Extractingme from beneath a wolf-coyote thing the size of a horse was a bit of a process. Ash andMatt shoved a tree branch underneath the beast, and used leverage to pry the beast up. The other girls grabbed my wrists, and pulled me out from underneath it before the other two let the beast drop again.

I looked down and saw the blood between my legs.

"Guess that monster popped my cherry…" I said, with a pained laugh.

I felt a little bit faint, so I lay back down on my back. I closed my legs, and that took away some of the throbbing discomfort inside my abused pussy. The initial thrust had been utter agony, but it wasn't too bad now. At least, if I didn't try to move around too much. Chloe scurried up to me, and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"That's too much blood for just breaking your hymen, if you even had one to begin with. The monster probably tore something inside you," Loli-Petercommented. "That's gonna need some actual medical attention if Chloe'shealing magic doesn't work…"

Peter would know, I supposed. The guy-turned-loli was a pre-med, studying tobe a doctor. That was like… being an almost-doctor. By medieval fantasy worldstandards, the guy was probably better educated than actual doctors in thisworld.

"S-sorry, I'm trying," Chloe whimpered, at the edge of tears.

There was another flash of purple, and a screech as something I couldn't see nearby died. Lysander lowered her hand, keeping her eye on the forest.

"Flying squid…" she commented. "What a strange creature."

"How are you casting spells so easily?" I asked. "I got fire magic, but I couldn't do fuck all under pressure…"

"Practice forming the spell shape until your [Mana Manipulation] skill ranks upa few times, it should get easier then. I've been practicing continuously since we all woke up so I'm already rank three. Also, having what I presume to be above average mental stats helps my rate of learning as well. Specifically, Intelligence seems to improve cognizing the spell shapes, and willpower helps with manacontrol and actually executing the shaping. The Magic stat itself seems related to maximum energy output."

"What kinda Int score does a genius have anyway?" I asked, letting a hint of bitterness slip out of my voice.

"Please don't call me that," Lysander sighed.

"Right, sorry. I guess I'm just taking my frustration out on you," I replied.

That was truly a bit of a low blow on my part. Most people would be happy to be called a genius, but not Lysander. I was his, or rather her, only friend growing up, the only person she knew who didn't treat her like some sort of freak of nature. She hated feeling different, and tried very hard to fit in. Being called agenius just made her feel like a freak.

"16 Perception, 41 Int, 19 Willpower, and 14 Magic," she said, only the fact thather voice was slightly softer than normal betrayed her embarrassment.

41 Int? What the fuck! She's a monster!For Lysander's sake, I tried not to reacttoo strongly. "Indeed… that's a good deal higher than my current stats."

"I'm 17 Perception, 13 Int… 7 Willpower…" Chloe whimpered. "I guess my Magic is okay… it started at 24. Maybe it gets a boost because I'm an elf?"

"Your Perception is good too. It's not just noticing things. It's also related to your speed of thought and reaction time. Once you get better mana control, it'll help you get quicker at casting spells." Lysander explained.

"Take your time… you'll get your magic working eventually and I'm not exactly going anywhere anytime soon," I said.

The was another flash of purple, and another screech as some other monster died, probably another flying squid from the sound of it.

"Iwillrun out of mana eventually…" Lysander commented firmly. "The monsters seem to be able to home in on us somehow. It might be best to find somewhere safer to camp otherwise we'll only draw more monsters to us until we're overwhelmed."

"Where?" Matt the blonde bombshell asked. "I can only see forest around us…"

As they discussed the options, I tuned them out. I closed my eyes and opened my Status menu.

Name: Tyler Erikson

Age: 21, Sex: Female

Species: Human

Class: Mage 2

HP: 19 / 25,

STA: 21 /30,

MP: 34 / 34

Str: 6

Dex: 11

End: 9

Per: 13

Int: 18

Will: 12

Mag: 13

You have (1) Attribute points.

Perks: Greater Blessing of Vyreth

Skills:

Mana Manipulation 1

Fire Magic (I) 1

You have (1) Skill Points.

Spells:

Firebolt I

Ooh a free attribute point. Levelling up seemed to give me a point in my Magic attribute too. I stuck the free attribute point into Intelligence, bringing it to 19, hoping it would help me visualize the spell shape better.

I had another Skill point too. I ignored the throbbing between my legs, and pain around my throat, and looked through my skills list for anything that seemed immediately useful. Chloe would surely be a good healer some day, but with her low Willpower it might take her a while. Plus, what if I got hurt and Chloe wasn't around? A reliable source of self-healing would be great.

