Chapter 17: Tecna's Truth and the Search for Knowledge
Blood, fire broken stone: that was all that was left of Red Fountain; the Grand Templar gathered in his war tent alongside the Lord Templars. "We've searched the rubble and I found Lord Marcus's sword as well as his holy book" Lord De Lande stated placing a book and a sword on the table. "I've also done my best seeing to our wounded and looking for survivors; I've helped our healers and lightened their work load significantly with miracles" De Lande continued.
"I am glad to hear that you've done good work De Lande and thank you for returning this tome: it was a shame to lose Lord Marcus; he'll be missed" Arsonious stated.
"We may have to adapt our plans; we've lost all communication and our forces have been significantly weakened" Lord Dexter commented, he was man with short gray hair, but he had no beard and he wore a black robe.
"You are correct Lord Dexter our plans do require changing; however, we have won a victory at serious cost but a victory none the less: Lord Arsonious may I suggest the movement of our troops here; we have to attack the two schools however there is a large swamp along our line of march regardless of which one we go after" Lord Cornelius stated.
"Indeed, however that route would take too long; if I know Darkar he will have called for reinforcements and thus we will need to win and do so quickly we only have one option that will allow us a quick victory and that is thru the swamp" Arsonious stated.
"My lords!" A soldier stated rushing in. "We are being attacked by Beastmen again and there are more of them this time" the Soldier stated.
"We'll have to deal with them first then before we make any further decisions" the Grand Templar commented and their meeting dispersed.
The New day had dawned and while the forces of Lighthaven clashed with the Beastmen Erasiel found himself in more enjoyable pursuits namely a morning round of sex with Nimeria who he was currently riding doggy style. This went on for a number of minutes before they decided they'd had enough and got dressed. "You know Nim I'm feeling a lot better now, you've really cheered me up" Erasiel stated.
"Well I'm glad I can do that for you at least; besides you deserve that it was a hero's reward, a true hero's reward; not some thank you with lip service but some actual action" Nimeria stated.
"Well I'm going to do some research Nim; I'd appreciate it if you can tell the others to be ready in case I need them" Erasiel stated.
"I'll do that; I think I can Polly to help you with your research she's a regular bookworm if you remember" Nimeria stated.
"Good Also can you get Tecna as well: I would be happy to have her help" Erasiel commented.
"Anything for you my favorite Phoenix" Nimeria stated, then they gave each other another kiss and did so for a few minutes before leaving the room.
"Morning Griselda" Erasiel greeted. "You be a good girl today and don't bother disciplining the witches they're out of you authority don't worry they'll behave" Erasiel commented she glared at him, "Also I wouldn't recommend going in there the place is a mess" Erasiel stated indicating the room behind him, Griselda pushed past him then yelled in irate annoyance.
"Let her clean that mess up" Nimeria commented.
"Yep" Erasiel stated then kissed her on the cheek and departed, he made his way for the library where Barbatea the Librarian was busy going thru notes. "Any books on powerful magical weapons capable of putting down genocidal madmen and terrifying monsters" Erasiel asked Barbatea who jumped up from her reading. Barbatea had short and thick cloud shaped purple hair and her eyes are at an angle pointing upwards. She wore large round glasses much like Faragonda. Her outfit was the stereotypical librarian attire, consisting of a blue vest, light blue, long puffy sleeved, collared dress shirt, an indigo long skirt that has a small slit at the bottom and above-knee blue, high heeled boots, Erasiel found her attractive but he was not in the mind set for flirting right now.
"Books about powerful weapons?! Not in the normal section; in the Restricted section; oh, it's you Erasiel; Headmistress Faragonda informed me you had full reign of anything in library as over half of the volumes here were donated from your personal collection" Barbatea responded, then pulled out her keys and guided him to a gated off section of the library a part where he had been previously during his research into Bloom. Erasiel entered the room and looked thru shelf after shelf ignoring obviously dangerous books and anything that didn't have anything to do with his current search and after about 20 minutes he found what he was looking for.
"Ah here it is: Magical Arms and Armor of the Many Realms of the Magic Dimension by Hagan Greatsmith, my father-in laws personal record of powerful equipment forged throughout the ages; perfect for finding anything capable of killing a crazed religious zealot by the name of Arsonious; wait this is volume one; I'll need the other six" Erasiel commented to himself; he was approached by Tecna and Polly.
