《Another Isekai》 Chapter 1- The life of an Isekai protagonists begins Cups of instant noodles and bags of snacks covered the floor of a dark room. The only light source in this hole of anxiety and depression was a monitor with a single young ¡°adult¡± sat staring at it. (Writer¡¯s notes: No this is not your room you degenerate). ¡°Hah, I¡¯ve finally done it¡± The 18-year old smiled exhaustedly. His face which normally housed a bored expression, showed a tiny glint of triumph as he thrusted his can of soda into the air. Aaron dropped his empty bag of chips to the ground and spoke to the void. Aaron: I¡¯ve completed all 127 episodes of JuJu¡¯s weird trip in one sitting. They said it couldn¡¯t be done, they said ¡°you need to sleep at least 8 hours a day¡±, they said ¡°you should get a life, this is unhealthy¡± but look at me now! Heavy bags sat under his eyes and contrasted with his pale skin. Chugging the last of his energy drink, while spilling some onto his black hoodie, he continued. Aaron: Hmm, what now. Its 3 a.¨C¨C He opened the curtain and was blinded by the sun in the sky. A sight he hadn''t seen in while. Aaron: 3 p.m. and I need food. He leaned back in his chair contemplating what flavour ramen he wanted. Truly the toughest decision of the day so far. Aaron: Pork and soy sauce doesn¡¯t sound bad¨C AHHHHH He leaned a little too far and went tumbling to the floor. He crashed with a thump and groaned in pain. After the impact, he rubbed back of his head. He focused his eyes and returned to his normal unamused face. Until he looked around. The floor was chilly and smooth. His prized chair had disappeared leaving him on a snow white floor. He looked forward and saw a lady dressed in traditional clothing. Aaron placed his hands on the floor and cautiously raised himself up, trying to make sense of the situation. Lady: Oh, that was fast. ahem. Welcome to the afterlife! She smiles and places her hand on her chest Lady: I¡¯m Cris, goddess of life and I¡¯m here to¡ª Aaron: HOLD UP, THE AFTERLIFE. Cris: Yes, the afterlife Aaron: HOW THE HELL DID I DIE! Cris: Oh, it seems that you ¡­*heh*¡­ fell of your chair and hit your head. Aaron: What. Cris: Yup. Aaron: THAT¡¯S HOW I GO! I fall down after an anime binge then DIE! Cris: pfft heh. Aaron: You just laughed didn¡¯t you. Cris: No. Aaron: The goddess of life is laughing at me. Was I really that pathetic? Aaron loses the light from his eyes and sheds a single tear. Cris creates a table out of light and uses it to support her hand thats holding her head. Cris: Anyways¡­ since you died so young, the gods here want to give you a second chance to prove your worth. Aaron: Oh, so I don¡¯t get to go to heaven yet. Cris: HAH, like you were going there. First you¡¯ll be reincarnated into a new world and have to prove how good you are as a person there. Aaron: I see¡­¡­and what proof do I have of you being a goddess? For all I know this could be an overly intricate pyramid scheme. Cris waves her right hand revealing a paper fan from thin air. She then waves it around creating strong gusts of wind forcing Aaron to shield his eyes as flowers bloom all around the two, changing the landscape from a barren board, to a blossoming orchid. The petals of every flower sing in harmony, creating a melodious song that would bring a tear to the eye of any musician. Aaron: Hmmmm ¡­¡­.. yeah ¡­¡­¡­..still not convinced. Cris: Okay then.¡­ Maybe I should reveal some interesting facts about you then. Cris materialises a hardcover book from thin air and starts reading from it. Cris: Let¡¯s see here¡­¡­. Full name: Aaron Codin Age: 18 Occupation: none Remarkable life achievements: none Personal taste: Although on many occasions he claims that he would only find 2d waifus attractive, he deep down secretly knows that he would take any opportunity to make someone his girlfriend as he has been starved of any form of meaningful contact with the opposite sex for a long time Friends:None Aaron: Okay you can stop now. Cris: Thoughts in the past minute: ¡°I actually believe that this lady is a goddess. However, I simply wanted to test how far she would go to prove herself¡± Aaron: Yeah, I get it. My bad. Cris: ¡°I want to see if she would have bent down on her knees, look me in the face while slowly pulling down my pants and start¡±¡ª Aaron: OKAY! I BELIEVE YOU! WE CAN STOP IT THERE! NO NEED FOR FURTHER PROOF! Cris smiles smugly as she closes her book and makes it vanish into a ball of light. Aaron: So, whats up with the entire reincarnation thing? Cris: Ah yes, the world you¡¯re about to be transported to is known as Eden. It¡¯s based on Tabletop Role Playing Games (TRPGs). The world is currently threatened by monsters and demons alike. Magic is prevalent and I¡¯m sure you know the gist of it all. You must help in the attempt to slay the Demon Lord that threatens the land. Aaron: So none of the religions got it right, but anime did. Cris: You mean those fairy tales you humans fight about and worship daily? Aaron: I can¡¯t tell if you¡¯re referring to the religion part or anime part. Cris: We leave you guys to evolve for a few centuries and this happens? Aaron: And what if I don¡¯t try to fight the Demon Lord? Cris opens a portal portraying a red landscape. Screams of pain escape from the hole in reality. The sound of tortured souls engrave themselves into Aaron¡¯s mind. Fire and heat pour out of the portal as do the sounds of rocks falling and bones crushing. Cris: Simple enough, you¡¯ll go to hell. Aaron: Oh¡­¡­.. So basically, what you¡¯re saying is that I have to be an Isekai protagonist Cris: I mean I guess, but its not exactly like how you think it will turn¡ª Aaron: I get to be an overpowered MC with a magic sword! Go on epic quests to save the universe! Have a harem filled with every single fetish! AND A BEACH EPISODE! Cris: Assuming you¨C Aaron: THERE¡¯S NO TIME TO WASTE. I can finally be the badass hero I¡¯ve wanted to be! His exhausted face now smiling ear to ear. Cris is however not amused. Cris: Are you even listening to me or should I smite you¡ª Aaron: THIS LIFE SUDDENLY TOOK A TURN FOR THE BEST Cris: Since you¡¯re not listening I assume you don¡¯t need anything Aaron: Actually yes one thing. Could you pull down my- Cris: Ok bye. A bright light engulfs Aaron as he looks up expectingly. He thinks to himself. ¡°This is going to be great!¡± But, he would soon find out that his thoughts were going to be quite wrong. *FLUSH* Walking out of a cubicle that could only be described as a hole with earthen walls. A teen in a black hoodie stepped out, breathing in fresh air. Something he hadn¡¯t done in a while. (Writer¡¯s note: You should probably get some fresh air too) ¡°Thought reincarnation always had a wagon and was more ¡°You''re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there¡±, toilets are not my first thoughts when summoning comes up.¡± He walked into the streets that were reminiscent of any medieval fantasy setting. Stone roads with vibrant green trees on sidewalks filled with cheerful citizens. Tall stone walls protected the small area. And the major landmark of the town, a huge water fountain in the centre of it all. ¡°Haha, this is amazing!¡± Aaron made his way around town. Stopping by taverns, and visiting the local market. Sitting in the park and inspecting the library. But, most importantly, he arrived at the adventurers guild. Aaron: If I¡¯m going to be sent to a fantasy RPG world, why wouldn¡¯t I be an adventurer! The teen who hadn¡¯t seen the sun in the past week gleefully spoke these lines. Aaron stepped through the enormous wooden doors. The scene was straight from a fantasy tabletop RPG. So just imagine an adventurer¡¯s guild and you probably have good idea of what it looks like. Wooden floors. Lanterns hanging from the walls. Drunk adventurers eating and partying in a corner. A counter with beautiful receptionists answering any queries. And the infamous notice board filled with quests. Aaron: Hi, how would I go about becoming an adventurer. Guild Lady: Oh, are you sure you want to be an adventurer? Aaron: Why wouldn¡¯t I be? Ah yes, the boy who had skin so pale that it was questionable if he knew what the outdoors looked like. The teen who wore a black hoodie with grey sweatpants. Who else could have been the perfect image of an adventure? Guild Lady: No reason! The guild lady smiles but secretly knowing that this will not turn out well. She then opens a drawer revealing a stack of blank cards. Each card looked as if it had aged for decades. She pulls one out carefully ensuring to only touch the sides of the thin sheet. Guild lady: Please, place one of your fingers on this card. Aaron: Oh, like this? Aaron outstretches his index finger and places it gently on the card. Suddenly a blinding beam of light emanates from the card. Words burn and engrave themselves onto the card creating intricate patterns. A sketch of Aaron¡¯s face details itself onto the top right corner. A final flash of colour occurs and the card is filled with writing. Aaron: HOLY SHIT! THAT¡¯S SO COOL! Guild Lady: Ummmm, didn¡¯t you see this when you were filling out any other forms? It¡¯s used by a lot of inn¡¯s and legal documentation. The only way you wouldn¡¯t have seen this is if you were a shut-in who never left they¡¯re house? Aaron: Ah, y-yes of course I¡¯ve seen it before. It¡¯s just that it felt extra cool this time, that¡¯s all. A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°Ah, I see. Shut-in N.E.E.T.s are a universal constant, even in this fantasy world¡± (Writer¡¯s notes: N.E.E.T.s stands for Not in Education, Employment, or Training) The guild lady smiles at Aaron¡¯s weak attempt at covering up his shock and awe after seeing what is not too uncommon of an event in their world. Aaron reads the card carefully as the guild lady prepares a small sack behind the counter. Name: Aaron Codin Class: Rogue Strength: 6 Dexterity: 12 Defence: 6 Intelligence: 14 Charisma: 8 Luck: 8 Skill/Spells: None Proficiencies: One-handed weapons, Improvised weapons Aaron: Hmm, my stats seem pretty good! Guild lady: Ummmm¡­actually, the average stat for a commoner like me is 10. Your most notable stat is Intelligence followed by Dexterity. I would have assumed that you would have been a mage with that Intelligence but your Charisma is too low too cast any high level spells. Aaron: Ehhh. Aaron¡¯s face was left in mixture of disappointment, shame and disbelief. Guild Lady: As far as proficiencies go, you are proficient in improvised weapons which some people naturally start off with, but you¡¯re also surprisingly proficient at using one-handed weapons as well. Tell me, how did you gain such proficin¡ª? Aaron: That is not important. Aaron recalled all the hours spent playing with his ¡°sword¡± alone in his room. The guild lady ties up the sack she¡¯s been working on and seats it on the table. Guild Lady: Right! Here¡¯s the beginning equipment for a rouge. A short sword as its damage is based on dexterity rather than strength, a dagger for throwing or just for general use, a coin pouch, and 2 health potions. Aaron: Hmmm, a rogue. The cool hooded figure who disappears and reappears at will. Dealing fatal blows that end enemies in a single hit. The badass hero who makes all the girls swoon with a snap of his fingers. Aaron strokes his chin thinking about the possibilities of still being the cool hero he¡¯s always wanted to be. Guild Lady: Uhhh..rogues are commonly seen as untrustworthy cheats who will try and steal everything from you. Most people try to distance themselves from rogues due to fear. Rogues also usually end up as criminals and assassins because its more lucrative. They get extra bonuses to dexterity based activities like sneaking and pickpocketing so they¡¯re usually the first one suspected of doing a crime.There actually aren¡¯t many rogues in the adventurers guild because they¡¯re usually too edgy and pretentious to be useful in teams so they¡¯re shunned out of groups. Aaron: Ohhhhhhhhh..¡­ Aaron¡¯s dreams come crashing down. His wish to be in a team of hardened heroes. His dream of relaxing with his harem in a hot tub. The thought of having people offer him special discounts for his heroic deeds. All of that destroyed. Guild Lady: Anyways, do take quests from the notice board over there. There¡¯s usually a permanent quest to slay monsters around the city. Bring some monster parts back and we¡¯ll reward you! Aaron: Oh, will do¡­¡­.. Aaron leaves the guild as the guild lady waves at him to say goodbye. Guild Lady: I hope he doesn¡¯t die The guild lady quietly whispers to herself. Aaron continues his journey to the outskirts of the town. Lush greenery and rolling hills as far as the eye could see. This sight was near impossible to find in the urban landscape of Aaron¡¯s previous world. And there was only one thing going through Aaron¡¯s mind at the sight of such beauty. ¡°WHY ARE MY STATS SO LOW! Is it because I lived the life of a weeb! Never leaving the house unless a new game was out, never moving a muscle other than clicking on the next episode and stuffing my face with chips! Aren¡¯t heroes like me supposed to be strong and overpowered! Chosen by the goddess of life herself to carry her will! Shouldn¡¯t she have given me some waaaaay too OP power that can¡¯t be tamed! Supreme magic affinity, super strength or inhuman reaction speeds! Most of the guild lady¡¯s stats are higher than mine dammit! Aren¡¯t isekai protagonists supposed to be cool like K1R1T0 from SAO or A1n2 00a1 G0wn from 0V3RL0RD. Then why do I feel like Na15uk1 5ub4ru from R3:Z3R0 instead! ALSO what the hell is up with the rogue stereotype! They always show them as the cool badass on TV at home! What the hell did the rogues in this world do to bring down the rogue name! Couldn¡¯t they have just been DECENT people!¡± (Writer¡¯s notes: I don¡¯t know how strict Japanese copyrights rules are and I don¡¯t want to test them. You should be able to guess who these people are and what anime they¡¯re from though.) Aaron: Well, none of that matters nows. As long as I get to kick some monster ass this can all be worth it. Aaron¡¯s eyes dart towards a rustling bush. He places his sack down onto the ground and prepares. Aaron: And it looks like some monster ass is coming right this way! Aaron unsheathes his sword and points it towards the bush. A blue slime comes out of the shrub and slowly makes its way to Aaron. Aaron gives a battle cry as he attacks the slime. The sword cuts into its blue body, leaving a trail. Aaron: HAHAH, how does the might of the goddess of life¡¯s chosen one feel! Radiant blue numbers appear above the slime head. The numbers roll until it reaches a specific value. Aaron: Is that a damage counter? This world really is a TRPG huh. {-4HP} Wait, really. THAT¡¯S ALL THE DAMAGE I DO! Aaron tugs on the sword so he can pull it up and make another strike. He pulls with all his might but it doesn¡¯t budge. More text appears and hovers above the sword. {Strength check:FAILED} ¡°Did the slime just overpower me?¡± The slime pulls the short sword away and engulfs Aaron¡¯s foot. The acidity of the slime¡¯s body starts to hurt Aaron¡¯s foot making him grid his teeth in pain. Red text appears next to Aaron¡¯s head {-2HP} Aaron: HEY! Aaron flails his leg to try kick the slime off his foot. {Strength check:SUCCESS} {-2HP} The slime goes flying and lands splattering all over grass. Aaron walks over to the puddle of goo to look for loot. All he finds is blue jelly. As he approaches it, a label pops showing the name of the object {Blue gel} ¡°Eh, I¡¯ll take it as proof for the adventurers guild¡± He stuffs the jelly into his hoodie pocket and re-equips his sword. He notices a burn mark where the slime had attached onto him. More rustling comes from another bush and Aaron readies his sword once again. Aaron: That slime wasn¡¯t too hard too beat. Let¡¯s see what you got! A wolf jumps out of the bush and rushes directly for him. Aaron: Hah a wolf, you¡¯ll be just as easy as the slime before you¡ª The wolf jumps and lands directly on Aaron¡¯s face. Its claws dig into his skin. {-5HP} Aaron: AAHHHHHHHH! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFFFFFF!!!! Aaron tries to pull the wolf of his face. His hands gripping on as hard as he can. Aaron: OW OW OW OW! {Strength check:FAILED} {-5HP} GET¡­¡­OFF¡­¡­YOU¡­¡­.SON¡­¡­OF¡­¡­A¡­¡­BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH! In the heat battle, the wild wolf¡¯s face started to scrunch up. But not because of Aaron¡¯s grip. Aaron realises this and his eyes widen in fear. There were only 2 words he could muster up in this predicament. Aaron: Please no. The wolf uses its {Stench Attack}. A horrible smells wafts throughout the field. A brown nugget falls directly onto Aaron {Defence check:FAILED} {New skill unlocked} Aaron uses the skill {Projectile Vomit} and launches the wolf off. {-3HP} {Status effect:Resolve Down} The wolf runs off leaving a defeated Aaron to cower in self shame. Though the encounter ended, there were no winners¡­. Looking on the bright side, Aaron unlocked a new skill! Chapter 2- If only harems were real It was a bright sunny morning in Eden. The adventures guild was buzzing with life. Some where eagerly choosing quests from the notice board. Other¡¯s were already drinking and shouting, sharing their adventuring stories with the masses. The atmosphere was energetic and spirited. Then there was Aaron who had his head laid on a table in the cafeteria, staring longingly at a his half eaten piece of stale bread, creating an aura of depression that affected everyone around him. ¡°I have no gold at all.¡­ I sold off the blue gel yesterday but since blue slimes are so easy to kill I only got enough money to buy a piece of bread¡­.