*On the shores of Gainos* Tomoe and Shizuka left the ship as Davlin followed them. He seemed in better spirits since he left Hinomoto, yet there was something off about him. Tomoe grew curious, "How could one man know so much about the world?" she asks herself as Shizuka was trying on some swimwear. Davlin on the other hand was browsing through the food. Shizuka returned with her swimsuit, a black one with a little red flower and a small blouse around her hips. "Hey, how do I look?" She asks as Tomoe wasn't paying attention. She was busy looking at a coconut, never seeing one in Hinomoto before. Shizuka sighed as she went to get some ice cream. Davlin followed her to get himself and Tomoe some as well. He then looked to Shizuka, she seemed in good spirits as Tomoe was unusually quiet. "You ok? You haven't been the same since you left Hinomoto." he said. It was true, she hardly talked to anyone on the ship aside from him and Shizuka. "I'm ok, this place is just odd." she said quietly as she saw something move in the sand. And from out of the sand, a hermit crab was seen. Shizuka stopped eating and seemed surprised by the creature. Shizuka saw the intricate shell and had an idea "Hey, wanna try on some suits? It will help you blend in." Tomoe seemed nervous. "Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do." Davlin said as the two seemed confused. "The hell is a Rome?" Shizuka asks as Davlin showed her. Massive works of art and statues, histories of grand armies and innovation, and it was on another world called Terra, or Earth as it is commonly called. Davlin got up and went to change as did Tomoe. She returned in a few swimsuits, each seemingly a little too revealing for her liking. Soon word was heard in a shrill voice. It was hard to hear but all was heard was "Queen's Blade tournament." That prompt the two's attention as Davlin came out in swim trunks. He had a few scars on his body and was rather chiseled, but not like a bodybuilder. One the large screen was seen Nyx, fighting some opponent. "So that is….The Queen's Blade tournament?" Shizuka asks as Davlin nodded. Tomoe's top fell off as Davlin caught it and helped tie it back on. Normally Tomoe would cut off a man's hands if they touched her, but Davlin seemed to be helpful and kind unlike the nobles she had met. Shizuka headed to the beach for a swim as Tomoe and Davlin did the same.

Tomoe relaxed in the water as Shizuka took a dive, looking in the water for shells. Davlin was on the shore, keeping an eye on them. Shizuka came back up with a small clam. She tried to pry it open, hoping there was a pearl inside it. Davlin then walked up to Shizuka. He said quietly "I know of your plan to try and kill her at the end of the Queen's Blade. I will warn you that you will fail." she seemed shocked that he knew about it. "How did you know?" she asks, to which he replied "You talk in your sleep." She seemed mad that her plan was ruined. If Tomoe found out, she will lose trust in her and she will be all alone. He then sat her in the water. "Listen, if you attempt it, you will die and all you planned will bear little fruit. I suggest you abandon it, it is for the best." he said as he hugs her, she hugged back as she seemed nervous. A plan that took many years was now going down the drain, but it was for the best. Tomoe smiled as she snuck up behind Shizuka and hugs her. "I am so glad that you brought me here, this place in amazing. I have seen plants, creatures, and many more things that were never seen before in Hinomoto." She said happily as Shizuka smiled warmly.

*Vance County, Mountain Road* Risty led them on as Corvrus had Leina on his horse as he rode behind her. Leina gasps. "We're here." Leina said as she got off the horse. "Hey, big guy. Remember this place?" Risty asks as Corvrus nodded. This was where she saw Leina met Corvrus and Risty accidentally knocked him and Melona off the mountain. Corvrus laughed a bit as Leina ran up. "That's it right? The border of the Queen's domain." She said as a massive city was seen in the distance. It seemed vastly populated; it will be difficult to blend in knowing Claudette and the Queen. Within a few hours they were outside of the gates. "It doesn't look like Claudette is here for us to worry about." Risty said as the Vance flag wasn't seen. But in its place was another one. It was a flag with a Celtic cross, crossed with a sword and a scabbard. "I know that flag, it is of Valencian Empire. If that is here, then we must be on our best behavior. Meaning no stealing, no picking fights, no killing." Corvrus said, emphasizing the stealing part for Risty. "So we will do this the way we arranged?" Risty asks as the other two nod. Stormcrown vanished as Corvrus stood tall. "I need new armor, this gear is losing its luster." He said. He was missing a faceplate, a pauldron, and both his leggings. Luster was the least of his worries. The two women talked as Risty flipped a coin. "Heads will tell that we will be just dandy." she said as the coin landed on heads. Leina picks it up, only to find the coin had two heads. "Keep it, you will need it for later." Corvrus said as they entered the border.