"Hey Nathan, what are you doing?" Tecna greeted and asked.
"Looking for books on the subject of overpowered magical artifacts capable of shattering Greater Phoenix crystal artifacts and killing exalted religious madmen" Erasiel responded.
"That's specific" Polly commented.
"Indeed, in short I'm looking for a weapon that can kill Grand Templar Arsonious and that is relatively close by and can be wielded by someone here on Magix." Erasiel responded.
"Well we can help you look" Polly stated.
"I'd appreciate that, that's why I sent Nim to get you two" Erasiel stated, they then proceeded to look thru the restricted section for more books on the subject, after acquiring as many books as was relevant they then moved to nearby table. "Alright now that we've got the books let's get started, will start with the most recent in terms of publishing dates and work our way along until we find something that can work for the purpose" Erasiel stated.
An hour of searching lead to multiple options however Erasiel shot down most of these do either the weapon in question being too far away, not usable by anyone on Magix, being hopeless lost slash destroyed, or just not strong enough for the purpose. "How about he the Axe of Mortis?" Polly commented.
"Too dangerous, besides necromantic weaponry against a holy templar: are you joking? That's the kind of weapon anyway that we would need a Lich to wield safely" Erasiel commented, "I mean I could always phone my buddy Arkhan the Black, but he is quite busy with council business at the moment and Axes aren't his style he prefers swords specifically his Tomb Blade, nope out of the question next" Erasiel stated.
"How about Grundost, Hammer of Ages? The Dwarf High King has that and he's coming to our aid" Tecna commented.
"If it was Tolghar, High King Wulfstan's father, wielding Grundost then yes but unfortunately he is current frozen in time in the Obsidian Dimension along with most of the Army of Light; Wulfstan is a formidable fighter but he is too young and inexperienced with the hammer, he prefers his Axe, Next" Erasiel responded.
"Ok how about this one: Valruost the Blood Drinker; the sword of Kings" Polly stated, Erasiel smiled.
"Of course Valruost the sword of the Kings of Domino; that is close by we have someone who can use it Bloom, it would rally the Princes of Domino's moons and colonies and- wait: hold that thought I can't have Bloom go against the High Templar in good conscience, she's the only here who can use that sword plus it would require us to go to Domino which is doable but then we'd have to fight into the palace thru the forces and monsters left behind by the Ancestresses; that is ballsy but it might work however I'd like to leave that as a fall back plan if we have no other options, so in a word, NEXT!" Erasiel replied and they searched thru the books more suggestions more disappointment, more of Erasiel giving good reasons not to but also informing them that some of those artifacts were lost or destroyed.
After two hours of searching they had exhausted all other options. "Well that's it we've exhausted everything that fills the categories; We don't have time for my Father-in Law to forge a new weapon that would take months; nor do we have any other options, I need some time to think on this; a mission to Domino could be dangerous and it is our only option and thus I'll need to think long and hard on how to go about this" Erasiel stated. "Kerborg!" Erasiel barked and his faceless servant appeared at attention in bat form. "I need you to inform the troops I need a scouting run of Domino specifically around the royal city of Sparx" Erasiel instructed, and Kerborg nodded and left.
"I need some thinking about this: Polly go and get the team together and inform them of my plan; bar the Winx I'll tell them myself with Tecna: also tell Artesia to get her ship ready we'll need it" Erasiel stated, the purple haired girl nodded and left.
"Nathan we need to talk" Tecna stated.
"About what?" Erasiel asked.
"Not here, in private: and away from anyone else" Tecna explained, they left the Library after depositing the books on the countertop to the attention of Barbatea who got up to put them away. They then left the library and proceeded to the Winx Dorm; where the others were absent a sign was on the table that stated out to lunch be back in an hour. "Well that's comforting no one to disturb us" Tecna stated, then she escorted him to her shared room with Musa, which was unoccupied by the Fairy of Music who was out to lunch and left her laptop computer on her bed turned off next to a book the title of which was: Melody's music and melodies, with a note on the cover which said; "Downloaded all the tunes a nice piece of home; return to library signed Musa"
"Well I'm surprised she left a note on it" Erasiel commented.
