2/3 chapters for today.

Hours passed and the time now Hydra had nearly been a pig for an entire day. The difference from start to now though was entirely different. Before Hydra woke up in an open room being guarded. Now he was being guarded however he was sitting on the right of Porkto, who was being massaged by a female piglet on either side.

With every push of their snouts you could see the massive muscle relax a little bit more. Clearly Porkto had been gaining a lot of stress from leading his people. Expanding a kingdom and leading his subjects was no easy task but now it seemed like everything floated away with every massage. Truthfully Hydra also had the option to get massaged but when he saw nearly two dozen females all want his attention at once he decided to pass. Although being famous with the ladies was not something bad he couldn’t help but think that the species was definitely important as well.

Not to mention on the chance that Irina asked him a question and he let out the secret, because he knew he wouldn’t be able to keep it, her reaction would be enough to scare him to death and perhaps becoming a pig again. Luckily he hadn’t met Sarah in the game yet, because Hydra knew that although she was shy, seeing her overpower her father so easily was something she took after her mother for. If she started to overpower him like her father, he might not even get the chance to change into a pig because he would die so fast.

Though like usual that was a potential and a future Hydra problem, in the meantime Hydra was laying lazily on his side eating some kind of random berry that made him feel relaxed. Naturally Pan was like his master lying down on his side munching on the berries as well.

‘Ah! Although I’m a pig I can’t help but think this is the life.’

Just as Hydra was thinking of how good his current situation was Porkto noticed his good mood and smirked with a twitch of his snout.

“Brother! What do you think of our wonderful berries?”

“Ah Porkto they are quite delicious in fact I could problem eat these every day for the rest of my life!”

“Oh! Good! Good! Eat as many as you want!”

The mood was light and everyone was happily enjoying themselves. Even the bodyguard who was previously rude to Hydra was happily chatting with him once in awhile. The ladies were patiently waiting for their turn to chat with Hydra was well, and sometimes Hydra see them winking at him and he could only play the fool and change where he was looking.

Soon more time passed and it was getting late. As such the celebration was dying down and Porkto was even nodding off slowly. SEeing this Hydra couldn’t help but think to himself.

‘Is this Porkto actually an old fart?’

Although instead of being old Porkto was just thoroughly exhausted and with all his tension leaving him he couldn't help but start to nod off. As such Hydra could no longer stay quiet and spoke towards him.

“Hey Porkto, why don’t you go get some sleep?”

“Ah?! Yeah, Brother that might be a good idea thanks…”

As he started to trot away he seemingly remembered something at the last second and turned to face Hydra before speaking.

“Oh! Anyways of these ladies you can take for the night. I can guarantee their service! HAHAHA!”

With one last bit of enthusiasm he commented and roared with laughter before finally trodding away with the two females pigs who were previously massaging him. When the ladies saw that their eyes started to sparkle in anticipation. However for Hydra he immediately took that as a bad sign and immediately got up and ran away. Even before he knew where his current quarters was going to be he had already left the room through another exit entirely. The ladies were depressed but they didn’t take that as a hint that he wasn’t interested instead they thought instead of him wanting to chose himself, they had to work for their ‘meal’. As such more than 24 females pigs stampeded after him.

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The night went by and luckily Hydra was able to find where he previously woke up and used that as his quarters. Because he was already of a higher status the ladies had no idea he would be willing lower himself to sleep there. As they always say the the most obvious spots are sometimes the least expected. Waking up Hydra found that there was a animal snuggled up to his side. It wasn’t another pig but instead was Pan snuggled up into his warm chest with his tail wrapped around Hydra’s leg. It seemed that Pan had already developed the habit of wrapping his tail around Hydra’s limbs when he was sleeping. Seeing this cute sight Hydra couldn’t help but chuckle which came out as an awkward ‘oink oink’. This obnoxious noise unfortunately woke Pan up.

As Pan woke up he tilted his small head back, wiggled his nose causing his whiskers to flop about, and opened his mouth as wide as possible and yawned. When Pan finally noticed that his master was staring at him he spoke up.

“Morning Master.”

“Morning Pan. So what do you think we should do today?”

“Can…. can we play together master?

Hydra thought to himself.

‘Hmm, I have been ignoring Pan too much as of late. Although I couldn’t really help right now this might be the best time to spend his good time with him. So let’s spoil him.’

“Sure! Let’s go meet Porkto, I think I just the idea!

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At this moment in a tent somewhere situated outside the capital, were a group of people with differing expressions. Some had a sad expression filled with longing for their leader, while others were angered and worried at the same time. They could only hope nothing had happened to their one true leader. As such when the tension had reached its peak, Cline finally stood up and spoke.

“Is there still no news about Hydra?”

Seeing him speak up Valeria with a disappointed expression carefully shook her head and responded.

“Lord Hydra has been missing ever since he left with Irina. As such we can only ask her.”

When Valeria finished she looked towards the lady sitting in the corner of the tent ignoring everything else. Her facial expression didn’t change and her blonde hair was had its beautiful shine. But the glint in her eyes had a clear warning that if anyone angered her at this moment it would likely be the death for them. Even Cline was reluctant disrupt her mood any further but he knew for the hope of finding Hydra he could no longer keep quiet.

“Lady Irina, I know you didn’t personally see it but do you remember where you last saw him exactly?”

“....I told you he just disappeared in the cave I was in. Likely there was a secret door, but I check and couldn’t find anything.”

Cline calmly asked, while Irina in turn calmly answered but everyone knew that if another question went her way with her current mood it would likely cause a storm they couldn't control. Thus they immediately shut their mouths and made quick glances at each other.

A few more minutes passed like this and at this rate nothing would be accomplished and so Cline sighed. With no other solution slammed the table and stood up.

“Get everyone to move out and no one will get a wink of sleep until they find him! Don’t bother with the monsters only fight if your life's in danger.”

“Yes sir!”

Falcon replied while the two females who were still depressed only slightly nodded. However they had no idea that this choice would lead them to a very interesting result.

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As Hydra was walking, suddenly a window popped up in front of him.

Ding!

You have survived the time death timer, as such new opportunities have been updated to the [Ring of Eternal Darkness]!

It is now possible to choose which form you can take that you have previously been. Choosing a specific form may or may not cause for more levels on top of the initial level lost. Choosing Random will not cause any additional levels lost.

Ding!

Current Shadow Forms available:

Pig 0

Random 0

“Oh? This should be helpful in the future. Hopefully any of the more powerful forms don’t take too many levels if they did I might become lever zero before I get anywhere!”

As Hydra was thinking to himself, he finally arrived to Porkto’s room. When he arrived he immediately spoke out to Porkto.

“Porkto!”

“Ah! Brother what can I help you with?!”

“Well I’ve been noticing that everyone has been tied lately, and I thought of a great idea!”

“Oh! Oh?! What is it tell me!”

“Let’s play hide and go seek!