CHAPTER 4. WORTHLESS RABBIT GIRL.
(In Mountain Terrains)
A beautiful girl with white bunny ears with light blue hair and light purple eyes. She was wearing a revealing outfit which was showing most of her perfect figure.
"Oh, where are you? If you don't come soon, I'll be eaten!" Said the girl, who seemed to be talking to herself.
Two-headed T-Rex roars at the girl who is frightened by the creature as she begins running from it.
"NO! HELP ME! HELP ME, MR. HERO!" Screamed the bunny girl.
As the bunny girl was running, we saw that her breasts were bouncing freely. A dark blue portal opens the top of her as she was smiling because she knew they were coming to rescue her as she felt the powerful summoning was sending her away, yet she felt warmth like someone caught her in the air.
As you may have guessed, it was Hajime who caught her.
"What is this, raining bunny girls?" Asked Ben holding the bunny girl in bridal style.
The Bunny girl looks to see the person who saved her was Ben Tennyson which she felt has an impressive body and lands in front of another girl. He places her down onto her feet with his words. "Are you okay?"
"Behind you!" Said the bunny girl, pointing at the dinosaur coming towards them.
Benjamin pulls out his gun, and he shoots two bullets into the two heads of the dinosaur, she is surprised, then he speaks, "Thank you for the tip." His tone was soft, and the girl was surprised that Ben took him down with one shot.
"The tip? What do you mean?" Asked the bunny girl.
"Telling me the twin dinosaur behind me." Ben responds to the bunny girl with a soft tone and puts his guns down as he nods at Yue about leaving towards the next labyrinth.
"W-Wait! I need your help!" Said the bunny girl.
Benjamin and Yue stop walking, then they look at one another as He says. "Help with what?"
INTRO SEQUENCE
Benjamin and Yue stop walking, then they look at one another as He says. "Help with what?"
"And why should we help you?" Asked Yue, sounding annoyed.
"Please, I'll do anything to pay you folks for the favor." The bunny girl told him with a soft tone as Ben was thinking about owing them a favor. He could start making a new set of villages for people to live in with him, but he would not want to be king or anything.
"Okay, what is it that you need?" Ben asked, feeling he might regret this.
"My people need your help to get a new home and get strong, please." The bunny girl tells her request as Ben begins to understand her despite not wanting to waste deep down his still the hero he was meant to be but unlike Ben Prime and others like him he will not show mercy.
"Why do they need a new home?" Asked Yue.
"My name is Shea Haulia... I was kicked out of my race, but some of my people left with me." Shea explained to both Ben and Yue with a soft but depressed tone.
"How come you were kicked out?" Ben asked
"Beast men aren't supposed to summon magic or mana." Shea replied to Ben and Yue with a soft tone.
"And that's why you were banished because you used magic?"
Shea nods at them which causes Ben to feel bad for her as he turns to see Yue. She nods at her boyfriend to allow her to join their little group.
"Okay, we will help you." Ben told her, causing Shea to jump with excitement and hug him, who felt her breasts onto his chest.
"Oh, thank you, I will find a way to repay you, I'll promise." Shea thanked him.
Ben pets her head softly with a comfortable, normal hand as he was smiling at her. Yue was obviously getting jealous since Shea has a nicer body than her.
Benjamin was blushing deeply as her breasts felt big and touching his chest.
"Okay, we'll help, but you'll have to show us where your people are at?" Ben asked slightly, backing away from Shea.
Shea nods at Ben with a gentle smile as he summons black with a neo green and white motorcycle.
"Woah, what is that?!" Asked Shea in a shocked tone.
"It's my ride but climb on Shea." Ben told her.
"Um, Benny, I think it can only fit two people." Yue pointed out.
"Just sit in front of Shea and me, get behind me." Ben stated to Yue and Shea as the girls looked at one another. Then Ben soon felt Yue's butt at his pants, and Shea pushed against his backside.
'Now is a bad time to get a hard-on right now.' Ben scolds himself in his dirty thoughts, trying not to get hard.
