[Welcome home, Meru]
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"Uhh… What?"
Where am I? What's going on?
Ugh… My eyes…
My body feels heavy…
Huh? It's dark. So that means the Goddesses have put me in a cave!? And why am I in a ragged jumper and trousers in black and white stripes!? Am I in prison!?
And what's this thing around my neck!? A choker!?
Huh? A wristband on my right arm?
What on earth is going on?
"Damn it, Twentyfive! That's the wrong cell!"
"What? I didn't know!"
"Hey! Prisoner! We'll come over and get you! Don't move!"
Yep. I'm definitely in prison. And a couple of robed guys are arguing about a broken ground where I'm at. God it feels like I have fallen to 100 floors and over, judging by the distance above.
Great… Now Maki is coming to get her daughter which could not only taint her and destroy her purity, but it might cause damage to not only her husband, but to me as well! And Mari's just a blind child!
Looks like I have no other choice. I have to find a way back home and save Mari before something terrible might happen to her.
"The bespectacled woman who's a brunette and fairly big tits have escaped, and SOMEONE forgets to block this cell!"
I'll call him 'Robe A' , the one who was mad at 'Robe B' that I managed to fall and rot in a cave.
Welp. Time to escape!
And I'm off!
"AH! MY EYES!"
Geez! What's bright in front of me!?
Hm? Status?
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Name: Ketsue, Meru
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Class: Freelancer
Occupation: Prisoner, Teacher, Gamer, Weakest Champion (Online)
Cash: 0?
HP: 100/100
MP: 0/0
Equipment:
Weapon: None
* Sub weapon: None
Armour:
* Head: None
* Hands: None
* Body:
* Prisoner rags (+5 Defence)
* Scientist lab coat (+10 Defence)
* Legs: Prisoner pants (+5 Defence)
* Feet: None
* Accessories:
* Vision spectacles (+25 Accuracy)
* Translation choker (Translates every language)
* Binding wristband (Binds skills and abilities)
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6th August, 1.DE (Divine Era)
[???]
Underground cave
???, ???
Wait, that's what the day is!? Year 1!? Have I stumbled onto a year where Jesus is not even a year old!?
Yikes… Now I can't remember the time… This is a nightmare… That can't be real! Can it?
"ISEKAI!!!"
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I had to. I had to scream out that word in a cave.
Why, cruel world? Why do you hate me?
I had to move all the way towards a hole on a cave wall, but since I don't want to, I have to slump all the way to the wall while being depressed.
My nightmare has begun.
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Underground cave, 100 BF
Name: Ketsue, Meru
Class: Freelancer
Age: 27
Gender: Female
LV: 1
EXP: 0/50
Balance: 0?
Status: Normal
Condition: Ill
HP: 100/100
MP: 0/0
Attack: 0
Magic Attack: 0
Defence: 0 (20)= 20
Magic Defence: 0
Speed: 10
Evasion: 0
Accuracy: 3 (25)= 28
Intelligence: 122
Skills: None
Abilities: None
Element: None
Weakness: ALL OF THE ABOVE!
Resistance: None
From what I can tell, that means…
I'm screwed.
If this was a dream or a game, then it would be understandable for me to commit suicide, but THIS IS REAL LIFE!
MAKI! WHEN I GET BACK, YOU'RE ON MY HIT LIST!
Hoo… Okay…
So this is an 'Underground cave' huh. Just like your everyday cliche RPG dungeon for beginners, it's just a huge stone with gems and crystals hanging on the walls and grounds.
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It's like a labyrinth, except they're easier to find an exit.
All I need to do is to find a weapon to protect myself. Then I need to gain some level to survive this hell.
Hm? I spy something that is a long eared creature with bright red eyes. A rabbit?
I can see its fluffy body so huge, it's nibbling something rotten. Probably slobbering on a rock, hehe.
But it's not eating a rock, but a corpse of a man who looks like a traveller.
Now, I'm not the one to judge, but in isekai stories: rabbits are man eaters. They eat humans in a very gruesome manner, therefore… Oh shit.
It's glaring at me.
Approaching to me.
And stares at me closely!
Please tell me this is some kind of joke otherwise I'm really screwed!
Help…
…
Huh? It's snuggling on me?
Could that mean this rabbit is harmless? Ehehe… So cute and fluffy. I heard there's a saying: 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' I may have regret assuming that it wants to eat me, but I guess it's just like me; being a lonely person who needed companions.
"Ehehe! Okay, okay, I guess you wanted to be with me. We can be friends."
I gave it a rub like a dog or a pet while accepting its friendship. It's bizarre that I wanted a giant rabbit for a pet.
Hm? Its stats.
Name: Lightspeed Bunny
Species: Rabbit
LV: ???
EXP gain: ???
Status: Normal
Condition: Okay
Mood: Cheerful
Type: Friend
HP: ???
MP: ???
Skills: ???
Abilities: ???
Element: ???
Weakness: ???
Resistance: ???
So monsters have some sort of mood system as well as being a type that are friend or foe. Huh. I can say that THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!
Way to make my brain twisted DWO! You ruined me!
By the colour of the stats: blank colour are monsters, regardless of their gender and types. Pink is female and I can assume that blue is male. Neat.
