Chapter 36: The City of Gods and the Dragon's Love.
Northern-Eastern border of Gaul. Four days later.
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It's been four days since they've departed from Gerth early in the morning and the companionship reached the borders between Gaul and Dragonia, which is a cold, mountainous region. Junayd steered the leash to lead the horses of their wagon for a safer path. Elaine, Arcturus, Gerome were all sleeping while Daniella huddled together with Reginald. Oliver is busy polishing her rapier and Elen was wide awake to keep observing the rear from any bandit ambushes.
At the side of the wagon, Ash rode on top of Sif, as well as Sasha, who clings on his arms to prevent her from falling when traversing the rough path towards Dragonia.
"How long 'till we reach Dragonia?" The Priestess asked.
"Not long, the nearest settlement is within an hour's reach." Her knight responded until he noticed a winged figure flying in a distance. He pulled out his binoculars to see the flying individual for a closer look. "Huh... there's a wyvern in a distance."
Sasha felt her skin shuddered uncomfortably. Hearing those words that relate to dragons gives fear into her heart. She knew dragons were one of the most powerful monster girls in existence, and their magic alone would bring down a single country.
Yet she remembers that hearing the tales from Ash Cyrus; there was a story about when the Lords, from the beginning of time, had brought down the immortal dragons with their powers of disparity and led them to near extinction. Such tales amazed her and yet frightened her at the same time to think that they exist.
She wondered from where did these Lords achieve these powers? Sasha knew already that the existence of the Chief God or other deities of known pantheons did not have any presence in his old lands and had worshipped other gods. Aside from the mysterious blacksmith God which gave the mortals their Titanite, their prized possessions. She also heard the tales from Andre that the Gods walked among the humans like titans and she didn't expect to hear such a society exists where humans and gods lived together in the same realm.
"We're almost there... look." Ash then points his finger out and her eyes followed where he is showing her. "Over there, that's a settlement."
Sasha then turns her attention at a distant mountain, covered under the thick fog until it slowly dissipates, revealing a large town surrounded by walls and airships that were present in the airspace.
"It looks magnificent than the towns I've seen before," Sasha said in awe.
"Hmph, an Empire of Dragons... I reckon they are a different breed in this new world." Sif said in concern before thinking back to his old days. "I remember the times when Artorias used to fight against the Dragons alongside with the Four Knights and among them is the Legendary Dragonslayer named Ornstein."
"Ornstein, a legendary dragonslayer?" Sasha raised her brow curiously. "Is he... a strong warrior?"
The priestess knew the times before Dragonia, there was the Great Dragai Empire and it had dragonslayers aeons ago in the times of the former demons lords. Heroes of the Order were given such titles when their actions are recognised to slay a dragon. But now, they were no more since the current demon lord turned them into beautiful maidens and the only ones who hunt dragons were the descendants of the dragon hunters; they prevail up to this day and only a few remained to train to slay down the dragons of the current era.
"... Yes, he's indeed strong, and he's the captain of the Four Knights of Gwyn." Sif clarified from his experience of meeting the dragonslayer. "I know this man has been slaying down countless dragons and many more of its descendants after the War of the Flames. His strength alone is never to be underestimated."
Hearing his tale made shivers down her spine before Sasha asked another question. "So... how strong are we talking exactly."
"... Enough to put down an army of Order Heroes, even the Baphomets of the Demon Lord," Ash answered blankly before Sasha fell speechless. "Dragonslayers of Lordran are in a different league. There are tales that speak of his ire... Ornstein is said to be faster than lightning and his spear will slice through boulders, even the hardest ones, into two with ease."
Ash knew the strength of Ornstein had been displayed in the Cathedral of Anor Londo. He underestimated him many times in his death visions before taking him down and the other knight who guarded the same place, a giant cannibal named Smough. Those were the worse experience he ever had to face them, but he felt uneasy that he knows this Ornstein he fought in the previous age is nothing more than an illusion. If he were to face the real one will be another story.
"Great... before we would enter, I need to change my armour," Ash said nonchalantly.
"Um... will I also change my attire too?"
"... Yes."
Ash knew that entering a demon realm will make their identity soon be easily recognised by the monsters who had close connections, especially the Radical Faction from the Royal Makai. Dragonia was one of the closest allies of the Demon Lord and the Astoran knew it. He brought up his portable, handy-dandy, bottomless box and pulls out a Maiden Robe before handing it out to Sasha.
"Here. This set of clothing will give you some warmth."
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Half an hour later, Sasha tied up a knot to lock the white cape on her shoulders and dusted off the dirt from the lower section of her skirt. She exited the carriage and shows her new attire to the group.
"H-How do I look?" Sasha asked shyly.
Elaine then brought up a thumbs up. "You look good, Sasha!"
"I'd say, you look fine wearing that," Oliver said in amusement. "But what about Ash?"
Sasha then looks back before her knight exited the carriage. Ash now appears differently than usual and wore in the most intimidating armour than anyone in the group had imagined. A bulky set of armour, a rectangular black greatshield and a familiar massive black sword behind his back, yet the gigantic sword alone brought Sasha some terrible memories about that terrifying weapon since the invasion of Lescatie. Plus, in addition, he still has his broadsword on his waist.
Elaine gawked. "By the Lords... You're so big!"
"What an impressive armour," Junayd noted with an impression before intriguingly cupping his cheeks. "But what man could carry such weight?"
"Say Ash... from where did you get that armour?" Gerome asked in awe. "That armour and that sword weighed over three tons... but you're handling it well."
"Hmm, what can I say? I just found them in the place called Anor Londo while going around," Ash answered while crossing his arms together, then expressing his proud smirk behind his helmet. "And yes, this weights a lot. But I have enough training to wield this huge bastard."
The Black Iron set; a heavy, sturdy armour with a great defence that belonged to the famed warrior who hailed from Berenike. He had been keeping this armour for a long time before he entered this world. He wouldn't wear the armour due to the bulkiness and weight alone that might leave cracks on weak platforms. Nevertheless, it brings astounding protection from any harsh environment.
Eventually, he can still move adequately without problems. Even so, going through narrow passages is an issue.
"You know, wearing that armour truly makes you a giant," Elen commented with a cocky smile. "Especially, you're gonna give any mamono a heart attack when they see you... right?"
Elen then turns to her left and sees Daniella hid behind Reginald out of fear because of Ash's deterring armour.
"R-right! I'd better not piss him off if my life depends on it!" Daniella stuttered out in fright before Reginald chuckled, before patting his girlfriend on top of her head to comfort her.
Another hour has passed, and the group arrived at the entrance of a mamono settlement with their cloaks on. A single dragon knight stepped forward to greet the newcomers.
"Welcome newcomers to the town of Drachenspitz!" The dragon knight said out loud proudly. "I presume you came to our country as tourists?"
Ash and Sasha exchanged their glances in confusion before the Astoran Knight in disguise stepped up while producing a scroll from his pouch.
"We're here for this quest," Ash said while handing over the quest sheet. "Mind that we can meet our client?"
The dragon knight reads down the quest sheet and noticed the official royal seal. Then she made a dreadful gasp as soon as she realised that this group of adventurers were on a very serious job. She knew no one in Dragonia will take that job; this job has a serious high risk of death when they go to that place and never return after hearing the news of a dreadful incident where an expeditionary force had been decimated by an unknown force.
Now their quest sheets had reached into the hands of the Federation and knew it attracted countless human warriors seeking thrills of adventures for fame and to test their strengths. Their arrival to Dragonia to explore that dangerous place is not something she expected, but Dracolinde is desperate for help to fight against these armoured monstrosities which have been terrorising the frontier regions of the empire.
"I-I see... then come with me." The dragon knight said before Ash and Sasha acknowledged to follow her. "We will bring you to Dragonia's capital and speak to Dracolinde, the sister of the Red Queen."
Oliver couldn't help but shiver when she heard the name "Red Queen", she knew the Red Dragons are one of the most powerful breeds of dragons in the world and bringing such monster girls to their bad side will mean an end of an unfortunate country. She wished for the existence of Dragonslayer Ornstein to be true and cull these dragons if they ever pose a threat to humanity.