Ben was trying his best not to get hard as he was beginning to imagine Yue and Shea naked in the blankets which they were ready for him.
Meanwhile Yue felt Benjamin getting hard, so she adjusted herself to have her pussy sit on Ben's dent to the best of her ability.
"So not cool, Yue." Ben tells his girlfriend with a soft tone.
"Hey, it's not my fault that you're having dirty thoughts right now." Giggled Yue.
"Hey, what are you two talking about?" Shea asks the two lovers.
"N-Never mind, everyone ready?" Ben asked with his face blushing red.
Shea points towards the entrance of the forest as she says about her people hiding.
"Okay, hang on tight, girls!" Ben told them as they rode off.
Which was was bad for Ben as he started to feel both Yue and Shea hold tightly as he swears that he meant to have to do Yue and maybe Shea, but he would love to get to know her first. But right now, he had to focus on driving, or else he might end up having a motorcycle accident. Ben sees the large wing creatures were going to attack Shea's people.
Ben quickly retaliates and then takes out his Donner and starts shooting at them.
Ben shoots the flying creatures down as he stops in front of the bunny tribe as Shea's bubble butt makes an appearance inside of her outfit for him to see it. Ben blushes when he sees her butt and quickly looks away.
"Father, I brought the people who agreed to help us!" Shea tells her father, and the people with Ben smile slightly as the monsters he ate and defeated. These people seemed nice and well mannered.
"Shea, thank God you're safe; we were beginning to worry about you." Shea's father said in relief.
Ben and Yue see Shea's people, who wanted to get a new home, so he had to decide if he wanted to take them along with him on his journey or tell them to make this their new home.
"So, I hear you guys are looking for a new home." Ben stated.
"Yes, sir." Shea's father responds to him. "M-my name is Cam Haulia. I'm Shea's father and the chieftain of the Haulia tribe. You have my deepest gratitude for saving both my daughter and the rest of my tribe. And I've heard that you're even going to assist us in our escape... As both a father and a chieftain, I simply cannot thank you enough, Sir Tennyson."
"I'm just doing the right thing as long as it doesn't waste my time." Ben Told Cam in a cold tone as he crossed his arms. "Now then, Do you have an idea of where you want to go?" He asked.
Shea's father shakes his head towards Ben as he was thinking about helping them build a new home here.
"The thing is, we want to make a small village, but we don't have the necessary equipment to make houses." Shea's father admitted.
Ben begins to think about it; then, his eye looks at the different trees.
"How about cutting some trees? You can use the wood to make wooden homes for yourself." Benjamin told them.
"But how do we cut them down?" Asked Shea's father.
"Seriously? With an axe, of course." Ben's left eye started twitching in annoyance.
Shea and the people were acting a little dumbfounded, for they couldn't believe they didn't think about it first.
"But where can we find an axe?" Asked Shea.
"You can't be serious, none of you have any axes or weapons? Neither of you?!" Ben asked in total disbelief as his left eye twitch at this and everyone who all just gave him a blank stare, staring at him as if he had two heads. "Oh good lord, this is going to be a long day." Ben now starts to regret playing the hero here again which causes him a total headache just by helping these people who asked him but turning down now would make him a big jerk. "Okay fine, I'll help you guys find a new home. But I'm not some hero of justice who's an idiot that is willingly to save you from danger and risk his neck. Instead I'm gonna be training you guys to survive!" Ben proclaimed to the Beastman after what he had been through within that labyrinth and due to the recklessness of one Kouki Amanogawa naming himself as a hero to increase his popularity makes and because of that guy Benjamin no longer wish not becoming one or at least tried to be better one without risking someone's else lives on the behalf of his own fame by proving his worth of being a Hero who "will save" this world from those Bastards who claimed themselves as gods. He'll do it the Tennyson way.
"Huh?!" Exclaimed the Rabbitmen in surprise at his statement.
"Beastman aren't able to manipulate mana," Shea explains about herself on the way. "But for some reason, I can, and on top of that, I can use specialized magic that only monsters can use!"
