Ascension of the Monster Queen

"Guys, we're being watched," Nessa said, and they looked at her, then in the direction she was looking, and gasped when they saw the size of the leader, who was hiding behind the others all the time.

"You've got to be kidding me," Yonja said, and Nessa sighed before yawning and wiping her eyes, feeling even more tired than before.

"We need to get rid of it or we'll be stuck here all night," Nessa replied.

"I for one have no intention of fighting all night," Yonja said and Nessa sighed before looking at Isamu and the others.

Nessa then glanced at the entrance and sighed, knowing that they needed to get to the next part of the dungeon.

"Guys, clear the way for me, I'll take care of it, it's getting late and we've been fighting them off for a while now," Ian said, and Yonja looked at him.

"So? Will you assist him in reaching the leader?" Sophia inquired, and Yonja sighed.

"I will assist; I am tired of this; I want to sleep and eat; we have been in here for hours." He responded then took a deep breath and blowing it towards the leader's direction, which sent the smaller ones flying, but barely pushed the leader back, and Nessa looked at the others who were fighting them off, and Nessa's whip began glowing orange when the buzzing sound became so loud that it began hurting all of their ears.

They clutched their ears, trying to block out the buzzing, but it only got louder, and as a result, they began having difficulty fighting off the smaller ones, and Niva was hurt in the process, but her injury was minor.

"This is bad, I'll never get to him if this continues," Ian muttered, and Nessa looked at her whip, which began to glow brighter, and noticed the buzz was not affecting Isamu and Terou.

"I have to help him," She said, and Terou pressed both of his paws against her ears, blocking the buzzing sound from reaching her. She smiled before flinging the whip at the leader, wrapping it around its limbs and causing its body to burn a little.

"Now, go," Yonja said, and Ian flung himself into the air, landing on the back of the leader and passing his sword through its head, releasing an energy blast that killed it and the buzzing sound completely disappeared. Before it crashed into the ground, Ian jumped off and the little ones vanished, and Ian sighed in relief.

"Well, that's over," Yonja sighed before leaning against Sophia, who smiled as she looked at him.

"Lady Nessa, you're getting sleepier, aren't you?" Terou inquired, and she looked at him before patting him on the head.

"Don't worry, I will be just fine, we will camp somewhere and call it a rest for the night, then get going in the morning," She responded before bracing her face against his back and smiled at how fluffy he was and the others looked at her.

"You okay over there?" Ian asked and she glanced at him.

"Yeah, I am fine, just sleepy," She responded and they smiled.

"Guys, we should camp right here and head into the next part tomorrow morning," Yonja suggested.

"I am okay with that, we don't know what more is ahead of us and it is best if we don't take any risks especially how we are all tired," Ian said.

"I am all for that, sleeping and eating," Sophia replied and Yonja chuckled, then patted her on the head and Nessa smiled at them.

"Those two look cute together," She mumbled and Isamu looked at her then patted her on the back and she smiled before looking at him and she began falling asleep, then he took his tail and tapped her on the back and she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Nessa, we are going to stay in the clean and neat corner, you can join us," Yonja said then Nessa got up and stretched off before joining them.

They began spreading things on the ground and when they finished they took their corners an took out their things to eat.

Nessa gave Isamu and Terou things to eat then took snacks and began eating.

"Nessa are they always with you?" Ian asked and she smiled.

"I have another wolf, no they are not always with me, well not at home at least, I lately got Terou, so..." She responded.

"So you are the one who gave those guys a trashing at the guild and damaged a few more things, huh?" He asked and she scoffed.

"I wouldn't have done that if they hadn't picked a fight with me, I won't tolerate people like that, they caused it on themselves," She responded and he chuckled before sighing and she drank a bottle of juice.

"So, Nessa where you are from, do they specialize in beast training? I am asking because you are carrying home two and you came with just one," Yonja said and Nessa chuckled before looking at Teruo and Isamu.

"You can say that, we have a lot of different types of beasts, we love taking care of those that doesn't belong among normal people, if you know what I mean, of course," She replied and he scoffed.

"I am pretty sure I do, you are different, you are not that different from them though, are you, Nessa?" Yonja asked and she chuckled before exhaling deeply.

"You are right, I am not that different, it's why I want to help them, I have a habit of taking in lost beasts, making a deal with them, that's beneficial to both of us and it's no different this time, they are misunderstood by too many, am I right?" She asked.

"Yeah, in a way you are, we just assumed earlier that the creature was deliberately trying to destroy the village, we didn't even think that it might be lost, not that many of us care about those things, most of us just..." He responded.

"Care about the money?" She asked and he nodded then she smiled when they heard a roar coming deeper from within the dungeon and they flinched.