Something wasn't feeling right. It was too quiet. "I have a bad feeling about this." Corvrus said as the two were trying to get by. He then saw something in a window that looked like a snake. He wasn't very keen on snakes. The two of them went shopping as he went into the building. Only to find the Vance soldiers waiting for him. "You cannot enter here. Turn back." one of them said as Corvrus knocked them aside. He went upstairs to see Claudette packing her things. "Caught in the act, eh General?" He asks as she looked to him. "Why do you aid a criminal and my sister. I may be next in line but she is my sibling." She asks as she sat her sword on the table, showing she doesn't wish to fight. "I understand that, but why stalk her all the way out here?" he asks as she finished packing her clothes. "It is not stalking, it is pinpointing where you will end up. And I have sent a bounty hunter to bring her back. Echidna, I think her name was." Corvrus got nervous at that name, too many terrible memories. "Are you insane, you know her reputation. She may kill her or worse." he said as Claudette didn't seem to listen. Soon she left the room. After getting his armor repaired, Corvrus and the two women meet at a diner to eat. The two talk about going their separate ways as a snake was seen slithering on the table. Corvrus flipped the table and tried to squash it, only to miss. He seemed terrified of it as Risty and Leina could only watch. The snake slithered away, to lord knows where as Corvrus ran out of the restaurant. He knew that serpent all too well. And if it is here, it's master is close by. His heart beat heavily as he had a mixture of hatred and fear in him, and that would not bode well, for anyone on Gainos.

Soon they returned to their room. They were flat broke and in need of money. Corvrus said that he will help in any way he can as Risty was looking at a poster. "Well well. It seems there is a gambling event going on. That means their safe is loaded." she smiled as Corvrus fell. Risty stopped as she helped him up. She saw that he had a leg brace. It was possibly a very old injury as it seemed enchanted. "I see you found my only weakness. My leg, if damaged enough I will lose it again." he said. "You said again, does that mean you lost it once before?" Leina asks as he nodded. "My old master forcefully removed it, saying if I was not worthy to walk, i was worthy enough to crawl. So she cut it off when I was a boy." he said sadly. "Who was your old master?" Leina ask as Risty seemed angry, no child should endure that. "Echidna. She found me when I was a baby and raised me. When I was 15, I escaped from her and was raised by a few knights." he said as he seemed very sad. Leina hugs him to try and comfort him as Risty punched through the table. "That bitch. If I see here I will give her the beating of a lifetime." She growled as she seemed utterly furious. Leina and her offer to fight for the prize money. "Risty, Corvrus. I need you both to promise me this. Promise me that if we get the money, we will continue our journeys together." Leina said as Corvrus nodded. Risty nodded as well.

*Border Arena, 8:57 A.M.* Leina was seen wearing a small bikini as Corvrus acted as her sponsor. Some of the patrons seemed nervous as his armor was steaming, indicating he was in a foul mood. "This is pitiful, if I had the funds we can easily leave. Yet we don't have the right amount. And If Echidna appears, so help me I will rip her to bits." he thought to himself as he popped open his face plate as a waiter gave him a drink, careful not to touch his armor. He then thought he saw Echidna talking to Risty, the two were talking as Risty was tempted to not beat her head in. She then saw Corvrus and gave him a wink. She knew he was here. Corvrus flipped her off as he was not in the best of moods. Leina and her opponent kept fighting as the opponent saw him steaming. "Say, is he normally a boiler?" she asks as Leina looked at him. "Something is making him mad. I don't know why." she said as the two kept fighting. Risty and Echidna vanished as Corvrus heard the jeers from the patrons. Some said "Come on, punch her", another said"That's it, I expected better from a stripper", to "My wife can hit harder than that.". Corvrus roared at the top of his lungs "Silence!", soon the room went quiet. "I will take my leave, and If I find Leina here ravaged by you, any of you. I will personally rip off your heads and pile your corpses outside of the building. Good day to you." he growled as the men seemed even more scared of him. He went to find Risty and Echidna. He may never get another chance to bring her down. Risty was there, yet Echidna vanished. He hissed off steam as Risty saw him. "I was just talking to your old master on a deal. She said if we win this next fight, She will give us our money back with interest." She said. "Risty, you idiot! You let your greed get the better of you. Now Leina is in even more danger." he growled at her. Leina won the match as she went to bathe off the mud. Risty went to talk to her as he sat to rest for a moment.