Once they entered the town, the Dragon Knights and its citizens were surprised to see an unusual group of humans and mamono came into their place until they stepped back in awe to witness a massive wolf accompanying them. At the same time, Ash saw most of the denizens of the town compromises of dragon mamono and a very few mamono that were also present such as the Chimaeras and the Manticores; they were said to have exaggerating strengths and power. Luckily, he was well-equipped to deal with them if they ever got to their dangerous side for no reason.
"It was said this was supposed to be a land of dragons," Sif spoke telepathically in unamused. "What I see here are a bunch of crossbreeds living in this place."
"They are, in fact, dragons. But they can turn themselves into real ones," Ash informed the Greatwolf. "Trust me, I read the book."
"Hmm... A strange world indeed."
"Say, dear visitor. May I have your names?" Ash turned his attention to the curious Dragon Knight, asking for his name. "Pardon me for not asking your identity. I almost forgot my duty as a knight to know the names of foreigners who came to this place."
"My name...? Well, I am obliged to answer your question." Ash responded politely with a nod before telling his fake identity with pride. "The name is Tarkus... Tarkus Berenike, a mercenary from Albion. My friends also called me Iron Tarkus, due to my armour."
"Wow, his fake identity doesn't sound that bad," Elen whispered to Elaine, and the orc agrees in response. "Now I wonder what Sasha's identity would be?"
"And this is... Reah Thorolund. My dear assistance." Ash introduced Sasha's fake identity to the Dragon Knight before glancing back to his companions. "You can tell your names."
"Arcturus."
"Elaine."
"Gerome."
"Junayd."
"Olivier"
"Elen."
"Reginald."
"You don't have any family names?" The dragon knight asked in bewilderment while pointing her finger at all of them.
"We came from an all-commoner society," Arcturus replied while nervously scratching the back of his head before pointing his thumb towards Daniella. "But except her, she's from a vampire family."
"Daniella von Andrei," Reginald looks down at his girlfriend performing a polite bow to the dragon knight. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"The Andrei family. I've heard that it's one of the most powerful vampire families across the known monster realms. Then may I see your seal?" The Dragon Knight inquired before the dhampir pulls up a medallion with a tiny magic orb in the middle. The dragon touched the orb and felt the magic to verify her identity and acknowledge it. "Ah! So that confirms it. Then welcome to Dragonia~! I bet that man besides is your lover, I presume~?
"Oh, thank you~! And of course, he's my lover~!" Daniella replied as she sang with joy while hugging Reginald by his left arm. "But we can take a tour in this empire later on if we have some time."
"O-Oh.. I see." The dragon knight then looks down with a blush. "I-I wish I was just as lucky as you. Your lover is indeed handsome."
Upon hearing the dragon's words, Elen felt agitated whilst she reached the hilt of her moon crescent blade. She doesn't care if the dragons were said to be the strongest creatures all around the world, while Reginald and Elen expressed their fears to see her making a deadly aura. At the same time, the Dragon Knight felt a sudden chill on her spine and didn't know where that cold feeling comes from as if Death itself is observing her from beyond.
"I'd hope she doesn't escalate into trouble," Gerome nervously muttered behind his helmet before turning to Junayd. "Wouldn't you agree?"
"Well, let's hope not. But beware; dhampirs of the five factions can suck out the energy from their opponents." Junayd said quietly while raising his index finger. "That ability alone can overwhelm a dragon. Imagine if she could suck out some blood of the Red Queen. I dread she might bury an entire kingdom if they ever agitate her."
Arcturus and Gerome couldn't help but feel the dread while Elaine doesn't seem to care about this explanation; she was happy that Elen joined them in case if the dragons were doing their arrogant acts against them for no reason and unjust accusations. The orc knows she's a descendant of Catherine, the Dragon of Northern Gaul. Her great grandmother was a better dragon which her ancestor; Solaire had taught her the value of human life and standards of living.
"Reah Thorolund, huh," Sasha whispered to Ash beside her with a smile. "I kinda like that nice name."
"It's from... somebody I know," Ash said with a sad nostalgia whilst he still remembers the fate of the Thorolund Maiden. 'Let's not delve into this.'
"Here we are~! We reserved an airship for newcomers!" The Dragon Knight raised her arms high to show them the sights of tall mountains and settlements dotted all across the place: The pride of their empire. "Oh! By the way, I am Lythia~! A member of the Dragon Knight's Order and I also work for Dragonia's Travel Bureau! At your service~!"
Ash couldn't help but exhale deeply at her overly exaggerating behaviour, only seeing to make herself trying to be friendly towards foreigners such as him. Then, of course, her unnecessarily sultry voice made him grunt in annoyance. In his experiences from a few months ago, he heard a lot of mamono which he comes across are making such voices to temp the males to be their husbands. But now, he was used to it.
"... An empire of dragons... promote tourism?" Sif said out loud, telepathically in question, and his voice caught the attention of the dragon knight once she heard it in her head. That alone truly caught her off guard. "Huh, I never expect this. I wonder if the people of Lordran would think about this...?"
"D-Did that giant wolf... just talked!?" Lythia points her shaking finger towards Sif. "I-I thought it's just some mere beast?"
"I am Sif, a Knight who hailed from a far-off place of Anor Londo. It will be your last when you mistake me as a mindless beast." The Wolf growled as his eyes pierce through her very soul. Even though she is a dragon, seeing the eyes of the Greatwolf made her shiver in dread. "A dragon such as thee, must not taketh to look down on a Knight such as I, trained by a veteran from the War of Fire."
Lythia was stunned when she first heard his first sentence. She would have lectured this giant wolf if she knows who he is, but the bravery and the determination which the Greatwolf displayed in his eyes truly amazed her. Even in front of a dragon, he does not show any hints of fear at her nature. But wait... he?
"You're a... male?" Lythia asked out loud, dumbfounded.
"... Indeed, I am." Sif nods before glancing his eyes down at her. "Be careful to whom thou speak, dragon. I do not take likely at the words of thine arrogant pride."
The dragon knight would not take likely at his insult before protesting back with anger fills her mind. Yet the eyes of the citizens caught her questionable behaviour to see her arguing with the massive wolf. She stopped and knowing their reactions; the Dragon Knight sighed in defeat with one thing is certain that crossed her mind. A tourist guide such as her would do something embarrassing that will tarnish the reputation of the Tourist Bureau and want to take a talk later on with the giant wolf once they entered the airship.
Upon boarding the Airship, the bell rang, and the ship takes off into the skies. Arcturus went to the wooden railings and felt the fresh windy air gently brushed against his skin with a relieving sensation until his nose caught an assaulting aroma.
"Ugh! This smell!" He coughed out loud in disgust. "Where does it come from!?"
"I.. think it comes from there." Elaine points her finger at the ship's funnels while covering her nose with a handkerchief. "I thought that was supposed to be ordinary smoke but..."
"It's actually demonic mana that comes from their engines." Arcturus and Elaine turned around and saw Junayd covering both of his nose and mouth with a red bandana. "This entire ship is powered with Mana Cages. At least we have to stay on the ship until we arrived at the capital."
"Ah shit, here we go again." Elaine groaned in distress. "Just like the Fallen Tower when we first entered that place which smelled like a shithole."
"I wonder... what are the other's doing now?" Arcturus wondered before the realisation hits him in the head. "Wait... since this ship is radiating with Demonic Energy... shit! Don't tell me... Sasha and Olivier were in process of becoming monsters!"
"Huh!?... Oh... shit. We gotta warn Gerome about this!" Elaine cursed after hearing his statement before slapping her hand against her forehead. Thus she went down on her way into the cabin section of the ship. "Come on! Don't just wait there and let them be influenced by some slut energy!"
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"Hah~! Hah~! Reginald~! I'm getting wet~!" Reginald felt a shudder from his spine when Daniella acted strangely but in a depraving way. "I want to do it now... please~? Pretty please~?"
The dhampir held her boyfriend by his arms tight, and her insides were dripping with wetness. Elen fell silent once she saw her acting this way, and her hands were shaking and clenched into fists, having an urge to knock her out. That is not until Gerome barged into the room while knocking on the door.
