hey all, sorry about the wait. Life is still tough, but I'm doing my best to write when I can! Hope you enjoy it!
warning, there is sexual content, read at your own discretion... and be wary of over-the-shoulder-perverts.
Chapter 3
"Alright Unoma. I have got to set you down now. My back is starting to kill me here."
With something like a small whine escaping from her mouth, the sorceress only complied with her master's request and loosened her grip around his neck. Happy to get a small reprieve, Andrew gently set Unoma down against the wall where he then took a seat next to her to give his lower back a break. Labareda, seeing as everyone was taking a small break, turned on her hooves and made her way to sit across from her master. Giving everyone a moment to settle in, Andrew finally spoke up.
"Alright Labareda… it's been… eight days since we've started. How far along have we come in terms of distance?"
Labareda thought about it for a moment before she gave him an answer.
"Well, according to your means of measurement, we happen to have traveled an approximate of sixty-four miles."
Andrew let out a surprised grunt at the number, though he was also surprised at the fact that she was able to calculate that number.
"Jesus… how big is this labyrinth anyway?"
Rather than Labareda giving him an answer, Unoma spoke up past a yawn.
"The labyrinth is actually quite large if all of its space was laid out into the world, probably taking up half a continent. However, seeing as it would be more easily noticed if that was the case, the overlord who owned it created dimensional layers of it that overlapped with each other. This in turn created one of the most difficult dungeons around to conquer... or so I had heard from other adventurers. I didn't bother to memorize the details."
Andrew hummed in curiosity at that before he turned back to Labareda.
"That true?"
"Pretty much spot on. However, seeing as Unoma doesn't pay much attention to anything outside of her own interest, she's not aware that this place had also been used for other things. Like a prison for powerful demons like myself, or execution grounds for deserters... among other things."
Nodding once again in affirmation, Andrew thought about the prison bit until he thought back to his first experience here.
"So I take it the overlord who made this place was also sealed up inside of it? I can assume where I was when I started out here was where his power was sealed?"
Surprisingly, Labareda shook her head.
"No, the overload who made this place is different from the one you absorbed. Very different mana signatures, plus, the one you have is much worse by comparison."
"How much worse?"
Unoma leaned too far to the side and slid into Andrews lap, her eyes looking up as she spoke from his waist.
"The overlord who built this place was more the intellectual type. Yours was a bloodthirsty monster that conquered worlds and slaughtered hundreds for his own fun. Oda Nobulax was his name. He was feared for many years before a hero killed him and sealed his power away."
Pondering on that for a moment, Andrew thought about the implications for him in having something like that inside of him. Looking to Labareda, Andrew couldn't help but nervously tap his chin.
"You did say some days ago that the ego behind this power was already gone... right?"
"Don't worry Master. If there had been even a trace of it left, you'd already be a blood crazed maniac by now."
Unoma, who brought herself closer to Andrew and was using most of his lap as an upper body pillow, looked between the two of them before a sudden thought came to mind.
"Speaking of mana... It's good that you have a very large amount... you can do things with such an amount that even I would have some problems with... but I'm curious about something here. Why aren't you supplying Nah-"
"Labareda, how many times will I need to say this before it sticks you-"
"… why aren't you supplying Labareda with any of your energy Dear Master?"
Andrew looked to Unoma, who had all but turned into a lap cat at this point, before he shrugged his shoulders.
"Not sure. You'll have to ask her about it."
Andrew indicated to Labareda, who only looked slightly annoyed. However, she didn't answer right away and instead opted to just keep quiet for a moment before Unoma hummed in thought.
"Well that's interesting... are you just not taking it willingly or is it something else..."
Realizing that she wasn't going to be able to keep quiet about It for long, the demon girl let out a low sigh before she answered.
"For some reason, I can't get Mana normally anymore."
Now both Unoma and Andrew where curious, the quizzical look from the both of them forcing Labareda to let out another sigh, this one filled with resignation. Before she spoke, Unoma cut in with a question.
"Do you mean that your Mana Channels are blocked or altered in some way?"
"The latter. Mana doesn't transfer as by trying to absorb it via the atmosphere, and eating things just gives me the absolute bare minimum to even function. All of my Mana channels are in the proper place, but it seems that the actual ability to absorb mana is running most strongly here."
Using a furry digit, Labareda pointed to just below her naval. It took Andrew a moment, but he suddenly realized that where she was pointing was...
Unoma spoke up, actually having gotten up off Andrews lap and having moved closer to look at where Labareda was pointing. For a moment, all she did was stare until she tapped where Labareda was pointing at.
"That's where your womb would be located."
Now she had the attention of both people present with Andrew being the first to speak up.
"Seriously? I know Labareda looks like a girl, but does she actually have a womb?"
He shut his mouth when his own familiar gave him a sour look.
"Of course I have a womb. My original form may not have been very humanoid in nature, but I am still a female of my race and thus I can conceive children if I so wished."
Feeling as if he may have made a small mistake, Andrew gave her an apologetic look followed by a small apology.
"Sorry."
However, that just made him more aware of her seeing as for the last 8 days she hasn't worn any type of clothing due to the fact that he hadn't been trying to think of her as an actual female and more a demon wearing human skin. Before anything else could be said though, Unoma piped in with an inquisitive hum.
