Chapter 27: The Green Blitz Re-emerges!

Standing before a giant cave entrance, I let out a sigh of relief. I finally made it! I needed to stop by my apartment first to get my weapons and stuff. Kinda shocked that the quest didn't start without me. Did everyone else already head in? Pulling my phone out, I check the quest info. Huh?! This is a solo quest?! I swear it made no mention of such earlier! Being high priority, I was thinking I'd get lucky to see Falcom or even CyberConnect2 in action again. Welp, them's the brakes. If they think only one person is necessary, then that's the way it is. I think I've got what it takes to get this done. At least all the credit will be mine when I turn it in. Equipping my dual greatswords, I charge forward into the cave.

Five minutes pass and I've put my swords away into their sheaths on my back. Damn, this is boring! I expected a horde of monsters or something when the guild said it was a big deal. On the other hand, it's kinda nice to explore around and look at the fancy glowing crystals spread out in here. A green crystal sprouting from the wall beside me happens to catch my interest. Its got a rather pristine snowflake type shape to it. I don't think I've seen many like it, if at all. Glad I brought my rock pick along. Pulling it out of my utility satchel, I hack at the mineral deposit until it cleanly breaks from the wall. Oh wow! The glow isn't fading away! A unique find indeed! It might even fetch a pretty price. Probably best to hand it over to IF and Marv as a little gift when we reunite the group since it's not like I need the money. Taking the mineral, I venture deeper for another handful of minutes until suddenly the cave starts to quake something fierce. W-Whoa! I'm losing my balance! Trying to keep my footing, I stay close to the wall for support. Is this just natural seismic activity or is this the work of the creature I'm supposed to be culling? Loud clinking emanates from directly above my head. I look up to discover some sharp crystals breaking from the ceiling.

"Shit!" I quickly sidestep out of the way, watching it shatter as it hits the ground. Phew! Close call! Before I can continue, the ground beneath my feet shifts weirdly. Oh no! Attempting to slowly back away, my feet slide and I take a tumble down a steep slope I couldn't really see in the patch of darkness between the luminescent sources. Reaching the bottom, I land on my side, coughing up a storm from the dust I got in my mouth. Looking up to where I was, I realize I'm now maybe about a hundred feet down at the very least. I was hoping to not use the grappling hook launcher to get back out on this occasion. The ground rumbles again so much stronger than the first time, knocking me back on my ass.

"Seriously, what's the big… deal?" My voice sinks as I turn around and see what's behind me in this deep pit. Almost instinctively, I clasp a hand over my mouth as my heart races. Before me is a sleeping giant Ancient Dragon, its body blanketed in white crystalline armor. This pit… is its den.

Pulling up the bestiary app on my phone, I frantically swipe through the dragon listings and can't find anything about what I'm seeing. This thing hasn't been documented yet?! Taking deep breaths, I calm down. Okay, I'm not in deep shit yet since it's sleeping but they should've made this a group quest just to be on the safe side. I would be remiss to not document this for future adventurers. Switching to my camera, I make sure the flash is off and then take multiple pictures, slowly walking in a circle around it. All that peeping on Noire's cosplay for Anonydeath actually kept my espionage and photography skills up to snuff because these pictures are pristine. I switch over to taking a video because I know photos aren't gonna be enough proof for those people. My phone abruptly starts blasting that ringtone, startling me so hard that I accidentally toss it upwards.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" I mutter, desperately fumbling with the phone to get a grip on it and see what's wrong. It's a call from… N-Noire? Popping my wireless earbuds in a hurry and answering it, the ringtone stops and the colossal beast doesn't wake up from its slumber.

"Yes, Noire," I keep my voice low.

"Why are you talking like that? I swear if you're fucking Plutia again with me on the phone, then there will be hell to pay!" Noire warns.

"I wish," I accidentally say aloud.

"Leon!" She exclaims angrily.

"S-Sorry, I didn't mean to actually say that out loud," I apologize.

"That doesn't make it better!" She shouts.

"Listen, there's a lot of things going through my head right now. You can't really blame me at the moment," I sigh lightly.

"… Mine's tighter," she randomly declares.

"… What?" I question, confused by her abrupt statement. Where the hell did that come from?

"M-My holes… are tighter," she hesitantly clarifies.

"I don't doubt that," my mouth speaks once again without permission.

"W-What makes you say that?! D-Do you think I'm a virgin, Leon?" She inquires. Considering Iris Heart is the one who said it, that's probably right on the money.

"Noire, this surely isn't the reason why you called me. Can we please get back to the point of this call?" I ask, dodging the question.

"Answer the damn question first!" She insists. Really?

"Hell, I hope so. I'm curious what a virgin goddess feels like since Ultradimension me already took Plu's first time," I answer with sheer honesty.

"Ugh, why did you have to remind me that you're technically her boyfriend? It will never stop being weird," she groans.

"Hey, you wanted an answer and you got it," I chuckle.

"Well, to tell the truth, I actually am and I am holding it for you. When I come over there, let's leave all of our troubles at the door and just focus solely on each other. How does that sound?" Her velvety words are like a warm blanket wrapping around me. At the same time, that sounds… a little too… close.