Strangely, I didn't see any trace of Chloe's "Life Magic" skill. Was there some sort of prerequisite I didn't meet? The only difference I could think of was that she had pointy elf ears. Elves and nature… that was a thing wasn't it? Did she get special magic because of her species? What wasmyspecial magic?

Sadly, there was no "Wolverine healing factor" skill or "Magically fix up Tyler's throat and maybe vagina" skill available. There was only magic, and utility skills to boost that magic. The only thing I could find that was even tangentially healing related was the [Holy Magic I] Skill, so I picked that.

You have unlocked the skill: [Holy Magic I].

Just like before, a magical spell glyph entered my mind. The spell? Purify. It could 'cleanse' the target. What was cleansed seemed sort of vague, but it included poison in their blood and disease in their body. It couldn't fix Taint corruption though. Aside from that, depending on what I considered as 'filth,' it might even replace the need to shower and go to the bathroom. I wondered if I could use it to shave my body hair too? Did this magical wet dream of a body evengrowbody hair? Anyway, that all sounded great… but what I really needed right this second was a healing spell.

"Ah! Got it," Chloe said, smiling.

There was a shining green viridian light, and a wave of relief passed over me. The dull throbbing pain of my injuries vanished in an instant. The teeth marks on my neck, and the inside of my lady bits started itching horribly, but I could feel the damaged flesh knitting back together. Chloe stared into my eyes with intense concentration for an entire two minutes, until the itching subsided and the all trace of pain went away. Then, she abruptly collapsed forward, smashing her suddenly unconscious forehead into my tummy.

"Oof!" I groaned. Why did people keep falling on me?

I rolled the girl over, and cradled her head. "Chloe?" I called.

Loli-Peter came over, quickly took her pulse, checked her breathing, and did a bunch of other first aid stuff I wasn't able to follow. "Vitals seem okay, just passed out," she said.

"She held the spell a while, what do you wanna bet it was some sort of continuous channeled effect that she held too long?" I said.

"Passed out from using all her mana?" Peter asked. "Yeah that happens in light novels. I don't want to make real decisions based on fictional knowledge, but that makes as much sense as anything else I guess."

"That's neat. Your neck looks better, all patched up downstairs too? Ready to get moving?" Ash asked quickly.

As if to punctuate his point, there were two more purple flashes from Lysander's arcane magic, and two more screeches as more monsters died.

"Uuh, yeah. I'm feeling better. Where are we going?" I asked.

"We saw smoke on the horizon, over that way," Ash pointed somewhere over my shoulder. "Probably a town or at least a fortified campsite, we're guessing."

He bent down and picked up the limp Chloe with ease, like a sack of feathers. Chloe was placed into a princess carry, with Ash conspicuously resting one of his hands under her butt and copping a feel. I stood up and brushed all the twigs off me. I didn't feel faint anymore. After Chloe's bout of magical healing, I felt almost as good as new. Onlyslightlydefiled.

I looked down between my legs, spotting an uncomfortable amount of blood on my thighs. Jeez, that was worse than I thought. It wasn't that the wolf was too thick, it was that it was too long, and went too deep, too hard. Pretty much its entire body weight was behind that one brutal thrust inside me.

Was I going to be all loose now? Was that a thing that happened to women who slept with big partners? Did healing magic fix that too? This pussy was brand new! I didn't want it to get all baggy after just one encounter… What about scars? I couldn't see my neck…

"You can inspect yourself later," Ash grumbled. "C'mon."

"Yes sir," I snarked, and followed the group.

The flying squids stopped coming after us after a while. I wasn't sure whether it was because we'd moved away from their hunting ground, or whether Lysander had just exterminated their entire pod. Was a group of flying squids called a pod? or a flock?

Whatever. Anyway, after they stopped bothering us, the walk became nice and peaceful.

I spent the time practicing forming my firebolt spell with [Mana Manipulation, stopping just before the point of release and starting over. It was like… edging an orgasm, but with fiery death instead of sexual satisfaction.

[Mana Manipulation] Skill has reached rank 2

[Mana Manipulation] Skill hasreached rank 3

As I practiced, forming the spell shape became easier and more intuitive. I was learning quickly. I didn't spend all my focus on practice however. As I walked, I still kept a wary eye on the woods around us, ready to react to the next big-dick direwolf that tried to fuck me.

