The Den of Evil
Christel worked on her project plans, copying and pasting graphics, with modifications here and there.
It was just after 2:30 in the morning, or early morning, when Christel felt hungry, so she decided to call it a day and raid the refrigerator. Christel, since her previous life, has been a good eater, at least since one of the things she was no longer worried about was money. Having spent her childhood in an orphanage, it was common for children to go hungry at times.
Hunger was such a torture, since he had a successful career, he always kept some food around him and a couple of refrigerators full at home. Christel has always wanted to have someone who would cook exclusively for him, like in the anime of orgasms with food (Shokugeki no Soma), having a beautiful exclusive chef has been the dream of now two lives.
And even though Christel now has a mother, and even though Lluvia can prepare edible food, she definitely has no culinary talent. So Christel had to expropriate the kitchen territory, and thus prepare her favorite dishes from around the world, which she learned in her previous life.
It's not that Christel can't enjoy eating an apple, but if she's going to eat vegetables, they have to be fried with meat. Christel prepares meat-heavy dishes for herself, and she likes anything derived from an animal. Christel is public enemy number one for vegetarians.
So Christel always keeps portions in the fridge, ready to just pop in the oven and enjoy, just like she's doing right now, in the middle of the night.
Christel's mother, Lluvia, has always been jealous of her daughter's way of eating, and although she used to worry, her worry turned into jealousy, since Christel could eat two or three plates per meal and not gain weight. And although Christel has also admired this physical attribute, it is not as if she never stops exercising, Christel normally gets up at 6 in the morning to run a little and do some light exercises.
Something Christel is thinking of doing at dawn, since she hasn't done any exercise since they arrived in the land of neon.
And so, after eating a small midnight snack, Christel went to the bathroom and then to her room to, now yes, go to sleep. When Christel entered her room, she saw on the clock on the bedside table that it was just after three in the morning. Christel has not forgotten what happened the night before, and she wondered if she would have that dream again, so she waited and waited with her eyes closed, and without knowing it, she fell asleep.
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Christel suddenly felt someone touching her. Christel is very early to get up, but it is true that the action of waking up does not naturally bother her, although when that happens it is because it is late and it is her mother who wakes her up. So, much to her regret, she had to open her eyes, but she got a surprise.
"□△▷▻○▷◇◁▱◯▻▯▷▭ ◎◦ ◦ ◦ " Christel found herself surrounded by many girls with dirt stains and some worn and torn animal skin armor. Some girls helped others treat wounds, applying a kind of mud and leaves.
"○◺△◁◯◿□◹○◸◦ ◦ ◦"
"▻▯◁△▷◁□▱◯◿◦ ◦ ◦"
"◇△▷◁◯◿◁▱□◦ ◦ ◦"
Christel listened to them talking, but she didn't understand anything. Christel looked around, and realized that it was the same cave in the location where she had fainted when she awakened her new power, although she wants to ask how long she had fainted, it seems that it is impossible to communicate for now.
The warrior girls noticed Christel's movement and realized that she had woken up. Christel noticed that someone was making her a lap pillow, when she looked up it was a young girl who looked no older than 15 years old. The team totaled six people, and the oldest looked no older than 22. Although they look strong on the surface, it seems that they have been through some malnutrition for years due to their thin bodies.
Not wanting to get up from the comfortable pillow, Christel, with the help of the one who seemed to be the eldest and leader, stood up.
"Hello... can you speak Spanish . . . " Christel stood up and asked as she turned around and also helped the young woman who helped her rest on her lap.
"▻○▷◇△▷◁▱◯◦ ◦ ◦"
"△◹▱○◸▷◦ ◦ ◦"
"▷◁▱▻○▷◦ ◦ ◦"
" . . . I'm sorry, I don't understand anything" 'It seems that communication is going to be a problem and this is not the place to start a language class...'. Christel began to speak in all the languages she knew, chivalrous, polar bear, dragon country, neon, etc. and nothing.
As she spoke, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a 3-meter-tall hairy creature appear from the spot where it had appeared before, at the beginning of the previous dream. With a "Haa!", Christel raised her hands and some stones around her flew towards the creature.
The warrior girls, seeing this, turned around and upon seeing the creature, took out their bows and arrows and fired. With several stones hitting the giant's body with a force that made him retreat, a small shower of colored arrows ended up turning him into a sieve.
The yeti- or bigfoot-like creature didn't have time to growl and fell with parts of its body frozen and others on fire. Christel could even see a part of it that was poisonous green.
After the creature fell, the girls quickly ran towards the beast, and with knives and axes, they dismembered the huge being, separating it from the skin, removing bones and entrails, and wrapping flesh with the skin. Then, a couple of girls shot blue arrows around and for a moment all flesh was frozen.
Christel, seeing this, also came closer and instead of feeling disgusted, her eyes lit up. 'Meat!' thought Christel. Even in her previous life, Christel had visited farms and slaughterhouses because of her love for meat, not least she has had the blood of chicken, beef, pig, and other creatures on her hands. Christel has gone hunting with important clients in her career more than a few times.
'I imagine these girls seem to be a hunting party from a nearby town. Following them might be the best option' Christel has already accepted that he has some kind of power that makes him travel to another world, one that seems to no longer be the pretty blue planet.