"Hey, you guys okay?" Gerome asked before he noticed Daniella was nudging at Reginald's arm before her hand went slowly down for his trouser. "By the lords, she's acting up."
"Is there a way to calm this bitch's senses?" Elen growled while looking down at Daniella. "Hurry up before I have a need to knock her out because she's doing something unnecessary; right in front of a person who's trying to sleep!"
"Yeah, can you fix that?" Reginald agrees with his sister while raising up his hand.
Gerome sighed in disbelief before walking towards the couple. Thus he pulls out a small vial of Divine Blessing and handing it over to Reginald.
"Here. It will cull her from getting aroused." Gerome instructed. "The effect will last for a week."
Meanwhile, in the other rooms of the ship. Ash placed his Iron Helmet aside on his table before organising his load out and his equipment until he noticed two persons are approaching him. The Astoran felt something is not right and once he turned around; the knight saw Olivier and Sasha were slowly walking towards where he is sitting and both of them were giving him their lustful gazes.
"Ufufu~ Ash is indeed handsome~!" Sasha moaned while a blush appeared on her cheeks. "Dear gracious~! The men of Astora were all so handsome, wouldn't you agree, dear Olivier~?
"Y-Yes~... The Silver-Blue Knight is indeed a very rough man~!" Olivier panted heavily with a wide, demented smile before fumbling with her breasts, and her nipples behind her leather armour became hard. "I can't wait... to feel his big meaty dick inside me~!"
Ash reeled back in surprise to see the glowing hearts appeared within the pupils of their eyes and behaviours acted like depraving prostitutes until his nose caught the stench coming from all directions. He noticed the familiar, awful smell that came from the surroundings of their room; was none other than the Demonic mana itself. Even though the entire cabin section of the airship is now filled with lustful moans of other monster couples.
'I could've known that certain machinery in the realms of monsters was powered by their mana.' Ash spoke mentally while clenched his fists. ' Yet they radiate out such energy, coupled with the copulating monster pairs nearby... Damnation, they're already in the process of becoming monsters and I need to get the stone fast!'
Ash was about to reach for the Purging Stone in his bottomless box, but the two women acted fast and pulled him away from the box before they pushed him roughly on the wooden floor. The two women, now influenced by the succubus' energy, weighted themselves on top of Ash. The Silver-Blue Knight in his Black Iron Armor slowly pushed himself up while the two women struggled to keep him down.
"Ash! Please don't resist~!" Sasha pleaded. "We want to establish our love~!"
"Me too,~!" Olivier agreed as she begged him. "I want to taste your magnificent spirit so badly~!"
Ash swore that Oliver's wish would make his Dark Soul devour the temptations of her succubus' desires without hesitation if she ever dares. Despite that, he needs to push these women off of him and get the stones to return them back to normal. But help has arrived once Junayd and Arcturus barged into their room and saw Sasha and Olivier tried to pin down Ash in their attempts to rape him.
"Ugh, right in time." Ash grunts with a smile in relief before he held the two by their collars with his strength and pin them down to the floor, restraining them. "I need help here, quick!"
"No! Ash, please let us go~!" Sasha tried to get up. "We promise, we won't rob off your life~!"
"W-We're innocent!" Olivier struggled to pry off his hands. "We have done nothing wrong to you!"
Despite the strength of monsters they've received by the influence of the succubus, they did not expect that he, a human, can still overwhelm them both. The Knight of Sunlight and the Carthus Warrior inspect the conditions of the two maidens of the Order. Thus Junayd noticed the succubus tails slowly grew out from their rears. Arcturus pulls up a medium-sized vial and Ash noticed the divine blessing he held in his hands.
"That won't work. It wouldn't turn them back to normal," Ash said in rejection while tilting his head sideways. "It only culls down their rousing."
"Who said it's just an ordinary blessing?" Arcturus smirks once he pulls the cork. "This is a new one."
Arcturus then force Olivier to open her mouth and poured in the divine liquid, then he turns to Sasha and did the same. Arcturus advised Ash to let them go, and he did according to his instructions. Thus, within a few seconds later, the two women screamed out in horror until they curled up in agony. The two monsterized women struggled to spit it out, but to no avail. Once the effects kicked in, their succubus tails vanished into dust, and their screams died down before dropping unconscious to the floor.
Ash then looks up to Arcturus in disbelief until the Knight of Sunlight held up his vial in pride.
"Hah! behold, my unique invention I've made!" Arcturus stated out proudly. "I called this a Reverse Blessing! I just experimented with it while extracting the essence of the Purging Stone. Just about the right place and time to use it on monsterized humans."
"... You blended the purging essence into a blessing?" Ash raised his eyes in astonishment. "Huh... that's quite ingenious."
"I must say; the new blessing seems quite effective." Junayd smiled in agreement while looking down at Sasha and Oliver before asking Arcturus. "But since it is a blessing, how long does the effect will last?"
"About... Well, I don't know how long it will last." Arcturus said while scratching the back of his head in question. "Normally, giving this to the people with mana. Their limited immunity would last for a couple of weeks. I bet around a week or so? I'm not so sure."
"At least I'm glad we cull them down." Ash patted Arcturus on his right shoulder with respect. "As long as they don't turn into monsters, the better their long-term effects will be distinguished."
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Dungeon City of Anor Londo.
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"Is it still there?"
Elt slowly opened the door to peek out if there are enemies nearby. Then, to his relief, there was none. Thus he looks back to his beloved wife, sleeping on a bed in a relaxed state, yet the condition of her body appeared to be battered and bruised while some of her body parts are wrapped up with bandages with all that is left.
She was gravely injured from their last fight against the inhabitants of this accursed city, and the overconfidence of her new monster powers had severely underestimated them. Elt cursed himself that their honeymoon vacation turned into a nightmare.
"Elt... Elt, please don't leave me..." Ely heard his lover muttered in her sleep, begging for him. "No... Please, Elt..."
"Don't worry, Mary." Elt hushed his words while caressing his wife's head to soothe her down. "I'm here... I won't leave you."
But how did this happen...? Let's rewind the time for a bit.
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Anor Londo, four days earlier.
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"City of the Gods, huh..." Wilmarina reads it out loud in awe before the letters vanished from their sights. "I never heard about this place before."
For Elt, observing the majestic city from a higher place is indeed a beautiful sight to behold until he felt a dreadful aura reached the incubus scents that give him chills through his spine, unlike anything he had felt.
Such old feelings are meant to be forgotten since Lescatie turned into a demon . Yetrealm. Yet this place alone... It was something off until the Dark Hero took a path down the stairs, leading them to a wide street filled with bridges and buildings everywhere.
"Come on Elt~! Let's discover the place!" Wilmarina sang as she calls out for her husband. "I am sure we'll find here something that can beat the Silver-Blue Knight!"
"Mary... are you sure about that?" Elt widened his eyes in disbelief. "I thought that armour we bought days ago was supposed to unlock the secrets of his weakness."
"I know, but there was none!" Wilmarina groaned in displease while crossing her arms before perking up her head, filled with optimism. "I am sure this place will find some answers!"
"Well, I know you're getting optimistic and all but look! There's someone!"
Elt pointed out and Wilmarina followed where his fingers were directing at. In a distance, she saw a towering figure; a knight wore in a full plate armour that shines like silver. The being seems to patrol around and alone, minding its own business like a guard.
"Huh... should we greet this guy?" Elt asked while pointing his thumb towards the knight. "But by the looks of it... isn't this guy way too tall for a person?"
Wilmarina narrowed her gaze for a closer look and sees there was nothing unusual about this guy, except for its unusual height.
"Maybe we should greet that guy and tell us something," Wilmarina said and Elt agrees. Thus, the succubus went out to greet the knight while waving her hands. "Yoo-hoo~! Hey! What's your name and can you tell us some directions?"
When it hears her voice, the Silver Knight stopped its tracks. Elt felt unnerved by its behaviour as it acts more like... a machine. Then the Silver Knight turned its attention to the succubus while Elt observed the dark, hollowed face of the knight until it gives off a wave of death and Elt reeled back in shock and felt his body went numb by its aura alone.
