Chapter 54 Munchy

I turned behind and saw a huge drooling dog staring at me. I slowly moved. 'Oui... I better think something before Munchy eats me. But what? Think! Nonsense brain! Think!' Suddenly, I remembered the stack of photos of Munchy growing up that Mr. James showed us. 'Ah! Maybe I can make Munchy think I'm someone who was close to him, then Munchy wouldn't try to eat me? Will it work?' I glanced at Munchy and saw it licking its drooling mouth. 'We never try. We never know.' "Oh, would you look at that. It's Munchy the Dog. Look at how big you have grown. I still remember you were just as small as my palm when you were born." I took a peek at Munchy, and Munchy seems to calm down. Then I took a quick glance at Angel and saw Angel giggling like a mischievous child. 'Why is she laughing like that? Did I do something wrong?'

I felt nervous at Angel's laugh. 'But looking at Munchy's reaction, it seems to be working? Let's push some more.' "You know, I don't what Angel fed you, but I'm glad you look big and healthy. Mr. James also misses you, too. He looks at the photos of you when you were a baby whenever he misses you." Munching tilted his head sideway. "Yup. He had this whole stack of photos of you when you were small, biting your favourite toy, Mr. Chronos only." Munchy's eyes twinkled and rolled on the ground and showed his belly. I sat down and scratched Munchy's tummy. Munchy made a cute barking sound. "Arf! Huff... Huff..." I laughed. 'Munchy seems to really like its belly being rubbed. I did it! I'm a genius! Ouish! And the feel of fur, it's so warm and cosy. I could do this all day.' While scratching and rubbing Munchy's tummy, I thought to myself. 'Oui, luckily I listen to Mr. James's old-time story about Munchy. I hate to say this, but thanks, Mr. James.'

Meanwhile, Angel stood there with a blank face. She stuttered. "H-How did you do t-that? I-I..." Angel started crying out loud. "Not fair! Not fair! Not fair! Even Munchy doesn't allow me to pet his cute little tummy. "

I looked at Munchy as it ignored Angel. "I thought Angel was Munchy's owner, yet Munchy doesn't allow Angel to touch its tummy?"

Angel flew towards me and shouted. "That's right! Munchy doesn't like me at all. Munchy only like Mr. James. Uhuhuhuhuhu." Angel wept.

I patted Angel's head. "Why, though?"

Angel sniffed. "I always thought Munchy only let his first Master, Mr. James to pet him however he let you, a venomous pest to touch him!" Angel screamed in anger, and I gripped tightly onto Munchy.

I whispered to Munchy. "Why don't you let her touch your tummy?" Munchy ignored my question and wagged its tail at me as if it wants more belly rubbing. I sighed and continued to rub its belly. 'Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?'

Suddenly, I heard a boy scream. "Hey, you monster! Don't think because of your huge size, we are afraid of you." I turned back and saw the 3 children holding their fist up with legs shaking in fear. 'Right. I completely forgot about them.'

One of the 3 children said. "We are going to defeat you and become the 8 Masters' disciple." The other 2 children cheered. Munchy shrugged. The 3 children got angry and nodded at each other. They rushed towards Munchy while screaming. Munchy swung its tail and slammed the 3 children to the wall. They were stuck to the wall with blood dripping from their mouth and nose. I looked at them in pity. 'They're probably dead.'

Angel laughed and said. "Pfft... They think they can win against Munchy? How ridiculous. Their stupidity is beyond my comprehension." Angel turned towards me and said. "Looks like you're the only one left. So how are you going to end the game, hmm?"

I stood up and dusted the dirt off my clothes. "The end game is to defeat Munchy, isn't it?" Angel crossed her arms and stared at me. I patted Munchy's head and said. "Get up, Munchy. It's time to go back home." Munchy lazily stood back up and licked me. "Oui! I'm filled with slime again. Hahaha." I wiped off the slime and laughed. I led Munchy back into his cage. "Bye, Munchy. I hope we can meet each other again." Munchy leaned his head on the iron bar. I rubbed it and said. "Ya. I had a great time, too." Munchy moved back and barked. "Woof!" Munchy disappeared into thin air.

