As the group exited the hotel, the building stopped shaking . The ridiculous songs of ecstasy died . Tear's text confirmed the ending of the madness . She even saved the hotel staff the trouble by instantly cleaning up everything via magic .

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Tear: You've turned me into a softy, beloved . Be careful out there, okay?

Clyde: I'll try . Thanks .

[First Quarter . ] [Hotel Street . ]

Clyde wasn't surprised when the hotel staff gave them a warning about going outside . Strange happenings, missing people, same s.h.i.+t from Lot City . He took the time to meditate for once—both quick and mystic, before they took off . As eager as Alice was to get going, the party needed to be fully ready, himself included . He made a mental note to prioritize Melody next .

He sighed… how did so many women get his heart? There was so much to learn from them too . The strange part that gave him bubbly guts was what felt like a requirement: marry them or no G.o.d tier powers . What if he decided for a solo game? That took unfair to a level he didn't want to talk about .

So even while grasping the power, his unknown tier skills weren't the G.o.d tier . How did Natalia learn a G.o.ddess tier skill? Who was this twerp that rode his back?

"Pervy nii-chan," she said .

Clyde said nothing, eyes searching the streets from right to left . She smacked both of her hands on his shoulders . "Pervy nii-channn . "

"What?" Clyde said in a tired voice . He suddenly did not look forward to any kind of parenthood one day .

"Have you never thought to wonder why I'm friends with Nina," she said . "I'm not a kid, you know . "

"Yeah you are," Clyde said .

"No—I'm a woman," she briefly hugged his neck tightly . "And you will acknowledge me . "

"Little girl, I'm going to feed you to the scary minotaurs if you don't—"

"Nina's twenty years old," she interrupted .

"The kid? Yeah right," Clyde said .

"She's right," Alice said . "She ages significantly slower due to the vampirism . She'll eventually stop when her body reaches adulthood . "

"Maybe Toru will tap—"

He grinned at Toru's glare . A victory over his blank stare .

"It's sad," Natalia said . "She'll have to either wait a long time to have s.e.x or—"

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She cut off at Harumi's frown .

"I've killed a fair number of vampires," Airi said . "There's nothing the old steel can't do . All you can do is gut 'em up and watch the blood drip . Slash and dash, sometimes stake them . Then toss the body parts in the sun or some fire to prevent some necromancer from reviving them . "

The other women grimaced at the possible gory images being implanted in their heads .

That's when Clyde noticed that she was indeed equipped with a blade . He a.s.sumed Airi rushed back to her room to do just change out of her skirt into the tracksuit .

The street lights suddenly flickered . Five muscled creatures with green skin strode toward them, snickering . Pointed ears, glowing red eyes, and fangs, they meant business . A black…miasma oozed from their left arms .

Miasblin .

Level: 66

Type: Monster

Work under: demon lord sp.a.w.n .

Special: Miasma jab .

Weakness: Fire, light .

Resistances: poison, ice .

"There are goblins in this far out?" Airi said .

"Miasblins," Clyde said . "So . . . miasma goblins?"

"There's no way you should know that," Airi said .

Clyde waved the curious girl's oncoming question away . "No talk, fight time now . "

[Your party has entered combat!]

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"Did you know that male goblins are very respectful to women, but the female counterparts rap e men?" Airi said then charged into the fray .

"What… the f.u.c.k?" Alice said .

"Lady Alice, watch your language!" Natalia said, wagging a finger . Alice gave her a pouty face then lurched into the fray . Harumi and Toru did too .

"Get off me," Clyde said in a deadpan voice .

"Nope!" Natalia said .

"Natalia, I'm missing out on the fun," Clyde said, "so unless you want me to tell Alice what Ruri told me the other night, you'd better listen . "

"No idea what you're talking about," Natalia said .

"Hey Alice, the reason why your s.h.i.+rt was in the wash—"

Natalia quickly covered Clyde's mouth .

"Okay, okay," she said, voice pleading, then hopped down .

Clyde grinned evilly at her .

"Good girl . " He patted her head . "Now, go help blast away the big bad monsters . "

He rushed toward a lone Miasblin, engaging it, Ludacris unsheathed .