Deciding it was time for a break from my practice, I turned to Matt, walking next to me.

"So Matt, I didn't ask, what character build are you going for?"

"Who me?" she said, pressing an index finger against her lower lip and batting her long eyelashes at me adorably. It instantly made my heart melt.

"Wow," I gasped, "That's a powerful pose."

She dropped her hand and gave me a devious smirk, "Thanks! Ash was helping me practice earlier. There's a surprising amount of technique behind being seductive. Ash says they're terrible at it, personally, but as an avid watcher of women, he knows what sorts of things work and don't work."

"I like women, but that doesn't mean I know how they do what they do," I said flatly.

"Eh, seductive isn't your style anyway. You're more like… that cool tomboy chick that's super chill, down to earth and relatable. Like, she invites you to her dorm room, you eat a microwave pizza together and fuck on the couch while watching Netflix. And that's like, a date, you know? No fancy expectations or pretentious bullshit."

"Thanks? I guess?" I said, a bit confused as to whether that was intended as a compliment or not. "You're really adapting well to this whole… being a woman thing…"

"I never thought I'd want to be a woman, but now that I am… you can call me Maddie," Matt, no Maddie said with a shrug. "I'm actually quite happy with my sexy new body."

"Well Maddie, just wait until a dire-whatever jumps on you next," I grumbled. "Won't be so happy about being a woman then…"

"That's why I'm buffing my strength," she said with a smirk. "Going for a warrior build. Maybe with a hint of magic, like a Paladin. I'll kick the ass of any wolf that tries to take me."

"Yeah, well, hopefully next timesomething tries to stick themselves in me I won't be so useless either. I've been practicing. I'll be able to set them on fire before they can try anything," I said, flexing my non-existent bicep.

Maddie smiled, "Yeah, we'll have to see who turns out more badass then…"

"Wha-?"At the edge of the group, Peter let out a squeak of surprise.

I turned just in time to see a green tentacle lift the little asian schoolgirl off the ground, and yank her away into the bushes out of sight.

"Oh fuck! No no n-"Peter screamed, before her voice suddenly cut off.

Everyone started moving at once.

The front-line warriors, Ash and Maddie charged off ahead of us. Behind them, Lysander and I followed. Chloe nervously brought up the rear, not so much charging in to help, as just being too scared to be left behind on her own.

I followed the charging group and the sound of faint muffled screams. We soon reached the monster. It was a giant thorny plant with writhing tentacle vines. It looked like a cross between a pitcher plant, a venus fly trap, and a bramble bush. Peter's terrified screams were coming from inside a big green bulb in the plant's core.

Ash charged in immediately, only to get batted away by a tentacle and sent flying off into the forest. Maddie was not batted away. Instead, the tentacle quickly wrapped around her waist, and pulled her in towards its central body.

"Oh shit!"Maddie screamed.

Lysander wasted no time, firing off a barrage of purple magic missiles that warped the air around them as they flew. Every time they hit the plant, they sent up a spray of juicy plant fibres. The missiles weren't as effective on the plant as they were on the other creatures, however. Like a tree trunk, the plant's body was flexible, and seemed to absorb and spread out the kinetic damage it received.

"Nooo!"Maddie cried.

The plant opened its wide maw, and I shivered when I saw inside. The entire interior was lined with vicious thorns. Anyone trapped in there would be pierced and held firm, unable to do so much as squirm without rending their own flesh apart. Maddie kicked and fought the tentacle's grip, but was soon stuffed inside the monster's maw. The thorn lined walls squeezed shut, and I heard a howling wail coming from inside as Maddie's body was pierced from every angle.

Yikes!

"Isincerelyhope you've gained some proficiency with your fire spell," Lysander said calmly, but even her voice was betraying a hint of panic.

I calmed down, and focused. Just like during practice, I formed my mana into the shape of a Firebolt. It took a couple seconds, but I finally managed to unleash the spell successfully.

A bolt of fire flew out of my palm towards the plant, striking the base, right where I'd aimed. The plant flesh sizzled, and let out a hiss as the moisture inside the stem turned to steam. I discovered that unleashing the spell didn't reset the glyph I'd formed. The second bolt was ready to fire immediately.

Bolt after bolt flew out of my palm, I sent a barrage towards the creature. The plant didn't breathe with lungs, so it didn't screech or howl as I burned it alive, but its tentacles flailed madly with panic and pain. Once or twice, it lashed out and slapped a tentacle towards us, but Lysander deflected it with some sort of transparent shimmering shield.

