Monster Girl Ranching in Another World

Chapter 386 Darker Than Midnight

I opened my eyes back up and looked up at my coral prison. I closed my eyes again and shook my head in frustration since that was about all I could do.

I looked over, and Sarah was curled up in her half-clam shell, looking cute and comfy. Looking to my other side Lilian was curled up as well, but I could see scars from bites.

I just couldn't imagine, nor did I want to know what it must have been like this entire time. It really boiled my blood that there were creatures like this, but I had to wait.

I sat up, curling my tail that was in snake form underneath me. I had a fishtail before, but I could easily pass it off as a race trait, and I want to do some mental training if I couldn't do anything else.

It was less training and more preparation for an attack that would come on my body or mind. As a level thirty-five Sage, I was no wimp, and I had a number of abilities that would work in conjunction with my primary elemental abilities. Getting a hold of Dark and Light would make them even stronger, but I had to use what I had.

With the fire pact, I activated Burning Will to increase my ability to resist attempts to control me or get into my head. Next was Earth, and Earthly Shell activated, boosting my skin's toughness without activating the Earth Pact to harden my skin to rock.

I was about to move to my Water Pact, but I could hear Eelyasha coming, so I opened my eye and shifted back to my fishtail. She didn't seem to be in a hurry, and there was no point in making her ask questions if I could avoid it.

I just had to keep a low profile until I at least got myself properly buffed and ready to block whatever this witch was going to do.

"Hello, my pretties! It is time for me to talk to my mother, and I need a volunteer! I am just joking! Sarah, it is time to rise and shine!" Eelyasha cackled as she came into the room.

"What?! You just took me last time!" Sarah screamed, and then she flinched and then looked back, beginning to cry.

Eelyasha pulled out a large key, but I was already using my Earth Pact to jam the lock. I also pulled earth up off the inside of the cage in the front, where the witch couldn't see to brace the cage.

[What are you doing?! Did we just not talk about keeping a low profile?! What part of this is low profile?!] Harold shouted.

'Zip it! I am trying to act normal while ensuring this creature doesn't have to be a snack! Do you actually think that I could just let this happen?!'

[Don't get caught!]

I didn't need Harold to tell me that, but I also couldn't stand by and watch this happen; that just wasn't me. A person changes when they have to protect something.

And I really hated to see a girl cry like that.

Eelyasha approached the cage of coral with the key out, but she struggled to even get it in the lock. When she did

"What is wrong with this lock?! It is like it is frozen!" Eelyasha exclaimed as she tried to turn the key, but it wouldn't budge.

I smirked a little, knowing that I had at least bought us some time, but I had to be careful not to let the Old god know that I was behind it.

"Sarah, I will be back for you! I just need to go talk to my mother for a bit!" Eelyasha said as she turned and left the room in a huff.

I released the Earth Pact, and the cage I had made fell back into the ground like it had never happened. I turned to Sarah and Lilian, and they both looked terrified.

"It's okay; I won't let her hurt you," I said as I shifted back to my humanoid form.

"W-who are you?" Sarah asked, her voice shaking.

"I am a friend, I promise," I said as I moved closer to the cage.

"Don't come any closer! She will kill you if she finds out!" Sarah said as she backed away from me.

"I can handle myself, trust me," I said as I put my hand out for her to take. "I need your help if you want to have a chance of getting out of here. "

"What are you? A Demon?" Lilian asked, but I shook my head.

"Not a Demon. What I am doesn't matter, but what I can do does. I need to know what makes you two girls special. Even if it was something taken from you. I need to know what that was in order to protect you. what are you best at?" I asked, shifting back into gorgon-maid form, Gormaid!

"Best at? What does that matter?" Sarah asked.

"No! That is not what I asked, dammit! Tell me what you do best, don't ask questions! She is going to come back and take me, but I need to know these answers so I can make a plan, got it?" I snapped, and Sarah flinched back.

"I can fight with obsidian blades, and I had the ability to cloak myself and become invisible to all senses, but that's gone," Lilian said, and I nodded.

"Good! I can work with that!" I said and then looked at Sarah.

"I could heal almost any wound, but that was stolen from me, just like the other half of my shell!" Sarah said spitefully and turned away from me, but that put a big smile on my face.

'Am I like right out of Systems to give?'

[Yup, but you can do like you did with Kieta and really put some emotion into it! I know I can't stop you, but I think this is good. You might stand a chance if she can keep healing you, then you might stand a chance. But there is her magic we don't know about.] Harold explained, and I sighed, but this was still good.

"That is good, and I will need your help in the future. If I am to kill the unkillable, then I am going to get marked up, and I will need you to heal me," I said, and Sarah turned to me with an angry look.

"Why should I help you? You are just some random person who showed up and is going to get us all killed!" Sarah shouted, and I sighed.

"I am not going to get us killed, I promise. But I need your help, and I need you to trust me," I said, and Sarah just looked at me skeptically.

"And how am I supposed to do that?" Sarah asked, and I shrugged.

"I don't know; you will just have to trust me," I said, and Sarah sighed.

"Fine, I will help you, but you have to help us get out of here," Sarah said, and I nodded.

"I will, I promise," I said, and then I turned to Lilian.

"What about you? Will you help me?" I asked, and Lilian nodded.

"Of course, anything to get out of here," Lilian said, and I smiled.

"Good, then we are going to need a plan," I said, and then I heard Eelyasha coming back.

I quickly shifted back into my fishtail form, and Eelyasha came back into the room with a look of anger on her face.

"Looks like plans have changed, and mother wants to see my newest pretty! She thinks that you might be interesting!" Eelyasha said as she came to my cage and stuck her key in.

I didn't resist as the Eel Goddess grabbed my arm and dragged me out of my cage. There was no point yet.

I needed to concentrate and pay attention to my surroundings.

I was being dragged through the water through a stone tunnel, but this area had no lighting, but my eyes adjusted right away.

I looked over at Eelyasha, and she looked like she was in a hurry, and I could feel her anxiety in the water.

"What is wrong?" I asked, and Eelyasha looked at me with a start.

"Nothing, just hurry up!" Eelyasha said as she pulled me along, and I could feel the tension in her body.

I wasn't sure what was going on, but I had a feeling that something terrible was about to happen as I looked around for this bedroom Lilian had mentioned. It wasn't until we reached a lit room that I finally saw what must be her bedroom, but there was no bed; it was just the only other room.

The room I was dragged into was large, with an altar in the center of it. The other thing that caught my eye was a throne with a humanoid form but darker than midnight.

*All Elementals: Dank, The Dark Elemental!*

I didn’t share their excitement because I could see strange chains binding it to the throne.