"T-That wording makes it sound a bit more… intimate than I'm used to," I tug at the neck of my shirt.

"Is there something wrong with being a little more intimate than usual?" Her voice grows more seductive. She has to have been practicing this stuff. She's usually not confident enough to dip her toe this deep. It reeks of Plu's doing.

"N-Not at all," I stutter.

"Good to hear. This little mood we got going is actually perfect for what I called for. There's something I wanted your opinion on. I'm sending it now," she says. A bunch of messages from Noire inundate my screen. Why so many? Opening one of them up, a picture of Noire in a schoolgirl outfit flashing her panties fills the screen.

"Uhhh… T-that's…," I'm stunned as I scroll to another picture. This one is Noire in the same outfit bent over on her bed m-minus the panties! Scrolling more gives me photos of different titillating cosplay, some are topless or pantyless, and others are just straight up nudes! "G-Geez, Noire." I certainly wasn't expecting this. Wait! No! I'm getting distracted! I can't forget about killing this new fucking dragon that I'm only a couple feet away from!

"What do you think?" She giggles.

"These are really sexy but can this wait? I'm kinda busy right now," I say.

"So busy that you have time to entertain this call for as long as it's been going?" She clicks her tongue. "Pull it out." Her voice nosedives straight to Iris Heart tone. There's no way Plutia didn't teach her unless Kei's hiding a big sadistic streak.

"I… what?"

"You heard me. Turn your camera on, pull that dick out and jack off," she demands.

"N-N-Noire, stop kidding around. I need to focus. I'm on a big quest in a dangerous spot," I explain.

"That's not the only thing that's big right now though, is it? Go ahead and let me watch you rub one out to my photos so you can do your quest with a clear mind," she says. My mind was clear until she called with all this!

"You don't understand. This is seriou—," I start to say.

"Now, Leon or the sex is off of the table!" She threatens. Goddamn it! That Plutia playbook is too strong!

"Y-Yes, Lady Noire," I submit, leaning up against the wall. Turning on the camera, I undo my belt and pants, pulling my hardened dick out for her to see.

"Good boy. Now fap," she commands.

"Ngh!" I grunt as I stroke my dick.

"Faster, Leon. Imagine your hand is my pussy gripping your hard cock," her sexy breathy tone is turning my brain to horny mush.

"F-Fuck, N-Noire!" I moan as I speed up. Damn, I'm getting close already?! "Noire! I-I can't really hold it in!" I drop to my knees.

"Shoot out your hot jizz for your goddess! I demand it!" She asserts.

"Aaahn! L-Lady Noire!" I exclaim as I orgasm, firing off thick white ropes onto the ground. As soon as I look up from my dick, I almost about shit my intestines out. I-I completely forgot already! I'm so fucking dead! Its… eyes… are staring straight at me! I got too loud!

"Wow, you shot out quite a lot! See? That was fun, wasn't it?" She giggles.

"Y-Y-Yeah. Listen, Noire. I really need to go. Right now," I mutter very quietly as I slowly yet shakily stand back up after fixing my pants and carefully reach into my bag, searching for my grappling hook launcher as the dragon continues silently observing my behavior.

"Fine. You entertained me enough. I'll let you get back t—," I hang up before she can finish. I'll apologize for that later… assuming I'm still alive that is! There's my grappling hook! Sweating bullets, I take a deep breath. The second I aim and fire this thing, it's gonna potentially lunge at my sudden movement. I'd fight down here but I lost my big advantage having to deal with Noire and there's not much space between us for me to move around effectively anyway. Okay. Here I go! Swiftly whipping out the launcher, I blindly fire upward.

"GWRAAHH!" It lets out a pissed off growl and charges at me. The hook latches to the rocky ceiling, quickly yanking me up and out of the den just shy of the dragon biting my legs off. Giving chase, it frantically climbs up the wall after me as I'm still rapidly ascending.

"Holy shit!" I yell with a bit of a nervous laugh thrown in. Reaching the previous area I had fallen from, I swing myself and leap to the sturdy footing of the ground, leaving my grappling hook behind. I can always just get a new one. In the few seconds of prep time I got with adrenaline surging through me, I pull my swords out and turn myself around to face the creature. The giant beast emerges from the cliff side and stands on its back legs as it unfurls its wings, letting out another monstrous roar that unleashes violent winds. These winds shatter quite a couple of the crystals surrounding us into sparkly glitter and shakes the entire cave.

My blood is pumping! My breathing is intensely heavy! This is it! This is the reason why I started adventuring in the first place! I missed this so much! It's time to dust off my adventuring moniker, The Green Blitz! It makes a little less sense now that my hair is red but Tekken's training shows that my energy is colored green so I'm not changing it! I courageously point one of my swords at the gigantic threat.

"Now we're on fair ground! It's me versus you! I, The Green Blitz aka Leon, leader of Team Leo-Marv-Iff, accept this challenge wholeheartedly!" I shout, accidentally slipping back into that noble knight voice that makes Iffy cringe. I can't help it though, especially when I'm having too much of a blast. "Come on! Let us do battle and see who comes out on top!" A wild grin cracks across my face.