"Hey! Wake up, fool!" I smack Adonai's cheek for him to get his ass up. He opens his eyes and yawns.
"Can't a guy get some shut eyes around here?" He says yawning once more.
"As much as I want to not be here, we have a job to fulfill." We accepted an offering to be bodyguards for a merchant. Apparently he's very important, but I don't care cause he's a fucking filthy merchant. So fuck him. We're riding on his carriage which takes us to Lavelle Port. The moon is currently black so we only have the lanterns to illuminate the way.
"We're almost at the port anyways. Wake me up when there's some action." Ad tries to go back to sleep. Damn lazy bum.
"Are you sure you guys are the ones that defeated the High Orc?" The merchant asks.
"Don't matter what we accomplished. You hired us and we get shit done. That's all that matters." He has a doubtful look on his face, but doesn't press any further. Then the two horses stop moving.
"What's wrong?" The merchant looks over them and notices they are stuck in place. I check the ground. It's hard to tell, but I can see the thin line of webs.
"Look alive, Ad. We got spider trouble." I tell him, but he's already grabbing his sword.
"Here I thought it was going to be a boring commission." He flashes a smile. "You ready, partner?" I light a matchstick.
"Only if you pay for dinner." I smirk and drop the stick at the web. It burns it completely, letting the horses free. "Go!" I yell at the merchant and he nervously nods. We speed through the path as I burn the webs in front of us with my arrow covered in flames.
"Wait! You're going to set the whole forest on fire!" The merchant annoyingly tells me.
"It's raining season, so everything is wet and humid. Plus, it's going to rain later. Now shut your mouth and focus on the road!" I notice a bunch of silhouettes coming from all sides. Ad whistles.
"They must really be horny." He chuckles. One of the Arachne jumps on top of the carriage. But Ad pulls her in. "Hey there hot stuff. You want to have a good time with me?" She is flustered by his blunt statements and he closes the blinds to start fucking.
"What is wrong with you two!?" The merchant starts freaking out.
"I said to keep your eyes at the motherfucking road!" I shout at him, landing my shots on a couple of them trying to get on. Once Ad was done, he kicked her out.
"Wooooohoooooo! Now this is what I'm talking about, baby! Agagaga!" Ad does his trademark laugh.
Present Time
"And that's how we got here." I finish telling the story to Lily. We arrived at the port and we decided to rest at the McAllen Tavern. The place is relatively empty as it's midday. Lily raises an eyebrow at my tale.
"Are you telling me that your friend had sex and wasn't at all influenced by her? That's hard to believe." She fiddles with the rings on her arm. The three golden rings have different sizes. Wait, why did I focused on those details?
"Believe what you want. Now it's your turn to tell me about yourself." She looks at me and contemplates.
"I'm just your average Lilim who wants everyone to have fun."
"The average Lilim wouldn't have a dream to take down the Demon Lord. We're going to be traveling together for awhile and I need to know more about the monster who will be by my side." I retort back. She sighs. Seems she doesn't want to talk about herself.
"You may not know this, but there was a time where we monsters used to live in peace with the humans."
"Shit. When was this?"
"Fifty-two years ago. Those were good times."
"How old are you?"
"I'm seventy-seven. Still in my prime." She brags. I don't know what's so proud about being an old bat, but she still looks very beautiful nonetheless. "As I was saying, the old Lord died of natural causes and obviously everyone tried to fill in that power vacuum. Andariel Pendragon...She won the position but her abilities were none I have ever seen before. I don't know the extent of her powers. No one knows, which makes her a formidable foe and why many Heroes have fallen."
"So that's why you went and decided to find someone that could translate the book by the off chance it would hint of her weakness." She nods. "But how did you get a hold of this encyclopedia to begin with?"
"My sister was actually the one who saved it from the wrath of the Mamono Lord. She and Pen were really close, so close that they became a couple." Lily's expression darkens. "That was until the Lord went on her crusade to purge the books. Their relationship was already dwindling, but that was the last straw for her. So many unnecessary casualties." She stays silent for a moment. I see. It is never easy to witness carnage and war without feeling some sort of twisted feeling in your stomach. I may find many people and monsters annoying, but I wouldn't wish death upon them. Unless they're pieces of shits. "So my sis tasked me to find the one person who could understand the language in the book and here we are now." She gives me a smile. When she's not being a bitch, she can actually be very attractive.
"Since we're on the subject of the Demon Lord, anything useful I should know about her?"
"Oh yea. She has a dick." She says quickly. There's an awkward silence.
"Excuse me?" I finally ask.
"You know. A penis."
"I know what dick means! I'm just...how is that even possible?" She shrugs.
"Who knows. I mean she has both a vagina and dick, so she can reproduce with both males and females." The thought of a monster having a penis is too much for my human mind!
"As bizarre as that fact is, that information doesn't help me with anything."
"It is important. You see, any monster that has sex with her, they will develop a new ability. It's hard to explain, it's kinda like she's unlocking a hidden potential that was dormant inside the monster. If that makes any sense."
"No. It doesn't. But that explains why the Atlach-Nacha used an ability that's not even mentioned in the book. This could pose a major problem in our travels. What a pain." I frustratingly sigh. I should keep asking more, but it looks like that's all I'm getting out of her. She is purposely being vague about some things, like her involvement in this beyond looking for a translator. She fiddles with her rings again, scanning around the tavern. "Looking for a guy?"
"Yup. I told you those girls only had enough mana to get me here. Especially since we ran the whole way." She sighs again. She looks at me. Oh boy, here we fucking go again.
"Training #2: Conserve your fucking energy. In both ways. There will be times where we'll be walking for days. Not including the battles along the way, so learn how to control your desire and not exert yourself." She slams the table.
"Easy for you to say! We monsters not only have the basic needs but also have to replenish our mana too!"
"You're making a scene. Calm yourself."
"It's so hard for you to fuck me! Why won't you at least do that!? What kind of a man would leave a beautiful woman, such as myself, all hot and bothered!?"
"Listen!" Now it's my turn to slam the desk. "I'm not a fucking chosen and I can get influenced easily. Do you understand that the moment I stick my dick in a monster is all over for me? I don't want anything to get in the way of my mission, especially being a fucktoy. You want to take down the Demon Lord? Then you better start getting your shit together right now!" We glare at one other for a moment and I notice the bartender getting uncomfortable. I sigh. "Look, I understand having sex is what you do to survive, but we need to control our own lust and desires. Especially against an enemy an opponent that can take advantage of those needs." She grunts and sits down. I do the same and we sit in silence.
"How do you it?" She finally asks.
"Do what?"
"How do you not let your lust take over? I've seen men try to control it but they fail. Yet you don't let it happen." I look up the ceiling.
"To be honest, it's just how I am. It also help I've lived and fought long enough to hold it in. I am still human though. I have those same feelings. In fact, it's worse in my case because of the side effects of the detector." I show her the pentagram on my arm. "Everytime my body wants to have sex, I have to constantly remind myself that I have a mission to fulfill not just for my home or my friend, but to myself. Because only I can accomplish those goals. That's my reasoning anyways." She looks at me. I must look very serious. "Did you know I used to fuck around?" She smirks.
"Really? I couldn't tell."
"Oh yeah. They're humans though. Never fucked a monster before as I've seen and experienced the influence first hand."
"Would you ever fuck a monster?" I look down at the table, then back at her and shrug.
"Not in my mind at the moment. I guess I'll let you know when that bridge is crossed." She giggles. That cheered her up, but at least she's in a good mood. I laugh with her.
