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Several Days Earlier

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Dani was ecstatic. She was easily able to eat enough to fill her stomach and thanks to the seeds in the Dungeon, they could finally grow crops! They used the GP they found to order weapons and tools.

Dani was currently in the Dungeon along with someone she grew up with, Charlie. They had been hunting relentlessly this entire time and forgot to bring something to drink.

“Hey, Dan, you think those liquid things can be used?”

“As an acid or trap, maybe. But not for farming or consumption.”

“Geez, that is always on your mind, huh? Come on, just live a little. All you do is hunt or farm. Why not try and clear the Dungeon? We already know the boss is a giant rat, but we should easily defeat it!”

“No, not with just the two of us, anyway.”

“Oh bull. We can easily take on anything on this Floor by ourselves. Hm…I am thirsty.”

“Hello, Thirsty.”

“Wow, you are lamer than your dad.”

“Hush. Just drink something.”

“Umm…forgot my bottle.”

“Great, just awesome. The champion of the First Floor can take on anything…except thirst.”

The slightly pudgy young man threw his hands up in resignation before spotting a puddle of liquid.

“Hey, you think this is safe to drink?”

“Ew, no. This is in a Dungeon run by the Undead, why would anything be safe?”

“Hm…But I really am thirsty.”

“Just wait til we get back, you can survive a couple hours without water anyway.”

Dani had turned around, heading back to the entrance when she heard a slurping noise.

“Gross!! What the hell? Charlie! What happened?!”

She had turned around to see her friend writhing on the ground in pain, clutching his throat and trying to rip his throat apart, but he couldn’t use his strength very well.

“No! No! NOO! Someone! Please!”

Then he lay still.

“Noo…”

Then an alert came up.

“Charlie Plithe has drunken a strange substance and died! Because he is the first to drink a Slime in the Region, he receives the Taken One for the Team Title!”

Staring in shock, Dani saw Charlie transform into a puddle of ooze before he reformed into his previous shape.

Several hours later, he awoke in the Dungeon with Dani sleeping off to the side.

“Mmm…Dani, what happened? Everything feels weird…uhh…I can see through my hand…is this water?!”

“Mm? Ah! Charlie! You’re awake! I’m so glad!”

She went to hug him, but she immediately felt a sharp stinging pain that caused her to jerk away. The two stared at each other awkwardly before returning to the surface.

The next day, Dani earned her Green Thumb Skill from raising the crops. But how was she to know that someone would put two and two together, after seeing her on Charlie’s broadcast?

The people of the Fast Fist Clan made their way to the little village and wanted to have complete access to the Dungeon they had. Of course, everyone tried to work things out, but the Clan members were not having any of it. They wanted all of it. They didn’t want anyone else growing stronger in their Area.

Several days later, the leader of the Fast Fists, Phillip, came by with his powerful people.

Unable to hold them off, everyone decided to join the Clan. At least they would survive. It was when they arrived at their base when things took a shocking turn.

The Clan members never removed their constraints and Charlie was getting dragged off. Phillip had grabbed Dani and started hauling her towards his tent.

“Charlie! Stop, what are you doing?! We joined you!”

“Not officially. Besides, I don’t want weaklings or people that will disobey me. I also don’t mind making an example of the people who want to intrude on our territory. Hehehe, and I am going to enjoy you.”

“NO! Charlie!”

“Dani! Don’t worry, I am a Gelman! They can’t hurt me! Hey, cut that out!”

The two were separated and Phillip took Dani to take care of her. However, she used her Skill to create a barrier between the two of them whenever he got close. A wall of weeds popping up out of the ground didn’t scare him off, it only made the glint in his eyes brighten.

“Hehehe, you will make a fine addition to my team. You just need to learn a little discipline. Men! Bring the parents!”

“NO! STOP! I BEG YOU!”

“Shut it, bitch! You had your chance on several occasions to listen, and now you have to deal with the consequences! Hasn’t your daddy told you that?”

“Don’t act like you’re in the right! You’re worse than the Undead!”

