"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 world were terrible, but instead, they like humans. If that was the case, then I would have to look at each monster case by case, which would make my rise to the top that much more difficult.
"Umm, I think I might be lost," Mary said while blushing.
She was also twirling one of her snakes with her finger and starting to get a bit rough with it. I had to grab her hand to stop her before she actually hurt the poor thing.
She was strangling the poor thing, but I kept her fidgeting hands busy, holding mine. I found it weird that she didn't know what she was doing, but maybe she was really frazzled right now.
She looked embarrassed, and I racked my brain on what to do. Mary was blind, and she had no sense of direction, so I hadn't expected much at first, but if she wasn't guiding me, I didn't want to go slow.
I started to get hungry now even more, and I was sorely tempted to cut one of the rock man's legs off. I had almost everything that I would need, but the thought of him having a face did put me off; new world or not, it would be weird.
"Okay, that's okay, but I don't want to leave you here alone, and I want to move faster. So, two questions, first Can we eat that rock-man thing that I killed? It had a big rock shell and was pretty tall," I explained to Mary as she was slowly inching herself closer to me.
"No, they taste awful and will give you a stomach ache, and then you just end up puking up anyways," Mary said with a disgusted look that screamed with familiarity, but that made sense, she would have to eat what she could get, but that made another question push its way out.
"Did you eat it raw, or did you cook it?" I asked her, and her disgusted look turned to one of befuddled confusion.
"K-ook, what is this? You can do something else with the meat?" Mary asked, somehow grabbing my hands again as she did.
I was starting to think this whole blindness thing was pretty suspect, but the circles we had traveled in and the embarrassment Mary had show said it was real. Who knew or cared at this point, but their not being cooking in this world was beyond strange.
It could just be said in a different word, and maybe there were a bunch of words that don't line up. That, or Mary's blind ass had just never seen it happen because of the obvious.
Then again, this was a world filled with monsters that had no problem eating each other. So, it could just be that there has been no need for cooking, or only a select few races had the ability.
"Have you ever put the meat over a fire before? And then try to eat it?" I asked and was pretty shocked when Mary reeled back, hissing at me.
For a whole entire fraction of a moment, I saw what kind of true terror she could have been if she had been born with sight. Mary's snakes wreathed her head, and all pointed their sightless eyes on me, and Mary scolded me in a deadly voice.
"Suu doesssn't burnsss the meatsss!" Mary hissed at me, and that was the end to her menace.
She was adorable when she got all riled up, and her hiss lisp came out, but I could tell she was upset. Thankfully I didn't need to hide my gaping grin, but I tried to explain myself to get her to calm her swaying tits down, no matter how much I liked watching them.
"I don't burn it, I make it taste better, and it makes it easier to chew. Plus, you can get rid of the stuff that makes you sick by cooking it long enough," I explained to Mary, and she slowly lowered herself back down in front of me.
"You can make the stinky meat so we can eatsss it?" Mary asked, letting a cute excite his escape.
I was no chef, and no, I did not plan on teaching the monster world how to cook, but it wasn't hard to barbecue a steak. I nodded to Mary but then smacked my forehead with the palm of my hand and spoke up.
"Yes, but I don't have anything to use for fuel to make a fire, we need some dry wood, but I haven't seen anything since I got here. Maybe there might be something up top, but I don't have the skills to free climb a wall that tall," I explained to Mary, and she looked disappointed, but then I froze.
I heard multiple slow clicks coming up from behind me, and my skin started to crawl all over my body. I slowly turned around to find Jilly, The Oomukade moving towards me slowly.
"I might be able to help, but it will cost you! Also, hello my little Mary, has this man been doing inappropriate things to you without me present!" Jilly said accusingly to me with triumph, but I could tell that she was a bit winded.
"Aunty Jilly! Thank goodness you are here! I got lost, well, I got both of us lost," Mary said in a whiny voice different than she hadn't used before, and now she was pushing past me to go to the Giant Centipede woman.
Oh, this was just great; of course, the looney tunes would come as a pair. What next? Wait! I was just kidding! I don't want to know what Next is, I pleaded with an unnamed god that probably didn't exist.
Someone was laughing.
