A small swivel chair appears into existence, though instead of the author, everyone's favorite pale skinned red haired demonic baphomet is sitting in it, looking somewhat annoyed .
"So, whats up. this is Labareda, or Lab as many of you know me as. Sadly, the author is not available to write out the usual Chapter Introduction for you all, so I've been assigned to do it since he's way to tired to bother with it... I think he's just lazy, but whatever... Anyway, I guess he wants you all to know that this chapter got out later then usual cause real life is hard and all that, something about studying for a test of sorts along with long work days and some such. next thing he wanted me to do was read reader reviews and offer some kind of comment in relation to them... total waste of my time, but again, Quite litirally a god in my case, so I don't get an option to say no."
Letting out a sigh, the Demon looked at the reviews posted.
"Alright... lets start it off with... notstudying6527... IN regards to the Echidna woman... maybe? I don't know, but The Author has stated that she will be reoccurring, but not a lot. Hopefully that answers the question... next we have... MGEObserver. yeah, there should be some more charcter development with the New girl. she hasn't said much, and she kinda keeps giving me weird looks. Don't know why though, she seems oddly attached to the Elf and Serena though, so maybe. Also, in regards to the red head, she sure is taking her time getting laid... Author needs to hurry his ass up on that... Anyway, next we have GioMM... Hopefully this update meets your expectations, though I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm not nearly as prominent in it as I wanted to be. I need more screen time... Anyway, next up is karharot. Dunno, Jonathan acts pure, but I personally think he's a huge perv, I mean, two hot girls with him at all times and he hasn't fucked one of them? I call bull, or he's gay. IN that case, I'll need to keep an eye on him... But yeah, who knows whats going to happen on the surface from now on? We will see, but I will do my best to keep my master safe and sound... and hopefully get a reward out of it as well... he he... anyway... for the last review we have Astrogamer... Maybe the Author will take you up on your offer, especially if he keeps getting bogged down IRL like he has been this month. Thanks for the offer though. Anyway, that should be everyone I think. So, here is the Chapter, and Enjoy I guess... oh right, Sexual content inbound and Yadda Yadda... but Seriously, we're all adults here, this is what you came to read after all. This is everyones favorite Infernal, signing out!"
With a Flash of fire, the demonic familiar disappears.
Chapter 9
Andrew let out a low breath as he hesitantly stepped over the threshold of the door before him, the moonlight making it easy for him to see the stone steps that went upward. This was going to be his first steps outside, even if he was below ground level at the moment, and suddenly his mind was filled with uncool things like tripping or being surprised by something random or foreign. His desire to not look like a fool in front of both his familiars along with the two otherworlders in his group made him steel himself to push past his initial issue and take that step outside. As would be expected on a physical level, nothing happened… and not so oddly enough, nothing happened emotionally either. It was just a step, though he was sure anybody else would have felt something, he didn't.
"Maybe I'm expecting too much?"
"About what Master?"
"Oh nothing. Don't worry about it."
Deciding not to ponder on it anymore, Andrew made his way outward and up the twelve steps that separated his view of solid land. Getting to the top of the steps was easy enough, but the view at night was somewhat lacking due to poor lighting of the forested area around them. Only the moonlight was shining, so he had a slightly hard time seeing anything past the dark tree line, though from the looks of it, Jonathan's group where at a grassy clearing area, where they already had a fire set up. Oddly enough, they where sitting outside what looked to be a stone hut of sorts that looked as if it would hold a small party comfortably. Making his way over (the rest of the group following him) Andrew looked around for a bit while letting his eyes stay on the thing behind them for a moment longer.
"So I take it we'll have to stay here for the night? Or at least until the sun rises?"
Sarya nodded her head as a sigh echoed from her mouth.
"Yeah… we didn't think it would be night when we got out. That means our sleeping pattern is messed up now so we'll have to see about fixing it. We also don't know if the ferry comes tomorrow or not, so we'll have to set out first thing when we wake up."
Andrew nodded in understanding.
"Makes sense. But won't we need someone on look out to keep track of the coming morning?"
Labareda spoke up at that.
"I can do that. Unlike humans, I don't need sleep or rest so long as I have sufficient magical energy. Which I do thanks to my master's generous donations."
A lewd grin crossed her face, Andrew only rolling his eyes at her sexual statement.
"Well since we have that sorted out… I guess we should try to force ourselves to go to sleep at this point… but before that, I'm going to need to go take a quick piss. I'll be back in a few."
Jonathan spoke up just as Andrew got up.
"I would suggest you take someone with you. We may be out of the labyrinth, but the forest surrounding us is also home to monsters as well. Though many of them are not dangerous by themselves, they have far more superior night vision in comparison of humans, so they can catch you unaware."
Andrew had to admit that Jonathan did make some sense, but before anybody could suggest anything, he pointed out somebody.
"Serena, mind coming with me?"
The twin-tail, who had just set a sleepy looking Aruma down, turned to look at him in surprise.
"M-me? Why me? Take someone else with you, that's weird. You enjoy somebody watching you piss or something?"
Andrew only shook his head.
"Of my many fetishes, that is not among them. I just felt you and I need to have a little bonding session is all."
"While you piss."
"We can't pick and choose the moments fate ordains to us."
Rolling her eyes at him, Serena only thought about it for a moment before she sighed.
"Fiiiine. Your pretty defenseless anyway, so I might as well go with you. But make it quick okay?"
"No promises, but I'll do what I can."
Only sighing in exasperation, Serena followed along with Andrew, not aware of the two familiars who where grinning at them. When they entered the tree line and thus out of earshot, they turned to each other.
"Longer then ten minutes and there fucking, agreed?"
"Agreed. Who do you want to bet will initiate it?"
Labareda thought about it before she grinned at the dark mage.
"Serena. She's been holding back for a while, she has to be nearing her breaking point. A chance alone with him with his dick out? She can't resist if she's as far gone as I think she is."
"A good choice, but my money is on Dear Master. He'll probably tempt her with something, bringing her to that point."
The both of them speculated like the dirty old woman they were for a few moments longer, leaving Jonathan and his group curious about what they where on about. Back with Andrew and Serena, they had gone a little way off from the clearing they had been in, but still in sight of the fire that warmed the group. Serena, who was somewhat annoyed by the whole thing, could only huff in frustration.
"Make it quick. I don't want to be out here more then necessary."
"I'll try, but I make no promises. Try not to listen in too intently okay?"
He couldn't see it, but Serena was giving him an annoyed look. Feeling that he may end up pushing it with anymore then this, Andrew simply did as he said he had come to do. However, in the middle of that biological relief, he heard a voice in his head that he had not been expecting. That voice being of a character that had helped him out in the sealing chamber naught but a while ago.
'Do you hear me young man?'
Andrew could only sigh to himself.