"M-Mary! Let's turn back!" Elt cried out loud to his wife. "That man... h-he's dangerous!"
"Huh? What do you mean-"
And thus, without warning; the Silver Knight crouched down, imbuing the spear with lightning, and flung itself at high speed. Wilmarina soon noticed the knight begin its attack and dodged it while making a graceful backflip and summoned her sword, Oruforyu.
"Take this!"
Wilmarina swung her blade down and hit the Silver Knight against the back... with no signs of scratches or damages present on its armour. But still, this is the mamono way of fighting to weaken their enemy's spirit energy. They were not allowed to kill, even if it's a being of unknown origins, and she would be happy when she will turn this being into one of their own.
But little did she know...
"Whew, you almost got me there." Wilmarina smiled proudly while looking up at the Silver Knight. "You seem to act like a monster from the times of the former Demon Lord, perhaps? Maybe we'll turn you into a lovely-"
*BAM!*
Before she would finish her sentence, the Dark Hero felt the right side of her face was getting one hard smack from the Silver Knight's sudden shield bash to attack the rear. She felt the sentiment that she was meant to forget that thing she used to call it;
Pain.
"AGH!"
Wilmarina was sent flying until she was smashed against the white walls of a nearby building. Yet the succubus was still kicking as she stood up and wipes off the blood from her nose. Now that thing got her in a bad mood and Elt felt worried for her after receiving that deadly blow.
"Right, I will make you feel our love!"
Wilmarina raised her sword, Oruforyu, before lashing out a powerful blast against the Silver Knight in one fell swoop until an explosion erupted. The Dark Hero then smiled proudly at her display of power until her eyebrow rose in confusion.
'Strange... Why does it feel... dreadful here?'
Thus, the impossible happened. Out from the smoke, the Silver Knight stood up, unscathed, and its eyes soon glow red while spots of cinders wrapped up across the hollow's armour. While seeing this, the Dark Hero's smile fell and her mouth gaped in disbelief. The Silver Knight then flung itself at the Succubus Hero once more and Wilmarina knew this move. Once the hollow plunged its spear at its target, Wilmarina strafed to the right and reappears behind the hollowed knight.
Just before she would plunge her sword, the Silver Knight caught her act from the rear and bashed its shield, smacking her face one more time, leaving her stunned at her place before the hollow drew its spear and slashed her with its miracle imbued blade across her chest and the electric current then flows within her, giving her a world to know about the meaning of true pain.
"GYAAAAHH!"
For the first time in her life, not even when she was a human back then; now knew what real pain was like, aside from her emotions alone. This one is unbearable to imagine the feel until the Silver Knight then swung its spear in an uppercut, sending her flying into the air.
"MARY!"
Elt stood in horror when he saw how the knight sends his wife went flying into the air before falling. Then the Silver Knight plunged its spear to give another deadly blow and then threw her off into the ground, crashing on the cobblestone floors while leaving off another round of pain with its lightning miracle. The hero succubus struggled while getting up and screaming in agony, but the lighting miracle coursed through her body was intense that she couldn't resist such torturous feelings.
"Argh!... Elt, help me!"
"Mary! Hold on!" Elt ran to his wife and was horrified to see her condition ended up badly. "Oh no... please don't die on me!"
*Clack!*
Elt felt his body stood still and look up to the Silver Knight, which was slowly marching its feet to the couple while the menacing glare of its red eyes was staring right into his soul. He couldn't believe that this being alone, manage itself to get rid of the strongest succubus in Lescatie and the head of the Dark Ice Flower with ease!
"Damnit... Damnit!" Elt then grits his teeth and is forced to carry Wilmarina on his arms in a bridal style until running off from the dangerous place. "I need to find an exit to get out of here!"
While escaping from the Silver Knight, Elt took around the corner before stopping his tracks when he saw a humongous being standing right in front of him. Then the giant golden knight reared its head down on the intruder and the incubus made a nervous gulp. The giant moved and raised its axe and Elt ran away as he could before the massive axe head fell and landed near to his side, almost making him into a bloody pulp.
"I'm sorry for intruding on your place!" He yelled in apology while his feet ran for his and his wife's life.
While trying to escape the city, he saw more Silver Knights and Golden Giants in their patrol and noticed an intruder stepped into their domain until they all went after him. The poor incubus ran while trying to traverse his way through the hellish maze which disguised itself as a majestic city he once believed.
While sprinting through until he took another path and went across a long white bridge, he soon noticed more Silver Knights appeared on the rooftops and drew their massive bows.
Elt stepped back in hesitation while Wilmarina looks up at them while shivering in fear before his feet felt something behind him. He looked down and his eyes dilate with horror; the couple find saw five decaying corpses consisting of three lizardmen and a couple of wyverns, all of them were impaled by long, oversized arrows and noticed their insignia's at the collars on their necks, they belonged to the lost expeditionary force of Dragonia's Dragon Knights. Wilmarina gasp at the display of horrors while Elt then swallowed a lump before looking up at the Silver Knight Archers and saw them unleashing their arrows.
The incubus ran once more at the moment they released their dragonslayer arrows and all of it almost landed at his mark as close calls.
"JUST WHAT IN THE HEL IS THIS PLACE?!"
The incubus screamed out on top of his lungs while dodging their arrows, while one almost reached for his head. Wilmarina looks forward and her eyes widened in shock when she saw two humongous winged creatures jumped into the bridge and weaved their large stony halberds. The couple were trapped; Elt looked back and see the Silver Knights archers prepared their next volley while on the other side, the massive gargoyled charged in to get rid of them.
He never thought that this day would come to their end... that is not until a larger arrow struck one gargoyle and tore them apart. Elt and Wilmarina stared in disbelief until they heard another incoming projectile, and smashed the second one into pieces. The couple didn't know what happened, but it actually saved them. Yet Elt doesn't need to waste time and continue his run before the archers released another volley. From a distance, a giant observed the two unlucky guests who stepped on their unfortunate trip into the lost city of gods.
...
"Hah! Hah! Hah! I think we lost them!" Elt panted out in exhaustion while entering a building before placing the injured succubus on the floor with her back leaned against the walls. "Are you alright?"
"Y-yes..." Wilmarina responded meekly while a blush appeared on her cheeks. "You carried me all the way here... that was very brave of you."
"Y-Yeah! I think my training as a warrior did not go to waste after all." Elt made a sheepish smile. He felt embarrassed to hear her cute remarks. "So now... where else do we have to go?"
"I don't know..." Wilmarina said while looking down depressingly and felt the pain surged on her left wing. "I... can't fly. My left wing is broken and injured."
"Damnit... I guess calling for help will be risky." Elt sighed while hanging his head down until something came to his realisation. "Wait, you do have that magic mirror. Do you?"
"Oh! Right... I do still have it here. Just wait for a moment." Wilmarina pulled up her portable mirror from her boobs and connects her magic to call for Druella's help, however. After a few seconds, her mirror doesn't seem to respond, and it did only produce static. "Hold on... why it isn't working?"
Elt thus then felt worried. "What's wrong?"
"The magic mirror... it doesn't seem to respond or doing anything!" To Wilmarina's horror, this is a problem. This place has an ordinary atmosphere and it wouldn't be a problem for her magic mirror to establish a connection back to Lescatie. Yet something like this is unusual; she soon realises this place will never make them out alive. "Elt... we're trapped! What are we going to do!?"
"... Damn..." Elt felt demoralised as his knees hit the floor. This day from now on, their honeymoon soon turned into a nightmare the moment they stepped into this cursed city. Yet the incubus wouldn't think of such thoughts and slapped his hands on both of his cheeks, waking him up to his senses. "Alright... Alright! Keep yourself together, Elt!... Mary!"
"Huh?"
"Our only choice here is to survive this place!" Elt said out loud with words, mustering his courage. "We need weapons that will only kill!"
At that moment, Wilmarina felt her skin shiver in fear; knowing that killing isn't the right thing. "But... Elt, I'm not allowed to kill but to spread the love of the Demon Lord."
