Chapter 22: Overcome
"Alma Elma..."
Her smirk threatens to split her face.
"That's me~"
Slowly, carefully, he places himself in front of his unconscious friend and tries to formulate a plan. One that could hopefully get him and Sara away from here...
First things first, distraction. The Succubus loves to talk, maybe he could use it to his advantages?
If that doesn't work...
Luka grimaces, putting it aside for now.
"Are you here to cause trouble, or fight me again?"
Faking a hurt expression, the Heavenly Knight looks at him with teary eyes.
"Don't say it like that... don't you miss your old pal, Alma Elma~?"
"..." He stared. Slightly disturbed at how easily she can cry on command.
"And that scent of an Elf on you..." Her lips trembles. "C-Could it be... you got bored of me and gave your first time to someone else...!"
"...Alma Elma-"
"-How cruel~!"
"Please stop..."
"Well, it's not as fun if you won't join in..." She pouts, all of her previous sadness disappearing and huffing in a way that purposefully shows off her chest. Her eyes gleams as he felt the remaining pleasure magic in his system reacted.
He should probably do something about that...
Before he could however, the Queen of Succubus acted first.
[Eyes of Submission!]
[Eyes of Recovery!]
Luka was ready for anything, yet he wasn't ready for the heavenly Knight to use two different eye magic at the same time. Her left eye releasing pleasure magic to cancels out the one in him, while her right eye gave him a wave of vitality. Flabbergasted, the forest dweller checks himself over to see that, sure enough, he was fully energized and cured of any pleasure magic.
Why did she...
"None of that~" Shaking her finger left and right, the Heavenly knight gave him a mock scold.
"I won't let our precious time here be affected by another monster..." She sat on an invisible chair, holding herself with a giddy expression bordering on manic. "In fact, if anyone is going to make you all red and gasping for air. It's going to be me~"
The purplette sighs, as always, she continues to confused him...
"Thanks for the help..." Doesit really count as helping knowing what she's intending to do next?
"My pleasure~!" She giggles.
Yeah... there it is...
"...Is this really so enjoyable for you...?" He asks her a genuine question.
"I enjoy a lot of things, Luka-boy~" Twisting herself, the upside-down Succubus continues, her long violet hair defying physic by still staying in place.
"You'll have to be more specific."
"I mean..." He holds the thought before it could slip his mind. "...This game of yours... hunting me all the way from my safe heaven, to Port Natalia and now even the Fairy Island..."
"What's so fun about that? I don't understand you..."
She tilts her head at this.
"What is there not to understand? It's very simple if you ask me~" Flying closer, she points towards herself. "I'm a Succubus who'll live for hundreds of years," Then to him, "and besides feeding on humans and teasing Granbery, you are another instrument of my entertainment~!"
"After all~ A long life and getting bored easily is a horrible combination. You need to find yourself some new stimulation once in a while to keep that sanity level stable..."
"And well, what better entertainment there is than a puzzle that keeps getting more and more complicated~?"
"..." From her perspective, her reason must've been solid. Which to be fair, he could understand her better now that he hears her opinion on it.
There's a study on this topic he had read; it's apparently easier for monsters who have relatively the same lifespan as a human to understand and relate to them. But for most other monsters who have a way longer lifespan, the difference in perspective and thinking can sometimes make it hard for them to live harmoniously with other races.
But something else come to mind...
If she really is doing all of this for the sake of keeping herself entertained, then why didn't she...
No, now is not the time for that.
He has to focused. Dealt with Alma Elma and get Sara out of here.
"Fufufu~ I can see that fire in your eyes again~" Floating higher than before, she spreads her wings out, covering a large part of their battlefield in hershadow.
"Come then, show me a good time, Luka-boy~!"
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"Alma Elma..."
"That's me~"
'He's doing it again~' Just by being here, Alma Elma had drove the purplette's mind into overdrive. She could see his cute little face scrunching in concentration.
She realizes how much she'd come to miss it.
Not to mention his new heterochromatic eyes, and that side ponytail he has now...
Ahh~!