'You have the most unusual timing you know that? But I kinda figure you would be trying to contact me soon enough… leviathan was it?'
Andrew got a feeling of some affirmation from within his own mind, the entity known as leviathan seemingly able to project those feelings to him.
'Correct. Though I am unaware of what you mean by timing. However, it is imperative that we communicate at this point. Especially since you now have full access to Oda Nobulax's extensive power."
Andrew couldn't help but mull that over in his head before he responded to the voice.
'And I suppose your about to tell me something along the lines about how this power is dangerous to me and to those around me and all that? Or am I off the mark."
For a moment the voice said nothing, but a feeling of annoyance filled his mind before Leviathan responded to him.
'All power is dangerous in the hands of those who are far to ignorant on how to use it. In your case, your power is meant for domination and destruction. You should be free to use it at your leisure. That is what we, the six familiars of Oda Nobulax had come to expect from him. You however are not the World Tyrant, and thus I would ask you what your intentions are. Detailing me with this information would thus allow me to answer any questions you may have about Oda and this power you now possess, the contracts with all of us included with that information as well.'
Andrew hummed to himself at that, never really having thought about what he had in his possession nor what he could do with it.
'You raise a very good question leviathan, but truth be told, I know nothing about Oda nor of what his power could do. Fill me in on what he could do with this amount of power, what things he might have achieved and maybe I can give you an answer outside of my trademark "I dunno." Trust me, I get a better handle on things the more information I'm provided with.'
'I see, you are curious, though your answer and lack of ambition somewhat worry me. No matter, I will provide you with what I can in regards to what you could accomplish, and in doing so hope for an answer that would meet the standards I expect.'
Andrew had a feeling that he knew what was to come in terms of explanation, but at the same time, he wanted to hear him out despite what he suspected.
'Starting off, there is very little his power couldn't do. His power was so vast that many higher tiered gods feared him, many succumbing to him when he would invade the worlds of those he desired. If he so willed it to happen, he could make it happen, if not from coercion then from sheer magical power. His physical strength was also of a godly degree, many who boasted of there strength having been brought to heel when he destroyed their worthless pride.'
'Gonna have to be careful when I use my physical strength then if he was that strong… but your saying that he was on the level of a god?'
'Close to it. In terms of divinity rankings, he would have been on the cusp of an Almighty. Though that's in comparison to deities, and those are hardly worth mentioning. No, it would in fact be much better to interpret his power in terms of demons.'
'What, would he be a great overlord or something.'
Andrew felt Leviathan scoff at that.
'I do not even know what that is, but my lord was feared by even some of the demon gods, having stolen some of there powers for himself to use'
Andrew couldn't help but laugh a little.
'Putting him pretty high up there aren't ya, though this power comparison between high ranking powers doesn't explain much to me I will leave it at that for another time. But I gotta ask, if he was so feared and powerful, how did he get himself beat in this world?'
It was then that Andrew suddenly felt that this fellow was not the only one he was talking to. Suddenly, another voice entered the link, a much rougher and violent sounding voice.
'Trickery and deceit by one he held some degree of trust with! The harlot stabbing him in the back at the peak of his conquest!'
'Grendel! How dare you interrupt me in the middle of-'
Andrew stopped leviathan from talking when he spoke up.
'Grendel? That's an interesting name… and how many more of you guys are there in the back of my head? If there is more of you, better get them all out. I don't want to go through the process of talking to each and every one of you solo. To much of a pain.'
For a moment, Leviathan said nothing, but with a very annoyed mental huff, the entity only spoke up.
'As you wish… do not be overwhelmed however.'
Not sure of what he was on about, Andrew felt his mind suddenly seem to be filled with thoughts unlike his own, as if memories and mental energy from things far gone where filling his mind. However, seeing as he had grown somewhat used to Leviathan, he quickly put himself back in order, but the small headache in the back of his mind told him that he was gonna be feeling it much later on.
'His mind holds even with the five of us present. I find this surprising Skoll, perhaps he is made of much stronger stuff then we gave him credit for?'
'Do not be hasty Hati, Oda did not have the confusion this little one did even with our first encounter. The fact he recovered is somewhat admirable, but he is still lesser then our previous master.'
'Your pandering to our previous lord is unwarranted sun-eater. He is dead and this one lives. That is all you need to worry about.'
The voice called Sköll only seemed to growl at the new voice.
'Silence that tongue Hræsvelgr. Oda is the only one who holds my respect. You where always so eager to toss aside any loyalty in pursuits of new powers and oaths.'
The voice called Grendel only laughed in a mocking tone at that.
'Always eager to curry his favor weren't you you heated mutt. Putting your tail between your legs and running at his first command like the loyal dog you where.'
Andrew could feel the hatred in his mind at Grendel from that statement, but Grendel's didn't seem to mind it. In fact, he seemed to relish in Skölls bloodlust. Andrew however, wasn't about to have any of this, especially since it was giving him a headache.
'How about you all shut your mouths and pay attention to the guy who's head you inhabit free of charge eh? State who each of you are in the order you showed up in, starting with leviathan.'
Andrew felt two sets of anger on him, the feelings coming from Sköll and if he guessed it correctly, the on called Hati.
'You dare to-'
Andrew cut him off right there, taking a commanding tone in his mind with this would anger management issue.
'I don't dare. I do. Now zip it.'
For a moment, Andrew was sure the voice called Sköll would back talk, but surprisingly, he decided to shut up. He suddenly felt some sense of amusement coming from the one called Grendel, followed by some respect from the one called Hræsvelgr and also from Leviathan. The previous spoke up.
'As you will young man. You already know who I am, but I am called Leviathan. Though I go by many many other names, it is the one I most prefer. I was the second to be subdued by Oda Nobulax, though I am more the leader of this gathering of... talents.'
Andrew was a little curious how he had worded that, but the next one spoke up, preventing him from thinking on it further.
'You've got guts young mortal. Not many would tell Sköll to shut his mouth, but I like that. You may be worth serving after all, though I'll hold off on all judgment for later. I'm called Grendel, but like Leviathan, I also go by many other names. I just prefer this one. I'm the third of this group, but you also are the one who summoned me back a few weeks ago when you had me wring that orc to death. Delightful little bit that. Hadn't gotten to bloody my hands in a long time, though next time I want to see how you do in a real fight.'
Andrew was confused at that, but something about what he said clicked in his mind, especially about the mentioned orc. He would have to ask Labareda and Unoma about it later though, as the next voice to speak up was Sköll.
'I am Sköll, and the other one with me is Hati, we are twins and the fourth and fifth of Lord Odas familiars.'
'I can speak for myself brother. Though you are not wrong. Young master, just like our counterparts, we also go by many names, though that can be said of all of us.'
