"How?" Syr spoke, staring at the large bow she was holding, the curves and edges of the weapon looked beautiful and the string was so strong she felt she could piece a rhino's head withit at 500 yards.
The only issue.
Was the smug looking white haired man had pulled this thing out of nowhere. Quiet literally pulling it out of his ass and handing her the most skillfully crafted bow she had ever seen.
And he said the stuff here was ridiculous.
"Dont worry about it, the bow was just gathering dust cause I don't use it, not my style really" Barabtos replied winking at the elf as she growled at his answer.
Gathering dust where?! You don't just have some kind of pocket dimension and just not tell anyone about it!
"Why do I need these?" Lyra's voice drew the two attention, seeing the werewolf walking out of the tavern grabbed in some new attire and sporting a set of lion shaped gauntlets over her paws.
Her new outfit was grey in colour, almost matching her fur with some black highlighted embroidery along the monk styled dress. A pair of wrapped socks acting as leg warmers as the wolf refused to wear any kind of shoes.
Similarly, Syr herself was wearing a brand new outfit that once again,. Barabtos had pulled out of nowhere. Dressed in a fine leather outfit, the woman pulled at the cropped jacket she wore as the hat felt slightly off around her ears.
Seeing her issue, barabtos helped adjust the narrow shaped hat, making it fit comfortably on her head. Only to notice how close she was to the young man and turned away with heat forming on her face.
"The monk armor has some magic embodied into the lining, making it stronger and more suited to help you in fights" Barabtos explained as the black etching along the womens outfits shimmers with a low amount of energy.
"You three look like real adventurers, you'll have to tell me where you got these?" Mileena's voice made the free turn to see the succubus mayor as well as the elf captain walking towards them.
Out of the corner of his eye, Barabtos did notice the amount of attention he was getting from the town's monster girls, some of them whispering to each other as they pointed towards his bare arms as they giggled to themselves.
He really missed his coat right about now. He really didn't like the look in their eyes, not one bit!
"Trade secret from some of the menders back home, some of your seamstresses would have a field day learning under them" Barabtos replied smirking as Mileena scuffed in amusement.
"Don't let them catch you saying that, they might not want to give you this nice coat they finished repairing" the succubus said, holding up the folded white coat towards the gunbreaker.
Barabtos smiled as he accepted the jacket from the women, noticing with a smile as it looked like it hadn't even been used, not a speck of dirt or wear on it.
Dawning the garment, Mileena whisted as she took in the site of the three before her. They really looked ready to take on the danger that was ahead of them.
Hopefully they would have some help from the demon lord herself.
And that Barabtos didn't end up as some slave to the radical faction under Durella. She liked the boy and didnt want to see him become some sex crazied fiend under that spiled brat.
"Here's the map and direction to Visorhold it'll be a good three days walk down the road and if your lucky no one should get in your way, just be careful, not all of us monster girls can take a no from s single man" Mileena said as Lyra gave her a growl, muttering about how Barabtos wasn't single and they just hadn't had the time to properly marry yet.
She was working on it!
"We'll be fine, and thank you again for letting me stay," Barabtos said as Mileena smirked at his humble attitude. It was rare to see that nowadays, that's for sure.
"Think nothing of it, you're the hero here, and my villagers will do anything to please their hero" the succubus said, rolling her tongue on the last word as she gestured towards the gathering crowd behind the three.
Many of the monster girls looked very very hungry at the man.
"You stay safe out there Syr, and keep that man out of trouble" the elf captain said, as the younger girl nodded with a determined look in her eye. "The new look suits you well, bring back some amazing stories to tell" she added as Syr smiled at her captain.
She was going to miss the frustrating women and her team.
Lyra suddenly jumped onto Barabtos's back, smiling at him as she pointed forward.
"Lets go hubby! Adventures await and beds to break!" she howled as Barabtos found himself laughing at her words.
"You heard her Syr, race you to the forest's edge!" he called out, shooting the flustered elf a smirk before taking off down the roar, the gathered villagers cheering as he ran by, most of them calling for him to come back soon and some more….unclean things she should do to them.
"Why...get back here!" Syr yelled, rushing to catch up to the two, fighting down a blush at the idea of breaking a bed with the man and werewolf.
Wait! Werewolf!
Arrgh! She was going to smack him for making her think like this!
Mileena watched the free go, smiling fondly as if watching her children go off into the world. Her smile turned into a frown as she turned towards the elf captain, nodding her head as she produced a few letters for her harpies to deliver to the other villagers.
While Barabtos would do what he did best, she was going to get him as much help as possible, these primals were far far worse than any order hero could be.
And she would be damned if the destruction of so many was stopped because she didn't get some of her more randuscious villagers leaders to see what was happening.
Hopefully Lilith wasnt fucking her husband and would take her letter seriously before it was too late.
Down in the forest, Barabtos stared at the map in his hands as Lyra was off finding the three of them some light prey to cook at the end of the day. No point using the prepared food just yet in his opinion.
Syr looked over his shoulder, seeing that they were going to be heading through a dense forest that would lead them towards Visorhold.
One of the forests that held a few more dangerous monster girls. They would have to be careful that's for sure.
"So what do you think?" Barabtos spoke up, making the elf blink in surprise at the sound of his voice.