"Oh, that's for me; since I get most of the books from the library Musa has my take her few checkouts back when she's done with them; anyway, that's not what I brought you here for" Tecna responded she then locked the door.
"What is it you brought me here for" Erasiel asked, he then was surprised by a kiss, his shock allowed Tecna to slip her tongue into his mouth before he eased into it and locked his around her; the kiss lasted for a minute before she broke it.
"Nathan: we've been dating for months now: I've only now realized how much I love you; and I've come to a decision; I want you for my husband but I'm not old enough to marry; however, that doesn't mean I'm below the age of consent: therefore, I've decided to give you something no one else has ever received and is something I only have one of: my virginity. I love you Erasiel Nathan Darkar; I love you more than anyone else; you've taught me something that we don't do on my homeworld; express our emotions openly; I can now smile whenever you're here or when I think of you; I just now want to give you what I've wanted to give you for a month now and now that we are at war and I might lose you or you lose me it's best that we do it now: I'd hate to think what would happen should we lose" Tecna stated.
"You've been thinking long and hard about this; are you sure about this" Erasiel asked, to which Tecna removed her top and her pants to reveal some rather exotic and seductive underwear that was Zenithian and had a techno-theme; a lime green and purple lace bra and panties as well as silk stockings of the same color, she removed her shoes.
"I'm sure; sure as I've ever been it is the only logical thing: I Arch-duchess Tecna Azitara Vedros of Zenith; second daughter of King Cryos VII of Zenith and Queen Magnithia Ypsi of Titania, sister to Princess Grisellia and Arch-Duke Kauron pledge my undying love to you Lord Erasiel Nathan Darkar son of Lord Argulus Darkar and Lady Avarra Darkar brother to Zephyr, Irietta, Eris and Arantir, in eyes of Ashyr the Phoenix lord of Logic and Asha Phoenix Queen I give you my love" Tecna stated then dragged him into a kiss which Erasiel accepted.
Erasiel ran one hand thru her short pink hair and another cupped her left butt cheek her hands went to his shirt and she took it off along with the undershirt beneath exposing his scarred but fit chest. "you have so many scars, how many of these are recent?" Tecna asked.
"All are within the last sixteen years any I had before that were well lost when I died and went to my ninth and current incarnation after my eighth was killed by the Ancestresses" Erasiel stated.
"You treat death so lightly" Tecna stated as she removed his sweats leaving him in his boxers she wrapped her hands around his tail moving thru the feathers of it.
"Death is just a part of existence: only thing with Phoenixes is that it is a bit of a joke, even more so if Demons want to claim your soul they can't because you never truly die which I find hilarious" Erasiel commented then he picked Tecna up carrying her to the bed and kissing her the whole way. Their make out session lasted for a bit before Erasiel kissed Tecna gracefully down her neck stopping at her breasts which he exposed from behind her bra though not removing it, he settled on one of her nipples and began to nurse at it, Tecna moaned as he did so, he felt her press a hand on his head encouraging him to continue. The researching was thirst work and Erasiel thirst was starting to be quenched by the Zenithian Fairy's milk, he stopped sucking on one breast and moved to the other, he used his right hand to remove her panties, while using his left to remove his boxers leaving both of their genitals exposed.
"Well don't hang back I can feel you rubbing me; I'm ready take it" Tecna stated, Erasiel obliged and entered her missionary style, pushing inside taking her virginity, to his surprise blue blood flowed down his phallus, he forget the blood of Zenithians was blue do to the artic environment of their planet, he began to slowly thrust up and down Tecna's hands groped his tail and his bum beneath it; Erasiel's tail obscured the movements from Tecna's sight though she felt his thrusts. The movements of Erasiel and Tecna shook the bed and Erasiel soon changed positions spooning as he suckled from her breasts still thirsty; Erasiel's constant thrusts continued until he had reached his limit and unloaded in her. As he pulled out Tecna stated "Don't worry I know Phoenixes can control their sperm's ability to produce children; best that we hold off on that until later wouldn't want the other girls to find out that I'm fucking you behind their backs" Tecna stated.
"You don't need to be that dirty with your mouth" Erasiel observed "I only use those words under outrage or extreme duress" Erasiel continued.