¡­ Aren¡¯t I supposed to be a hero renown across the land. Strong enough to take on the Demon Lord himself¡­ Then why, WHY am I getting wrekt by level 1 wolves. Why does it feel like that wolf would have called me gay if this world had a chat function. Why does it feel like that wolf went home placed that clip in his pro play compilation video on his youtube account ¡°x_XPu55Y_5LAY3RX_x¡±.¡± Aaron released along sigh of depression. ¡°Well at least I learnt a new skill yesterday¡­..¡± Aaron pulled out his adventurer¡¯s card taking a good look at the skills section. Skills:{Projectile Vomit} ¡°Actually, what the hell is {Projectile Vomit}. How is throwing up an ability used by heroes to slay beast. Do you fucking expect me to kill the Demon Lord by throwing up on his fiery ass.¡± Aaron continued to mop around for a few more minutes. His face was comparable to that of child who had just put down their cat. There was no warmth in his obsidian eyes that were smushed onto the unforgiving, cold wooden table. He closed his eyelids and started thinking ¡°I need money¡­¡­. Killing 5 slimes got me 5 gold. I saw a guy bring in a single wolf pelt and earn 5 gold¡­.. So if I can kill a wolf I can earn 5 times more ¡­. I can¡¯t take down a wolf myself though, so I either need to grind a ton or make a party. But what kind of dumbass would want to party up with the shit smelling rougue with the charisma of¡ª¡± Aaron opened his eyes and his calculations were interrupted. There, lying on the table in front of him, was a girl munching ferociously on his stale bread. She looked innocent, as if unable to harm even a fly! She wore a white metal chest plate paired with a heather shield on her back who¡¯s grey edges jutted out from her sides. Her long flowing snow white hair, that partially covered the shield, constantly got into her mouth as she eat the stale loaf. Not that it bothered her. ¡°I found my dumbass¡± Aaron: Who the hell are you? White haired girl: Ish notsh really importansh unlessh you¡¯re going to gib me more breadsh. Aaron: Why are you eating my bread. White haired girl: Itsh notsh like you were going tshu. The white haired girl spoke with her mouth full whilst spilling crumbs onto Aaron¡¯s face, barely being able to form audible words. Aaron paced around the table to approach the girl from behind. But she simply rolled onto the table holding onto the food as if it were a rugby. She took the final bites of the bread and then licked her hands to finish of any remaining crumbs. Aaron: So¡­¡­did you have any troubles fighting monsters in the field yesterday? The girl continued to lick her fingers White haired girl: Not really. Not everyone got pooped on like you Aaron: WAIT YOU SAW ALL OF THAT!!! White haired girl: The place you were fighting at wasn¡¯t too far from the walls. Most civilians passing by the outskirts could have seen you. The adventurers there couldn¡¯t stop laughing so no-one was able to help you. Aaron: eh-h-h-hhh-h Aaron lets out a long groan as he reevaluated his will to live. The white haired girl had just finished her food. White haired girl: So do you have any other foods you can give me? Aaron WHAT THE HELL MAKES YOU THINK I¡¯M GOING TO GIVE YOU FOOD! And that¡¯s besides the point! I gave you that bread, so now you have to help me grind some wolves! White haired girl: I don¡¯t want to be next to someone who¡¯s going to get pooped on. Aaron: Please stop bringing that up. My self-esteem can only go so low¡­. White haired girl: Also, one more thing. What makes you think I¡¯m going to party up with you? Aaron smiles at this comment. A smile that showed nothing but pure malicious intent. Its as if the devil himself was staring down on the girl. Aaron: You may have heard this, but rogues get bonuses to dexterity based checks {Dexterity Check:SUCCESS} Aaron pulls out a pink coin pouch decorated with flowers. Aaron: And fun fact, pickpocketing is dexterity based The white haired girl¡¯s eyes widen in fear as she realises the situation she¡¯s in. She leaps off the table and attempts to tackle Aaron White haired girl: GIVE IT BACK YOU MEANY! Aaron pulls out the girl¡¯s adventurer card out from the pouch and starts to read it. Aaron: Let¡¯s see¡­ your name is Silver Weiss AND you¡¯re a the knight with high strength and defence. Woah! Silver: HEY, DON¡¯T LOOK THROUGH IT! Silver tries to nab the card away from Aaron¡¯s hand but he moves them away faster than she can react. The best way to describe the situation would be that one TV trope where the the tall guy holds up the toy that the really short guy wants but can¡¯t reach. Aaron: And how much gold is in this bag. Hmmm ¡­8¡­.12¡­.22! Not much, but its better than nothing. While Aaron was distracted with counting, Silver was able too nab Aaron¡¯s own coin pouch. Silver smiles, dangling the brown coin pouch while putting on a smug tone. Silver: HAH. What? Are you too afraid to say anything now that your own precious pouch is stolen. Hmm, I can¡¯t wait to buy some delicious food with this hard earned cash. Silver opens the bag and her face drops to disbelief. Aaron simply returns the smile she gave him moments ago as repayment. Aaron: Oh, did I not tell you? That doesn¡¯t work on me. BECAUSE I¡¯M BROKE!!! Aaron laughs manically at his victory over Silver. The young girl falls to the ground crushed, dropping the empty coin pouch. It¡¯s as if the world disintegrated around her. Aaron continues to rub his victory in her face. Aaron: Oh wow, I¡¯m sure my rogue friends would LOVE to buy this adventurer cards. Think about all the ILLEGAL jobs they could do with a fake ID! Or even better! How about I just sell this off to a brothel, and see which one of THEIR worker¡¯s would like to have a cover name! Trust me. This name will be FAMOUS soon! Silver: Please, no. Aaron: AHAHAHAHAH MUAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! An hour or so later Aaron: Wowwwwww! Thank you so much for volunteering to accompany me on this adventure! Silver: You¡¯re really rude aren¡¯t you. Aaron spoke in a voice so sickly sweet that it gave him cavities. Silver on the other hand, was annoyed to her wits¡¯ end and had a pout that could only be rivalled by Miku Nakano. The two of them were walking through the outskirts of the town to find a nice spot to grind monsters Aaron returned to his regular unamused tone and continued Aaron: It¡¯s not like you had a party of your own anyways. And seeing how you eat any food you find, most of the adventurers at the guild wouldn¡¯t be too happy with you on their team, would they? So you should really be seeing me as your saviour because I was gracious enough to add you to my team. Silver: I don¡¯t remember saviours stealing other people¡¯s belongings and threatening them with the defilement of their name. Aaron: Yeah well, no one really cares about the methods. Just help me out today and I¡¯ll give you your card back. The two reach an open area with a few bushes and tall grass. It was decently far away from the town walls, just so the other adventurers wouldn¡¯t be able to see in case another ¡°incident¡± happens on Aaron. The teen with the black hoodie unsheathes his sword and points it towards a rustling bush. (Writer¡¯s notes: No, not that swords you perv) Silver pulls off the shield from her back and readies it in front of her Aaron: Wait I just realised, don¡¯t you have any weapons? Silver: Did you just insult this beautiful child! Only wimp¡¯s like you would use swords. Silver starts to stroke and pet her shield as if trying to soothe it from Aaron¡¯s mean words. The rustling becomes louder and more defined. Coming from the right, a wolf jumps out of a bush and charges right for them. Silver: Stay behind me and get ready to attack it. ¡°Ah, I see. She¡¯s only using a shield because she¡¯s entirely defence based! Its kind of fitting for her to not want to hurt monsters. She¡¯ll block the wolf¡¯s charge then I¡¯ll counter attack it. It looks like I¡¯ve hit the jackpot! This is team up is a perfect combo! She can defend me while I deal damage with my sword. It seem like the goddess of life ACTUALLY cares now! Maybe there¡¯s still a chance for my harem! Or a single love interest is fine with me. I can¡¯t be picky since Cris herself gave this chance to me. She looks to be the perfect innocent girl type like 3milia from R3:Z3R0! This could be it! The REAL start to my Isekai adventure! I CAN FINALLY BE THE BADASS HERO I¡¯VE WANTED TO BE-¡°Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. Silver roared at the top of her lungs, scaring everything around her. Including Aaron. Silver: EAT THIS, YOU WOLF PIECE OF SHIT!!!! ¡°Then again, R3m was best girl wasn¡¯t she.¡± Silver charged forward leaving Aaron behind. The defenceless Aaron stares at the white haired girl as she sprints towards the wolf and starts to wail on it with her shield. Aaron: huh?¡­.. WEREN¡¯T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DEFENDING ME WHILE I DEALT THE DAMAGE! Silver: What kind of pussy ass bitch needs to defend, WHEN YOU CAN PUNCH THE FUCK OUT OF THE ENEMY! Silver continues to bash her shield directly into the wolf that is pinned under her as Aaron looks on, unamused at the scene in front of him. Maniacal laughter escapes Silver¡¯s mouth as she puts on a twisted face of glee. ¡°Really. REALLY CRIS! THIS IS THE SHIT YOU GIVE ME! Wasn¡¯t she wayyyyyy less vulgar a few moment ago. Calling me a meany rather than any other curse word. With a cute innocent face too! SO WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!¡± Aaron sighs and reluctantly accepts that this is the ¡°Tank¡± class he got stuck with. ¡°Well, at least her strength stat is high so she can deal a ton of damage¡± Aaron looks towards source of the psychotic shouts and looks at the text displays coming off the wolf {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} ¡°Please, don¡¯t tell me. PLEEEAAAASSSSEEE DON¡¯T TELL THAT¡¯S ALL THE DAMAGE SHE CAN DO. It¡¯s because of the shield isn''t it. It will reduce any damage you try deal, won¡¯t it. Of course it does. BECAUSE ITS A GODDAMN SHIELD!¡± By this point, Silver had turned the wolf into a pile of blood and organs. She stood up, casually wiping off some bits of flesh stuck on to her snow white chest plate. Dabbing off some sweat from her temples with her forearm, she started to speak. Silver: You didn¡¯t help me take down that wolf at all! Wasn¡¯t it you who wanted to go on this quest. Silver crossed her arm around her chest and pouted Aaron: If you saw what I saw, you too would want to stay back. She complained as if the conversation were a small dispute between friends while Aaron kept a 30 feet radius of comfort. (Writer¡¯s note: You keep this amount of distance with regular people too, don¡¯t you.) Aaron: You have a shield, why don¡¯t you defend me exactly!? Silver: This precious child isn¡¯t meant to be used for defending others. Why would it? Its a super strong weapon made for slaying dragons! Aaron: IT DEALS 1 DAMAGE! Silver: And what¡¯s your point? Aaron¡¯s eyes twitch in pain at the stupidity he¡¯s faced with. Despite this, the innocent girl continues to hold up her shield and admire its perfect form. ¡°Does she get a hard on from that shield or something! Well whatever it is, having her in my party is better than grinding by myself. I¡¯ll try search for new teammates later, but for now I¡¯ll have to deal with this.¡± Aaron: Whatever, use any weapon you want. Another bush started rustling and out came another wolf. Aaron: Alright, my turn to fight. THIS IS REVENGE FOR LAST TIME, WOLF! Aaron runs and slashes the wolf with his short sword {-4HP} The wolf finches in pain. Aaron pulls his sword upwards to deal the finishing blow. He remembers the humiliation he faced because of yesterday¡¯s wolf. The cold night he head to endure. The extreme regret he had as he replayed the scene in his mind over and over again. All because a wolf took a steaming dump on him. Just as he aligns his sword with the wolf''s head, Silver bashes him to the side with her shield, knocking Aaron to the floor. {-1HP} Silver: YOU CAN¡¯T ESCAPE ME, BITCH! Silver punches the wolf with her shield and follows up with a full shield body slam. {-1HP} {-1HP} Aaron: What the hell! Silver stands up and looms over the flattened corpse of the wolf. It¡¯s mangled face still deformed from the shield¡¯s pummelling. Blood was splattered all over her shield leaving stains that were proof of her psychotic behaviour. Silver: Oh, whoops. That was my kill you tried to steal so I pushed you out of the way just a little. Silver smiled as if it was a slight accident. Aaron: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR KILL. I HIT IT FIRST! Silver: But it was in my punching distance. Silver payed no heed to Aaron¡¯s protest. Aaron placed his hands on the grass beneath him and started to get up. He then heard a noise coming from around 30 feet behind him. His eyes locked on to a blue slime that slowly made its way towards them. Silver: I¡¯M SLAPPING THAT MOTHER FUCKER FIRST! Silver runs and steps on top of Aaron¡¯s face. She uses him as a jumping board and propels herself forward towards the wolf at full force. The poor boy¡¯s eyes go white as a large, red footprint engraves itself into his face. Silver thrusts her shield into the enemy with the same force as before. {-4HP} {-1HP} ¡°She did more damage to me than she did to the slime¡­Her shield is limiting her damage output isn¡¯t it. Her personality also changes everytime an enemy appears while her shield is out¡­. How many mental illnesses does this bitch have?¡± The two adventurers fought in the secluded area until dusk. With each hour that passed, Aaron grew a bit more worried about the real monster he was stuck with, the one who was wielding a shield. As the sun fell and the moon rose, the enormous wooden doors of the adventurer¡¯s guild opened revealing two adventurers. One with blood and gel stains on her snow white armour, and the other wearing a black hoodie with a short sword slung on to his lower back still keeping a fair distance from the delicate girl. The two headed to the guild lady and received their reward for their monster slaying, then they sat down at a table for dinner. Silver: There, you got 13 gold coins. Now I¡¯ve done my part, SO NO MORE BLACKMAILING! Aaron: Hmmmm.. it could have been more gold if we had more proof of our monster slaying¡­. Silver: That¡¯s not my problem is it. Aaron: WE DIDN¡¯T HAVE PROOF BECAUSE YOUR SHIELD TURNED EVERYTHING INTO A RED MIST. Silver: Yeah, BUT AT LEAST THEY GOT KILLED SINCE I WAS AROUND! So could you just give me back my coin pouch and my adventurer¡¯s card! Aaron: Fine.. fine.. The girl snatched her pouch and card back from the thief¡¯s hand and squealed in joy. Aaron remained visibly annoyed thinking about the money he could have made by keeping on to that card, but he didn¡¯t want to be labelled a full-time criminal. Silver on the other hand, ate without a care. On the table there was a loaf of bread, 2 bowls of potato stew, grilled cabbage, and 2 cuts of chicken. Aaron had some sort of dried meat while Silver gobbled everything else up. Aaron: How do you afford all that on an adventurers pay? Silver: By actually being good at fighting and by cutting all other costs. Aaron: Oh, so you don¡¯t have a house? Silver: OF COURSE I DO! Aaron: Oh, then its in some run down slum isn¡¯t it? Aaron smugly smiled as Silver stood up with pieces of cabbage sticking out of her mouth. Silver: I¡¯ll have you know that I live in the centre of town next to the main fountain. Aaron: So cobblestone dumpsters exist there to? Silver: ITS NOT A DUMP! It has nice wooden walls and has 2 stories. It even has a small flower bed with white roses in them! I doubt your puny hut can beat that! Aaron watched as the girl returned to her meal, scoffing everything at once s if she were in paradise. ¡°When you look at her now, you forget that she just committed what would be a war atrocity.¡± Aaron: Anyways, I hate to admit, but working with you is much more profitable than working alone. I would suggest that you swap to a more damaging weapon though since you want to be the main fighter. You don¡¯t like swords but there¡¯s still stuff like spears, hammers and¡ª Silver: ¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´ I refuse ¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´¥´ Silver places her hand in front of her face and strikes a menacing pose. She points towards Aaron who is sitting there dumb founded. (Writer¡¯s note: Yes, that is infact a JoJo¡¯s reference) Aaron: huh? Silver: The shield is not just a mere weapon. It¡¯s a lifestyle! Its elegant curves and points make it more beautiful than any art piece! Holding it up against charging foes and pummelling them until they can¡¯t move is a feeling like none other! Just holding on to it right now sends shivers down my spine. I can barely handle this burning feeling inside me every time I touch it! Oh! Look how pretty it is! With it shiny edges and hard body. I feel like I could let it rub against my nude body for hours! For you to want me to disregard the shield for any other weapon, would be an act against god herself!¡± ¡°Do you back this behaviour up, Cris?