"I don't know what it is, but was it that powerful?" Ben asked as she reminded him about a certain time travel paradox.
"Yes, it's called Future Sight and it lets me see possible futures. Like, if you made this choice, this would happen, kind of stuff. That's why I knew you two would appear!"
"It's a truly interesting ability." Ben stated. "If you can make use of it in the fight, it will have great advantages on your side."
"Really? You really think I can help other people who are in need of help?" Shea asked in delight at thinking she might finally be able to use her monstrous strength to help the weak.
"Yup, with the right training you can. Just make sure not to abuse your abilities for your own fame." Ben told Shea.
"Of course!" Shea smiled at him and Ben smiled back. "Due to having the same powers as the monsters, I was loathed by other Demi Humans and fated to die. But as I mentioned earlier both my father and the Haulia clan left our home, Verbegan, and wandered the vast forest where I met you two." Shows Benjamin and Yue helping the rabbit Beastman travel the deepest part of the forest where they encountered monsters.
"And thanks to you and Yue both decided to help us both trained to fight so we can now live stronger to defend ourselves."
It was night time as they encountered more monsters on the way which was way easy for Ben and Yue as Both decided to use their powers.
That's where they encountered a tribe of Beastman like Tigers.
"You there... Why are there humans in your midst! State your race and clan!"
The tiger beastman is looking incredulously at Cam as if he were some kind of race traitor.
There is a dangerous-looking two-handed sword in his hands. The couple dozen beastmen surrounding us are all glaring at the rabbitmen, clearly outraged.
'Shit, crappy discrimination again.' Ben thought As someone from a universe of symbiotic species, No watch Ben somewhat angry with the situation.
Regardless, the Haulia rabbitmen aren't scared a bit.
Cam begins to speak calmly. "We are…"
"A white-haired... rabbit girl? You must be the Haulia tribe in the reports. You're a disgrace to all beastmen. You tricked your fellow beastmen for years, hiding that despicable demon girl, and now you're even bringing humans into our midst!? Traitors! I won't listen to any of your excuses! You're all going to be executed here! Everyone, cha—"
"Let me tell you something, tigerbrain whose name I don't know and I don't care about!"
The rabbitmen step aside to make a path for Rath who has challenged the Tigerman.
Rath's anger has risen up his throat. Rath walks towards the tigerbrain and glares at him, without a single speck of fear.
"What are you–" The tigerbrain gasps.
Rath grabs and throws him into a nearby tree with ease. And then Rath charges at the tigerbrain before he can recover and leaps into the air.
"Polaris PILEDRIVER!"
This is one of Rath's iconic moves.
Seriously Rath in every universe doesn't know why but Rath can't control his anger. And Rath desires to beat the shit out of the tigerbrain.
"Rath doesn't care if you are a tiger! Rath doesn't care how powerful you guys are. And he doesn't care who you are!" Rath declares angrily, pointing his index finger at the surrounding beastmen. "If you hurt Rath's friends,... if you badmouth his friends, Rath will beat the shit out of you."
And then Rath stomps again onto the tigerbrain, who is even bulkier than Rath himself.
"Ouch…"
Rath is about nine feet tall. He resembles an orange and white bipedal tiger with one black claw coming out of each wrist and no tail. He is also muscular and has green eyes and black stripes on his shoulders, head, legs, and upper body as well as a white jaw, neck, chest, stomach, hands, and feet. The Omnitrix is located in the center of his chest.
"What… what are you?" The Tigerbrain asked him weakly.
"Glad you asked. Rath is the boss of the Haulia tribe of Rabbitmen. If you hurt his people, Rath will never forgive you."
"So... you are also a disgrace to our kind..."
"Too bad," Rath says, lifting the tigerbrain in the air. "Rath isn't your kin, tigerbrain." And then Rath throws him... right into the bush where a beastman is hiding to ambush Rath and his people.
"Now leave quietly, will you?"
The green light blinds all the beings in the area before revealing Rath's human self...
As Benjamin Kirby Tennyson. From the no watch Ben Universe.
