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 after the way I had acted and cheated in my old life. I was only thirty, and really in the prime of my life!
So, giving myself some restrictions was good for me, but I wouldn't restrict myself to doing other things with the women if they were willing, hehe. This was a whole new world that I could get strong in, but I wouldn't have to fight monsters all the time, right?
I was coming up to an open part of the light grey rock walled canyon. The area was filled with bolder, and many other smaller rocks, and was about thirty meters in diameter.
At the opposite side it shrunk back to at the other end, and the canyon continued on. I looked to the left and right, and there were openings for paths just like the one I had just come from on both sides.
I turned back to notice something that looked like a shaking rock up ahead of me, and I got excited. Whatever this rock thing was, it was moving, so it was alive, and must be a monster!
Finally, something that I could try swinging a fist at, but I slowed down as the creature stood way up. A four meter tall man made out of stone that looked dark grey and jagged stood up with a shell of stone on its back.
I started to rethink how I was going to face this situation. The rock thing stood on thick heavy rectangular boulder boots, and its hands were covered the same.
The thing looked mean and grouchy and dangerous, but its elbows and knees weren't protected well. It also wasn't made completely out of stone, so I started to let my mind absorb everything to figure out a plan; I wasn't taking psychopede as my partner.
"What do you want, little man?" The rock man asked me in a slow and halting manner like he was missing some stones upstairs.
"Just passing by, and you look a bit out of my league, but I need to get by, so do you think I could sneak by?" I asked, trying to buy myself some more time.
"Hmmm? You just need to pass me?" The ugly-looking rock man pondered as he put a ground with his hand on his chin. "Sure, if you don't need to fight, then that's just fine; I don't mind at all."
I watched as the troll stepped back with a bow, but I could see the unrestrained grin creeping across his ugly human face, and this guy was a bad actor. I started to walk and act like I had no idea he was about to kick me.
I was insulted that he had the nerve to pull his foot back before trying to swing it forward, but I had already scoped a stone up off the ground. It was about the size of my head, and pretty heavy, but my new strength made it feel a lot lighter.
*Whoosh!*
The feeling and sound of the foot just barely missing made my clothes flap around, but I had just stepped back casually, seeing the foot coming in almost slow motion. I laughed as I turned around fast and hucked the rock at the kneecap of the leg still on the ground.
Whatever this thing was, it had thin elbow and knee joints, and they were just as weak as a humans. The shot I fired struck the monster and sent it tumbling to the ground.
I grabbed a bigger rock with a rough thirty-five-centimeter diameter, and walked over to the roaring and whining monster. This Rock man thought he was a wise crack, hmmm? I would be putting an end to this bastard's dirty tricks.
"What have you done to me! You broke my leg! Now, what am I going to do? This is all your fault, and now since I am hurt, I activate a quest to force you to go on a quest to help me!" The rock thing cried out in an agonized but victorious voice.
Nothing happened, and I continued walking forward, but the idea that doing a quest for someone would make you stonger was dumb. So that's what that minor bullshit system was, a way to suck me into random missions instead of just fighting monsters and getting stronger.
"Wait! You are supposed to be stopping! Why do you have that rock?" The rock man said as I got closer to him, raise the rock over my head.
The scream was cut off fast, and the rock made a squishing and bone-grinding cracking noise as it tore flesh and broke the creature's face. Blood sprayed, and chunks of flesh, broken bone, and brain matter squished out the sides from the force and size of the rock.
I stood all the way back up, and I did feel like this was a bit better now, finally getting a bit of natural adrenaline pumping inside of me. There was nobody to take care of, just me trying to get to the top of this monster-filled world without using some dumb cheat system.
"Essscoose me, I ssseem to be lossst," a sweet hissing voice asked me from behind.
I turned around, and I looked at the beautiful face of a woman with snakes for hair. The woman's grey clouded over eyes. Yeah, I think I just lost The Game.
I wasn't big on monsters, but I was sure that I should be a statue right now—snakes for hair, snakes body from the… hips down. I looked back up into Medusa's gray eyes, still not getting stoned… was she blind?"Umm, hellooo?" The cute Medusa asked again, and I finally spoke up."Yeah, I am right in front of you," I said, not really sure what to say at this point.How was she still alive? What kind of Monsters survived if they couldn't do what they were supposed to?"Ooo, what are you?" She asked, slithering forward.I didn't move, but I didn't let my guard down either. That would be a great end, killed by stupidity."I am a man, just a human man. Can I ask how you are blind and how you survive while being blind? You are blind, right?" I asked as the cute girl ran hands over me, not seeming to mind the fresh gore or the old crusty stuff."I can be pretty good at avoiding getting in trouble, and my lovelies can smell
"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
"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