¡± Silver strokes her shield longingly as she drools all over the table. Her face was red with lust while Aaron looked at her unfazed. Aaron: Are you the goddamn Shield Hero or something. Do you secretly keep a racoon demi-human slave and a giant chicken in your house. (Writer¡¯s note: Rising of the shield hero reference. Just in case you haven¡¯t watched it yet. Its a good show and light novel!) Silver: I¡¯m not a criminal like you, I wouldn¡¯t keep any poor demi-humans as slaves. That was outlawed centuries ago. Aaron: Wait, DEMI-HUMANS EXIST! Silver: Umm, yes. Aaron: SO THERE ARE CAT GIRLS IN EDEN! WHERE CAN I FIND THEM! HOW CUTE ARE THEY! Silver leans away from the shiny eyed Aaron who looked as if he had found a new reason to live. Silver: There¡¯s a town to the west of here that is mostly demi-human populated. Haven¡¯t you heard about any of this before? Aaron: HOW MUCH DOES IT COSTS TO OWN ONE! Silver: Did you not hear. Slaves were banned- Aaron: IF I CAN¡¯T OWN ONE, THEN IT CAN OWN ME!! I STILL WIN IN THE SITUATION!! The boy who looked as if he hadn''t seen the sun continued to dream peacefully of stroking cat girls, rubbing their ears and fluffing their tails. Who could resist the combination that captured the hearts of all men in Aaron¡¯s world! However, he was brought back to reality by Silver¡¯s confused glare. Aaron: Uhh, oh yeah! I wanted to ask another question. Aaron rummaged through his hoodie pocket and pulled out his adventurer¡¯s card. He looked at it intently and showed it to Silver. Name: Aaron Codin Class: Rogue Strength: 6 Dexterity: 12 Defence: 6 Intelligence: 14 Charisma: 8 Luck: 8 Skill/Spells: Projectile Vomit Proficiencies: One-handed weapons, Improvised weapons Aaron: What are spells and skills. And how would I learn them. Silver: They¡¯re more or less the same thing. Skills don¡¯t require any magic while spells do, meaning that they¡¯re used by different classes. That¡¯s all. You can learn new spells by having someone teach you or by reading about it. You can also learn them naturally if you ever improve¡­ When you ask all these questions, it makes me think that you¡¯ve never left your room.... Aaron: Actually! I have left my room since I don¡¯t have one! Silver: Oh, so you¡¯re broke and homeless. Aaron looks up triumphantly as he has finally been able to prove all the people who looked down upon him in his previous world wrong. Aaron: This brings me to my second question. Can I stay at your house? Silver: No! Why would I want to sleep near a creep like you! Aaron: But you live next to the main fountain in a 2 story wooden house with a flower bed filled with white roses in front of it right? Silver: And how is that supposed to change my answer? Aaron: Maybe I should rephrase that.¡­..I KNOW that you live next to the main fountain in a 2 story wooden house with a flower bed filled with white roses in front of it. And, I may just invite some friends over to your place if you decline. Silver: Ohhhhhh¡­.¡­ Aaron smiled as he had perfectly forced the poor girl to give him a roof to sleep under for the night. Silver puts her head on the table, realising that she is going to have to share a house with the teenage creep who just blackmailed her. Tears start to stream from the poor girls eyes. She whispers something under her breath Silver: Please ¡­¡­don¡¯t¡­. do¡­. anything¡­. to¡­. me¡­. while¡­. I¡­.. sleep¡­. I ¡­..don¡¯t¡­.want¡­to¡­¡­be¡­..defiled¡­¡­.. Aaron laughs with joy, realising the opportunities that have just arisen now that he will be sleeping in a house with a beautiful young girl in it. His fantasies that he dreamt about while watching the countless harem and ecchi animes in his room were about to come true! He looks at the lifeless girl and thinks about his future plans! But then he remembered something. ¡°LIKE HELL I¡¯M GOING TO TAKE CHANCES AFTER WHAT I SAW HER DO TO THAT WOLF!!!¡± Chapter 3- Who needs religion anyways Burning flames consumed the entirety of a village. Citizens scream and cry for mercy as the looming shadow of a dragon falls upon them. It unleashes another attack onto the village with its gaping mouth. Its breath was so hot that the cobblestone roads turned into molten rock. A small battalion of mages casted high-level magic, strong enough to part oceans and crack the entirety of Eden into two. However, none of offensive attacks could pierce the dragon¡¯s thick scales. The beast of calamity brought it¡¯s foot down and created a shockwave powerful enough to send the mages fleeing. All hope was lost as everyone fled the monster¡¯s rampage. Except for a single figure who stood before the hulking dragon. The dragon unleashed a breath attack directly onto to the mysterious man that remained standing. No damage was dealt. The man slowly walked forward creating a menacing aura around him. Mysterious man: After so many years, I finally find you. How are you, Demon Lord. The man smiles at the beast as if unfazed by its appearance. Demon Lord: So you knew my true identity, adventurer. Would you like to indulge me by letting me know who dares to confront calamity itself. Mysterious man: That¡¯s not important. The man spoke sternly, sending a slight shiver down the Demon Lord¡¯s spine. With single leap, the man jumped to meet the dragon¡¯s gaze. The dragon steps back, sensing the massive well of energy that dwelled within the body of the human. Mysterious man: What¡¯s really important¡­. {Defence check:FAILED} Mysterious man: IS THAT I¡¯M GOING TO THROW UP ON YOUR FIERY ASS AND YOU¡¯RE GOING TO LIKE IT! A stream of disgusting colours escaped the man¡¯s mouth. The sheer volume of the vomit was enough to flood entire towns and it¡¯s force was strong enough split mountains in half. The Demon Lord gasped in fear as the pressure of the fluid cut a perfect hole through it¡¯s resilient body. The Demon Lord fell down defeated as the mysterious man landed on top of its carcass. He looked up towards the clear skies and the sunlight revealed his true form. A teenage boy with large bags under his eyes stood upon the behemoth, wearing his favourite black hoodie. He felt unstoppable in that moment. As if he could not be beaten. As if no one could challenge his might and live to tell the tale. He felt¡ª Silver: WAKE UP, LAZY! Cold water splashed onto Aaron¡¯s face, waking him up from his sleep. Aaron¡¯s eyes slowly readjusted and focused onto the white haired girl who¡¯s face was on top of him. Silver: ITS 12 P.M. AND AND YOU FORCED ME TO GO ADVENTURING WITH YOU AGAIN REMEMBER!!! Aaron groggily stands up from the couch he was sleeping on in Silver¡¯s house. He see¡¯s Silver pouting at him but he pays no heed. A single tear falls from his eyes as he buries his face into his hands. Silver: Wait..¡­ are you crying? Aaron: Not even in my dreams huh..¡­¡­WHY CAN¡¯T I EVER HAVE ANY COOL POWERS!!! Silver and the now broken Aaron leave two story wooden house that Aaron was ¡°invited¡± to stay the night in. They walk through the streets of the crowded town and reach the wooden doors of the adventurer¡¯s guild. There they sit down and have their breakfast Aaron slowly twirls his fork on his plate and supports his head with his hand as he thinks. Silver happily stuffs food that she had bought into her mouth without care. Aaron: Hmmmmm. So you actually do like adventuring with me. Silver: And what makes you think that, Mr.Blackmail. Aaron: Well you woke me up instead of just not going adventuring today. Silver: I need to make money somehow, and the clothes in my closet would have been soiled if I left you in there alone. Aaron: Fair point. The two nonchalantly talk as if they were used to the flow of these conversations, even though one of them was forced into this partnership. As Aaron ate his plate of potatoes, he notices a hazel haired girl snooping around the guild. She wore what looked to be some form of religious clothing and held a sceptre that encased a blue gem on one end. First she leaned on a nearby wall, then she sat at the table behind Silver, soon she started to pace around the two adventurer¡¯s table. Aaron: Hey Silver, what¡¯s your opinion on browned haired girls? Silver: They¡¯re ok. Why do you ask? Aaron stared at the hazel haired girl who sat next to Silver, practically squishing her face to try insert herself in the conversation. Aaron: No reason. The two, or should I say three, continued their meal in silence. No words were spoken and the hazel haired girls existence was ignored Aaron: Alright fine¡­ who are you? Hazel haired girl: Oh, me! I¡¯m Nia! Nia quickly tried to shoot up from her seat, but in doing so she ended throwing Silver¡¯s plate of grilled cabbage into the air. Nia: I¡¯m a super strong cleric who can cast all sorts of status buffing and healing magic! Multiple pieces of cabbages fell on to Nia¡¯s face as she held one hand in the air as if to show her magnificence. Aaron remained unfazed as her stylish introduction was ruined by the raining vegetables while Silver sat on the ground mourning the lost of her food. Aaron: And why is that important? Nia: Because I want to join your party! Aaron: I see¡­. what¡¯s your price exactly? Nia: There¡¯s no catch or price, I just want to join your party! Aaron: Why did you come to us? Nia: Because I was looking for a pair of trustworthy adventurers who would always have my back! Aaron: Exactly, so why did you come to us? Nia sighed and loss all enthusiasm in her voice. Nia: All the other groups made fun of me after wolves kept on pooping on me so I was ostracised from their parties¡­.. I assumed that this would have been the only group that would have accepted me since the same thing happened to you. ¡°Is that incident REALLY that popular?¡± Aaron: Ah¡­¡­ well, my team could do with a support and healer so I don¡¯t see why you can¡¯t join. Right, Silver? Silver: don¡¯t do it Nia. Silver looks Nia in the eyes. Nia sees nothing but black horror due to the monstrosity she¡¯s seen. A face filled with regret and agony of the trials she had to suffer through. Silver had a PTSD like flashback of her being blackmailed to join Aaron¡¯s team. Nia: hehehheheheh, it should be fine¡­.right? Aaron: Her opinion doesn''t matter anyways. Nia sweats profusely after hearing Silver¡¯s warning while Aaron simply shrugs it off and leads the group to the outskirts of the town. The trio walk through the rolling hills and reach the secluded area Aaron and Silver had fought monsters in previously. They set down their items and prepare for battle. Aaron draws his sword, Nia holds her sceptre up and Silver pulls otut her shield Nia: Sooooo, the team is 1 defence, 1 offence and 1 support. It looks like I was the perfect fit for the party then! Aaron: Actually its 2 offence and 1 support. Nia: What do you mean? Silver over there has a shield. How can she¡ª Silver: I FOUND YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!! Nia: Oh¡­ Silver darts off into a bush. The body of slime is briefly tossed upwards and quickly brought back down to get wailed on. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Aaron: Yeah, you get used to it¡­ ¡°Nia¡¯s point on the team composition is fair though. I could alternatively be a 2nd line fighter and mostly focus on enemies that pass Silver¡¯s range and protect Nia. I can¡¯t believe I¡¯m going to say this, but theres someone here with an actual brain cell! Cris hasn¡¯t given up on me! Note to self: If this harem thing works out, then Nia will be best girl.¡± Another slime comes to the area and slowly moves to Aaron. Aaron: Ok, new team comp, I just attack those that pass Silver. Aaron charges the slime and Nia raises her sceptre and casts a spell. Nia: By the strength of the holy light, I cast HASTE!! Aaron¡¯s body lightens up allowing him to speed up his movement. The short sword nimbly cuts through the slime twice causing it to dissolve into puddle of glue {-4HP} {-4HP} Aaron: Woah, i''m so much lighter now! Magic seems like something I should pick up since my intelligence is high enough-- A wild wolf pounces straight towards Aaron. Aaron screams, but just as it almost reaches his face, the wolf seems to perfectly space around him and land directly on Nia. Aaron: huh? Nia: AHHHHHH!!!! HELPPP MEEEE!!! AAAROONN!! AHHHHH ITS SCRUNCHING ITS FACE! ITS GONNA POOP ON ME! ITS GONNA POOOP ON MEEEEE! AAAAARRRRRRRONN. Aaron: WOOAAAAH WOOAH!! NIA HOLD ON THERE¡¯S EVEN MORE COMING!! 2 wolves, 3 blue slimes and a red slime run at Aaron who starts swinging his sword randomly and wildly. Aaron: TAKE THIS YOU LITTLE SHITS! Aaron slashes his sword but only hits a single slime as the other monsters run past him and straight to Nia. The monsters gang up on the poor cleric who gets pulled to the ground by the beasts.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. {-2HP} {-2HP} {-2HP} Nia: THEY''RE TEARING MY CLOTHESSSSSS!!!!! AAAARROOOONNNNNNN!!! SILLVEEEERRRRR!!!! ¡°All the monsters are only attacking her!!!¡± Silver comes out from the bush that she had turned into her personal murder hut. She sees the scene and her demonic expression twists and deforms. ¡°Yes! Silver¡¯s actually paying attention to the healer who needs help. She¡¯s learning to become an actual defender!¡± Silver: OH. SO YOU¡¯RE THE BITCH WHO¡¯S BEEN STEALING ALL MY KILLS!!!! ¡°I really need to stop getting my hopes up when it comes to this party¡­¡­¡± Silver lands blows with her shield onto the pile of monsters that is now Nia. Amongst the pile of blue text that appears. A small red text box appears as well. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Nia: OWWW!! YOU¡¯RE HITTING ME ALSOOOO!! AHHHHHHH!! SILLLLVER STOPPPP!!! AAAAAAAARONNN DOOOO SOMMMMMEEEEETHINGGGGG!! Aaron: SILVER! ONLY HIT THE MONSTERS NOT OUR TEAMMATE YOU DUMBASS!! Silver: IF THE FUCKER HAS BEEN HOGGING ALL THESE KILLS FROM ME, THEN SHE¡¯S A MONSTER IN MY EYES!!! The scene becomes a frenzy as the two weapon wielders attempt to free the trapped cleric from her prison. After an eternity, the dog pile ended with a crying hazel haired girl curled up between 2 exhausted adventurers. (Writer¡¯s note: Get it! ¡°dog-pile¡±, and its full of wolves. heh) Nia sulked in her stained and tattered religious outfit as the 2 adventurers pick up their loot for the day. Nia had used magic to heal her wounds and restore some HP to the party, but it was not enough to heal her mental trauma. During this short break, Aaron thinks to himself. ¡°Note to self: Delete that best girl memo from before. How the hell has she survived this long! What the hell about her makes monster want to beat the shit out of her. Yes, she whines like a bitch, but monsters don¡¯t know that!¡± Suddenly, a large shadow loomed over Aaron. The girls faces dropp to shock and disbelief at the sight they were greeted with. Aaron was unaware of the situation. Aaron: Silver, how much wolf pelt did you collect, I got 3. I think I saw 5 wolves trying to eat Nia but I don¡¯t know¡­. Nia: Uh-h-h-h-hh, Aaron¡­ Aaron: What is it? Aaron turned around and witnessed a gigantic beast in front of him. A blue slime that was multiple stories tall stood before the teenager. There floating in the centre of the blue masses, was Silver helplessly floating around. Aaron: fuck The slime stretched out a bit of its gel into a makeshift arm and encapsulated Aaron. Aaron floated his way next to Silver Aaron: How the hell did this thing get here! Silver: I don¡¯t know! I was just stroking my shield then this bad guy came out and headed straight for Nia!. ¡°WHAT THE HELL ABOUT THAT CLERIC GIRL MAKES MONSTERS WANT HER SO BADLY. The two fighters are down and only the support is left! Nia is going to have to pull some sort of miracle to save our asses!¡± The sensation of an acidic burn falls over Aaron as red texts appears next to him {-1HP} {-1HP} Nia hugs her staff and cowers as the monster moves closer to her. The monster looms over the minuscule girl in tattered religious clothing who quivers in fear. ¡°But on the bright side! I¡¯ve seen enough hentai to know where this is going. AND I GET TO WATCH IT FIRST HAND NOW!¡± Aaron gives out a slight smile at the thought of the possible future developments of this scenario. Meanwhile, Silver looks at the rogue unamused as she''s able to guess his thought process. Nia: It looks like you¡¯ve forced my hand. Nia suddenly stands up with a new found resolve. Her sceptre starts to glow. The radiant light shines bright enough to illuminate the entire forest. The two trapped adventurers shield their eyes as immense power builds up in the shining blue gem. Nia: By the power of the goddess of life, Cris herself, I swell the power of nations into this gem! Her grace must forgive me for I shall end this beings life before its intended departure. I pray that this lost soul is guided towards the light, so that it may learn the error of its ways and reach salvation. So, with the blessing of the all powerful one above.. Magic flows around Nia forming swirls of radiant patterns and strong gusts of wind that clear the area of any debris. Symbols appear and emanate from the shining gem on the sceptre. Nia finishes of herdecleration with a loud shout and swings at the monstrous slime. Nia: ¡­I CONDEMN THEE TO THE AFTER LIFE! The glowing sceptre releases its stored up energy creating a blinding explosion of light and holy energy. The flash of the brightness dissipates and the aftermath of the attack is clear. Nia missed. Nia: You know what? The outcome Aaron is thinking about doesn¡¯t sound so bad now. The sheepishly smiling cleric was quickly gobbled up by the slime in an instant. The cleric slowly floats her way to meet the disappointed duo. Aaron: It¡¯s the size of a building. And you missed it. Nia starts to tear up due to her own failure. Aaron: Oh yeah, one more important question for you Nia. HOW THE HELL DO WE GET OUT OF THIS. WE CAN¡¯T DEAL ANY DAMAGE FROM IN HERE! Aaron floats around trying to rack his brain for any ideas. ¡°Usually the Isekai protagonist would come up with some serious meta-game strategy that breaks the system. BUT I HAVE NO CLUE THIS GAMES RULE SYSTEM IS! HOW WAS THISWORLD BALANCED TO ALLOW A BOSS TO SPAWN IN THE NOOB-ZONE!