After saying that, Damien transformed into his leopard form and darted out from the tree hole.

Irina squeezed further against the snake body, touching him and saying in a trembling voice, “Curtis?”

Quite a while later, the python moved his body and made two hissing sounds.

This tiny bit of movement caused Irina to feel a lot more at ease.

The leopard pounced on the scorpion beastman on the tree trunk, tossing him to the ground, then immediately darted into the tree trunk. After a round of fighting, a battered scorpion was thrown out from the tree hole.

“Growl!”

After dealing with the threat on the tree, Damien stood under...