Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic. I don't own Ragnarok online I also don't own the characters of that story or the plot; taking out the changes that I will make and the characters that I will create. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.
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Chapter thirty: Ending hours
From the walls Karen stares in disbelief she had never seen anything like that, never mind Benji killing in a whirlwind of steel, it was Sora, who is sniping out guild leaders with her bow from the wall, still on top of her wolf. Karen now understood that what she considered earlier as an odd walking stick was actually a unstring bow, and was honestly impressed as the small girl easily draws the string of such large and strong bow. The arrows are also shocking, it isn't the regular arrows that most archers use, they look almost like spears, and their damage is brutal, as one arrow easily pierces at the very least four adventurers before coming to a halt.
Suzuka walks to the defending line and say something that the girls can't understand, then she opens her fan and starts to move it, moving her body alongside it, getting on a rhythm, what shocks everyone is how every enemy in a large area start to follow her moves, even retreating as she takes back few steps.
"Let's go everyone!" Suzuka shouted cheerfully. "Tsurugi no mai!" Every adventurer swings their swords, daggers, mace, spear or whatever they are brandishing in the same way as Suzuka moves her open fan, slashing, hitting and wounding the person around them while Suzuka skillfully dances, moving her body and fan gracefully as the charmed adventurers damage themselves.
"Now everyone it is the final step do it right!" Suzuka exclaimed while closing her fan and pressing hard against her neck, before pulling to the side, making all the adventurers slash their throats. "Perfect!" Suzuka exclaimed with a smile, she opens her fan and fans herself, cooling her hot and sweaty body. "All done, guys it is cool down time, back to work." She said cheerfully to Sage and the others as she walks back to the gate.
"Did she just do what I think that she did?" Atsuko asked to Jannine. "If you think that she killed around one hundred fighters using some odd dance then the answer is yes." Jannine replied to the blonde. "She makes you run for your money." Haruka teased Makie. "As a dancer she is much better." Makie just nodded agreeing, as a dancer she was nowhere as awesome as Suzuka.
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Everyone was pretty much shocked with everything, one hour had passed since the battle started and the defenders, Sage and the others are still fighting hard without much sign of tiredness. A short and sharp whistle from Elle fills the air, it then it is followed by short series of whistles with different lengths.
Benji looks up from the killing and turns to the gate, and see Elle waving her left hand, Benji nods and runs towards the gate, his speed shocks everyone as it was far superior than before, jumping over the defenders Benji skids on a landing, marking the ground with his heels as he slows down, coming to a halt in front of Elle.
It pretty much surprised everyone to see Benji retreating from the front, to a safe location between the defenders and his guild, kneeling on the ground Benji rest his long knife and shield on the ground while a green magic circle appear around him, flecks of light slowly lift from the ground as the circle moves, lighting Benji and the air with a faint green light.
Now the girls could actually see that Benji's face was dripping with sweat, his breathing harder and he looked quite tired. Saki jumps to action and shoves a large plate of metal on the ground in front of Benji, actually of the circle that faces to the enemy, just before a rain of arrows impact on the four meters large and three meters tall one inch thick large shield.
Elle smiled content at that, now she could worry only in healing Benji the best that she can, and she has a lot to heal. From the rear the girls watch in awe, the magic was far different from anything that they had ever saw, while they couldn't see how well it is healing Benji, he does seem to be recovering in an steady pace.
For long minutes Benji remains there, until the spell is broken and he is released, as an arrow Benji returns to the battlefield, ready to continue his task. The guild is impressed with how everything is moving, Elle is pretty much coordinating the whole thing with whistles, healing and refreshing the fighters that continuously battle without a sound other than battle cries.
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Hours passed and the fight still goes on, it was past seven in the night, and the spirit of the attackers was too shaken to continue, the defenders covered in sweat doesn't even seem tired as they all kneel in the ground, a huge empty field between them and the invading guilds.
Benji now with two swords in hands rest with the others, while outside they don't look tired as everyone he was quite tired, six hours of fighting wears anyone. Elle is healing the defense line; Saki is distributing citrus juice and a piece of dried and salted beef for everyone, so they could replenish some of the liquid and calories that they all lost. Benji looks at the salted dried beef, he ate salt and dried stuff for months and was tired of it, but he knows that he needs it, so he just eat it.
The guild was impressed, never before a break was given other than the lunch hour, but by sheer destruction of the enemy's morale they got one. Layla as many girls is uneasy, they want to help Benji, they want help him badly, but they feel that they will break the sturdiness of the defense line.
"After today I will be glad in return to farming." Sage commented to Benji and Donovan. "I had my fill a while ago." "Same here." Donovan commented, while younger than Sage he got tired of fighting. "I just want to rest." Benji said tiredly. "I am fighting to survive in more ways than one for almost eight months now, I want a cold bath and a soft bed, maybe even a lover or two, but just to warm my bed. I am too tired for that now."
Sage laughed at that. "Give it a week or two and your drive will return." He commented in a fatherly way. "Your stamina must be quite low, you are using sheer hormones and spirit now, and you are running out of hormones."
Benji nodded agreeing, while his spirit could press forward even more if needed, his body was screaming for him to rest, the testosterone that was fueling him among other hormones is running quite low, even feeling the delicious scent of girls from his guild isn't helping to increase it, plus he is with a massive migraine, Benji is betting that is his body telling him that he is worn out badly.
Benji laughed sarcastically as he sees bloody branches being broken and throw in the field as the army retreats, filling the area with strong monsters. "I guess that the break is over, I get that Valkyrie." Benji commented. "I feel like I need another slave." "She is all yours for taking." Sage replied with a chuckle, perhaps Benji isn't all that bad as he can still lust for another toy in his collection. "You are sure that you don't want that little maid over there?" "I will get her too. I won't need more than one move for that one." Benji answered, looking at the maid like monster, she was kind like Alice, but different.
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It was midnight, the WoE was officially over, and Benji was officially dead on his feet, Vassala was held loosely on his hand and it was only sheer willpower that kept him on his feet. But the attacking guilds aren't retreating even thought the gate is shut, their pride was too badly wounded for them to just walk away, being stopped by a whole guild was acceptable, but by less than sixteen people wasn't.