"Interesting…"
Watching her for a moment, Labareda and Andrew where curious to see Unoma looking at her own belly, or where her own womb was no doubt. She seemed to poke at it for a moment before she brought her attention back to Andrew.
"Fascinating, it would appear that my own Magical circuits are much the same way. When did that happen I wonder…"
"Beats me. You two are the magical experts, not me. But are you two going to be okay?"
Unoma seemed to think about it for a moment before crawled back over and lay herself down, nestling her head in his lap.
"I'm not sure yet Dear Master. we've been fine for the past few days with no issues, and we seem to get mana via eating at least. But I have noticed a lack of mana coming from both the atmosphere and from our connection with you. I'm not sure what that is, but it does weaken us a bit."
Cocking his head to the side in a curious manner, Andrew started to stroke his chin curiously in thought.
"Maybe you guys need some kind of mana injection? Like maybe I could put it in you somehow… though I have no idea how that would happen."
However, both of his familiar's eyes cocked upward in some surprise followed by deep thought.
"Injecting mana…"
"Maybe it would work? Is his body ready for that kind of thing?"
"It's been eight days, I think he's had enough time to adjust… the question now becomes how though…"
Andrew looked between the both of them, obviously having been left out of the conversation at this point. He was not to be ignored for long though as the both of them looked at him at the exact same time. It weirded him out a bit, but Unoma speaking put that to the back of his mind.
"If we have been changed… then maybe…"
The sorceress turned her head back to face his stomach before she gave his body a good long look. Moving her hand over his pelvic area, Andrew found himself curious about what she was doing before he noticed the glow around her hand. Moving her hand over his pelvic region, Unoma seemed to keep it there for a few moments until she eventually seemed to hum in surprise.
"I see I see…"
Letting out a small grunt, Andrew managed to get her attention.
"As Interesting as it is for you to put your hand so close to my dick, what exactly do you see here?"
Not even missing a beat, Unoma turned her attention up toward Andrew with a small smile on her face.
"I find it very interesting that myself and Nah have not been the only ones to be changed."
Andrew could only ponder on that for a moment longer before the next words out of her mouth almost made him do a spit take.
"Drop your pants."
"…what? Why? What does that have to do with anything?"
"I need to test something Dear Master. And I need you to expose your manly bits to figure it out. So if you would be so kind as to take off your offending clothing, it would be helpful in speeding this process up."
Looking at Unoma for a moment in sheer bafflement, Andrew turned his attention to Labareda in some hope she might oppose this idea. All she gave him was a look that pretty much told him that she was on board with this plan. Seeing that he was pretty much outnumbered in this situation, Andrew let out a small sigh before he shook his head in compliance.
"Alright alright, just get off me for a moment so I can get them off."
Complying with his request, Unoma did as she was asked and sat upright, allowing Andrew to get to his feet. He looked at her for a moment, feeling just a little uncomfortable about undressing himself in this manner, but he had been told to expose himself to a doctor on numerous occasions, so he wasn't that perturbed. Hesitating for only a moment longer, Andrew fiddled with his belt and buttons before the sounds of his pants falling to the ground resounded in the dark hallway they inhabited. The look he got from both his familiars was one of someone looking at something they happened to like, and he wasn't sure if he should feel flattered or embarrassed about it. However, the looks came to an end when Unoma started to scratch her chin in thought.
"I can't really tell from looking at it…what's your opinion Labareda?"
Looking only for a moment, Labareda crawled her way over before she sat down next to Andrew, her face very close to his crotch area and causing him to feel a little more excited then he should at the proximity of her mouth to his groin.
"Hum... I'm unsure... but I feel that a great deal of his magical potential can be located here."
Using her furry digit, Labareda poked her paw-tip into Andrews ball gently, getting a small sound of surprise from his lips.
"Hey, don't touch me like that out of the blue."
Looking up at him for a moment in some confusion, Labareda cocked her head to the side in cute puzzlement.
"I apologize master. Do you not like being touched?"
Thinking about that for a moment, Andrew felt a slight blush creep up on his face.
"No... that's not it... I... well... I don't really know. I'm afraid I might start getting the wrong idea otherwise."
However, he was not expecting Labareda to give him a quizzical look.
"Wrong idea?"
Unoma spoke up next, a seemingly knowing smile on her face.
"I believe he doesn't want to think that you would be willing to engage in sexual acts with him."
Andrew felt his face flush deeply at that and started to stammer.
"N-No! No no no! That's not what I'm assuming here at all!"
Labareda's next words stopped him mid-sentence.
"Ah, so you do not wish to engage in sex with me? I had assumed you making me walk around unclothed for the past week was for your own sexual gratification."
"I... what?"
Unoma was starting to giggle at this point, her body quivering as she tried not to laugh to hard.
"Oh Dear Master... one would believe that that was what you were up to had they seen this. Though don't get us wrong, if you commanded it, Labareda would more than happily have done so. As a matter of fact, I would have had no issue with such an order myself."