"I know, but that knight you tried to convert doesn't seem to turn into one of your own," Elt said before narrowing his eyes while remembering the last time she did and the Knight with glowing red eyes. "Normally monsters would turn... however, that thing is different. It seems your power is giving that thing some strength."
"My attack power can raise their strength without turning into a mamono?" Wilmarina widened her eyes in disbelief. "From where did you come up with such conclusions, Elt!? Is that even possible!?"
"Like if I know, Mary!" Elt argued back before he let out a frustrating sigh. "I observed it from your fight... at least it was my only worries for the both of us."
'Exploring these dungeons isn't easy. We've been through there to collect any valuables. Then I see fools who would dare to underestimate those dungeon monsters.' The words of Valor suddenly rang into her mind during their last talk at the Dragon Winged Street, back at the Imperial Capital. 'Especially using armaments having Silverrealm won't save your life, either. So you'd better be equipped with something that can kill, not to convert.'
"I... severely underestimated him..." Wilmarina uttered while swallowing a lump through her throat. "We've could've prepared ourselves better."
"To... who are you talking about?" Elt raised his brow in question. "What do you mean by underestimating him?"
"He warned me about a dungeon filled with strange monsters that can't be harmed by weapons of the mamono." The Succubus Hero shivered in defeat as she explained. "I was too overconfident with my newfound powers... but nevertheless, I didn't know this kind of situation would bring me back to the edge of the corner!"
Upon hearing that, Elt's shoulders fell in horror. He didn't know that his wife did this plan all along to visit a dangerous dungeon. But he can guess why she brought themselves here for a reason and the former knight of the Order couldn't help but felt his blood boiled and clenched his fists.
"Don't tell me... the reason you brought us here..." Elt said with his shaken voice and Wilmarina felt his emotions out of fear, she didn't expect to see him angry to her like this. "That you had an obsession to find the weakness of the Silver-Blue Knight made you believe it was all here!? Out of all places and ignoring their warnings!? Are you insane!? You could've listened to what that man had said, and you just brought us in real danger that will cost our own lives! How can you be that stupid!?"
"I-I'm... I'm so sorry Elt...!" Wilmarina quivered as she curled up. She never expected him to vent out of his anger at her. A husband scolding his own wife is something she wished should never be experienced. For the second time as the Dark Hero of Lescatie expressed her painful sorrow, not from witnessing the deaths of her beloved knights, but from the anger of her own husband aimed at her. "A-All I wanted... is to avenge my fallen friends and knights... who served our new nation."
She thought that turning herself into a monster would achieve her own happiness together with Elt after being fed by all the corruption from what her father did to the country and the common folk. After the Fall of Lescatie, she is free from her father's influence; free from her own suffering and free from the human nature that chained down her cold heart. But not until the existence of the Silver-Blue Knight, the only obstacle Druella wanted to get rid off of him from preventing their plans for a Paradise. Yet his mysterious nature alone was something else, and he did the impossible to kill a deity such as the Fallen God.
At the Fallen Tower, her knights did their best to protect the deity and wanted Sasha to remain as a monster. She wished for that guy to experience the pleasures and the unfathomable desires of love. But the dreadful reality struck back with no hesitation and the said person she wanted to get rid of from the earth is someone who doesn't find such monstrous desires of love as luxury. Her friends at the tower who tried to protect their loved ones and their dreams for the love of monsters had been all for nothing.
"Ash Cyrus, a human who doesn't cherish the desiring love of monsters... I want to get rid of that human as soon as possible." Her voice trembled in regret while trying to suppress her anger, indirectly mentioning the Astoran. "He is the reason why it made me look miserable and obsessed in defeating him... he's the reason WHY I BECAME LIKE THIS!"
Elt reeled back in shock before his wife broke down into tears. The incubus felt a wave of emotions emitting from his wife; dread, anger, fear, and sorrow. All of that, the human emotions that were supposed to be removed once they became monsters, were coming back to her. He moved near to his wife and wrapped his arms around her to give comfort and Wilmarina continued to cry.
"Shh... it's okay... it's alright." Elt hushed. "It's going to be alright... we get through this."
...
Anor Londo, Present day.
...
Elt sneaked around the corner and hide behind the white pillars once he noticed a golden giant walked past the hidden intruder. The sentinel continued to roam and walked past the corner shortly before the incubus continued to move on to find another weapon in this enormous building that was built like a cathedral. The weapon he used last time was a longsword, but it was a prop for decorations and the durability itself was very poor before it broke down. There hasn't been a weapon he could use and every time he has beaten a Silver Knight in their last encounter by using a sharp wood from a wooden chair that jabbed through their hollowed helmets; it did not leave any weapons and armour behind upon their deaths. They all disintegrate into ash. Now he is equipped with a rusty, broken sword he found in a barrel. It was worn out, but he would be better armed rather than going in a place, unarmed.
He took a nearby path and entered an entrance and took up the stairs. That is not until he heard the faint sounds of a hammer clinging against steel. Elt walked in cautiously and peeked out. Thus, he swallowed a lump in his throat to find himself inside an enormous room; he saw a giant sitting beside a gigantic fireplace and seem to forge a sword with a hammer, despite how large his hands were.
"Hmm~? Oh, hello. Don't mind me. I forge weapons." The giant spoke in a friendly tone which caught Elt off guard how this humongous being can talk. "It's a long time. No visitors. Yet you came. If you want weapons. I can make one."
"Y-You... can?" Elt slowly comes into the room, dumbfounded when he finds himself in an awkward conversation with a strange giant being. "I... uh... are you helping me?"
"... You are strange. Strange visitor. Anor Londo. is danger. filled with hollows." The Giant Blacksmith speaks. "You. are no hollow. You. need a weapon."
"Huh... okay... th-then how much does one cost?" Elt asked before bringing out his pouch. "I would like to have a sword."
"Hmm... A longsword. for three hundred souls." The giant answered, which brought Elt speechless. Since when do souls are used as money? "Hm? You. no souls? Ah. I forgot. You. human?... No. Undead, you are not. You. a strange being. Want to trade. Something. With value?"
Elt brought up a golden coming from his pouch and a bunch of jewellery. He was lucky that his wife had an amount of fortune, just only for the sake of improving the city of Salvarision and going on their honeymoon in Dragonia. For the Giant Blacksmith, gold and jewellery are used as value and currency in the world of humans. Since he has got no worthy souls to forge a greater weapon, at least he can produce a cheap sword to kill Hollows for a strange being such as Elt, the Incubus.
"Acceptable. Forge I can. Big I am!" The Giant Blacksmith then raised his hammer with pride. "Sit all day. Blacksmithing. I can!"
Once the giant went to work, Elt felt relieved that this giant is willing to help him out and he might be the only chance to get out from the hellhole that is Anor Londo.
Unknown Buffer Regions.
...
"Zzz... Zzzz... Zz-h-huh?"
Artor groaned when he opened his eyes and noticed the ray of sunlight tried to piece through the window blinds. He groggily stood up from his bed and opened up the blinds.
Thus he felt the warmth of the sun's rays gently greet his skin under the chilly morning. Then his nose caught a scent of roasted food coming down from the kitchen.
"Ah... by the flames, I thought that was a nightmare." Artor groaned while rubbing his fingers on his temples. "Right... Now, what is she doing in the kitchen?... Breakfast, perhaps?"
It's been four days since his family approved her as his fiancee. Although they were now living alone inside a cabin in the middle of a peaceful, serene place of grassy mountains. The couple had got some "little" incidents that occurred for the past four days. The young dragonslayer couldn't help but massaging his temples from those stressful events.
First, Alti almost blew up the river stream due to her anger issues against him. At least the damage isn't severe and the salmon which inhabitants there were still intact.
Second, she almost ripped his clothes during laundry work. Then he taught her how to stitch them together.
Third, the kitchen almost burned out due to her inexperience to cook ordinary food and leaves a disgust in his taste when Alti added some monster spices filled with demonic energy. He had to make sure to teach her the ways to make a simple lamb sauce.
Then fourth, she became a little more erratic and saw playing with herself in her own room for... questionable reasons. At least that incident wasn't as volatile as the past three days.