"A... a human?"
The enemy beastmen begin to murmur in disbelief. The tigerman and his disciple get out of the bush.
"Identify yourself, human!"
"I believe I have already answered a similar question." Ben declared, unfazed.
The tigerman then realizes... that...
"You are... yet why are you protecting them!?"
"Despite the fact that I don't want anything to do with them but since they all asked me and my lover for my help to look for a new home. I can't do anything but help them look for a new one and in return they'll help me cross this forest to the destination I'm going to." Ben told them.
"But that doesn't explain what you're after in this forest." Sneers the Tigerman. "And not to mention what are you?"
"I'm a monster, nothing more." Ben said blankly as he crossed his arms. 'It's true though, after I fell into the abyss I had to eat monster meat to survive and somehow I mutated due to them and became more powerful.' He thought.
"Monster... you aren't making sense. And that doesn't explain what you really came here for!"
'Is this guy had rocks for brains or did he hit his head as a baby? I just said that I'm just helping the Haulia tribe to look for a new home within this forest!' Ben sighs in frustration and annoyance. "Okay State one or two reasons why I should tell you about my intentions."
There is a moment of silence.
"You sided with the unworthy Haulia tribe–"
Suddenly, a giant fist bigger than his face appears in front of him and punches him in the guts, sending him flying.
"You've... made a humungous mistake."
The surrounding enemy beastmen hold their weapons up and point towards Ben who has become Humungosaur.
"You are nothing more than a hypocrite who encouraged the genocide of the Haulia tribe, tigerbrain."
Tigerman can now stand up from ground.
"That's why you are a tigerbrain."
"Hmph..." The tigerman gestures at his people. "You, relay the message to the elders as fast as you can. The guests are here."
According to Cam's words, humans aren't allowed in Verbergen and any human who invades the territory gets executed without question.
"Ben... you don't need to do this far for us." Cam says.
"This much is the least I can do." Ben replies, detransforming. "I am taking your daughter with me anyway."
"My daughter..."
'Hey, mister. Why are you suddenly grinning? It's creepy.' Ben Thought. 'Wait, he is happy because I am taking his daughter... that means…' He then said.
"Cam, I think you are misunderstanding something..."
"No, I don't. I know my daughter is so beautiful... but I don't mind getting married to you."
'Oh crap. I suddenly became a lucky harem protagonist.' Ben suddenly realized.
'And you, SHEA! WHY ARE YOU FLUSTERING?! Yue is gonna kill me!' He thought with a gulp as she saw Yue glares from behind him.
Yue now has her in an arm lock for potential flirting with him.
"Sorry. I am sorry! Forgive me!" And so we get to the elders of the Verbergen.
The retinue of unfamiliar beastmen appears as the fog disappears.
Standing in the center of the beastmen is an elderly man with long, flowing blond hair and a pair of striking blue eyes that speaks of long accumulated wisdom. But his body is so frail that it seems a strong gust would blow him away. Though his majestic face is creased with wrinkles, they only serve to highlight his noble appearance.
The most distinctive part of his appearance however is his long, tapered ears.
'So... he is an elf, huh?' Ben thought.
After much discussion with the Elf elders they agreed with allowing the Haulia tribe to find a spot within this forest till they found their new home and Shea's father and their clan all cheered happily.
"I never thought a day like this would come where they can sleep in peace." Shea told Ben and Yue happily as Ben Shrugged while leaning on a tree.
"Don't mention it, after all I did agree to defend your lives in return you'll show us the way." Ben said. "Besides, helping you is the right thing to do." As Ben and Shea talk A young Rabbit bunny girl approaches them with a glowing flower and so Yue approaches her who offers the flowers to the Vampire Princess who was taken aback.
"Well, you're the only person I've met other than me who had the power of monsters." Shea told Ben. "So, well, I keep thinking of you as one of my own." There was a pause. "What's the goal of your Journey?" She asked curiously.
"There's only one thing." Ben said. "Go back to my homeland with Yue. That's all."