Andrew was currently having a hard time processing all this information, but his body was starting to get very honest as his mind began to picture the things he could order these women to do for him. This fact didn't go unnoticed as both his familiars noticed that his previously limp member began to enlarge itself. Andrew noticed this change, and his mind was reeling at having popped a boner in this fashion in front of two rather attractive females, but he didn't try to cover himself. Unoma glanced down at his enlarged cock, a rather lustful tone overtaking her expression.
"Well well... I think we happen to have the right variables to check and see if we can inject Mana in an unorthodox method."
Andrew was still rather confused by everything going on, but he hadn't quite lost his ability to speak just yet.
"What?"
Even if it was regulated to one-liners.
"Oh dear Master, we're going to be doing what you suggested. You'll be injecting mana into us. We'll be seeing if the large quantities of mana found in your groin can be transferred via our womb. Basically, you'll need to engage in coitus with us to test this out."
"I... have so many things I wanna say about this right now..."
Labareda nuzzled her face close to Andrews dick, the softness of her cheeks and the warmth of her breath across his length forcing his dick to harden even further.
"What is there to say Master? I have no issues with this, as it seems it will be both practical... and very enjoyable."
That last part came out in a breathy whisper, though there was no way he didn't hear what she just said. Feeling rational quickly falling away to a deeper and darker inner desire, Andrew looked between the both of them and could only attempted to act somewhat gentlemanly about it.
"Alright alright... at this point I guess I can't say no since we all pretty much consent to this... though... do you mind if I start with you Labareda? You've gone the longest without a Mana recharge after all."
The demon could only slyly smile at him before she lay herself back against the wall, her legs just barely apart and her arms held wide for an embrace.
"Feel free master, I am in your care... or at your mercy should that be your taste."
Andrew only just barely restrained himself from straight up jumping her. It had been a very long time, almost 3 years, since he had last had a sexual experience. The only thing he might say about this situation though is that his current partner looked very young, and though he harbored some lolicon tendencies, he knew that it was very morally wrong. However, some dark little thing in the back of his mind seemed to push him onward toward this dark little fantasy brought to life, the inhibitions he had being not quite as strong now then back in his home.
Only thinking about it for a moment longer, Andrew walked over to her, his erection still throbbing as his mind came up with what to do next. What he did next somewhat surprised both of his familiars. Andrew, not wanting to get his fatigues dirty, quickly removed the rest of his clothing before he sat down right next to Labareda and picked her up and placed her in his lap, the feeling of her thighs around his cock feeling strangely warm and erotic. Ignoring it for a moment, Andrew slipped his arm around her mid-rife and gently pushed her back into the crook of his arm. The demon was confused at first, not sure what exactly her master was doing, but the feeling of his hand coming to rest on one of her budding breasts told her that he still intended with the current idea. Labareda felt his hand gently begin to caress her tit, the workings of his fingers feeling calm, but at the same time, a little hesitant. She didn't stop him though, her face beginning to flush and her body reacting to the small stimulation. The next instant and the demon felt her masters other hand, this time, on her navel. However, it didn't stay there for very long, his warm fingers making their way further down to her sex. There, his fingers began to slowly fiddle with her, the feeling stirring her with a great deal of lust as his fingers began exploring her lower body. Labareda let out a throaty sigh, her body not having experienced this kind of touch in a very long time. However, she was not a demon that sat idle for very long, and she felt she had a very ripe opportunity in her lap… or between it given the situation.
Gently closing her thighs around her Masters engorged member, the demon began to gently stroke his cock with her thighs. Andrew stopped for a moment, unsure of what exactly to do with this given situation, but a paw from Labareda on his own hand told him to keep going. Feeling some of his hesitation fall away, Andrew continued to play with her body. Andrew tried to pay attention to what some of his touching did, and noted how his familiar would react when he would touch her in certain ways, the shivering of her body an indication to him that he was doing something right. Only thing was, he was finding it a little hard to concentrate with the way she would move her hips, the firm but gentle stroking of her thighs feeling heavenly to him. Andrew was one to pay back what was given several times over and he began to get more… experimental, the hand down between her thighs finally plucking the courage to venture further inside. She tried to hide it, but her slight intake of breath told him she had not been ready for it, though the brightening blush on her face told him that it had been far from painful. Bringing himself to focus, Andrew found his finger could easily probe deeper, the slickness of her inner walls being almost unimaginably wet and smooth. Andrew momentarily slowed at the thought of what it might be like if he stuck his cock inside her, but he stopped his thoughts when he realized he had almost stopped. Labareda could feel more of his thoughts at this range, and thus she could feel a great deal of hesitation riddled with fear and impatience.
"Relax master. Though I can feel your hesitation, I can feel experience in these hands of yours, and they are in no way lacking in granting me pleasure. Let us enjoy each other master, let our bodies be fused as tightly as our souls."
Bringing herself up to his surprised face, Labareda brought a paw up to his chest before she brought her lips in touch with his own, the feeling of lips between the two melting away unnecessary thoughts from their minds. Andrew felt her lips on his own, and he could feel his mind burning away with desire, the feeling only consuming him further when she brought her other paw over his cock and began to stroke the head along with her thighs. Giving up being careful, Andrew let the adrenaline and pleasure take over, his hands gripping more tightly, plunging more deeply, all to bring his familiar further pleasure; the heat of her lips seemingly adding to his lust. A few moments later though and Andrew was surprised to feel his familiar start to quiver in his arms, her pussy clenching down hard on his fingers while she embraced him in the throws of what was no doubt her orgasm. Andrew was a little confused at first, but he let Labareda hold onto him for a good deal of time, though in the process, he extracted his hand and saw the clear liquid of her pleasure on his fingers.