'No foreplay, no safeword, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the dining table, from the bed to church, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, while he gasps for air, scream for my mercy, I WILL TOP HIM. Until he's swollen, until complete ecstasy, until he's out of juice, until I can't walk, until I'm numb, until my throat hurts, until my cheeks are red, until everyone in the vicinity knows their name, until my inside becomes outsides, until my holes remember the shape, until my jaws fall off, until my legs are useless, until my eyes are rolled back and it stays there, until my body does a backflip, until my whole body shakes, until the skin peels off, until I'm paralyzed for the rest of my life, until all my holes are filled, until I can't breathe, until it gets longer than before, until he can't stand anymore, until I die, until his testicles don't cum anymore, until my mouth can't eat, until I remember the length of it, until the end of time, until it reaches my stomach, until he's grunting and growling, until the whole world hears. I'm gonna get him dryer than the Sabasa Desert, over and over, all day and all night, no protection just me and him all over the Monster Lord Castle on the floor, on the couch, on the bed, in the shower, on the rooftops, even The First couldn't pull him out of me!'
...
Oh dear, her mind got a little excited there...
What was he saying again...?
Oh right. He's trying to distract her by asking the usual questions.
A little acting here, a bit of smugness there...
Pointing out the fact she can tell he had just lost his virginity.
Oh? That doesn't work?
How about this~?
Looks like something stays the same as his face got redder when she started posing in the air.
How precious~
...Now, hold on there.
Her eyes narrowed as she pauses their little play.
[Eyes of Submission!]
[Eyes of Recovery!]
"!?" It shock him a bit, but he should be at his peak condition right now.
She'd have nothing less.
Luka-boy asked her something else then. Always the one to surprise her, instead of a threat he knows wouldn't work on her, he opted to try and understand where she's coming from.
It got a laugh out of her. But since it's been a good day, she'll indulge him~
With a bit of a theatric touch, some pointed facts and glimpse of her methods to make it easier for him to understand and she eventually got her point across to him.
"..."
Mulling over her words, the purplette seems to have something he wanted to ask but stops himself. Drawing his wooden sword and taking on a stance.
"Fufufu~ I can see that fire in your eyes again~" Floating higher than before, she spreads her wings out, covering a large part of their battlefield in her shadow.
"Come then, show me a good time, Luka-boy~!"
Alma Elma wonders, what will he shows her next...
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"We can't fight here... let's go higher." He leaps into the air, covering 20 feet before stomping down and speeding off into the clouds.
BOOM!
"Some privacy? I don't mind~" She whispers into his ears from behind.
"!?" Spinning around in panic, he was barely fast enough to avoid her tail.
Her follow-ups came even faster, in one swipe of her hand a giant tornado materialized and swallows him before he could gain more distance. Trying his best not to let go of Iris, Luka angle himself to spin the same way as her attack and brought his partner down in a vertical swing.
It destabilizes the tornado enough so he can pump his own magic into it and throws it back towards her.
'Oh! What do we call that one~?'
'After the fight Sylph...'
'Aww...'
The forest dweller placed a bet on her next move, waiting for the perfect moment to unleash his plan upon the Succubus. The giant tornado flew towards her, she smirked and waited until it got as close as possible before disappearing – the attack covering her from his view.
'She remembered how I fight... creating space for long range attacks, lighting quick techniques and how I would distract her to buy times when I'm in a pinch...'
All of this information is probably swimming in her head as the fight started, it would explain her closing the distance so fast and how she waited to see if he was doing anything before dodging the tornado...
Alma Elma had a perceived way that he approaches combat in her head.
And Luka is going to abused the hell out of that.
"Got you~!" Once again appearing behind him, she locked the arm holding Iris in a vice grip and goes for a kiss, her bigger frame enveloping him from behind.
In the shadow of her embrace, a spark of fire caught her attention.
"Hmm~?"
It soon became apparent to the Succubus he was aiming for this to happens as Luka proceeds to use his free hand and slammed his flaming rock-hard elbow into her stomach.
"Ghk!"
Grunting in pain, the blow took the breath out of her as her eyes went white.
Luka follows up by freeing himself from her and transferring the powers in his left arm to the his right one. Both to saves times and as a way to efficiently used the Spirits powers without exhausting himself too much.
[Burning Gale!]
The devastating attack went straight to her head as she-
Dodges it. She dodges it perfectly by leaning back and kicking his partner into the air. The momentum was gone as she then spun herself in the air to face him.