"What?" she asked, looking at him as the map rolled the map up in his hands.
"About what we are doing, what do you think, are you okay with coming with us?" Barabtos asked, looking at the self with a serious expression. "This is going to be dangerous, and ifrit is usually one of the weaker primals compared to the others" he added as Syr gulped at her words.
Before she could replay, three rabbits landed in her hands, the werewolf returning from the tree line with a proud smile on her lips.
"Got them hubby! You wont need to worry about feeding our pups with me around!" Lyra said as the gunbreaker gave her a tried look.
"I...you know what I'll deal with that later, come on you two, let's get some distance before we make camp for the night. As they walked, Syr couldn't help but think about his words.
Was she really okay with fighting these things, she didn't even know much about the other primals but if they were just as strong or stronger than ifrit.
Then how did barbatos look so confident in this quest to defeat them all.
As they continued down the road, Lyra was happily walking beside Barabtos, admiring the gauntlets on her paws as she looked up to the man who had given them to her.
"How do I use these?" she asked, eager to be able to use this gift from her husband as best she could. Barabtos smiled at the werewolf in return, gently taking one of the guantelst from her as he slipped in onto his hand.
"You use it like any fist, the idea is to deal a lot of damage as fast as possible to someone and with how well you jump around during a fight you'll be abv to strike anywhere at any moment" he explained as the women nodded, her tail swishing happily behind her at his praise.
"They also channel magic, allowing you to use some devisitating monk techniques to really knock someone out of a fight, I'll show you want I know later on once we have you comfortable with using the monk stances while sparing" he continued as Lyra tilted her head at his words.
"But I don't know magic, us werewolves cant use it like a dark priest or other magic monster girls can '' Lyra wondered as the man smiled at her in amusement.
"I'll show you later what can help with that problem, I can't actually channel magic anymore since my connection to aether has been broken, but I can still help you get a feel of the flow and what you need to do" he explained as Lyra smirked at his words.
"Oh you can help me get into the flow anytime" she growled, leaning over to look up into his eyes with a hungry look.
Only to be pushed away as Syr got between the two.
"Enough of that Lyra, lets focus on the task at hand" the elf said as Lyra turned away with a pout. Couldn't the elf just let her have alone time with her husband.
Unless.
No, the elf would never go for a human.
Well, maybe?
"What's the plan when we make it to Visorhold?" Syr asked as Barbatos looked up in thought.
"First thing I need to do is get us adventure licences, we will need some money as we travel and doing some good along the way always helps" he explained as the two girls nodded in return. "After that I'll need to see what connection the headmistress has and who I could talk to for information on any of the titans" he added as Lyra perked up.
"But, how will that help, people don't even know what they look like?" she asked as Barabtos nodded in thought.
"The primals will usually cause some events when they are summoned and where they take up residence. So looking for any information on strange weather patterns and the like will help narrow down where we need to go" he said as Syr had a thought come to her head.
"Will you recruit anyone else to help? The college trains people to fight so they can help" she asked, as Barabtos sighed, shaking his head lightly.
"It would be great to have help but, anyone that's faced a primal and didn't know what they were getting into has ended up dead" he said as the two girls stilled at his words. They knew how dangerous this was but that kinda put it in a different light.
"The suns going to set in a few hours, we should make camp at the edge of the forest," Syr said, shaking herself and focusing on the task at hand. "You do know the danger you will be put in at the college right?" she added as barbatos raised an eyebrow at her.
"What do you mean?" he asked as Lyra growled at the elf.
"What she means is that some other girls might try and take you away from me" the werewolf stated, reaching over and pulling Barbatos into a possessive hug. "But if they try that I'll right their spines out of the ass" she growls viciously as Barabtos felt himself deep pan at the women's words.
"Not the way I would put it but, Lyra is right some monster girls will try to forcefully take you because you are a single man" Syr explained as Lyra shot her a look. "Fine, single until you fuck the mutt here" she gruumbled as Lyra huffed happily.
"Okay how about you both relax" Barbatos spoke up, pulling away from Lyra as he stood in front of the two women. "I won't be going anywhere, and I definitely won't let anyone try to take advantage of me" he said, looking at them both with confidence before he felt someone standing right behind him.
"Oh really?" a new voice spoke as the gunbreaker just barely duck under the mighty swing of a double sided axe coming for his head. "And I thought me and my girls wouldn't be able to grab a new slave for the tribe" the unknown women said, as more and more of the tanned and very very tall underdressed women came out of the trees around the three.
"Should have kept my mouth shut" Barabtos grumbled, pulling his gunblade from his back as the gathered amazons looked amused at how he was going to fight back against them.
Oh if only they knew.
"Lyra, Syr, if I get hit" Barabatos spoke as the two women looked at him, getting worried at what he was about to say.
"Dont worry about it, I'm a tank for a reason" he smirked, his smile twisting a little viciously as a faint red energy shimmered over him. Before the lead amazon could say anything, Barabtos was already upon her.
Gunblade clashed harshly against the staff of the battle axe as he pushed the women a few feet backwards before she got her wits about her.
"You little slave, I'll enjoy breaking you!" the women growled, trying to push the white haired man back as Barbatos smirked up at her.
"Lets see you try" he challenged, pulled the trigger of his gunblade as the blade super heated and started to dig into the woman's weapon.