"Can you turn around for a moment? I'm not in a good shape," said Athoi.
"Oh... yeah, sure," Nabil replied, turning his back.
Athoi adjusted her bra, glancing at Nabil to make sure he wasn't looking.
"Wow, the moment she said my hand moved her bra, I thought she would slap me, but she didn't. And she talked about her bra openly. Girls don't usually speak that way. And wait, how did she find a bra in this world? That's a question I can't ask," Nabil thought to himself.
< Teaming suggestion with Athoi543 > (Nabil's window)
"Teaming? Yeah right, we can team up," Nabil thought.
"You can turn around now, I'm done," said Athoi.
"Umm... is your name Athoi?" Nabil asked.
"Yes, but I never told you my name. How did you know?" Athoi asked.
"Oh, my window gave me a teaming suggestion with you," Nabil explained.
"Oh. By the way, about teaming. Do you want to team up with me?" Nabil asked.
"Did you propose teaming up or just ask if I wanted to?" Athoi clarified.
"I asked, didn't propose," Nabil replied.
"I don't want to team up with anyone. At least not with a male," Athoi said.
"Oh, doesn't matter. I wasn't thinking of teaming up. I need to get out of this cave. My friends are waiting for me," Nabil said.
"Are you in a team? I mean, you mentioned friends, so I asked," Athoi said.
"Oh, friends? You're the first human I've talked to in a healthy state. Those are my dragon and my lion friend," Nabil replied.
"Oh yeah, I saw the dragon the last time I saw you. It was powerful," Athoi said.
While they were talking, they heard a sound coming from the darkness. They looked around but couldn't figure out the source.
Nabil drew his sword, its glowing light illuminating the area, but even that couldn't pierce the darkness.
"It's not natural darkness. It might be a monster creating dark smoke. When we first arrived, it wasn't this dark, and now it's darker. Your sword's light isn't illuminating the area. This means it's not natural darkness," Athoi explained as she put on her armor.
"Be careful, it's dark smoke," Athoi warned Nabil.
"Yeah," Nabil said, gripping his sword tightly.
The ground around them shook slightly.
"Is it another giant monster like the frog?" Nabil wondered.
A huge figure seemed to be approaching, the darkness emanating from it. Suddenly, it became so dark that Nabil couldn't see Athoi anymore.
Athoi tried to focus on the situation when a huge hand with long nails reached out to her. She blocked it with her sword, but the sword broke, and the arm struck her face, crashing her skull. She collided with the cave wall and saw a figure approaching, eating the obsidian sword.
The figure was a huge, human-like creature with long hair, a big beard, and a hairy face and body. Athoi tried to teleport, but the darkness made it impossible to discern where to teleport to. The figure punched her face, breaking her skull. She screamed in pain, but the smoke blocked the sound. The figure took off her helmet, and Athoi tried to access her system, but it didn't work. She pressed her inventory, but it wouldn't open.
The creature grabbed her hand and ripped it off. She screamed again, but the sound was blocked. The monster used its nails to attack her chest, breaking the chest plate and injuring her body, causing her to bleed. It kicked her chest, breaking it further, and she screamed again. The creature picked her up and repeatedly smashed her body against the ground, then ripped her body in half and threw her against the wall. Her body fell to the ground.
The creature started kicking her body, and a kick to her chest knocked her unconscious. Athoi was unconscious but still breathing. The figure opened its massive mouth, intending to bite her, but Nabil arrived just in time. Using his glowing diamond sword, he attacked the figure's head, splitting it from its body and causing the darkness to fade away.
Nabil looked at Athoi's mutilated body, unable to believe his eyes.
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"Wait, that means she's alive," Nabil said, holding her upper body and noticing that she was still breathing.
"How is she still alive in this situation?" Nabil thought.
< Kill her to get 10 billion coins >
< Kill her to get 10 billion coin >
"Shut up... I will never do that," Nabil muttered, recalling what Athoi had said earlier:
"That day when I first saw you, you were almost dead, and I had an offer to kill you in exchange for a reward, but I didn't. I saved you using the potion of life I had for myself. I only had one."
"Yes, I have a potion of life in my inventory," Nabil said, opening his inventory.
"Great, the inventory opened. While the dark smoke was around, it wouldn't open."
After opening the inventory, he found a green potion and, thinking it was the potion of life, he fed it to her and poured it over her body to reattach the two parts. However, instead of healing, her skin and clothes started to burn and melt.
"What potion is this? Isn't it a healing potion? Green means healing, right?"
< It's a Dissolve potion, not a healing potion >
"Oh no, I'm killing her instead of helping!" Nabil exclaimed. He quickly grabbed a red potion. "What is this potion?"
< Regeneration and healing potion >
"Okay, got it," Nabil said, administering the potion and pouring it on the wounds. Her body began to heal instantly, and the severed parts reconnected, returning to normal.
He checked her pulse and found it working. "Great, I think she's saved now."
Nabil realized Athoi was now fully naked, her clothes dissolved by the potion. Wanting to cover her, he began to remove his upper body clothing. As he did, she opened her eyes.
Athoi immediately touched her chest, feeling her nipples and realizing she was naked. She saw Nabil undressing beside her and slapped him.
Nabil, shocked by the sudden slap, saw Athoi awake. She started to run.
"Look, it's not what you think. Please believe me," Nabil pleaded.
Athoi, pulling out her ruby sword, said, "You too? You wanted to rape me? I thought you were different!"
"No, trust me," Nabil said.
"Don't come closer, or I'll cut you in half," Athoi threatened.
Nabil dropped his sword. "If you don't believe me, that's your choice. Kill me if you want, but listen to me first.
After you were nearly killed, I tried to use the potion of life, but I didn't know which one it was. I used the green potion, but it started dissolving your skin and clothes. Then I realized my mistake and used the potion of life. When you regenerated, your clothes didn't. I was just trying to cover your private parts with my clothes. I had no bad intentions."
He threw his leather jacket and offered his black pants from his inventory after changing to leather costume. "Here, take these."
"Oh... I'm sorry for misunderstanding," Athoi said.
"Glad you understand. Give me any punishment you want. I'm really sorry. If I hadn't messed up, I wouldn't have seen your naked body, and you wouldn't be in this situation," Nabil said, turning away. "Wear your clothes first, then you can decide my punishment. If you want to kill me, I won't resist."
Athoi dressed and said, "I'm sorry instead. Why would I punish you? I misunderstood."
"Well, I've faced things like this in real life and after entering this world, so I thought it would happen again," Athoi explained.
"What do you mean? What happened to you after entering this world or before that?" Nabil asked.
"Don't ask. Maybe I'll tell you sometime later, but we need to get out of the cave," Athoi replied.
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Deep Down the Cave:
Leon was knocked down by a monstrous creature, a huge 10-meter zombie monkey. He tried to stand, but the zombies grabbed him and threw him into the water.
Underwater, a giant octopus threw Leon back up, and the monkey threw him back into the water repeatedly. Leon was knocked down, breathing but unable to move, and bleeding.
After a while, the monkey stopped throwing him. Leon tried to create an energy ball but was too weak and collapsed.
Small zombies started eating Leon alive. He was in excruciating pain, unable to move or defend himself, groaning helplessly as they devoured his flesh.