"Right, better get off from the bed and see what she's up to for today."
He groaned once more when he went off from the bed and opened the nearest closet. He grabbed his robe and his trousers, thus wearing them before exiting his room. He went down the stairs and head to the kitchen until he saw the usual dragon mamono, cooking some breakfast with an... unusual attire. He raised his eyebrow in concern; she was stark naked while her tail covering her private parts. This dragon is wearing nothing but an apron; then does that mean is she trying to seduce him or was it her desires driving her instincts doing this?
"Oh!... G-good morning dear..."
Alto-Eris turned around and gave Artor an annoyed glare. But despite her distrust over him, she looked down, embarrassed.
"Huh... Are you alright?"
"O-of course I'm alright! I was making breakfast for you, so sit down!" Alto-Eris replied, agitatedly with a harsh tone while looking away from him in a shy manner. "T-today's menu is roasted salmon with fried eggs and a salad garnish... I-I hope you'd like it, you creep."
The young Lord felt uncomfortable by her behaviour and thinks she might have two persons in one; this one is being honest, yet impetuous and serious, while the other one he knew was... well, being a lovey-dovey weirdo.
"So... uh, what's with the strange attire?" He asked curiously. "You wore nothing but an apron."
"I-It's called Naked Apron, you silly. I was doing this because... y-you're my partner and this is meant to please you." She grumbled while shamelessly fidgeting her fingers together until narrowing her gaze at him. "I-if you aren't delighted... then take your dirty Dragonslayer eyes off from me!"
'As what mother says... she is indeed an impulsive woman.'
Artor shrugged at her before he carefully took a seat and Alto-Eris raised her hot pan, thus sliding the fried Salmon and the Eggs to his plate. Then placed a bowl of salad to its side of the dish. The young Lord smelled the food's aroma and seems to be impressed by it. Then he grabbed a fork and took a bite of her meal.
"Huh... you do seem to cook well, no signs of demonic energy that puts a dirty flavour on my tongue," Artor comments in surprise before looking back at her. At least teaching her some basic cooking of human food was worth it. "But... what about you? Aren't you hungry?"
"I've already eaten," Alto-Eris said before looking down with a blush on her cheeks. "A-after taking breakfast... th-then we will have some f-f-fun!"
"By "fun"... don't you mean procreation?" Artor guessed until Alto-Eris perked up in surprise at his answer before nodding in admittance. "Ah... I see. But why?"
"B-because you're my future husband! Your father allowed me to become your fiancee despite you and him were infamous dragonslayers!" Alto-Eris answered with a mad blush on her face as her body quivered. "Th-Therefore, I'm going to mark you to make sure that no one else will have you."
"Hmm... A crazy way to put it but I think that's way too early for us." Artor said before tilting his head sideways in rejection as Alto-Eris reeled back in disbelief. "I mean we haven't married yet, and we still never got to know each other."
"Wh-what?! No way! I-I mean... I want to do it now..." Alto-Eris then hung her head down with a defeated sigh. "It's going to be my first time and I do want to experience the pleasures I haven't felt yet."
"I'm afraid you will get pregnant outside of our wedlock," Artor said before crossing his arms. "Conceiving a child with a Lord is instant, no matter if you are a mamono and regardless, even your natural protection with monster magic; it does not work. My mother warned about this."
"What?! There's no way I could get pregnant that easily!" Alto-Eris thus gave Artor an incredulous look before she gripped him firmly on both of his shoulders. "Come and I'll show you how I, a dragon, couldn't get pregnant with just mere procreation!"
Artor couldn't help but let out a deep sigh before Alto-Eris dropped him roughly on the floor and sat on top of his groin section. The young dragonslayer looks up at her in surprise and swore he felt her soft legs and body rose in heat and her breathing became heavy.
At the same time, Alto-Eris felt her instincts were kicking in. A blush appeared on her cheeks as her insides were throbbing with excitement before her hands reached for his meaty rod behind her rear, which is located between his legs. Once she touched it, her eyes widened in disbelief. While he is still hard due to his morning wood, that was not just of her concern...
The rod she felt behind his pants... was between thirteen to fourteen centimetres thick in diameter. That is far thicker than that of an average human she had learned in biology class. Then she caressed her hand to measure the length and her spine shivered in absolute fear:
"Wh-what the... This isn't possible..."
The length of his rod is longer than thirty centimetres. She did not anticipate this.
'BY THE RED QUEEN, IT'S INSANELY MASSIVE!' Her genuine mind yelled out in panic before her throat made a silent gulp. 'Are the penises of the male Lords... this big?!"
To her realisation, not even the incubus. Either they are a human, dwarf, and even elves could even reach a length such as his.
"Alti... do you really want to do this?" Artor asked the dragon with concern. "Right here?... Right now?"
"Hah~!... Hah~!... Y-yes." The young dragon knight breathed heavily as her heart throbbed in joy. She nodded with a nervous smile. "I am so aroused by it in a single touch... I can't stand this."
Artor then felt his own heart was thumping slowly and heard his heartbeat from the chest. He gulped nervously to think that this is his first time to do it while Alto-Eris, his dragon fiancee, is willing to do it and there is nothing against her wish for happiness and she swore in her vow when she met his father. Alto-Eris wanted to do her first time to establish their love, and the young Lord saw her looking down at him while making a lustful gaze. Then she spun around, turning her back at him, thus pushing down his trousers to his knees until his huge rod went up like a tower.
Alto-Eris wasn't sure if his "spear" would fit but her insides were fluttering like crazy as it felt like it was getting excited and the instincts in her head are demanding to skip the fellatio service and put his thing inside her.
"B-be grateful that I, Alto-Eris, will make it pleasurable!"
"Alright, then after this..." Then Artor paused for a while before he breathes out to relax. "We need to make sure that we are held to take responsibility for this."
Alto-Eris then makes a determined look until she spreads her legs apart and lifted her hips. Artor observed and saw the reveal of her private part once she raised her scaly tail. It looks puffy and the mounds of her genitalia were dripping with wet slimy mucous. Once her wet hole touched his tip and with bravery she mustered; she lowered for a bit and slide it down in one fell swoop until she stopped at the mid-section of his rod that slowly stretched her insides apart.
"Agh!... AaaaAAAH~!"
Alto-Eris squirmed while arching herself backwards, both in pain and ecstasy, while her virgin blood trickled down. Her hymen is broken and her virginity is no more, hence she continued to slide down until almost reaching the bottom of his rod. The delicate body of the dragon knight was jerking as well as she is panting heavily and her mouth breathes out with warm steam. Alto-Eris didn't think how her first time doing this was painful to let herself slide on his massive, warm flesh inside her. Yet the feelings of new kinds of pleasure were about to begin.
For Artor, the sensation of warmth and moistness that wrapped around his phallus was unbelievably out of this world and gave him a blissful feeling of relief. Then he moved his huge hands and grabbed her hips firmly before he slid her up and down as her breasts bounced in a synchronised movement.
"Agh! Hah~! Haaah~! Wait! Artor~! Aaah!" Alto-Eris moaned out loud while her genital was making wet sounds, slamming on his rod. "No, wait! Please! Y-your dick i-is massive! I can't-AAAH~!"
"I can't... Alti... It's truly warm inside... and soft." Artor grunts with heavy breathing while continuing to move her hips up and down. "I never knew how procreation is this good."
"Ah! Aah~! D-damnit! I-I was supposed to- Ah! b-be the one who's pleasuring you- AahAh~!" Alto-Eris uttered expletively until his hips pushed up, slamming his rod deep into her uterus. "Ah?! Ah! AAAAH! F-FUUUCK!"
Alto-Eris screamed out in a squeamish tone while sticking out her tongue. Her insides were quivering in fear until her genitalia squirts out her love juice. Her vagina soon recognises that his rod is not something she would underestimate until Artor is going to shove deeper inside her, faster, and her moaning became intense every time his hips slapped it up.
"Fuck! Fu~uck! Ah! T-this is t-too intense! AH~!"
