Chapter 12
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 12
Chapter Title: Search and Subjugation Request (4)
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Slowly.
And very, very carefully.
Moving my body with precision to avoid detection, I focused my Detection Tentacle on the women's voices reaching me.
- Ugh, a mutant slime in Luis Village? That's pretty shocking.
- Yeah. No wonder the reward was so good—there had to be something up. That guy had all those suspicious bruises too.
'That guy?'
A question mark popped up in my mind for a moment, but I figured it out right away. The man they were talking about was the human male I'd killed not long ago. The one who'd come on a picnic with Elrine.
Even so, after violating Elrine, I'd gone quite a distance back to the scene to clean up and bury the body. And they'd already found it?
These two women... I hadn't checked their stats yet, but they seemed pretty competent.
- Yeah, yeah. But even if it's a mutant, how does a slime leave bruises? Did it body-slam him or something?
- Doesn't seem like it... Hmm, narrow impact points with significant physical force? Maybe it's not a slime after all.
- But the traces scream slime. The way it dragged its body along, too.
- True. Guess we'll have to see it ourselves.
'Slime, huh.'
I wasn't entirely sure, but they seemed to think I was a slime.
The man I'd encountered first had mistaken me for one too.
In this world, it looked like slimes were the prime example of monsters with fluid bodies that slithered around.
Hmm...
Thinking about it, this was exactly like the previous game.
'Wait.'
Then, a thought flashed through my mind.
What if this wasn't just a world similar to the previous game, but the exact same one?
Before the Goddess dragged me here, she'd sent me that game under the pretext of testing the sequel.
A sequel didn't have to be a different world. Plenty of games continued the same world as the previous one.
Maybe it really was...
- But would a slime kill a woman too? That'd be kinda creepy. Hng.
- Brace yourself for that possibility. I thought the missing people from Luis Village might still be alive since it's a remote area... but probably not. Who buries humans without eating them? Looks like the woman's probably dead too.
Hng. Both missing people dead.
It's not confirmed yet. Think positive.
Luis Village.
A village I'd never heard of in the previous game, one I couldn't recall. But for a frontier village, that made sense.
I should definitely confirm it next time.
Whether this world was the same as the previous game's.
If it was, would the previous game's protagonist be here too?
The head of the continent's number one guild, 'Lily Guild,' where I'd maxed out all stats to top-tier levels and made her the number one S-Class adventurer.
The reason the guild was called 'Lily' was simple. It was that lily—GL, Girls' Love.
As I'd said before, the protagonist of the previous game was a lesbian whose goal was to build a harem of women. Not a single man in the guild.
And it was an elite group.
Out of 24 members excluding the protagonist, nine were S-Class and fifteen A-Class—a ridiculously powerful lineup.
They even monopolized S-Class ranks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, making it a guild that screamed corrupt monopoly.
Undisputed number one on the continent.
The protagonist was overwhelmingly the top among them, but if this world was the same as the previous game's, I was in serious danger.
In the previous game, the protagonist wasn't content with her 24-guildmember harem; she'd travel everywhere picking pretty virgin women to fuck... or so the setting went. And because of that, she had an extreme hatred for anything threatening women's chastity—especially monsters.
It was famous that if word got out about a highly libidinous monster, she'd personally go hunt it down.
Damn.
No way.
Probably not. My life couldn't be that rough.
'Anyway, they'll be in sight soon.'
Even as these thoughts swirled, I eavesdropped on the two women's conversation and reached the edge of the forest.
By keeping my body as low as possible and moving slowly, I approached without being spotted, staying hidden.
No matter how big my body was, since it was fluid, I could deform it to match trees or bushes and hide.
- But Piona, doesn't it seem weird that a monster would bury a person? Wouldn't it just toss it aside?
- Maybe it's an unusually intelligent specimen. Burying it to avoid pursuit makes sense...
- Eek! Gives me chills just thinking about it.
The woman shuddered dramatically, her voice full of disgust.
Hearing her high-pitched tone, I maneuvered my Detection Tentacle to peer toward the cave.
'Got 'em.'
The Detection Tentacle poking out from beside a tree scanned the two women standing and talking in front of the cave.
'Ooh...!'
And I couldn't help but be impressed as I looked at them.
'They're gorgeous.'
A red-haired woman and a yellow-haired one.
Both top-grade females that made my mouth water. Just looking at them stirred the urge to shove my tentacle cock right in—radiating raw sensuality.
The redhead had sharp, cat-like eyes. Her outfit wasn't revealing at all, but it clung to her curves perfectly.