Shea had a determination on her face and nodded. "I've decided to join you on your journey!" Ben smiles at this and knowingly he did mention earlier to Shea's father he'll be taking her with them but can't help but joke.
"No thanks, I lied, I can't take you with us."
Knowing Ben is joking, Yue plays along.
"He's right, you'll only be a burden to us." Yue said.
"HUH?! Instant rejection but you two said to my father that I could come with you?!" Shea pouted.
"Hahaha, relax we're only joking but you'll need serious training to use that strength of yours if you're really going to join us in this journey." Ben said.
In the next morning Ben and Yue got confronted by the Haulia Tribe begging them to train them to fight.
"Please, Help train us to become stronger!" Pleaded Shea along with her Clan.
"We do not want to be weak forever!" A Rabbit Man begged.
"Please sir Ben Help up!" Pleaded Shea's father.
"You guys." Ben actually admired their determination.
And so Ben and Yue went through hell in training them as Yue Train Shea personally to use her monstrous strength.
"You're wide open!" Shea said running towards Yue with a giant wooden hammer but the Vampire Princess got the upperhand and used a tornado to throw her off. "What The!!!!!"
As for Ben, he became frustrated as he taught them how to hunt by showing them how to kill their prey starting with a small bear-like creature and made him annoyed when they cried over it and then got beaten by tiny monsters into pulp.
"Gods what am I gonna do with you guys?" Ben facepalm at this.
They spend weeks in training the Haulia Tribe.
However Ben got more irritated and found them slacking and awing a flower.
"No! You can't just run away. You have to defeat it! Slay it! Imagine this as a life-or-death situation! If you hesitate to kill, you will be killed by the monsters!" He proclaimed to the worthless Rabbitmen. "Never show your weakness to the opponents. You have to overwhelm them even if you are weak. If not, you are good as dead." He told them as they continue training after the monster incident.
"Hey, you. Yes, you. What are you doing with that flower? Start training– no, no, no, don't just make a crowd around the flower and FUCKING SLACK OFF! Move, move, you need to kill the monsters!"
After the flower incident Ben now teaching them to used basic weapons from knives, bows, to spears.
"No, the way you grip the spear can cause muscle pain and it puts a strain on your hand and shoulder. Here, look. Grip onto the rod-like this."
And then with the help of grasshopper he thought them to used their Rabbit Beastmen ability into leaping higher like an actual rabbit would.
"Cam Haulia, everyone else jumped higher than you. Try it again, Haulia!"
After the training with their Agility and leaping Ben thought them arm to arm combat.
"Don't use your fists unless you lack weapons and equipment. Your fists aren't built to punch. So give attention to using a weapon. Fists are the last resort."
Another training session went through.
"Now, I will form 5-men groups among you guys who will have to hunt for dinner. Go with the group."
After that Benjamin took a little break.
'Uh... I am totally exhausted after several sessions of lectures. At last, I assign them to hunt animals for dinner.' Ben thought frustrated.
Letting out a sigh, Ben sat down on the ground and leaned against the tree. His energy is worth spending.
'But WHY ARE THEY SO DAMN WEAK? Seriously, what kinda man is the God who created this world? I don't disagree that he is evil.' Ben thought again.
But Benjamin kept asking why he is doing all that for them, you ask? Dunno, to be honest. Perhaps the teacher's energy that resides in his body suddenly overflows as she experienced the same when he first joined the plumbers.
Ha... let's not sit and mope around. Ben decided to get up from the ground and walk towards where Shea and Yue are dueling each other.
As Ben goes to look for the two he is now in deep thoughts. 'Hmm, Yue has definitely taken a special liking to Shea and is teaching her more about how to use magic. Though she was a beastman, Shea has mana and can control it directly so it shouldn't be a problem.' Ben thought.
Suddenly a loud explosion was heard.
Boom! Bang! Snap! Crackle! Pop! Bam!
"What! What just happened!?" Ben ran towards where the sound effects came from with all his strength.