Andrew felt he was going to need to ask about what those other names where, but he put it for later seeing as another one spoke up.
'I am the last of the six. I am the corpse swallower, the wings of air, the one who will ink the sky with my wings. I am referred to as Hræsvelgr… though I also go by The Ziz, or Garuda amongst many other names.'
Andrew only nodded his head, but he knew those names from legands he once knew in his own world, simply raising some surprise and curiosity out of him. However, he opted to wait a second before he spoke up about what it was that he felt was wrong with the situation.
'You said there was six of you, but I only count five of you in terms of conscious minds. Who is the first one and why isn't it here?'
For a moment, Andrew felt something akin to fear coming from them, but it was subdued in an attempt to not show it off. Leviathan spoke up next though with much hesitation.
'He is not here because unlike the rest of us… Bahamut does not cooperate. He only listened to Oda, and even then, he was rarely called on. As loath as I am to admit it, he is arrogant because he has more power then the rest of us combined. If you would seek him out, do it when we are not present. It should not be hard for you to do so.'
Andrew felt that this Bahamut was an interesting character, especially if the rest of them where afraid of him. But he opted to keep that tidbit of info for later.
'I'll put it on my todo list for later. For now though, let us discuss what plans we all have for the future. Now that I have a good grasp of what Oda was capable of and what he used that power for, I can say I'm not goin to be following in his footsteps for sure… unless something happens that makes me take the warpath, then we'll discuss more on that later. However, I get the feeling that having been his familiars, you had some expectations for him. Thus you probably have some expectations for me. I would like to hear what those are. Don't get your hopes up though since I can't guarantee I'll do it, but I'll see what I can do.'
For a few moments, Andrew didn't hear anything out of any of them, but it didn't last long. It wasn't surprising when he heard Leviathan speak up.
'We do not expect you to follow in the path of our previous master, you and he being far to different from each other to have the same goals. All we expect out of you is to see the qualities of one who would rule over us. You have demonstrated some of it to a degree, but we wish to see more. demonstrate to us your own power and ability to command and we will be willing to offer you our power and servitude without hesitation.'
Andrew couldn't help but mull over it for a moment, the last time he was offered this kind of deal being when he first met Labareda. Letting out a low sigh, Andrew could only accept given the circumstances.
'Very well. I really don't think I have a real choice in the matter, so I suppose I'm just going to give it my all and hope I meet those standards you all have. If not, well, I guess we're all stuck together until something happens.'
Leviathan gave off some confirmative feelings.
'Then we are agreed young man. We will leave in order to give you the required time to think this over and show us what you are capable of. Until then, I suggest you be wary of those around you and of those who will come in the future. Many will notice the late masters power will be missing from these ruins, and thus many will come to find the cause, you inevitably being at the end of that search.'
'Got it. Watch my back and show you what I can do when the time comes. Here's hoping for good results.'
However, what Leviathan said next caused Andrew to blink physically in surprise.
'Attends et espère.'
With that line spoken, Andrew felt his head clear up a whole lot, the five other presences having gone altogether. Andrew found himself thinking back on the whole of the conversation, his mind going over every detail he could analyze.
"Holy crap Andrew, how long are you gonna piss for? I heard you finish almost a minute ago! Do you need help or something? You better not be… fiddling with yourself right now!"
Those thoughts where brought to a halt when the voice of a familiar female caused him to remember where he was and what he was doing. Not sure how much time had passed since he had begun his mental conversation, Andrew stowed away his personal equipment before he turned back around.
"Sorry about that Serena. Got lost in thought there for a little bit."
He couldn't see her since her back was to the bright flame further behind her, but he could tell from her tone that she was some levels annoyed and disbelieving.
"Standing there with your cock out and lost in thought? Not sure I want to know what you where thinking of. Anyway… if you're done…"
"I know I know, we'll go ahead and head on back."
However, she didn't answer him right away, some hesitation in her next words causing him to look at her curiously.
"Um… maybe not right this second…"
Confused, Andrew answered equally as such.
"Why is that?"
"I don't know, maybe take in the sights for about a minute or two, enjoy nature and all that…"
Andrew couldn't help but notice the dodgy tone she was taking.
"In the middle of the night."
Seeing that she wasn't going to be able to deceive him with any of the meager tricks she had, Serena decided to stop beating around the bush and just tell him, albeit in a very quiet voice.
"…ve…e…"
Andrew didn't hear her under her muttering, so he instead leaned a little closer.
"What? Repeat that please, my hearing isn't that great."
"Have to…e…"
Andrew heard about the first three quarters of that, but she petered off at the end, mumbling the last word out.
"Have to what exactly? Please speak up."
At that point she lost her temper.
"Pee dammit pee!"
Now throughly red in the face, Serena could only look at him in many parts shame and anger, the girl quivering in one-part aforementioned emotions, and one part restraining her bladder. Now realizing what she was after, Andrew let out a low 'ohhhh' before he nodded in understanding.
"Ah Sorry, wasn't aware of that. I'll go ahead and head on back to the campground then while you do your business."
"You think I'm going to stand out here half naked in the dark with who knows what waiting to jump me? Hell no! I watched your back while you did your business, now you have to keep an eye out for me!"
Now understanding the gist of the situation he was in at this point, Andrew only nodded his head in understanding.
"Alright, got it. Go ahead then, I'll keep an eye out."
Not taking his eyes off of her, Andrew looked on at her for a few moments with a deep intensity, causing the girl to blush. However, she only got more frustrated.
"Stop looking at me you idiot! I'm not about to pee with you watching!"
"But you just said to keep an eye on you to make sure you don't get attacked."
"Not on me you dolt! Keep an eye out around us! I can handle myself just fine you perv!"
Despite the somewhat harsh but very true statement, Andrew only let out a low sigh before he turned himself around to keep watch for any would be attackers… though he was partially convinced that she wanted him to look away in fear of him peeping on her. Serena, for her part, looked at him for a few more seconds to make sure he hadn't turned back around to look at her before she went off into some bushes and began to pull her bottom down. Thankfully she had removed her greaves earlier when she had set Aruma down to rest, so she didn't have to deal with taking them off for her little bathroom relief. However, it was still an embarrassing thing to do in the company of others. Though it was less so out here in the open world where she could hide behind something unlike in the dungeon when she needed to have Unoma or Labareda keep an eye out for her while she did her business. After having removed her stockings and underwear, she knelt down next to a tree to do the deed. Even in the woods where it was much less quiet and didn't echo, Andrew could still hear the sounds she was making. Feeling up to some teasing, Andrew smiled as he crossed his arms and continued looking out.
"My goodness Serena. I've heard it so many times now, but every time I hear it, it just sounds cuter and cuter."
Not able to move due to her body restricting most of her functions at this important time, Serena felt her face flush in true embarrassment followed by her cutting words.
