Chapter 338: Juicy!
Although the dungeon didn’t have a sun, it did display a day-night cycle. The sky altered between a dusk light and a very dim night and it happened in a mere second
Zoe discovered this the hard way when it went dark pretty quickly just after she found a moon fruit on a grand tree surrounded by wolves.
The only light source was the moon fruit itself as it shone with a dim light allowing Zoe to barely win the fight!
After that, she climbed into the tree, and after picking up the fruit, she used the net bed in her camping bag to make a temporary camp over a thick tree branch. Thankfully, Victor gave her those things before coming here.
Although she didn’t have a very good sleep by the time the sky became bright, her body was rested enough, and she quickly dismantled her camp and descended to the forest floor after a quick scan to make sure it was safe.
Zoe took the fruit from her pocket and looked at it.
“Should I eat it?” she wondered. This thing could be very useful at night... But thinking that it was a system mission, she decided to put it in her mouth.
WOOOOOSH
Before she could bite on it something pushed her from behind making her spit the fruit to the ground.
“Ah...”
Before she could reach for it, the person who pushed her stepped on the fruit and then slipped and fell face down.
“MY FRUIT!” Zoe yelled angrily at the pretty girl who stood up in a hurry, then slipped again and fell on her butt.
“Ah... Sorry...” the girl said.
“Alex?” Zoe asked in shock, forgetting about the fruit.
“Ah, Zoe!”
“What’s happened to you?” Zoe asked. Why was Alex looking like a girl? A very hot girl.
“Nothing,” Alex said as she scrambled to her feet again.
“Are you a girl?” Zoe asked. She guessed something. She was not stupid.
“No! It is.... It is a curse... Yes, a curse... I ate some strange fruit that made me like this... I am sure I will return to normal once we leave!” Alex answered immediately.
“Aha...” Zoe raised one eyebrow then noticed the squashed fruit on the ground and got angry again.
“That was my moon fruit you squashed...” she said looking at Alex hatefully. “You own me one now...” she added. She really wanted to kick Alex's ass at this moment, but it was not the time for this.
“Ahh, sorry... I was just...” Alex remembered why she was running. “We should run.... the..” she slowly said as she looked to the side and it was there looking at her....” THE RABBIT IS HERE!” Alex said then began to run.
Zoe was shocked but quickly began to run. If experience had taught her anything it was that when Alex runs, she better run too!
Lily did mention something about running from rabbits though.
Looking to the side, Zoe noticed it. A fluffy rabbit was watching them peacefully, it didn’t seem dangerous but Zoe’s instinct told her that this thing must not be provoked.
...
“YOU BASTARDS! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME!” the naked girl cursed as the dark-skinned man roughly pushed her forward.
“Shut up bitch!” Another skinny man said, hitting the girl's naked butt with the umbrella he took from her, “Although I don’t understand anything from what you are saying, it reminds me of my annoying mother-in-law!” he said as the group reached a clearing. “IF you are not this pretty I would have already cut you into pieces!”
“Boss, stop talking to the girl... she doesn’t understand our language!”
“Do you think I don’t know!” the skinny boss said, hitting his man’s calf with the umbrella. “I am just trying to scare her... But this girl must have some screws loose in her mind...”
“Boss, it should be dark in an hour or two... This place is not bad for a camp...” another man said, licking his lip.
“Pretty...” he said a little absent-mindedly then shook his head.
“Ah... Can you untie me?” she asked, her face blushing like a tomato, what is wrong with her? She quickly tried to remember her mother’s mantra. ALL MEN ARE INSECTS, ALL MEN ARE INSECTS, ALL MEN ARE INSECTS, HANDSOME MEN.... NO... ALL MEN ARE INSECTS...
She stopped when the young man finished approaching her, then stopped. He didn’t untie her, but just squatted and began to inspect her body.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” she yelled angrily as she tried to kick him away. Too bad her legs were tied firmly to the tee trunk. Her desperate struggles let him see more.
“Considering what this emperor should do with you...” he said, pondering as he stood up and looked at her. “This one is really considering his options...” he said, telling the truth.
“Emperor?.... Can’t you just release me?” she asked. “I would be really thankful...”
“No... This emperor would never do such a stupid thing! What if you decided to kill this emperor because he saw you naked?” he said as if he was reading her mind. “We can tell that you come from some good family...”
“I would never do such a thing!” she lied.
“We will see... What’s your name?” he asked.
“T.... It’s a secret...” she said after hesitation. She was really considering killing this guy, but in case she couldn’t she had to make sure that this shame would be buried here forever. No one must know what happened to her... Especially her mother.
“Oh... Then this emperor shall name you... Let’s see...” he said as he inspected her as if he was naming a puppy. “Yes! Juicy... It suits you!” he said, squeezing her butt.
“Juicy?... FUCK YOU! LET GO YOU BEAST!” she flared angrily. This was the first time in her life she used such vulgar words, but she couldn’t help it, no one had ever dared to call her something that shameful before. No one has ever touched her like this before... No, those guys earlier did the same, but those were not considered humans.
“Yes, Juicy... I will give you two options, Either to become this noble one’s slave or to die...” he said as he slowly let go of her, glaring her in the eye.
“I would rather die!” she said directly.
“Ok!” he said raising his sword and bringing it down on her.
She could only close her eyes shut and look away as a single tear fell on her cheek.
Nothing happened.
She opened her eyes and saw the sword standing an inch away from her neck.
“You are too pretty to kill...” he said pondering. “Still, this emperor can’t let you go... How about this proposal, for the duration of this dungeon, you will act as this emperor’s maid... “ he said, watching her facial expression. “Don’t worry, this emperor will not violate you... You are not my type after all!”
“FUCK YOU!” she cursed again, just being near those peasants had already started affecting her, damn it!
“This is your only option...” he said. “After you die, I am sure some pervert would find your corpse and Violate it... Maybe one of those rabbits would..” he paused as he watched three rabbits enter the clearing, hopping innocently.
“What?” she asked and noticed the rabbit. “What’s wrong?” she asked, seeing the fear reflected in his charming eyes as if he was reading something horrifying.
“We should go!” he said as he cut the rope in one move, then carried her like a princess and jumped.
Tulip gasped in shock as she felt his body embrace hers and then speed up.
She could only look back, and notice the rabbits, then slowly approached the corpses of the dead men, and then transformed into grotesque nightmare monsters before they began to feast.
A shiver ran through her back, thinking what would have happened if he left her.
“Listen Juicy, you have two choices. Sign a contract and become this emperor’s maid for a few days, if not we would let you go play with those nice Demonic Rabbits...”
“Ah... Bastard! How dare you....” she tried to kick him, but his strong hands stopped her from moving.
“This emperor will give you ten seconds... ” he said looking at her eyes. So close she could smell his scent and feel her bloodline begin to boil. It was as if her body was submitting to his aura.
“FINE!” she screamed finally as he noticed one of the rabbits finished feasting and was looking in their direction. For the first time since her mother discovered her cookie stash, she felt fear.
“Let’s find a safe place then and sign the contract!” the young man said with a smile that was visible even though he was wearing a mask. He squeezed her tighter as he speed up again.