However other people there had better plans, Dante bored with watching decides to teach to those sore losers a lesson, and the best part of it all is that Helen actually allowed him to go and kill everyone there, sure Benji was safely tucked away inside his castle, but Dante knew better than looking a gift horse's mouth.
Saki is carefully pouring cold water on Benji's body, a gesture that is being replicated by Marisa to Sage, the others are helping themselves with buckets, teasing the two for having help for that, actually a little jealous of that. The sighs of pleasure at the cool water are noticed by everyone, as the tired warriors relax after so long.
"Okay boys you all did well and deserved this." Marisa said while placing a large drum of something in the middle of them. "Drink it up." And they do, but the girls are a bit disgusted and shocked at how they do it, every warrior, Saki included just dive at the barrel, drinking large mouthfuls of the purple liquid inside like thirsty animals.
No one questioned Saki being there, she also found a lot and her white body has it share of cuts, bruises and blood on it. Benji is the first to pull away coughing, his stomach was twisting and turning at the large amount of liquid that suddenly was poured inside. "Easy." Marisa said while filling a pail with the purple liquid and pouring over Benji. "You aren't in a good shape now, let the potion works its magic on you."
Benji just let the liquid run down on his body; it felt good and cool, refreshing his aching body and washing his wounds. Saki stops drinking and throws her damp hair over her head. Taking a new bucket of fresh water she looks at Marisa who nods and let the oni wash her master.
Now and then Benji coughs as his body wants to throw up the potion. Layla, Atsuko and the inner circle walk closer of Benji. Curious Erika peeks on the half empty barrel. "Here." Sage says while handing to Erika a mug of the potion. "Thank you." Erika replied accepting it, she sips on it, she doesn't care that twelve men and one demon drank from it, she was forced to drink truly disgusting things.
"This is good what this is?" Erika asked to Sage. "Mama calls it purple potion." Sage answered. "We call spiced herb wine." Erika could understand why they called it wine, it does resemble the taste of wine, but Erika could also taste the herbs and tell that was also medicinal.
"I am so crazy for a bath right now." Benji commented tiredly. "You gals go have the feast." "Unless you are with us we don't feel like celebrating." Layla said seriously, he wasn't surprised in seeing Haruka and Atsuko agreeing, but Jannine, Saya and the others was a bit of a surprise. "We can wait until you are rested." Atsuko added. "Why don't you take a bath? The girls can wait until you are done."
Benji nodded agreeing. "Hey where you are going?!" Haruka exclaimed to the oni girl. "I shall help Benji-sama to wash his body as well be sure that he won't fall sleep in the bathtub." Saki replied seriously. "Not this time." Benji says to Layla, Atsuko and Haruka, he can tell that they want to join, but he doesn't want them to see how his body is after everything. "Okay?"
Uneasy and unsure they nod agreeing, Benji was asking for them to give him some space, while they want to be with him now that the war is over they will obey him. Elle slips unnoticed and meets Benji in the halls of the castle; Benji shows her his office and agrees to meet her after he baths.
Saki almost cries when seeing Benji's body, with a whimper she helps him out of his armor and clothes, his muscles tensed so badly that bruised, if some haven't just distended, the skin was also stretched badly, torn in some places, closed recent wounds opened, and the bruises from Vana's fight were painfully black and swollen.
Benji allows the demon to wash him, the cramps were too bad to move then, unless needed he wouldn't do more than breath since even that hurts. Saki dutifully washes Benji's body, being gently and using her hands, afraid that anything else might cause him pain.
Few minutes later Benji is inside the cold pool, thanks to the never melting ice and bath salts that he threw there it was bellow freezing and good there, it numbed him quite well. He sighs in pleasure at the cold water, allowing himself to relax under the attentive and worry eyes of Saki.
She haven't said anything, asked why he was hurt or why he found until his body was on that state, Benji loved Saki for that, she would respect his wishes for silence and privacy, even when dying to ask him why. He loves his lovers but Benji knew that if they saw him they would suffocate him with worry and questions, for the moment he just want to let go.
"Benji-sama, it might be bad for you to stay there for so long." Saki said in a worried tone, Benji was bleeding too much into the water, adding that to the temperature he could die if he stays there much longer. "You might be right but let me enjoy this just for a couple more minutes." Benji replied. "You can take me out in two minutes." Saki nodded and remains kneeled in the edge of the pool next to Benji.
"I am a terrible master aren't I?" Benji asked while closing his eyes. "I don't think so." Saki answered honestly. "You were just unable to care for me because you sudden departure. Never had I stopped loving you. If possible I wanted to stay here. I can be more useful for you here, in any way that you see fit, even if is cleaning the latrines."
"I wouldn't make you do that." Benji replied. "I have better uses for you; anyway you can help me out now." Saki nodded and helps Benji to leave the pool. Ten minutes later Saki is walking a couple steps behind Benji as he moves to his office in clean clothes.
Making sure that only Elle is there Benji locks the door. "You know the drill, get naked so I can exam and fix you up." Elle said seriously. "Okay." Benji replied, he knew that he would suffer, but it was better to have his wounds closed before he goes to bed.
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"Don't worry about us." Sage says to Erika. "We brought sleeping bags and tents, we will expend the night by the wagons. We won't need rooms." "Hey speak for yourself I want a bed." Suzuka exclaimed. "We can arrange a room for you if you don't mind sharing with that Saki girl and the Sora one." Erika said with a smile. "And if you desire we have outdoor baths for both males and females, you can wash the sweat from your body if you wish."
"I would love that." Suzuka replied with a smile, she was all sticky with sweat. "I also wouldn't mind one." Sage commented sniffing himself, he was quite smelly after fighting for so long. "The male bath should be empty, but the female side must be busy, you will have to wait for a while." Suzuka nodded and agrees to wait.
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Layla is outside Benji's office, he wasn't on his room or in the bath, after a scan in the dinning hall his office was the only other place for him to be. She could hear a conversation but couldn't make it.
