Chapter 8 8: Finally...

—|Meanwhile, Zell's Room|—

A beautiful woman stood beside a metal VR unit. She placed her glossy pink lips against the glass, looking at the black-haired male inside. Strange gel shaded him in a blue light. He appeared to be asleep. The woman, with floppy white rabbit ears and long wild hair below her ass, watched the beautiful man inside the glass window.

—|Rika: 'Master… We cannot be with you yet, but don't worry! We all remember your deep love and care, even when we were useless and weak!'

Rika sat upon the expensive VR unit, her massive meaty ass, almost like created for sex, squashed into a flat nectarine shape. A loud jingle sounded and caused the beautiful rabbit girl to click her tongue and wipe away the drool from her juicy lips.

"Damn woman, disturbing me when I was watching master…!"

Her eyes flashed with a fierce light before she pulled out a state-of-the-art Astral Corp smartphone, the caller's name written as 'annoying, stinky bitch.'

Rika opened the phone and swiped the green icon despite how annoying it was to speak with this damned erotic badger. She lifted her legs as her thighs crossed. Her plump legs pushed the thick flesh out of the small gaps in her ripped denim shorts.

"Hello? Are you there, Rika!? Did you find our master? How does his used underwear smell? Bring some back as souvenirs, okay!!"

A soft, sleepy, but adorable voice sounded. Nora was like Rika, a battle pet in their previous lives. Similar to Zell, Astra gave each a choice. To be reborn in the real world. Or join him in the game as his pet.

This choice split his pets as they formed groups on each side. Rika joined the real world to feel his touch and enjoy his company. Despite being his only humanised pet, she never got to enjoy it.

—|Rika: 'Damn… The game shouldn't allow full-on adult action… Yet why has it changed in this life? They scammed me!'

"Speak, Nora! Why disturb me if you know where I went!"

A cute whistle sounded from the badger before she replied.

A strange bird appeared and tried to seduce him with her nasty blonde fur, but she kept that secret. "Ah well, master entered successfully! We can play the game here. Wouldn't it be cool to party with him? Then meet in real life!"

Rika's mouth opened wide. She never thought about this. As the tank, her thought pattern was simple; protect master, beat annoying guys, sniff master, kill enemies.

"Can we do that!?"

Nora gave a gentle laugh. She seemed to become more adult and sensual, as she said. "How about we both compete, see who can seduce the master into meeting them? Whoever copulates in the real world first wins!"

Rika looked back towards her beloved master, now with black hair and a little more handsome. He was always a shining hero to her. Her ears flopped as she stroked the glass with a melancholy glance.

—|Rika: 'I don't want to leave yet. Although this way, we can be together faster. Please wait for me, my dear master. I will become like those "waifus." you loved so much before I became a humanoid girl! Nora and I studied those "doujins." quite a lot!'

"What do we win…?"

—|Inside Astral World|—

Astral Online was so popular because it used the world's geography. People loved it because they could travel the planet and kill monsters at the same time.

Zell stood inside the ruins of a vast city. It looked like it was in the eastern area of Europa, on the border with The Ruzza Empire.

"I am sure we knew this country for its vampire lore in the past. It is now named Europa VII. No people are living here now. Could I usurp this place when the merger approaches?"

To the far west was an enormous land mass. Named the Justica Empire, which was created by several city-states. A supreme ruler watched over them. She ruled with an iron fist of tyranny. In the past, it used democracy; sadly, that died during the calamity in 2034.

The Justica Empire was at war with the east. A group of smaller eastern countries named "The Eastern Alliance." Which were talented in various skills and unique arts.

"So I am in the Starting zone of Romalia. The enemies are many and no town within two days' travel. Did my luck get drained by this class and cute angel pet?"

"Hmph, who are you calling cute? I won't flash myself again. Now I have protection!"

Veronica, the 40cm angel, flipped her skirt to reveal a tight black t-back thong. Somehow, Vestia probably tricked this girl... No matter how you look at it, this is far more erotic… The short blonde bush was poking out from the sides!

"Yeah… You have protection! Of course."

—|Veronica: 'Hehe, I am cute right?'

"Okay, whatever… Let me adjust my UI so we can start playing… I should probably discard these annoying skills and learn to use them from my feelings. We can't use auto-cast once the world merges…."

Zell spent fifteen minutes changing his user interface before being ready. He worried his strange circumstances would mess this up. His mind relaxed. Like in his past life, you could change all the UI and make it as minimal or filled with unique features as you wished.

He looked towards a beautiful tree with silver and blue leaves hanging from 30 metres in the air. They bent and moved along with the wind to catch more sunlight.

—|Zell: 'The blue fruits from these trees taste like sweet apples! These beautiful things won't exist soon; players will chop them down to fuel their economies. Maybe I should buy a small world item to store a personal forest….'

[HP: 8/8] [MP: 9/9] [Zell] ——————— [Veronica] [HP: ???] [MP: ???]

Zell had the top left to display his status. While the top right would show anyone, he locked onto or his eyes passed over without a locked target. He snapped his finger, and the target data cleared and switched to his quest log, which only had a single quest.

[Main Story Quest!] (Exp +10)

— You awakened in a distant land.

The world is now filled with mystical creatures and cruel monsters! When you're near a town, look for a goal.

Optional (Exp +5)

— Kill 3 Wolves along the way!

Pesky wolves will devour the weak; beware of their sharp teeth and hunting nature.

"It's taken far too long to get this journey started. I care little about the world. Let's build a special place to protect my important people and me."

"Umu, protect me well, and you can kiss my feet!"

"You can stay outside… Damn, midget fly!"

Zell moved forward, walking parallel to the massive forest that grew from the ruined city. He noticed a beast-like scent thanks to his new keen senses from the two races.

An exceptional gauntlet equipped up to his upper shoulder protected his arm. This came from a crystal embedded in his left hand, which shone in the bright sun, Raven black and filled with red vein-like marks.

In his right hand, a black sword appeared inside the swirling black mist from his right hand's gemstone.

His claymore was 192cm long with a long handle and dragon claw pommel guard. A black cross hilt, entangled by a beautiful, silver carving of a demon with dragon's wings and eyes with several gems of varied colours.

Each gem seemed to resemble an element from ocean blue to jet black, representing all the elements in the game.

Its blade was broad and thick, like his flesh lance. This seemed like a physical representation of his phallus in weapon form.

"Damn, I am so fabulous! Look at me, girls; I will find you all again, I swear!"

ROAR!

The distant roar of Level 1 prey sounded in his pointed ears.