A tight tights base layer with something draped over it. Her abs and legs were on full display.
Especially those straight, defined abs. They looked delicious.
Next, the yellow-haired woman.
Her face was the total opposite of the redhead's—bright, cheerful, and innocent. Her eyes and features screamed pure and sunny.
But her body? Not even close.
Unlike her sweet face, she packed brutally voluptuous tits. Bigger than Elrine's, which I'd used freely just hours ago.
Her ass was no slouch either.
She wore one more layer than the redhead, so her lines weren't as defined, but even through the clothes, that firm butt and explosive chest teased my male instincts.
I want to fuck them.
Make them mine.
To do that, first I need their stats.
'So the redhead's name is Piona.'
Her stats were perfect for me to rub up against.
Everything except Agility and Perception was lower than mine.
And even those two could be covered somewhat by the Thorn Tentacle and Detection Tentacle bonuses. In a fight, I'd have the edge.
'Now the blonde.'
'She's a mage, huh.'
The blonde was Amy. Her physical stats were lower than Piona's, but her magic ones were solid.
Overall, Amy's total stats were much higher than Piona's.
'But mages usually handle rear support or firepower with a tank upfront.'
So, she'd actually be easier to deal with.
'Even 2v1, I could take them.'
That was my honest take after seeing their stats.
It might be overconfidence. Piona alone had physical stats close to mine, even surpassing in some areas.
But my instincts told me otherwise.
Just like with that first man. No sense of losing at all.
Instead, certainty that I could crush them and make them mine.
Plus, they were off-guard.
"If the monster's smart, isn't that dangerous?"
"Exactly. That's why we need to take it out fast. Intelligent monsters are always priority targets."
"Hng. Thought it'd be a relaxing walk-in-the-park quest."
"Still, judging by the bruises on that guy, the monster itself isn't that strong. Probably dangerous for a solo E-Class adventurer, but subjugatable. Easy for us C-Class."
"Hehe! True."
That body I'd buried days ago.
Finding it had actually made them drop their guard against me.
Makes sense. Back then, my average stats were in the low 7s—stronger than a civilian, but weak for an adventurer. Their reaction was natural.
'No way they'd think a monster could get several times stronger in that short time.'
But it had happened.
The me from that fight and now? Totally different creatures.
"Alright, shall we head in?"
"Yeah. Most traces are here. Looks like it stayed at least three days. It's out now, but probably coming back today. Maybe the missing woman’s inside."
With Piona's words as the cue, Amy nodded and drew a dagger from her waist.
"I'll take left!"
"Got it. I'll do right."
They split, standing on either side of the cave entrance. They jammed daggers into the sticky membrane I'd fixed there.
"Start on three."
"Okay!"
"One, two, three!"
The moment they moved to slash—
Splat—!
I surged my massive body at top speed, extending tentacles in my fastest assault on both.
Thorn Tentacle for Piona, Blunt Tentacle for Amy.
Slash—!
"......!? Amy! What the—danger! Ghk—!?"
"Wh-what!? Kyaa!"
The moment they had the most openings.
My fastest ambush.
'Too bad.'
But the results weren't satisfying.
Piona must've been on high alert; she reacted quick.
I'd aimed for near-instant combat incap, but didn't quite hit that.
Still... mission accomplished on the basics.
"Ugh! Amy! You okay!?"
"S-somehow...! You, Piona?"
"Hoo. I'm fine for now. Good thing I was prepared."
Amy quickly raised a barrier at Piona's words, but the timing was off—she clutched one arm in pain.
Piona blocked the attack but not fully; the Thorn Tentacle grazed her forearm, drawing blood.
I watched them gleefully, wriggling my tentacles forward slowly.
Like tightening the noose on prey.
"Wh-what the hell is that? A monster......!? It's huge!"
Amy paled at my appearance, shaking her head.
Piona bit her lower lip and murmured low to Amy.
"......That's it. The slime we were looking for."
"Th-that?"
"Yeah."
"How is that a slime? It looks insanely strong......! And creepy. I've never seen such a gross monster."
"Yeah, we got careless. Should've been more cautious."
Piona glared at me venomously, her sharp eyes narrowed.
Two daggers in her hands—handles red like her hair.
Amy glanced at her.
"Sh-shouldn't we retreat? Fighting that thing is impossible. And it's a new—."
Amy wanted to bolt, but Piona shook her head.
"No, we're already here. We took the quest, and resolution's right in front. We're C-Class, remember."
"Uh, yeah."
"So we do it. Just take it down. Give it our all."
Piona's eyes blazed as she shifted into combat stance against me.