Inside Elle speaks to Benji. "This is the best that I can do for now." She said seriously. "You are a very stupid guy for forcing yourself like this, using the watch so many times when the cooling phase of the previous time wasn't even over. Your body is quite on the edge now, unless you stop and let it heal I can't predict what will happen to you."
"I plan on resting, resting a lot now." Benji replied, for at the least one week he will just sleep as much as he can and take easy, even though sex would be great, the idea was just too tiresome for him to pursue at the moment. "Good, I will be around to follow up." Elle commented. "For today sleep, sleep as much as you can, tomorrow I will check on your condition again."
Benji nodded agreeing, Saki helps Benji to stand up. "I will ask to someone find you a room." Benji told to Elle. "Don't worry much about me." Elle replied. "Just rest." Leaving the office Layla found herself busted, too embarrassed to even feel jealous about the demon girl that is giving Benji a shoulder so he can walk. "I explain later." Benji said to the knight, pulling her with his right hand and passing his arm around her shoulders. "Now to my room." Layla nod in silent, inwardly happy about the turn of events.
Benji let out a long tired sigh when sitting on his bed, with his back against the tall headboard. "Saki you can rest now, go wash yourself and eat something, you need it." Benji told to the oni, she nodded demurely and excuses herself. Then Benji turns to the knight, who is now only with a light dress, her hair still damp from bathing. "I am sorry Layla but I am not in shape for that." Benji apologized to the knight.
"I know." Layla replied softly kissing him, caressing his damp hair. "We can wait a little longer, just get better okay, I know that you are this secretive because you are hurt and not only tired." "I make up for your girls later." Benji said with a smile. "Go tell to Atsuko and Haruka that I will sleep now. Then you can come back here, I sure won't mind having you or another girl with me, but no more than two." Layla nodded and smiled, giving him a last kiss before leaving the room.
A short while later Layla returns with Atsuko, Erika passed the chance to the blonde, knowing that Atsuko missed Benji as much as Layla, and that Haruka was too nasty to deserve that treat.
The two women lie next to Benji, one at his right and the other at his left, being carefully to not press themselves too hard against him, but being close of him, holding him close not willing to let him go.
Benji was just happy in holding and being held by them, he missed them a lot, he also missed Haruka and Erika, but somehow the two were a bit bellow Layla and Atsuko on Benji's affections, for now he was satisfied in holding the two and feeling their scent, as he missed that a lot.
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Morning came and Benji felt the impact of overdoing as he was too sore and tired to even leave bed, luckily both Atsuko and Layla were more than willingly to help him with anything and deal with any of his needs, which some were helping him to the restroom. A bit later Elle came to check on Benji and heal him more, as well ease his pain.
While Atsuko and Layla wait outside the room Erika let's them know about how things developed. "Our allies are returning to their own barracks." Erika said to the two. "Sage and Marisa, as well Suzuka and Sora will be staying while the others are returning to their home, they have to tend the crops."
The duo listens to the report in silence, knowing that they will have to tell Benji that. "Currently everyone else is doing their tasks." Erika added. "Haruka is a bit pouty but is working." No one really blamed Haruka for being in a bad mood for not getting a special treatment.
"But I am a bit worried about something else." Erika said seriously. "That swordswoman type slave is roaming freely and causing some trouble." Atsuko and Layla look at each other confused, not knowing what to do. "I deal with that." Benji said while leaving his room. Elle is behind him with a serious scowl, she didn't liked that Benji was up on his feet, but he were the one who forgot to put that slave away.
"Remember five minutes." Elle said seriously. "I will need only two." Benji replied with a smile, he could be tired, sore and feeling like shit, but he has more than enough power to put Yami on her place.
In the dinning hall Yami is having fun terrorizing the girls, too distracted to realize the doom walking towards her. With a sturdy chair on his hands Benji approaches of the slave. Yami screeches in pain when the chain hits her, breaking several of her back's bones.
Turning as she falls she sees a jeans and white t-shirt clad Benji raising the chair once again before he smashes it on her head. Throwing away the now broken chair Benji grabs Yami's ankle and drag her away, leaving a trail of blood as he walks. "I am so not cleaning that." Tessa one of the guild girls, actually the one in charge of cleaning the dinning hall for the day said seriously.
Benji drags Yami to his office where he ties her with a rope, after breaking her arms and legs, wrapping her in a tight bundle, before he throws her gagged in an empty secret room. "Done." Benji said while dusting his hands. "You are a sick little puppy you know it?" Elle asked in a sarcastic tone, once again Benji impressed her with his flair for cruelty, but the slave deserved that. "Anyway back to bed, you are in no shape for that." Benji nodded and obeys.
"Well at the least we learned about one of the secret rooms." Erika commented to her fellow lovers. "Yeah, but I am still curious about her." Atsuko replied. "Well I will fix Benji something light to eat." "I will go wash Benji's clothes." Layla added, they had gathered all the clothes that they took from Benji's closet, and some of them needed to be washed.
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Sure Benji felt the aftershock of being so violent with Yami, but it was worth it, at least on his opinion, that slave of his really needed to be put on her place. Elle finished with the current healing section, and even came with an estimative for his physical recover, three days in bed and being pampered by his lovers doesn't sound all that bad.
For Layla and Atsuko the news was a relief, Benji just needed a bit of a rest and care to recover, and they are more than willing to give him that, so is Haruka, though her care is more personal than advised by Elle, as she warned that sexual acts should wait for at least four days, as sex is a tiresome job.
In Benji's office Atsuko, Layla and Haruka are deciding on a schedule for taking care of Benji, all with Benji's pending approval, the trio knows that they all have guild related duties, Atsuko less than the others as she was still a bit of a stranger in the nest for many girls, so most of the guild tasks are given to others, only those that require Atsuko's knowledge about guilds were given to her, and with that she got forty percent of the time in taking care of Benji.
