The Isekai Game

The Elder Hamster

Dani cried from the very fear of being left alone. Logan was reminding Vanessa that not all enemies need to be defeated in the Isekai Game. In fact, many themes require little engagement. Ready to roll out, Vanessa sat firmly on a hamster. Her eyes were dedicated to the radar. Whereas her team was to keep an eyes out for airborne enemies again.

They dead sprinted from bush to bush. No enemy spotted them as they made it to the cliffs. Not even the birds spotted them.

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Once at the Cliffs, no tunnels were tracked. But a pack of foxes was smelled. Vanessa kept the hamster calm with the fact they couldn't detect them on the radar. Logan reminded her that hamsters have poor sight and rely on their sense of smell and feel. In response, she led her team up the cliff, keeping them near rocks to avoid most predators.

While running towards the top of a cliff, Vanessa detected trampling nearby. Obviously, it was foxes. They seemed to have caught an animal. In a small hole. It was possibly a rabbit or some other critter. But a hunch said otherwise.

They ran towards the tremors with what little life they had left. Everybody except the hamster wanted to puke what little air they had. That didn't stop them from getting near the action.

A fox threw a hamster in the air. Another fox dug it into the dirt. Its b****y cries meant nothing to the predators. Three others were digging out the tunnel for more. Mimi pointed out a boulder near the hole they could use to dig out the rest of the hamsters. In their weakened state, Vanessa's team did just that.

On the other side of the boulder, they dug out a tunnel to connect to reach underground. None of the foxes noticed them. Yet, another hamster was heard crunching within the jaws of a fox. Its voiceless cries hasted Vanessa to rush her tea. They could dig faster and their earth magic was practically useless in softening the dirt. On the radar, Vanessa saw another tunnel being dug out their way. The end of the tunnels fell forward onto two digging hamsters.

'Quick, we need to run away and join the rest of your hamster friends," said Vanessa.

Behind the digging hamsters was an elderly grey one that rejected, "We can't. There're too many foxes. We have to defeat them".

Mimi and Logan were quietly making fun of the hamsters for having no abilities to defeat the foxes. Their smiles for crunching hamsters contrasted the point of tears that was on Vanessa's face. She begged for guidance from the elderly hamster, but he had none.

"Nothing we can do," said Mimi.

Logan's fingers were crossed hoping Vanessa could figure out the two sensible things she could do. The first was to obviously shut the old rodent up and escape as soon as possible. Their time was dwindling away by the second. In her moment of desperation, a clarity struck Vanessa that forced her to grab the elder hamster's paw.

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"This is cool, kinda," said Mimi ready for Vanessa's next move.

"It's laaaame!" yelled Logan in anger.

The foxes looked over towards Vanessa's team standing in a line. Her katana was held back. The smirk on her face taunted the foxes more than their hunger. Leaving the three half-chewn hamsters behind, the five foxes charged towards their new prey.

"Hamster magic!" yelled Vanessa causing her blade to light up, "Gooooo"!

She sliced her blade at Logan without hitting him. He sprinted towards the foxes like bait.

One fox dummied itself to snap at him. The moment its teeth gripped on him, Vanessa tilted her blade with a single hand on the elder hamster.

A magic shield surrounded Logan, in the form of a sphere, that smashed the fox's teeth. As the fox cried, he kept running into it until another smacked him away with its paw.

Logan's path was instructed by an arrow from the isekai system. The foxes evaded him as he was instructed to run off at a high speed.

The fox that smacked him was knocked down by a rolling Mimi that remained curving into it. Each hit was sliced a row of blades cutting into the fox. By the time it got away, a portion of its skin was torn off.

One fox sprinted towards Vanessa who was with two hamsters and an elder. The others remained in a pack trying to smack Mimi away.

Kiki was well-timed to run into to crowd of foxes. She smashed a few noses and tore a few paws. More importantly, she allowed Mimi to regain control of her path to steer back into the predators.

When the single fox got near the fox, Vanessa smacked her blade towards a hamster. A sphere appeared around it as it ran into the fox.

The fox easily dodged the hamster but was met with a direct hit from Logan in his little sphere bubble.

As Logan smashed into its side, Vanessa launched another hamster to hit the fox's face. The fox jumped and cried into the air. Blood splashed across the spheres.

The foxes ran away defeated. The one that got close to Vanessa was severely wounded but still managed to escape. Everybody regrouped next to Vanessa, leaning over their knees.

"Damn, Vanessa. How- you gonna- kill foxes with hamsters?" asked Mimi panting in her speech.

Vanessa briefly explained it was from using the elder hamster's magic with her young body. Sure it was limited and her magic power was low. However, with good planning, she could lead everybody to victory.

Despite their victory, they still needed to unite the hamsters. It was only then the elder hamster would be strong enough to bestow Vanessa the hamster power she came for. Simple enough, she guarded the hamsters to dig out a full tunnel while her team guards them. It was only afterward they would leave to link up with Dani.