Chapter 23

While leaving the town ruins, the glint of metal catches Sonic's eye. He drops into a combat stance, readying his fists for another fight.

"Sonic?" Shadow questioned, noticing his stance. "What's wrong?"

"Shh." Sonic hissed, his eyes darting about, searching for the source of the light. When he finally locates the source of the reflection, he feels rather foolish. It came from a sword lodged hilt-deep in the trunk of a tree. He relaxed a bit, approaching the odd sight to get a better look. "Stupid sword made me think we were about to be attacked again."

The tree is thick enough to encapsulate the entire blade. Nothing protrudes from the far side at all. In another odd twist, there is not any sap leaking around the undamaged bark that surrounds the sword. The hilt itself appears made of bronze, with gold inlays along the outside of the handguard. Looking closer, Sonic realizes they portray a stylized figure battling a horde of demons. The handle is wrapped tightly with rugged leather that still looks brand new in spite of how long this sword must have been here for the tree to grow so thoroughly around it.

"How odd." Shadow commented, frowning at the sword in the tree. "You know what this reminds me of?"

"Sword In The Stone?" Sonic guessed with a smirk.

"Yes. How'd you know?"

"I've been in a situation like this before. Remember that story I told everyone about how I got sucked into a book?"

"Yes, I remember. I was one of the few to believe it. You're not the kind of person to make up stories like that."

Sonic nodded, his gaze never leaving the sword. He brought his hand up and rubbed it against the hilt, almost caressing it. "Caliburn."

"Do you think it's the same like him?" Shadow asked.

"... Only one way to find out."

The blue hedgehog gripped the handle with both hands and, much to their surprise, easily pulled the sword free. It was incredible with how easy it was to remove. Remarkably the tree's trunk is entirely intact. While marveling at this new development, a leaf brushes Sonic's shoulder. He looks up and watches as every single leaf turns from healthy green, to brilliant orange, and finally changes to brown. The leaves rain down around him and Shadow, covering the ground in dead plant-matter, leaving them alone with the withering skeleton of a dead tree. The sight saddens them, though they cannot fathom why.

Sonic looks back down to the sword, admiring it in his hands. The blade itself is three and a half feet of the purest, shining steel he has ever seen. It truly is a beautiful blade. As beautiful as Caliburn was.

"It came out easily, just like Caliburn did." He whispered in awe. "I… I truly am Mobius' Champion."

"And now you are no longer defenseless." Shadow added. "With that being said… what are we going to do now?"

Sonic thought for a moment, trying to wrap his head around this.

What should they do now?

The blue champion suddenly then frowned, knowing EXACTLY what they should do now with a proper weapon in hand.

Sonic thought that going back to the forest now that he had a weapon would be easy. It seemed easy enough as he was able to defeat an imp with ease, gaining 7 gems and a bottle of Succubi milk.

However, all that confidence was about to change.

Suddenly, a goblin leaps out from behind a rock outcropping. For something so small, she has a lot of curves. She advances towards the boys, rolling her hips in a suggestive way, immediately diverting their blood-flow to their crotches. The little thing is only about four feet tall, with pink and black dyed hair cut into a cute little 'do. The greenish-gray skin of her breasts jiggles pleasantly with every step, supported by a few leather straps, amplifying her cleavage. Her cunt lips are pierced multiple times, inflamed, and slightly parted. There really isn't any clothing on her to hide them, just more of the ever-present straps wrapping around her thighs.

The goblin makes them an offer that's difficult to turn down, "Hey there studs, want to fuck me pregnant? I promise my box will milk your dicks dry. Just let Tamani take care of all your boners, OK?"

"Not even in your dreams, slut." Sonic growled, getting in a fighting stance with the sword gripped in his hands, Shadow quickly following his lead.

Tamani's eyes widen in surprise, "Don't let the size fool you, big boy. I can take more than you think," she says while her hands begins playing with her box, "Are you sure you don't want to just let off a little steam?"

"Get lost, goblin. We're not interested." Shadow hissed.

The goblin pouts, anger clouding her cute little features. She turns and storms off, clearly pissed at them, "Think about it. Next time those dicks better ache for me, or I'll MAKE you want it."