Thunderous sounds echo throughout the trees. The area looks like a war zone. Massive trees with thick trunks lie strewn about like reed stalks, some charred, others frozen, others just twisted horrifically, and huge craters dot the ground as if a meteor shower has struck the earth.
AHHHH! Ehit has abandoned his children and is gonna destroy the world.
Heck no…
When Ben examines the situation carefully,...
Two girls have been responsible for all of this destruction. And said destruction is still continuing.
"Teyaaaaaah!"
There is a spirited yell, and suddenly a tree at least one meter in diameter flies through the air. It soars toward its target at tremendous speed, fast enough that a casual observer might miss that it is bent in the middle. Velocity and mass grant a deadly amount of force to the tree, and it obliterates any obstacles in its path forward.
"§-Crimson Javelin.-§"
This nigh-unstoppable force is met with a flaming spear that burns all it touches to ash. Despite the significant mass it possesses, the tree is burned to ash almost instantly. For a moment it is converted into a blazing fireball, before the last of the wood finally burns away and the flames vanish.
"It's not over yet!"
The impact of the Crimson Javelin and the huge tree creates shockwaves large enough to blow away the fog for a few seconds. In that brief window of time, a faint silhouette can be seen dashing through the woods. An instant later, another log hurtles down from the heavens like a meteor. However, its intended target backstops in time to avoid the thunderous impact while preparing another flaming spear.
It truly is quite a view to watch.
But before she can unleash it, the silhouette runs up to the tree trunk impaled into the ground and gives it an earth-shattering kick. The force of it blows the tree apart, and splinters of wood shoots toward the girl with unimaginable speed.
"Ah! §-Blazing Barrier.-§"
The barrage of splinters is cut short by a flaming wall that suddenly appeared in midair. Not a single sliver of wood makes it through to her. However...
"Now I've got you!"
"Ah!"
The time it has taken her to cast that spell had been enough for the shadow to get behind her. The girl who has kicked the tree has hidden her presence right after, and then she has used the fog to slip behind her quarry. She holds in her hands a massive hammer that must have weighed more than the girl herself, but she swings it down with the ease one would swing a flyswatter.
'Wait, should I intervene!?' Ben thought.
"§-Wind Wall.-§"
'Oh, thanked god.' Ben sigh in relief.
The hammer hits the ground with tremendous force. Stone pellets fly in every direction as the rock below is pulverized. However, this barrage of stone is deflected by the barrier of wind the other girl has erected. Additionally, she uses the swirling eddies to whisk herself to a safe distance as well. The girl with the hammer stiffens momentarily, the consequence of using such a huge skill, and her opponent takes advantage of that opening.
'Damn… It's exciting to even watch their battle.' Ben thought as he watched the two girls.
"§-Crystal Coffin.-§"
"Fweh!? W-Wait—"
Realizing her folly, she quickly tries to call for a ceasefire, but naturally, her opponent isn't going to listen. Thinking quickly, she drops her hammer and tries to jump back, but the ice magic has already frozen her feet and is crawling up her legs... Before long, everything but her head is encased in a tomb of ice.
Well…
"I-It's so cold! Please let me out… Yue."
"...I win." Yue nonchalantly responds to a begging Shea.
"No wait!" Shea then saw Yue's cheek bleeding. "Huh? Wait, you got a scratch!" She proclaims. "One of the attacks hits you!"
Yue soon touched her cheek and there was indeed a scratch on her but thanks to her regeneration she heals it.
"What scratch?" Shea approaches her, still trapped in ice.
"Huh, I sure definitely do one, please don't try to hide it!" Pouted Shea. "That's so mean!" Suddenly she sneezed due to the cold and started shaking after she was freed. "Man that was so cold!" She said,
Ben laughed at Yue's antics of course she wouldn't just let anyone beat her, not even him.
At the time, applause is heard, startling the two girls.
The culprit behind the applause is Benjamin who walks out of the forest.
"It was exciting to even watch you guys fighting. Good job, Yue." I pat her head before turning towards Shea to review her fighting style.
You have become much stronger..."
"Yes, I was finally able to hit Yue! A glorious victory!
