Zoomorns.

Another day has passed. They camped outside a dungeon's entrance the night before and entered it in the morning.

Walking through the Dungeon Octan kept reminding Lena not stray away from him. The lay out was that of a maze, with many turns and traps. It seemed like Octan knew his way so Lena followed without questioning him.

"Do you know this dungeon, kid?" Octan asked.

"Not really." Lena said to the short man in front of her.

"This dungeon was conquered almost a hundred years ago and the only things left in it are traps that were placed by the Superior from back before it was conquered. Though most people don't know that it was made by The superior, they think it's just another monster dungeon." Octan said.

"The superior huh... The demon lord. And why did he make it?" Lena asked.

"To protect those who survived the Demons attack. A very long time ago, when Demons decided to conquer one of the humans they had wiped out almost 90% of all Zoomorns. With the last 10% escaping into the forest scattered all around the earth. They were then collected by The superior and given this hidden little town. This dungeon was made as if any other normal dungeon, even having it's own boss at the very end. Gladly we won't have to worry about that with it being conquered a good while ago." Octan said.

"And where are the Zoomorns? It's been nothing but walls here."

"Right here." Octan said stepping into some kind of platform in the ground as if activating a trap.

In front of a him a portion of the ground suddenly moves out of the way showing a massive hole.

Lena stared down only to find the abyss staring back at it.

"Here huh?" Lena questioned Octan's navigation.

"You bet." Octan said as he waved his limbs around warming up his body.

"What are you doing?" Lena asked the 45 year old man.

"This is gonna hurt like hell, so I'm preparing myself." Octan said now jumping while moving his head around.

"Prepar--!! Y-you! You mean?!" Lena questioned the man stepping away.

"Wheeeew... Come now." Octan said.

Octan moved towards Lena and wrapped a rope they had in one of the bags Lena was carrying around her waist. He made sure it was as tight and as sturdy as possible.

He then carried Lena in his arms. They had looked weird with how Lena's height didn't help at all.

"H-hey! W-wait up! think before you do anything! Hey Hear me out! We will actually end up in heaven if you jump down there!" Lena frantically cried as she tried to push herself off of him.

"Brace yourself!" Octan said jumping into the abyss.

"NOOOOO!!!" Lena screamed as she lost consciousness.

Octan was screaming in joy as he fell down.

"WOOOOO!!!" Octan screamed without noticing Lena had fell unconscious.

The deeper he got the brighter the bottom got.

Once he had reached the light a town had came into view. Waterfalls forming from the dungeon's walls, houses built out of wood and tree leaves, green covering the scenery. An impossibility to even believe.

'Already there huh.' Octan thought to himself as he braced himself.

Octan held an iron rod that had the rope which was connected to Lena as if a huge neelde and prepared to throw it.

"I will come back once I had landed." Octan said As he smashed the Needle right into the wall behind him.

'I had embowed it with iron control magic that would change it's end once I let go so that it would stick in place. Unless Lena's too heavy...' Octan said now falling alone alongside the bags he took off the unconscious hanging Lena.

He had done that right around where the fall would end so that he could easily go back up and get her without having to worry about the whole fall. He could take this much on his own.

'Maybe leaving her hanging like that could be bad for her back? meh why do I care nothing healing magic couldn't fix.' Octan thought to himself thinking of Lena's posture.

'This is going to hurt.' Octan thought looking at the ground that is less than a 100m away.

A blink, Another. Lena wakes up on the ground, She is greeted by the smell of nature. The sound of a waterfall, along side the chirping of birds. Turning her head to right is the bag that were on her back moments ago, and to the Left she can see the back she had so been used to. Beyond that back is a bunch of people trying to approach Lena only to be held back by Octan.

"...what's happening..." Lena said weakly.

"Oh you're finally awake." Octan said frantically turning around towards Lena.

"Please, convince them you're not a bad person!" Octan said as he fell to his knees to level with Lena.

Lena was still laying down still feeling light headed.

"...them...?" Lena saying focusing on the people behind Octan.

A crowd has formed an arc around them. As her vision focused she could start making the people out.

Humans, but with animal like feature. A woman with cat ears, a man with dog ears with his tail waving around, and a child who looks like a normal human. 'Never mind that tongue is definitely that of a frog.' Lena thought as she saw the child swallow a fly that neared him.

'Where the fuck are we.' Lena thought to herself staring at the all kinds of "Humans" staring her down with hostility.

"They don't trust normal Terrans that much, so just do a funny trick or something. They are hospitable by nature so just do something nice and they should warm up." Octan asked of Lena.

"...what?..." Lena was getting hit by one ridiculous thing after another.

"Just do a flip! something the kids would like!" Octan said as if he had just discovered gravity.

"...sure..." Lena has lost all common sense and just along with him.

She barely stood up and looked back at the crowd staring at her.

"I'm Lena, and I will be doing a flip" Lena said in a drunk like state, only to jump and fall on her back smashing her head onto the ground.

She lost consciousness again.

"PFFFFT!!!! HHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!" Octan laughed the hardest he had ever.

Lena's head started to bleed.

"HOLY SHIT YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY DIE! PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTT BWAHAHAHAHHAHA!" Octan had fell to the ground and started rolling around laughing.

"TH-TH-THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE I-I-I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. B-BUT TO FAIL THAT BAD BWAHAHAHHAAHA!" Octan couldn't get himself together.