Angel, who was standing behind, announced me as the winner of the final game. "Congratulations to our remaining survivor." Angel poked me and asked. "What your name?"

"Oui. Llyne." I replied.

Angel continued. "Oui Llyne! She had passed all 3 trials, including the last trial. Applause!"

"Oui. I've been renamed." I looked around and heard nothing. I lightly tugged Angel and asked. "Who are you talking to? There's no one here."

Angel tilted her head and answered. "The 8 Masters, duh."

I shook my head and said. "You can stop lying already. The 8 Masters aren't here in the first place. Those shadow figures behind the translucent red curtain are mannequins."

Angel jumped up and looked at me in surprised. "How did you know? I can't believe it. No one has ever guessed it before ever! Did you peeked behind while I was preoccupied with something." Angel stared at me suspiciously.

I refuted. "No, I did not. It's just that in the first game, I already saw how each Masters roughly looked like, and those aren't it."

Angel pouted. "Hmph! I worked so hard on those mannequins and one look you saw through it. You big meanie!" Angel started crying like a kid who lost a game.

I panicked and tried to apologize to Angel. "Wah! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... How am I supposed to apologize when it's the truth?" I scratched my head.

Angel stopped crying and tsked at me. "You're so annoying." Angel flicked her fingers, and I transported back into the dungeon where I saw Isaac, Rona, and Ronald again.

"Isaac! Rona! Ronald!" I waved and ran towards them. "I miss you all! How are you guys? Perfectly fine? 'Cause I'm not. Oui. I'm telling you guys, I nearly died from getting eaten by the dog, Munchy. But in the end, we became best friends, so everything ended well except those 4 children who were with me. They died miserably. That's all to it, and how were your trials?"

"That was a very short summary for someone who went missing for 6 hours." Isaac said. "Anyways, as you all can I see, I'm extremely exhausted because me and 5 other children were chased by dinosaurs."

"Wow, Rona jealous! Isaac got lots of free meat all by himself." Rona exclaimed. "For Rona, I saw stuck in some kind of room. It has no food and drink. It reminded me a lot of like my old room. I tried banging the door, but it won't budge. I was so lonely on my own."

Ronald patted Rona's head and asked. "So, at the end, how you got out?"

Rona bore her teeth. "I munched the door. The door was tasteless, though."

We were all stunned by what Rona said. I rubbed Rona's tummy, and Rona giggled. "Hahaha. Stop that, Lil."

"You ate the door?" Isaac asked.

Ronald panicked. "Is that possible?"

I laughed. "You think you can poop it out later?"

Isaac shouted at me. "That's your question?"

I nodded. "Oui. Aren't you curious, too?"

Isaac screamed. "NO!"

I dug my ear. "Why are you asking if she can eat doors or not? I mean, it's Rona. She can eat anything!"

Isaac massaged his head. "And you don't find that weird?" I shook my head. Isaac sighed and said. "What about you, Ronald?"

"Nothing special. I was just sleeping." Ronald said.

"Nothing at all?" Isaac asked again.

Ronald pondered a while. "Ah! There were other children with me, and they were acting kind of weird. They were squirming around and blushing by themselves. Some male weenies were up. It was disgusting to see. I tried looking everywhere but there was nothing else but empty space. Looking at the comfy ground, I decided to sleep instead, and the next thing I knew, I was back here again."

Isaac and I stared at the innocent Ronald and whispered to each other. "Judging by what he said, I think his trial was something to do with lust, but since he doesn't have any, he probably passed the trial easily."

I replied. "Oui... I bet they never knew there would be a healthy looking teenage male who doesn't have a single lust in him. Good for Ronald."

Isaac nodded. "Now my perspective of him is getting better. I don't need to worry about him touching Rona."

'I don't think it's going to be that easy, but oh well, if I tell Isaac that there won't be any show for me to watch.' I snickered. While we were chatting happily, we heard footsteps coming our way.

Step.

Step.

"Who are you?" Isaac asked, and Ronald immediately stood in front of Rona to protect her.

'Oui? Did they combine us with other children again.' I started walking towards the sound of the footstep.

"Llyne! Wait!" Isaac screamed. I reached my hand out and pulled a hand out.