I was already walking down the stairs, and the place smelled old and musty, like walking into an abandoned house. There were no bugs or cobwebs, which didn't really make much sense considering the layer of dust on the stone steps I was stepping on.I was leaving tracks, and maybe it was just the light that was making the bugs stay away. I had already walked about three flights worth of stairs, and the tunnel was curving as I went."What am I doing?" I said to myself as I stopped.I needed to get back to the house and eat and get to bed. I had made my choice, and like the man had said, I didn't want to be late, but there was that little part of me that just had to know.I couldn't come this far and not take a look, and it had just dawned on me that the light was being impossibly shone all the way to my house. That didn't make any sense, and when I turned around, there was barely any light for me to see behind me.I decided to keep going, and at this

Finding the centipede woman and whatever little winged demon was could only mean one thing. If there were two monsters in this world, that would mean there would be more, and that made me smile.I was hoping that most of them were as hot as the bug lady was. If it hadn't been for those creepy legs, I would have beat that bug girls kitty like a red headed step child right now!I really didn't want to have to kill girls, that wasn't something I could do. I mean, I was in a new world, and I was the odd man out from what I understood, but I would have to find ways to deal with them if I had to without hurting them.Maybe I was being stupid for being this way, and it was a dangerous attitude to adopt when I knew the world would be filled with danger. I already had dropped the chance to have the easy way, and now I was saddling myself with more personal restrictions.I had to look at it in the way of just giving myself a handicap in this new life, especially af

"So, we just keep going this way… we turn here, then we just have to go this way for… I think we turn here," Mary told me as she dragged me into a big circle around the inside of the cannon area we were in.Never once did she try to make a left turn to leave the canyon, and she looked so cute wandering around that I let her do two laps before stopping her. As adorable as Mary looked, wandering around, we were literally going nowhere, and it was getting hot out."Mary, are you sure you know where you are going? I don't mean to sound like a drag, but we have been walking circles," I said to her as I pulled her to a stop.I could smell the thickening blood, and flies were starting to gather around the monster I had killed. I wanted to get out of here before the smashed head started to stink, and the smell of blood should attract other monsters, I think.I wasn't sure how to take this world with Mary's revelation that not all the monsters in the

So, whatever was over lording this world seemed to have the ability to give out systems as he chose. I don't know if I would call this cheating now that these two miscreants were part of my party, but I was paying for every advantage with attempts on my life so far."Sorry, I guess I can't kill you either with that little snake of snakes wrapped around you. Well, we have the wood, now you need to pile it! Also, are you going to burn that Troll or not?" Jilly asked me with impatience."Umm, if you can help me out, I can start the fire while you pile the wood unless you know how to cook the meat?" I questioned Jilly as I watched the hard hat slide off the top of her head and rest on her bare back just below her neck."What'sss going on?" Mary hissed up from my arms."Uck, fine, but this better be worth it! Stupid man, can't even kill him! Probably would just leave me wanting more after anyways!" Jilly grumbles as she starts to rip the planks off of the grou

After having to hold Mary under my arm and fend off Jilly with the fire sword for about fifteen minutes, turning them once, they were done. The smell of the meat was quite good, and it filled the air, so I could see why it had to keep the girls back.This was probably the best thing that either of them had ever smelled. The bit of human in each of them yearned for the complexity of flavor.Eating fresh meat was probably second nature to them and every other monster. If they could all eat it raw, why would they try to cook?Now, I grabbed some burnt point short spear that I used to skewer the steaks. I was tempted to give Jilly hers right away in payment for trying to kill me, but instead, I spent five minutes running around waving meat sticks around while holding Mary off.I was trying to cool them off, but Jilly took it as me running away. Instead, being the intelligent centipede, she was had decided not to chase me. Instead, she grabbed one of the hot s