"I-I apologize Master…"
Pulling herself away, Labareda had a deep blush on her face with a shy grin etched across her mouth.
"What do you mean?"
"As silly as it is of me to say… it has been a very very long time since I last had any kind of sexual activity done to myself that… well… I didn't last as long as I thought I would."
Unoma, who had been watching (and if anybody bothered to look at her own slick fingers, doing more than that) let out a small sigh.
"Cumming before our Dear Master? What a pitiful demon you are Lab. This totally defeats the purpose of our experiment you know."
Labareda looked at the magic caster with an annoyed glare.
"I am well aware of that Unoma!"
Bringing her attention back to Andrew, Labareda pulled herself out of his grasp before she lay herself on the floor, looking very defenseless as she held her arms up for him and her legs opened wide, her lower body practically gushing with fem fluid.
"I'll do better this time. So please Master, let us enjoy our time together."
Andrew could only swallow loudly, his body aching from her earlier ministrations. Andrew crawled over to his familiar before he placed his throbbing dick right on her wet snatch. Even from that small touch he could tell how hot she felt, and his body longed desperately to fill up that small hole of hers, the need almost being primal. Andrew spent a moment testing his cock against her little slit, the crown of dick meeting some resistance as he tried. A moment later though and he felt something savagely push him from behind, forcing his cock into Labaredas wet pussy. Neither one had been expecting it, but Andrew was trying his hardest not to ejaculate right then and there, the feeling of his familiar's inner folds beyond anything he had ever experienced in a woman before. He was sure that if he so much as moved now, he would blow his load right then and there. Labareda was not suffering through such an extreme feeling however, and looked over behind her master to see Unoma leaning back after having shoved Andrew into the demon familiar.
"I'm not going to sit around and wait all day you know."
Labareda would have said something, but she could feel her master clenching up tightly. She turned her attention back to him and saw that he was biting his lower lip in an attempt to not humiliate himself.
"I'm sorry master, clearly someone doesn't know how to wait. Feel free to go at your own pace."
Andrew simply nodded his head in answer, not trusting himself to not straight up cum should he lose his focus. A minute or so later, after having finally gotten himself use to the feeling, Andrew wrapped his arms around the demon, tightly embracing her before he started to gently rock his hips back and forth. However, even that was a challenge for him as this feeling was akin to mind blowing, something about her vagina being perfect in every way for him. This wasn't to last long however. Andrew felt his body wanting to go faster, to ravage the cunt he was inside of, and something in him spurred him, something deep in his body telling him to not just go faster, but to go harder, to ravish her and her insides with his everything.
"Master?"
Labareda felt Andrew begin to pick up the pace, almost to quickly if she was to judge correctly. However, Andrew could feel his desires winning over, and with it, his speed increase. Andrew started off slow, but it didn't last long as with each passing second, he would sink further and further into her, his hips bucking with more intensity until a few minutes later, he was almost jackhammering into her, the slapping of flesh audible along with Andrews grunts and moans. Labareda wasn't far behind Andrew in terms of her pleasure, her body craving this as she let out small shrikes of pleasure each time he dived inside of her.
"M-Master! More! Please more! I'm almost their master!"
Andrew could hear her, and he felt it in her, how she was starting to tense up, because he felt he was almost there himself. The pressure was building and building until eventually he felt something in his loins spring, and what felt like white fire lance through his groin. Andrew hugged Labareda even tighter to the point that if she had just been a normal girl, he would be crushing her to death in his embrace right now.
"Master! Master master mastermastermastermaster! UNNNNGH!"
Andrew felt his familiar's pussy clench down on his cock as tightly as he was gripping her, the feeling causing the both of them to white out, Andrews spunk almost streaming into the cavity of Labaredas womb. For a moment or two, the both of them stayed that way, but the adrenaline in their bodies could only keep them up for so long before Andrew collapsed, landing on top of Labareda before he managed to roll himself off of her.
The both of them huffed in exhaustion for a minute or two before the sound of an interested hum caused Andrew to look over at where it had come from. Andrew saw that Unoma was leaning over Labareda, quizzically examining her belly. Labareda also came to notice this and a moment later, worked herself up into a sitting position.
"Can't even give me a moment to enjoy the afterglow?"
"I could, but I'm rather interested in how your feeling after that. Do you feel as if your mana has recharged at all?"
Labareda let out a small sigh before she closed her eyes and placed her furry mits over her womb. A moment later and she opened her eyes in small shock.
"So I did, and a great deal of it at that."
Unoma, not bothering to adhere to the rules of personal space, poked at the demon's belly.
"How much would you say in a rough estimate."
"About… fifteen or so percent."
"Fascinating."
Andrew, whom had simply watched the two of them, opted to speak up.
"So, what does that mean?"
Unoma turned around and gave Andrew a thoughtful look.
