My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

I worked my way to my feet and started stumbling toward the stairway which was now a bit tilted. I made my way out onto the deck where I could see most of the girls were holding onto things to keep from sleeping off to the side. Only Celeste seemed to be able to manage just as well as if the ship was strait.

"They're pushing us into the Abyss?" I heard Rea's voice from behind us. "That wasn't part of the… ahem… they'll kill us all!"

"The assassin's guild is ruthless," Shao spoke up. "They don't accept failure. After they failed to get their target in Chalm, it probably became personal. The assassin's guild will do whatever it takes this time to succeed."

"That…" Rea looked away, the expression on her face hidden. "She's right."

The group of us all turned to Shao. Her face flushed.

"Master said to read up on our skillsets! I do read sometimes!" She cried out defensively.

"We can't go into the Abyss though… anywhere but there!" Rea declared.

"We won't if I have anything to say about it!" I responded, taking a single look at the massive black crack which was growing closer by the moment. "Alright, Celeste, use the wind to slow or redirect the ship. Shao, kill as many assassins as you see. Terra, get onto their ship and tether a line between the two. Miki, see if you can't inflate their fear of the Abyss. Lydia, get in their ship and take out their engines."

"Yes, Master!" The girls moved into action without a word.

"Master, what should we do?" First asked.

"Help me retake the bridge!"

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The lionesses all broke into toothy grins. I had often abandoned them in the heat of the moment, so they were quite pleased I was taking them with me. We didn't have very far to go. The assassins who had come with Rea had broken into two groups. One group had been there to distract me and Rea, while the other had taken over the bridge to help facilitate its drive into the Abyss. The thing with Rea had been a feint from the beginning, or at least that's what I thought.

Their real play had always been to leave everyone distracted until it was too late to do anything about it. As soon as we broke into the bridge, the captain stood up with an outraged look on his face.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Take them all down!" I ordered.

They could barely react as the lionesses swarmed in and attacked. A few managed to draw their soul-reaving daggers, but they were quickly overwhelmed and put down. It was only then that their disguises that made them appear as one of the crew began to slip.

"H-how did you know?" Rea was stunned by it.

"There were far too few crew members on the deck. Furthermore, they aren't doing much to resist going into the Abyss." I explained.

Both of those two things were true, but the main reason I knew that they were enemies was that the Life Sense had marked them red. As soon as I noticed red on the bridge, I realized it had been taken over. If their deception had been a little bit better, I wouldn't have realized the assassins had knocked out the crew and were wearing the likenesses. Then, even if we stopped the other ship, it might have still been too late. Assassins were truly a dubious breed.