¡± Silver: Guys! I have a plan! Silver beams with joy and quickly floats to Aaron to explain it. Aaron: Really? I never knew you had some sort of organ inside that skull of yours¡ª Aaron¡¯s sentence was interrupted with a punch to the gut from Silver¡¯s hand {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} A puddle of orang and green liquids jumps out of Aaron''s mouth. The throw up floated in the slimes gelatinous body. Aaron hold onto his stomach in pain. Aaron: I do not like this plan.. Silver: If we can bring its resolve down far enough, it''ll leave us! Aaron: CAN''T WE USE A LESS PAINFULL METHOD-- Another blow landed onto his stomach {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} Silver: Its resolve hasn''t gone down enough, we need more! Aaron WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT-- {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} Nia: ITS COMMMINGG AT MMMEEEEEEE!! THE VOMIT IS MAKING ITS WAYY TO MEEEEE!! Aaron mustered up words in between regurgitations. By this point his vomit was starting to look like blood. Aaron: YOUR SUDDENLY FINE WITH DEALING MORE DAMAGE WITHOUT A SHIELD WHEN ITS TO ME!! {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} Silver: I don''t want to get your vomit all over its hard frame. It could get sick and would ruin its sexy body! {-6HP} {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} Aaron: ITS A FUCKING SHIELD!! Suddenly a large vibration could be felt throughout the slimes body. The party of adventurers were thrown out of the slime as it left the group out in the field. The team was covered in a viscous liquid making them smell horrible and look as if the 2 girls had done questionable things. Aaron curled up on the floor having thrown up all of his organs. He lookedup from he fetal position and observed his two teammate. Silver was paying more attention to her shield thanshe was paying attention to the pummeled rouge and Nia was crying in the corner. "I need new teammates" By the time dusk had arrived, the team had made it back to the Adventurer''s guild without any energy left. Their appearance made everyone look at the group with disgust "Its going to be difficult to convince anyone here to make a new party with me since the party looks like this. Any team with a girl in it is definetly out because the two females in my current party look like they came straight out of a hentai episode. No hardened adenturer is that desperate to take me in so I''ll need to look for some noobs to tag along with" Aaron looked around from the table he was sat at. Silver was eating in front of him despite her horrible smell while Nia was using magic to help clean off some goop. Aaron spotted a group who looked like low level adventurers having a fun conversation. "Alright, no better target I guess....." Aaron left his seat but was quickly stopped by Silver. Silver: Are you about to go blackmail someone else now? Aaron: I''m contemplating it. Nia: Wait, what do you mean? Aaron continued his journey as Silver had to explain to Nia how she got roped together with Aaron. Aaron: Hey guys, you''re new adventurers right! Noob: Yup, today was our first time as a group! Aaron observed the groups dynamics. There was a huge barbarian looking guy, a short girl with a bow who looked to be an archer, and someone who worethe same clothes as Nia, just less destroyed. The person he spoke with wore a wizards robe. Aaron: Your team looks like it could do with a secondary meelee fighter. I''d be happy to fill the role! The group looked at each and gave a mixed face. Noob: You''re in the same group as Nia right? Aaron: Yeah, but I''m looking for a new team to party up with. Noob: I''m sorry, but someone has to take her. Aaron: huh? What do you mean... There was a long discussion between Aaron and the mage. Aaron walked back to his table staring intently at Nia from behind while Silver was still in her explanation. Silver: ....and so I had to let him sleep in my house because-- {Dexterity Check:SUCCESS} Aaron: Nia, I''m borrowing this. Aaron pulled out Nia''s adventurer''s card and looked at it. Nia: WAIT! HOLD ON NO NO NO NO NO!! Full name: Nia Fiel Class: Cleric Strength:10 Dexterity:10 Defence:12 Intelligence:13 Charisma:16 Luck:-99 Skill/Spells: Heal, Haste, Haze,Divine Punishment {press for more Skill/Spells}. Proficiencies: Staffs, Religious items . . . Luck:-99 Aaron looked at the number which caused his face to twitch. Nia nervously touched her pointer fingers together while trying to avoid Aaron''s gaze. Aaron remembered the conversation he had with the noob Aaron: huh? What do you mean Noob: Nia''s been trying to force all the new groups to join her. But no one wants to due to her luck stat. So I''m really sorry but we need one person to sort of keep her happy for now. I''m really really sorry Aaron: Her luck stat? What''s wrong with it? Noob: Its a negative number Aaron: wat Noob: Yeah..... she''s always been unlucky... people have even started to stay away from people who talk with just incase it rubs off on them. Aaron looked at Nia and the confused Silver. "It all makes sense now. The monsters being lured to her. Her attacks missing. A boss spawning in a low level area. ITS BECAUSE OF THIS STAT!" Nia: Just wait a second. I CAN EXPLAIN-- Aaron: Did a wolf actually shit on you, thus forcing you to join us. Nia looked down and lost all spirit in her voice. Nia: no Aaron: Did you know that we would not be accepted by any other parties afteryou joined Nia: yes Aaron: Did you know that all the monsters would come out because of your shitty luck Nia: Not exactly but I had a sneaking suspicion Silver piped up after looking at the depressed cleric Silver: What''s wrong Aaron, its not her fault that those monsters came to us. Aaron passed Silver the adventurer''s card and her face fell instantly Silver: Since when did stats go to negative numbers... Silver quickly joined Aaron''s side of the scolding Silver: So you''re saying that I can''t leave you guys for a better team because she joined us. Aaron: Yes. Nia: That doesn''t reaaaaaallllllly matter .... right? We''re best friends ......yeah? Silver and Aaron left Nia there. They immediately walked out of the guild into the dark streets as fast they could. Silver: You know what Aaron..... I''ll let you stay at my house. You''re not that bad of a person compared to the thrash we just spoke......... Silver spoke with a tremble in her voice. Having lost all hopes in life she decided that nothing really mattered any more. Aaron replied in a similar tone. Aaron: I''ll help around the house with cooking and cleaning to make sure that I won''t be as useless as that cleric..... I''m sorry I blackmailed you into letting me stay. Truth be told, I actually don''t have any rogue friends to steal your belonging, or any friends at all........ I''m sorry I stooped to Nia''s level back then. Silver: It''s okay, no one can actually stoop to Nia''s level..... Nia came running after them from behind. Nia: Can I come along too! I wouldn''t mind a place to sleep at! Aaron: A bitch like you needs to sleep in the outdoors where all your religious studies would go to waste as monsters bangyou all night. Silver pulls offthe shield from her back. Silver: A motherfucking dipshit like you should run away before I help Aaron rape the fuck out of your asshole Nia: *sniff* youdon''t mean that...... right *Sniff* Both Aaron and Silver: I''m sorry, but who''s the one who''s just doomed our future........ Their eyes glow red as they stared down the cleric in tattered clothing. The hazel haired girl cries as she runs away from the two adventurers. Silver and Aaron head back to Silver''s house after a long day. Chapter 4- Traps arent gay! Adventurers. Brave fighters who dare to stand up when in the face of danger. Laughing even when on the brink of death. A symbol of courage and strength that permeates throughout the land of Eden. Some of them fight as they simply want a challenge, others take on requests just to see others smile, a few even adventure to far off lands because they heard the call of the wild. However, one thing remains constantabout all adventurers. They surpass challenges in their own noble way. Except, for one adventurer who wore a black hoodie. He''s currently watching an innocent cleric tied up chains trying to escape her imprisonment. Nia: AAROOOONNNNN!!!! YOU HAVVEE TO HELP MEEE!!!! SHE''S GOINNNGGG TO KILLL MMEEE!!!! AAAROONNN!!!! Aaron: Quiet down. You''re disturbing everyone with your crying. The teenager continued to eat his bowl of stew as Nia cried and screamed while trapped in metal chains. Everyone in the adventurer''s guild stared as the cleric tried to wriggle out of her trap. Nia: I''LLDO ANYTHING FORYOU!!!!!!!! ANYTHINGGGGGGG!!! AARRRRRROOOOONNNNNNN!!! Aaron: If you keep this up everyone''s going to think I''m some kind of pervert. Aaron obviously did not care for the girl who had tear streaming down her face. Silver soon came to the table with multiple plates of food and sat down. Nia: SILVER!! YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!! I''M TRAPPED IN THESE CHAINS AND AARON ISTRYING TO KEEP ME QUIET!!!!! I DON''T KNOW WHAT HE''S GOING TO DO TO MEEE!!!!! YOU CAN''T LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY RIGGGHTTT!! Silver: Aaron, you can go a head if you want to. I don''t really care. Aaron: Thank you for your consent, but Ididn''t put her in those chains. The two "heroes" carried on withtheir breakfast while the girl continued to cry and wail on the floor. By this point, the entirety of the guild was staring at the distraughtcleric crying. Many even started to givethe unamused Aaron evil glances. Nia wormed her way to side of Aaron''s feet and looked up at him with her tear filled eyes. Her face liquids started to soak Aaron''s grey sweatpants as unintelligible whining and crying ensued Nia: I.....don''t......wan''t......to....die........ Aaron: You''re getting my pants wet and not in a good way. Also, exactly who is going to kill you? Nia: There was this mean girl......... and she was making fun of me because I was crying after the mean things you said.... and..*sniff*.. and that made me cry some more..*sniff*...so I tried to use my {Divine Punishment} on her.....BUT THEN IT MISSEDDDDDD!!.... so she started making fun of me again.....*sniff*... and then she started to say really scary things...... so I tried to hit her again.*sniff*.. THEN SHE CASTED SOME SPELL ON ME WHICH TRAPPED ME LIKE THIS!!... then she said that she was going to follow me where ever I went......Aaaaaaroooonnn.....*sniff*..*sniff*.... Nia''s crying annoyed the group and made multiple people move tables to stay out of the drama. "Are all your followers like this, Cris?" Aaron: You kind of deserve it don''t you. You attacked her first. Besides, what kind of person would waste their time trying to kill you when they could just wait for you luck to do its work? Unknown voice: I found you. Aaron: huh? The group looked forward and saw a person standing in front of them. She wore a red mage''s robe that ended at her knees. When she stood straight, she was slightly shorter than Aaron. Along her back was a long staff that was taller than her. But the detail that caught Aaron''s eyes the most was not her mage like appearance, but 2 tall fox like ears and a tail covered in golden fur. Aaron had found the treasure that millions in his world would die for. He felt as if Cris had finally blessed him with the ultimate isekai protagonist power. He finally found a fox girl. Aaron broke down. It was a beautiful sight to behold. It was as if his purpose in life was fulfilled. Nia: ITS THE WITTTCHHHHHHH!!!! SILLLLVEERRRRRR SHIEELLLLDDD MEEE!!! Silver: I''m sure she won''t kill you..... Fox girl: I''ve travelled through multiple towns, and I have finally found what I''m looking for. YOU, NIA. YOU''RE BY FAR THE MOST PATHETIC PERSON I''VE EVERMET!!! Silver: I didn''t know someone actually wanted you, Nia. Fox girl: I can finally bask in your suffering! I CAN WATCH AS YOU INEVITABLY FAIL AT ALL YOUR QUESTS! I CAN WITNESS YOU BE COVERED IN SLIME, OR BE HELD DOWN BY FEROCIOUS BEAST WHO WILL HAVE THEIR WAY WITH YOU. I CANHARDLY WAIT TO SEE YOU GO ONTORTUOUS EXPEDITIONS!!! The fox girl blushed and had a face of euphoria. She was shakingand her hands rubbed against her sides she spoke with a lust filled voice. Nia: SEEEE SILVERRRR!! SHE WANTS TO KILLLL MEEEE!! Silver: Uhhhhhhh, what is going on exactly? Fox girl: PREPARE FOR MORE PAIN THAN EVER BEFORE NIA FIEL!! BECAUSE I, RUBY MELEKITH WILL BE FOLLOWING YOUR GROUP EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. Aaron perked up from his blissful trance and picked up on a single word the fox girl said Aaron: Wait, did you say that you will be following our group. Ruby: Of course. I''ll join your party. Aaron: What''s your weird quirk that I''m going to have to deal with......... Ruby: I want to watch Nia Fiel have as bad a time as possible. Aaron: Nevermind then, I see our missions align. Nia: AAARONNNN!! YOU CAN''T LET HER JOINNNNNN!!! SILLLVEERRRRR SAY SOMETHING!! Aaron: Sorry Nia, but you lost your right to have an opinion the moment you were born. Silver: We can''t get any teammates since you joined our party, Nia. So you could say that this is a blessing from Cris. Nia: CRIS WOULDN''T DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!! SHE WOULDN''T LEAVE MY POOR SOULWITH THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL GROUP!!! Aaron: Trust me, she would. Aaron thinks about Nia''s statement and replays the entirety of his stay in this other world. The three adventurers drag the chained up Nia to the lush green outskirts of the town. After a lot of contemplation, the group decide to free the trapped cleric. They ready their equipment and begin their monster slaying for the day. Aaron: Nia, stop sulking in the corner and call your super big monster friend over here. Nia: I can''t choose to gethim here! You can''t expect a giant slime to appear again JUST because I''m here! I''m not THAT unlucky. Just as Nia said those lines, a giant mass could be seen over the horizon. It''s looming body moved toward Aaron''s party at an alarming rate. The team prepare their weapons and point towards the monster. Ruby: I guess I should start it off. WITNESS THE POWER OF A TRAP WIZARD! Energy swirled around ruby as she held her staff into the air. An ominous portal appeared above her as chains fell out of it. The metal links clamoured and clashed as they piled up and twisted around the girl. Ruby points her staff towards the monster as chains surround it in a similar fashion Ruby: Pain and suffering is the only thing left in my wake. I fight to watch my foe dance the tango of death. Gods, smite the enemy and come to my aid! {CHAIN PRISON}!!!! The slime was immobilised as the chains swarmed and tightly wrapped around its body. The portal disappeared leaving the metallic chains to linger on the enemy. Silver: Now that you can''t move.....YOUR ASS IS ABOUT TO GET FUCKED!! Nia: By the holy light, I CAST {HASTE}!!!If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The knight and the cleric run off to take down the slime as Aaron thinks to himself. "Trap magic huh. If she can stop that entire monster then..... SHE''S THE MOST USEFUL MEMBER ON OUR TEAM!" Ruby: Look at the pitiful being. *heavy breathing* Trapped and unable to move! Look at the chains as they dig into its slimy body .*heavybreathing* I can''t just heer it scream my name, begging to be set free from its imprisonment. While I sit and watch as he''s humiliated by 2 tiny adventurers. I get to witness it''s health slowly dwindle away* heavybreathing*. Instead of a single powerful blow,*heavybreathing* it will endure its fate, praying for its inevitable death to come as pain takes over his body*heavybreathing* Aaron: huh? Ruby''s voice was filled with sexual desire. Her face was red as she watched the slime''s fruitless attempts to wriggle to freedom. She could''t help but feel a burning sensation within her as she witness the defenceless monster be pummelled by Silver''s rage filled attacks. Aaron took one good look at the perverse girl and suddenly noticed a slight bigger problem. Ruby was also wrapped in chains. Aaron: Ruuuuuubyyyyyyyyyy, whatdid you say about having a weird quirk I''d have to deal with.... The fox girl''s face now turned an even brighter shade red as a smile of pleasure plastered itself onto her mouth. Ruby: That was a lie. And look at your face of disappointment! Seeing that the mage who casted the strongest spell you''ve ever seenin your life, THEN FINDING OUT THAT SHE CASTS IT ON HERSELF ASWELL! You look as if your dreams have fallen out of the sky! Just what I wanted to see! Aaron: Oh, who''s disappointed here? Aaron''s face suddenly changed. He smiled as her stood over the trapped girl. Aaron was now an imposing figure that casted a shadow of darkness over the fox girl Aaron: Let''s say a man has been living in a beautiful woman''s house for the past week. He''s endured hearing the sound of water falling onto her abare skin as she bathed. He''s seen the dirty clothes she wore throughout the entire day, drenched in sweat, simply laying on the floor. Not only that, but he watched as 2 ladies were covered in slime, one of them wearing clothes that were barely holding together. Ruby: Uhhh, what are you doing. Aaron: Now let''s say he finds a fox girl, something he''s been dreaming of seeing, who''s left her self trapped in chains on the floor in front of him. No one else is around to see what will happen. What do you think would follow... Ruby: Wait wait wait wait. I don''t like being the one that''s threatened! Can we swap rolls! The fox girl tried to squirm in panic as Aaron slowly moved his hands toward the girl. A devilish smile rose from Aaron''s face as his hand approached his target. Then, there was contact. Aaron felt something he and many men dreamed of. It was soft, like nothing he''d ever felt before. Ruby blushed and gasped as Aaron continued. He pushed his hand into the softness and embraced it. He rubbed his face into the pile of bliss, enjoying every moment of it. Ruby: HHHHNNNNNGG? That''s right. Aaron played with the fox girl''s tail {Writer''s note: I know what you thought it was you pervs} Aaron: ??its so soft?? Ruby: Aaron...hnn?....stop. Aaron: What''s that little music note symbol noise you made then. You sound like you enjoy this don''t you. Aaron rubbed the tail even faster making the girl squeal and blush even harder. Just as Aaron continued to indulge himself, Silver and Nia pulled the chained up girl and Aaron off the ground. Ruby and Aaron were being dragged by Silver as she bolted her way back to the main gates. Ruby''s face ploughed through dirt while Nia had here arms flailing about in an attempt to keep up with Silver. Aaron: What the hell Silver! why''d you drag me away from-- Aaron looked and saw the slime they were attacking chasing them down. It''s body was leaving a trail of dead grass and upturned earth. Aaron: HOW DID IT SET ITSELF FREE Nia: About that...... Whilst Aaron was playing with Ruby''s tail, Silver and Nia were beating down the trapped slime. Pieces of the jelly flew off its body and landed on the grass, creating large splatters. Silver stood on top of the beast, landing blows with her shield onto it while Nia stood at the base swinging her sceptre, missing every single hit. