These Familiars Are Strange

"You, just what are you?" The booming voice rang out again when the owner of the voice saw that its sandstorm wasn't working against us.

There even seemed to be a trace of panic that was in the booming voice when it said this.

It was only natural that there would be this trace of panic since the Astral White Tiger certainly wasn't something that the owner of the voice had ever seen before. Even now, I still didn't understand what the full power of the Astral White Tiger was.

The only thing that I knew about this familiar of mine was that it was very powerful when it came to manipulating elemental energy.

Other than that, I really didn't know much about this Astral White Tiger.

But right now, that didn't matter since it was enough for us to stop the enemy that was in front of us.

Though it seemed that…

"I'll let you off for now. I can't even use my full power with this avatar. Come to my castle if you dare and face me there. I will show you thieves what true despair is like."

Right after the booming voice rang out, the sandstorm seemed to become weaker.

It seemed like whoever had been controlling the sandstorm was no longer here with the way that the sandstorm weakened. It seemed that they had completely left this place because they no longer had any interest in what was happening here.

Because of this, there was a disappointed look that appeared on the Astral White Tiger's face.

It was almost as if it hadn't had enough of the sand that the dungeon boss released.

It seemed like it hadn't had its fill at a restaurant with the way that it looked.

The Astral White Tiger even looked at me as if it was asking me to chase after the dungeon boss.

I couldn't help shaking my head with a bitter smile when I saw this, but I didn't follow the dungeon boss.

After all, we certainly weren't ready to face it just yet.

The dungeon boss had said that it couldn't use its full power because this was just an avatar. This sounded like something that a villain would say just because it wasn't strong enough, but I knew that this wasn't the case.

We had been protected by the dome of sand that the Astral White Tiger released, but we could still feel the mana fluctuations that came from the sandstorm around us.

That had been more than enough to tell us just how strong the one that was controlling the sandstorm was.

The mana that the sandstorm had wasn't that much stronger than the corrupted sand person that we faced before.

For a dungeon boss to only be at this level…it didn't seem likely. Especially with the kind of reputation that this dungeon boss had. It really was unlikely that it would only be at this level.

So there was no doubt that it would certainly be stronger if we were to face it.

While the Astral White Tiger could absorb the sand of the dungeon boss, there was a limit to the level of sand that it could absorb. That was why the Astral White Tiger had formed the dome just now.

Since I was linked to it through our bond, I could tell that the Astral White Tiger had a trace of panic before receiving the sandstorm. The sandstorm was too strong for the Astral White Tiger to absorb which was why it panicked.

Though it improvised by using the sand dome to block us, it was still a sign that the Astral White Tiger had limits.

There was no telling how strong the dungeon boss could be, so it would be risky to charge at it like this.

In this situation…

"Let's go back to the battlefields."

"Huh?" Wang Rong and Iris were both caught off guard when they heard this.

As for the Astral White Tiger, it just looked at me as if it was saying, "Are you serious?"

However, I just ignored the Astral White Tiger as I said with a nod, "Let's go and clear out the Abyss Demons."

There were strange looks that appeared on the faces of Wang Rong and Iris before they looked at the Astral White Tiger. It was clear what they were implying with the way that they looked at it, but I wasn't moved at all.

Instead, I just calmly said, "It's not strong enough to face the dungeon boss yet."

The Astral White Tiger looked indignant when it heard this and it even started puffing up its chest as if it was trying to show off how powerful it was, but it didn't really make it look strong.

Rather, it just made it look cute rather than strong.

I shook my head with a faint smile when I saw it like this before bringing it down and patting it on the head to calm it down.

However, I still said, "You should know that the dungeon boss wasn't showing its true power just now. There's no need for us to rush into this, it's better if we prepare ourselves first."

Wang Rong and Iris looked at each other before Wang Rong asked, "But boss, how will we find it if we go back now?"

In the distance, we could see the traces of sand disappearing.

This was the trail of the dungeon boss that was left behind when it left.

If we didn't follow it now, it didn't seem like we would be able to find the lair of the dungeon boss that easily.

Only I wasn't worried since there was a tracker in my hand.

"It knows where to go." I said as I raised the Astral White Tiger up.

The Astral White Tiger didn't really know what was happening, but it knew that it was being praised, so it puffed out its chest again.

Wang Rong and Iris just looked at me with strange looks again, so I explained, "It was following the traces of the dungeon boss earlier, which was why it was leading us in that direction. Just trust me when I say that it knows where to go."

There were traces of skepticism on their faces, but they eventually nodded in agreement to this.