As always her outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination. Though it is now more durable and can contain her... breasts and perfectly cover her private parts... GRR! She is a beast in many ways. Ben can just look at Yue's naked body all day long now that he's gotten used to it.
"She specializes in strengthening her body, on a monstrous level, too." Yue explains.
"Good." Ben replies, my eyes intentionally avoiding Shea's sweaty, seductive body and hope not to activate Yandere Yue.
"So will you take me with you on your journey, Bennison?"
'Please stop calling me Bennison–' Ben thought before replying to Shea. "Before I confirm if you can come or not, why do you want to join us?" He asked Shea which embarrassed her.
"W…well, you know." Shea blushed redder than Yue's red eyes.
"I don't, what is it?" Ben asked.
"I wanted to be with you! I love You Bennison!" Shea's confession shocks Ben by this.
Suddenly, they all sense a massive bloodlust... a group of bloodlusted–
Rabbitmen?
When Ben tilts his head at the training ground, a group of bloodlusted rabbitmen are seen to have just come back. No mistake, they are Haulian Tribe rabbitmen.
But something's definitely different about them.
"Shea... where is Boss?" Cam Haulia asks. His voice sounds like a mafia small-timer.
But something's definitely different about them.
"Shea... where is Boss?" Cam Haulia asks. His voice sounds like a mafia small-timer.
And who the hell is "BOSS?"
"Oh, guys, what happened to you?!" Ben ask, stepping out of the forest and examining them in surprise.
"There you are, Boss. We hunted down all those monsters you wanted."
Oops... Ben look at the pile of several mint green rhinoceros-like monsters in horror.
"O-oh... y-you sure... did." Damn the bloodlust is too intense. This glorious watch Ben as well as the other evil Ben Tennysons or Vilgax none can't compete...
"F-father, your speech is... well, everything is different." Shea comments.
"Isn't this too much?" Ben asked them in utter disbelief.
"A whole lot of them came after us, and they had the nerve to try and kill us... so we cut them all down..."
Everyone... wh-what in the real hell has happened?
The bloodlust is too powerful, every monster in the area will probably leave.
A woman holds up her knife that shines reflecting the sunlight. "They were so annoying, but their screams were such a pleasure..."
"Benny, what did you teach my people?" Shea says.
'Crap, what did I teach them?' Ben thought to himself not even knowing what the hell he thought this guys.
They are even scarier than me. Wait, that means... they surpassed their teacher in a sense?
"Um... haha." Ben laughs awkwardly at Shea. "I wonder what I taught them..."
"How to fight." Yue suddenly answers with an expressionless face.
Next day.
We departed for Verbergen, a Beastman nation.
Ben doubts Verbergen will accept these bloodlusted monsters now.
Well, while Ben doesn't really find a reason to interfere with their "political" affair, he will have a few words with the superiors to accept the Haulia tribe again.
"I don't know the Sea of Trees or the Grand Tree but… there are a lot of monsters there, right?"
"They say it withered before the country of Verbergen was founded. But it hasn't died and it just remains this way, forever unchanging." Cam Haulia explained to Ben.
Ben saw a tombstone and had the same runic symbol Oscar has.
"This is Oscar's?" Ben said and Yue confirmed it.
"Yes, it is the same design." Yue told Ben.
"Hmm, it looks like it's the entrance to the great labyrinth." Ben told them as he analyzed the tombstone. "Hold on a second." He said as he put Oscar's ring and it glowed as it revealed a message through it.
"Huh? Four symbols, The power of revival.
And the guidance of the loyal bond. The path will open for the one who possesses them all."
"What does that mean?" Shea asked Yue.
"The four symbols probably refer to bounties from the other labyrinths." Yue explained as she put her right hand to her chin and Shea crossed her arms.
"I see… And the guidance of the loyal bond might be about having a demi-human guide." Yue nodded this.
"And then there's the power of revival…." Yue then tried her regeneration power and touched the thomb but nothing happened.
"It doesn't seem to be it." Shea said disappointingly.