The two hedgehogs look at each other.

...What just happened?

"That was surprisingly easy." Sonic said, dropping the sword back to his side.

"Yeah… too easy." Shadow frowned. "We should keep our guard up. She said she'd be back. Who knows what she might try."

Sonic nodded. "Good point. Let's keep going."

An hour passes.

While exploring, Shadow yelps as he's suddenly startled by the feeling of tiny hands stroking the insides of his thighs. He looks down and finds Tamani the goblin there, grinning with desire, "Ready to stuff me with cum? I'm not taking no for an answer this time."

Tamani is suddenly knocked to the side as Sonic kicks her away from his friend. "We told you no!"

Tamani growls and adopts a fighting pose. "If I have to, I'll beat my children out of you!"

"Bring it on, bitch!" Sonic shouts, swinging his sword at her. It hits her, but much to their surprise, her tough skin keeps the blade from doing much damage!

Tamani pulls out a blue vial and uncaps it, swiftly downing its contents. She looks to have recovered from some of her wounds!

"Hey! No fair!" The azure champion growls, slashing at her with the sword again. This time, it does a bit more damage, but the slutty goblin just pulls out another blue vial and heals herself. "Stop that!" This time, Sonic's anger disrupts his concentration, as he swings again but practically misses her, only making a little cut on her arm.

Tamani smirks and suddenly mutilates Sonic with her powerful tiny punch!

Stumbling, Sonic swings the sword again, but misses her.

Tamani runs her hands along her leather-clad body and blows Shadow a kiss. "Why not walk on the wild side?" she asks. The display distracts him long enough to prevent him from taking advantage of her awkward pose, leaving him more than a little flushed.

Suddenly, Sonic's sword hits her again. The goblin growls and punches him again. How is she so powerful?! Sonic tries to stab her, but Tamani deftly avoids his slow attacks.

She suddenly uncorks a glass bottle full of black fluid and swings her arm, flinging a wave of fluid at the hedgehogs. The black fluid splashes all over them and wicks into their skin near-instantly. It makes them feel tired and drowsy.

"You won't… get away… with this." Sonic slurred, trying to hit her with his sword again, but the attack is so slow, Tamani just swiftly steps to the side. She then turns to Shadow, smirking maliciously.

"Your vials may have slowed us down, but we're not giving up that easily." He growls, taking a fighting stance.

"Ooooh… I remember you now." She giggles. "I thought you looked familiar, but I wasn't sure because of your new color… but I could never forget that husky voice."

Shadow's eyes widen and he gulps a bit, suddenly remembering her as well. He suddenly feels very frightened. He can't move. And before he has the chance to attack, Tamani uncorks a glass bottle full of red fluid and swings her arm, flinging a wave of fluid at him. The red fluids hit him and instantly soak into his skin, disappearing. The golden hedgehog's skin flushes and he feels warm. Oh no...

His prick pulses and twitches, overwhelmed with the desire to breed. If they don't finish this soon he'll give in to this potent drug… just like he did last time!

With Sonic too slow and tired to use his sword, Shadow growls and spindashes at her, but his attacks are deflected and blocked.

Tamani bends over, putting on a show and jiggling her heart-shaped ass at him. She looks over her shoulder and sucks on her finger, batting her eyelashes. The display distracts Shadow long enough to prevent him from taking advantage of her awkward pose, leaving him more than a little flushed.

Knowing that they were not gonna win this battle, Shadow grabs Sonic's arm and turns tail to attempt to flee, but to his horror, Tamani stays hot on their heels, denying them a chance at escape!

She jumps at them and punches them both to the ground. They both groan in pain as they struggle to stand back up.

"Come on, Shadow. She's just a little goblin." Sonic says to the hedgehog, barely gripping his sword. "We can take her."

"No, we can't!" Shadow insists, grabbing his arm again, and once again, trying to run, but Tamani catches up again.

She uncorks another glass bottle full of black fluid and swings her arm, dowsing the two hedgehogs again. They are both exhausted now, but Shadow continues to run, dragging Sonic with him.

Eventually, they manage to escape, and Tamani rapidly disappears into the shifting landscape behind them.