*At Night*, Leina returned as she was wearing a different suit, this time the arena was filled with oil and the opponent was none other than Echidna herself. He seemed furious as the men seemed awfully quiet. No cheering or anything as Corvrus killed a few of them already. Echidna rushed at Leina and pinned her to the ground, burying her head in the oil. "I suggest you leave now." Corvrus growled to the patrons as they took off running, not risking getting on his bad side. Echidna then undid Leina's top and gave her breasts a gentle squeeze as her snake bit one of them. Echidna looked to him and winked at him again as Leina seemed badly hurt as the poison was taking effect. She then knocked Leina out as she kissed her on the lips, she had the medicine in her mouth as Leina lay there unconscious. Corvrus was furious, even more than he already was. He leapt off the railing and landed behind her. He then hurled her out of the building as he went to get Leina back to her room. "That was too easy, she should have killed her by now, why did she spare Leina?" he thought to himself. He then handed her to Risty, who was wearing a towel on her hips as he went to deal with Echidna. Echidna was outside as she tried to cut at him, and since he forgot his blade at the hotel he was now unarmed. She then blocked him and punched him in the back of the head. "Oh come on, give me something to work with here. I thought you learned by now never to fight one stronger than you." Echidna sneered as she rushed at him, only for him to grab her by her sword and look her dead in the eyes.

After enduring over ten, long years of torment, abuse, and ridicule by his old mentor. Corvrus exploded with rage. His armor looked as though it was on fire as he looked like a giant boiler. Echidna smirked as Corvrus threw her. She remembered all she put him through, some of which she secretly regretted but others she enjoyed. Sometimes she had Keltan poison him in his sleep and expect him to find the antidote, another time she slashed him with her saber since he lost to her, another time was when she molested him when he was 11, but the moment she would treasure was the time she dropped him deep inside of a ravine and expected him to return to her. After a month, she felt the need to check on him. Only to find the boy look like a flaming demon, the child had fainted from not eating anything as the demon had him in his claws. Echidna tried to fight the demon, only for her to get hurt badly. The demon vanished, leaving the young Corvrus unconscious and hungry. She took him back to the back to her camp, it was possibly the only mercy besides feeding him as a baby that Corvrus could remember. She dodged him as he swung at her with his great fists; the fighting woke up everyone in the city as he furiously fought her. He then managed to grab her by the hair and hurl her through a wall. She got up and popped her neck. She grinned evilly as she leapt high in the air and stabs him in the heart. "You always were feeble, release the beast and become stronger. You know it is the only way. Or should I go after you pitiful friends?" She said as Corvrus was losing control. He grabbed her and hurled her through another wall, but this time he rushed her, sending her through a few buildings. Echidna then got behind him and punched him in his leg weak point, causing his armor to spew out more fire. Soon a flaming beast was seen. It looked like a lion save for its main being pure fire and it's body being pitch black. His eyes glinted like jewels from the pits of hell itself as he roared in fury.

Echidna seemed to show fear as she backed away. She pushed him too far this time. The lion grabbed her in his gigantic jaws and shook her like a ragdoll, the it spat her out towards the main gates as it rampages through the City. The lion destroyed many buildings and killed many people. Risty got dressed as both she and Leina were the only ones that can calm him, and since Leina is recovering from a fight with Echidna, it was now up to her. Risty followed the trail of destruction he left as he was about to destroy a church. Risty climbed on top of the roof. "CORVRUS, STOP THIS! I know you are angry, but you must calm down. Echidna has turned you into a monster and you are putting lives at risk, innocent lives. Please, you must calm down." She shouted to the large lion. He fell to the ground as Corvrus was seen. He seemed to cry as tears excited his helmet as Echidna approached him. She seemed hurt as her leg was limp as well as some minor burns on her stomach and arms. She tried to comfort him, it was the very least he needed right now. Risty had her back off. "After all you have put him through, even as a boy, you choose now of all times to comfort him? If you treated that damn snake around your hips half as well as you treated him, none of this would have happened." She growled angrily. Echidna had her head hang. The destruction of the city was on her hands. She provoked the beast, she caused him to go on a rampage, and now she had her ex-student break. She seemed sad, which was rather peculiar coming from one who rarely shows emotion. He tried to get up, only for his leg brace to fail him. Risty helped him up as he looked down at Echidna. "Wha-what happened? I remember seeing you, then all went black." he said as she led him back to the hotel. Echidna followed behind

