Wait... no, that... that's scary for real... what is this and wh- why is the eyeball following me?? It's dead...isn't it?
Is it post-mortem?
Is this perhaps some creepy post-mortem exclusive to isekais...? It is... right? Maybe... m-maybe this is an instinctive reaction of the eyeballs, separate to the life-response of the googly-eyed monster, that activates automatically upon something coming within close-proximity of... of it... or something? Yeah...
Pr-Probably... B-But still, that... th-that makes me mildly uncomfortable... s-so I think I am gonna go to the limbs I saw right now... just... just to take a quick peek, nab a claw and go home. Yeah...
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Should I leave?
Instead of risking my cat booty by being here- NO! Don't be so weak Orpheus Cainya! You! NEED! A SWORD! How do you plan on ever adventuring with baby WOODEN ones! Just a tooth! OR preferably a claw, c-cause I think I recall this thing having weird acid saliva...! Anyway, i-if this thing is acting weird and possibly coming to life, so-so what?
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It's just a head! Who cares if it can look at me. Yeah... y-yeah! What can a decapitated head do! I'm being silly, trembling under a corpse's eyeball! Hmph! How dare you, Orpheus Cainya - tremble over a corpse!
Eh! Take that!
*Smack*
I kick the head for scaring me and wave my butt at it to show the stupid head who's boss!
"Heheh~ know your place you filthy lizard, one day I'll finish the job and come back here for ya! For-For ALL your heads! Hmph!"
Mrah~ I feel refreshed. Now's the time to go searching for the limbs I saw earlier.
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*Tremble*
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"So, Lucius expended some energy he'd been saving in order to deal with a strange energy he felt coming off of those almost three hundred body parts- mostly heads, of that lesser hydra that you planned on selling us, in order to help name a villager-"
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"Yes, that cat you saw. He apparently received a magic name, making him Lord Lucius's direct disciple, his 3rd one in his lifetime. Though he pretends the other two don't exist anymore after they both sol- *cough* moved on with their lives. He's not terribly unwell, but he wishes you'd take a peek and, hopefully, clear it up in exchange for a discount?"
"...And why should I? That fool would rather take in a monster for a disciple than greet me even after-"
"Andel. Stop being rude. The 'monster' saved us quite the hassle, remember?"
"Hohoh~ Reina's right, Andel. We must be appreciative, even if you aren't fond of monsters. He is clearly welcome here, like Falias."
"Still. Fal is different! He rejected his monster origins and actively suppressed them. Besides, we never managed to interrogate it properly because SOMEBODY kept protecting-"
"And I STILL plan on taking care of that adorably weird-!"
"Andel. You can't talk like that. You're making the villagers uncomfortable. Reina, reign it in. time and place, dear."
"...Fine. As you say, Mr. Reagan. My reputation is being dragged through the mud with this erratic behavior I have shown. It's most unbecoming of me."
"Okay, grandpa. I'll... try. Though she's not really telling the truth, she said this stuff on purpose in order to see how they'd reac-"
"Reina! Enough. Reign it in, please."
"...Hmph!"
"Hohoh, apologies, everyone. These two have been feeling a tad touchy since we were almost mauled to death by Prowler apes that behaved oddly... intelligent, at least more so than wild troops. The word 'monster' triggers them both. We would love to take care of the remaining energy traces plaguing your storage shed...for the right discount, of course."
"Saria! I see you! Don't even think about sneaking after Roy! You're not leavin' this village! ...Sorry 'bout that. And I hear ya. We would be honored to receive your help - both to relieve us of these gargantuan headaches and to clean up any uncertainties that have the entire village on pins and needles since that beast arrived. On that note, since we dealt the blows to the beast and even procured such wonderful assets, I do hope you'll let us off easy. We've got mouths to feed, after all."
"Hohoh...well, we can do that, I suppose. For the trouble we've already caused for y-"
*BOOM!*
*TREMBLE*
"What in the... this trembling...?? From the center... of... of the village..."
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"..."
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*Sniff*
Welp. I did it. I found the long limbs, just a foot split in half.
*Sniff*
I shouldn't have come. This whole idea was stupid. I was really stupid, blinded by how good it would feel to hold such a legendary weapon as a new adventurer. I was a fool.
*Sniff*
A complete and utter... *Sniff*
Why... is the toe bigger than me?! How am I supposed to grab it, HUH?! I can't make a sword out of even its pinky toe! What kind of... stupidly long claws does it have?!?!
I hate life. Maybe life as a catfish wouldn't have been bad. At least...
...actually I can't really think of any good things about being a catfish, especially after I became a legendary kitty who scratched a mermaid.
But That doesn't matter! I want a weapon! Even if it's bigger...than me... I- I can still make it work somehow! Like a greatsword!
HNNNG! HRRRRRKKK! HRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
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*Plop*
How do I grab one? Isn't its blood acid? How do I pull one of its claws off, I mean, do I even know if the villagers drained its blood properly? Actually, how did they safely move these body parts if they didn't drain the thing's blood? MRAH! I dunno, but removing one of these bad boys is like trying to pull Excalibur out of-
...Oh? Maybe I can... Mrehehehe~
I Quickly concentrate on crafting my little ball of ghostly flames - kitty mode! The fiery kitten yawns before I direct my finger at the smallest toe claw and yell out: charge!
It does so with glee and voraciously clamps onto the skin beneath the toe claw!
Mwehehehe! Why try pulling out 'Excalibur' when I can just burn the scaffold it's stuck inside, to a charred pile of soot?
Burn! Burn it all! Mwahahaha!
*GRRRRR*
!!
My fur stands on end as I sense danger and leap just in time to feel something huge graze the air surrounding my left flank. Then a low vibrating rumble reverberates in tandem to the cracked floor where I once stood. My blood freezes, just as my fiery magic burns away the skin holding the claw and allows it to fall onto the floor.
I don't dare to look above me. Not at the huge mass casting such a shadow. Nor do I plan on allowing the saying 'curiosity killed the cat' to become my fate. I grasp the claw beside me and run with speeds I never knew I had. Could this be me tapping into 'Ehwaz' The "E" of my magic name? My body instinctively dodged that last crash, and-
*Grrr...*
I feel a sudden chill around me. My necklace is...vibrating? I- I don't get it, and I don't have time to figure out what this means! The window - the window that I came from! Where is- huh?
Where... where did they all go...? When I entered, there were endless rows of heads.
Now, about half of them are missing...