"Almost got me, Luka-boy~!"
"..."
'I know we're fighting her... but I kind of respect how good she is at not breaking character...'
'...' A wave of confused awe came from Gnome.
The forest dweller saw her coming closer with a bunch of wind sphere following her. Instead of backing away, he took a deep breath and flew to her instead. Their dance resumes with Alma Elma limiting his movement with the wind sphere and Luka tapping into the flow to keep pace with her.
At some point, he had to let a wind clone takes his place due to how crowded it was.
"Clever~"
He grimaces, one less trump card he could pull.
Extending his hand forward, the Succubus saw this and places herself behind the sphere to dampen the effect of his magic.
Unlike what she expected, the attack wasn't coming from the front.
Iris came from behind, aimed directly to her wings to ground the Heavenly Knight and make it harder for her to pursued them.
"You already did that before~"
Despite not expecting it, Alma Elma still manages to caught his partner in her hand. And as he broke the air barrier, Luka finally understood why she could.
It's the flow, she can tap into Serene mind like he and Granberia can. Back then, when he was too close to dodge, he broke her out of it by elbowing her and she quickly taps back in as soon as she saw him using Burning gale. Then she saw an attack coming from behind her with the flow and even now, she could probably see everything he's going to throw at her.
So to reiterate; he's fighting someone faster, stronger, have more experience than him, and now she can see the flow of the world, meaning all of his surprise attacks (his only trump card) easier to dodge.
Alright... he's starting to see why the Four Heavenly Knights are considered unbeatable now.
Don't get him wrong, he knew they were strong. But not this unbelievably powerful.
"..." The forest dweller stare ahead in silence.
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"..."
She laughs out loud. Of course, instead of being discourage at seeing her stops holding back, Luka-boy immediately tries to think of a way to still win.
The hero clutching victory in the jaws of defeat...
Too bad... she's not letting him go this time.
There's a risk the Succubus took every time she lets him go. Be it a monster who got lucky and manages to caught him off guard, him getting bored of his journey and decided to go back to his house, one of her coworkers finding him and so on.
Point is... her bet pays off. She got exactly what she wanted out of this. And now that her prize is right in front of her, ripe for the picking, she thinks it's time to reward her patients.
Now that she's not holding back anymore, he stood no chance of ever getting away, much less winning. Alma Elma would usually take thing slow.
But this time, knowing he could take it... she's not going to be gentle.
This won't be a fight anymore. It's a hunt.
And from the way his stare hardens, she suspects he realized it too.
"It's true..." He spoke.
Let's see where this goes.
Will he pull one last trick before the end the show, or will he decide to go out with a bang?
The anticipation brought a manic smile on her face.
===0===
"It's true..." He admitted.
Alma Elma gave him the same smile as back then.
"You are an unbelievably powerful opponent..."
"Why thank you, sweetheart~!" She tilts her head in affections. "Are you trying to soften the blow after your loss? Because to be honest, it only makes me want to mess you up more~"
Luka shook his head. "I'm only stating facts..."
"You are powerful, and I don't have nearly enough practice or time to match your strength..."
"Which is why..."
He brought a hand forward, curling his fingers into positions.
"If I want to beat you, I'll have to turn myself unfairly powerful..."
'Remember the feelings... Let it guides you...' Undine calmly reminds him.
'...!' Gnome places her trust on him.
'All or nothing, young man. Show us what you got!' Salamander encourages him.
'ONWARD!' Sylph yells out.
With everything he had, Luka snaps his fingers and unleashes his domain!
SNAP!
[DOMAIN EXPANSION: COGITO, ERGO SUM]
In an instance, the world around them were swallowed by a ginormous green spiral so bright the Succubus had to covered her eyes.
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When she came to, the Heavenly Knight witness the world of his making. Endless green skies with clouds you could walks on, a mighty blue tree growing in the background, its falling golden leaves strewn across the world around them.
This place doesn't exist. A dream a child might have, nothing more.
Yet she's right here... at this moment, Alma Elma is inside of a neverland...
"Fufu~ How very romantic~!"