“You fucking skank! Shut the hell up before I kill every single person from the village! I don’t need them, you know.”

He drew dangerously close to her face before a vine slapped his cheek.

“Whore! Where are they?!”

He turned to the man that just entered his tent.

“Here, sir. What do you want us to do?”

“Hehehe, let me at them.”

He walked off after placing a couple of his special traps in front of Dani so she wouldn’t run away. Phillip had already realized that Dani could only create those plants within a certain Area.

“So…this is your mommy? I can see where you get your beauty. Too bad she won’t see you become a woman.”

Then he plunged a dagger into Dani’s mother, stopping her heart in an instant. Dani’s father jumped up, ignoring his bindings and rushing at Phillip who placed a little gray disc on the ground. Her father stepped on it and a mouth seemed to come up out of the ground and swallow his lower half in one bite.

“NOOOOOOOO!!”

“Dani…be strong…”

BANG!

“Damn, I can’t believe I wasted a bullet on such an idiot. He was going to die anyway, why not just wait a couple more minutes? Making me use one of my trump cards. Sheesh.”

Dani wasn’t paying attention, her tears were too distracting. She couldn’t see and she didn’t want to. Her parents had just died to a madman who wanted to sleep with her. No, to rape her and violate her. He didn’t love her, he didn’t have any real feelings for her, he was a monster that only wanted one thing…power.

But at the moment Phillip came over to reach out for her, a man walked in.

“Sir! The guys we left back in the village have died! They were on their way back from the Dungeon when we lost them!”

“Damn! Are there any more of you?!”

Phillip had reached over and grabbed Dani’s face before she could react. Instead of answering, she just started crying out even louder.

“Shit, can’t get anything from her right now. You guys go check it out. Leave, I am going to get us another member, hehehe.”

“Haha, yes sir!”

The man who brought Dani’s parents picked their bodies up and threw them outside where he flung some fire to burn them to ash. Then he too walked out, leaving the two of them alone.

“You know, when I saw that slime boy on the broadcast and saw you on there, I just knew I had to have you. And then I saw you on your own broadcast. Ooh…beautiful. Far better than any of these other sluts here in the apocalypse.”

She shuddered and managed to ready herself. When he tried to reach out, she grabbed him using the plants but she was running out of SP.

“Why are you fighting? You have no more reason for this. Your boyfriend is dead, your parents are dead and soon all your friends will die as well. Why not just join my group? Then you won’t have to die.”

“No! You are despicable! Go die sucking on a dick!”

“Ooh, such a dirty mouth. I’m not sure I want to kiss that thing now. Bitch!”

At that last word, Phillip had backhanded her, leaving a red hand print on her pale tearstained cheeks.

“Aah!”

“Hahaha! That’s right! Scream! Yell some more! I love it!”

It was at this moment that a shadow appeared outside the tent.

“Um, sir?”

“WHAT?!”

The Skeletons are leaving the Dungeon!”

“Huh?! Show me.”

Without even waiting, Phillip grabbed Dani’s arm and yanked her out of the room after taking his traps. When he exited the tent and saw one of his men nearly pissing his pants, he tossed Dani to the ground and set up some traps in wait for the enemy.

“Don’t move, bitch! You! Get back to the Dungeon entrance and stop them!”

“Yes sir!”

Phillip looked towards the direction of the graveyard when a voice stirred him from his thoughts. He looked over at the young woman, shaking on the ground.

“You will die a horrible death.”

“You know what? Let’s do it right here. You are getting on my nerves.”

“Elp! Help!”

With almost no effort, he shredded some of her shirt in one pull. It seemed that she didn’t have any more strength to fight back. He grinned as he began to yank off her pants, holding her legs down.

But just as he was about to take off his underpants, a loud explosion came from behind him.

They were already here?!

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You can say that today is a double feature! Unfortunately, I have no idea when I can post the next one today. Probably in 12 hours at earliest…maybe latest? I don’t know. Keep in mind that it’s only 6 in the morning when I posted this.