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
I wasn't going to be able to finish if Wataluga kept this up."Come on, tough guy! I thought that you would be speedrunning the entire time!" Wataluga teased me, and I started to move faster, using my anger as fuel.I had started off fine; the Water Totem helped me find the easiest path for me to travel through the heavy water. Then Wataluga must have sensed that I was doing too well, and the pressure and roughness of the weather increased tenfold.Now I could barely walk, but I was jogging now and pushing myself to my limits. I had so many things that I needed to get done; that meant that failure was not an option."You can do it!" I heard Kali call out from the back of my mind, and that made me smile a bit, and I pushed forward."You just don't know how to quit, do you?" Wataluga asked after he condensed his body back to his standard water man form.I was panting, but I had completed the training without stopping after what had to have bee
I started to run, and every step felt easy, like I knew exactly where to step and how. It was relaxing, and I was able to focus on Hero and what would be considered the bigger picture.<The other ones like me are on different worlds, in different places; that part isn't easy to explain and is unnecessary. We all have the same goal, we raise up heroes or villains; whichever is the prevailer, but I am sure you can assume that not all gods are like me.>Oh, you mean that the other ones aren't as rude? Just kidding, I'm listening, and that makes sense; keep going; we are almost at Fireden.<Why do we do this? He told us that we needed to complete this task to move on, and He brought us here from the last worlds.>I slowed down as I got closer to the Fire Lake crater's edge, but just how many times have you done this?<four lifetimes ago, one point two billion ascended humans will become energy-based beings and then be offered a choice by
"Don't give up!"I dug my fingernails into my knees and shook my head, fighting through the dizziness and nausea. Kali's voice echoing from the back of my head had brought me back, but not the stress was fading, and so were all the feelings that it brought.I was finally able to sit back up straight and look back at Fireden, whose smile was set to crack his face in half. Now the Fire no longer bothered me, and I was able to sit in peace as I waited for the Fire Elemental to continue."Fire, Water, Earth, Air, these are the four that you have met, but there are three more. The Element of Life is Light, for where there is light, there can be life. The same is true for Death, the Element of Shadow. While some can survive without it, in a place where there is no light, there is no warmth, and nothing can survive. Basic information, I know, but these elements act in the same way as they behave, which is important to know when dealing with them," Fireden explained, an
What made a soul worthy? And what was a soul? Is mine worthy? All questions that I would not be asking this person called Time.I needed to think about this, and I caught myself before asking if there was a time limit. That would be just like me; get all prepared and then mess up without even thinking.Time would have no meaning to a person like this, so I should have as much as I need, but that didn't get me any closer to answering the question that I was asked. I needed to ask him a question, but there was only one thing that I really wanted to know after Hero had talked about the Dragon Nuts Booby-kai tournament, or whatever it was called."If I am chosen, and you deem my soul worthy, what is it all for?" I asked, trying to be specific, but not at the same time.Time was silent, and he did not speak right away. I was left to wonder if I might have offended him or something; considering he was called Time, I thought he might be a faster thinker.
Fireden's mark covered my right arm with flaming tribal lines that were red at first but then faded to black. While this was interesting, my mind was waiting to hear what Hero's response would be, but he wasn't talking.I looked down at my burnt shorts and then shook my head. There was no point in putting those back on, and I needed to get going.My talk with Fireden had lasted a lot longer than I had anticipated, and now the sun was starting to make its arch down. I kept both Water Totems active and then started to run.I no longer felt the heat or cold as things that affect my body. Instead, I could feel the heat and cold around me. I could sense monsters in the area, and I could make out some of them, like the green eyeless lizard things that were staying clear of me, but there was something more significant than the smaller creatures.Whatever it was, it was coming for me, and it was big. I decided that now would be an excellent time to pick up the pa