"You two aren't related, are you?" I asked as Mary hugged Jilly's abdomen.I shivered a bit as all the little golden legs braced Mary, but she was giggling from it. I was still keeping my distance; I didn't like to be tickled."No, this little blind vagrant is just someone I see quite often in these parts. I have tried to eat her numerous times and almost was killed each time by freak accidents. So I decided to just leave her be; I also suggest not trying anything that she doesn't like," Jilly warned me.Interesting, so Mary had some kind of protection thing that made chance work in her favor. That would explain how a blind, cute, and defenseless monster has survived so long in this world.Jilly had also just confessed to trying to eat Mary on numerous occasions like it was nothing. Looks like there were conflicting views here.On one side, there was Mary, who couldn't see the world and all of its ugliness, but she assumed that most people were goo
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
I got the fire started with minimal risk to my life being applied. Jilly had thrown a couple of the long boards at me, but they went wide, completely missing me."Look, the more you mess around with your vain attempts to kill me, the longer it will take to get the meat down," I said as I walked over to the fallen Rock Troll that I had killed."Mmm, maybe, but you have yet to show me anything that would make me less likely to want to eat you," Jilly said while looking at me hungrily and licking her lips.I ignored her; I was already having enough trouble as it was concentrating with Mary on my back. She had started licking the back of my neck, and I was having trouble staying focused as I walked over to the corpse.This was the hard part now, and I needed to get the meaning of this thing quickly before Jilly decides that she doesn't want to wait for the meat. This woman was getting worse and worse as time went on, and I didn't want to keep relying on Mary
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
< Don't be stupid this time, and hear me out. If you plan on having these girls around you and you don't want to become lunch while you sleep, you had better listen!>Jeez, this guy was forceful, but I wasn't ignoring what he was saying. There was an excellent chance that he was right, and it would only be a matter of time until Jilly figured some way around Mary.<Good. Now, My name Herotipanlopolis, Great God of Heavens Ninth Gate of Oberomian. You can call me Hero, but I am the ruling god of this world.>You just made that up, didn't you?<I can wait until they kill you if you would prefer. Then I can reopen the gate and hopefully find someone more willing to accept the gifts that are bestowed upon him!>Fine, you're right. I am being a bit of a turd, and I do need your help. So, lay it on me; what is this fancy and unique System that you have for me?[Ranching System] Activated![Level Up] Level 1 gained!
"Jilly! Stop!" I called out, but it was too late to stop her.Suddenly, as I ran, my vision was filled with what must have been at least fifty little white borders and black windowed messages. Each and every one of them read the same thing in rapid succession, and then the air was filled with yipping, then all hell broke loose.[Spine Nailer]x69Suddenly, balls of fire, ice, and green smoke-looking stuff that I could only assume were poison gas began firing off in all directions. I ran and tackled the tall Oomukade by her centipede body and knocked Jilly to the ground.Jilly's attack stopped, and she turned on me, but I was already crawling up her smooth body to pin her down. She had not been able to see the fireball that had just passed where her head had been seconds after I had tackled her."Oh, isss this more meatsss?!" Mary asked as I was now moving up Jilly's waist."No, and you can't go running into a fight like that!" I scolded Jilly
"I sssmell bloodsss! There mussst be meatsss" Mary and her snakes hissed, and one of the snakes tongues went in my ear, making my eyes go funny as I had a minor body spasm."BAH! Mary! Stop letting your snakes hiss in my ears!" I said to her as I caught my balance."Sssorry, I isss ssstill hungry. Feed me pleasesss!" Mary hissed excitedly, and I wiped the drool from her cute mouth, making her smile.I turned back to the three-headed dog and wiped Mary's spit on my pants. The dog looked in rough shape and would need to be cleaned up, and some of those wounds may be sewn up."So, are we going to eat it, or are you just going to stare at it?" Jilly asked as she leaned down to me."Can you go put more wood on the fire, and I will cut up some more of the troll when I am done here, okay?" I asked, and Jilly threw up her hands but then clicked off to tend to the fire, mumbling as she went."Stupid man, thinks I am his slave, just wait until he is s
I dropped off the girls on the rock I had been sitting on before to cook the meat. It wasn't cold, but the girls had been shivering, so I figured this would be the best spot for her while I cut more meat up."Are we going to cook her alive, Or do you want me to kill her?" Jilly asked me as two large twenty-centimeter golden curved blades shot out from under her hair.Bera and Cera were both burying their faces in my chest as they grabbed at me in fear, and I couldn't really blame them. Only Riez had the balls to look Jilly in the eyes and her face blades."Stop it! I am taking care of her, and you will go find something to do while I get this meat ready, or I'll…." I trailed off as I looked up at the sword face. "Just leave the girls alone. They have already been through enough, and I am going to get more meat to cook. Please go find some more…."[Monster Girl: Riez, Bera, and Cera] Is now in your care![New Title]: Monster Nanny