Haruka felt mad for having her pressing magic research, thing that she couldn't just set aside and continue later, it was not only time demanding but required a lot of work and concentration for that, so her total time was fifteen percent. Layla got a sizable thirty percent, even with her guild duties she has more time since she managed things to get time to train, and cutting on her training hours she could spend them with Benji.
The remaining fifteen percent were given to Saki and Elle, wanting or not the trio knew that the oni girl was loyal and took good care of Benji, the fact that she was ready with a meal for Benji when he woke was evidence of that, and Elle was his doctor, so her time was mostly treating him, the girls knew that Elle had more knowledge than all of them together.
Mai and Aysu are confused with everything, the bustling castle was almost like a beehive with activity, it was the day after the WoE, there was a lot of work for everyone to do, from cleaning the restrooms to repairing the guardians, everyone did what they were appointed to do, even Maria and Raki were helping out, while their task could be considered menial and futile, more of a game than anything.
The two girls are running around polishing the dinning hall's floor, Marisa watches the duo with a large smile and impressed with their diligence, she even prepared an special treat for those two little hardworking girls, she couldn't help, she have to spoil them badly.
Sage was actually helping out, sure he was just moving around the heavy tables from the dinning hall, but he was glad in doing that, he could understand why everyone fought so hard for that castle, plus he admired the work of the solid wood tables, with a new acquired carpentry hobby Sage was pretty interested in the woodwork of them.
It was the first time in months that Benji actually felt happy, Yami was in pain, threw in a distant corner to be forgotten, his lovers are close even thought he can't 'love' them as he wants to, but still having then around and helping him with stuff was good too, as well the kisses and the soft feel of their bodies were quite good too, it helped to make him better, adding to that he got cold drinks and a book, yeah he was in pain but everything made it pretty endurable.
Saki is sitting over her legs in a cushion next to Benji's bed, ready to take care of any of Benji's needs as the dutiful servant that she is, though she is indulging herself to working on her needlework, a hobby that she hardly could indulge as a wild monster, she wouldn't trade her life as a pet for anything in the world, being a pet was like a dream life for her, all the food that she can eat, all the drinks that she can drink, a gentle master to care for her and pet her, all that she has to give back is loyalty and love, she was more than willing to do so, Benji took her from a life of suffering, uncertain and danger and gave her a good life.
Humming softly the oni places more tread on the needle before resuming her work, Benji smiles at the soft tune, it was quite pleasant to hear; some times being bedridden wasn't all that bad.
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It was mid afternoon and the castle was back to its normal activity levels, the brunt of the clean up was done, the girls separated their damaged gears to be repaired, what needed to be cleaned to be cleaned, now everyone is taking easy, after months of WoE they developed a nice rhythm and routine, and it was then that Mana and Shina arrived to visit.
Not coming earlier thanks to a message from Layla, while jealous of the knight, both Mana and Shina respected the silver haired knight, so when the message that Benji was too worn out for visits arrived and they should wait for a while before coming, they listened to it.
"Well your life is clearly good right now." Mana teased when seeing Benji sited on the bed with his legs covered by the sheets. "That because you don't know the pain that I am in." Benji replied teasingly. "But other than that it is pretty good alright. It makes up for months walking on a desert with little food and water."
"Desert again?" Shina asked seriously. "They seem to attract me when involved with mystical forces." Benji answered. "I was literally in the middle of the nowhere, and got lucky to pick the right direction to walk, or I would be dead." "We can't deny your luck." Mana commented. "Given the fact of how many women is around your bed."
"Can't deny that." Benji teased. "But I am too tired for that too." "So I heard that you went on a killing spree yesterday." Mana commented casually. "Got any nice stuff from the trip?" "Salt dried fish, salt dried beef, salt dried water, salt dried fruit, salt dried salt." Benji answered.
"Salt dried water?" Atsuko asked with a frown. "Yeah, just add water and you can drink." Benji answered, it was a joke but why clear that out now. "I did get some trinkets and stuff but looking on my bag and sort the stuff will require a lot of work." "So any interesting stories to share?" Mana asked curiously while sitting on Benji's bed.
Sure Benji had plenty of those, as how he saved Aysu and dealt with the desert critters but it isn't something that he likes to remember, it was a bit gory and annoying, especially because Mai is a futanari.
"I am not much in the mood for storytelling now." Benji answered. "It is too fresh on me." Mana nodded agreeing, what for them would be a nice tale for Benji was still fresh memories from a journey that he is still recovering from. "Make sure that Mai doesn't bath with women." Benji added. "And why that?" Layla asked confused, she saw the girl earlier and other than being a bit flat on the chest area she didn't saw much of an issue.
A scream from the bath area prevents Benji from answering. "If that is what I think that is then you will know why." Benji answered. Ten minutes later Haruka marches to Benji's room dragging an unconscious half dressed Mai. "She is a he isn't it?" Haruka asked angrily.
All the girls in the room look at Benji confused. "Actually she is a she that was altered to have that." Benji explained. "Because of a certain parasite, a male parasite that she was infected with when I met her she got a curse. From time to time she changes from her true personality and feminine body, which is curvier than that."
The girls look at the unconscious futanari, her breasts were smaller and her waist thicker than before. "And her other form is a hermaphrodite with a twisted personality who seems to be in love with me." Benji continued. "I only haven't killed it yet because I kind of like of her regular self."
"So what we are supposed to do with that?" Haruka asked angrily, it was bad enough that she was seen naked by Mai, but she also saw Mai's naked body, not a pleasant image, at least is what she is telling herself. "Not sure, maybe finding a cure or something." Benji answered. "Hell if I could I would get rid of her drag self a long time ago."
"Well I admit that it looks interesting." Mana commented, true to herself, Mana was curious at the idea of having a penis, it brings a whole new perspective to sex, she loves regular sex but trying male pleasure would be interesting. The others eye Mana with anger and disgust. "Other than the pervert over there, anyone has a useful insight?" Shina asked seriously. "Throw her in her room." Benji answered. "I don't want her to wake here." "Kay." Haruka replied dragging the futanari away.