"Well Dear Master, it means that our test has drawn up interesting results. It does in fact seem as if sex will be the main way to recharge our mana in the near future, your stamina notwithstanding. However, I find it fascinating that this is the case as in the usual case, only succubi can do this. It raises a great deal of questions, and I'm curious to see if the same holds true for me as well. However, your prime concern should be for Lab right now. She has gone the longest without mana recharge, and I get the feeling that she may want a few more rounds with you to get herself into at least adequate shape."
Curious, Andrew looked over at his familiar and saw that she had a dangerous glint in her eye that spoke volumes of what her current intentions where.
"Oh boy…"
Was all he could say before he was jumped. Needless to say, it was going to be a while.
Xx an hour later. xX
Labareda nuzzled her cheek into Andrew neck, hugging tightly onto him as he did his best to recover.
"You couldn't have let me rest for like… ten minutes out of all that time?"
"I apologize master, but it had been such a long time since I could get so much mana at once, I honestly couldn't help myself."
Letting out a sigh filled with exasperation, Andrew only turned his head to look at Unoma, who was currently nestled on his other side.
"And what are you doing exactly?"
"Testing something. I noticed ever since you started carrying me around that, my own Mana seems to be refilling, albeit at a very slow pace. I quickly came to the conclusion I could recover mana by simply staying in contact with you at all times. I find it fascinating, and I'm curious to see if the removal of clothing accelerates this process."
Andrew blinked a few times before he mentally shrugged.
"Well that explains why your naked then… so is it working?"
"From the feel of it Dear Master, it does seem to be the case, though it still seems that the act of vaginal penetration is by and far the best method to recover mana."
Andrew let out a sigh at that. The reason they knew vaginal was best was because Unoma made Andrew try all kinds of sexual acts on Labareda. Of course, it seemed odd that he managed to keep it up for an hour, his usual time lasting less than ten minutes, but Unoma mentioned that it may have had something to do with his magic… and maybe a little of her own magic supplying him from behind the scenes.
"Well, if you want me to do you next, then you're going to need to give me a little bit of time to recover. Maybe later when we get some sleep, but for now, we need to get back on track on getting out of here."
Both of his familiars gave him something akin to a pout on their faces, but it was short lived before the both of them did as he asked. A few minutes of clothing and light washing later, the trio was ready to get started again. Though Unoma wanted to be carried bridal style this time, Andrew put his foot down. Eventually getting started again, the trio continued on, the labyrinth looking as dank and dark is it always had from the start. For the next few hours, it was nothing but trudging along in the dark, the occasional encounter with some beast of the labyrinth forcing Labareda to slow the group and kill the monster in question. Over the course of the past few days, Andrew had begun to notice that the monsters they seemed to encounter didn't seem to fit with the surrounding area, a number of times they had encountered large flying monsters that looked a lot like Drake's. They had been easily dispatched, but he was sure that if they hadn't been in such enclosed areas, they would have been much more difficult. Unoma scrounged up an explanation for him in that the labyrinth itself simply generated copies of monsters that may have wandered in at some point. It didn't seem to care what might or might not be in here nor what kinds of advantages or disadvantages the creature may have. Though it did make for interesting encounters when they found such beasts.
Eventually, it was starting to get to be that time when the group started to settle down for some sleep. However, before they could even begin thinking on the prospect of rest, Labareda seemed to zoom in on something further down the hall, her eyes focused and her body poised for action. Noticing this, Andrew spoke up.
"What's wrong?"
His familiar didn't answer right away, Labareda's ears swiveling around on her head for a moment before standing straight up.
"It sounds like combat. I think someone up ahead is fighting."
For a moment, Andrew's thoughts turned to the adventuring group he had encountered a few days ago. He could be wrong and it might be another group, but he wasn't sure. However, he couldn't help but think about how he had treated them the last time he saw that group. Harsh and uncaring with his words. He suddenly felt a pang of guilt, but he threw the thought out when he remembered that Labareda had said there was combat going on.
"I see…"
Was all that came out of his mouth, but something in him was saying that maybe he should help. However, he wasn't the one who would be fighting.
"Um… as troubling as it might be, do you two mind if we help out real quick? Or see if we can help?"
Labareda looked to him curiously before she shook her head.
"I don't very much mind. I needed to hunt something to eat anyway… plus, whatever is up ahead would more than likely come this way and bother us anyway, so we're just cutting a problem off before it gets here."
Unoma let out a yawn before she nuzzled her cheek into Andrews neck as she gripped onto him tighter.
"Whatever you want to do my Dear Master."
Nodding at the both of them, Andrew let Labareda lead the way. After a minute, he also began to hear the sounds of combat that his Familiar had heard. It sounded a lot like the impact of weapons on weapons, as what would be expected. Though he was sure he occasionally heard the sound of grunts and shouts of pain. Eventually he saw a corner they could round, and from the sounds of it, the fighting was going on just across it. Instead of running out like a group of idiots though, they opted to peek around the corner to see what they could of the situation. The first thing the group saw was the backs of several large and imposing bodies, rotund, but not seeming to lack in muscle. Though not heavily armored, the dozen or so bodies that filled the hallway seemed to not worry all that much about the state of their dress. This gave Andrew a very good view of the throbbing erections the pig-men seemed to be sporting, and he obviously felt maybe a dash jealous of the size, though why they seemed to have them left him puzzled. Unoma's humming in contemplation as she looked on broke him away from his train of thought though.