*Queen's capital, Gainos* Aldra woke up from her bed and felt extremely nervous. The presence of a new Demon had made both her and Delmore on edge. "Delmore, who or what was that?" she asks as Delmore replied. "Darling Aldra, I cannot lie to you, but that is possibly a demon even more dangerous than me. If he should enter the Queen's blade, there will be nobody we can have on hand to stop him." The fallen angel said solemnly. Aldra grew nervous as she paced the floor. A demon more powerful than Delmore was completely unheard of. She had to be patient for now. An assassin of the fang entered the room. She had dark skin and silver hair as she sat next to the queen. "Are you alright, Milady?" Irma asks as Aldra abandoned her serious demeanor and rests on her lap.

*Borders of Gainos*(lemon warning) Risty didn't talk to him after that. She saw firsthand on just how powerful he can be, it was terrifying to comprehend. She then saw him asleep on the bed, completely naked under the sheets. Risty then smirked a bit as Echidna was asleep in the other bed. Her leg was bandaged up and her pet was missing, possibly hiding somewhere. Risty undid her towel and woke Echidna up. "How big do you think he is? Y'know, where it counts?" she asks as Echidna looked at her in annoyance. "I say about a foot. Now let me rest will you, I have had one near death experience already." she grumbled as Risty got her up and sat her on Corvrus' bed. He was fast asleep as Risty undid the sheets, getting a look at his body. He was scarred from the torment he received as a youth and his leg brace was patched up. But where the two's eyes focused on was his penis, which was about 14 inches. Risty smirks as she gave him a kiss as he woke up. He blushed a bit, seeing two alluring women on his bed. Risty kisses him as Echidna kisses his wounds. He smiled warmly at the two. Risty then looked to Echidna. "Echidna. Please, try to comfort him. He needs this, he has been hurting for all these years and this is the least we can do.'' Risty purred as Echidna smiled warmly. She undid her top, letting her breasts down as Risty kisses him along with Echidna. He then hugs them both close, he felt warm, but in a good way. Echidna jerks him off as Risty nuzzled him. He then gently fondled Risty's rear as she pins Echidna to the bed, squishing their breasts against each other. She then plants a kiss on the mercenary as she had her pinned down as Corvrus groped both their rears, sparking pleasured moans between the two of them. He then kisses them both as Echidna squeezed Risty's ample breasts, Risty loved the feeling as Echidna playfully sucks on them. Corvrus slowly inserted his member inside of Echidna's pussy, causing her to mewl in pleasure. Milk began to leak from Risty's melons as Echidna seemed surprised. Risty didn't seem surprised at all. "Hey, if you were surrounded by small kids for a good long while, you'd probably leak milk too." Risty said as Echidna squeezed them more. Corvrus gave her a kiss on the lips as Echidna moaned more as he fucked her harder, possibly a revenge for all the pain she put him through. Risty then playfully gropes her breasts as Echidna moaned again. Risty then gave them a hard squeeze again as Corvrus gave her ass a hard spanking, something he wanted to do for a long time. Echidna moaned more as she came hard. She fell limp yet she slowly got back up as Corvrus was far from done. Risty squeezed her own milky breasts as Corvrus gently sucks on them, loving the taste of her sweet cream. He then sprayed her milk on her body as he playfully licks at her body. Echidna did the same as she kisses her as he inserted his member inside the bandit. He gently moved it as she moved her hips. Echidna then fondled her breasts and drank her milk as Corvrus fucked her harder and harder. Risty moaned in pleasure as she was getting fucked silly. He then came deep inside her as she came as well. She rests for a moment as Echidna laid next to her as Corvrus snuggled the two. Echidna kisses him on the lips. "There are now words that can say how sorry I am. I was your caretaker and i failed. I was supposed to love you, yet i feared that if I did, i would get too attached and it may have me killed along with you." She said as she teared up. He hugs her close as Risty covered the 3 up. It was quite the eventful day.

The end

Well folks, that was one of the longer chapters and had a lemon in it. It was difficult to write with Echidna being sadistic and borderline psychotic at times, even implying she is a rapist. So I had to tweak with her a bit to suit the story, or at least give her enough sympathy to win the audience's trust since she is rather mean to a lot of people. I think the idea of Rosty lactating since she is around a lot of small kids seems reasonable and the thought of Corvrus forming a giant flaming lion seemed biblical enough (the lion and the lamb) and guess what, this isn't even his final form. But I will catch up on the story later on since I need ideas for the next chapter.