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By the noon of his second day in the castle Benji was deemed well enough to walk, that and the fact that thanks to the massive healings, potions and medicines that he took, took a lot of the soreness and pain away, so he could walk around, nothing harder than that was allowed, and for his lovers chagrin that also meant sex.
Benji decided to get up to date with the guild's work, he needed to assign official rooms to Mai and Aysu, as well for Saki, Sora would require a temporary room as the girl was curious about the castle that she had watched from the outside but never allowed to enter on, Sage and Marisa would also need one, even though they claimed not to need one.
Since everyone did a good job managing everything Benji had little to do or to catch up with, everything was almost the same as he left, the account book was well kept and neat, the management reports filled and delivered, smaller tasks done, essentially the 'To do' pile was empty and the 'Done' pile was also empty as everything was filed to the right places.
'I so love these girls.' Benji thought with a smile, his office even smelled like flowers, there wasn't any work for him to do, he could live with that. So all that he had to do was to check on the castle map and the bedroom's roster to see which room was empty and which wasn't, sure he knew the ones that his lovers sleep on, but he wasn't sure about the other girls.
Ten minutes and a chat with the people needing rooms later everyone is placed in an empty room of choice. 'It feels like something is missing on this scene.' Benji thought idly while leaning on his chair, he had missed it, and it was as soft and comfy as he remembered; maybe a bit more as the soft and shapely behinds of his lovers softened the chair even more. 'I just can't put my finger on it…'
"Benji-taisho I brought you a smoothie." Haruka said while entering on the office holding a tray with a large glass on it. 'Now I know it.' Benji thought with a grin. 'It lacks sex, well nothing that I can do about it, I am medically forbidden of having sex.' Haruka doesn't miss Benji's sigh. "Did I come in a bad time?" Haruka asked worried, she really hasn't meant anything other than being worried about him.
"No, it is just that I thought in something unpleasant." Benji answered gesturing to Haruka come closer, as she stopped walking out of worry in being intruding. Benji decided to spoil Haruka a little as he was being a bit distant of her in the past days, she girl could end on his bad side more often than the others but Benji does love her, he just have to have a bit more patience with Haruka.
Haruka obeys to Benji, he doesn't seem to be mad about anything, maybe it was just as he said and he recalled something bad. "This is a banana, papaya, cereals and honey." Haruka said while offering to Benji the drink on the tray. "It is rich, cool and sweet, I don't even tell you the pain that was to make a paste out of the cereals in this blender-less land."
Benji smiled at her comment and accepts the drink. "Thank you." Benji replied before trying it, well…Haruka placed too much honey on it, but it wasn't bad. "It is a tad bit too sweet for me but it is delicious." Haruka was content with the praise, making the drink was hard, but it was worth just for that.
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"It is better that I don't feel the scent of sex on you or I will send your treatment a couple weeks back." Elle said when entering on Benji's office, on her way in she saw a very happy Haruka making her way out, and she had gathered enough information to know who shared Benji's bed in the guild.
"It was just some kissing and caressing on her." Benji answered. "Trust me as horny as I am, I am too tired to have sex now, even though the idea of asking her for a blowjob ran on my mind, I kind need the hormones that she would be sucking out of me." "Good." Elle replied she really doesn't mind the conversation; it wasn't even as crude as some that she used to hear, and she knows that what Benji was saying was based on mutual feelings and not plain lust. Elle notices the dirty glass over his desk, holding it she takes a whiff of it.
"Good, fruits, milk, honey and cereal, that is good for your starving body." Elle commented with a smile while putting the glass back down. "But not heavy enough to upset your deranged stomach. You abused of your body too much for too long, it is complaining now."
Benji sighed and leans back on his chair. "So am I turning on something other than human?" He asked looking at the healer who sits on his desk. "I won't put it behind the reason." Elle said while pointing to his demonic arm. "You did infused demon's flesh on your body, then passed through the rebirth with it, I am pretty sure that you got a sizable percentage of demon's blood on you, the improvement of your imprisoning skills are the proof of that."
"I knew that getting that arm would bite me in the ass." Benji muttered annoyed. "Well you do have the habit of eating monsters when hungry." Elle added. "It might also add to that." Benji couldn't deny it, he had ate a fair share of different monsters' species, and some tasted better than others. "And you know our situation; we are pretty sensitive to those kinds of influences."
"So I am turning into a monster?" Benji asked. "If we look at how we were when we arrived here Benji, you are a monster." Elle answered seriously. "Not only you, me, Junko, that Haruka girl that you fucks, every other stranded human, by having the powers that we all gained we are pretty much yokais. You are just more advanced than the rest of us."
Benji can't deny that for a normal human of his world Benji now would be a kind of monster. "But we are just a bit different from regular adventurers here." Elle added. "We have a reason for being and turning as we do, but you know as well as I do that sooner or later you will face something, and that something will define what you will become."
Benji was aware of that; he just didn't say to Elle that the thing had long happened. Elle was like Makie, a college student, but Elle was a medical college student, and was on her final year in college when taken to Rune-Midgard, being a healer was like a fantasy coming true, and paired with her knowledge about medicine and anatomy she was even better than an average healer, and that same knowledge allowed her to make more accurate guesses about the changes on every outcast that she encounters.
It amazed Elle to see the drastic changes that few months could have on them, Benji was the most drastic one that she had saw, at first he was a quite average adventurer, a large improvement for an average human, but after that he changed to something above human levels, his body showed that, his muscles stronger and harder than ever, his frame more solid and his reflexes by far sharper, and all that not counting the access to sorcery that he has.
What amazed Elle the most is the assortment of pets and as Benji called them slaves that Benji had gathered over the months, sure almost no one knew exactly where and how Benji got his slaves, much less where he keeps them when not using them, but Elle knew a little better than that, as she was there a couple of times when Benji enslaved monsters.
It fascinated her to see how similar to human they are but at the same time so different than regular humans, Saki was a perfect example, she was born and raised a oni, a demoness, a Japanese ogre, but now without her single horn she looked just like any other human girl, that until you see her brutal strength, even her fangs were forgivable, they were a pair of cute little fangs that mostly flared in the rare moments of her anger, most of the time they were cute and attracted attention to her pretty pink lips.