The crowd that was staring Lena with hostility immediately rushed to her care, while Octan had the time of his life.

A couple of hours later.

Once again. A blind, another. Lena wakes up, this time inside a... house? It's made out wood, and so is everything on it other than the bed she was laying on. The bed was comfortable, it had made her want to stay there for as long as possible. The fireplace at the other side of the 'house' had made it feel just write. Heaven.

"Awake are you." Octan said sitting on the right side with his back to the wall.

"What happened." Lena ask- "Pft-" Octan tries to hold his laughter.

"What's funny?" Lena asked.

"N-nothin- pft" Octan is barely holding himself.

Then Lena suddenly remembered the abyss.

"Oh right! That fall! What happened!?" Lena asked the man covering his mouth trying not to laugh.

"T-that? Don't worry about it." Octan said waving his hand.

"What do you mean don't worry? We basically fell to hell." Lena said.

"Hey now, we fell to heaven!" Octan said.

"How did we make it through the fall?" Lena asked ignoring his last claim.

"I took it like a man." Octan replied puffing out his chest.

"How did we make it through the fall?" Lena asked ignoring his answer.

"I took it like a man!" Octan said it more enthusiastic this time around.

Lena sighed.

"Just thank this for now." Octan said pointing outside one of the windows towards something hanging off of the walls in the distance.

A piece of iron with a rope hanging on it with it's end cut, Lena didn't get it.

"Anyway, after making it through our fall. The people welcomed me with open arms while they were hostile toward you, being a terran and all." Octan started.

"Wait, but aren't you a 'terran' too?" Lena was still a bit dubious of the all human thing.

"Yes, but I've been here before so they trust me. You see Zoomorns are actually hospitable by nature. They care for anyone and anything no matter how insignificant they try to give it as much care and love without inconveniencing others. They understand how this world and how the food cycle works, so stuff that is out of their reach they stay out of, but when they can care for anyone they will." Octan says.

"For example, When you hit yo- PFt.... Ehm When you hit your hea-- Pffft... Ehm ehm. When you hit your head, even though they were treating you with hostility they immediately rushed to your aid. Even if you would be their sword enemy, Once they see you in a moment of weakness they can't help themselves from helping you. Saints am I right?" Octan says.

"Hit my head?" Lena said as she moved one her hands through the back of her only to notice the massive bandage wrapped around it.

"How did I hit my head?!" Lena questioned reality.

"'I'm Lena, and I will be doing a flip.'" Octan quoted with a straight face.

"What?" Lena couldn't get it.

Octan sighed.

"You hit your head that hard huh... Just sleep." Octan said patting her forehead as he stands up.

"I will go have my own fun." Octan said as he waved at her leaving the 'house'.

Lena stared at the ceiling. There was none, that's when she had noticed.

There is a tree trunk at a corner of this thing. And the ceiling was just the tree's leaves.

"Where the fuck am I..." Lena said gazing at the bits of sunlight passing through the leaves.

'wait... if this place is down that hole... How is there sunlight?' Lena wondered.

'am I even awake...' Lena said turning around to fall asleep once again.

Another peaceful hour of sleep.

"...Oiii!...Oiii!" A distant voice wakes Lena as she is shaken.

"Wake up!!!" The sound of a little boys wakes Lena up.

"uhhh... emmmm... what do you want...?" Lena said yawning.

"Here your food, eat it so you get better." The boy said pointing at the tray on the side of Lena's bed.

"Oh, thank you kid." Lena said turning around and petting the kid's head.

She picked up the stray and thought over what she was given.

A definitely more than average serving of raw meat, alongside a cup of milk, and a bunch of weird plants.

'what exactly is this?' Lena thought to herself trying not to think of where the milk came from.

"This what you monsters like, right?" The kid said.

'monsters? he referring to me?'

"Meat and plants that's what I was told you to eat, and you drink cow stuff, right?" The kid said again.

'I guess? Just not like this...' Lena thought to herself.

"Did you make this yourself?" Lena asked the kid.

"Yes. All the grown ups were bullying you, saying monsters don't deserve our help, but I know you're bad monster! After all you made me and my friend laugh with that flip! No bad monster would make us laugh!" The kid said with conviction in his eyes.

"T-that so?" 'Just what the fuck did I do?!' Lena questioned the her she didn't know.

"Yes!" the kid said as he gestured someone to come closer at the door.

A group of 3 kids walked in joining the kid.

"W-we believe you're not a bad monster!" The kids said.

"...please just me lena..." Lena couldn't take being called a monster any longer.

"Plus you're a friend of Mr. Octan right? No friend of Mr. Octan is bad!" says the kid who woke Lena up.

"And why's that?" Lena asked the kid as she put the tray away.

"Because Mr. Octan is a nice guy, That's what my mom told me!" The kid said.

Lena stands up from the bed.

"Woahh..." one of the kids says as he stares up at Lena.

Lena then squats down to the kids' level.

"Thank you for believing me guys." Lena says putting out a fist bump with her right arm still cladded with armor though not as massive as before.

"D-does that mean we are friends now?" A kid with wolf-like features from the back of the group says.

Lena is taken by surprise at the forwardness of the question.

"Yeah, sure." Lena says smiling.

The kids look at each other then cheer.

"Does that mean you will do another flip for us?!" The same kid asks.

'What's up with all this flipping...' "sure."

Lena did a very good flip.