'He's stretching me from inside out and it felt like torture!" Alto-Eris clenched her teeth as the uncontrollable drool escaped her lips. Her thoughts panicked for a while until rage for revenge boiled within her mind whilst the pleasurable ecstasy mixed within. 'I'll kill you! I'll KILL YOU, ARTOR! I'LL KILL YOU!'
Alto-Eris felt that his rod is killing her, and she swore to herself to kill him once they're done. In their first battle, she was defeated. Then introducing herself to the dragonslayer and his family, then forgetting her revenge due to the reveal of his father's real nature, she felt humiliated. Thus, having sex with the man she fell in love with, not even this, would make her feel victorious. Even she was born with the powers of the succubus that coursed within her; it also couldn't handle the size and might of his meaty spear. The pleasure she is experiencing is undeniably amazing, despite the pain.
"It's too much and I can't even handle this~!" Her inner desires screamed out in dismay and vanished from her head, leaving behind a few last words. "Accomplish this for me~!"
'Why...? Even having sex with him, I ended up struggling with this pain I'm feeling!... But this pleasure is amazing!... Yet this is even humiliating!'
"Agh! Ah! Ah~! AAhaah~! Ah! Ah~! Ah!... Hah~! UUuuhuuhh~!"
She didn't want to be thwarted for the fifth time. Thus, acknowledging her defeat; tears broke out from her eyelids and Artor noticed the silent sounds of her cries. He stopped and sat up to see if she's fine, thus only to see her face she is making is weeping out in tears filled with disgrace.
"Hey... are you alright?"
The dragon knight wept before wiping off her tears. "I-It hurts... It hurts a lot."
"Really? Well, It's our first time... Then this should be supposed to be normal." Artor hushed before Alto-Eris slowly looks up to him. "I admit... that face you're making is absolutely cute."
"Sh-shut up." Alto-Eris teared up with spite before pouting in annoyance. "I-... I wanted to do this, anyway."
"Alti... There's one thing I have to say is that why I spared you..." Artor hushed while slowly wrapping his arms around her. "Not just I saw how pitiful you are from the other dragons... But I saw your beauty at the same time."
The young dragon knight then blushed at his statement. She would take his first sentence as an offence, but the second made her heart throbbing with compassion.
"I think I know why..." Thus Artor smiled while Alto-Eris looks up to him. "My hesitation alone... had led me to find a person I cared for."
The dragon took his words into her heart and then she smiled at him, thus cupping his cheeks as if a relieving sensation that radiates within her soul with motivational joy.
"Artor... that's the answer I was looking for." She teared up once more with her voice quivered with happiness. "So you did fell in love with me after all."
"Indeed... You are one tough dragon." The young dragonslayer smiled. "You might be a hasty woman, but you aren't bad after all."
"And... You're one brave dragonslayer as well." The young dragon said kindly in return. "Displaying such bravery in front of me, makes me wonder how you were able to muster up such courage. Even in front of a dragon."
Artor slowly leaned his lips down, and Alto-Eris responded in return until the couple locked their kiss. The dragon knight then shifted her hips up and down to feel that pleasure of his rod, then letting out her muffled moan. The pain she had it earlier was gone as soon as her insides took the shape of his rod.
"Mmh~! Mmmh~! Hmmhh~!"
Then Artor thrusts his hips up, shoving his meaty "spear" deep inside her as his fat tip slammed at the entrance of her uterus until he felt the swelling is building up to the climax.
'I'm almost at my limit. If she were to get pregnant... Then I will hold this responsibility... with her!'
Then his thrusts went up even faster, and Alto-Eris let out her suppressed moans even louder when his thrusts within her became more intense. Her tail wrapped around his back and its tip jingled with joy. She felt the throb that swells in his big lump of meat and knew his seed is coming up.
'H-he's at his limit! He's going to burst at any moment-!'
*SMACK!*
"MMMMMHHH~!"
With that last smack, her legs were quivering once Artor unleashed his load inside her. The couple broke up their kiss and panted out in exhaustion. Alto-Eris felt tears rolled down her cheeks in bliss and a sensation of relief as the warmth of his liquid ceaselessly pours inside of her until the uterus was overflowing with his thick, white, and sticky fluid. But what is strange for her is that she felt no energy empowering her. Normally, she knew that every mamono who had sex with their chosen males will become more powerful than ever.
Yet in this case, his seed is not bestowing her power despite she felt the divine sensation from it... until... her senses caught something that she never anticipated from this outcome of their procreation.
She moved her hand and touched the left section on her crotch, then her eyes widened in disbelief:
Her egg is being fertilised by his seed.
'W-what...? This will take more than cumming inside of me once!' The dragon gulped nervously. She didn't believe his warning that conceiving a child would be instant when a male had just mated with a mamono in their first time doing so and it couldn't be simple, but yet, it did. 'How did this happen...?'
"Artor..." Alto-Eris shivered nervously before glancing back at Artor one more time with her tears still present. "We're... having a child."
Upon hearing that, the young Lord then sighed before wrapping around the dragon knight. Alto-Eris felt stunned by his act of solace.
"I know... I already told you about this." He whispered into her ear. "I know little about the mamono but this confirms my mother's warning. And yet, I still did this to uphold your wishes. As a Knight and Dragonslayer, I do not hold back my words."
The dragon rubbed her belly and felt a strange feeling. Once her egg is in process of fertilisation, her senses soon caught something in her mind with a shocking revelation.
"Our child... It... It won't be a dragon." She whispered with a gasp. "Th-then the child... will be born as... like your own kind."
Artor then asked. "... How do you know?"
"It's simple... I felt it and there's no denying it." Alto-Eris replied, not expecting her child will be of a different race. "I did not know how this happens..."
Hearing the words of his fiancee made one thing that crossed within his mind is that a new Lord will soon be born. He couldn't help but expressed his happiness. After all, who knew that a dragon would one day give birth to a new generation of Lords? Perhaps his father is aware that the future of their kind wasn't so bleak as he once perceives, and the reason why he allowed her to be his wife made sense?
"Artor... Do you think that I will bring birth to a son?" Artor perks up from his thoughts and then looks down at his fiancee. Seeing Alto-Eris expressed her joy with a smile. "Just as you said from days earlier; Your mother gave birth to you... and will that happen to me?"
"Hmm... I'm not so sure." Artor doubted before making a mischievous, sheepish smile. "A daughter perhaps? Except she isn't a dragon."
"Hmph! If that should happen... I don't know what they should think about." Alto-Eris pouted in exasperation while crossing her arms in disapproval. "It would be embarrassing for me if my kingdom concedes this. A dragon giving birth to a girl that isn't a dragon?"
"You think they will perceive it as a curse? Hahaha!" Artor laughed out loud in pride as he gently braced his arms firmly around her once more. "Don't think of such thoughts, my dear Alti. I'm sure your kind will accept her, no matter for who she is. Dragon or not, it's our responsibility to take good care of our children."
"Really? My goodness, such dedication... I didn't know that my day to become a mother will be sooner than expected." Alto-Eris whispered, as she gently caressed his cheeks. "I think we should stop- ah!... Huh?"
The dragon felt her crotch shivered, and a hard throb swelled inside her. Alto-Eris looked down and would've sworn that she can somehow feel her overflowed vagina was squirming in fear, clinging for life as it tries to escape his rod and her spread legs were erratically shaking which it realises what's coming next in much to her confusion.
"Artor... Your rod... It's twitching and getting hard again."
"... You want a second round?"
Upon hearing that, Artor leaned back a bit as his right hand gently grabbed her right hip, while the other fumbled with her left breast. Alto-Eris widened her eyes in disbelief out of fear, realising what he's going to do next.
'Oh no... don't tell me he's going to do it again!'
Normally, a mamono would continue with a chosen mate in the next nine rounds before exhausting. But this man and his body, which isn't human, have overwhelmed the corruption of monsters within her. And it is in a whole different league. With panic in her mind, she begged him to stop.
"W-wait! I'm already exhausted! Should you please let me rest for a while-AAAH!"
It's too late. His rod jabs upwards, taking himself deep inside her for one more time and making another intense, wet slapping sound they produce.
"STOP! AAAH~! NOOO! FUCK! FUU~UUCK!"