Elle could still remember how it was to remove the oni girl's horn, Benji took care of everything, but it was painful to see the girl bound on the ground, gagged and struggling while Benji cut her horn with a sharp knife, blood from the horn running on her head and face, the thick leather strands holding her head in place, the strong leather ropes holding her tense body still as she tried to break away from the pain, with Benji pressing her down with his left knee while holding on the knife and the horn.
It was brutal but Elle saw that Benji knew what he was doing, that wasn't his first time cutting horns, though Elle was sure that he did with calves and not demonesses. But the worse part it was when Benji cut the horn, he had to scrape another layer of the horn so the wound would heal and there wouldn't be a salience on Saki's forehead, to end the torturous procedure Benji using a circular metal bar burned the remainder of the horn on Saki's skull, cauterizing the bone and stopping the bleeding, all the time Saki was conscious and suffering, then cutting around the skin of the horn Benji opened the skin, adding medicines and spells, the skin was pulled to cover the hole.
Elle remembered that as Benji was pulling the edges of the cut close and Elle was using the spell, so the skin would slowly grow to cover it all, it scarred but it was much better than only the bone there, and they were quite sure that even the scar would fade with time. After that Saki was so weak that Benji had to wash her, then take her to a bed and let her rest, the poor oni girl had a massive fever for the next week but recovered well.
Looking back at Benji Elle was impressed with his right arm, she saw the scar there, she heard the tale, she actually believed on it, but the success of implanting a foreign arm on his own body impressed Elle, if the compatibility was so high then Doppelgangers could easily be a source for transplants of organs, as she saw no rejection from Benji's body to the arm.
"Anyway I want to study you closer." Elle said seriously. "Your arm intrigues me a lot, and you need medical supervision now, you lost too much weight and your organism is running amok." "As long there isn't any crazy experiments I don't mind." Benji replied. "I just want to be sure that I am still human." "You are human." Elle said. "Just not an average human."
It was what she believed on, once in Rune they all changed in what can be called superhuman, they gained powers and skills do to feats normally impossible, as well an ability to learn far beyond everything that she ever saw, it was the best way to call them, super human.
"So before you went missing how it was your sex life?" Elle asked, there was more than gossiping curiosity on her question. "Quite good I must say." Benji answered. "My recovery time is so short that I was up and ready for more in less than twenty seconds, the amount also increased a lot, I must say that it got in what I called hentai amounts."
Elle might not be Japanese but she saw a bit of anime, she also saw random hentai pics on the internet, so she had an idea of the quantity that Benji meant. "At once or adding everything?" Elle asked. "Each time." Benji answered. "With a little diminution with sequential times in a short period of time."
Elle writes down that piece of information, it was important for her to register that, as she registers every know change in the physiology of an outcast. "Any pregnancies?" Elle asked. "Not until now." Benji answered. "Though I have to admit that wasn't by lack of opportunities, I had a lot of sex with my lovers and most of the times they pretty much demanded to be inside."
Benji frowned at the words that he just spoke while Elle writes it down. "I am not getting sterile am I?" Benji asked seriously. "I am not sure." Elle answered in the same way, for her fertility was a serious issue and she could tell that Benji was serious and worried as well. "Might just be luck, but I might ask for a sperm sample later to check under a microscope, maybe a count will reveal us the truth."
Benji nodded agreeing, to know that just a lousy sperm sample would be a cheap price to pay, while pretty much settled to live the rest of his life in Rune Benji had thought about kids with his lovers, while without an absolute position on that subject Benji wanted to have a choice in the matter.
The truth is that Elle is as worried as Benji is about that, if Benji turned sterile that could mean that the women also became, and that would crush her, and since was easier to get a sperm sample than harvesting eggs then the final answer would come from Benji.
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Atsuko was happy, she found what she looked so hard for, since she found Benji's broken sunglasses she was searching for a replacement for it, while she had countless of slotted mid headgear to choose from, she wanted a pair of sunglasses as it was Benji's choice for it.
Now she trots to Benji's office holding the brand new pair of sunglasses inside a proper case, knowing that Benji will be happy with the present. Atsuko now clad in a her now daily clothes, denim pants and a t-shirt, made after Benji's clothes, she returned all of Benji's clothes to him, but she liked of how they clung on her body and got herself some just like that.
After knocking on the door Atsuko enters on the office, but it is empty, she evens looks under the desk and waits a bit to see if Benji would come out of the treasure room, but after ten minutes no one came out of that door. A bit miffed Atsuko moves to Benji's room, when reaching the door her mood was once again happy, but she gets a cold shower when not finding Benji there either.
No one saw Benji leaving or told her that Benji left the castle, so Atsuko knew that Benji was somewhere inside the castle, considering that is the third day from his arrival Atsuko moves to Layla's room, maybe Benji was deemed well enough to have sex and was easing his lust in a willingly partner.
Jealous and a bit angry Atsuko puts her ear on the door to see if she can hear the cries of pleasure associated to lovemaking, but there isn't anything like that, a short knock and a reply later. Layla clad only in a pair of white panties and a bra opens the door, now looking confused at her fellow lover. "Anything wrong?" Layla asked seeing the scowl in Atsuko's face.
"You know where Benji is?" Atsuko asked seriously. "Isn't Goshujin-sama on his office or bedroom?" Layla replied, she last saw Benji in his office, but that was one hour earlier. "I have been there." Atsuko answered, Layla taps her chin confused, letting go of the door and looking at the blonde, that raised questions, but if Benji left a message would be send by the girls on the gate and everyone would know that.
"Maybe he is with Maria." Layla said in a casual tone. "She was talking of how badly she wanted to tell him everything that happened on the past months." Atsuko knew that Layla was telling the truth, Maria was talking about that since Benji returned, and that Layla wasn't lying in not seeing Benji, Atsuko and Layla came to terms with each other, they even became friends. "Well I will look for him some more." Atsuko said with a sigh. "If you see him message me."