"Pissing doesn't sound cute at all you jackass!"
"Really? Cause I think it sounds cute when you do it."
Shivering in both relief and embarrassment, Serena could only angrily fuss at him.
"Just shut up and let me pee in peace!"
Andrew opted to do the very opposite.
"Did you need something to wipe yourself with? I wouldn't use plants or anything since that brings the risk of a vaginal infection. I have a rag if you want to use it, but I wouldn't mind licking it up for you, your body no doubt tasting sweet if I did."
Serena was happy that the area was dark and that he was turned away from her. The blush on her face would have been bright even in this darkness.
"S-SHUT IT YOU MASSIVE PERVERT!"
Andrews chuckling was all she heard from him, but she could tell he was laughing at her expense. Thankfully she had just finished up and was just about to wipe herself before the feeling of something fuzzy and wriggling dropping on her neck caused her to jump while screaming.
"GAH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!? GET IT OFF ME!"
Tumbling over herself, Serena fell to the ground behind here where she began to roll around on the ground, trying to get the offending thing off her neck. Andrew, his mood having turned serious, quickly turned around to help her out in case she was being attacked by something. What he was not expecting was to see her laying flat on her back, her stockings down and her nether region exposed to him in full glory. Whatever had landed on her was already gone at this point, so Serena only took a moment to look up and see that Andrew was looking directly at her. More specifically, her exposed pussy. For a moment, Andrew expected her to blush and cover herself before either tossing something at him to make him look away, or yell at him to look away. He couldn't help the look though, the last time he saw her naked being when she and Unoma had been having fun with each other. Oddly enough though, Serena only did one of the things he thought she would do, that being the deep blush on her face. However, the expression on her face was one of confusion and surprise, but no anger to be found. What he was not privy to was the inner thoughts going on in her mind, the red headed twin-tail surprising herself with the thoughts currently busting through her head.
'Yes, look! Desire me! Gaze upon me, feast your eyes on this body of mine, it is yours! Take it! Take me! Devore me in body, make me yours, make me scream like a whore as we fuck like the beasts that we are!'
These thoughts surprised her, not sounding anything like her usual self. But at the same time, she felt that they… where true in a way. That she wanted it, that she needed it, and that only confused her even more. Her body began to relax, but at the same time, she felt that she wasn't in control, that something in her was prying itself out of her the longer he looked at her, the longer his desire filled her. Finding her hands moving, Serena was surprised when her armored hands began to snake down to her exposed lower lips. She felt that she wanted him to see, that she wanted him to look at her most shameful place, her pussy beginning to leak with both sexual desire and her earlier pissing. She found herself smiling, panting, her body aching like a whore for him, her memory of his sexual adventures with Unoma and Labareda accelerating the lust in her.
"Se-Serena? Are you okay? I can't really see, but are you hurt?"
The sounds of his voice being filled with concern for her wellbeing rather than craving for her body caused her mind to snap back to it's normal state almost immediately. Realizing that her hand had started to fiddle with her slit, Serena quickly pulled it away, her red face now embarrassed beyond belief rather then with the red of desire.
"I-i-i-i-i-i-I'm fine!"
She stuttered badly as she worked herself back into a sitting position, where she then quickly got to her feet and beat off any dirt and debris before she pulled her pants and leggings back up, so out of it that she had done all of this in plain view of the man who was causing it… or maybe she found that she wanted him to? Turning to look back at him, Serena was almost too scared to ask the question in her mind, but she felt that she had to voice it anyway.
"D-did you see me?"
Andrew, with a face showing mostly concern, only shrugged his shoulders.
"Not much." He lied.
The truth was he saw everything about her, his eyes having had adjusted in the dark enough for him to see what she had been doing. He couldn't get the image out of his mind, her look of lust and the way she had begun to masturbate in front of him, as if she had been begging him to look… and maybe even do more. However, he felt that pointing it out or making a big deal out of it right now would be a bad idea, something telling him that it wasn't wise to do so. She wasn't sure if she believed him or not, but at the same time, she noticed he wasn't very perturbed by her question, so she couldn't help but think that maybe he was telling the truth.
"I… I see… I'm done anyway… and good job looking out by the way."
Letting her wit come back into the conversation, Andrew couldn't help but frown a little at her.
"Well you did say not to look directly at you after all. I can't help it if something comes at you from the direction you told me not to look."
Not able to argue with that logic, Serena could only huff at how this whole thing went, her mind still seemingly agonizing over how weird she had become for a moment there.
'Was this what Sarya was talking about? Maybe I should ask her about it tomorrow…'
Deciding that they both had had enough of sitting around, Andrew and Serena made there way back to the camp. Upon coming back though, Unoma and Labareda both had disappointed looks on there faces. Lab only gave Andrew a pitying look followed by a 'maybe next time you'll get it.' After that, nothing else seemed to occur for the rest of the night, the group taking turns throughout the night to keep watch, though Labareda took over after Andrews turn was done so that the group could get decent sleep. The morning was also pretty uneventful, with Jonathan's group leading the way on an animal path to the shore of the island they where on. Thankfully it only took a little under an hour for them to find the shore, and even less time to find the designated harbor for pick up and drop off. However, Andrew had been told that the ferry wouldn't be here until later in the day, if at all if it was the day it was supposed to come. Thankfully there was another camping site by the small pier for them to stay at, so they could set up camp for the night if need be.
At this point though, it was just a waiting game. So everyone decided to waste time in the ways that made sense. Sarya took/kidnapped Aruma so that she could shower the girl in affection and more stories, though the girl wasn't very much opposed to this. Andrew did note that she still seemed to be sleeping a lot, though Unoma told him that she was probably still recovering her power from her very long and forced sealing. The girl was very powerful for her age, and she probably needed a lot of rest and energy to recover it. Morgana was busying herself with an alchemy kit of some sort with Unoma and Labareda watching her with some mild interest, clearly interested in seeing how far magical alchemy had come since they had shut themselves away from the world. Jonathan had asked Serena and Andrew to train with him. Andrew wasn't sure how he might fare and had been tempted to refuse, but Serena had argued that it would be best for him to try to learn to defend himself.
Thus why he was standing in front of Serena, the girl holding her demonic katana in a way that forced the curved edge in his direction. A clear handicap and a very easy definer of where he was at in terms of combat ability.
Jonathan nodded his head when he saw that Serena was ready. He then turned his attention back to Andrew.
"First, we want to see where your ability is at and to see if you might have a knack for fighting."
Andrew, not looking forward to the inevitable beat down, only nodded his head.
"Cool. I'm ready I'm guess… don't hit too hard by the way, I bruise easily."
Grinning a rather wicked grin as she hefted her blade into a striking position, Andrew could only pity his future self. Jonathan looked between the both of them for a moment before he nodded.