"Well would you look at that. A group of orcs. I wonder what they happen to be doing here in the… oh, never mind."
Curious about why she stopped explaining, Andrew focused his attention back to the orcs themselves and saw a gap open up as one of the porcine creatures fell to the ground, someone having tackled it to the ground with there blade jammed right into it's throat. The person quickly extracted their sword from the orc and stood up on its bulbous body, panting heavily with a raging look in their eyes.
"Come on you fat fucks! If you want me then your gonna need to try harder!"
Andrew was stunned at first, but then his eyes widened in sheer surprise and disbelief, his earlier curiosity of why the orcs where horny being answered, and the look of the person in front of him leaving him unsure of the current situation.
"That can't be… no fucking way…"
Both Unoma and Labareda looked at him curiously.
"Is something the matter Master?"
Andrew didn't answer immediately, but he quickly put Unoma down and drew his attention back to the fray.
"Unoma, see if you can help from back here, Labareda, you and I are going to do what we can to help that person out."
Both of his familiars looked at him in some mild shock, there master never having taken part in any of the fighting up to this point.
"Um… Master… are you sure your-"
Before she could continue, Andrew rounded the corner quickly and shouted out at the large orcs.
"Oi you fat fucks! Come pick on something your own size!"
The sound of his voice caused everything in front of him to divert there attention away from what they where doing to look at him. For a moment, everyone was stunned, but it quickly gave way to other reactions. The orcs only seemed to slovenly smile, not considering him a threat the way he looked, while the person in the middle of this fray could hardly even believe what it was they where looking at before they shook themselves out of it and shouted at him.
"Run away you idiot!"
Andrew ignored that and instead aimed for the orc closest to him. The orc, obviously not feeling threatened by him, lifted a massive ax in it's hand and brought it down when he got close. However, Andrew had expected the action and stopped short of where the ax fell. The orc, surprised by this, didn't get it back up fast enough for it to take a second swing, the shape of another figure jumping up from behind Andrew causing it to see what that was. It didn't get a clear view before it felt the searing sting of a blade across it's neck. Labareda kicked its detached head off its shoulders into the face of the next orc, the creature unsure of what hit it before the feeling of a searing blade in it's abdomen caused it to see a blade of fire protruding from it's chest. It was then that the rest of the orcs noticed that the situation had turned deadly serious, but before they could really try to get a handle on the situation, several lances of ice came shooting from further down the hall where the male had come from, impaling a good number of them. Andrew did his best to stay out of the way of his familiars, and instead went to help out the individual in question, who had just gotten done gutting one of the distracted orcs. However, he approached the individual carelessly, not thinking that they might be swinging on reflex. Andrew called out to the person in front of him just as she extracted the sword out of the orcs belly.
"Hey, are you-"
The next thing he knew, his head moved automatically as he just barely avoided receiving a gash straight across his face.
"Jesus Christ!"
The hand holding that sword stopped short in the air when the person realized that they just took a swing at him.
"Oh shit! Watch it you moron! You can't be sneaking up on people like that unless you wanna get killed!"
Andrew took a few steps back, his hands up in front of him to indicate he meant no harm.
"Sorry, sorry… your right… but, if you don't mind my asking-"
Before he could get another word in, the person lunged forward with there blade aimed directly at his stomach. Andrew realized too late what was happening and tried to move out of the way, but the sword was much faster. However, unlike what he was expecting, the sword bypassed him and went beside him, the sound of blade piercing flesh causing Andrew to turn around to see an orc had snuck up on him. The pig man fell to the ground gurgling as his lifeblood poured out of the wound.
"Get it together and get off the battlefield!"
Andrew listened to the individual berate him for a moment longer before they where gone, another orc falling to the blade they wielded. However, Andrew had managed to get a close-up view of the individual in question when she had lunged.
"So I wasn't mistaken… she does look just like her…"
Contemplating what it was he just saw, Andrew brought his attention back to his surroundings when fireballs rained on what was left of the orcs, Labareda jumping back to get away from the blast radius while the new girl was just finishing up another orc some distance away from the blast. Andrew took it all in before he realized that he should probably get himself out of the way or he might suffer from friendly fire. However, he didn't notice that one of the orcs behind him had been smarter then the others. Instead of trying to fight out in this situation, it had opted to play dead when a particular ice spike had knocked it flat on it's ass. Now that everyone seemed to be distracted, it could see the best way to take charge of the situation. Slowly getting to it's feet, the thing dashed forward and Grabbed Andrew from behind, using its massive arms to hold him tight. Andrew, caught unawares, could only let out a half-garbled yell as the creature's massive arms wrapped around his upper torso. The thing could only laugh at it's luck, but the sound of someone shouting caught its attention, causing it to see that the girl with the scythe from earlier could see what had just happened and had dashed forward, pure murder in her eyes. The orc, panicking, held him up in front of him out of desperation. However, Labareda came to a halt, the things use of a hostage working very much against her. The orc, sensing that it wasn't dead yet, looked back and saw that Labareda wasn't doing anything. It realized that it had the upper hand in this situation and looked on at her in triumph. Andrew however, was still in the middle of trying to get himself out, the stupid orc squeezing far to tight for him to breath properly.
