Cheat Awakening

"Woof!"

"Huh? Where did this dog come from?"

Hearing Ted's angry voice, Waffle, who was enjoying his luxurious life, was too lazy to care. He didn't even open his eyes and completely ignored him. However, his two maids weren't as indifferent to this sudden visitor.

After all, they knew they were in the bedroom of a dangerous guy, and that too, in the deepest part of his headquarters. There was no way any random dog could get in here without being noticed by countless guards outside.

Unlike Waffle, who didn't care about the commotion outside, they had long ago noticed that a big fight was going on. But because they were too weak and not in a position to save their own asses, they could only do their job: taking care of their master's pet, as instructed, instead of going out to watch the fun.

However, Ted, whose anger had already reached its limit due to jealousy and envy, after all, how could he accept that his best friend was enjoying himself alone while he was working his tail off outside?—instantly activated his Lesser Eyes skill and shot a lesser beam at Waffle with full power.

Seeing Ted's eyes shining with a dangerous light, the maids sensed something was wrong with him. Without concerning themselves about Waffle, they threw him aside and jumped off the bed in fright.

Waffle, who was thrown aside, opened his eyes dazedly, not understanding why his always reliable maids had suddenly tossed him away. But before he could figure anything out, he was greeted with two golden, shining rays that hit his forehead, knocking him back.

"Ahhhh! Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..."

Waffle's painful cry instantly echoed in the room, further scaring the maids, who immediately locked themselves in the bathroom.

As for Waffle, he was like an ant on a frying pan, rolling left and right while howling in pain. Thankfully, he had the Ultra Regeneration skill, and the small burnt holes on his forehead quickly healed, making him breathe a sigh of relief before shifting his bloodshot eyes to the bastard who dared to sneak attack him.

But seeing Ted watching him with a not-so-friendly expression, looking as if he would jump on him at any moment and beat the shit out of him, he swallowed the angry words that were on his tongue.

"How did you find me... I mean Ted, thankfully, you found me. I'm saved! By the way, how are you?"

Waffle, who was deeply influenced by Myne, as soon as he opened his mouth, said something that would make anyone's blood boil. Thankfully, he also realized his tongue had slipped, and he mistakenly spoke his true thoughts and quickly changed his words.

"Woof-woof... ( We came to save you, but it seems you didn't need saving at all and are enjoying yourself quite well, aren't you?)"

Ted, who was very angry, spoke sarcastically while jumping onto the bed and taking a bite of Waffle's special pollution-free cake.

"How can you say that? I'm in big trouble! What you're seeing is just something I earned with my hard work. This wasn't what I wanted, it was just someone giving them to me, and I didn't have the heart to refuse his goodwill."

"I really need a brave hero like you to rescue me. You might not believe me, but a bad guy used some kind of weird magic on me, and now I can do nothing but follow his orders, no matter how unwilling I am..."

"Ohh... There's no way I'm going to believe this nonsense of yours," Ted interrupted, coldly, with a face full of disdain.

"Then how about this? If you can't believe my words, then you must believe what you see with your eyes, right?" Saying that Waffle showed Ted his backside, where, beside his tail root, was a weird, dark, baby-fist-sized star mark, which was very conspicuous, even with Waffle's thick hair. It was clearly visible.

"See, this ugly mark was left behind by that bastard while I was unconscious when I came to this weird place. Because of it, I had to do a lot of bad things for him. At first, I tried to get rid of it, but when I didn't succeed, I gave in, thinking that you guys would come to save me anyway. And see, I was right," Waffle said confidently while walking toward the door, ready to join the final battle and steal the spotlight.

"Idiot, where the hell do you think you're going?" Ted hurriedly jumped down from the bed and came in front of Waffle, hitting him on the head with his paw.

"Didn't you just say that someone can control you, then why are you going outside? Do you think we're too free and there aren't enough enemies to deal with, that you want to help them deal with us?"

"Outside, including me, only four people are fighting literally an entire army. If you blindly walk out, and that guy who controls you asks you to deal with us, what do you think we should do? Do you think we're losing too slowly and want to speed up the process?"

After hearing Ted's words, Waffle finally came back to his senses and realized the mistake he was about to commit in his excitement.

"Sorry, I was too excited to get out of this prison and return home, and got carried away," Waffle apologised.

"Then, should I wait for you guys to deal with everyone before coming out?" While saying this, Waffle couldn't help but subconsciously cast a quick glance at the large table in the room, which was filled with all kinds of snacks.

Ted, understanding Waffle's intention, and being a qualified best friend, obviously wouldn't let him do what he wanted. "No, it's too dangerous. What if, after seeing us winning, that man comes here and asks you to fight with us?"

"Listen to me: while no one is paying attention, sneak out of here, avoid that man's sight, and hide somewhere he can't see you, not even let his words reach to your ear. After all, we don't know how his powers work."

"Although we currently outnumber them and it looks like we're losing, most of these people aren't professionals; they're just random mobs. It shouldn't be too difficult to handle them. If nothing unexpected happens, it's only a matter of time before we beat the hell out of all of them and return home with our chests held high."

"Just don't mess up at the last moment. Now go, and hide. I'll go help Myne and the others," Ted said, wasting no more time and quickly rushing out of the room.

Waffle, although feeling sorry for all the snacks he had painstakingly saved, sighed regretfully and also rushed out. Unlike Ted, he immediately found a dark corner and flew high, avoiding unnecessary attention, before looking around for a good hiding place. While doing this, he also observed the ongoing battle.

...

As Ted left the battlefield, Myne, being a mage, after losing his all skills, like a novice, randomly waving the sword in his hand and having the least attack power in their group, became the favourite target of most of the gangsters.

Almost all of them wanted to fight him. After all, unlike him, who could only throw holy light in their faces and make some random cuts with his sword, Ocea, who was cutting through their comrades with her water magic-like paper, and the woman in red, whose slightest touch with her knives was enough to take their lives, were simply demons in human skin.

Unless they had no regard for their lives, they had no intention of even looking at them. If it wasn't for the fact that both of them were taking the initiative to attack, they would have long ago been abandoned by all the gangsters and left standing alone with no one to fight.

Compared to them, Myne felt like a harmless puppy whom everyone loved and became the favourite of all the gangsters. Fearing that if they killed him, they would have to face those two monsters, they hardly attacked Myne seriously and simply let him hit them, pretending to be seriously injured before leaving the battlefield with a bright smile on their faces.

This way, no matter how angry their boss was, he couldn't find fault with them. After all, he wasn't paying enough for them to simply throw their lives away, and continue fighting despite being injured.

However, although they were simply pretending, Myne hadn't realized this. With their creepy mutant bodies and aggressive looks, they also made it seem as if they were giving their all to fight him. He felt overwhelmed and barely able to hold on; his arms had long ago started to feel sore, and he was on the verge of giving up.

It wasn't until Ted came flying above him and started shooting down the gangsters with his lesser vision that he had time to catch his breath.