I turned around and then ran back down the stairs and outside, turning to the left and heading to my place sprinting, but stopped when I saw a strange-looking woman holding a vicious-looking sword.
"Hey! Yes, you! There isn't anyone else out here!" The woman said to me with a growl.
She was short and had teal skin but darker than Mary's, and she had what I would consider being Egyptian features. The sword she was carrying was a scimitar, but the blade was jagged like a saw.
"What would you like? Keita? Is that your name? You're the Mad scientist with all the failed creations, right?" I asked, and then she threw the swords at me.
Instantly, without warning, my Totem Mark started to glow, and time slowed, and I watched the jagged scimitar fly at me. It was very elegantly crafted for all of the Jigsaw vibes it was throwing off, but I really hoped that Jilly wasn't mad and me for taking so long.
The blade still hadn't reached me yet, and I was starting
I shook my head and then walked past him without saying a word; I didn't have time for this right now."At least think about it!" Mex called as I walked into the house and found the girls waiting for me.Jilly looked tense, but the rest of the girls were relaxing on the couches. Mary was curled up with Nushi on one side of her, and the Cerberus girls were on the other side of her.I went straight over to Jilly and smiled up at her."I just need to go talk to Lidy about cooking for her after. Do you want to meet me in the bathroom?" I asked Jilly, and she looked away from me."Yes, but I wasn't waiting or anything like that, or upset, or anything like that," Jilly said, repeating herself as she turned and also walked into a table.I smiled as she made her way outside; I was reliving to see her act cute and a bit nervous, but I wouldn't tell her that. At least not when there were other people around to hear, or she would get embarrassed and up
I turned back and headed to the bathroom where Jilly was waiting and went inside to find Jilly naked and already in the water. I smiled and walked over to where the towels and soap were and grabbed a pail that was beside the stand."Took you long enough; you sure like to keep a girl waiting," Jilly said, and then sunk down into the water and started to move around in the water to get her body wet."Sorry, I had to talk to some people, but I am here now, and it is time to get you clean," I said as I waded into the water with my bucket that had my soap and rags in it."It's fine. I know that you are doing things right now, and that is a lot of work. I am almost always surprised with how willing you are to help everyone," Jilly said as I started to scrub her red shell."I am not saying that it is my job, but it is the task that I have set myself on, and I hate to see people in trouble. I am also trying to make up for my previous life where all I did was chea
"Eighteen hundred points?! And the missions start at ten points?! How many points do you have?" I asked in exasperation."None," Jilly said, still not looking at me, and I threw my hands in the air."What do you mean none?! How am I supposed to collect that much MP?!" I will have to do missions for a month straight!" I complained, and Jilly sighed and turned to me."I am sorry, I really didn't care about anything at that point and was willing to go be Doa cleaning slave, but then I met you and chased you. Now we are here, and you are cleaning me, so I am sorry," Jilly said, and I relaxed and let out my own sigh.This was not what I had expected, or really what I needed on my plate right now, but I cared a lot about Jilly, so I would make it work. She was the first girl that I met when I got here, and even though she had tried to eat me, she had become an indispensable part of my team."Okay, can you roll over and start explaining how the ranks and
I walked out of the bathroom with Jilly, and the two of us headed back outside and then back over to our apartment block."I am going to go get started on collecting supplies, but I need to take Mary with me. She has been lazy since you two had your fun last night, and I don't want to get attacked," Jilly explained as we walked."I am going to cook, and then I have to do my training with my new Totem Mark I got from Veronica the Sphinx," I said as I opened the door, but when I looked inside, there was no one downstairs."Mary will be in her room, but Lidy should be in the kitchen. Thank you for everything; I feel better now," Jilly said and then made her way up the stairs.I smiled to myself and then made my way to the kitchen, but it was empty."I sent her off to do some tasks; you can deal with her when you get back from your training," Mex said as he appeared in front of me for once."Thanks, I have a long day ahead of me still with seams
Even with the extra brain power that I could pour into worrying about Mex, I just couldn't find a reason for him to do all of this. I mean, besides the reason that he had actually given me, like him thinking highly of me and saying that I would do a better job of it.That could just be Silvery Mex sugar tonguing me up with smooth words and reasonable promises to get me pinned into a trap. There was something big in the bush, but It was only watching me, and I was almost to the first clearing where I would meet with Grogvel.It was some kind of cat, but very big, and black with red stripes. It almost reminded me of a tiger, but from hell, and a lot bigger, but I think because it knew I could see it hiding, it didn't want to attack.I walked into the clearing and then stepped around where Grogvel tried to open up the ground under me. Then I had to hop six more times before the Earth Elemental burst from the earth, sputtering in anger."Hey! Stand still, or
I watched as Grogvel started to glow a bright brown that was starting to pulse weirdly, but then I realized that it was in sync with my heart."What am I supposed to do now?" I asked the glowing rock man, and he laughed, but it didn't have any effect on me."Come and place your hand on my chest, and then we will enter into a binding agreement. After that is done, I will become your first Primal Earth Totem, and any Earth elemental Bonds you make will be held within my mark. If you had already made an Earth Bond, then that one would merge into me," Grogvel explained to me, and I nodded as I stepped forward.I placed my hand on his pulsing chest, and the world around us faded away, and the two of us were left floating in space. I was shocked at first, and my mind started racing to check to make sure that I could breathe, but I didn't need to."What is your goal?" Grogvel asked me, but he no longer had a gravelly voice; instead, it was that of a young man.
I looked around, but I couldn't find the creature, but my mind was not working nearly as fast as it was. I could no longer track the creature's movements, so I pulled out my fire saber but left the Loose-Leaf Dagger.I was unsure about this creature, and fighting fire with fire seemed like a fine idea, but Hero didn't feel the same.<Are you a handicapped child with a shiny toy? How can you actually be that stupid? I told you that it breathes fire, and it's called a Hellcat. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S MADE OUT OF?!>All right, smartypants, what do you, the all-knowing Hero, think I should do?<Use your bare hands and stop acting so stupid. It is painful to watch; just ask for advice if you don't know; stop making ridiculous assumptions! I have offered to help you; make use of it!>True, and I was going to die if I didn't start listening, and I could do fist fighting. So, I can't track him, but then how do I fight him? It's a him, right?
The flower girl had a very sparse grass dress if you could call it that. It didn't do a very good job of covering her up, and this is why I was getting yell at; better start things off a little better."Sorry, you are gorgeous, but I will try not to look at you, but you should cover yourself up if you don't want me to look," I said and turned away, but I was already trying to unsummon her.I didn't have time for this, and I needed to go to my next lesson with Wataluga."Okay, you can turn around now; I am covered. My name is Kali," the girl told me, and I did as told, but then slapped a hand over my face and shook my head.Kali was wearing a pink ski mask made out of flower petals, but she had done nothing to cover herself up."Listen, Kali, we need to get going, so I am going to have to unsummon you, for now, okay?" I asked the girl as she used her hands to cover her face more."But you just did the thing! Why do I have to go away? I could