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Silver: HOW DOES IT FEEL BITCH!!! Nia: Let me hit you!!! Nia swung her sceptre wildly. Finally after 27 or so tries, Her sceptre found its mark. Nia: I HIT IT!! AARON DID YOU SEEEE!!! I HIT THE SLIME!! Then, Nia looked at her sceptre and saw that she had actually landed a hit onto the magical chains. The chains turned into light and shattered after the hit. The slime was now free to move. Nia: Oh..... After hearing this story Aaron had his regular unamused face. The slime chased after them rapidy and was not too far behind them. Aaron: We can''t outrun it. Can we have a vote to kick Nia into the slime. Nia: WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!! I''M IN THE GROUP BECAUSE I CAN HEAL YOU GUYS RIGHT!!! THAT''S A SKILL NO ONE ELSE CAN DO HERE!! SO SHOULDN''T WE KICK OUT SOMEONE WHO''S A DUPLICATE!! Ruby piped up as her mouth was being filled with dirt due to her being dragged along. Ruby: I can cast ....*hrmrmjirsnfuifejufjeff*....trap magic. Silver: I dealt most of the damage just now. All eyes suddenly landed on Aaron. The group member who was too busy playing with Ruby''s tail to do anything. Aaron: WAAAAAIITT!! RUBY''S TRAPPED IN CHAINS SO SHE''S PRACTICALLY DEAD WEIGHT NOW RIGHT!! WE CAN THROW HER OFF!! Ruby: But I *hhhhrhrhfggghhrsfru* still *hhhhrhghhggef* contributed more *hhhygsghrsfguf* than you. Aaron racked his brain in an attempt to save himself from being thrown into the slime. He remembered a small piece of text on Nia''s adventurer''s card thatmight do the trick Aaron: Nia! You can use {Haze} right! You can stop it RIGHT! Nia: Oh yeah! I can blind the slime temporarily! Aaron: We''re all saved! No need to sacrifice me right? Nia: With the power that dwells in the holy light, I cast {HAZ--STEEAAAAAAAHHHHH A rock had appeared Nia''s path, causing her to trip and mess up her chant. Nia composed herself and continued running. Suddenly, the slime glowed and started to speed up. Aaron: Nia! Its speeding up! What happened! Nia: Ummmm... there was a small pebble in my path... so I tripped and the words got messed up... and I may have casted {Haste} instead. Nia gave a sheepish smile as the entire group looked at her disappointed. The slime was now right behind them thanks to Nia''s {Haste} spell Aaron: So we can all agree on who the sacrifice should be right? Silver: Yes Ruby: Take her down Nia: WAIT WAIT WAIT I CAN FIX THIS-- Aaron stretched his foot out and tripped the cleric, making her faceplant into the dirt. Nia: AAAAAARRROOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN----*GLUGHRLRURGRRHRGR* The giant slime engulfed Nia, giving the others enough time to get away. . . . A few hours had passed since Nia''s "brave sacrifice" and the 3 survivors were at the adventurers guild. Silver had just spoken with the guild lady while Aaron looked at his adventurer''s card intently in front of Ruby, whowas bored. Silver: We didn''t get paid.... how am I gonna afford my bills.... Silver laid her head on the table in distress. Ruby: There''s always prostitution. I wouldn''t mind hiring you to do me some favours. Silver: I still have some dignity left....why would anyone want creeps like Aaron to have their way with them for cash.. Ruby: Don''t knock it till you try it. Ruby smiled smugly at the distraught Silver. Aaron finally looked up from his adventurer''s card to say something. Aaron: Hey, Ruby. What''s {Phantom Hand}? Ruby: Oh.. it''s a low level spell that creates a hand made of magic. You can''t hurt anyone with it, but you can do everything else. Aaron: Huh.. sounds useful. So, if I touch this thing here... Aaron''s adventurer''s card had bright blue text under his Skill/Spells sections. Skill/Spells:Projectile Vomit {Learn: Phantom Hand} Aaron''s finger landed on the glowing text. Light suddenly enveloped him. He felt a rush of energy flow through him. The energy condensed and swirled inside him like a whirlpool. Aaron: huh. Silver sat up from her area of depression and added to the conversation. Silver: Oh, so you just learnt your first spell. Aaron: I guess so. Ruby: If you want to cast it, just say it''s name and sort of imagine creating a magic object. No need to shout. It''ll appear where you want it to appear the most. Aaron: So.. if I just say {Phantom Hand} then.. Aaron''s arm swelled with magical energy. AtAaron''s desired location, a translucent hand appeared. It flickered with magical energy as it maintained it existence. Ruby was excited when Aaron used his new spell. Not because, she was amazed by the magical hand, but rather where it appeared. At Silver''s chest. Aaron: Huh, the hand can''t lie I guess. Silver''s face turned beet red as the hand simply stayed at the most desired location. Ruby: You sure prostitution is still off the table? Because seeing you humiliated is REALLY entertaining! Ruby watched closelyas the embarrassed Silver tried to get the hand off her cleavage. Aaron enjoyed the scene for a few more second, then made the hand disappear . Aaron: Let''s try this again, {Phantom Hand}! This time, Aaron pointed his hand towards Ruby who was enjoying Silver''s humiliation. Suddenly, the magic hand formed once again. It rested on top of Ruby''s head. Ruby: Wait, Aaron. Don''t do it! The phantom hand proceeded to rub and stroke Ruby''s big orange ears. The fox girl fell onto the table and tried to attack Aaron. However, the phantom hand was keeping her on the other end of the table, stopping her from moving. Ruby: Aaron....stop...??hnn??...STOP!! Aaron continued his assault with a wide grin as the adorable girl tried to resist the magical strokes. Silver: You really are a perv... Silver gave him a look of disappointment as Aaron continued his harassment on the demi-human Silver: Hold on, has anyone seen Nia? She hasn''t-- Just at that moment, a slime covered cleric burst into the guild. She stormed directly to the table where multiple sexual harassment crimes had just been committed. She was crying which brought attention to the group immediately. Nia: YOU GUYS LEEEFFTTTTT ME!! Silver: Oh, welcome back. Aaron: You''re alive? Great....... Ruby: I''m sorry....I was....mean.....??hnnn??...please..... help.....??hnn??...me..... Ruby was still a victim of Aaron''s ruthless head patting and was desperate to escape. Nia explained while tears streamed down her sticky, slime covered face Nia: The slime ate me....*sniff*..then some adventurers found me....*sniff*..*sniff*.. so they started to kill the slime... and they got to me... but then they realised who I was...*sniff**sniff*.. AND THEN THEY RAN AWAY BECAUSE THEY KNEW ABOUT MY STATSSSSS!!!!...THEY DIDN''T HELP ME GET BACK TO THE GUILD SO I HAD TO HEAL MYSELF IN THE FIELDDDD!!!.....AND THEN-- Aaron: {Phantom Hand}. The Aaron''s magical hand launched off Ruby''s head and covered Nia''s mouth. It stayed in place as Nia attempted pull it off and shout. This just made her cry some more. Nia: hmmmmmfmmmmfffffmmmmfmfmmfmfffhfhfhfm Silver: I think you''re having too much fun with that skill... Aaron looked at the possibilities ofhis new found power. Touching Silver. The strokes he could give Ruby. And the ability to quiet down Nia! Only one thought popped up in his mind. "Cris, THANK YOU FOR THIS SPELL!!!!" Chapter 5- Lets finally do something interesting! If you were given the opportunity to become an adventurer in a fantasy world, would you take it? Would you become a knight in shining armour, a beacon of hope for all. Would you cut down fearsome enemies who dare stand in between you and victory. Would this be the life you''ve been dreaming off? These were the thoughts that used to be in Aaron''s mind. However, now that he has been granted his ideallife, he has a slightly different view on the situation "Being an adventurer is actually kind of boring...... All I''ve been doing for the past week is going out and fighting slimes. What happened to all the dragons and treasure! Where the hell is the plot line that''s supposed to lead to me to taking down the big bad guy! I''ve been looking for the main girl that''s supposed to drop the story hook for a week.... But all I found was a team of dumbasses!" Aaron looked up from his thoughts and saw the commotion in front of him. Two girls were playing some sort of dice game while the other was going around mindlessly taking bites out of leftover food. The demi-human who was playing with a cleric spoke up. Ruby: MY 8 IS HIGHER THAN YOUR 1! I WIN!!! Nia: REMATCH!! I WASN''T PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW I WAS ROLLING!! Ruby: But first, you need to follow what I say! Nia: BUT I ALMOST WON!!! Ruby: But did you win in the end? Nia: no.... Ruby: So I deserve my prize. SO STRIP!! Nia: I CANT DO THAT HERE, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE!!! Ruby: That''s the point! We can have EVERYONE see you take off your clothes. I can see your face as you throw away all your dignity because of a single dice roll. Ruby was ecstatic at the thought of prying eyes staring at Nia''s bare skin. Nia was screaming and crying at her lost. Nia: AAAARRRRROOOONNN!!! YOU CAN''T LET HER DO THISSSS!!!!! SHE WANTS BE TO GET NAKED IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE!! Aaron: Why the hell have I become the mom of this group......... And isn''t it YOUR fault for accepting a game of dice with your shitty luck stat! Nia: I HAD TO PLAY BECAUSE RUBY CHAINED UP MY FOOD SO I COULDN''T EAATT!! SHE SAID SHE WOULD ONLY FREE MY MEAL IF I HELPED HER OUT OF HER CHAINS AND IF I WON THE GAMEEEEE!!! DAD WOULDN''T LET RUBY DO THIS, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO WIN CUSTODY OVER US!! MOOOMMMMM!!!! Aaron: WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I''M MARRIED TO!! Nia gripped onto Aaron''s hoodie and shook him around in an attempt to force him to her side. Ruby: Fine. If you won''t take off your clothes. I''LL DO IT FOR YOU! Ruby dragged the crying Nia away from Aaron and grappled her on the floor. Ruby then made multiple attempts to take off Nia''s clothingwhile Silver walked back from her food heist. Silver: Ruby, stop trying to strip Nia. Nia: I TOLD YOU DAD WOULD DISAGREE, AARON!!!!! "If thats dad, I can see why there was a divorce..." Aaron: Hey Silver, you''ve been an adventurer for longer than I haveright? Isn''t it kind of boring just fighting slimes in the fields all day. Silver: What do you mean! What greater feeling is there than destroyingmonsters with a strong and sturdy shield. Seeing blood splatters on its face after a long day of hard work isa better prize than money! Aaron remained unamused at this statement as usual. "Oh yeahhhhhhh....... she''s wants to fuck her own shield......" Silver: If you want a change of pace, you could always take a request from the notice board. Aaron: Huh, I kind of forgot about that thing.... What kind of quests do they have. Aaron and Silver headed to the notice board that was near the guild''s reception desk. The half undressed Nia soon ran after them with Ruby chasing not too far behind. The board was filled with pieces of pinned up paper. Some contained illustrations, while most just consisted of text. All of them had some number of stars on their top right corner which indicated their difficulty.The group looked at a fewposters, occasionally pulling one out to take a closer look then putting it back up. Nia: Guys, how about this quest! Niatook a poster off the boardand showed it to everyone. Quest: Help fetch some medicinal leaves for the pharmacist Difficulty:¡ï Aaron: It sounds too easy so we wouldn''t get paid much. But knowing your luckwe''d probablyend up helping an illegal drug ring... Ruby: Aaron''s right,a quest like this would be more suited to our level. Quest: Slay the demons that havedestroyed a nearby village Difficulty:¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï Aaron: We''d get one shotted if took that shit up. Ruby: Hmmm you''re right. I wouldn''t get to see you suffer. There''s nothing fun in a quick and painless death. Aaron: Could you not be a sadistic bitch for two seconds..... Silver: This quest looks about the right difficulty. Quest: Slay the monsters in the area and then investigate the nearby dungeon. Difficulty:¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï "The infamous dungeon clearing quest. Teeming with monsters and evil spirits. But most importantly, FILLED WITH TREASURE!" Aaron: It sounds good.. but I have a suspicion this isn''t going to go well... Silver: What makes you think that? Aaron looked at his party members and remembered all of their past incidents. Aaron: Just a hunch. Whatever, get ready and meet at the indicated spot in 3 hours. We need to slay all the monsters in the area so we would need to get some bait and more items. Everyone split up to get equipment for their adventure. "This might be the chance to earn some serious cash. Dungeons are where people spend 90% of their time in TRPGs. So THIS is where you hid the first story hook Cris. You know, letting me learn {Phantom Hand}, and now this! Are you FINALLY going to give me the Isekai story I''ve wanted!" Aaron, for one of the first times in his stay in this other world, felt good about his current situation. But as it usually goes in his Isekai life, this feeling won''t last too long. . . . 