D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 1549 Chapter 1549 Rock On

--- Kat ---

So it turns out? Carry a giant rock that ways at least a tonne has a few problems that weren't quite so obvious at the start. The first one Kat noticed was that it completely destroyed her balance. Before, when she was lifting heavy things it wasn't so bad.

Kat didn't know if her demonic energy compensated the same way it did to allow her to grab things from the middle, some other shenanigans, or she just weighed sufficiently more then normal to offset it.

Whatever this rock weighed? It was too much for that system. Kat had tried to move it to a more comfortable spot on one shoulder and found herself being pulled off her feet. The rock slamming into the ground beside her... and Kat was left handing sideways from it as if she was attempting to do some strange exercises.

That took some fiddling, and a touch of assistance from the other girls, but Kat did eventually come up with something that worked. It was once again over the shoulder but instead of having the weight rest just there, Kat had to hold it so that the rest of the rock was leaning over hear head.

A touch concerning considering what might happen if she dropped it... but angling it too far to the front or back meant she just fell over.

Walking with the rock on her shoulder was also a pain. Kat found she had to constantly adjust the angle she was holding it at to ensure that she wasn't simply pulled over. Her tail helped immensely as it was able to poke the rock into place essentially automatically. It wasn't quite perfect, so Kat needed to pay some attention but it got the job ninety percent of the way done for her.

Which while great, wasn't actually the end of her problems. Turns out... a giant rock does not fit between trees all that well. Kat knew that, she could see that before she picked up the rock. Kat didn't really know why she thought it wouldn't be a problem... perhaps the angle? Regardless as soon as Kat started to walk confidently she knocked into two trees.

Kat had, falsely, assumed it was just some branches and pushed forward with some further force, taking down two nearby trees in the process and causing Meg to burst into laughter.

Kat growled and, carefully, let the rock down to the ground. Kat didn't quite manage it because she fell over partway through, kicking Meg's giggling up another notch, but it was fine. "So... that didn't exactly go as planned... and now I'm wondering why you all let me get that far into testing things..."

"I... um... I didn't realise it would be an issue," mumbled Kamiko.

"Same," added Lily.

I had... maybe five minutes of carrying the thing... but that's just while standing still. Probably worse when walking,"

"Right... well, any other ideas?" asked Kat as she pulled Lily close and gave her a quick kiss.

"Um... I... well... I doubt it will work but you... could try flying with it? Now you're Rank 4... it... may be possible?" offered Kamiko.

Kat shrugged, careful not to move Lily when she did so and said, "Eh maybe? I mean I can check in a few moments when Lily's recovered a bit more but yeah I doubt it will work. I'll want help getting it in position again though,"

Lily returned Kat's kiss and then 'fell' out of Kat's arms, wobbling slightly as she did so. Lily half stumbled her way over to a tree to lean on but gave Kat an encouraging smile. Kat frowned at that but nodded and gestured for Meg and Hunter to help. Same set-up as before with one in front of Kat, and one behind her.

They'd had some practice with this now and it didn't take long for the rock to once again be on Kat's shoulder.

Kat took a few steps backwards with it just to be away from all of the trees just in case. "Make sure not to get too close. Not sure if my balance will be any good even if I can take off," said Kat.

Kat couldn't really look backwards because the rock was pressing against her face so she waited a few more seconds and trusted nobody was being an idiot. Kat started to flap her wings as she normally would and it didn't take long to realise that was doing just about nothing. Upping the amount of effort she was putting in Kat pushed her wings harder and harder, looking for any amount of lift.

Kat kept going until her wings were starting to burn and then pushed a bit further... still nothing.

Kat lifted herself up onto her tiptoes and then let herself fall back onto her heels... and there might have been something there? Kat pushed a bunch of demonic energy into her wings at that point, hoping it would make up the difference. At this point she was blowing a massive amount of air around the nearby area, trees were angling away from her and everyone had taken even more space.

Kat kept pushing and then, just for a moment, she left the ground.

Kat's joy at her minimal success was only a minor distraction but that was all that was necessary to send Kat back down to the ground. Kat cursed out loud. "Dammit, so close. That's... that's SO much more weight then I could handle before. I didn't really test it at Rank 3 but even at Rank 2 I couldn't even really carry people. Just... dammit we were so close,"

Kat sighed as she put the rock down. "Is there anyway we can make it a bit lighter?"