"You may begin."
For a moment, nobody did anything. But it was only for that moment. Serena burst into action when she charged forward, her sword low and held in a way for an upward strike. Andrew saw it surprisingly enough, though he hadn't been expecting to even see her move. His eyes easily followed her, but his mind and body had no idea what to do given the situation. He wasn't accustomed to fighting, so the moment she brought it up to slash him, Andrew only stood there, his eyes following the blades path until it eventually connected, the back of the blade bringing with it… some moderate dose of pain.
"Gah Jesus Christ!"
Stumbling back from the blow, Andrew thought that that would be the end of it, but he was sorely mistaken when Serena brought the blade down, and turning it mid-air, cracked him on top of his head with the flat of the blade. Crumpling to the ground with his hands on his head, Andrew only let out a shout of sheer agony as what would now be a splitting headache ran through his skull. Thankfully, she stopped there, but she looked somewhat surprised, but at the same time, vexed. Jonathan, who had witnessed the whole thing, had to admit that it was a rather pitiful display, but he was also a little surprised.
"Lady Serena, what's your evaluation?"
Andrew, who was still nursing his cracked skull, stood back up while rubbing the top of his head.
"I'll let you know Jonathan. It was fuck awful."
Serena gave him an annoyed look before she turned back to the man asking the question.
"He didn't react at all… but I'm surprised by two things. How he was able to follow the line of my blade, and how he was able to take such powerful strikes with ease."
Andrew looked at her with a baffled expression.
"With ease? That shit hurt."
Serena turned her attention back to him.
"Yeah they hurt. But what you're not aware of is that I hit you with enough force to break your bones. I felt like I was hitting a dense tree."
"I know I'm a little thick but that's more because It's more muscle then fat… and you where swinging hard enough to break my bones?"
Serena only shrugged her shoulders at him.
"I thought like a normal person and that you would try to, ya know, dodge. It's not that hard by the way."
Before this banter could continue, Jonathan stepped in.
"Well, we have something of a ground work to go with in terms of your ability."
Andrew curiously cocked his head to the side at that.
"Wouldn't you need to do it a few more times to get a good idea of where I'm at?"
Serena only huffed.
"That one demonstration was all we really needed. You have no combat experience, but you have a good strong handsome body to work with and very good perception of your opponent. It's a good base to go with, but to even be competent in a real fight, your going to need training. And a lot of it."
Andrew, despite why she added that one unusual descriptor into the explanation, could not refute what she was saying about him. He had never been in a real fight before, and he had no doubt that such a skill set would be almost essential in this world he found himself in. Before he could think on it anymore, Andrew found his body reacting to something being tossed at him. By the time he had it, he realized he had caught a sword by the handle. Looking at it curiously, he turned to the individual who had thrown it to him. Jonathan nodded at him before he turned in the direction of the ocean.
"Take a few practice swings with that, and we'll do a light sparring match afterward."
Letting a small groan escape his mouth Andrew looked at the weapon in his hand with a curious look. It felt to light to him, like it had the weight of a stick over the weight of a real weapon like he recalled. He had picked up a few swords and whatnot in antique stores and the like, but he couldn't help but feel that they had been heavier then this. Attributing it to maybe other world shenanigans, Andrew only shrugged his shoulders before he worked himself into what he thought was a proper position for sword fighting. He wasn't sure if that was the case, but Jonathan and Serena didn't seem to be having issue with him the way he was. Of course, he didn't have any delusions that he would be able to last more then a few seconds at most, but he was going to try to at least make some kind of effort in that regard.
Letting a low breath escape his lips, Andrew brought his focus in on Serena, the girl bringing her own blade up to defend herself. However, she couldn't help but look him dead in the eyes and was absolutely surprised to see the look of concentration there. She couldn't help but voice her observation.
"Well you got surprisingly serious for once."
Andrew looked at her for a moment before he let a sheepish look cross his face.
"I can be serious at times as well, though not often seeing as I'm somewhat useless in a lot of regards… anyway, lets get to this… don't hurt me to much okay?"
Serena only smiled at him with a confident look on her face, her blade leveling itself with his own sword. Andrew got his mind back into the fighting mood and held the blade like he would a katana. Jonathan, seeing that both of them where ready, nodded at them both before he lifted his hand.
"Ready…"
Serena shifted herself into a defensive stance, wanting to test how Andrew might attack. Andrew, for his part, was ready to bring his all into this one swing in hopes he might match her speed at least for a moment. Jonathan brought his hand down a moment later.
"Begin!"
Andrew was the first to move, but it felt unnatural. His body responded almost to well, and it felt like everything went way to fast, but he still had his eyes on her and her weapon. But it just seemed as if she was standing there. Not sure what to think about it, Andrew only brought his blade up and brought it down where her weapon was, Serena only seemed to widen her eyes to him, her blade only moving out of the way as she dodged clear of his strike. To Andrew, it felt wrong. The weapon was to light, his body was to fast, he felt like he was putting to much power into it. Serena only just barely got out of the way before his sword collided into the ground. However, what happened when it hit the ground surprised everyone watching. The moment it hit the rocky shore, the ground seemed to explode with rocks, wet earth, and greenery. The sword in Andrews hands stayed down, the man only staring blankly at the now large crater in the ground before his feet. Serena… no, everyone at this point was looking at Andrew now, the crater in front of him large enough to hold three people in it if they so chose to get inside. Nobody said anything, only surprise at what had just happened filling them. However, Serena was the first to recover, the girl looking at him with a great deal of anger.
"Good Gods! What are you trying to do!? Kill me?! I could hardly even see you move! I almost didn't have time to get out of the way!"
Unsure of how to respond to her, Andrew only stood back up, somewhat unsteady with what he had just done.
"Sorry… I wasn't even aware I could… do that… or that I was that strong for that fact."
Serena, seeing that he was just as confused as she was, dropped her frustration down a notch before she rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably.
"I guess if you didn't know…"
Jonathan only nodded before he spoke up.
"I'm a little surprised though. Have you always been that strong?"
Andrew only shook his head.
"Clearly you didn't just hear me. No, I've never been that strong before… but if I was to hazard a guess, it's probably from when I got the ax."
Labareda clapped her paws together once, a smile on her face.
"Correct master. You have the world tyrants physical and magical power in you at this point, though I hadn't been expecting you to have access to his physical power for a while yet. I wouldn't worry though, we just need to teach you how to limit your massive physical power along with the magical. Though if you're still looking for a training partner, it'll have to be me or the blonde boy there since he's a blessed hero, and thus has both the training and the minimum physical power to handle you. Serena might also handle you so long as she can keep up with you."
The twin tail only shook her head.
"No way. I don't want to die from a training match thank you very much."
Labareda, who had gotten up from what she had been doing, walked over to where Andrew was and put a reassuring paw on his arm.