"f.u.c.king humans," it said, swinging wild punches at the young man . Clyde almost had the pleasure of gutting the level sixty-six monster when it simply disintegrated into powder .

[Airi used Multi Pop shot . ]

[Airi killed all monsters in the vicinity . ]

Clyde only glimpsed the last baseball-sized ball of gray light vanis.h.i.+ng .

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[Battle completed . Victory! Reward: 30,000 EXP and $5000]

"What the h.e.l.l, Airi?" were the words that didn't come out of Clyde's mouth on time, but Alice's .

"S—sorry," Airi said . "My party and I try to deal with small fry as quickly as possible . I did that out of habit . "

Seeing that the purple-haired young woman had an efficient tactic, he dropped his words . He could take her on a level-grinding date, but then again, he figured, Alice would be the better choice . Or Chika . Or maybe any of the other women really, they were virtually overpowered .

The airflow m.u.f.fled just a bit, enabling Clyde to sense what came at them . He stepped in front of Harumi and with one hand, caught the arrow aimed for her, by the shaft .

A figure in a dark gray hoody vaulted off the rooftop but he didn't get the chance to escape .

[Airi used Tier 1 skill: Forced Faceoff . Enemy cannot escape . Enemy is enraged . ]

[Enemy unaffected by your a.n.a.lyze . ]

[Your party has entered combat!]

Harumi rushed ahead of everyone, eyes seeming to burn with raw fury . Electricity and lighting pouring from a yellowish aura, she engaged the hooded figure with extravagant martial arts .

The fight seemed even at first .

"That's how I taught you, Harumi," Airi softly said . "Get him! Do it!"

[Enemy has broken Forced Faceoff . ]

[Enemy activated Intense Focus . ]

A white aura surrounded the figure . His martial arts quickly overpowered Harumi and with one roundhouse kick, the pink-haired girl was sent flying several yards backward .

He sp.a.w.ned a bow from an airborne-light, aimed at her, but Clyde blew it up with an Energy blast in time . Ashes and sawdust seemed to sprinkle everywhere .

[Your MP has dropped to 160%]

Harumi rushed him again without giving anyone else to take her kill . The dance moved so fast, it reminded Clyde of Dragon Ball fighting . Despite her best efforts, from spell and martial arts wielding, the hooded figure outmatched her . She was sent flying again .

Airi stepped forward, ready to take control, but Hood Man didn't seem eager to stick around any longer .

[Enemy has activated Jump . ]

Harumi's blast of lightning just missed . It hit the ground and dissipated harmlessly .

"Ugh!" she snapped, frustrated .

"Who or what the h.e.l.l was that?" Toru said . Clyde pat him on the shoulder .

"Another thing to add to your internet search list," Clyde said . "If we run into Mr . Hoody again, we'll be ready . And watch out for the bulls.h.i.+t bow attacks . "

"He seemed to have a hate-b.o.n.e.r for Harumi," Toru said .

"Let me find him," Airi said . "It'd give me something to do during the day . I have his power signature locked . The moment I detect it, I'll end him . "

"You do that then," Clyde said . He gestured for the others to follow . "We've got two more streets to patrol and then we're done for the night . "

He didn't say the unspoken words: there wasn't a face in the hoody, just blackness .

Hotel…

Ming sat alone in a corner with her cards, practicing combos . Despite trying to be useful someway, somehow, she still had no luck . No one really talked to her nor really acknowledged that she existed . The others fought and bled together multiple times . Ming was only a part of one battle with them . She started to feel as if she may had overshot her intentions when asking to join Team Stone . Even earlier when she hoped to at least establish herself even as a simple messenger in addition to being a useless prophet, Clyde clearly wanted to kick her out of his room . She felt so embarra.s.sed, maybe humiliated that she intentionally blocked whatever the Kitome girl tried . She even kept up the rouse during the meeting though she truly didn't care . She had nothing against the other women . She knew sharing him was the only way to be with him . A non-human living legend .

She needed to accomplish something that could make everyone acknowledge her…

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