Layla nodded and decides not to ask about why Atsuko is looking for Benji, it seemed private enough for her to just give her fellow lover privacy. Atsuko walks away and moves to Maria's room, it was the most likely place for the little blonde to be, that if she wasn't in the gardens.
Half an hour later Atsuko was starting to get really worried, Benji was nowhere to be found and she had looked all over the castle for him, even the tower where he and Layla first had sex on. And that caused most of the girls to look for their once again missing leader.
"Benji!" Atsuko shouted on the halls, maybe he was in a secret room and lost track of time. "What?" Benji called coming out from the male bath's changing room. Atsuko turns around shocked, of all the places for him to be he was in the bath?! For sure she didn't look there.
"Well as long he isn't missing I guess that is fine." Jannine commented, it was a relieving to find him, but at the same time they all felt silly for forming a search party to look for him. "You were there all this time?" Atsuko asked seriously. "It has been a while since I last took a long soak." Benji answered, proof to that point is that his hair was still damp.
"You idiot…" Atsuko whimpered while lightly hitting Benji on the chest, leaning against him, she was truly worried about him, no one actually blamed Atsuko it was natural for them to accept that misunderstanding after Benji was missing for so long. Atsuko just stays close of him, lightly pounding on his chest while Benji is clearly confused about everything, but is taking it as it comes. "You big idiot…"
Benji leads Atsuko to his room where they could have some privacy to talk. "What happened?" Benji asked worried, Atsuko was a strong woman and pretty collected, not easily shaken by things, so he was surprised in seeing her tears. "I thought that you were gone…" Atsuko whispered with her face buried on his chest. "I looked all over for you but you weren't there."
Benji hugs Atsuko and caresses her hair, after his disappearance it was clear that the possibility of him disappearing scared her a lot, and Benji decided to not tell Atsuko that one day he might just disappear and never return again, at least not while this pain was still so fresh on her.
Atsuko just let herself to be weak, she was strong in every other time, for everyone else, but she also wanted, at some times, to be weak, comforted, to be make safe by others, since always she was a child after her village was destroyed she made herself to be strong, so she just holds Benji and cry.
Deep down Atsuko thought that in the end this incident wasn't all that bad as the fear made herself able to cry her worries and be honest with her lover, softening her hardened self a bit more.
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Half an hour earlier
Benji is looking at a long black haired woman wearing a hooded cloak with the hood pulled back; standing on the surrounding wall of the male's bath Benji gazes at the woman who stands on a tree branch a little bellow the wall. "I hate when I am right like this." Benji said in an annoyed tone, with his hands on his pants' pockets.
"Wanting or not politics move the world." The woman replied casually. "But I have to admit that I am pretty impressed with the fact that you foresaw a conspiracy like that, a high level one above everything." "It wasn't all that hard; I knew that my own growth and my guild's growth would scare a lot of people in high places." Benji commented. "People in those places will do everything to remain there, and those bellow will do anything to get there."
"Either way with death of those leaders most conspiracies will die, as well incidents like Lacey's." She said seriously, in Benji's absence she learned that the whole Lacey incident was orchestrated by those guilds and some nobles connected to them. "The confusion on the guild and the court will be enough to keep them busy for months."
"Thank you and once again sorry for making you do this." Benji thanked to the woman honestly. "You are sure that you don't want to come? I am sure that the others will want to see you Yuma."
Yuma shakes her head denying. "I told you this before; I don't think that I can blend with them." Yuma answered seriously. "I know that isn't Erika's or Layla's fault that we got captured, but I still can't forgive them for partying with those of the Wasted Years, as much as I know that I still can't forgive them, living as an assassin in the shadows is good enough for me."
"That isn't a pleasant life I have been there, you know it?" Benji replied. "Being alone isn't good for you." "I don't think that I can be with anyone." Yuma said seriously and looking away, knowing that he was worried made her feel warm, but at the same time she wanted to get away afraid of getting hurt.
Benji sighed and pulls something from his pocket. "I was saving this for Maria." Benji said while throwing a grapefruit sized egg to Yuma. "What is this?" She exclaimed a bit startled. "A lunatic egg." Benji answered. "Many people forgot or don't even know but animals, well maybe some of them can offer comfort for a tormented heart. If you can't accept humans maybe a bunny will help. Though if I found would I would give you a cat."
Yuma smiled and hugs the egg, feeling its warmth and the faint pulse of the sleeping lunatic inside. "This it good." Yuma whispered. "Thank you." "You are welcome." Benji replied. "Just keep in touch. A PM or a letter now and then, and don't forget, you can always find a place here, we won't let you down. Whenever you feel like you can come visit us." Yuma nods and leaves in a teleport.
Benji sighed and stretches. 'I guess that it paid to send Yuma to infiltrate in that guild.' Benji thought while jumping from the wall to the floor of the bath area, landing smoothly on his feet. Who would know that she would get that high on it? Anyway since I am here a soak wouldn't hurt…'
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It was morning of day four, Benji deemed eighty percent healed was cleared to have moderate amounts of sex, while Benji was happy with that, and his lovers don't know that he is cleared to do so, Benji had isolated himself from everyone, seeking solitude to think, meditating near a cascade deep inside what Benji called reverse castle.
At the same time Atsuko was looking for Benji again, he was a bit distant during breakfast, so Atsuko wanted to offer an ear if he wants to talk about his problems, but she only finds a note on his bed telling that he was inside the castle pondering on things. Not wanting to start another futile search party Atsuko looks for Benji on her own, letting everyone doing their business.
Elle was worried about Benji, but not as Atsuko is, now that Benji was well enough to have sex she wanted that sperm sample from him, her fears about their fertility were bigger than she let Benji know about it, she wanted to know really badly.
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Benji sighed annoyed; he knew that meditation wouldn't help at all. "How the fuck I get rid of this feeling?" Benji muttered while looking at the waterfall basin. "There wasn't this meditation on a waterfall thing in anime? Well I guess that is worth the shot." With that Benji takes out his boots and socks before entering on the basin.
