190 Jack x Pumpkin Girl? (2/2)

She'd listen for ages, or at least until night came. 

Night was the time for battle training and to go wild. It was them versus the rats, and Pumpkin Girl would watch their "heroic shows of bravery," as she'd call them. 

There wasn't much valor there as far as Jack was concerned. Getting rid of the rats was as easy as uttering "Flamethrower goes BRRRR!" which he surprisingly did often nowadays. 

Day after day, there were more pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. Most were carved, but they still retained their previous vitality. 

The more pumpkins, the more rats came! 

From 50 to 100, to 150 and it was increasing! This meant more XP and more monster materials too! (Apparently, the local adventurer guild had a bounty on the pests.) 

But even then, the creatures would come in waves rather than all at once. This made things so easy that he used the opportunity to train his pets.