When she finished, Christel took the time to just say "Hey!" and point with one hand in one direction of the cave and with the other, in the other direction. The leader of the group, thinking about what the strange little girl who didn't understand her language was referring to, knew what she was referring to, and after thinking about it for a moment, she pointed towards the direction where the previous den was and where they had fought with the red-skinned creatures.
▱○◸▷◦ ◦ ◦"
▷◁▱◯ ◦ ◦ ◦"
△▷▻○◿□◹○◸!! ◦ ◦ ◦"
Christel noticed two of the warrior girls pointing at her, pointing at the 'Food' and pointing in another direction, but the leading warrior girl shook her head, seeming to be saying something important. Christel thinks that maybe they are not just a hunting party, but that they are in the cave for a purpose.
Although Christel suspects that there is greater danger the deeper they go into the cave, Christel feels that with her group of seven they can handle it. Not at all, she really wants to test the limits of her power, and although throwing those rocks at the three-meter hairy monster felt a little tiring, Christel feels that she can keep going for a work day.
"iayy~" Christel, raising both hands in support, indicated that she agreed with the leader's proposal.
The six girls felt their spirits lifted upon seeing the smile of the little girl with golden hair and strange clothes. It seemed as if an aura surrounded them that calmed them.
"□△○▷◇" The war girl leader gave her bow and a quiver of arrows to Christel. Christel found it strange that she gave them to her without asking if she knew how to use them, but since they couldn't communicate at this level, she couldn't complain. Besides, it's not like she didn't know, hunting with a bow and arrow is like riding a bike, Christel doesn't believe that after going through the darkness of death she would lose her acquired skills.
And so, with the lead war girl in front with a spear, the other spear girl who was a bit hurt and bandaged up but still wanted to fight, next to an archer girl, followed by Christel along with the girl who had just made her a lap pillow and two more archer girls bringing up the rear, they moved forward in their exploration of this bloody and corrupted cave.
The advance was slow but sure, from time to time they found one of the red-skinned creatures, whom the leader girl cleaned with a spear with a oneshot, sometimes they ran into the gray yetis, but if there was no need to fight they avoided them, it seems to be a source of food that should not lead to extinction.
The longest fights were when they came across another den of red-skinned creatures. Christel noticed that there was also one of these larger creatures with a wooden staff. Christel knows that this creature has the ability to revive the other fallen red-skinned beings.
The leading war girl took the lead to finish off two enemies, with the help of the other girl with a spear, the archer girls finished off the rest and with a jump, the leading warrior girl pierced the red-skinned guy with the wooden staff with her spear. Until they ran into a group of zombies.
Christel is not a fool, little by little she has been putting the pieces together, and she has already imagined where she is, and with this group of zombies, she knows that at the end of the cave there is a group of skeletons with a leader with a blue aura.
'The Den of Evil in the world of -Diablo-' Christel recalled all the data as one of her arrows, which had become almost transparent, pierced the head of a zombie, making it explode like a watermelon from a sniper bullet. The girls around her were amazed at how easily she had been learning archery.
Christel has been practicing her telekinesis power, when the arrows were shot, she would use a moment to attract them back, recovering valuable arrows, little by little she became more skilled at not only attacking and taking her time in attracting the arrows, but also shooting while attracting the arrows previously shot by the archer girls.
He has also been imbuing his arrows with his power, making them somewhat transparent like glass. He has also been trying to control the arrows he shoots so that they can take out more enemies with one shot.
While the girls were collecting the -loot- that the zombies dropped, Christel was thinking about the first mission in the world famous game -Diablo 2-
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Mission: The Lair of Evil
Objective: Cleanse the Evil Lair of all evil creatures.
Start: Talk to Akara at the Rogue Camp. She will give you the quest to clear the Evil Den.
Location: The Evil's Lair is located near the Rogue Camp, in the area known as the Monster Field.
Action: Enter the cave and eliminate all the enemies inside. You must make sure that no living creatures remain.
Reward: Once you have cleared the cave, return to Akara to receive your reward, which includes additional skill points.
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'It seems that I get the start and I only appeared at the location. And when I finish, will I have a skill point?'
After the girls piled everything they needed into a giant furry beast skin, they sat down for a moment to rest, eat, and drink. They have been collecting along the way, the girls have been storing resources, items, and meat and leaving them along the way. It seems the plan is to clean up afterward, collect everything on the way back.
After sitting down with the girls, the girl who had given me a lap pillow handed me some dried beef jerky and a canteen. The beef jerky has a very strong taste of meat and spices, and although it doesn't look like it, the meat is not tough at all. The canteen doesn't contain water like Christel imagined, instead, it's a nectar from some fruit she had never tried, but Christel feels her mind recover and her drowsiness disappear. It seems that my power consumes not only physical energy, but mental energy, and this nectar helps to recover mental energy little by little, while the beef jerky, which contains a lot of carbohydrates, helps to replenish the body's energy.
When Christel said "Thank you..." the pillow girl responded with one word and a smile. It seems that some phrases that express feelings can be easily understood without knowing the language, so Christel understood the girl's "No, thanks to you...".