It was time to face the only one of the four that I considered an opponent. The other three had been my teachers, each one of them preparing me for this, and it was going to be a fight.Each time I had been getting better, but something about this time said he was going to be serious, and I couldn't see him anywhere. I didn't take out any of my weapons. Instead, I prepared myself and opened myself up to the area around me.I could feel him moving around me; Windorf was circling me, looking for an opening. I wasn't going to let him have it, and when he finally made his move, I was ready.Everything happened in slow motion as I turned and slapped the fist away and then drove my own fist into Windorf's solar plexus area.Windorf drove an open palm down onto my fist and pushed it to his stomach, where he absorbed the force and then jumped back, but I could read him now. I followed him, pulling my fist back as the two of us leaped in the air, and the moment th
"My daughter is what you might call a horrible and intolerable child that is next to impossible to get to do anything or to listen. I ask that you take good care of her if you decide to take her on. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her, and I have not been able to handle her," Windorf explained, and I gave him a raised eyebrow.If you weren't able to do it, what makes you think that I will?" I asked, and Windorf nodded his head."I don't think you will, but Mex does, and he is one of the very few people's opinions that I respect and will listen to. Mex believes that you are something different, and all of our tickets back to Gardania. Once we are back there, I will ask you to find the mother and try to talk some sense into her!" Windorf said while shaking his fist, but I shook my head to the last part."I will take you and your daughter there, but I will not be forcing anyone to do anything. If you force a useless parent to be good so they can get their chil
“No, sex isn’t needed, I don't think, but I won’t turn you down if that’s what you want,” I chuckled, and Mati rolled her eyes.“I was just asking a question, pervert. Let’s get going before something big comes and-”“...Tells you that you are in their territory?” A deep and rumbling voice asked from behind, finishing Mati’s sentence.Both of us turned around to see the biggest sea turtle I had ever seen. Its skin was jade green, but its shell was covered with colorful coral that had a large number of different colorful fish swimming around it.The fish looked pretty tasty.“It’s a turtle!” I exclaimed with delight.“This is The Jade Reef of Death. He really doesn’t like me, but his fish are really tasty! Want to get a snack?” Mati asked, and I looked between her and the big friendly-looking turtle.Then it opened its mouth to reveal point jade teeth, and my eyes went big.“You think that I am going to let you?!” The jade turtle roared and dove at us, but I had already selected a new
“Let me go back and let someone know where I am going, or they will all come looking for me,” I said, trying not to stare at Mati's breasts that seemed to have a mind of their own.“Sure, and they are pretty entertaining, aren’t they? I get lost sometimes watching them flop around when I swim!” Mati laughed as she grabbed her breasts and jiggled them around, and I nodded.“Can’t blame you for that. They are a nice pair, but you are pretty good-looking yourself,” I laughed as we swam to catch up to the front of the ship.“Sounds like you are hitting on me,” Mati said, giving me a sideways look that I returned.“Glad to see that your ears work,” I chuckled as I swam to the dome and then slapped myself on it like Mati did before.Mati joined me, and Mex was down there waving to us with Nushi, Jilly, and Lizy. I was surprised that Kieta wasn’t with them, but she might be nervous after all this time.“Where is my kitten? Did you leave her behind?” Mati asked from beside me.“Kieta? I expec
Once inside, I pressed the button, and the elevator started to take me up to the top floor, where Lidy was sleeping in my room. I looked around and sniffed, but all signs of our fun were gone; all evidence cleaned.I was curious if that happened on its own or if someone was cleaning up after me as I went? That would not be likely, but I never knew. A good number of people had nothing to do, but I wasn’t giving them orders.Hell, I didn’t even know where half the people that had joined us were. Numerous Demons had come with us, men and women, but I hadn’t placed them.There was a ding as I reached the top floor, and the door opened. I headed out and turned right to the ladder that went up to the hatch, but it was different now.I climbed up and had to spin the wheel that was on top of the hatch to get it opened. When I opened it, I half expected the water to rush out and then sink the ship.What was on the other side of the hatch was hard to look at without wondering what the fuck was
I remember Mex telling me about Mati, but seeing her now was a bit surreal pressed up on the glass. She was Kieta’s friend, so it might be nice to get her to come to join us, but getting to her was a problem.“That is quite the sight,” Fireden said thoughtfully, but I sucked all four back inside of me at once.“Hello? Can you hear me?” Mati called from the other side of the glass, but I could barely hear her.“Yes! Give me a minute, and I will come out there!” I shouted, and Mati gave me a webbed thumbs up.I turned, jogged out of the room, and headed straight for the front of the house to get to the control room. The moment I entered the small room, the door opened, but Keri wasn't in the booth.“I anticipated that you would be coming to see me. We really need to get an intercom set up. I was going to come to talk to you about her, but I assumed you would come to find me first,” Mex said as I walked up to the map area I had been in before.“So this is the Mati that you were talking a
