Ranking Up! (4)

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"So, you're ten years old."

"Shit," I muttered under my breath. I hadn't just accelerated her progress by a couple months, I had done it by a few freaking years. Before I could have a full-blown panic attack though, I remembered the words Raegis had promised to me and it was like a bucket of ice water had been splashed at my head.

It should be alright. A few years wasn't really anything much if you considered the timescale the gods and higher level beings operated under. Yeah, there shouldn't be anything wrong with what I had just done, right?

Snap!

Of fucking course.

Raegis immediately hopped in front of me, picking up her poorly-maintained sword before dousing it in potent steel aura. I also prepared myself, channeling chi into my arms and legs, which was the most area I could cover at my current stage of martial arts right now.

"A Black. . .Slime?"

Shit.

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A Black Slime, usually a top tier monster in the Low category of magical monsters, was something that shouldn't really be any problem for either me or the Raegis as she was now, but something was wrong. It didn't smell right.

And, it was 10 feet tall.

I carefully checked the aura surrounding the Black Slime, and found that there was something wrong. . .especially since my body was shivering just from seeing that aura.

A minion straight from none other than the Demon God herself.

This was bad. This was really bad. I knew some things had changed since I had manipulated with the events but I didn't think that the Demon God would be seeking me this fast. I remembered the deal made with Ivanka, and although it wasn't something that happened in the game, it was a concrete deal that spoke of a time limit, a time limit that was far longer than the simple month I had spent inside my beloved's realm.

What was going on?

As it was now, the Black Slime was already strong enough to be in the Middle Category, but I wasn't that scared of it's category more so than the one, single annoying trait all direct creations of the Demon God had.

[For The Demon God!]. If killed, this was a trait that allowed the Demon God to receive all the knowledge possessed by her direct creations right before their death. That meant if I killed the Black Slime, which would already be an arduous task, it would only be bringing the Demon God right to my doorstep, and something told me she wouldn't be knocking.

While I was going to use that same trait to bring her to me, so that I could vanquish her once and for all, I wasn't that strong yet, nor was I equipped for the battle. As it was now, she'd simply shrug my attacks, kill Raegis, take me away and lock me up in chains as she tried her best to impregnate me under the billionth stars.

Do I. . .run?

"Grr. . ."

I winced from the extremely violent energy that was pouring out of Raegis in waves. No, this wasn't Raegis. In a fantastical show that defied basic biology, a pair of lupine ears and tail sprouted out of Raegis's body like a plant budding from a seed.

This was Fluffy, and one thing every player knew about Fluffy was that she was anything but fluffy. Fluffy didn't care about the difference in powers, as all she knew was rampage, violence and breeding just like a certain side of my beloved. She didn't care when it was a hundred against one back in the Underground, she certainly wouldn't care about a mere Middle-Tiered monster.

I clicked my tongue. The situation just got a lot worse. Even if Raegis was the one to kill the Black Slime, it wouldn't do much more than to bring to light Raegis's existence to the Demon God. What would the Demon God do to someone who would later be the most dangerous existence to her in the near future, even more so than the Celestial Hero?

"Yeah no," I whispered. "We're running away, Raegis."

"Grr. . ." As expected, she didn't even listen to me, instead drooling at the corners of her mouth with eyes fully locked onto the black pudge in front of her.

Now, how do I get this rabid dog to snap out of her bloodlust and return my sweet little Raegis instead? Well, all I had to do was promise one of the three things Fluffy loved to do.

"Come on now, little doggie," I whispered sweetly. Her lupine ears perked up, as she stopped growling. "Be a good little doggie and bring her back for me, okay?"

At that, Fluffy turned her head to me, snarling. So, I told her something that would make this aggressive little puppy listen.

"If you listen, I'll give you a bigggg reward, eh?" I slid my hands across my curves, watching her eyes follow along. My hands stopped at my hips, my very wide hips. Something rose in her pants.

"So, what do you say?"

Fluffy looked at my body, then at the Black Slime before looking back at me again. I giggled at her. "Don't worry now. I'll take care of that."

I grabbed her hand, and placed it on my ass. She gripped it, hard. "Easy there, puppy. That will be all yours tonight if you listen to my request."

That convinced her. She didn't hesitate for a second before howling loudly, as Fluffy's ears, nails, and tail receded back into her body, giving back control to my original puppy, Raegis.

Then I-Danger!

I carried Raegis, and with all the chi infused into my legs, I kicked the ground, pushing myself away from something black and acidic that shot at such high speeds I couldn't even catch it with my chi-enhanced eyes.

Crashing into the patch of dirt beside me, I wrapped my arms around Raegis so that she wasn't hurt. Instead, I accidentally bit my lip, causing it to bleed.

"Ow." I checked Raegis, and her aura was still calm, but a little shaky. She was going to wake up soon.