Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

"Hmm hmm hm~"

To be honest, Herbert has always been quite tempted by Ophidia’s body—in the culinary sense.

It’s really not Herbert’s fault.

He’s just doing what any man would do.

There’s no way around it, Ophidia’s materials are simply too enticing, making it impossible to resist.

The fact that he managed to hold back until now shows a lot of restraint.

Before this, Herbert had encountered two Epic Level Monster Girls, both of whom provided him with incredibly powerful abilities.

Luhier doesn’t need much elaboration; that Fallen Angel’s Feather granted him the ability to gain strength from slaughter, preventing him from weakening in battles and making him increasingly strong.

Developed properly, the value of this ability rivals the transformation from a native resident into a player who can farm monsters for experience.

It’s truly like building steps upward on the corpses of enemies.

Moreover, Herbert hasn’t indulged in mass slaughter; his kind heart has kept him from fully utilizing this miraculous power.

Yet even so, Herbert managed to acquire a robust physique that’s nearly immune to elemental damage through rampant hunting in the Mist Mountain Range.

In fact, he gained far more than just that.

During the campaign in the City of Radiance, even many Divine beings overlooked a particular hidden detail.

When the Sun Goddess borrowed Herbert’s body to slay the God of Assassination, Herbert experienced a significant surge of experience thanks to that Slaughter Power.

Though the lion’s share was rudely grabbed by some brute, and another greedy creature secretly pocketed most of the rest, a portion still belonged to Herbert.

Even though it seemed like leftovers after being divided, it was still a trophy of god-slaying, an impressive bounty for any mortal.

Herbert was then rudely subjected to the Ascension Ceremony by the indifferent Sun Goddess, leaving him in a special state where he hasn’t fully digested that power.

Once Herbert’s Ascension Ceremony is completely finished, it will also be the time for him to fully digest that bounty, bringing about an ’Epic Level’ enhancement in all aspects.

He eagerly anticipates that day.

As for Lukalia, initially, Herbert struggled to find the opportunity to acquire materials, which troubled him for quite some time.

But after agreeing to let Lukalia assist him, Herbert seized the chance and secretly asked her for some fragments of her body mirror.

Then, right in front of her, he put on a curious expression and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowing them down.

This abstract action shook Lukalia greatly, adding an ’eating disorder’ tag to her record of Herbert.

Herbert isn’t an eating disorder where he likes to put anything in his mouth.

He’s just really into ritualistic moments.

Although Nenasha had often reminded him that with her power recovering, Herbert no longer needs to personally ’taste’ Demon materials.

But Herbert thought that since he had done it before, he might as well continue doing it; he can’t miss the ritual’s feeling.

That’s why he’s definitely not someone who likes to try everything!

And after ’Herbert tries Monster Girl,’ he successfully gained the ability he had expected.

The mirror shards unexpectedly provided the Mirror Demon’s signature ability ’Mirror Shuttling,’ granting him the ability to move through mirrors.

For Mirror Demons, this is an innate ability since birth, consuming minimal energy, almost negligible.

Although Herbert couldn’t navigate the mirror world as naturally as a native Mirror Demon, he could still be called a ’Mirror Walker’ with this ability.

He could leap and shuttle between different mirrors, linking two mirrors he touched by hand, enabling super long-distance travel with extremely convenient costs.

This ability just happened to solve his biggest issue, making connection with others no longer difficult.

Additionally, it greatly expanded his range of activities, increasing the hunting and gathering range of Monster Girls by dozens of times!

Both of these Epic abilities made Herbert very satisfied, feeling that the early efforts were worth it.

Legendary Level abilities differ widely, mainly offering short-term power boosts, noticeable right away with stark improvement.

Whereas Epic Level abilities tend to focus on the long-term, seemingly offering no short-term benefits, but their long-term gains are incredibly terrifying.

While musing over this, Herbert’s mind flashed to another Epic Monster Girl.

Speaking of which, after Valentina advanced, it seems like I haven’t acquired her materials again.

"If I nibble on Valentina again, won’t I also gain a new Epic Level ability?"

Theoretically, Valentina is now a new Epic Level Monster Girl, her lineage having been enhanced.

So if he acquires Demon materials from her once more, will it also grant him new abilities?

"Well, practice is the only criterion for testing truth; I’ll go ask her for some hair later."

["Ha!"]

Upon hearing Herbert’s murmuring, Nenasha sneered coldly, disdainfully commenting:

["Why do I feel like you simply want an excuse to nibble on her hair again?"]

So many high-sounding reasons, yet all to bite her hair.