3 hours later Silver walked into a hilly area with a single tree in the centre of it. There, sitting in the shade, was Aaron and Ruby waiting with giant sacks of equipment behind them. When they saw Silver emerge from the forest, they stood up and called out too her. The three of them grouped underneath the tree and Aaron used a stick to draw in the dirt. Aaron: Alright so our battle plan. We draw in the enemy here using bait and we wait far away from this place. Then we poke at them with spells and our weapons . Also, has anyone seen Nia? Silver: I remember seeing her go to the market but I didn''t see her after that.. "She''s dead isn''t she" Aaron: Whatever I guess, what did you guys bring Silver pulled out her own bag of equipment. She pulled on the drawstrings and revealed its contents. A small pile of dried meat was found inside of it. Silver: Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!Since there''s a lot of carnivores here, I thought that meat would attract most of them. But I remembered adding more in here......... Silver continued to chew on some of the "missing" meat as Aaron simply just stared at her. The leftover meat bits stuck onto her chin without her realising. The remaining meat was taken and dumped at the base of the tree. Ruby: Aaron, what did you bring? Aaron brought out an evil smile. He pulled his sack in front of him and started an explanation as the 2 girls crowded around the bag. Aaron: You may not know this, but there are these things called pheromones. Their basically scents that that animals used to communicate with each other. So, if I can get some of themating pheromones, ALL THE MONSTERS WOULD BE HERE! Aaron opened the bag and his smile grew even wider. Ruby''s face turned red with lust once again while Silver looked in horror. Aaron: And thankfully, our lovely Silver over here was kind enough to donate some. Aaron revealed a pile of worn panties that looked all to familiar to Silver. Aaron took one out and held it against the sunlight. He basked in its glory as thesunlight beamed through the cloth. Aaron: NOBEING CAN RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF PANTIES. ITS A UNIVERSAL CONSTANT THAT TRANSCENDS RACES AND WORLDS. Silver: IS THAT MINE!!! Aaron: Its fine.... their from the dirty pile of clothes, not your closet..... I do the laundry in the house anyways so they''ll be washed. Silver: THAT''S NOT THE IMPORTANT PART!!!!!!!! Aaron dumped the sack of underwear into the pile of dried meatunderneath the shady tree Ruby: Sorry Silver, but sacrifices have to be made. Ruby laughed maniacally as Silver protested to no avail. Aaron: Oh yeah Ruby, I''ve been using {Phantom Hand} to work on my pickpocketing. You and Nia were some of the only ones wearing a skirt so your underwear is in here too. Ruby: Wait, what! Ruby held on to her crotch area in shock as Aaron continued to take out even more panties from his hoodie pocket that had belonged to Ruby. The girls look at the disgusting degenerate in front of them as they silently agree to capture him later. Aaron: So Ruby, what did you bring? Aaron ignored the upset gaze Silver was giving him and looked towards Ruby. Ruby dragged out sack which seemed to weigh the most out of the three. Ruby: Monsters like live food, so I thought something like deer or incapacitated cows would be the best. Aaron: You''re not wrong, but are you sure its not your sadistic ass deciding for you..... Ruby: It was difficult, but I found livestockfor real cheap. Ruby opened the large sack revealing the poor chained up animal inside it. Aaron and Silver looked into the bag and were disappointed but not surprised. In the container, was a chained up and gagged Nia. Nia: hmmmfmfhfmfmfmmfmfmffffmfffhffhfm Nia tried to break free and scream but she couldn''t move. Silver took pity on the tied up girl and removed her gag. Aaron: Oh, you''re alive. Nia: I''ve been in the sack.....for 3 hours now...... Tears started to stream down Nia''s face as usual. Aaron: Did you bring any bait? Nia: HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BRING BAIT WHEN I''M STUCK LIKE THISSS!!! Nia shouted at Aaron who did not seem to care about the predicament she was in.The tied up clericcontinued to sob. Ruby dragged the girl out of the sack using a loose chain and hung her upside down from a low hanging branch. Nia: You guys can''t leave me stuck here right? Aaron: Well, you are the only thing capable of attracting so many monsters here. Actually, you might be too effective for this job. Ruby; You''ll be fine, just make sure to try scream as loudly as possible when all the monsters pile up underneath you. Ruby took a used underwear from the pile and placed in Nia''s mouth to stop any complaints from escaping her mouth. Silver: I do feel kind of bad for her.... Nia: hmmmgfffhghgfhgfhfhgfhghfghfghfghghgh....HGHGHBGHFHGFMFMGFHGFHGMFGHFGHFGHGFGMGF!!! Animal like footsteps could be heard approaching the area so the team, except for Nia, quickly ran to the sides and hid in a bush. The team witnessed as around 7 tall birds that looked like chicken-ostrich hybrids slowly and cautiously approached the tree. They were entirely covered in brown and pale yellow feathers. They had long necks and legs. Their heads bobbed as they walked around the place. Aaron whispered to the group quietly. Aaron: What is that? Silver: Have you never seen a feather foot before? Aaron: Wait, its called a feather foot, does that make their plural feather feet...feather foots..feather feets? Ruby: Look, their taking the bait! Ruby mercilessly grinned at Nia who was panicking at the situation. Nia was dangling only a few feet above the heads of the feather foots. The birds seemed engrossed in the tributes placed by the 3 adventurer''s. Aaron: Alright, the feather feet are busy. It looks like a lot of them are here. We should move now. Silver: Its feather foots...... The groupmoved out of the bush and ran towards the flock of birds. Silver reached her target first and did a full body slam with her shield. She then pulled her arm back and launched a second attack with her shield {-2HP} {-1HP} Silver: FUCK YOU, COCK HEADS!!! The feather foot fell down due to the immense force. Silver then followed up with a barrage of shield punches. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Aaron unsheathed his sword a cut another feather foot. His sword cut its side then came around for another slash to its long neck. {-4HP} {-5HP} The feather foot did not take too kindly to this and kicked Aaron, launching him a considerable distance. Aaron hit the floor and rolled backwards {-7HP} The feather foot charged at Aaron, but the rogue quickly rolled away causing the bird to trip and fall over defeated. {-2HP} Aaron got up quickly and looked over to the blood covered Silver who was throwing shield blows wildly at the feather foots in her line of sight. Aaron could only see a pool of text appear from the mess. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Suddenly, a feather foot started to charge at her from behind. Silver had only noticed it too late. Aaron raised his hand forward and pointed towards the blood bath. Aaron: {Phantom Hand}! The translucent hand appears in the feather foots path and blocks it. The bird rammed into the hand and recoiled backwards. Aaron: Ruby! Could you help us out a little! Ruby stood behind the battlefield and looked at the 2 adventurers struggle. Ruby: Why, its fun watching you fight. Aaron: Iwill make thatfloating hand stroke your tail until you shit youself! Ruby GODS GIVE ME POWER TO SUBDUE MY FOES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT AARON DOESN''T TOUCH ME! {Pit Fall}!! A large chasm appears beneath tied up Nia. She screams as she sees all the feather foots fall down the 12 ft deep hole and pile up at the bottom. The pit fills up with feather footsas the all try to claw and escapethe hole. Those that make it to the topare immediatelypushed back down by a psychotic shield wielding knight. Aaron: NICE RUBY! Right, we just need to finish them off then-- Aaron is cut off as he notices a large pit form beneath him and Ruby. "Fuck. I forgot about her self casting thing" Aaron tries to cling onto the earthen walls. He loses his grip as the earth loosens up and he falls down on top of Ruby. {-10HP} {-11HP} Aaron: Ruby,how do we get out off here. Ruby: I don''t know, I usually wait for someone to help me. The two get up and dust off any dirt on them. They look out of their hole and can only see the sobbing Nia. Aaron materialises a {Phantom Hand} and uses it to remove Nia''s gag. Aaron shouts out of the hole to get the attention of the other members. Aaron: Guys! How''s the situation up there! Is Silver done turning the place into a hellscape. Silver places her shield on her back and wipes off some blood from her cheek. Silver: It''s not that brutal.. The young woman commented this as she stood next to an atrocity worse than a concentration camp Aaron: Nia. Are you dead. Nia''s pupils were pitch black. She simply stared into the distance as the tree branch she washung oncreaked then gave way. She put up no resistance. She fell onto the bird pile and still remained unmoving. Silver walked to the girl and she finally spoke. Nia: Hey Silver, if Cris is real..... why has she forsaken me.......... The cleric did not move as Silver removed the chains that bound her.Niastood up and made her way to the pit with Ruby and Aaron in it. She stood at the edge of the hole and looked down upon the two adventurers. Aaron: Oh, Nia. Could you help heal us. We took some damage just now. Nia looked down upon them and smiled at them. She laughed at the two adventurers and proceeded to speak in a high and mighty voice. Nia: Ohhh, why should I? Couldn''t I just stand here and watch you suffer. I mean, its not like I''m stuck in the pit? Oh what should I do? Nia looked at her 2 bullies and unleashed a wave of smugness. Her fingers stroked her chin as if she were thinking about a solution to the current situation. Ruby and Aaron merely stood there and stared at the cleric pacing around the hole as she continued her monologue. Nia: Maybe I should help you two.. but it''ll come at a cost. Maybe I would make you two strip in public, or maybe I''ll throw you guys into a giant slime....hmm....Or I can force you to-- Nia felt her foot slip as she stepped onto a loose piece of soil. Nia: Oh. The ground gave way and she fell down the hole, knocking her head against the walls of the pit and landing in front of Aaron and Ruby. {-14HP} Aaron: So are you going to heal us.... Nia clung onto Aaron''s hoodie and cried as usual. Nia: *sniff* *sniff* I just wanted to get back at you guys....*sniff Aaron: Your existence is enough to get back at us The cleric continued to sob into the teenagers black hoodie as Ruby enjoyed the view of her favourite victims failure. Sooner or later, the trio got out of the hole with the help of Silver. Thegroup sat next to the pileof dead bird as Nia reluctantly healed the her teammates. Aaron picked up his stick again and drew on the ground. Aaron: The map says that the dungeons is north of this place. Silver will stand in front followed by Nia, then me, then Ruby. Nia will be activating all the traps so I''ll shield her with {Phantom Hand} and Silver can fight anything that tries to charge us down. Nia: Why am I setting off all the traps... Aaron: You fell down a hole without anybody wanting you to do so.. what the hell do you think will happen in a trap filled corridor. The group stood up and got into formation. They then marched in unison, as if part of a scouts group, to the dungeon entrance. It was a stone staircase that lead deep into the ground. Its walls were cracked and damaged, filled with moss that had overgrown. The team cautiously stepped in. The air was stale and damp. Each step sent shivers down their spines. "FINALLY, AN ADVENTURE!! My heart is pumping faster than ever before!This is the kind of excitement I''ve been looking forward to since entering this world!! Who cares about these teammates. If I can steal all the loot here, I CAN BE RICH!! People will have to respect me for my brave contribution to the land!" Silver: Theres a loose plate over there don''t step on it. Nia: Its so obvious, no one could fall for-- Nia''s foot sank onto the pressure plate. Nia: Uh... Aaron: {Phantom Hand}! Aaron materialised the hand to stop any projectile. But nothing came. Then, gas oozed out of the wall and dispersed through the air. The gas entered Aaron''s nose leaving a horrible smell. A single thought came to his mind. {Defence Check:FAILED} {-8HP} "heeeeeeeeeeeggh..... I should have saw this coming............" The entire team passed out on the cold, hard staircase Chapter 6- Shitty people in a dungeon Aaron felt the cold, stone floor on his back. He opened his eyes and stared at the cracked and aged ceiling of the dungeon. He could feel a warm weight on his stomach and something in his mouth. He looked at it while still lying on the ground, and found out it was Ruby sitting on him while shoving her foot in his mouth. Ruby: Oh, you''re awake. Are you enjoying you food? Ruby was smiling demonically at the teenage who was forced to suck on her toes. Aaron: Akchually, this ish kind of nice-sh. I can kind of shee up ur shkirt Ruby: Wha-- Aaron opened his mouth quickly and bit down on her toes at full force. Ruby: OWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOW!!! {-1HP} Ruby got off the rogue and cared for her bleeding foot in the corner. Aaron looked around the room and noticed a wooden door with a sign on it. He checked his body and saw that he was not missing any items. Aaron: Where the hell is everyone? Ruby: I only found you in this room. The others are probably being captured somewhere else. Aaron: What''s past that door? Ruby: How would I know? I was waiting to watch you go through it and see if there was any kind of painful death. Aaron peered at the sign that hung on the door Sign board: ***** You have done wrong to enter this tomb. Only the most reckless of adventurers would dare steal my prized possessions. If you wish to leave with you lives, you must complete 3 challenges. Only then, may you exit this dungeon. ***** Another wooden door stood on the opposite end of the room. Its ominous figure imposed the duo. "The generic "solve these 3 puzzles and you leave with your life trope", I know this is a TRPG, but can''t you be a bit more original" Ruby walked up next to Aaron and opened the door. The next room was narrower, but much longer than the room they were standing in now.The floor was filled with black and white tiles, each only had enough space to fit a single foot. Ruby: Awwww... I was kind of hoping for something more deadly.... Ruby looked at the long corridor upset as Aaron analysed the situation. "If the floor looks weird, theres some sort of trap isn''t there...But what kind I don''t know... There is a way to test it though" Ruby: Aaron! Do you want to walk in there and see what will happen!-- Aaron raised his foot and kicked the fox girl onto the tiled floor. Her tail flew around aimlessly as she was launched by Aaron. She landed inside the next room but no traps were triggered. {-2HP} Ruby: I should be the one kicking people!!! Aaron didn''t care about Ruby''s protests and continued to step into the tiled hallway. Aaron: Looks like there aren''t any trap-- OH FUCK!! Aaron''s foot touched the floor and a tile immediately disappeared. It was then replaced by a pillar of flame hot enough to melt steel. The fire burnt Aaron''s foot as he stumbled next to Ruby. {-5HP} Ruby placed here hands on a few tiles and noticed as giant infernos popped out. The room suddenly gained a red tint as the two stared in horror. The tiles started to disappear rapidly from where Aaron and Ruby initially stood. Being the brave and courageous hero he is, Aaron decided to take a single course of action. Aaron: RUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! The two sprinted down the hall as columns of fire jumped out from tiles around them. The length of corridor behind them was now nothing but fire. Ruby: I''m going to say this now *pant* but this is all your fault*pant* Aaron: *pant* THAT''S NOT IMPORTANT NOW *pant* *pant* *pant* *pant* *pant* The end was now in sight. It was a cobblestone platform with a wooden door identical to the one they passed through. They were only a few feet from salvation when Ruby said her next lines Ruby: Actually, it is important Aaron: huh? Ruby grinned at the rogue who was slightly behind her. The fox leapt into the air and pointed her staff towards Aaron. Ruby: NOW YOU CAN REFLECT ON YOUR ACTIONS WHILE YOU BURN!!! {CHAIN PRISON}!!! Metal chains quickly appeared and tightly wrapped around each of their bodies. Aaron fell down on the tiles while Ruby used the extra height from her jump to make it safely on to the cobblestone. Aaron: WHAT THE HELLLL!!!!! The rogue shouted at the fox girl who was now staring at him. Both of them were on the ground and trapped. Ruby: This is going to be so fun watching you burn! Oh, imagine the look on your face as you desperately attempt to escape your bindings! Maybe I should help you out........ But only if you apologise and call me you master! I might even help loosen your chains a little if you do that just so you think you have a chance. Ruby''s face was beet red as she drooled over floor. A feeling of hotness passed through her body as thought of Aaron''s suffering crossed her mind. She shook and shuddered in an attempt to relieve some of the sexual desire pent up in her. "This asshole is the deadliest trap in this hallway" The wave of fire was now not too far away from Aaron. Aaron: If you want to play like that... Aaron returned a villainous face to the tied up demi-human. Aaron: {PHANTOM HAND}!! The magical hand appeared next to Ruby. It grabbed one of the loose chains and began pulling the girl back onto the tiles. Ruby now started the shout in fear rather than lust. Ruby: WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! YOU''RE THE ONLY ONE WHO''S SUPPOSED TO DIE!!! The girl was now next to Aaron as she wriggled around. Ruby: WE''RE BOTH GOING TO DIE NOW!!! Aaron: I KNOW!!!!! ISN''T THAT GREAT!!! Aaron laughed maniacally as Ruby tried to undo her chains. The fire was now a few feet behind them. Ruby continued to slowly get herself out of her chains. Ruby: I can still get out of here! Aaron: OH NO YOU DON''T!!!! The {Phantom Hand} now moved and grabbed Ruby''s tail. It vigorously stroked and rubbed her fur which sent pulses through Ruby''s spine. Ruby: ??Hnnn??...??Ahhhn??...AARON....?Ahhhn??......?STOOOPP????!! Aaron: I''M SURE THIS FLUFFY TAIL WOULD MAKE GREAT KINDLE!! Aaron face filled with glee despite the fact that flames were now licking his toes. Ruby was now unable to focus on removing her chains as the magical hand prodded and harassed her sensitive tail. The tile''s around Aaron disappeared and flames surround him. The heat was unbearable. The tile underneath Aaron''s foot combusted and burnt his leg once again Aaron: OW OW OW OW FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!! {-5HP} {-5HP} Then, Aaron hears the sounds of the chains cracking and shattering into light. The fire burnt the chains enough to dispel the magic. Aaron got to his feet and loomed over the fox girl who was still chained up. The girl looked at the man towering over her as the fiery ground around himsinged her soft fur Ruby: uhhhhh.... Aaron smiled sweetly at the girl who almost killed him. He then proceeded to launch his leg into her which sent the fox hurdling through the wooden door. Ruby was motionless on the cobblestone ground for a few seconds after she landed {-4HP} Aaron escaped the fiery hallway and cooled down in the next room with Ruby. The chains that trapped Ruby were no longer imprisoning her as she finally broke free. While still holding a grudge against each other, the two looked around their new room. It was similar to their first room but with a large chest in the centre of it. A wooden door with a sign stood on the other end of the room. They peered at it at read the sign. Sign: *** If you want this door to unlock, you must defeat the monster that resides within the chest. *** Both adventurers stared at the chest and circled it Aaron: Alright, the plan.