Lysander joined in my barrage, hammering a flurry of arcane bolts towards the monster's stem. Its dried-out flesh, now hard and brittle from the heat, shattered from the impact. Large chunks of the monster broke off and flew away with each strike.

I was soon running low on mana, only a few bolts left before my reserves were empty. I finally heard a crack. Like a falling tree, the plant monster teetered over, and crashed against the ground.

[Fire Magic I] Skill has reached rank 2

Your party has slain a Level 9 ThornTrap.

Level up! You are now a level 3 [Mage].

You gain 1 Mag, 1 Free Attribute Points. You gain 1 Skill points.

"Ding!" I said with an exhausted gasp. Looks like my fire magic skill levelled up too. I quickly stuck another free attribute point in Intelligence, bringing it to 20. I decided to leave the skill point for later.

"Ding as well, but we should probably save those two before we celebrate," Lysander said.

Ash limped out of the woods, groaning. There was a big bruise, diagonal across his body, and he looked pretty dazed.

"Aww fuck… did I miss the party?" He grumbled.

"There are still two damsels in there that need recuing. I'm pretty sure I'd boil them alive if I tried to help." I said.

"Oh sure… make the man do all the heavy lifting…" he grumbled.

"Hooray for sexism!" I replied with a smirk.

"Be careful Ash, the inside appears to be filled with barbs, try not to jostle them," Lysander called out.

"They might need some Chloe attention once they're out," I said, and looked behind us, seeing nobody there. "Uuhh… where's Chloe?"

Lysander met my eye, stared at me for a second, and I could almost taste the exasperation in her expression. She just sighed. "Is it always going to be like this?"

"Um… rape monsters constantly coming out of nowhere and attacking us? It seems like it…"

"Let's just hope whatever grabbed her didn't take her back to its lair…" Lysander said.

The two of us tiptoed through the foliage, backtracking a bit. We wouldn't go too far, splitting the party was always a bad idea, that was tabletop gaming 101. Luckily, Chloe was nearby, and it didn't take us all that long to find her.

It was a flying squid that caught her. They were… squid sized, about the size of a housecat if you didn't count the tentacles. Compared to the other two monsters we'd seen, they seemed pretty small and weak. I was sure they'd try to rape us if they could, because this was a fucked up rapeworld andof coursethey would, but I wasn't entire surehowthey were expecting to manage that.

But now I saw. It was like a scene out of the movieAlien.

Chloe was writhing on the floor, moaning pitifully with a squid latched onto her face, tentacles fully wrapped around the back of her head. This squid was some sort of stronger variant, not much bigger overall, but its tentacles looked thicker and beefier than normal. If the other squids Lysander exploded were all level 1, this one looked like it would be level 2 or 3.

It was slurping and slapping, making juicy noises while humping mercilessly against Chloe's face. It was thrusting fast and hard, keeping a frantic pace without slowingor tiring. Chloe gaged and sputtered, moaning and groaning in misery. She seemed… pacified rather than truly distressed. She was clearly being face raped, but she was just laying there, taking it like a good girl rather that actually fighting it off. I doubted the creature was truly hurting her.

"Healbitch," I scolded harshly. "This isnotthe time to fool around."

Chloe moaned and whimpered pathetically, making vague complaining noises, but unable to form any actual words with… whatever it was… stuffed down her throat. She held her hand over her pussy, as if debating whether she wanted to masturbate in front of us or not. She decided to keep that one shred of dignity intact, and moved her hand away. But she still clenched her thighs together, attempting to stimulate her drenched pussy without her hands, almost getting off from the sheer humiliation of being seen in her current predicament.

She slapped at the squid with her palm and tried half-heartedly to pry its tentacles away, to no effect. The squid was firmly latched onto her and seemed to have a deceptively strong grip. Her attempts at struggling seemed to do the opposite of what she wanted, just encouraging it to speed up and rape her face harder. She whined in defeat.

"Honestly, we should just leave you like this… Would you like that Healbitch? This is clearly what you deserve. We leave you alone forfive minutesand you end up letting yourself get facefucked by a squid. You know what? If you want us to save your pathetic ass, beg for it. Give us a proper apology for making us come all theway here to find you, and thenmaybewe'll stop this thing from using you," I scolded her harshly, doing my best impression of a bitchy dominatrix voice.