And as for the condition in my stats… I don't feel good… Freaking poison is still kicking in! Damn you, Maki…
Oh. It's still normal… Then that means I have to find a place to rest or find a medicine to make me feel better.
"ROOOAAARRR!"
Before I climbed onto a rabbit's back, I heard a roar that came from the direction where I was heading to.
Sounds like a bear's roar which is giving me the chills…
A few miles away, I can see a monster that is 8.5 feet tall and has the same fur colour as the rabbit. Bleached fur or should I say white fur and red eyes.
The rabbit is guarding me as if it wanted to keep a friend alive.
Kicking me to the wall and leaping like a frog, this rabbit is overprotective of its friend, me. I… I don't know what to say.
It did a backflip and a spin kick by creating a cross wave cut until…
A huge claw marks are creating a gory image of a rabbit being mutilated by a bear. This is just like that light novel I was reading except the rabbit is the good guy.
Name: Lightspeed Bunny
Species: Rabbit
LV: ???
EXP gain: ???
Status: Dead
Condition: Dead
Mood: None
Type: None
HP: 0/???
MP: ???
Skills: ???
Abilities: ???
Element: ???
Weakness: ???
Resistance: ???
Oh God…
Name: Ursablood
Species: Bear, Virus
LV: ???
EXP gain: ???
Status: Normal
Condition: Okay
Mood: Rage
Type: Enemy
HP: ???
MP: ???
Skills: ???
Abilities: ???
Element: ???
Weakness: ???
Resistance: ???
Virus!? Like a sickness virus or a computer virus!? Either way, I am not touching THAT!
And why is the stats red!?
And now I'm seeing rain drops of blood and organs coming out of this poor dead creature. The rabbit's intestines are now being used as a spaghetti and its organs are being gobbled up by a bear.
Not only has that thing devoured that rabbit, but It's next target is me. I knew my day has come.
"Nice bear… Please don't eat me. I'm not here to hurt you."
Backing away while raising my arms to a mindless animal that is about to slaughter me next, I have to stay calm or else it will instantly devour me alive.
Panting, sweating, and quivering down in fear; this monster actually smells fear. I couldn't help it, it's scary! I can't believe that my stats reading is so useless!
Oh God! Oh please! Don't do this to me!
"Grrr… ROOOAAARRR!"
"NOPE! SOMEBODY HEEEEEEELLLLLLP!" I screamed and cowering myself from getting eaten alive from a monster based off of a damn ANIMAL!
How in the world am I going to beat that 'animal' without any equipment!? I'm already dead, since their stats are higher than mine, and I mean A LOT!
Why… Why is it chasing me? I guess it really does want to feast on a human flesh. Like I would give my body to this thing, NEVER!
This is until I found a safe spot to hide, on a hole that is small but wide enough for the river to flow. I leaped inside a hole before getting bear hugged and sitting under a rocky ground quietly while waiting for that bugged monstrosity to go away.
Thank God!
I'd have been a goner if I don't act fast.
But what's the point? I can't be the weakest champion like this. How can a champion be this much of a coward?
"Mari… I'm sorry!"
I apologised while crouching myself and cradling by the rocky wall on the river. That's one way to dampen my lab coat and my trousers.
It's painful to be in this dungeon while being out barefoot.
Mari. I couldn't do anything right. You're the reason I was happy. But this time… I'll be the one to save you!
That's one thing that I'm struggling with and it's bravery.
It hits me in the head after what I have seen earlier. A corpse. I need to know what's armed on him.
The bear's gone… Good.
I pushed myself on the cliff and moved myself towards a rotting smell of a rabbit's corpse.
Rest, buddy. I'll deal with this one myself.
So this guy has a few pieces of equipment. Eh, it's worth it.
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Weapon:
* Dagger (+40 Attack)
* Metal Pickaxe (+65 Attack)
* Sub weapon: Webley Mk VI Revolver
Name: Ketsue, Meru
Class: Freelancer
Age: 27
Gender: Female
LV: 1
EXP: 0/50
Balance: 0?
Status: Normal
Condition: Ill
HP: 87/100
MP: 0/0
Attack: 0 (105)= 105
Magic Attack: 0
Defence: 0 (20)= 20
Magic Defence: 0
Speed: 10
Evasion: 0
Accuracy: 3 (25)= 28
Intelligence: 122
Skills: None
Abilities: None
Element: None
Weakness: ALL OF THE ABOVE!
Resistance: None
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A British barrel pistol from the world war, huh. Interesting. I wonder how many bullets it currently has in it.
Also this reeks of rotting corpses and rabbit's breath! Eurgh!
"Bleh!"
But I was able to find some equipment so I could face a challenge.
If that bear thinks that it could get away with murdering my friend, then it could think again! I will find his friends or family and kill them like it did with my new friend!
I hate that I have to do this but there's no other choice, and I will kill.
Picking up a rabbit's liver, I know that I have to tell him something.
"Don't worry. You'll see your friends on the other side. I'll kill that monster. Just you wait."
I have to… I'm scared but… I will do it!
I raise my new handgun upwards and stare at it. I need to go deeper but I don't want to. Or maybe there's a teleporter close by downwards.
My guess is that I need to quit being a coward and fight back.
Now I'm just like one of those light novel protagonists. A coward that has to be a man to beat their enemies.
Okay… Here goes!