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. Aaron placed his hand on the wooden chest and drew his sword. Ruby stood to the left of the chest and pulled out her staff. Aaron: I''ll open this chest and stab my sword in. You get ready to cast you traps in case something jumps out. Ruby nodded and the both of them stared at the chest. Aaron lifted the chests lid and stabbed his sword into the chest multiple times. His eyes were closed as he was scared of the entire situation. Aaron: HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! However, Aaron opened his eyes and was greeted to a heaping pile of nothing. There was no sleeping goblin, no tiny dragons, or hoards of rats. Aaron dug his hand into the storage space in search for something to fight. Ruby: Awwwww.... nothing was suffering... Aaron: Where the hell is the-- {-3HP} The chest suddenly shut, catching Aaron''s arm. Its wooden lid curved and formed a pair of eyes. The strength behind its bite increased as Aaron tried to pull away. The chest was a mimic. Aaron: YYYEEEEOOOWWWCHHH GET OFF!!!! GET OFF!!!!!!!!! GET OFF!!!!!! GET OFF!!! GET OFF!!!! GET OFF!! GET OFF!! GET OFF!!!!!!!!! {-3HP} Aaron screamed as the chest latched on to his arm and did not let go. Ruby laughed at Aaron as he was being devoured. Aaron looked at the cheerful girl and shouted. Aaron: HELP ME OUT YOU BITCH!! Ruby: Nah! I don''t feel like it! Ruby crossed her arm and instead watched Aaron struggle. Aaron stuffed his sword into the mimc''s mouth and used it as a lever to pry it open. {Strength Check:SUCCESS} Aaron barely pulled his hand out of the chest''s mouth. Aaron kicked the chest toward the fox girl who was laughing away. Aaron: Let''s see how you like it!! Ruby: huh? NO NO NO NO NO!!!! The chest clambered to Ruby as she panicked and tried to run. However, The chest bit down on her tail and trapped her. {-6HP} Ruby: OOOOOWOOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! ARON!!!!!!! HELP!!!!! Aaron stood next to the fox who was whacking the chest with all her might. Aaron: Nah... I DON''T FEEL LIKE IT. Aaron smugly returned a very familiar quote to Ruby. The mage crawledto Aaron''s feet in pain. She was only able to muster up a few words due to the pain Ruby: Silver...gave... me..a....little.....tip.. Aaron: Oh.. and what would that be? Aaron stared as the chest continued to bite on to Ruby''s sensitive part. Ruby quickly winded her staff backwards, then struck Aaron''s stomach at full force. {Defence Check:FAILED} Aaron used {Projectile Vomit} {Status effect:Resolve Down} Silver had taught Ruby the oldest trick in the book. A stream of barf launched itself out of Aaron''s mouth and landed on the monster. The monster recoiled and shambled backwards. Aaron: Remind me.......to beat her ass later......... Aaron was out of breath as using his strongest skill exhausted him. Ruby: {Chain Prison}!!! Metal chains wrapped around the chest and around Ruby. They both lay on the floor. The chest tried to open but couldn''t due to its bindings. This left only its eyes to stare at them menacingly. Ruby: Aaron, give it the most painful death it could have. I''m only letting you have this oppurtunity because I never expected something more vile than you to ever exist... Ruby''s eyes were filled with hatred as she stared down the monster that hadcaused her precious tail so much pain. Aaron: Why am I the benchmark for monsters. The boy who has forcibly touched her most sensitive parts and has repeatedly tried to kill her was confused at Ruby''s words. The rogue lifted his sword and struck the mimic {-1HP} Aaron: You have to be fucking kidding me. Ruby: What, are you too much of a wimp to do any real damage? "How am I supposed to kill this bitch................... And I''m not talking about Ruby." Aaron could feel the chest gaze at him mockingly. It made a noise as if it were laughing. Aaron: Did you just make fun of me, mimic Aaron stared at the chest for a few seconds then looked to Ruby. Aaron: Ruby, I have an idea you might like . . . Ruby and Aaron dragged the chest to the wooden door that led to the fiery corridor. The flames were burning brighter than ever before. The chest suddenly panicked and tried to plead with its two captors. Aaron: Okay on the count of 3 The chest shook around as the two adventurers picked it up using loose chains. Tears started to fall out of the chest''s eyes and it made crashing sounds as if it were screaming. Aaron and Ruby: 1......2.............3!! The box was swung around and tossed into the flames. The fire burnt the box as the two adventurers remained unfazed at the blood curdling scream the mimic produced. Ruby gave out a smile while Aaron just looked at her. "I shouldn''t be fuelling her sadistic kinks" They turned around and headed to the exit. They turned the door handle that would lead to the next room. A distinct "click" sound was heard as the door swung open revealing a large room. Thetwo could see a set of stone staircases, similar to the one they had used to enter the dungeon. Then their eyes darted to their left and they witnessed two ferocious beasts staring at them. These monsters brought calamity everywhere they went. They were known for sending adventurers into a spiral of despair without laying a finger on them. It was Silver and Nia. Aaron: Oh, you''re alive.....great. Silver: You don''t have to show your dismay that obviously.... Aaron: How did you guys get out of your traps so quickly? Silver: Well......... . . . Silver and Nia were dealing with the first corridor. Nia took a single step forward and instantly set off a flame. Nia: HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!! SILLLVVEERRRRRRRRR MY FOOTTTTTTTT!!! Nia hopped around while Silver continued into the hallway Silver: If your luck sets off every tile you step on... Silver picked up Nia and carried her on her back. Silver: Then we just make it so you don''t step on anything. She then ran through the fire without looking back.Nia was still being burnt by multiple flames as the two quickly dashed through the hallway. Nia: SSSILLLLLVEEEERRRRRR!!! STAAAAHHHHPPPPPP!!!!! THE FIRE STILL BURNS BEHIND YOUU!!!!!! The two then reached their second challenge and read the sign on the wooden door. Sign: *** If you want this door to unlock, you must defeat the monster that resides within the chest. *** Nia: Can you open the chest Silver. I feel like something bad is going to happen if-- Silver: YOU CAN''T FUCKING STOP ME YOU WOODEN BITCH!!!! Silver took her shield off her back and pummeled the door. It soon became nothing but a pile of fire wood due to the shields repeated bashing. . . . Aaron looked over to the pile of broken planks that sat at the doorway where Silver and Nia entered from. His eyes then landed on a cleric in burnt clothes being poked and harassed by the fox mage he was stuck with. "I expected nothing else from these psychopaths" Aaron: What''s the final challenge going to be? Mysterious voice: That would be me! A pile of dark energy swarmed in the centre of the room. Everyone grouped and pointed their weapons at the monstrosity at the centre. It hovered near the ground and was completely black with red highlights.(Look up "Legend of Zelda Blight Ganon" and that''s what it kind of looks like). It did not wield any weapons. Instead, it had long arms thatdragged on the floor. Mysterious creature: I am a blight! If you wish to steal the precious treasure of this dungeon and leave, you must go through me! The blight raised its hands forward as if trying to show off its magnificence. Silver: EAT THIS SHIELD, FUCK FACE!! Silver ran ahead of the party and hit the demon with her favourite weapon. The blight simply stood there as Silver continued landing blows. {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} {-1HP} Blight: You foolish humans. Theres a reason I transcended such a useless race!! I learned these monster powers to become stronger than ever before. Now, you wish to steal my prized possessions and get a way with it! KNOW YOUR PLACE!! The blight pointed his hands towards the three who were still grouped together. Balls of energy formed in its hand and created strong gusts of wind.The balls targetedthe group at full force. Aaron: OH SHIT! Aaron quickly dove behind the petrified Nia and cowered behind her. Nia: YOU''RE THE MEELEE FIGHTER!!! AREN''T YOU SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE HEALER-- Nia was cut off as the dark balls launched into her at full force, sending her flying through the air. Nia served her purpose of being a meat shield well. Nia: AAARRRROOONNNNN!!!! Nia landed a few feet away and stayed on the ground. {-12HP} Blight: I know exactlywhat you''re thinking now! I still have a small part of human in me after all! You wish to run away from here! You want to go home and cry to your moms!! BUT ITS USELESS!! The blight continued its monologue and laughed maniacally as the team continued there attempts to slay the beast After taking a few moments to enjoy Nia''s suffering, Ruby took out her staff and casted her own spell. Ruby: Gods above, subdue my enemies and force them to the ground! Allow me to end their pitiful life and assert dominance over them! {CHAIN PRISON}! Portals unleashing chains appeared above the blight and Ruby. The chains tightly wrapped around them. However the chains surrounding the blight instantly broke. Only Ruby was left bound and trapped on the floor. Blight: Magic doesn''t work on me you idiotic monkeys. "We''re absolutely fucked aren''t we, Cris. There has to some way to beat this thing!! This is when I''m supposed to get my super saiyan mode or some shit RIGHT!!!! Second Gear!!!!! Full Cowl!! GODDAMMIT CRIS!!!! DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BRIBE HIM!! I DON''T HAVE ANYTHING ON ME--" (Writer''s note:To all the non-weebs, references are to Dragon Ball, One Piece, My Hero Academia in that order.) Aaron suddenly realised a solution to the problem. Aaron laughed crazily as all eyes now landed on him. The blight looked at the boy confused. Aaron: Blight! You don''t have to be killed right? You just have to let us pass. Blight: That is true. But how do you expect to force me to give you permission! Aaron: I can''t force you, but I want to trade. The blight sat on the ground and looked intrigued at Aaron''s proposal. Aaron made one of his famous demonic grins as all his teammates suddenly had a bad feeling. Blight: And what kind of valuables would make a demon, who has far surpassed his human body, want to trade with you. Aaron''s face beamed at the demon who now floated in front him. He reached into his hoodie pocket and firmly grasped onto something. Aaron: An item who''s temptations transcends races and universes.. Aaron pulled out the treasure from his pocket and hoisted it in front of him. The blight was shocked, while Aaron''s teammates looked at him disapprovingly. Aaron: PANTIES!!!!!!! Aaron held out three pairs of underwear. Each of them were from one of his teammates. Blight: Ohohohoho! Valuable indeed! Silver: WAIT!! WEREN''T THOSE USED AS BAIT AND LEFT IN THE SACKS!!!!!! Aaron: I never said I wasn''t going to keep some of them. Silver protested as Aaron continued his sales pitch. Aaron: THESE pairs of linen are from not one, not two, but from THREE different girls! The fine ladies surrounding us have so kindly donated these and are willing to give them to you! Silver: YOU STOLE THEM FROM MY HOUSE!!! The blight suddenly wrapped itself in a cloud of dark mist. The twisting mist slowly subsided, leaving a man who looked to be in his 30s standing there. He wore a full formal suit that looked similar to a tuxedo and walked forward to the rogue who was showcasing his goods. He held a vial filled with a red fluid in one of his hands. Blight: These are top quality indeed! The blight handled the panties delicately as he raised them to light and basked in their glory similarly to how Aaron did previously Nia: GIVE THEMMM BACKKKKK!!!!! Aaron: Do you want to get out of this alive or not!! Aaron held the distraught Nia at arm''s length as the blight continued his inspection. Blight: Still three panties for the entire purpose of my existence. Isn''t that a bit unfavourable. This potion will temporarily give you a strength stat of 30 after all!! The man-blight swirled the red liquid in his hand as he stroked his chin. Aaron simply smiled and pretended to act confused. Aaron: Three? Don''t you know... Aaron dropped his voice and looked at the blight maliciously. Aaron: There''s an entire sack filled with these outside...... . . . The team happily walked out of the dungeon, well Aaron was happy at least. He exchanged items with the blight-man and waved good bye. Blight: Do stop by anytime. I''m sure we could strike a few more deals together...... The team walked away from the stone staircases and made their way back to the town. Aaron held on to the red vial and observed its colour under the sunlight. "30 strength huh. We cando some crazy shit with that much power." Aaron''s thoughts were interrupted by a crying and complaining Nia Nia: AARON! HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO WALK AROUND NORMALLY WITHOUT OUR UNDERWEAR! Aaron: You guys didn''t notice it earlier in the adventurer''s guild. Silver still has her''s cause because I couldn''ttake it through her pants. You cansee if she''ll lend them to you if you ask nicely. Silver: But thanks to you this is the only pair I have left.... Ruby: I have a better plan.We steal Aaron''s clothes. One of us will take his underwear and the other will take his pants. That way, it''ll be less awkward when walking through town. Aaron: Wait what. Nia: That doesn''t sound too bad. We''ll give him whoever''s not using their skirt so he can cover up if he wants to. Aaron: Wait wait wait wait! I DON''T AGREE TO THIS!!!!!` Silver: I don''t need anything from him but I''ll help you out. Aaron: HOLD ON WE CAN TAKE ABOUT THIS CALMLY RIGHTTTTT!!! Ruby: {CHAIN PRISON}!! Aaron fell to the ground. He could do nothing as the three girls surrounded him, ready to get pay back. "Cris, I''m starting to get the hint that everything I do, is going come around to fuck me over" Chapter 7- Not everything is about adventuring It was a peaceful night in Eden. The moon was out in the starry sky and Silver was sleeping peacefully in her bed. While she was comfortably rolling around in her night gown, her ears picked up on the sound of her bedroom door slamming shut. She opened her eyes and saw Aaron locking the door. Aaron sees her wake up and is only able to give a nervous smile. She immediately sits up and starts to get out of her bed. Silver: Aaron? WHAT ARE YOU-- Aaron: {PHANTOM HAND}!! The magical hand covers Silver''s mouth as Aaron continues to barricade the door with chairs and furniture. Silver picks up multiple objects from her bedside table and throws them at Aaron. {-1HP} {-1HP} Aaron: Ow!! Ow!!! Quiet down! They''ll hear us!!! Silver: HMMMFMFHHFMFMFMFMHHHMMFF!!!!!! Silver picks up her shield that''s beside her bed and immediately changes the look of panic on her face to a look of rage. She pried off the radiant hand and charged into Aaron, cornering him into a wall. Silver: So!! Youfucking thought that you could defile me while I was sleeping! Like hell a bitch ass like you would get the chance to do that!!! Silver raised her shield high into the air and prepared to bring it down onto the pervert in front of her Aaron: WAIT WAIT WAIT! CALM THE FUCK DOWN OR ELSE THEY''LL-- Their peaceful discussion was interrupted by a loud crash coming from outside the room. Both of the adventurers stared at the door and figured that the noise came from a plate breaking in their kitchen. The two looked at each other wide-eyed and Aaron was finally given an opportunity to explain himself. Aaron: I was sleeping on the couch, then I heard some movement. I got up and saw someone looking through the cupboards in the pantry! Isaid "fuck that"and ran up here! Silver: Did your rogue friends finally break into this house like you threatened? Aaron: I''m flattered you actually thought I had friends. The two cautiously got up and approached the door. Silver passed Aaron a lamp that she kept in her room. Silver gently opened the door and the two tiptoed their way down the stairs. They came to a halt when they saw a figure walking around their kitchen. Silver whispers to Aaron. Silver: *whisper* Say something!