"I'm so disappointed that you don't trust me" I said with a sigh.
"...Why should I?" Lilith asked while squinting her eyes at me.
"S-so you don't trust any of your council member?" I asked in surprise.
"Is it compulsory?" Lilith shot back.
'There are many others who are infected on this ship, and the infection have reached their brains, my lord' the creeper queen suddenly said.
"Okay... I really have to go now" I said hurriedly.
"You haven't answered my question yet" Lilith said, and poked my head with the warm barrel of the gun she had behind my head.
"Is it compulsory... I'm Leonardo Garcia, okay?" I said, and rolled my eyeballs, "See, we don't have much time..." I was saying, when alarms began ringing throughout the ship, and all the lights turned red and dim.
"What's going on?" Lilith asked with a frown.
"I really don't know how you cured the incurable infection, but the others couldn't do the same... Welcome to the first sub-trial 'Run'" I replied in monotone.
"Wait... So you mean, those things are in here with us?" She asked in confusion.
"Alot of them, it's like a zombie virus" I replied.
"... Close your eyes and slowly get off me, remember I'm with a gun!" Lilith said.
'She can't kill you if you merge with me, my lord' the creeper queen said.
'Tell me about it...' I replied in anticipation.
I closed my eyes, and slowly began getting off Lilith, like she ordered.
'If you merge with me, you would gain all my abilities, including the abilities of those I've devoured, my lord' the creeper queen said.
I paused with my eyes wide, 'Including immortality? And if I were to devour a player in that form, you would gain the abilities too, right?' I asked in anticipation, with a smile.
*Slap*
I felt a powerful slap land on my left cheek, and felt my jaw dislocating. The slap knocked me off balance but I quickly grabbed onto something to stop myself from falling back on Lilith.
What I grabbed felt so soft and smooth in my hands, and when I looked down, my heart instantly dropped.
I was grabbing her boobs.
*Bang*
I flew out of the room like a ragdoll, and slammed through the door on the opposite side. I coughed up blood as I sat up from the broken table which I crashed on.
'F*ck... What's the cost for merging with you?' I groaned and asked in pains.
To avoid the embarrassment of being seen as a pervert by the empress, then I'll have to act like I'm infected too.
The alarm bells are confirmation that the infected players are now creeper's, so all I have to do is transform into a creeper... and go on a killing spree.
[You're dumber than I gave you credits for.]
"What?!! Why?" I asked in confusion.
'The creeper infection makes a player immortal, so they can't be killed... And if they can't die, then they can't reincarnate... So they will remain a creeper, forever' the creeper queen explained.
"So...?" I asked in confusion.
[If you act like you're infected, and transform into a creeper... How would you later explain, when you transform back to yourself.]
"Ooh... That actually makes sense" I mumbled to myself in realization, "So what do you suggest I do?" I asked.
[There's nothing to do about it, just accept you're a pervert.]
'You can merge with me and transform into a creeper, then level up by killing all the player's that are newly infected, while getting more abilities from them, my lord' the creeper queen said.
[How does that help in explaining he's not a pervert?]
'I have the ability to shapeshift which I got from my lord's friend, so my lord just have to act like he's a creeper who ate him and transformed into him to get on the ship... Then after the trial, he'll act like he just reincarnated into the ship and knows nothing about what went on' the creeper queen said.
"Woah, guess who's smarter than a spectator" I said with a smile, while applauding the creeper queen.
"What are you?!! And what did you do to Leonardo?!!" I suddenly heard a menacing voice.
I was startled by the voice and looked towards the broken door in the room. I saw Lilith, pointing a red customized pistol, which had black streaks all over, at me.
[I hope you get beaten up.]
'If my lord merges with me, then beating her would be like spanking a human toddler' the creeper queen countered.
[Shut the f*ck up.]
"Woah!... I never knew the god's cuss too" I exclaimed in surprise.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!!... Don't you dare ignore me!!" Lilith screamed out in anger.
"Ohh, sorry... I forgot you were here" I replied apologetically, and stood up.
'Do I need to pay a cost to merge with you?' I asked.
'Fifty percent of your life-force and mana pool, and after we merge, you get fifty percent of my life-force and mana pool, my lord' the creeper queen said.
'Lose to gain huh? Cost isn't permanent, right?' I asked cautiously.
'No it's not, my lord' the creeper queen said.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked Lilith with a creepy smirk.
"I'll shoot you if you don't answer my questions" Lilith said, and subconsciously took a step back.
'Creeper Call' I muttered, with anticipation.
My eyeballs turned pitch black, and my skin became as pale as a sheet. My veins turned black and bulged slightly from my skin... With my teeth becoming jagged and razor sharp. Then large leathery wings sprouted from my back, tearing my shirt to shreds.
I instantly felt my strength skyrocket, and informations of abilities began flooding my head.
I didn't transform into a full creeper... Just a hybrid, which is much more convenient.
*Bang*
*Bang*
*Bang*
Lilith began riddling me with bullets while retreating through the broken door, but... I surprisingly couldn't feel pain, the bullets weren't even able to penetrate my skin.
When she saw I was indestructible, she instantly fled into the hallway. I didn't bother chasing her and began summoning the creeper queen's colony.
Black slimy pools began bubbling from multiple spots on the floor, and creeper's began pouring out endlessly from the pool.