"MRAAA!!"
WAAAHHH!! I'm sorry for biting you! It was only a tiny piece of your ear! It wasn't even tasty!
I only wanted to see if you were edible-
*BOOM!*
"KRAAA!! KIEE-KIIEEEK!!! KRAA!!"
A vicious club slams down hard into the tree behind me. I barely managed to dodge by a breadth, but it uses the impact to somersault back into running after me, barely losing pace. At least, it's stamina is probably wasting-
Wait...huh? Why...WHY DOES HE HAVE A CLUB?!
He had no weapons when we first met!!! He was barehanded! He has the exact same scar, so I know he's MY Goblin! Where in these last few days did he find that...or make that?!
"KEEHEEHEEHEE"
Seeing my face contorted in horror, must have made it laugh. OF COURSE, I would be scared, There's a spiderweb of cracks in that crater! That could be me!
"KRAAAA!"
With a powerful wind-up, the emboldened Goblin slams its thick club directly into me...or at least it tried. I used the trees surrounding to my advantage as I watched the other stray cats doing during practice drills. Reckless meatheads who can only rely on their strength suffer from this sort of play. Ever since this goblin picked up that club, it seems to've turned into a meathead. My 'S' style swerves paid off...sorta. The one-eyed Goblin crashed into Nature's Observer and buried his thick club into its expansive trunk, splintering a chunk of it from the sheer impact alone.
Were Goblins always this strong? Was it just human imagination that make them seem weak? One saving grace however...it seems his club is stuck. Good! If I run away now...!
Mrah. Thought so. Too early to get my hopes up. It only lasted a few seconds before it brute-forced the club out of its rooted position, splintering the trunk even further. It saw me staring at it and laughed. The one-eyed goblin knew I was losing stamina slowly by swerving so much in this high-stakes chase.
We continued like that for some time, He would crack tree after tree with his club as I led him in a circle, Not knowing where to go or how to lose him.
"KIEEEKEEHEEHEE~"
"MRAAA(NOOO)!!"
*CRRRRAAACCCKKK!*
"KEEHEEHEE...uh?"
A deafening crack echoed. What could that noise...be, I wonder? Both of us looked around as it seems to've spider-webbed into our surroundings...wait...spider-webbed?
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Spider-webbed...the crater...his club swinging...
*GASP*
THE TREES ARE GONNA FALL!!!
THAT IDIOT!
All we could do is watch as 12 powerful Elder trees begin their descent towards us...from every direction.
"MRAAA!!"
The look of horror in that stupid Goblin's face was priceless! If only I had the luxury to enjoy it! I bolted for a very tiny pathway between two toppling trees and managed to squeeze through as they both grazed me. My paw was hit by a branch sticking out, but I had little time to address the pain. I was only happy not to be squished!
"KIEEEEE-KYAAA!"
I didn't care about whether it was screaming from the pain of its own stupidity, or at having to watch me run away again. Hmph. Serves you right to get squished by your own actions.
Pathetic goblin. I'm a future adventurer. As if you were ever my match.
I can finally leave this mess behind.
---
"Meow *Sniff* Mrrao-Nya?(I'm *Sniff* vewy-Sowwy?)"
Half a day passed. I found sustenance in a river. I was recovering my heart while eyeballing some yummy fish for my still-empty belly when a shadow scared all the fishies away!
WHO?!
I turned around, absolutely furious! Who dares ruin my hunting?! Isn't it common respect between hunters to not disturb each other-?!
...
I couldn't finish my sentence. There, behind me, stood A being who could topple trees by merely flexing.
Probably.
A giant Minotaur was now holding me in its fist, walking. I couldn't understand why until it dragged me to the clearing of a dozen or so felled trees.
Ah. This forest had guardians. They were probably pissed that a baby cat and a weak, little-nobody goblin destroyed so many precious trees and caused a ruckus.