"Well then I'll refrain from using them in the future I was just being blunt that's all" Tecna responded, then flipped over shaking her rear at him provocatively. Erasiel responded to this by entering her anally popping her black cherry and enjoying the tightness.
"Tecna you're super tight" Erasiel commented, then proceeded to ride her doggy style, Tecna moaned into a pillow "Yes! Yes!" as well as more unintelligible things mainly regarding his skill at this. Erasiel then pulled her upward and laid back to allow him to kiss her but also to fondle her D-cup breasts, Erasiel's momentum continued and the bed shook harder than before, though because of the materials use in its construction it would not break no matter how much they moved. Erasiel eventually unloaded inside Tecna's rear and pulled out. "You know I'd love to see what you can do with your breasts" Erasiel commented.
"I'd love to show you" Tecna replied then climbed off him and wrapped his phallus in her breasts. "I'll demonstrate what on Zenith we call the embrace of Gazeal" Tecna stated then began to move her breasts slowly up and down her length, "I'll also give you what is called a Renderri kiss" Tecna stated then kiss the tip of his length before slowly and methodically liking it, she moved her breasts in opposing directions. Erasiel was in heavenly bliss, it had been a long time since he had a Zenithian warm his bed much less a virgin one who was surprisingly skilled in the arts, most likely do to simulations on Tecna's part as it was common practice on Zenith to prepare for any scenario as it was part of their logic, thus it allowed for even a virgin Zenithian to be as skilled as a nymphomaniac Zenithian. The movements of Tecna's mouth, tongue and breasts were exotic yet methodical and practiced, even though Erasiel knew she was a virgin due the blood on the bedsheets he felt as if she was a nymphomaniac, but that was beside the point, she was graceful and as befitting a Princess of Zenith and she was doing her best to show her love for him. Their lovemaking continued for a bit as they tried numerous forms but they both knew it would have to end soon to avoid the other Winx finding out.
Later… Erasiel and Tecna redressed rather quickly then moved to the couch in the front room after making Tecna's bed to standard it had been before their amorous adventure and then Erasiel took out a Gameboy and Tecna a similar device from Zenith and they began gaming, 10 minutes later the other Winx came in thru the front door. "Hey guys" Bloom stated. "Where were you?" Bloom asked.
"Doing research and then we played some videos games: We've found a solution to killing the Grand Templar Bloom and you are the one who will do it" Erasiel stated, Bloom was shocked.
"Me? I've not sure about this why me? And what is your plan?" Bloom asked
"Fine questions all of them: first off you are the only person who can wield this weapons and secondly you'll need warm winter clothing Bloom because we are going to Domino" Erasiel stated to the shock of everyone apart from Tecna who just grinned. "Bloom I'll need for you to come with me, we will need something from Daphne before we leave" Erasiel explained.
Later at Lake Roccaluchee…. Erasiel and Bloom approached the lake shore which was muddy due to the rain, the Lighthaveners were no were near the lake and no scouts were seen. "So, what do we need to see Daphne for?" Bloom asked.
"For something that will make our mission to Domino way easier" Erasiel stated then said something in a foreign language, on que Daphne rose from the lake like the maiden of Arthurian fame, though not having a sword.
"Bloom, Erasiel it is good to see you" Daphne greeted.
"We are going to Domino" Bloom explained.
"Why are you going there?" Daphne asked.
"In search of Valruost; the only thing that can kill Grand Templar Arsonious" Erasiel explained.
"I see, well I can't do much to aid you Bloom in that journey however I have something that can aid you in your quest" Daphne explained, then to Bloom's surprise removed her mask. "My Mask will allow you to see Domino as it was, and see things hidden to the normal eye, it will help you find the Royal City of Sparx and find Valruost, I wish luck in your journey" Daphne explained, her mask flew to Bloom with a wave of her hand, Bloom put it on, it was as solid as her shirt but dry despite having been in the Lake. "I love you Bloom, make our ancestors proud, our Grandfather was murdered by Arsonious as well as a number of his siblings, his father and a host of other relatives, Arsonious has done much evil to our family and to Domino, don't hesitate to kill him" Daphne explained, with that she vanished and Bloom and Erasiel left.