Lysander glanced at me with a raised eyebrow, not quite understanding my desire to bully her. I smiled innocently in response. Chloe moaned in humiliation, and wobbled up to her knees. Straining against the monster's weight on her neck, she tipped forwards in a kowtow.

I waited for a good thirty seconds, to let the humiliationreallysink in. Chloe obediently stayed in position, choking, gagging, and quivering slightly. The monster didn't seem to even notice her change in position, thrusting away into her throat without a care.

"Okay you're forgiventhis time," I said. "Lysander, want to do the honors? Your missile is probably safer than my firebolt."

"My friends are all hopeless perverts," Lysander sighed.

She held out a palm, and the squid exploded in a purple flash and a splatter of green goo,completely covering Chloe. She immediately retched, and reached into her throat, grabbing the severed end of a long tentacle. She yanked hard and pulled it up out of her throat in one go. To mycomplete lack of surprise,it was a dedicated throat raping tentacle, conveniently the width of an average human penis, and nearly ten inches long. It must have stretched all the way down her throat.

Chloe coughed and groaned miserably, spitting out a mouthful of snotty green goo with the consistency of semen.

"I levelled up, my most noble Mistresses. I'm level two. I can be more useful to you now," she announced cheerfully, a masochistic smile on her face. "Probably drank two whole litres of that disgusting monster's cum… Oh I feel so full…"

"Good to know that the blessing converts the Taint from monster rape as well as Lord Vyreth suggested. It seems it's a viable alternative method for accumulating and converting Taint from monsters we fail to kill," Lysander said thoughtfully.

"Come on Healbitch, you have work to do," I grinned sadistically at the girl, and she bowed her head again in response.

"Of course, Mistress."

I led the way back to Ash and the plant monster's two victims.

Whenwe returned to the scene of battle, Ash was watching over Loli-Peter and Maddie. Both girls were safely extracted from the plant, but looking worse for wear. They were covered in pinpoint puncture wounds, all over their body, but the damage was shallow and they weren't losing much blood, thankfully.

Peter was curled up in the fetal position, staring into the distance, silently holding her horrifically bulging stomach. She looked pregnant,verypregnant, like a woman with twins or triplets. There was a dullnessto her eyes, as if her mind wasn't quite there anymore.

Maddie was doing a bit better. She was clearly in pain, but coherent at least. She looked a little pregnant too, though her bulging belly wasn't quite asdistended as Peter's. It seemed the monster hadn't had time to fully fill her up with…whatever horrible thing it did to Peter.

As we approached them, I watched Maddie reach inside her pussy with a pairof fingers, and grab hold of something.

"Aaaargh! Shitfuck!"She growled in agony.

With a firm grip, she yanked hard, and pulled out a ball of plant material, covered with viciously sharp thorns, a bit like an extra-cruel chestnut. The thorn tips were red with blood.

Oh fuck… those must have hurt just as much going in.

"Okay, I won't complain about the wolf anymore…" was all I managed to say.

"I can help get them out," Lysander offered, holding up a hand.

"No!" Maddie panicked and flailed at Lysander, "Don't you fucking dare! Stay back! Just… let me do this myself. Nice and gentle."

"Healing might do more harm than good if those aren't removed first. Do you have anything for pain?" I asked Chloe.

Chloe shook her head sorrowfully, "Sorry Miss Tyler, I leveled but [Life Magic] is still rank 1, I don't have any new spells, just the general healing one I startedwith."

I racked my brain for how I could help. Fire… wouldn't be helpful, to say theleast. What else? Purify? Would that work? Actually, it might.

"Can I try something?" I asked.

Maddie grimaced in pain and gave me thedirtiestlook.

"I won't hurt… probably," I said. "It's a spell that purifies things. It might clean away those spiky nuts too if think of them as a type of impurity."

"Where do they go?" Maddie asked skeptically. "I don't want them all shooting out of me at once…"

"No idea, they might just vanish, or evaporate, who knows… never cast itbefore."

Maddie glared at me, and then gave a thoughtful glance to Peter.

"Are youreallygoing to suggest testing it on Peter first?" I said, raising an eyebrow. "That's kind of a dick move…"

"No. Well… she's kind of all… dissociated and mind fucked anyway…" shemumbled guiltily. "At this point, you can hardly traumatize hermore…"

"Try it on Peter," Lysander suggested. "She's the most injured. If you only have enough mana to cure one, then Peter should be the priority. Maddie looks like she can survive waiting, or even pull hers out by herself if she prefers."