Alto-Eris gripped her hands on his wrists and tried to pry them off, but to no avail. She gritted her teeth to suppress her loud moans as she arched backwards. Yet the young dragon knight couldn't deny the development of his new dragonslayer technique that gave her a new meaning of irresistible pleasure.
"Not again! GAH~! D-damnit! AH~! Alright, you win! HAH~! Do whatever you want but please-NGH! Don't make it more-Hah! Hah~! HaaAAH~! INTENSE-"
*SMACK!*
"KYAAAAaaaahhh~!"
Thus for the sixth time of her defeat; the young dragon knight felt her breathing became heavier than before. She sticks out her tongue for a second time once her mind went blank and pinkish hearts in her eyes appeared as well. She easily gave up to his unsuspected surprise attack while her delicate body endlessly humped on his great meaty spear as it ravages her insides. Then her love juices and his seed were mixed and battered into foam. Alto-Eris let out loud, squeamish moans and their wet sounds to be heard throughout the wooden cabin while doing a second round with her newfound love. Meanwhile, right outside of the wooden cabin at the front entrance, Ciara listened to Alti's muffled moans from inside the house, including their conversations between her brother and his fiancee from the beginning. She couldn't help but felt an embarrassed blush behind her helmet.
She never knew that her brother and his dragon fiancee would do it immediately to procreate future grandchildren; nephews and nieces into their family.
'By the flames...' Ciara nervously swallowed a lump in her throat. 'They're still going for it?'
"Alti! I'm going to burst again!"
"Shoot it~! Shoot it inside me, Artor~!"
Once hearing his fiancee's loud moans before ending up screaming in ecstasy, the Lordress Valkyrie stepped back and decides to leave them for a while. Her visit to see her brother and his new lover should be delayed due to their... questionable activities. She spreads her wings and took off into the skies. Leaving the wooden cabin while the couple shares their new joys of happiness.
Ciara then smiled. She wondered how her parents would feel about this? She did hear that their firstborn child wouldn't be a dragon but a new Lord and then thinking, what will her future nieces and nephews look like? Perhaps only the Flames will know.
Chapter 36: Ends.
AN: Alright, this is the first time I put a smut part, but the story is rated M, what else do you expect? I hope you didn't get aroused by reading this and pray for something that won't get you hard. So moving on; I'm putting a vote and what do you think about their children? But remember, their firstborn won't be a dragon... that comes later.
A) A Son. B) A daughter. C) Only the author knows.
I'm leaving you for this. If you can't decide then put the C button. But I'll decide anyway, it was all based on you what you preferred.
Secret info: Unlocked.
The Federation.
The Federation is a coalition of constitutional monarchies, small kingdoms, and other independent states. This major power is young and had been standing for over 80 years and preventing themselves to join into a conflict of neither side. Unlike the other two major factions such as the Order and the Demon Realms; they have a unique political structure that a place in which Sovereign Law is the prime dominant rule over their rulers and its people while religion is separated from the affairs of any the state. Also, the Federation abhors the monsterization of any regions that are found within their sovereign territory.
Economy and Agriculture:
The federation holds a stable flow of their economy due to the income of imports and exports of exotic trade goods and other products coming from the east and the Desert Regions where Carthus and Arum Sedis hold much of the trade routes and various canals which led to the far east. The wealthy merchants from the Order States and Demon Realms come in and go to purchase their foreign wares that were not found in their territory, and that's where most of their income comes in.
Surprisingly, the Federation held little-to-no food shortage despite droughts that wrecked their field crops. Several decades ago, food shortage is a concern until one merchant introduced a foreign plant that revolutionises farming production within agriculture, a plant they call a "Potato". They find these tubes from the new world and they were first introduced to the King of Gaul around 75 years ago. It proves to be an effective food stable as it can grow under harsher environments where wheat and barley could barely grow.
The Order also adopts these methods to field potato farms to prevent famine while in some Order states were not so much and find these plants out of their superstitions in their beliefs that they are mamono products.
Culture and Traditions:
The Federation is a multicultural major power where people have the freedom to share their ethics, knowledge, arts, cuisine, literature, and magic arts ranging from humans and monsters alike. They even accept other religious covenants, even if it isn't directly connected to the Chief God or any other known deities.
Military:
The young major power has a variety of armies coming from all around the kingdoms within the Federation based on their qualities, fighting tactics, and strategies. But its genuine fighting force is the secretive Five Factions which operate in asymmetrical warfare and intelligence with their unorthodox uses of both conventional arms and magic against foreign threats.
Relations with the Order:
"The Federation seems like a great place where all the common folk have their own rights, but the Order sees them as a land of heretics." - A peasant farmer of Welspe.
Relations with the Order were steady but rocky. Since these powers held friendly terms of trade and foreign diplomacy, the High Order of the Chief God sees the Federation as an affront to their beliefs and way of life. Since the Federation held strict laws to prevent their own nobility from unrestricted purchasing of lands, abusing the rights of the common folk, and mixing religion into politics. The Federation law even shuns indiscriminate witch-huntings on mamono and tolerates mamono to live among humans in peace.
"Well, in this place; I can no longer fear from the eyes of the Order. Thus I can earn fortunes as much as I want!" - A travelling Order Bard.
Although Order Heroes could even go into the Federation for their lust of adventure. They will be recognised by the authorities upon entry and taught the young Heroes and Adventurers hailing from the Order to follow the Laws despite their status as Heroes in a land where the Clergy of the Order held no power.
So in order to live in the Federation, you are free to live wherever you want as long as you have the fortune to keep up with the living. Also, don't try to shove your holy scripts into their mouths even if they doubt the teachings of the Chief God, everyone in the Federation dislikes that.
Relations with the Demon Realm:
"I heard about the rumours that a Lilim is working with the Federation. But I don't get why they don't allow monsterization on their own turf? Their lives must be so dull on the other side!" - A frustrated succubus from the Demon Realm of Volst.
The Federation and the Demon Realm held little-to-no foreign diplomatic ties with each other except for the certain Green Demon Realms. Trade is still allowed, yet it is very little is due to their human merchants are on the verge of monsterization and endangered of being captured by mamono in the wilderness. Mamono merchants can come in and go, but they were secretly observed by agents of the Five Factions if anything goes wrong and prevents any measure of monsterization they left off.
"Monsterizing a region is a violation for every person and their rights who do not agree on their terms. It felt like a child has been taken away from their parents with no recognition." - Prime Minister of Albion.
When the Federation had just been established. The Demon Realms had doubts about this new major power and the Demon Lord knew that her daughter, Ilassa, is involved with its establishment. Strong monsters and a dozen of Lilims went out to tease this new faction and convert some of their regions, but they were thwarted by the efforts of Ilassa and certain individuals of the Five Factions. There had been mamonos that came from the Demon Realm that had caused several violations against the Sovereign Law and almost went to war.
To my surprise, the Federation Council hasn't voted to declare war because the Five Factions keep themselves busy to maintain peace and stability. On one note, Arum Sedis is the only known non-demonic Mamono Realm that is part of their Coalition that knew more about the habits and instinct of the mamono race while giving out their knowledge for every human to think how to deal with them without escalating into violence and prevent from being raped.
If you're a mamono reading this. When you can't control your undeniable lust, their agents will come for you if you dare. So train how to control it, then ask out any men and respect their answers for rejections before you could do anything.
Historical Notes:
After the Allied Forces had thwarted the Demon Realm's attempt to invade Gaul. Artos, Ilassa, and their companions were invited by their supporting allies such as the Kings and Queens of Albion, Gaul, and other small independent states to discuss the establishment of an Alliance in Albion's Capital City; Lyndon. After they made several agreements and wrote the Sovereign Law around ME 1021, it has led to the establishment of the Federation, a coalition ruled by law.
The result of the establishment had ceased the influence of the Order that which led to a two-year border conflict and ended in a decisive Federation victory on its home territory when the Order saw much of its manpower and resources had been depleted and sued for peace. The Federation and the Order signed the Peace Treaty of Lyons shortly after the conflict.
AN: This is basically mixed with NATO and the Western European Union during the Cold War, but it's medieval fantasy.