"Don't worry Master, as long as Unoma and I are here, we can teach and help train this power you've obtained. As a matter of fact, let's test that physical strength of yours, shall we?"
Reassured by her words, Andrew was curious when she opened her arms wide and gave him a big hug.
"As much as I enjoy your hugs Lab… what does this do for strength training."
It was then he began to notice the tightening grip around his waist.
"Easy, I'm going to keep squeezing you for a solid minute, I want you to try to pry me off… also, no sexual contact. You gotta use pure physical power. Making me horny might not be the best for you in this situation."
As if she had read his mind, Andrew couldn't help but wonder if she had come to know him well enough to know what tricks he might pull, molesting her to make her let go being one of his first ideas. But if it wasn't going to count, then he supposed that he wouldn't have much choice in the matter. Feeling her grip start to tighten even more, Andrew grabbed her by the shoulders and tested the waters so to say with some light pushing. However, what he felt back was like a solid rock. Immovable and steady.
Labareda only let out a low chuckle.
"What was that? Try harder or you won't get me off."
Deciding to do as she said, Andrew started to use more force this time, but was met with the same result. Labareda only laughed again, but she looked up at him with a very irritating grin on her face.
"I can't even feel a thing. Are you really trying? I would suggest you try harder or else this little session will get very boring very quickly."
Feeling maybe a slight bit irritated by how she was phrasing that, Andrew started to push to the limits of his physical power. He was rewarded with a slight nudge followed by a vicious tightening.
"There we go! Now we're getting somewhere! But can you do it even harder?!"
Spurred on by her words, Andrew started to put everything he had into trying to pry the little girl off his waist. For the next few minutes, the both of them struggled back and forth with each other, the meshing of there bodies as they push and pulled from each other leaving them breathless and sweaty. For a moment or two, Serena could help but think of something sexual as they wrestled with each other, memories of more intimate moments between them coming to her mind. However, the full minute passed and Andrew had yet to get her off… of him. Loosening her grip on him, Labareda looked up at him, a blush of exertion on her face as she smiled up at him.
"A very good effort, but not quite Master."
Unoma, who had watched it all with something of a lewd look on her face, brought her attention back to reality and away from her fantasies.
"Very true. But I think that with a little prodding into your own body, you might be able to unlock even more of the strength of the world tyrant. It seems that you are only accessing a small amount of that power, but even as you are, most low tier monsters… maybe even some mid tier ones would pose no real threat to you."
Jonathan nodded his head at the assessment before he turned back to Andrew.
"I agree. Though that's only in the case of one on one. A trained warrior might be able to beat you easily. And I'm not sure how you might fare against a whole horde of monsters."
Andrew agreed with Jonathan's statement.
"Very true, more training and work will be required in order to make myself combat ready. Until then though, imma sit down and relax for a bit."
Just as he was about to walk away, he quickly noticed that Labareda had yet to let go of him. The demon familiar nuzzling her face into his belly. For a few moments he didn't do anything, but then he had to ask.
"As comfortable as this is, I need to walk, and to do that I need you to let go."
She immediately responded, albeit with a muffled voice.
"Un nna. (Don't wanna)."
Letting a half-hearted sigh come out of his mouth, Andrew could only smile a little before he simply hugged her closer and picked her up bridal style. She was only surprised by this for a moment before she took full advantage of the situation to wrap her arms around his neck and nuzzle her face into the crook of his neck. Andrew then walked over to where the pier was and sat down on it, keeping an eye out into what he supposed was the ocean, his familiar still warmly latched onto him. It was only the both of them for a moment longer before Unoma flew right over to where they where and she embraced him from behind around his neck, a slightly jealous pout on her face. Andrew opted to say nothing about it at all since he felt he might have been neglecting her for the past hours or so. However, he only got to enjoy cuddle time for a few minutes before he drew his attention to the water, where he spotted something jump out of the reflective surface off in the distance. He didn't get a good look at it, but he had to admit that it looked very big to be a fish. Turning his head to look over his shoulder Andrew saw Sarya, who was holding Aruma's hand as the girl was barefoot in the water, cautiously tiptoeing through the surf. Despite the cute scene, he felt he needed to get the elf's attention.
"Hey Sarya?"
The elf looked over at him curiously.
"What's up?"
"Is the water safe by chance? I thought I just saw something really big jump out of the ocean over on the horizon."
Sarya cocked her head to the side in thought before she answered him.
"Not as far as I'm aware. The passage between here and the city is really safe as it's patrolled by the city navy. Not to mention every guide who comes to this island is strong on there own. What did it look like exactly?"
Andrew thought about it for a moment before he gave an honest answer.
"I only saw the tail truth be told, but it looked as big as a person. It was really bright blue as well and shone in the sunlight."
"Really? That sounds like a mermaid. If it is, they aren't anything to worry about. Very friendly."
At the mention of the word mermaid, Aruma looked out at the ocean, Andrew and Sarya noticing her hopeful look. However, when Andrew looked back out into the ocean, he saw something much closer then on the horizon. More specifically, down in the water at his feet.
A blue haired girl who looked just over thirteen was staring up at him with a curious gaze, her bright green eyes only visible past a long wall of bangs while she was looking up at him. Andrew could see what looked to be a seashell hair ornament in her short neck length hair, but anything beyond the neckline was submerged under the water, so he couldn't get a good view of what the rest of her body might look like.
For what may or may not have been a solid three seconds, Andrew and the girl only stared at each other before the girl opened her mouth and spoke up in surprise.
"Huh, the captain was right. there is someone on the dock already."
Having spoken, the girl had managed to catch the attention of everyone else who had not been paying attention to the ocean. Andrew though could only blink in some surprise before he posed to her a question.
"Well, your captain had the right of it. My name is Andrew by the way, who do I have the pleasure of speaking to?"
With a small smile and a little head turn, the blue haired girl dove under the water, only confusing him along with the two girls clung to him. It wasn't until the water seemed to explode that they figured out what she was up to, which was launching herself up onto the dock next to them. This allowed everyone a good view of what she was. It was easy to see that she was a mamono, more specifically a mermaid. Andrew quickly realized that she was more then likely what had jumped out of the water earlier. Her upper half was bare to the world, a modest size bust and what looked to be gills of a sort along her rib cage under said breasts. She was slender along the parts that where human, but below the waist area was nothing but a massive fish tail, bright blue and shining in the sunlight. However, her bright expression followed by her wide-open arms drew his attention away from her apparent nudity.
"My name is Silque! I'm the first scout for the captain who operates the ferry between the island and Gwent!"
Not sure how best to react to both how she just slammed into the deck the way she did nor of her sudden exuberance, Andrew only nodded, his eyes a little more glued on her modest assets. Thankfully, he didn't need to speak up since Sarya had opted to do so out of some confusion.