Another Minotaur was squeezing my goblin rival, fuming at him. He appeared beaten up, it seems he resisted or something. Honestly, I was hoping he'd be dead.
Surrounding them were huge and muscled monsters radiating powerful auras. Were they territorial bosses? They look absolutely serious, so much more terrifying compared to that one-eyed goblin.
A tall bunny with gaping muscles, chewing on a head of cabbage.
A Green and Yellow bird with 6 or 8 wings, perched within the crowned leaves above, yet dwarfing the tree itself. It's a wonder how that tree isn't falling.
A three-headed Snake that wrapped around the other trees, encircling us. It appeared to dwarf most of the other bosses yet docilely remained among them without arrogance.
A Humanoid bee floating in the center of this gathering of monsters, Without muscles, without their enormity, yet displaying a cold arrogance completely opposite that of the bored-looking snake.
She must be the queen, the Lord of this for-
*THWACK!*
Ah...something just smacked her into the outer circle of Territorial Lords, causing them to mock her in laughter. It seems she wasn't the boss.
Clop. Clop. Clop.
Out of the trees came a massive deer. Unlike what others say, this deer did not have horns or antlers. It had no horns, yet...it was enormous. Not as big as the snake, but that snake bowed all three heads, nonetheless. This deer was looking at my goblin-nemesis. He was sweating bullets, shivering. She pushed her head close to his and an energy spread out just as their foreheads touched.
*GASP* Is...Is-Is-Is that magic?! Can I learn that too if I watch?! It looks so pretty when I focus-
*SHNNNG!*
MY EYES!!
"NYAA! MRAA! MEOW-MRAO!(GAAH! MY BIG, BEAUTIFUL EYES! THEY BURN!)"
Although my vision was now blurry, I carefully saw the deer turn its head towards me and huff. Was it laughing at me?!
Clop. Clop. Clop.
The Minotaur holding me bowed. Woah. If this deer dwarfed the goblin, and the goblin dwarfed me, then you figure out how feeble my tiny kitten self felt compared to these monsters with muscles.
Hence, my earlier response.
"Meow *Sniff* Mrrao-Nya?(I'm *Sniff* vewy-Sowwy?)"
This deer didn't need to come close to my head in order to perform that shining thing, it seems. 'Cause it did so while looking at me. I might be seeing things, but I think its eyes softened? It stared at me for a while, before looking at the others. The minotaur holding me bowed once more and left the encirclement, much to my horror.
Was I given to the minotaur?!
AHH, lemme go! NOOO!!
"MRAAA! MRA-MRA-MRAAAA!! MRA-MRA-MRA-MRA-MRA-"
*BONK!*
Nya~
---
Ugh, I hate being a weak, baby cat. What's the point of being isekai'd when I can't even fight ba...ck? Why am I...inside a city?
No, is this a...village? Rather than the big, sturdy houses of Adventurer City, this place looks like shit. Were their Straw Huts inspired by the three little pigs?
Heh.
I seem to be resting next to a fountain, with 3 children surrounding me. My front paws and left hind leg are bandaged.
Two boys and one girl.
The boy has reddish-brown hair with golden blonde streaks in it. He's excitedly chatting with the plain-looking, brown haired girl next to him.
And on the other side...poking my cheek over and over with a stick...
"... Hey. Hey, cat. You alive? Wake up already. Oi, Roy! You sure Doctor Spleen said that? It looks dead. Is it even breathing-"
DOOM! My huge eyes shoot wide open like a toddler that just finished watching the most horrifying movie imaginable, similar to in the dream I had.
"AAAAAAGH!"
*Splash!*
Hehehe~ AHAHAHA!! Foolish punk, that's what you get for poking me!
Fall inside the fountain!! Be wet for all eternity!!! Suffer!
"...Heh~! Did the kitten scare you, Rei? Tsk, Tsk. That's no good~ you can't be scared when YOU were the one that wanted to keep it. Right, Saria?"
"Hehe~ yep!"
...What?