"Hey… wait…" Maddie mumbled. "Maybe you can do me first after all…"

I ignored her whining and went to Peter. After reaching third level after the last fight, I was all full up on mana again. I gently touched her swollen belly, and wove the spell shape for Purify in my mind. What are seeds? Plant trash, garbage, litter. They certainly don't belong inside a person's vagina and/or anus. It required all my concentration, and I spent an extra minute just to get the image absolutely clear in my mind before I began.

I released the spell and fed it mana. Wisps of beautiful white-gold light enveloped Peter. Just like Chloe's healing spell, this one was channeled. I continued to hold the spell. It didn't cost much to maintain, but it was very slow to take effect. The first signs were outside the body, dried blood and dirt turned into a cloud of dark vapor and evaporated away, dissipating into nothingness. I continued to hold the spell, casting occasional glances at Peter's distended belly.

Eventually, minutes later, I saw a change. The belly started to shrink. It was working. I continued to hold the spell. It took another fifteen minutes until Peter's belly flattened back to something approaching normal. I kept holding it for a few minutes longer, until I was almost out of mana, just to be sure the spiny seeds were totally gone from inside her.

"That should do it," I sighed, and moved away. "Chloe?"

Peter was still in rough shape, covered in freshly bleeding puncture wounds, opened by my cleaning magic that apparently decided scabs were dirty too. The dangerous stuff would be on the inside though. Pregnant women didn't balloon up overnight, things probably got torn up inside there pretty bad from all the stretching. Chloe took my place, and after a couple false starts, she managed to channel her viridian healing magic. It worked much faster than my Purify, and Peter's wounds vanished after only a minute or two.

Peter whimpered like a puppy, no longer in pain, but clearly still in desperate need of a hug. Ash picked her up, and cradled her in his lap, for once, not sexually harassing the rescued damsel. Peter snuggled up against him happily, her face resting in the crook of his neck.

"That's… kinda cute actually…" I said.

"Less talking more purifying," Maddie groaned in pain.

"Sorry, out of mana."

"You…" Maddie trembled, looking like she was holding back a long string of curses. "Fucking salad tossing,booby wizard!"

"I think my mana should recharge in an hour orso," I said.

"Oh… only anhour?" Maddie whined.

She grabbed one of the spiky balls she birthed earlier, and flung it at me.

"Ow!" The damn thing hit me right in the nipple.

Maddie whimpered, and flopped down onto her back. "Just tell me when you're ready. I'll be lying over here, gravid with torture balls."

"Yeah, this world is pretty fucked up…" I sighed.

Chloe went over to Ash and started healing his big bruise.

I gripped the spiny ball in my hand, and tried to imagine what it would feel like, having it forced inside me against my will. It was firm and unyielding, viciously shoved inside by mindless and merciless monster. There would be no begging it for mercy. I would be trapped inside a cocoon of thorns forever, stuffed full to the breaking point with these things. It would beso horrible. I'd be so pathetic and helpless.

I snapped out of my daze and realized I was starting to get a little warm between the legs. I nervously placed the spiky ball back on the ground and did my best to keep a poker face. Was… was the idea of being torture-raped by a bramble bushreallyturning me on? What. The.Absolute.Fuck.

Well… in my dream, the imaginary girl I turned into liked pain… So, being in that body now, what did that mean for me? I'd spent my entire life enjoying the dominant side of my kinks. Now, would I suddenly be some sort of super-masochist like that girl in my dream? Just because of the way this body was wired? Was I still the same person I was before? I shuddered with existential dread.

We rested for a while, Loli-Peter cuddling in Ash's lap, Chloe, Lysander and I sitting in a circle practicing our magicforming, and Maddie quietly writhing on the ground nearby. To my great surprise, nothing tried to rape us. We weren't sure if that was just good luck, or if the monsters were scared to come into the former lair of the plant monster.

"Tyler," Lysander broke the silence. "You should consider getting [Meditation]."

I still had a free Skill point. I opened the menu, and scrolled to find [Meditation]. I focused on the name for a few seconds without selecting it. To my surprise, a helpful tooltip popped up with a description.

Meditation: Skill (Tier 1)

Enter a state of mental serenity. While meditating, health, stamina and mana regeneration rate increases by 100% (10% per Skill rank).

