Welll sorry guys, simply put I've just been way to tired to write. I didn't want the quality of the story to drop so I just didn't write. I was go go go for about 2 weeks and I just crashed added on top of I wanted to release 3 chapters a day it was too much for me with my current mindset and because of that I crashed xD So I'll just be going back to one chapter a day here.

Anyways this chapters a bit longer so hopefully that makes up for my absence~

Until next time Ciao Cubs~

The forest was quiet as tranquil as the leaves of the trees swayed with each passing breeze. The sounds of crickets were humming and the birds were singing, a scene that caused anyone to pass through to be calm. During this very tranquil and peaceful time in this forest, a single pig walked out from shrubbery. Although this pig had the shape of a pig one couldn't call it normal, as this pig had a black glossy shine to it. A long tail that caused others to give it a second look and a snout that was although no manly quite beautiful and charming. This pig was absolutely Hydra, and currently he was trotting around the forest looking for a hiding spot. He was looking so diligently for a good spot to hide that his pigs brows were nearly covering his eyes causing him to be unable to see at times.

When this happened Hydra could only lessen his concentration and continue to look again, as such the situation would repeat itself. You might ask why he was trying so hard? Well when Hydra would attempt to do something it would always be the best of his ability whether that was fighting an enemy or dying. The other member of his party instead was brimming with happiness. Although on an animal it was usual quite difficult to see their emotions right now as Pan was sitting on top of Hydra’s head one could see the smile was anything but hiding. Pan’s eyes were shining in an obvious glint of excitement.

At time Pan would occasionally ask for Hydra to check that location for a good spot, at others Pan would jump off and skip to find one himself. The locations were never good enough for either Hydra or Pan but this didn’t cause any worry for the two of them. The time they were experiencing was calm and relaxing. A time they could sit and not worry about anything else in the world. Hydra's goals of making money for the orphanage was by all means the most important goal for him at this moment, but he knew all too well that this couldn't be rushed.

By rushing he would only wear himself out and after everything that had happened to him recently finding out about his parents leaving a shred of consciousness in the game, Laxiss’ passing and bringing up the Bread follower to their current level, learning strategies and lessons from Cline, it was simply too overwhelming for him. All of this was on top of the fact that he had ignored his own pet he had cherished from the start.

How could Hydra not want to spoil such a loyal and cute pet? Even an enemy player might stop in the middle of a fight to pet Pan how could Hydra the actual owner be able to resist such cuteness? In order to please Pan’s loneliness Hydra thought of the best idea he could come up with on the spot.

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‘I just became the priest of the pigs and as such Porkto himself looks worn out. Why not take this time to have everyone enjoy themselves a bit?’

When Hydra was walking over to Porkto, truthfully he was still thinking of an idea, and the first thing that came up to his mind was a game he had always wanted to play as a child, hide and go seek! And with 10,000 pigs how could this game not be the best game of hide and go seek ever? Thus when Hydra had explained the rules of the game to Porkto this was his response!

“Oh!? OOOH!? Goood! Good! Oh brother this sounds like a great idea but who shall be it?”

As Hydra had already explained the rules of hide and go seek the only thing left was for the person it tobe chosen. This was when Hydra spoke up with another brilliant idea.

“Obviously your majesty should be it!”

“Oh? Why is that brother Shadow do you think I can’t hide my awesome crimson body?”

‘Well you’re friggin huge for one I imagine you couldn’t hide from a kilometer away!’

Is How Hydra wanted to respond but of course he felt that Porkto was truly a good person and because sometimes the truth hurt Hydra chose not to tell him. But in fact Hydra had another reason for Porkto to be it and he obviously had every intention on telling Porkto it.

“Porkto, I have seen how tense and tired you’ve been ruling your kingdom, such is the path of a Ruler. But you need to relax as well and get closer to your subjects from time to time. With this game if you’re it along with your bodyguards, you will be able to get closer to your subjects and relieve all the stress you have in one go!”

Porkto’s majestic red snout twitched a bit and tail twirled, he knew what everything Hydra said made perfect sense and he could no longer hold in his excitement, without waiting for anything else he roared to the sky and soon an earth shattering tremble could be heard.

The thousands of pigs soon gathered into the largest room Hydra was first found in, everyone waited patiently for this king to speak. When Porkto gazed upon everyone he only said one small sentence.

“We shall play Hide and Go Seek!”

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While Hydra was continuing to wander aimlessly in the forest, he couldn’t help but think back to how excited Porkto was about the game. Truthfully Porkto might be the most innocent leader he had ever seen. Someone who had the full faith of his subjects but cared deeply for them was rare naturally Hydra didn’t know any other leaders in this world. Though he did know a bit about his own world’s leaders and how selfish they were.

Continuing to look for a hiding spot him and Pan roamed the forest with smiles.

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-Sigh

“What’s wrong Bob?”

Rich gave out a long deep sigh one full of depression and worry, while Bob couldn’t help but wonder what was bothering Rich so much and spoke out to him. Seeing Bob ask with pure curiosity even Rich thought he wasn’t the most stupid one out there. Of course it was only a moment as these two brother’s being in thick and thin have created a close bond towards one another, as he spoke up.

“We have lost the faith of our brothers because of our blasphemous actions and failing to retrieve Lord Hydra, and then as to make it worse Lady Irina beat up to smithereens!”

Bob nodded and when he remembered the scene he involuntarily shivered. This was a shiver imbedded deep in his core. Naturally it wasn’t something he could overcome easily. At this moment they were both wandering the forest? As to why they could only think back.

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“We must find Lord Hydra! As such you will all get out and search! Do not fight any monsters unless you are attacked first. Just search for Lord Hydra!”

