They were around an hour away from their camp when they heard a screeching roar coming from that direction.
This made all three of them jump in fright and at that moment Paul realized that the wind direction had changed.
This wasn't good at all since they were still too close to their camp and way too far away from the town to even dream of escaping on foot.
Paul sighed as right now they had maybe a few minutes before the Dead breeder would come for them.
-Ladies, take off your clothes and store them leaving only the underwear.
He told them in a serious voice while he started to strip down himself.
Both girls were shocked at this command but they knew by now that Paul was not a person who would fool around at a time like this so they complied without a word.
Once all three of them were ready, Paul went to the shore and took out three small rafts connected by a rope.
-These will help you stay afloat so hold on to them if you want to live.
Paul explained.
-Master, we can't swim.
Mia said with fear in her voice.
The river in this place was at least half a kilometer wide and very deep.
-That is why these things are connected, all you need to do is to hold on to it and use your hands to pedal.
Paul instructed.
-Unless you prefer to have a meeting with that overgrown spider?
He reminded them that the alternative was not that great and right now they could already hear it closing in on them.
Seeing Paul standing already to his belt in water they quickly joined him and with his help got on the mini rafts that he had prepared just in case.
When he was building these things he never suspected that they would be used to save their lives.
The intended purpose of these things was to help teach the girls how to swim.
Right now both girls were holding onto the rafts for dear life.
Paul was thankful that the river was calm in this place and the current wasn't too strong.
Once he made sure that both girls were secured he jumped onto his raft and started pedaling with all his might as the sound of something big approaching was getting closer by the moment.
They were around twenty meters from the shore when the giant arachnid showed up and started screeching and hissing on them.
Paul had to agree that seeing this thing was enough to give anyone arachnophobia as this thing was hideous as all hell not to mention big, armored, and deadly.
He and the girls managed to get away just in time, if they stayed just a few seconds longer they would most likely have been dead right now.
Paul focused on paddling as he wanted to get to the other shore as soon as possible since there were shallow parts of the river that would allow the beast to get across but fortunately for the humans, there were no such places nearby.
Once they got far enough away from the shore the current started to take them downstream leaving the furious spider behind.
Paul also remembered the rabbits that he had to get rid of and since he was on the river and it looked quite deep here he took them out and dropped them into the water.
Soon there were all kinds of fish enjoying the feast of rabbit meat and some spider eggs.
It took Paul and the girls almost two hours to get to the other shore as the current was stronger than it looked but that was also good news since this meant that they were now way closer to the town and they would be able to enter it soon.
The moment they were behind the walls would be the moment they were safe since even a beast as powerful as a Dead breeder could not hope to attack even a small town and survive.
Unfortunately, the sun was getting down already and all three of them were exhausted now so there was no way for them to reach the town gate before the sunset.
They would have to spend the night outside because the gates were closed after sunset and opened again at dawn.
Paul, Mia, and Maya were all lying on the river bank too tired to move for now.
-Master, when there is a chance you have to teach us how to swim.
Mia said in a tired voice.
-I was planning to teach you in two days but then all this happened so it might be a while before we can get to that.
Paul answered also tired from all the paddling he was forced to do.
This was a desperate plan of escape and he was happy that it worked as this could easily turn into a catastrophe if they got attacked by a water beast.
Luckily that didn't happen and they managed to escape safe and sound.
-Master why did you tell us to take off our clothes?
Maya asked since this question was on her mind from the start but she didn't want to bother him when they were in danger.
-Clothes get wet and when they are wet they get heavy and since you both can't swim then you don't need added weight to help you sink.
He explained his reasoning for that.
Both girls accepted that explanation as it made a lot of sense.
Paul was the first one to regain enough strength to get up and the moment he did he turned away from the girls as their underwear was still wet and right now he could see everything the same as if the girls were naked.
Both girls noticed his strange behaviour and only then did they notice that they were entirely exposed.
That made them sit up and cover up while blushing.
Mia was once again glaring at Paul but she soon gave up since he did turn around the moment he noticed their state and also she was way too tired to even bicker with him about it.
Not to mention that it was not the first time that he saw her almost naked so she decided to let it slide this time.
Paul took out his tent from the spatial device and went inside to dry himself up and calm down a bit since the sight of the sisters naked made him have a standard reaction that any man would have if he saw their bodies since both of them were beautiful and had sexy figures.
A few minutes later he emerged dry and fully clothed only to find out that the girls had also taken out their tents and were inside changing their clothes.
While he was waiting for them he started a fire and took out the soup that he started to cook earlier.
Some time later both girls came out dressed in new outfits that covered them much more than the training clothes but also made them look stunning and elegant.
When they saw him cooking they didn't even bother to ask why he didn't allow them to cook since they had this argument a few times already.
The sisters stated that it was their duty as his slaves to cook for him but Paul had an argument that they were unable to defeat.
-Can you even cook?
This one question defeated them every time they tried to argue since they never learned how to cook.
Paul offered the soup to the girls and they all decided to treat the previous incident like it never happened.