[Enginheim border, Yumi's POV, Chase.]
The master ordered me to return to my old master, but I couldn't leave her behind! Ahh! These people will not leave me alone either; they have been chasing me for hours but don't want to give up chase any time soon. Ah! High jump! Jump over the rock! Maybe I'll lose them!
No, the people riding dragons were still behind me; I needed to lose them somehow; my stamina bar looked grim. At this rate, I'm going to be exhausted! They keep taking turns, but I can't take that luxury! Maybe they will leave me alone if I make it over the border!
My footsteps accelerated once I noticed the dragon riders trying to use ropes against me to try and catch me. Ugh! Master Anabel! Help me! No! I'm the one who needs to help my master! She needs me, too! I need to find help for her. I can't be captured yet! Just a little further! Keep pushing just a little more!
"Heeeeyaaaa! I caught them!" Oh no! One of the men behind me caught one of my legs! No problem! Think! I know! I'll transform into my human form for a second, let the rope loose, and transform back! So I did just that, and it worked like a charm! The smoke from my transformations distracted me and affected the people chasing me.
We were going at a fast rate of speed, so I was now about to face the border wall where guards awaited me with giant harpons, all pointing right at me! Yikes! What do I do? What would Master do?! She would devise something clever right now, but I'm not her! Master!
Ultimately, I pushed my body with all my strength as I transformed into my human form to avoid the multiple harpoon shots, yet it wasn't a perfect plan. I did get scrapped by several harpoons that made me bleed. Thankfully, my jump had been high enough to land on top of the wall, and some soldiers immediately began attacking me.
Ahhh! duck! Slide! Water magic! Slime magic and slide! Perhaps it was meant to be; my plan worked! All of the soldiers lost their footing on the incredibly slippery floor! Yet the trouble was not over. The dragon people were also climbing the wall with their dragons! What the hell! They can do that?!
I jumped to the other side of the wall as I transformed into my toad estate to keep running. I needed some time to cast some healing magic, but I had no time, so I was leaving a blood trail behind me as I looked around for any water sources! If there was a lake somewhere, I could lose them! I can swim way faster and better than any dragon!
Ugh! My right leg really hurts! Ugh! How bad am I doing in HP? I need to know. Check Health percentage!
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[User Yuimi has below 25% HP left, losing HP at a high rate.]
I need to make it! I can't get captured now. Master Anabel needs me! Please be water somewhere close. I can only use water sense one more time. Please be water nearby. I prayed as I activated my unique skill, "Water sense." It was a helpful skill that told me the direction of the nearest source of water nearby in a ten-kilometer radius.
[Swap nearby. Water to the north. Keep going straight ahead.]
Thank you, divine voice! My SP was so low that I couldn't keep running in my toad form anymore. I had to resort to my human form to keep going; otherwise, the stamina consumption would kill me. I just need the water to recover enough SP and MP! I need moisture! This sandy nation is too much for me. I need water!
"Ata boy! She's running out of tricks! We are about to be rich!" I could hear the men screaming, still far away but quickly approaching, as I kept running with all I had. Even if I was about to pass out, I needed to survive! I need to save my master!
The pools of blood behind me kept getting bigger and bigger as my wounds expanded with so much stretching. My entire attire was bloodied now. I'm sorry, Lady Eclaire! I messed up your Kigurumi! A rope soon passed near me as I turned my head around just to see the men right behind me again.
"Yeeeehaaaw! Looks like you're out of breath, bakemono!" The one on the left said as I simultaneously paid attention to them and at my mini-map; I was so close to the swamp. Please let me make it! Please, for the nature Goddes, please let me escape!
My prayers were cut short when one of them caught my left leg and made me fall onto the floor as they laughed at me. I was panting heavily and was disoriented by the harsh fall and the hours of pushing my limits to escape the poachers.
Still, I didn't lose hope as I saw other toads like me a little far away; I had hoped they knew I was one of them as I tried my best to communicate with them before the men wanted to kill me! Some of them noticed me, but then they ran away! NO, PLEASE COME BACK AND HELP ME!
"I'm sorry, Master Anabel. I tried my best. I really, really tried. I'm sorry."
"Oh? Who is this Master Anabel? Are you a domesticated toad? Even better! We just need to change your owner since you have a slave crest already!" Said the man as he tied a rope to my neck.
"Dam, you stupid toad girl! You took us on a long, wild chase! FUCK YOU!" The other guy's companion replied after kicking me in the gut, followed by his dragon also kicking me.
"Ahhhg!" I was about to pass out when I lost all hope. When it seemed impossible for me to survive. I heard a rumble from within the swamp's direction as I watched an even bigger version of me coming from there, followed by hundreds of Giant toads who were a little smaller than me in my toad form.
The men's dragons immediately took off without them, so they also took off trying to escape my new friends, but since they were running on foot, they were eventually caught as the main toad picked me up from the ground with its tongue. I assumed it would put me in its mouth, but instead, it put me atop its head as it rushed toward the swamp.
I checked my HP status before looking at the men being swallowed by the toads. You know what happens when you mess with me! With Master's loyal companion! You get what you fucking deserve! That hurt you, bastard! I thought as a smile formed on my face.
[HP below 5% user needs emergency heals now!]