"Err, rabbit, you do know you've been responding to the two humans, right?" The boar asked, to which the rabbit said, "Nahh, it's just a coincidence. Here I'll prove it."
After saying that, the rabbit turned towards John and Mel and said something that not only made all the other animals complain, but also caused Mel to show a look of revulsion before she turned away and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Rabbit, that's disgusting."
"Shit, Rabbit, what is wrong with you?"
John frowned before saying in a disturbed tone, "Look, Rabbit, what you get up to with your own sisters when no one is around is up to you; however, I would appreciate it if you didn't give us all the details."
The three women stared at John before looking at Mel, who still wore a disgusted look, before looking back at John again, at which point Shelur said, "Yeah, I don't even wanna know."
"Smart choice," Mel replied in a tone that suggested she was forcing herself to not throw up.
The animals, on the other hand, all went quiet again before they began to speak up at once.
"Shit, he can understand us."
"What the fuck, human bro, how can you understand us?"
"Bro, sis, can you help us escape from here?"
"Yeah, bro, help a brother rabbit out"
John rolled his eyes at the rabbit's shamelessness before replying, "I already planned to set you all free. Calm down."
"Yeah, bro, you alright. "Once we're out of here, I'll teach you how to fuck like a rabbit to please all you women in the bedroom," Rabbit announced.
"Err, yeah, I think I'll pass. I'm not sure your techniques would really work for a human," John replied before remembering something he had once read. He turned to Black Dragoon before asking, "I thought I read somewhere that draconians could talk to animals?"
"We can, but only when we get older," Dragoon replied before continuing. "As we are related to Dragons, we unlock more skills and abilities as we age. If we were to get everything straight away, our minds would explode because of all the sudden knowledge we gained; so we don't get something new until we have learnt the last thing we unlocked.
For example, right now I am learning how to control what parts of my body my scales cover. When we first get this skill, it is either all our body or none of it; however, with practice I'll be able to only cover the parts I wish while leaving the other parts of my body uncovered."
John nodded in understanding before saying, "Sounds impressive and difficult to master."
"It just takes time and effort like most things in life," Dragoon replied with a proud smile before asking. "How did you learn to speak to animals?"
"Oh, Ursa Minor gave me the skill," John replied, causing the girls to show shocked expressions.
"Ursa Minor, as in the constellation?" Emberslang asked. "But isn't he a god?"
"Yup," Mel said proudly. "I also got it from Ursa Minor."
"Well, it's not as surprising since you're a druid, but it's still incredible you got it from a god," Emberslang replied as Shelur just realised something and pointed at Mel while saying. "You're the one from the world announcement. The one who unlocked the class that was previously thought to be race-exclusive."
"Oh shit, you're right," Emberslang said in realisation, while Black Dragoon wondered aloud. "How didn't we notice that before?"
"That was me," Mel said happily.
"Do you already have your first Wild Morph?" Dragoon asked with interest, as they had all heard how hard it was to bond and gain wild morph abilities from animals.
"Yeah, I can transform into a bear," Mel replied. "It took a while, but thanks to Vincarna's help, I just managed it recently."
"He helped you?" Shelur asked in surprise while looking at John. "How'd he even do that?"
"How about we talk about that later? We're kind of in a rush, remember," Mel replied, prompting Emberslang to nod and say. "Let's get the animals out of these cages."
"Oh heck yeah, I like this dwarf chick," the Rabbit said happily before looking at John and saying. "Hey bro, help a rabbit out, will ya? Help me ask her if she wants to have fun later and make a litter of kits with me?"
"You're kidding, right?" John asked as Mel gave the rabbit a withering look and asked. "Could you even satisfy her with your little thing?"
Mel's comment caused all the other women to freeze in their tracks and shoot her questioning looks while the rabbit replied, "As my granny once said before I impregnated her, 'It's not the size that counts but how you use it."
"Gross," Mel replied while John asked in disbelief. "You impregnated your own granny?"
"What?" Shelur asked as all three women shot looks of disgust at the rabbit.
"Hey, don't look at me like that," The rabbit said defensively. "It might not be normal for you two-legged creatures, but it's quite normal for us beasts of the wild to mate with our relatives. Also, let me tell you that my granny is quite an important individual, and because of this, she only mates with the best males."
"Someone sounds proud of themselves," Mel scathingly remarked in an obvious attempt to try and cause the rabbit some emotional damage. Unfortunately, the rabbit either did not notice or care and instead proudly boasted. "Oh yeah, it was the best day of my life, and oh boy, let me tell you, my granny can put out like nobody's business. Never had another as good as her."
"With age comes experience, I guess," John commented, only for Mel to glare at him and say. "Don't encourage the damn pervert."
"Oh yeah, bro, every male hopes to be lucky enough to be picked by granny; in fact, even the females do, just to experience it."
"Rabbit, give it a rest already. If you keep going like this, I wouldn't be surprised if he left you here," The deer sighed as it was released from its cage.
"Nah, no way, babe," Rabbit replied. "Me and bro are bro's he would never leave me behind. We are bonded for life."
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"What the fuck." John said with a shocked face.
"What?" Mel asked in surprise while Shelur complained. "You gotta stop doing that."
"Something wrong, bro?" Rabbit asked while all the women and animals looked at John in confusion.
John, however, didn't answer Mel or Shelur and instead stared at the rabbit while asking, "You're a jackalope?"
"What!" Mel replied before rushing up to the rabbit for the first time and looking at it closely.
"Jackalope?" Emberslang repeated before asking. "As in Tumble - Jackalope Queen of the Centre."
"Isn't that the world boss in the Essnoris Continent?" Shelur asked in surprise.
Black Dragoon stared at the rabbit-slash-possible jackalope while saying, "And beasts of the wild related to the five guardian beasts are rare, but the jackalope is especially so because of their ability to use spatial magic and also turn invisible."
"The draconian chick knows her stuff, but wow, bro, how could you tell? I don't even have my horns out," the rabbit replied before giving Mel a wink while saying. "Hey babe, if I knew that's what it took to get you interested in me, I would have told you from the start."
"Eww," Mel replied before quickly backing away, while some of the other animals asked, "Wait, you're really a Jackalope?"
"Bro, if I knew you were a jackalope, I would have paid more attention to your advice."
"Hey handsome, forget what I said before and let's go have some fun."
As they all looked at the rabbit-slash-possible jackalope, the top of its head seemed to faze before two antlers suddenly appeared between its ears.
"You were serious?" The deer asked in disbelief. "How the fuck did these bandits catch you? I mean, you're a Jackalope."
"I was out one day, and I saw them capturing a white tiger, so I decided to tag along to try and help free it later. Unfortunately, because I hid my antlers before being caught, they thought I was just a normal rabbit, so I have been stuck here instead of being taken to where the white tigers are being held"
"Then why didn't you escape?" A turkey asked.
"And leave you all here? I may be fast and stealthy, but I'm not good in a fight. I can't leave you all here to die alone, and besides, I can't exactly go ask for help either now, can I? Well, not until my bro here turned up, who can understand and talk to us." Jackalope explained while indicating John.
"Wait, hold up," Mel said while raising a hand and asking. "You said there's a white tiger here?"
"Oh yeah," the now-confirmed jackalope replied. "I was kind of shocked myself when I saw it; I mean, we are in that turtle's territory."