"Looks like it'll double my mana regen while resting?" I said. "That's okay I guess."

"It unlocks other skills," Lysander added. "I now have [Sense Mana] and [Advanced Mana Manipulation] as options for purchase next level."

"I can guess what [Sense Mana] does… what does [Advanced Mana Manipulation] do?"

"It appears to improve mana control greatly, allowing better mana efficiency per spell cast."

"Oh, nowthat'suseful," I agreed.

"Indeed."

Maddie groaned, "Get [Meditation] you twat waffle, fill up your mana faster, I'm inpainhere!"

I wanted to roll my eyes at her complaining, but Maddie reallywasin pain. Getting [Meditation] seemed like a no brainer.

You have unlocked the skill: [Meditation].

Entering a meditative state was easy. I didn't need to sit cross legged or hum a Tibetan chant, I just let my mind go adrift, letting the world around me fade into the background. I felt a surge of vitality enter my body, speeding my regeneration.

I knew I wouldn't be able to meditate while actually doing anything constructive, but I found it was possible to focus on my [Mana Manipulation] practice while meditating. In fact, meditating helped me focus on it better.

[Mana Manipulation] Skill has reached rank 4

Filling my mana took another half-hour, more or less. When the time came, I let go of my meditative trance, got up, and wandered up to Maddie, to finally clear away her spine ball pregnancy as well.

"Fucking finally…" she gasped and gave me a hopeful smile.

I bent down and reached out to touch her belly. Really, I could have probably touched her anywhere, but it seemed more appropriate to touch closer to the spot I wanted to 'purify' first. I noticed something.

"Did your belly get smaller?" I asked.

"Huh?" she looked down and poked at herself. "Dunno… maybe."

"I think it did…" I muttered. "Are you like… digesting them or something?"

"Dude, I know you're not a biology major, but seriously… it's in my cunt not my stomach… pussies and wombs don't digest things." Maddie snarked.

"Then did they dissolve somehow?" I asked.

"I'm curious too…" Lysander spoke up, and walked over to us. "Can you pull another one out?"

"No. I'm not ripping up my cunt again to satisfy your curiosity. It fuckinghurts, you dipshit. Just get them out!" Maddie snapped.

"Please…" I said, eyes wide for maximum adorableness, "it's forscience…"

"Here!" Maddie grabbed a discarded spiky nut she'd pulled out earlier and flung it at me, "Stuff that up yourownpussy if you're curious."

I caught the spiky ball in my hand, actually considering it. It would only hurt, Chloe could fix any damage after, and we could learn something valuable. I had a theory…

"Seriously? Fix me first, you fucking weirdo!" Maddie growled.

Right, Maddie had waited long enough. I controlled the spell shape, easier now with [Mana Manipulation] up another rank. Like with Peter, I drained almost all my mana pool to get rid of Maddie's spine balls as thoroughly as possible. Chloe came up from behind, and gave Maddie a quick healing session afterwards, much to Maddie's immense relief.

I even got a level in holy magic because of all the Purifying I was doing.

[Holy Magic I] Skill has reached rank 2

I took a moment to catch my breath, staring intently at the spiny ball still in my hand.S-should I?

"What's your hypothesis?" Lysander asked curiously.

"I postulate that the rape monsters want to corrupt Untainted creatures with Taint, not breed with them, if they increase their population, they probably do it another way. If so, why would they plant seeds in us? My theory? These might not be seeds, they could be like… spiky Taint suppositories. If they dissolve inside us over time, they could release a dose of Taint to corrupt a victim. The same might be true of creatures with ovipositors and such, or even monster semen, everything a monster stuffs inside us might eventually dissolve on its own, even without the Purify spell to speed it up."

Lysander paused to consider, nodding her head slowly, "That would explain the spikes too. You don't want to make it easy for the victim to take them out before they fully dissolve."

I nodded, "The problem is finding a volunteer to test that…"

I held up the spiky chestnut thing. It was somewhere around a golf ball in size. That wasn't gigantic or anything. On its own, it probably wouldn't be all that painful to take inside me if not for the thorns.

"You're blushing," Lysander pointed out. "Breathing hard too."

"What? No I'm not…" I stammered in embarrassment.

Lysander nodded sagely, and gave me a little smile. "I think I understand, allow me."

She held out her hand, gesturing me to give her the spiny plant ball. I wasn't sure what she intended, but I nervously complied, placing it gently into her hand.