*whisper* Aaron: There''s a beautiful young woman here! You can do what ever you want with her as long as you let me leave alive! Silver: I will shove this shield into your face after I''m done with him. Aaron: Did you here that! Are you going to let that go, orcome here andtakeher like a real man!!! Silver grabbed onto Aaron''s hoodie and shook him around as he tried to negotiate with the burglar. Aaron raised the lamp to brighten the room and reveal the thief''s face. The two looked at the stunned girl who stood in the middle of their kitchen. She wore white religious clothing and had hazel hair. It was Nia, holding a sandwich in her mouth. The plate fell from her hand a smashed on the floor. The three stared at each other without anyone moving. Then, a blood curdling scream broke the silence Nia: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Aaron: WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE!!! Silver: HOW DID YOU GET IN? The commotion was interrupted by a pantry cabinet opening by itself. Inside the cabinet, was an orange furred fox girl who groggily rubbed her eyes. Ruby: *yawn* Why''s everyone screaming............................oh. Ruby''s eyes widen as she sees Aaron and Silver standing on the staircase next to the front door. Ruby: Yo. Ruby quickly jumped out of her hiding hole and took out her staff. Ruby: {CHAIN PRISON}!! Chains wrap around Ruby and Aaron, causing the rogue to fall down the stairs and bring Silver down with him. Aaron: OH SHIT! {-3HP} Ruby: Nia!! Pull me out of here!! Nia: BUT WHYYYYY!! YOU ALWAYS BULLY ME! Ruby: IF YOU DON''T, I WILL CHAIN YOU UP LATER!!! Nia reluctantly grabbed on to Ruby and made a run for the door. Aaron laid stuck on the floor on top of Silver, both of them being a few feet away from the entrance. Nia swung the door open and was about to make her escape. Aaron: OH NO YOU DON''T, YOU BITCH!!! {PHANTOM HAND}!!! The magical hand slams the door shut, causing the cleric to knock her head on the wooden door. Nia turns around in a daze and is suddenly greeted by a white haired demon pummelling a shield into her face. Nia falls to the ground. . . . . Aaron and Silver sat at a table in front of their two "guests". Ruby was still tied up in chains and Nia was wrapped up in spare rope kept in the house. Silver: So, do you want to tell ushow you gothere. Ruby: Not really. Aaron: Welp, desperate time call for drastic measures. Aaron got up from his chair and stood behind the chained up girl. His eyes glinted in the dark room as he vigorously started to rub the fox girl''s ears. Ruby: OK OK OK!!! WE THREW A BRICK AT YOUR WINDOW AND SNUCK IN WHILE YOU DIDN''T NOTICE!!!The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Silver: WAIT WHAT!!! AARON HOW DID YOU NOT NOTICE THE GLASS BREAKING!!!! Nia: We used bait to distract him. Aaron: What do you mean? . . . Aaron woke up from his sleep in the middle of the night as he heard a tapping on the window. He looked towards the source of the knocks and witnessed beauty in front of him. He saw a floating pair of panties behind the glass. It glowed softly in the bright moonlight. He jumped off the couch and bolted directly through the window. He landed with a crash outside and looked around for his precious treasure. What he failed to notice, was Ruby and Nia sneaking in from another window, dragging a piece of underwear behind them . . . Silver: Aren''t you supposed to have the highest intelligence in the group... Aaron: What do you expect me to do? NOT try to chase suspicious underwear? Ruby: I thought your distraction was better though, Silver. Ruby smiled at the confused knight while reminiscing on the trick they pulled on Silver. . . . Silverwoke up from her sleep in the middle of the night as she heard a tapping on the window. She slowly stood up from her bed and looked towards the sound of the knocking. There she saw beauty in front of her. A triple decker steak sandwich with extra cheese floated behind the glass. It''s lush green cabbage sat between the white bread as it hung precariously on a hook. Silver charged through her window with her shield in an attempt to grab the sandwich, but instead she fell to the ground two storeys below her. . . . Aaron: You almost died..... for a goddamn sandwich. Silver: It had soft bread and melty cheese! Who could resist! Nia: See, I told you the cheese was good in it Ruby! The was also meat soft and tender anddd-- Silver: Wait, you ate my sandwich. Nia: Yeah, why? Silver jumped Nia and pulled her shield off her back. She proceeded to crush the cleric on the floor with her weapon. Nia: AAAARRONNNNN!!! HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!! Ruby smiled at the cleric''s misfortune as Aaron remained unsurprised by the turn of events. Aaron turns to the fox girl and continues his questioning. Aaron: Anyways, why the fuck are you breaking into this house. Did you finally notice how handsome theman standing next to you is and couldn''t stay away? Aaron smirked and spoke in a smug voice. He took a pose in an attempt to show off his non-existent good looks. Ruby: Do you ever wonder how farI could stick my staffinto your butt? Aaron: You''re the one who''s chained up here so before I find out how far my "staff" can go up your butt you better answer. Aaron drops his previously joking tone and grips onto the fox girl''s head tightly. Aaron also pulls the enraged Silver off the tormented cleric. Nia spoke through tears and sniffles as to answer Aaron''s question. Nia: You guys.. left me on the first night...... I was cold... and sad.. so when Ruby showed me how to get in here... I thought it would be nice.......... to have a warm place to sleep for once..... Ruby: It''s not like you guys found us in here for the past 3 days so we just assumed our presence didn''t disturb anyone... Silver: Wait, 3 DAYS! Ruby: Yeah, I''ve taken over the cupboards to sleep in while Nia slept in the laundry room. Aaron perked up when he heard Nia''s sleeping spot and quickly brought up question. Aaron: Nia-a-a... did you happen to hear any sort of rustling while you were sleeping there. Or any weird noises-s-s Nia: Sometimes the lights would turn on and you would come in. But I would be in a basket filled with clothes so I can''t see what''s happening. What do you do so late at night where Silver keeps all her-- Aaron: That is not important. Silver immediately stared at the rogue who was guilty of committing multiple sinful acts in that laundry room. Ruby piped up during this moment with her regular villainoustone. Ruby: Oh, I''m sure what Aaron did in there couldn''t be as bad as what we saw you do with your shield last night. Silver''s face blushes and turn red as she panics a little. She embarrassedly tries to raise her hands towards Ruby as to try silence her. Ruby fakes an erotic and lust filled voice to mimic Silver''s action Ruby: "Ohhhhh Shield! Your hard smooth body makes me feel so hot inside! I just want rub you with my juices all night until I can''t move.... Oh what''s that! You want a second round... well aren''t you being active to night!" Ruby started rub her self down in an attempt to replicate Silver''s movement during her adult session with her prized shield. Silver: THAT''S ENOUGH THAT''S ENOUGH!! Aaron: Keep going, I want to hear what she did to the shield and how you''re going to re-enact it Ruby: I''m here to embarrass Silver, not pleasure you rod. Ruby quickly stopped any form of acting to ensure that Aaron did not receive anymore satisfaction. Aaron: You know, Silver, with 3 girls in this house and you feeling that way at night, we can take this story in an entirely different question if you just ask me to help. Aaron tried to speak with all his charisma but was instantly shot down by everyone at the table. Nia: So if all the questions are overrrrrrrr... I''m going to go back to sleep. Silver: You can''t just sleep in my house! Nia: WHY NOTTTTTTT!!!!!! AARON SLEEPS HERE!!! AREN''T I A BETTER GUEST THAN THAT GARBAGE!!! Aaron: I clean, do laundry and cook, so this "garbage" is the only thing making this household work. If you want to stay here, you have to do something of equal worth. Ruby: I can cast trap magic over Aaron every night to stop him from doing anything. Silver: You''re staying here starting today, Ruby. Silver quickly replied to Ruby''s proposal without any form of hesitation. Ruby gave a thumbs up to Aaron, who was annoyed at howeasily the mage was accepted into the household. Nia was still making futile attempts to justify her staying here. Nia: Um..um.. I can help Aaron cook! Aaron: You''re going to end up burning down theentirekitchen. Nia: Then, I''ll tend to the flowers outside! Silver: You''ll drown the plants in a matter of seconds. Nia''s eyes started to swell up again as the group continued to bash all her ideas Nia: THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DOOO!!! She rolled around on the floor while still tied up and stuffed her face into Aaron''s pants. Aaron made multiple attempts to kick the crying girl off as she made unintelligible noises. Just then, the peaceful night was interrupted by rain. The sound of water droplets hitting the roof broke everyones focus. The howling winds shook the entire house as loud thunder could be heard in the distance. Silver: Oh no! Did I close all the windows! Rain will damage the flooring and a single bolt of lighting could destroy this entire house! Aaron looked out of the window in the kitchen and remembered a useful device from his previous world. He thought for a few more seconds then looked down towards the crying Nia at his foot. Aaron: Nia, I have an idea for what you can do. Nia: Really! Nia looked up from her despair with a beaming smile. She radiated happiness as she could finaly stay in Silver''s house. However, she was greeted by a demonic smile on Aaron''s face. Aaron began to laugh maniacally as he thought about his plans. Nia''s face suddenly fell. . . . A few moments later... Nia: AAAARRRRRRRROOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!! HOW IS THISS SUPPOSSED TO PROTECC THE HOUSE FROM LIGHTNINGGG!!!! I''M GOING TO DIEEEE HERREEEEEEE!!!! AAARRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!! Aaron: It''s called a lightning rod, you''ll attract all the lightning so none of it hits the house. Aaron stood on the roof of Silver''s house next to Nia, who was bound to a tall metal pole. The strong winds and rains drenched Nia''s clothing while Aaron happily sat under an umbrella. Aaron''s ingenious idea was for Nia to stand on top of the house during storms to act as a lightning rod so as to protect everyone else. Silver and Ruby were standing on the pavement in front of the house, watching the chaos from afar. Ruby shuddered in place as she drooled over Nia''s displeasure. Ruby: God, I wish I could be standing up there to tease her.... The atrocious weather continued as the winds strengthened, which blew the wet cleric''s hair all over the place. Nia: LET MEE GOO ARROONNNNNNNN!!! HEELLLPPP MEEEEE!!! I DON''T WANNNAAA DIIIIIIIEEEEE!!! Aaron: Quiet down... the neighbours are still sleeping. Nia: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cleric squirmed around to try escape her impending doom. Aaron watched as the girl made futile attempts in freeing herself. The sound of thunder drew closer towards the group. Nia: THE LIGHTNINGS COMMMINNNNGGGG HERREEEEE!!!!! I HAVE TO GETTTTT OUUUTTT!!! Just as Nia was about to escape, lightning struck the metal pole the unlucky girl was strapped to. The loud crash of the lighting resounded throughout the town. The shockwave after the impact broke the rope and launched Nia towards Aaron. The soaking wet cleric hit the rogue and knocked him off balance. Aaron stumbled backwards and lost his footing. The boy fell over and rolled off the roof of the house. Before he had realised it, the boy was plummeting to the ground. He reached out his hand, but he couldn''tgrab onto anything. Everyone, except Ruby who was extremely delighted, stared in horror as Aaron fell head first from the two-storey building. And in a matter of seconds, the boy hit the ground and a loud crack emerged from his neck. {-99HP} Aaron died. Chapter 8- You get used to dying after the first few times Aaron''s life flashed before his eyes as he plummeted through the air. The ground was just a few inches away from him. His mind piled up with regrets as he embraced his last few moments of consciousness. "If my folks from my old world were to see me now... Do you think they''lI be proud?.... I fought evil... I slayed monsters that most would cower in fear from.... and most importantly, I actually held a conversation with a female!........" Despite the perilous situation, Aaron''s mind was clear and calm. He made a slight smile as he accepted his fate. Then a single thought appeared which stirred his mind into a whirlwind. "WAIT! WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF MONOLOGUE IS THIS!! A HERO CAN''T DIE FROM FALLING OFF A ROOF!! WHO THE HELL WROTE THIS SHITTY STORY!!!!!!!" (Writer''s notes:What? Did you think there was going to be actual character developement?) Aaron''s neck snapped as he hit the floor. He felt a surge of pain which lasted for an instance before suddenly disappearing. His hands laid on a chilly, snow white floor. He looked upwards from his position and saw the empty void of space staring down on him. Aaron was temporarily stunned as he pieced together his surroundings. Then it hit him. "Not this shit again" Cris: Oh, you''re back... A lady in traditional clothing leaned over an annoyed rogue to peer at his face. Aaron: If you lean forward a bit more I might be able to catch a view of your boobs. Aaron smiled as the goddess kicked the teenager to the side. Cris: Just because I can read you''re thoughts, it doesn''t mean that you should be shouting them out loud. Aaron: Why not? Itincreases the chances of one of the multiple porn scenarios I have laid out to come true. Cris: Do you speak like this with everyone? Aaron: Only when I''m certain I can''t be accused of sexual harassment and want to be a dick to someone." Cris sighed and her shoulders sunk as Aaron''s thoughts grew even lewder. Cris: You do not care about the fact that you''re speaking to a goddess do you. Aaron: Last time I checked, A GODDESS DOESN''T FUCKING LIE!!! Cris: What do you mean. Aaron: I''M THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS WORD!!!! WHERE ARE MYOP POWERS!!! ISN''T THIS ALL AN ANIME WHERE THE BAD ASS HERO GETS THE BITCHES AND SAVES THE WORLD!! Cris: When did I ever say that. Cris gave an annoyed glance towards the furiousbrat complaing about his lack of privilages.Stolen story; please report. Aaron: YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN ME SOME POWER UP YOU CUNT!! Cris: I did! I doubled your 3 lowest stats! Aaron: MY STRENGTH IS A 6. Cris: Exactly! I doubled it! Aaron: WHAT-- All of Aaron''s pent up rage was coming out in this instance. The hardships he endured. The psychoatic teammates he was forced to work with. The constant stream of bad luck that was his daily routine. They were all caused by this single person. But he suddenly stopped after hearing Cris''s response. Aaron stammered and continued in a nervous voice. Aaron: S-s-oo you''re saying that.... my stats are after the modifiers Cris: Yes. Aaron: oh. I see..... His eyes started to tear up as the effects of living a life as a shut-in finally caught up to him. He realised the unhealthy routine that consisted of waking up at 5pm and consuming only instant noodles has left him totally unprepared in this new world. Aaron: Just hurry up and send me to the another world already............ I''ve given up on living in this one....... Cris: I''d love to, but I can''t. There''s a chance you could get revived in the next few hours. Aaron: There are reviving spells in this world? Cris: Yes. However, they can only be performed by high level priests and requires a lot of mana. It also won''t extend you life span so you can''t be revived from old age Aaron: Doesn''t that ruin all meaning to death and remove any stakes from adventuring in this world. Did you not balance this shit correctly. Cris: If you keep quiet now, I may not smite your friends for trying to revive you. Cris looked through a portal she materialized that showed Aaron''s corpse. There, 3 girls were huddled around a body that was lying lifelessly on the ground Aaron: My friends are trying to help me? DID THEY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART! HAVE THEY REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT I AM TO THEM. WILL ONE OF THEM GIVE ME A SURPRISE CONFESSION ONCE I''M REVIVED. Aaron jumped towards Cris and pushed her aside to take a good look at the screen. He could see Silver, Nia and Ruby kneeling besides his body. The 3 of them were leaning over the corpse, blocking Aaron from having a complete view of himself. There was silence amongst them. Then suddenly Ruby''s voice came through the portal as if it were a speaker. Ruby: I can''t believe it. Aaron smiled smugly at this sight. He put on a brave and dramatic tone as he monologued despite the fact that only Cris could hear him. Aaron: Don''t worry, Ruby. I''ll be back soon. There''s no need to get depressed over my passing. It will only be a small hiccup before we can inevitably be reunited- Ruby: I didn''t think he was ACTUALLY broke! Aaron: huh? Aaron took a closer look through the portal as to what the girls were doing. He saw the fox girl rummaging through his pockets in an attempt to find goods or anything she could use as black mail. Nia: SEEEEE!!!!!! ITS NOT SO FUNNY WHEN IT YOU GETTING HURT ISHH ITTTT!!!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR MAKING FUN OF ME YOU MEANNIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! The hazel-haired cleric shook the soulless body around in an attempt to garner some sort of reactionfrom it.Her tears and snot covered the poor boys face. Aaron: Hey Cris, Go ahead and smite them if you want. Cris: Are you sure you don''t want to rethink your team''s composition? The goddess dissapointedly stared at the annoyed teenager who stood in front of her. Aaron continued watching the commotion as the 3 girls continued to loot and harass his body. "I finally get why disrespecting bodies is against the Geneva Convention" Silver: Alright I think that''s enough playing with his body. We should bring him to the church to get revived. The other 2 girls looked over at the silver haired knight. They each had a dissappointed look on their face as they slowly pryed themselves of Aaron''s body. "Atleast, I have one helpful teammate...." Silver: Besides, he is the only one in the party who can cook. "Scratch that" Ruby: Yeah, and he''s the only one who can torture Nia as well as I do. Nia: BUT HE DOESN''T HELPPP MEE AT ALLLLLL!!!!!!!! Ruby: Your opinion doesn''t count Nia continued to whine as the 2 other girls begrudgingly started to carry the body.