackish tentacles as they continued to eat away at the thunder raptors torn up and lifeless bodies.

“Althera is not gone. I will bring her back eventually. Unless you agree to work together with me that is.” Said Zed as he camouflages himself to hide from the nearby humans. His humanoid body turned invisible and blended with his environment.

“I already told you mortal. I side with no one. Not even that sadistic bitch Battle Maiden.” His tentacles replied as they crossed their arms or tentacles. Whatever.

“Who is Battle Maiden?” Zed asked quietly as he inspected his next victims of humans or rather his next meal. That’s if he wanted to kill them.

“She is one of the Great Rulers of Zareth, a ruler with godly powers and magic that far surpasses the gods. But I don’t care about power. I eventually take everything in this world no matter the host.” Zed’s tentacles wrath around and swallowed the final meat chunks of the thunder raptors.

“How about we make a deal. If we side together, then I find a way to release you from your prison. You won’t have to rely on a host anymore.” Zed said as he started to arrange his skills from the strongest to the weakest.

“Really now? Haha! I like your tenancy. Fine, you have yourself a deal. But if you don’t hold up to your bargain then I will devour you.”

“Wait Zed! Don’t listen to him!” Screams out Althera, but she was quickly silenced by the symboite alien tentacles that wrapped over her mouth in Zed’s mindscape.

“Be quiet! Insignificant creature! Do not listen to this worthless female. Boy.” Hisses Zed’s tentacles.

“Was that Althera’s voice?” Zed thought as he looked at his own hands.

“Never mind that voice. What shall we do with those five humans? I think we should kill them quick and clean before they find us.”

“First let me give you a name. By the way thanks for saving my life when I was about to die by the thunder raptors.” Zed sticks out his hands for a handshake.

“What are you doing get your filthy hands away from me.”

“Come one I won’t bite. All you need to do is connect with my hands with your tentacles. We humans call it a handshake” Zed smirks.

The blackish tentacles slowly went upwards and went for a quick handshake, “Like this human?”

Zed quickly moved his hands away from his tentacles, “Too slow.” He grinned and begins to laugh.

“I will slaughter you in your sleep! I tear out your eyeballs and tongue and then pull out your brain from you mortal mouth!”

“Alright, Symbo calm down.” Zed used regeneration to its maximum output. His ‘lesser’ symbiote tentacles went inside his wounds and began to repair his muscle fibers at a rapid speed. Zed almost felt like he was immortal. To regenerate broken ribs, seal up wounds, and gain back blood in only seconds was just too powerful of an ability!

“That’s not my name!” His bigger symbiote tentacles on his spine growled in anger and disgust of such a stupid belittling name.

“It is now. Let’s get going. I still need to find that powerful mana source. I can find the answers I am searching for if pinpoint that strong mana source. For now, we should blind in with these humans. I mean blend. Fuck.” Zed instructed Symbo he as scanned the nearby enemies by using [all-seeing eye] to see through the cave walls.

Zed’s third-eye eyeball on his forehead opened wide and began initializing the stats of the adventurers.

[3 Males and 3 Female adventurers spotted!]

[Jaune Skyarc] – Class: Archer Lvl: 15

[STR:10] [ATTK:20] [AGI:-10] [M: 8] [HP:50] [DEF:20] [CP: 15]

[Seron Wolf]- Class: Witcher Lvl: 25

[STR:47] [ATTK:50] [AGI:55] [M: 60] [HP:100] [DEF:50] [CP: 50]

[Daoko Yin]- Class: Cultivator Lvl:20

[STR:30] [ATTK:33] [AGI:24] [M: 5] [HP:70] [DEF:40] [CP: 44]

[Crimson Rose]: Assassin- Classified Information

[Winter] Class- Witcher- [STR: 30] [ATTK: 35] [AGI:55] [M: 70] [HP:100] [DEF:30] [CP: 30]

[Kara Fang] Class: Ninja Information overload.

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“That’s some in-depth information. You know, especially the part when it says classified information and information overload!” Zed growls to himself. He hated incomplete information. As a former scientist that shit makes him go mad. Not that he already is.

“Can we just eat them already!” Symbo loudly suggests in my mindscape.

“Hey! Cardin come over here buddy there are human footsteps and it leads over here towards that cave den.” Seron points over to where Zed was hiding.

“Yeah, yeah I coming over let just finish taking a fucking piss.” Says his friend. The voice sounded so familiar to Zed.

“Cardin? Is that really him? That fucking bully?” Zed’s eyes opened wide, his tentacles angrily wiggled around when they heard that name.

“So, what’s the plan!?” Symbo yells louder than before in a more demonic voice.

“HeyBe quiet. I am thinking.” Zed has the widest and most sinster grin on his face.