"Fucking…lemme… go… dumb… fuckin… pig… *hack*!"
Sadly, the creature didn't have an idea of what he was saying, but it squeezed him tighter to shut him up. At that point, the other girl along with Unoma could see the situation that Andrew was in. However, it was a tense situation since they couldn't move carelessly. The orc looked to the left and then to the right before it saw a chance to escape. Keeping Andrew held tight in it's grip and hoisted up in front of him, the thing began to slowly back away. However, the tense situation caused it to squeeze him harder, and at this point, Andrew couldn't even inhale. Deep in his mind he wanted the orc to let him go, or at least loosen up a bit so he could get a breath of air, but things where starting to grow dim in his mind, and the only thing that started swirling around was how he just. Wanted. It. To. Let. Go. Nothing but anger at the orc was filling his mind now just as he started to no doubt pass out from oxygen-deprivation. Unoma, way in the back, felt something in her master start to well up. At first, she wasn't sure what was going on, but then it quickly became clear.
"Is he trying to tap into the demonic energy in his body? … this might end badly… LAB! Grab the other girl and get out of there!"
Looking back, Labareda looked at Unoma as if she had just cussed her out.
"Fuck you! I'm not leaving the master in the clutches of that thing!"
"Do what I say you foolish Infernal! Something's about to happen!"
Blinking curiously, Labareda looked back to her master. It took her a moment, but then she realized what it was that was going on.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh shit!"
Without a second thought, she grabbed the other girl by the arm and jumped back very far, very quickly. Not sure what was going on, the orc could only cock its head to the side in confusion. Sadly for it, it could not detect magic, nor the sheer amount of magical buildup going on in its arms. Andrew was pretty much working on autopilot at this point, the ability to be conscious pretty much gone at this point. And in the place of that missing consciousness was nothing but emotion, the raw emotions of fear and anger. A moment later, upon which the orc noticed his captive had stopped squirming in his arms, and suddenly, some dark substance erupted from outside of the body in it's arms. In Sheer panic, it dropped him, but suddenly, it felt as if it had been caught up in something and was being picked up off it's feet. It let out squeals of panic, like a pig, and it thrashed about trying to escape whatever had it. It could not see that it was caught in the hands of some massive fist appearing out of a rift in space, massive and looking as if they belonged on the arm of a demon. Those hands began to squeeze the life out of the orc, it's vain thrashing and squeals useless in the face of uncaring resolve to end life. Eventually, the sound of crunching bone and squelching meat followed by one last scream in the face of death indicated the orcs demise, the blood and pulp of meat and organ oozing from between the giant fist. The onlookers couldn't help but think that it was a gruesome death by any standard, however, that's all they thought of the creature's death, the individual close to the hand being the main focus of at least two of the people present. Labareda and Unoma could see that their masters eyes where wide open, but it would appear that he was unconscious in that state. His final collapse to the floor indicated that he was out for the count at that point, and when he lost consciousness, the hand vanished, leaving the orcs crushed corpse to fall to the ground in a wet splat. For a moment, Unoma and Labareda didn't dare move, but after 6 seconds, Labareda was the first to move. She was next to her master in a flash. She moved her head next to his chest to hear if his heart was still beating. Thankfully, she could hear his lungs filling with air along with his heart pumping blood, causing a relived sigh to escape her lungs. Unoma, who had floated herself over before she landed right next to Labareda, saw the relived look on her fellow familiar's face, letting a small sigh of relief escape her own lips.
"Glad to see he's okay… it worried me when he started to release such an abhorrent amount of demonic energy."
"I wouldn't be all that relived just yet though Unoma… you saw what I just saw."
At that, Unoma turned her attention to there master, a look of contemplation on her face before she ran a hand over Andrews sleeping face.
"Manifestation… the original power of Oda Nobulax… it would appear that our master has access to at least one of that tyrant's pets… however, I fear if he will have access to all of them."
Labareda simply looked at Andrew, worry in her eyes.
"We won't know for sure if that's the case or not… for now, we should keep an eye on him and make sure a situation like this one doesn't happen again… speaking of situations…"
Both familiars looked back at the cause of there current situation. Standing some distance back, looking for all intents and purposes as lost as a man in the middle of the desert, was the girl that Andrew had gone through the trouble of saving. To the both of them, she looked to be about nineteen or so years old, with fiery red hair tied up into twin ponytails with unassuming black ribbons. Her eyes where a lighter shade of her hair color, with her face looking as if she was always annoyed or pouting about something, though currently is was stuck on worried. She was dressed in a tattered looking long sleeve quilted shirt with a rough looking padded leather armor with metallic studs in it hanging over that. She had a large metal pauldron in the shape of a shield on her left shoulder, though the thing looking as if it had seen a good deal of combat over it's life. The two familiars had to question why this girl wore a skirt though, but long leather boots that went well past her knees allowed them to figure that she was looking more for mobility over heavy protection. The girl looked to the two women looking at her curiously and let out a nervous noise.
"Um… so… is that guy okay? He didn't get hurt, did he?"
Unoma eyed her for a moment longer before she let out a small sigh.