The words of Cline rang through the minds of the Bread followers, clearly the situation was bad and everyone of them knew it. EVen Bob and Rich were worried for their leaders survival and when Falcon gave them a piercing glare that dug straight into their hearts, they became even more determined to find Lord Hydra.

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Now that Rich and Bob were wandering aimlessly but searching furiously, they still had not come upon anything. But at this moment, due to a chance that no one could ever had guessed possible they walked out of some shrubbery, and at the same time another two appeared on the other side. In this slight open circle in the forest that allowed both side to see one another they both momentarily froze.

Naturally, one side was Rich and bob, as for the other side? It was naturally Pan and Hydra. Hydra and Pan immediately recognized who the two people were. The ment Hydra saw them he froze and couldn’t help but think to himself.

‘What are these two idiots doing here?’

On the flip side Rich and Bob were staring at the pig and red panda and turned towards one another and whispered to each other.

“Bob.”

“Rich.”

“That’s Lord Pan right?”

“Yup.”

“Then obviously that pig is Lord Hydra right?”

“That’s an obvious conclusion. It’s a good thing we're geniuses and can see through such an obvious camouflage Rich.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too!”

If Hydra could hear these words he would fall over and momentarily die from this deduction. The guys who couldn’t even tell that Pan was wearing them ask of Hydra was Pan immediately came to the conclusion that a black pig was Hydra? How far fetched can you get? Even with Pan being on top of pigs head, Cline or Falcon would just take PAn away from the pig and continue on their way. They would absolutely never think their Lord had turned into a pig nor would any of the other Bread Followers. Only Rich and Bob could live up to such high expectations. And naturally at this time Hydra was thinking they were too stupid to see through his pig disguise and soon relaxed.

But, as usual Hydra’s luck was as bad as possibly could be and when he thought something was one thing, it was always the other and when he was about to walk away Rich and Bob reacted and yelled!

“Lord Hydra! You need to come back with us!”

‘Huh?! What the-’

Hydra was stupefied but that didn’t stop him from reacting quickly as he turned around and ran away as soon as he could. But who were Rich and Bob? They were brother who survived the Demoness’ assault and lived! Through such tempering their bodies would do anything to prevent feeling such pain ever again. In fact they themselves were surprised at this sudden burst of strength and the next thing they knew they were already by Hydra’s side! Rich grabbed onto Hydra and lifted him up onto his shoulder while Bob carried Pan.

Naturally Pan was unhappy but he wasn’t a rebellious animal and fully knowing they had already been away from the Bread followers for some time it was best to see Irina and them again. However as for Hydra he was thinking something else.

‘How the hell did these two manage to get so lucky to catch me?’

On the other head Bob and Rich were smiling and of course they too were thinking the same thing.

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The game went on without Hydra and Pan and Porkto was currently enjoying himself to the fullest. His snout was twitching happily with every pig he found and his subjects were laughing happily as they were caught. A scene of pigs playing hide and go seek was one of the more stranger things out there, but they were fully enjoying themselves. Time went by and none of them knew that Hydra had been kidnapped! Naturally they never thought they they technically kidnapped Hydra first, but ignorance was a bliss!

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Rich and Bob were so happy they were humming, while Hydra was cursing constantly in his mind, if he turned into his human form now wouldn’t that just be proving he was Hydra? Also once he turned back he would be unable to change back into a pig unless he died again. Such a thing he didn’t want to do as he had already lost a level recently. Finally after cursing so long he forgot what time it was only when he was put down on his back did he look in the direction he was facing upside down.

At this moment Cline, Irina, Falcon and Valeria had already came out and were looking towards Bob and Rich with confused expressions. Although they saw Pan and were naturally happy they couldn’t possibly come to the conclusion why they brought a black pig with them. Just as Rich was putting the pig down Cline’s expression remained steady but his eyes had a flash of unhappiness. Falcon instead showed his emotions clearly and was just about to step forward and say something when both Irina and Valeria started to walk forward.

When Hydra was put down, he naturally looked into the direction of the people he knew all so well in front of him. However his gaze was naturally drawn to the two females who at this moment had expressions of worry sadness and loneliness. Seeing this he momentarily felt guilty, but at the same time this was Hydra’s downfall. When Irina and Valeria saw this they couldn’t help but think as if it was natural that this was Hydra.

Why did they think like this? It was the piercing gaze of Hydra. For the two of them this gaze was something they started deeply into any chance they had, although it was different for the both of them.

For Valeria, she was usually a seductive lady, one who disliked showing her emotions on the outside. However she was in fact very protective of those she cared about. She was naturally unable to trust people very easily, but upon seeing her hero Hydra. Upon seeing that gaze that looked off into the distance chasing after his goals, she was infatuated with him. She only wished to follow him to help him get even closer to his goals all for her to satisfy the burning feeling in her heart. She simply wanted to help the person she cared about. This was why although Valeria truly wished for Hydra to look in her direction she never intruded on Hydra when he was with Irina, or the others. She felt if she got any closer it, she would be unable to return. But at this moment she was unable to control herself and stepped forward fully knowing that the pig was Hydra.

As for Irina, she was all too clear what that familiar gaze. Although Irina at times had a low fuse and was easily upset and unable to control her emotions, it was only in front of Hydra she was able to truly feel this way. She wanted to be spoiled by him, she wanted nothing more than a bit more of his time. She wanted to travel and see the world with him. She knew his class, she knew he was meant to stand on top of the world. As such she would become the sacrifice at any time for him to succeed. It was this that made her unable to accept not being by his side. But at the same time she knew it wasn’t the only reason, because after all the most important reason was because she loved him.

As for Hydra, he could only stare as these two females walked slowly closer to him, feeling as the air around him was becoming more and more cold. Little did he know that the air around Irina and Valeria was only becoming more and more warm.