I was lifted in the air as the tentacles tried to crush me, but they had almost no effect on me as I scrolled through a list of the girls I had given Systems to. I had a new ability that I wanted to try out, but there were so many exciting choices.
“If I can’t crush you, I will just devour you!” Thesta screamed, tipping her body to reveal a fleshy pit filled with pointy teeth.
No part of me wanted to get tossed into this thing’s mouth. So, I decided that I would fight fire with a flamethrower and selected Tiga from my list, and my body started to grow and change rapidly.
Thesta screamed as her tentacles were torn apart as I became a monstrous twenty-foot-tall male Mantiken.
My hands were massive paws with razor-sharp claws four feet long, legs a mass of my tentacles that moved on their own but at my command. Massive wings sprouted from my back as my hair grew longer, and I could feel my scorpion's tail as well.
“What?! Impossible! How is it possible that you can change your body like that?! Get him, you useless Demon!” Thesta screamed as she retreated back from me, but she wasn’t getting away that fast.
My tentacles shot me into the air, flinging Mutalisks everywhere that was ineffectually trying to attack me. I fell down on top of the Sea Witch, and our bodies locked together with tentacles thrashing, but Thesta had already lost.
I stabbed Thesta multiple times with my tail, injecting her with a poison that would liquefy her insides in a matter of moments. My acid was also the same as what had messed me up from Tiga’s tentacles that were soaking into the Sea Witch.
I wasn’t sure if that would be good or bad for her, but her reactions said it was terrible.
“Get off of me… You… what… happening… melting… AHHH!” Thesta tried to yell, but the acid from my tails started to take effect, and Thesta started to thrash again, but she was already dead.
I released the Sea witch and watched as she sank, her body starting to pull apart. I stretched my senses, but Barbarous, the Demon King of the Sea, was gone, along with all his Mutalisk.
[I don’t really blame him. You are quite an ugly site. You don't really seem that different, so I can assume things went well?]
I looked down at myself and smiled at my strange-looking body but frowned when I thought of the memories. That had been a lot to take in, but things were starting to make more sense, sort of.
‘I get why I am here, and I know what I need to do, just no more of a clue how to solve it than I did in the elevator. I don’t know how we will save all those people,’ I sent to Harold.
[I still don’t have an answer after all this time, but we have nothing but time. You sped through everything the last time you tried to get to him. I think that you must have missed something last time. I can only suggest now to take your time and go over each world with a fine-tooth comb.]
‘Yeah, not like we have any information to go off, but there is something. The girls will all have their memories back, but Mary and her team, who are her sisters, are the ones I need. They were in charge of all easter eggs and treasures that were written into the game. I feel they will be the only ones that still don't have their memories back,’ I explained as I turned back to the ship, my body shrinking back down.
I crawled back on top of the ship and laid down. That was the first time using my new Monstrous Growth ability, and it really took it out of me.
If I had stayed in the form any longer, I probably would have been forced out, but that was pretty cool.
[That is true, but it is just another thing you can work on. For now, I think you should let everyone else direct things for a while. I think you could use some rest; you have earned it.]
‘Rest? Can you not count how many women there are down there that are interested in spending time with me? I think fighting monsters is the only real off time I get!’ I sent it back, and that made Harold laugh.
[Possibly, but just remember. Nothing is forcing you to rush things, and it is in your best efforts to take your time. You have more than enough things to take care of inside this ship before stepping outside it. The world's problems can wait; they aren't going anywhere.]
I peeled myself off the smooth hull of the submarine; funny how that word had escaped me until now. I guess it was one of the significant advantages of getting my memories back; I knew what things were called again.
Still, this last week had been one hell of a trial, but it was over now, and it was time to kick things in slow-mo for a while. I had been going too fast for two long, and I didn’t just mean this lifetime.
I could remember pushing myself to near death with almost everything I did, fighting to get to the end. The problem was that I never took the time to make a plan; I was just angry and pissed off.
“Zack!” Jilly called, and my heart skipped a beat as I turned around to see her crawling out of the hatch in her human form.
I turned, but tears suddenly filled my eyes, and I got a lump in my throat.
“Don’t be like that, or you will make me cry!” Jilly cried as she ran into my open arms.
Even though I had just seen her in my memories and before I left the ship, I missed her so much.
[Dear Readers! This is the end of the first book!! Finally made it! I know that it took a long time, and thank you for sticking with it the entire time. The next book will start right away, but this is the offical end of Monster Girl Ranching In Another World! The next books is called, Monster Girl Ranching at the Bottom of the Sea!]
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