"The captain? As far as I was aware, the captain didn't have a mermaid scout. A man by the name of Udel?"
Silque only shook her head before she pointed out to the ocean behind her.
"No, udel got hurt a few weeks back by a Giant Angler. It came out of nowhere he said and he busted his leg up really bad. So, my captain opted to take over for him until he got better."
Jonathan and the rest of his group all looked to each other curiously. However, Andrew missed that and only looked at the mermaid curiously.
"So who's your captain and when are they getting here?"
Silque only looked at him for a moment before her brain started to process what it was he just said. She had to think about it for a few minutes, but eventually she came to an answer.
"Ah! You're curious about when Captain Kanneth gets here! Should be in a few hours or so, she said she had a hunch that something was waiting for us. Something important. But to be one hundred percent truthful here, nothing here looks super important. Oh well, Captain has always had a weird sixth sense when it comes to these things. I don't get paid to think about that stuff after all! I just do the scouting and as the captain puts it, not fuck it up!"
Not sure how to react to the mermaids unintentional(?) dissing, Andrew decided to focus himself on another part of the conversation.
"You just said Kanneth right? Isn't that a guy's name? from the way you're talking, your captain seems to be a woman."
"Ha ha! I wouldn't say that to her face if I was you! The captain has a bit of a sore spot with her name and she'll cave you a new one of you call her out on it!"
Andrew only nodded slowly before he responded.
"Huh… noted then."
For a minute or two, nobody really said much of anything to Silque, Jonathan and his group talking about parts of her conversation, which had left Andrew, Serena, and Aruma to try to talk with the mermaid. Though it was mostly Andrew watching with Labareda and Unoma still clinging to him while Serena watched Aruma start trying to communicate with the mermaid. He wasn't sure what the girl knew of mermaids, but Andrew found that Silque seemed to behave like an airhead. Rather ditzy at times, and something of rough mouth on her, but she seemed kind enough. Especially so when Aruma had wanted to talk with her and the mermaid had cheerfully complied.
The blonde-haired girl looked at the mermaid in sparkly eyed wonder as she began to pelt her with question after question.
"Can you really breathe underwater?"
"Of course! What do you think these gills on my chest are for?"
Pointing at aforementioned anatomy peculiarity, everyone looked at what she indicated. Andrew had to admit that from a mystical standpoint, gills on chest made some sense, but also seemed as if it would cause issues for her. Aruma didn't seem to care about such anatomy issues though and only continued to look at her in absolute wonder. And by extension, so did Serena, though she was doing a better job of keeping such excitement under wraps. Andrew only found himself chuckling to himself at the younger girl's excitement, though he was drawn away from it when he saw Unomas curious look.
"What's up Unoma?"
"Nothing much Dear Master. Just curious to see that mermaids haven't changed very much in the late millennium. I will say the anatomy may have altered itself a bit, but otherwise it hasn't changed. Also, I want a turn on Masters lap Labareda."
The demon only gave the dark mage a smug grin before she ignored the request and looked at the mermaid in question, who was happily answer more of Aruma's questions.
"Maybe they haven't changed much physically, but you can feel that the girl is fundamentally different on a spiritual and magical level in comparison to a thousand years ago. And no, this is my spot until the ship gets here, then you can have."
Unoma was not pleased with that answer. However, she knew she couldn't do anything about it seeing as she didn't want to and only opted to embrace Andrew even more closely to make up for the lack of a lap nap. Andrew, Unoma, and Labareda only sat there in a nice huddled group while Aruma and Serena found more interesting things to do with Silque, leaving Jonathan and his group to only watch on for the ship. Outside of Silque's initial arrival, nothing else much happened for the next few hours, Aruma managing to get the mermaid to play with her in the water while Serena and Sarya watched over her. Unoma had fallen asleep against Andrew, forcing Labareda to forgive her spot so that the Dark Mage could nap on Andrews lap. Though this did allow Labareda to elan against his shoulder for comfort and rest. This went on for the next few hours until eventually, Saryas elven eyes witnessed a large ship on the horizon.
"I think the ship is here."
Everyone else looked at where she was looking and didn't see much. However, Silque seemed to instantly tell who's ship it was and lit up in delight.
"That's my ship! Hang on for a few minutes, I need to go and tell the Captain that there are people here! Once we get you guys on the ship, we'll have the whole of today and tomorrow to hang out!"
Silque had directed that statement at Aruma who only nodded her head excitedly. Everyone watched the mermaid jump off the pier and zip away the moment she hit the water, pretty much long gone by the time they blinked. Everyone got onto the pier to await the mentioned boat, but everyone couldn't help but notice Saryas slightly perverse grin. Andrew was the one to call her out on it though.
"What's got you grinning like that?"
"Oh just wait. You'll see."
Only more curious, and maybe a little excited, Andrew could only wait to see what the elf was on about. It didn't take long for the ship to come into view, but even less time for the ships full glory to be seen by everyone. The levels of reactions varied between everyone, with Morgana and Serena only groaning at the sight, Jonathan only laughing sheepishly, Aruma having her eyes covered by aforementioned male hero, and everyone else only grinning lewdly at it, Andrew voicing what he thought.
"He he… nice."
The ship itself was a brigantine, a rather large ship in of itself, but not truly massive. It was large and it didn't seem to be painted in any kinds of colors, though the shine of lacquer was easy to see from the surface of the boat. Though it was a few details that made four of the individuals in the group appreciate it. The twin masts, at first glance, looked normal, until one saw past the sails that kept the ship going and saw the masts and that the both of them looked a bit thicker then what would've considered normal. They also seemed to have an unusual curve to them along with an unusual head at the top. Outside of one person who's eyes where currently covered, it was easy to see that the masts where in the shape of giant dicks. However, the thing that grabbed the most attention was the figurehead at the front of the ship. It was in the shape of a beautiful woman, intricately designed in all her nude glory, everything about the details looking as if a master had recreated the woman it was modeled after right into the wood itself. What made it stand out though was that instead of a serene or smiling face, the woman's face was twisted into an ahegao, her belly distended from the shape of a dick forcing its way into her womb while her arms had the appearance of being held in place.
"I think I'm going to like the captain of this ship."
Andrew could only nod in agreement with Unoma. For a few minutes, everyone watched as the ship got closer, but it eventually dropped anchor a good distance out. The anchor wasn't the only thing it dropped though, a small boat being lowered into the water as everyone watched something jump off the deck of the ship and into the water. It was easy to see that it was a mermaid from the coloring (no doubt Silque), but something also jumped from the top of the mast and took flight. Everyone was curious about that at first, but they noticed that the flying… thing was staying over the small boat. What was surprising about the boat itself was that it didn't have anybody in it, seemingly coming toward them under its own power. Though when it got closer, Andrew was able to see the rope attached to the front and the taught appearance it had, indicating that it was being pulled by Silque. Though of the two, the first one to make it to them was the flying one. And once they started to descend, Andrew and the rest managed it get a good view of who it actually was. 'She' was a female who looked a little older then Silque did, maybe somewhere in the fifteen or sixteen-year range by appearance. However, that was only judging her based on her body type and youthful appearance. That being somewhat misleading when she herself was some kind of sea bird harpy.