"Maybe it's telling us to clear more than four labyrinths." Yue guessed. "And obtain an ancient magic based on revival."
"Oh I see." Shea nodded.
"*Sigh* This is annoying, but I guess we have to start with the other labyrinths." Ben turned to the other rabbitmen. "You guys heard us, We'll be heading to the other labyrinths now." The Rabbitmen all gasp at this. "As such, our deal is now complete." He told them. "This is goodbye, you all have the power to live freely in this forest now."
"Boss, may I request you to let us come with you!" Cam Haulia begged.
"I'm sorry but it's denied." Ben said.
"Even if you say no we'll follow you!" Ben turn away from him
"Don't. Stay here and train or something." Ben said. "If you seem useful, when I return I'll consider it."
This cheers them up.
"Did you hear that?" Cam asked them. "Let's begin training to meet the boss's standards!" Shea smiles at this and remembers her mother's words to her.
( End of Flashback )
"Mom, am I a monster?" Asked a younger Shea who was being hugged by her mother.
"There's a pale shadow hidden in the sea of trees. But you can never catch it, and before you know it, it's gone without a trace. It could be a new kind of monster or one living in the forest in ancient times." Shea's mom slimed at her and held her close. "Did you hear rumors like that with your sensitive little bunny ears?" She asked Shea. "Do you hate monsters?"
"Of course I do!" Young Shea sniffed.
"Why?"
"Why? Well…"
"It must be uneasy to be different from others." She smiles at her while rustling her beautiful hair. "It must feel scary, lonely, and sad. But you know what Shea?" Little Shea looked at her. "There are things only you can do when you're different. To achieve a lofty goal, or to help someone dear to you."
"Mother?" Shea asked about what she meant but she only smiled.
"Let's talk about the future. You'll meet some wonderful people outside the sea of trees one day. People who are just like you, I'm sure."
"Just like me?" Shea asked and her mother nodded.
"There's no way your the only one with your condition in this world."
"Outside the sea of trees?" Shea asked hopefully with tears as her mother comforted her with a peck on the forehead.
"I'm sure you'll find them someday." Shea's mother held her cute little face with a soft loving smile.
( End of Flashback )
A grown up Shea imagining her mother's hand on her brought a smile to her face. 'I really did find them, mother.' She thought with a smile.
Besides her was Yue watching her watching Ben cleaning Donner.
"Yeu, you remember what you promised me right?" Shea reminded Yue.
"What?" Yue asked.
"Don't you "what" me!" Shea exclaimed. "The promise to take me on your journey!"
With a sigh Yue finally agrees. "Fine I'll keep my word."
The next day as they were about to depart Yue was now reminding Ben to brought the worthless Rabbit girl with them.
"Benny, let's take the worthless rabbit girl with us." Yue said not really pleased by this change of arrangements.
"So that's what that duel is about huh?" Ben guessed and Yue nodded.
"Yes, a huge regret." She said,
"Please!" Shea gives Ben the puppy's eyes and sigh.
"Shea, I already did say to your father that you can come whether it's your choice or not but since you already made your decision I can't deny you now but I can't reciprocate your feelings." Ben told Shea.
"Don't you know?" Shea asked Ben. "The future isn't set on stone! If I do my best, I can change that!" She said a bit seductively but then looked down. "I always look back in highsight. Whenever I try to change the future and fail, I think I should've tried harder. So, I don't want any more regrets!" Ben closes his eyes at this.
"Danger will always follow us at every step." Be said and she smile in determination as she sway her hips and rubbed her bunny ears.
"Then I'm glad that I'm a monster then?" She said, "Because of it I can now come with you!"
"I'm pretty sure you'll hate my homeland."
"Even then, I want to go with you!"
Ben sighs and shrugs, giving up.
"Are you done already?" Shea asked. "Then I win!"
"How so?" Ben asked, confused.
"My feelings won over your objections." Shea said, touching her heart with a smile.
"Mah, whatever, fine, do as you please." Ben looked away shrugging and Yue did the same.
A/N: And that's for now.
