The next day, three girls in beginner's village snuck out as Rebecca kept Steve occupied. They had to make sure that he was watched at all times and that no monsters got within his reach.
The one girl with green hair, especially, felt terrified as they began to discuss their plans for the future. They had a lot of people that they didn't like that were responsible for certain towns, but not enough to wipe out their entire home worlds! If Steve happened to be stronger than a monster and killed it, again, an entire planet, species, or universe could be destroyed!
Rebecca thought about this as she rubbed Steve's back with oil as he impatiently accepted her kindness. Her hands lithely rubbed against his back as he grabbed onto the sword next to the bed. He impatiently accepted the massage before she turned him over and started to rub his chest. Her eyes were still sullen and morose from him escaping yesterday. However, he had to get out and venture further into the world! It was his destiny!
Even if it made a few girls sad, he wanted nothing more than to kill those gremlins lurking in the forest…. However, the girls would expect it if he went to the forest… He contemplated going down to the river and having at the slimes…. Why would it matter that he killed a few slimes anyway? It was a game and he had to keep leveling up at all costs! He felt the oil on his back and Rebecca's gentle hands as he sighed and pretended to go to sleep.
She sighed and went over to look at his eyes as he fluttered his eyes with a sense of bliss… She stretched and yawned as she looked around for the three other girls…. Their meeting was taking too long, and if they didn't find a place to unleash him soon, he might seriously end up killing everyone in their village!
Beginner's village was a simple village that took up a minor place in the game world above the heavens. There were 200 habitants yesterday, but it had narrowed down to 175 after Steve unleashed hell on the Terror Gremlins. This included Veronica who'd dedicated every moment of her last two weeks tending to the precarious desires of Steve and all the strange things he desired. For instance, when he had wanted a foot rub, she plopped his feet down on the table and began rubbing them for hours on end….
She had a lot of callous on her hands, and feet when she'd chased after Steve yesterday in the forest. Unfortunately, it looked like all her efforts had been for naught. Rebecca started to cry a little bit as she walked over to the mirror and let out a sigh of relief. She looked down for just a second to wash her hands as Steve snored behind her…. As the water turned on in the white sink in their small hovel, she grimaced and dipped her head into the water….
Looking back up with soap in her face, she noticed that Steve's snoring had stopped, and that his body was gone from the reflection in the mirror. She couldn't believe she had been so stupid!
A pair of footprints out of the window led directly to the forest, and she screamed, "he's gotten away!" The three other girls heard her scream and rushed out of the little blue tent in front of the forest… They prepared their weapons which included a bow, a sword, and a spear as they rushed out to find him….
Steve, however, wasn't anywhere in site. They nervously looked towards the River as they saw a small dot rushing after the slow slimes!
Steve, at this moment, jumped up and unleashed a [double stab] at one of the slimes. He sent out five more slashes as the sound of an explosion rang out from behind him. The slime split in half as Steve thrusted his sword in the direction of the next slime…. The entire village, during this time, was turning into a complete chaotic mess.
River Slime – 12 HP I [6 / 18 HP]
Steve followed it up with a [omni-slash] one of the starting skills he had when he entered into the village. Two slimes were hit and one disappeared in a flash of smoke. Screams echoed out behind him as he became crazed for the experience. The slash destroyed both the slimes and a little pearl dropped from one of the slimes. He picked it up and put it into his inventory as lightning began to spread across the sky….
"This is horrible! We aren't going to make it in time!" Rebecca rushed her fastest towards the river as Steve chased after another slime. "Girls… This is an emergency! Do whatever you can to stop him from killing the next slime!"
"Girls?" Rebecca turned around and to her horror saw that only one girl remained. Janet, who stood behind her, had tears in her eyes as she picked up her lance and tossed it into the air. It flew towards Steve as he reached the front of one of the green slimes. It looked terrified from its small watery eyes as Steve brandished his blade downward at its position. However, as he was attacking it, the spear crashed into the ground in front of it.
A series of lightning bolts flared out of the spear, sending Steve into the river's edge. They were by the estuary, at the mouth of the river, and Janet's AOE attack had at least saved them some time….
Steve opened his eyes in the water as he looked at his screen. A blue panel appeared in front of his eyes with information on who attacked him and how much damage he'd received.
Steve – 1 HP I 99 / 100
[You are partially immune to attack from Janet due to level difference, however, impact with water has caused – 1 HP damage….]
Steve coughed as he pushed aside the prompt and got out of the water…. He looked up angrily as Rebecca and Janet sheepishly looked down at him climbing out the water. He thrust his right hand out of the water and pulled himself up as the slimes ran off in every direction… A small item was on the ground as he got onto the rivers edge. He grabbed it as the girls helped him out of the water….
"You… you attacked me! I'm definitely not staying here with that kind of treatment!"
"You… you can't leave!" Rebecca said, hugging him with her white armor on as the water spread between them, "If you leave, who knows what you'll end up killing or destroying!"
"I'm sorry…. I couldn't hear that last part," Steve admonished Rebecca as he thrust himself away from her arms. "I… I have to go now…. Unless you are going to punish Janet for me?"
"I… I really apologize," Janet said with tears coming out of her eyes as she bent down on her knees. Her brunette hair traveled down her red armor as she looked up with puppy dog eyes at Steve. "I will let her punish me in front of you to your satisfaction, master…. Anything you want to stay with us at all times…"
"I'm a man! Make sure it's entertaining!" Steve said as he reached down and picked up the small pearl that had fallen onto the ground. He put it into his conch as the girls looked down in horror. That item contained all the universal essence of the entire planet that had been linked to the slime…. Steve decided to look at it later as Rebecca grabbed Janet hair and pulled her back. He nodded his head for her to continue as he sat down and held out his hand…. Rebecca passed him an apple and he began to eat it as the slimes crossed to the other side of the river….
He looked at Janet and sighed as he crossed his arms. She was about to get tortured to a high degree, but he didn't feel patient enough to watch it….