Her plumage was white around where her less then human parts where at, those being the lower parts of her legs, and her wings. Those being in the place of where her arms would go. Her skin was a creamier color, though it wasn't tan like Andrew would have expected a seafaring individual to have. Her iris's where a pale yellow in color, her eyes themselves looking lazy and sleepy. The girl's hair was somewhat long, coming down to the middle of her back, but she only partially kept it out of her face. Which only allowed her left eye to be visible at all times while her right was hidden by long bangs unless the wind moved her white hair out of the way. Just like Silque was, this girl was topless, revealing her small bust. Though unlike the mermaid, the girl had a lower half like a human female save for halfway down the thigh where it turned into a plumed birds keg, and thus wore what looked to be a kind of tribal long skirt, etched with blues and motifs of the sea.
Despite the inhuman features of her bird like heritage, the thing that struck him amazingly different about the girl was her sheer size. He had only guessed that she was young, but her wingspan easily dwarfed him by a good many feet, and her actual size would put her just a little under his own height, and he was even at six feet tall. She wasn't fat, but somewhat thin so this gave her the appearance of looking only slightly anorexic. Everyone moved out of the way for her to land on the pier, the beating of her wings as she came to a slow decent kicking up long hair and any dust from off the pier itself. But eventually the talons of her claws touched down, and the girl lazily looked on at the group.
"Huh… so it looks like the captain was right… again… you guys must be the ones Silque was talking about, right?"
Jonathan nodded his head at her in answer to her question.
"Correct, but may we ask who you are?"
The harpy looked at him for a moment before she shrugged her shoulders in non-interest.
"I'm not anybody really important, but I'm usually the look out on the ship. My name is Tannath. You can call me Tan for short though. Anyway, Silque should be here soon-ish if she doesn't get distracted by anything too perverse on her way over here… also, gotta ask, who paid for full round trip?"
Andrew, not sure what she was talking about, looked at her in a confused manner. Jonathan and his group pulled out some small pieces of paper though and held them up for her to see.
"We did."
Tannath nodded her head before she turned to Andrews group.
"Alright, if you want a trip back, your gonna need to pay about two hundred copper… if you don't have that, then two silver works just as well."
Andrew was about to mention on how he wasn't sure if they even had the appropriate currency for the ride, or if that fare was even normal, but the harpy wasn't done yet and suddenly let out a low sigh.
"But if you would like the maximum in comfort then you may offer up one gold coin for the day and a half trip from here to Gwent."
She had said all that in a rehearsed manner, but she had sounded slightly annoyed by it, as if she really wasn't expecting anybody to actually pay for that. Andrews main concern was that he wasn't sure if they would be able to pay period, and he wasn't sure if Jonathan would be willing to pay for them despite him being a decent person. Before he could say or do anything about it though, Labareda spoke up before she pulled something seemingly out of thin air.
"When you say gold coin, do you mean something like this?"
Tannath looked at the demonic familiar for a moment before she eyeballed the coin in her claws, She then somehow gripped it with her wing (Andrew had to blink a few times when he saw her hold a coin with the Alula portion of her wing.) and began to examine it more closely. While she was doing that, Andrew looked to Labareda and asked her the question he had in his mind.
"Where did you get that?"
Lab only looked up at him while she shrugged her shoulders.
"Weirdly enough, whenever I would kill something in the labyrinth, it would automatically be added into my dimensional space. I don't really get it myself, but I didn't remove it because I was curious about it. But if it proves useful, you can have it Master. Anything that's mine also belongs to you."
Not sure how to feel about that very game styled money making, Andrew turned his attention back to Tannath, upon which the harpy nodded and pocketed it… somewhere in her skirt.
"Alright then. Since you've paid for five people, then you'll get the VIP treatment. But I'll have to run it by the captain first though. On that note, the dingy is here. We can fit about 4 on it at a time, so we'll need to make about 2 trips. Since you guys paid the premium, you get to go first… but we can only fit about 4 of you. One of you is going to need to stay behind."
Andrew looked at the small boat in question and saw that she was right. It was larger then what one would expect of many smaller boats, but the capacity was at four. Nodding his head, Andrew turned to look at Jonathans group.
"That okay with you guys?"
Jonathan only nodded his head.
"It's fine."
Andrew nodded his head before he turned back to his own group.
"Alright. Unoma, Labareda… Morgana and Jonathan, how about you all go first?"
Labareda and Unoma looked on at Andrew blankly for a moment before they unanimously shouted at him.
"WHAT?!/WHY?!"
Somewhat expecting the reaction, Andrew held his hands up as if to placate them.
"I want to make this fair since Jonathan and his group have been down there much longer then we have. I want you both going in the event something happens."
Labareda and Unoma both looked mighty annoyed at Andrew, Lab actually looking angry about the fact that she would be separated from him for a period of time, but at the same time, Andrew only smiled at the both of them before he indicated both Sarya and Serena.
"Relax, there are two very capable individuals here in the event anything happens upon us here. But I don't think it will."
Andrew thought about that for a moment before he looked back at Jonathan, realizing that he was basically forcing this on them.
"If that's okay with you Jonathan?"
The blonde male only smiled at him before he chuckled to himself.
"It's fine. Though you don't need to go out of the way to accommodate me and my group, I do appreciate your sentiments though."
Letting out a low sigh, Andrew nodded his head at him before the sound of Tannath clearing her throat caused him to look at her.
"Well if that's all settled, then I need everyone to get in the boat who's going. Everyone else who's staying behind, we should be back in a few minutes, so please wait patiently."
Andrew only nodded his head before he watched the aforementioned people get on the small ship, Lab and Unoma both looking highly irritated at the fact that they had to physically leave their master behind, even if it was at his command. It didn't take long for them to get underway, the group already getting out into the water, though Andrew was quick to note that it wasn't nearly as fast as when Silque had come on her own with the boat. Since it had taken her about five minutes to get here, he could only guess that it would take ten for them to get to the boat, along with another five for her to make it back, meaning they had another fifteen minutes to kill. In that Time, Andrew had to bring himself to start to think about what it was he was going to need to do in the near future though, his plans being non-existent in regards to his current situation. Letting out a low sigh, Andrew only looked out at the horizon, his mind running the same question over and over.
'What to do now…'
Hope you enjoyed, and sorry for the delay!