Lysander reached up and suddenly grabbed a fistful of my hair.

"Ow!What the f-" I shouted.

Lysander yanked harder, tipping my head back and throwing me off balance. She took a step forward, wedging her knee between my thighs. My eyes watered from the pain of having my hair pulled. I felt a finger invade my pussy. It slid in easily. I realized I was soaked.

"Wet, as expected," Lysander commented coolly.

"What are you-" I stammered.

I felt the spiny thorns kiss up against my lower lips.

"No! Nooooo!" I squirmed and pulled away.

Lysander gave my hair another painful yank, tipping me off balance again. She pulled me down to the ground. I landed on my back, and Lysander quickly pressed herself down on top of me, laying between my legs, staring me right in the eye.

"Lysander! Seriously, what the f-" I started to complain.

I was shut up by Lysander's tongue in my mouth.What was happening?That crazy bitch was making out with me?What? I was a fellow dude like, two hours ago!I felt the spiny torture ball kiss up against my lower lips again.

Oh fuck no!

I moaned in protest, but Lysander kept her mouth pressed against mine, muffling the sound. I tried to squirm away, but Lysander's grip was solid. She wasn't all that much bigger than me, but she knew how to use leverage to her advantage. I was fully pinned down.

I whimpered helplessly, and did the only thing I could. I tried to relax my pussy.

The spiny ball was slowly forced inside, carving cruel scratches into my inner walls. I screamed and thrashed, but Lysander kept up the merciless pressure, slowly easing it in as deep as her fingers could reach. I felt the spines poke against my delicate cervix, and cried.

Lysander removed her fingers from inside me, but kept a grip on my hair and continued to make out with me. I lay there submissively, incredibly turned on for no good reason, and kissed her back.

"Uh Lysander?" Ash grumbled, confused. "The fuck are you doing to Tyler?"

Lysander pulled her tongue out of my mouth, and leaned back. She stared down at me with analytical eyes, and a slightly sadistic smile. "Experimenting," she replied.

Ash sighed, "Look as much as I want to encourage your newfound lesbianism… I'm not sure Tyler appreciates your affections."

"No, Tyler wants this." Lysander said, with an absolute cold certainty that made me shudder. She lowered her head, and gently nibbled on my ear. My pussy twitched around the torture ball inside me and sent a masochistic shiver up my spine.

"N-nn!"I stifled a moan.

"See?" Lysander confirmed.

"Tyler," Ash said sternly. "Tell me this is consensual or if I need to pull Lysander off you and kick her ass."

I felt myself blush with humiliation, "It might be…slightlyconsensual."

"Yes or no," Ash said sternly.

"Y-yes…" I whimpered.

Ash sighed, "Alright… five more minutes, and then we go. You guys can fuck properly when we get somewhere safe."

Lysander lowered her head again, and gently kissed me. "You know, I wanted tokiss you ever since we started going through puberty together," she whispered.

"Really? But I was a guy," I muttered.

"And I was bisexual. I knew you were straight, which was why I never informed you of my sexual interest. But I'm a girl now, and I know you like girls..."

Lysander leaned in and kissed me again. I let myself relax and go with it. The spiny thing inside me left my awareness, it didn't even hurt anymore now that it wasn't moving. I let myself bask beneath Lysander's touch. I felt her soft fingers stroke my nipples, felt her lips brush against my neck.

Lysander reached back down to my pussy, and stroked my clit. I moaned, and rolled my hips against her hand…

"Oh fuck…" I moaned.

The orgasm snuck up on me, totally caught me off guard. I suddenly realized I was at the peak. I wrapped my arms around Lysander, and squeezed her against my chest. I moaned out loud, and shivered in climax, squeezing Lysander's hips between my thighs.

She gently patted my oversensitive pussy, and I twitched a few more times, before finally releasing my grip on her. Lysander leaned forward and kissed me one more time before climbing off.

Maddie clapped her hands, applauding our public performance.

"That was quite enjoyable," Lysander announced to the spectators nonchalantly and walked away, leaving me behind in the dirt.

I looked around, embarrassed. Ash looked impatient. Peter looked indifferent. Maddie was amused. And Chloe looked incredibly jealous. I wasn't sure which one of us she was jealous of.

I cleared my throat, "I uuh… guess we can get going now…"

It was just before midday. The smoke of our mysterious destination was still visible in the distance but it barely seemed like we'd gotten any closer. We had to hurry if we didn't want to get caught here overnight.