Ten minutes and several surprise dives in underwater holes later Benji is standing under the waterfall, the water hitting on his head, shoulders and back hard and mercilessly. 'Yes I can feel it, finally a good water pressure.' Benji thought with a smile, sure it was stronger than a strong shower, but he took much harder hits than that in the past, however he could understand how standing on the cold water like that would help him. Trying to clear his mind Benji focuses on how drive the building impulses of being in lack of better term, evil.
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Two hours had passed since she started to look for Benji, and Atsuko was starting to get really annoyed, she is with a bad feeling about his sudden distant mood. She stops moving when feeling a soft draft, she was too deep inside the castle to get a draft, true the castle had a good ventilation, but she is on the lowest of the two underground levels of the castle, unless there was a storm outside there shouldn't be moving air there.
Following the wind Atsuko reaches a wall, running her fingers on the smooth and polished stone she finds that the draft is coming from between the stones, looking for any kind of trigger Atsuko pushes and touches the wall, until a section of the wall opens revealing a secret hallway.
With a deep breath Atsuko enters on the well lithe hallway, she was surprised, the hallway was just like the ones in the castle, but she as she walks she notices that the draft is coming from bellow. After long twenty minutes she finds out why, when she reaches what was the fifth lowest level of the castle and finds a window.
What Atsuko sees is a vast field, what in the castle would be the inner garden in this one was a field several times bigger than the garden, but as beautiful as the garden, lithe by a mysterious glowing stone from the ceiling. At distance Atsuko could hear a waterfall; the air was cold, but not too cold, refreshingly cold.
As she explores this secret castle she finds signals that it was used, as the halls being too clean to be something that was left empty for almost one year. A small sound catches Atsuko's ears, she stops moving and turns her head around trying to hear it again, straining her ears she can hear a distant voice, she walks towards it, knowing that it might be Benji, if isn't she can fight it, and if she can't defeat it she can just teleport away to safety.
As she moves closer to the voice's origin she realizes that in the upper castle she would be heading to Benji's office. "Care for wine master?" Atsuko heard a feminine voice asking to someone. "It is too early for wine." She heard a voice that she knows that is Benji's answering. "But I will have some; I could use something stronger than juice right now."
Atsuko marches to the doors and opens it, she is surprised in seeing a large group of females around Benji, one with an empty tray standing next to Benji who is sited on an ebony colored throne. Atsuko knew just then that those females aren't human but monsters and that Benji holding a goblet of dark red wine while sitting there as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
End of the chapter thirty:
Author explanation corner:
Sora: I was going to show how she does that, but after two battle tunned chapters I got tired of the violence, so this part which would be the climax of the whole fight ended this way, I had so much that I wanted to put down, but in the end I just removed from it. I will explain how a blind girl can be an excellent sniper later.
Suzuka: She is from a forgotten class similar to dancer, but as show more powerful. For lack of a proper name her class can be called dancer or performer, by using her dance she can control those who watch to follow her movements, that is only one of her powers (I don't know from where it came, but an image of cheerleader also popped on my head aimed for her), anyway her dances can do more than just control people.
Tsurugi no mai: It means or it should mean 'dance of the sword', it is a dance that control the enemy, by making the enemy move as the dancer wishes the dancer can kill many people with it, it has a large SP consumption and cool off time after the execution, hence Suzuka fanning herself and falling back after performing.
Elle: As said earlier she is a healer, all her skills are for healing or defending, she is from the real world as well, a senior on medical school she has knowledge of medicine that gives her chosen class even more efficiency, she also acts as a doctor, treating anyone who needs a more advanced medical care when compared to healing and stuff.
As a doctor to be Elle has a more clinical eye about the powers and effects caused by living in Rune, needless to say that Benji became her favorite subject with his infusion of a demonic arm.
Purple potion: Since Marisa is something like an alchemist she made a mix up of herbs and stuff to make a more efficient medicine to be drunk after long battles to replenish worn out warriors, and that is the purple potion, in game terms it heals 10 percent of the max HP and SP by dose.
Saki: I know the dehorning was torture, but I believe that was close to what it should be, I did cut my share of horns from calves in the past, I lived in a farm for one year when I was a teen, I dehorned and branded calves, it was a interesting experience, in a farm school years later I used my previous experience to aid the teacher in a demonstration of dehorning…a less strong guy burned my knuckle when cauterizing the horn…well anyway I know what I wrote, while the whole cutting skin and pulling was an stretch (pun not intended).
Mai: Yup that is right boys she has a penis half of the time. As I mentioned before futanari is a term that means dickgirls in Japanese hentai manga terms, anyone who looked for it learned it. I won't get in details now but Mai was infused with that by a controlling parasite, I will tell the tale in another chapter, all that is need to know that her original body and personality exists among a cursed hermaphrodite body and a second personality, the loudmouth and annoying one. Well Mana is just a naughty curious girl who thought that having a penis would be interesting.
Yuma: She was the woman last scene of the last chapter, originally she was member of Layla's and Erika's party, a friend of the duo, but unlike the others she couldn't just forgive and forget all that easily (everyone copes in different ways), while knowing that Erika and Layla aren't the ones to blame, she still can't get along with them, as they were the ones who invited a group of Wasted Years to the party and got them caught by them. She knows in her mind and heart that they aren't to be blamed but part of her blames them, to avoid problems she isolated herself from others.
And she is the only original assassin from the guild other than Benji who was in the original group who was rescued. Out of appreciation Yuma still talks with Benji and acts on his orders, but she isn't part of the guild, at least officially, and other than Benji and Leona she is the only assassin in the guild.
I threw the lunatic egg because I thought that would be too sad to leave her to suffer alone. A pet can really make a difference when you are alone, I know it isn't a excuse for not giving her a pet earlier, I admit that she is a brand new character who is 'old' in the story timeline, besides if I gave her the pet earlier it wouldn't be the same.
Reverse castle: A underground castle build bellow the Silver Moon castle, a not so exact copy of the castle, before anyone shouts that WoE castles doesn't have a mirrored underground self I want to remember that this isn't your average WoE castle, besides I needed a place to store all the slaves when not using them. As much as I want it I can't just place them on shelves in my bedroom.