"Not seriously, no. he does appear to have some bruising around his neck where that orc had him, but he seems fine… physically. Spiritually, he may have over-strained himself using his powers for the first time."
The girl looked back at Andrew, a look of worry on her face.
"I see… I hope it didn't hurt him too badly then… By the why, who are you guys?"
Both Labareda and Unoma looked to each other, some confusion on there faces before Labareda stood up and walked over to the other girl. Labareda only came up to half the other girl's height, but she managed to make herself look imposing… her scythe still being out might have had something to do with her intimidation factor.
"My name is Labareda, and the mage over there is called Unoma. As for the man on the ground… he is our master. His name is Andrew. However, I had been under the impression you already knew who he was seeing as he seemed to recognize you."
The red-head looked from the demon to the guy on the floor, her expression looking shocked.
"Wait, this guy knows who I am? FINALLY! I was waiting for someone to come along who knew me!"
Both Labareda and Unoma looked at the girl, confused as confusing could be. The girl looked between the both of them before she realized how she must have sounded just now.
"Sorry… you wouldn't know anything about my current situation. A few days ago, I woke up in this… maze of sorts and have been wandering around with no memory of who I am or even how I got here. It's been one insane thing after another down here in this pit, but if fighting off all those pigs and lizard things got me to this point, then I'll say it was worth it in the end… assuming… Andrew did you call him? Assuming he wakes up soon…"
Both of the familiars looked back to there master, who had started to stir. Unoma smiled to herself before she looked back to the red-headed twin tail.
"I guess you don't have to wait for very long then. However, before you pester our master, please wait a moment so that we can make sure he's alright."
The girl nodded her head. She wasn't going to waste a chance to find out something about herself because she was impatient. Andrew, for his part, let out a groan. His mind was tearing itself apart with the size of his current migraine, and his body felt very painful. It took him a moment of recovery, but he suddenly remembered that he had been being strangled to death by an orc. Shooting his eyes up, Andrew looked around only to see that said orc was dead some ten or so feet away. The condition of the corpse left him feeling ill, but he didn't look at it for very long as Unoma's very generous bust filled his view a moment later. Looking up, he saw that the woman was giving him a gentle smile before she reached down and cupped his face in her hands.
"Glad to see your alright master. You worried me for a moment there."
Confused, Andrew worked himself back up into a sitting position, his head looking between Unoma and Labareda.
"What… happened exactly?"
Labareda and Unoma looked to each other, some looks passing between them before they looked back to their master.
"We'll explain it to you later… right now though, we have someone who has some questions for you, and hopefully in answering hers, ours will be as well."
They both looked to the redhead, the girl finally getting the okay to go ahead. The twin-tail licked her lips nervously, not sure exactly how to start off this conversation. However, she didn't need to. Andrew looked back to her before he lit up in recognition.
"Ah, glad to see your doing well Luna… or would you prefer to be called Serena?"
The girl blinked in surprise, the second name sounding familiar to her, though the first also sounded vaguely familiar. Leaving her mouth open in some surprise for a moment longer, Serena swallowed before she walked a little closer to him.
"So… do you know who I am? Do you and I know each other?"
Blinking in some confusion, Andrew could only stupidly open his mouth.
"Huh?"
Labareda cleared her throat, getting both of their attention.
"It turns out this girl… or Serena as you called her, has no memories of who she is, and judging from other things about our conversation, anything about her from before she woke up here."
Andrew looked to his familiar for a moment before he looked to Serena. She looked hopeful by far, as if this was the first drop of water she had managed to get after weeks of dying from thirst. However, there was no easy way for him to straight up tell her that she was a fictional character, or that the only way he knew about her was because he had played her in a game. Feeling somewhat nervous, Andrew opted to try to divert the situation until he could come up with something.
"Huh… I see… Well… that's not gonna be easy to explain, and it'll probably take a while… so before we do that, how about we get out of this… situation?"
The girls all looked at what he was talking about, Andrews eyes looking at the corpses of orcs everywhere. For a moment, nobody said anything, but eventually, Unoma was the first to speak.
"I have to agree with our Dear Master. Having any kind of conversation this close to burnt corpses is rather… unpleasant."
Labareda looked between the two of them before she shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't see anything wrong with having a conversation next to a burning corpse… but I'll go with the master on this one."
Serena looked as if she would agree with Labareda, but even she was starting to notice the smell of the charred corpses.
"Ugh… fine. I'll follow you guys."
Letting out an internal sigh of relief, Andrew felt he had bought himself more time to try to come up with a plausible excuse. Even then, the fact that Serena from fire emblem was right here next to him made him feel like a nerd all over again. However, despite how tattered she looked, he still looked as good as she did as a game sprite, even more so since she was flesh and blood at this point. However, one odd thing about her ensemble bugged him. It was the fact that the sword she had was unusual to say the least. Even more so since she had two of them. They looked like a pair of katanas, but at the same time, they almost looked… organic. They where a mixture of red and black, but looked like some kind of eldritch mixture of metal and monster. It was beyond odd, but Andrew felt that those questions should be saved for later, until then, he was going to nap when they took a break. Unknown to him, the swords on Serena's waist seemed to peek an eye open at the pommel, the red eyes zeroing in on him, as if finally having found a target.
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