Chapter 101: Escape Crystal
"What?!? Why?!!"
Simon shouted only to immediately quiet down as he felt the eye of the dangerous super monster girl track him at the outburst. Again, Simon felt like shitting his pants.
His voice went very quiet as he reiterated, in a very quiet voice.
"Why..."
Flora's answer was quick and to the point.
"Now that we have been deployed, this delve has all been solved for you. However, leaving an unprotected and untrained 'ascended' in a dungeon is one of the worst things someone can do."
Simon tilted him but before he could continue his question Flora followed.
"Let us just say that if the dungeon manages to get him, Planar University will have a very difficult time on their hands. The long answer is more complicated but for now Master I need you to trust me."
The gravity with which she said those words made Simon's spine tingle and he slowly nodded his head.
Everything in his mind told him to instead use it on himself and teleport himself out of there. However, something about the seriousness in Flora's eyes made him hesitate.
The Tamer who looked like he would rather be anywhere than in the arms of the overpowered monster girl made a very very hopeful face upon hearing the conversation going on.
"Really!?!"
He shouted back at them and this time the monster girl did not mind as she went down on Tamer. Which made Simon notice something. The Tamer had no pants, which made sense in a twisted way given how little control he seemed to have over his own monster girl.
"Hnngh..." The tamer looked very distressed as his manhood was now consumed by the monster girl. His exclamation screwed into a look of consternation as a very valuable part of him was now doing its duty as Tamer.
Speaking of the monster girl, Simon now had the time and presence of mind to take a good look at her.
The description he would give the monster was the same as the guards that stood outside the Stadium. She looked like a monster girl without any of the extra bits. Tamer's head and limbs while only the torso matched the general outline of a monster girl. Meaning widened hips and the fleshy mounds known as breasts as Simon found out, functionally existed so as to entice males who seemed to be biologically hardwired to like those things. Some lost theories about childbirth that exceeded his understanding.
The most terrifying thing about her was, at least physically she did not look at all threatening. The monster girls at the stadium were at least covered in terrifying-looking armor. The dichotomy of her 'basic' appearance to the power she could casually unleash was terrifying.
He turned his head towards Flora and asked very very calmly.
"Can you explain a bit more? I think we have time."
She gave him a strained smile before shaking her head and answering. Her tone was oddly desperate
"Can you please trust me, master? The last few months have been some of the happiest I have ever had and I am not ready to lose it quite yet..."
His eyes rose to the top of his head at the sudden statement.
Simon's desire for self-preservation warred with his need to listen to someone who had(unbeknownst to him) slowly started to take the role of a parent figure. But that battle did not last long as over the last couple of months he had come to really trust his plant girl.
As if responding to his positive emotions something deep in his chest seemed to vibrate. That was probably the seed she had planted in him(a feature practiced by most plant girls). It was supposed to give him lots of benefits but according to Flora, the seed had yet to become strong enough to give any bonuses. In fact, the necklace he had gotten from her as his monster gear was far more useful.
Realizing his mind was falling into tangents he brought himself back and said.
"Ok, I trust you."
As he said so, he brought the escape crystal and for the second time in a single delve used it on a Tamer being 'assaulted' by a monster girl.
This time, however, he was not allowed to get close to the pair. Not that he could, he was still being carried by Stella. Instead, it was Flora who approached the pair stating that it was too dangerous for him.
Turns out, she was right. When she got too close, she received a kick from the monster girl. Which disintegrated half her body. Luckily one of her vines managed to deposit the escape in one of the holes in the torn rags that comprised the clothes on his torso.
The Tamer, even in his stupor noticed and immediately teleported out using the crystal.
Simon turned his head to Flora. Now, that the emergency was gone he was due for some answers.