I marched down the stairs till I got to the bottom, trying not to stomp my feet as I went. I turned and headed to the kitchen and another to the glass-domed area.I closed the door behind myself and went to sit down in front of the glass, crossing my legs. I had really let that woman get to me, but Machariel’s attitude was out of line.*Wataluga: Do you mind if we join you, or would you prefer to be alone right now?*“It’s fine,” I said out loud, and all four of my elementals emerged from the Totem Tattoos on my body.“Well, that bird is a hard one to swallow!” Grogvel laughed, making Wataluga vibrate, but the rumble felt normal now.“You can say that again,” I groaned, staring out into the blue.“You can’t fix them all, but I think each of the women has their own degree of trauma. This Machariel seems to have the same story as most Demon women. Taken advantage of by a stronger male. It can’t be easy for them to live knowing that and then be hunted after for something you didn’t choos
After getting on new shorts and a t-shirt on, helped Lidy dry off the bed and change the sheets, I left her to nap. I gave her a kiss before leaving and a promise of more later.Once I was outside the room, I paused for a moment and closed my eyes. Lidy had changed, but there was no change in her status card other than her race.That was now a Five-Tailed Shadow Cat, but nothing was displaying what kind of abilities she had. I was curious what that meant, but I had told Harold that I would leave him alone for a few days.I searched out the different girls through my senses, but all of them were gathered in one place that I couldn’t put my finger on. That must mean they were in one of Mex’s areas and would all be with Beeno.I headed downstairs, but a door opened when I got to the first floor below me. The leader of the women's circle stepped out with a scowl on her face.Machariel had short blue hair that almost looked like she had a bowl cut and four-inch horns protruding from her fo
I leaned down, looking into Lidy’s blue eyes, and little tiny pink hearts were pulsing where her pupils should be. Above her dripping hole, the black tribal-like tattoo that prevented her from having more than one child sat.I wasn’t sure if that also locked her as a Demon, but that was something to ponder another time. I leaned the rest of the way down and kissed Lidy softly as I pushed my cock into her wet hole.The feeling of her tight pussy, and passionate kisses greeted me like an old friend as Lidy moaned into my mouth. I pulled Lidy’s arms from her legs and pushed them down on the bed above her head, pinning them down.“Mmm, that big cock feels so good inside of me,” Lidy moaned as I started to kiss down her neck.“I missed filling your holes, and this is much better than the freezer room. Wrap your legs around me,” I instructed, and Lidy smiled and did as I said.Once her legs were tight around me, I let go of her hands and then wrapped my arms around her. I picked Lidy off th
The blade of my blue sword bent and twisted around the chain, hissing as I was forced to duck. The chain hissed over me, and I switched to my Water Pact, activating the Force and Sphinx Totem.I spun and ripped the whip out of Lidy’s hand, but a Greatsword appeared from the wall beside her. The moment that she gripped it, electricity flowed over the blade in sparks.“Oh, come on, Kieta! Give me a greatsword too!” I roared, and a plain greatsword spat out of the wall.I picked it up as Lidy laughed at me, dropping my wave sword. I had planned to one-hand it, but the sword was remarkably heavy.I switched to Earth Pact and swung the sword quickly. I activated the Gog Totem, and flames ran up the blade, but now Lidy had a second greatsword.This one had water running around the blade like a chainsaw, and I growled as I looked at my sword and then my other arm.“Monsterize!” I roared, and my body turned blue, expanding like Lidy’s but bigger.Lidy dropped her swords, turned purple, and th
“She seems excited,” Lidy giggled as we walked over to the door that Kieta had just walked through.“Leave her be. Keita will come to me in her own time, not like I don’t have enough else to do right now,” I said as I pushed the door open to find a small room filled with monitors and panels with more displays. “Wow, You really spiffed this place up!”“I worked for a privately contracted weapons research facility before you blew up the known universe. Once you got up top to deal with the sea witch, I got all my memories back of who I was then. Now I can create some pretty wild things thanks to this thing that you gave me,” Kieta said, pointing to her eyes that were a series of moving cogs like the inside of a watch.“I guess making computers and things like that aren’t really much of a problem for you then,” I laughed, and Kieta’s cogs rolled around in her head.“I could build a computer from scratch before I left grade school when I was fourteen. I didn’t need these eyes for that. The