Blobby's Tale | A Monster Evolution Timeloop Story

'Wait, what?' My question was only met with an arrow headed right for my direction. The increased dexterity allowed me to observe this quite well, but not well enough to get out of the way with my previous mode of transportation regardless of how much I wished it would have. This left me with no choice but to get reckless, as I still wished for this life to last a bit longer.

As the arrow rapidly encroached on me and spelled out "Certain Doom" in its path, I gathered my willpower and flatten myself as much as I could. I had already assumed something like this would be possible from my earlier experience, as well as the note from the shaping skill, but I hadn't tried it out yet. What I hadn't anticipated was how difficult it would be, or how painful it would be, much more than getting stabbed apparently. 'Aaargh'

[Shaping level up!]

[Shaping level up!]

It felt as if someone took me and pushed me through one of those hand-powered pasta machines with a rusty crank that kept getting stuck, and also as if it took much longer than it actually did. Alas, I managed to flatten myself just enough to avoid getting hit by that arrow, the relief of which made me lose my concentration and shot me straight up into the air for a good two meters. 'Wooooo! Damn that's burning!' My brief vantage point provided me with a view I didn't quite expect, although that was short lived, as I soon returned to ground and came to a standstill after another two, much shorter bounces.

The arrow appeared to be a stray, as no further ones came for me after it, and I knew what they were actually targeting now. 'Some kind of raid, both goblins and orcs, and I am not sure whether that really big one was a troll or an ogre.' A human village was practically being decimated by monsters, dozens of goblins and orcs were raiding it, slaying every human in sight regardless of gender or age. As I looked on I managed to spot the huge one again, still unsure of its nature but not unsure of what it was doing as it approached the trembling little human figure clinging to an adult woman. 'No! I can't let this happen!'

[Quest Received! Save the child!]

A bastardly creature is attempting to harm a child in your presence! Prevent it from doing so for a number of rewards, including a clean conscience and the knowledge that you didn't run like a heartless bastard!

Rewards: Variable

Regardless of how personal that quest description was, I quickly dismissed it and flattened myself as much as I could while still forming an appendage, which wasn't as much as I wished or hoped for. I knew I couldn't crawl to it before that thing reached it, so I gave up on that course of action before I even tried it. I pulled myself forward just as I let go of the flattening, managing to provide enough forward force to angle my jump enough to get a good bit of distance from my jump, as well as the subsequent bounces.

Of course, just doing it once or twice wouldn't be enough, but the large creature seemed to be enjoying playing with its food. It looked onto the little child from high above as its grotesque face formed a poor imitation of a smile, delighting in the despair its mere presence was causing to those not powerful enough to oppose it. This only increased my fury.

I flattened myself, pulled, and did it again, and again, and again. The creature raised its massive club above its head as it roared inhumanly, pulling the child's attention from its mother and pushing its despair to another level I cannot even begin to imagine. My strange sense of my surroundings made distance seem quite weird, as I saw as far as there were no obstacles in any direction, which I still didn't understand, but I was getting closer.

The creature pointed its club at the child, beginning to speak in some language I did not understand. I flattened, and then pulled, and then again.

And then again.

And then again.

And then again.

As it finished its evil speech, or so I assume, I was mid-air and it finally noticed my approach. I was also close enough for my next reckless idea to come to fruition. It was too tall to reach with a regular jump, however, as I was just about to touch the ground I immediately flattened myself and sprung back up with intent, just both my weird skill and my previous momentum to increase my maximum height. I could easily make out its details now, one singular eye, muscles bulging more than even the finest of steroids could create on a human body in addition to a lack of clothing that would be indecent anywhere but the stage of a bodybuilding contest. I would have loved to note the other biological and cultural differences, like the fact that it only had three fingers on each hand, but my new jumping technique catapulted me directly towards its face and only left me with enough time to focus on how much I wanted this bastard dead more than anything else right now.

Focusing on that though, I pushed, but only on a single point of my body, creating a protrusion which was unlike the ones I can previously used to drag myself from a much more meek and feeble goblin whom I had assumed would be my first kill in this new reality. Now I knew I was wrong, it had to be this guy. This creature who would toy with the life of a child who had just lost his mother, who gloated at the thought of not only murdering it, but making a show out of it to himself and the other monsters following it. I would murder this bastard if it was the last thing I did, and my skill, and my very body answered my pleas, creating as sharp a tip as I could possibly manage, rushing towards the sole eye of this soon-to-be-past-tense-monster.

Its grotesque eye widened slightly as I shot at it, and despite my soft and blobbyness, I managed to penetrate the outer part of it quite easily.

[Shaping level up!]

The creature was blinded, and I was embedded in its face like a gross, blobby face-eating monstrum. Unluckily, blinding did not seem to equal death. 'Fuck' Was the only thing on my mind as it dropped its oversized club and dropped to its knees, only for the six fingers it possessed to come for me, as it was quite hard to miss something on your face even when you were unable to see it seems. Within mere moments, parts of me were ripped off me as I internally screamed with each molecule of my body falling to the floor. Parts of my body, parts of my existence were ripped and torn off me as its nails dug at me trying to find enough purchase to remove me not only from its face but also from existence entirely. 'QUICK! THINK!' "RAAAAAAAH" The roars it continued to let out gave me an idea that just might work, and with no other choice I got to work.

Shaping, which leveled up quite a bit due to my earlier stunts, managed to make the next step trivial. With the next roar it unleashed, I morphed my shapeless body to enter its mouth in my entirety, and its choking did little to stop me from progressing further. I soon learned that it also had a form of lungs, and they were quite similar to what humans had as well. This I concluded from me being entirely confined to one of them as I made my way as far its airway as it let me. Well, I did have to push open some paths a bit and rupture one or two things, as well as get thinner than I thought I could, but I managed fairly quickly all things considered.

My next step was to push in as many directions as I could simultaneously, and I was swiftly rewarded for my efforts by the system.

[Quest completed!]

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