Of course, only she could crack a joke at times like this. Turning to the forest dweller, all she saw was a mass of clouds surrounding him like a cocoon. Its swirls as more and more waves of magic generate from it.
Higher and higher, it reached a point of rivalling the current Monster Lord in term of potency.
"A bit too much privacy doesn't you think, Luka-boy~?"
CRACK!
"Welcome... to a world of pure imagination..."
CRACK!
Her smirk grew. "I'm flattered~"
CRACK!
Stepping out of his shell, Luka inspect his new self.
The transformation gave him a new cloak made out of white clouds dancing in the wind, his green eyes are now burning with power, his braids are undone as his violet hair sways around and lastly, a bright golden construct hovering above his head.
He's a bit confused by it, after all Luka has never views himself as some sort of angel before.
Why did a halo appear?
'After the fight, Luka~' Sylph uses his words back on him.
"Hmm..." He rolls his eyes, looking down and focusing on his condition instead of appearance.
To put it simply, the forest dweller cheated.
He knew that beating Alma Elma as he was would be impossible. And with that in mind, he uses the ability of his domain to give himself a body strong enough to overcome her.
Now as he is, he should have no problems calling upon the power of all four Spirits without exerting himself.
A long whistle caught his attention.
"Not bad, Luka boy~! Way to rewrote realities so you could win against me!"
"Thank you...?" All things consider, she seems pretty nonchalant about it all.
"One question though..." She leans in. "How long can you keep this up?"
So she knew... a domain like this may be powerful, but it took an enormous amount of magic to hold it together.
The purplette may be someone with a big reserve of magic, but even for him, this will only last for...
"...5 minute." Luka narrowed his eyes at her. "I can only open it for that long..."
"I see." She flew higher. "Then allow me to reciprocate~"
With a dramatic flair, the Heavenly Knight of Wind let out her magic in waves. Contaminating the dreamworld as she cast an all-consuming purple shadow over his domain.
All of this, using only her own source of magic.
The forest dweller made the right choice in going all out.
"Alma Elma!" He shouted out to her, gaining the attention of the Succubus.
"Luka-boy~!" She responds even louder.
And as they clash, the chaos begins. First with him calling out to Sylph and Undine to outmaneuver her advance and then by covering his partner with Gnome and Salamander's power as he proceeds to descent upon her from above like a flaming meteor.
It splits the clouds below in halves as she dodges, powering through the impact of his attack and lounging at him. Her left hand grabs a hold of her shadow and she whipped it towards him. A cracking sound loudly appears as the shadowy attack turn its edges into a serrated blade.
BOOM!
CLANG!
Infusing the power of Earth in his body, Luka parries it aside, he took a step forward, lowering himself to the clouds below in a sprinting position before exploding forward, his speeds leaving trails of fire on his tracks.
Tapping into the deepest level of the flow, she weaved his first swipe, countered the second with an upward kick and grabs his left leg with her tail before-
It wasn't him - she realizes too late as Luka emerges from below her.
He grabs the air in front of her upcoming counter, pulling back as the space bends to his hand. Now that her left arm is twice as long and stuck in place, she was a sitting duck as the forest dweller channels four elemental powers into his right palm.
Taking a page out of his book, Alma Elma reached upwards to her purple shadow and pulls it before her. Like a blanket made of the night itself, her last-second defense miraculously works as she was only knock back a couple feet from the attack with her left arm broken as opposed to every bone in her body.
Instinctively, not giving him any time to think, the Succubus flew into her shadow, wraps it around her broken armand sent it towards him like a rubber ball across the endless skies. It bounces on the clouds, ignoring physics as it reaches the surprised forest dweller and shots out hundreds of tentacles to trapped him inside.
The downside of his domain letting him freely materializing his imaginations into reality is that if his opponent has an output of magic on the same level as him, they could do it too after they figures it out...
Enforcing their own will on his domain and ignores any law of physics like he can. That's what makes it a double edge sword.
Be it out of sheer luck, or her unusual nature as a person, Alma Elma manages to understand how the dreamworld operates within only the first minute.
'I can't waste any more time...'
As her attacks is closing in on him, he closes his eyes and focuses on the fire inside of him. His frame now completely covered; the Succubus was about to question her easy victory when something inside her shadow started shimmering in white hot fire.
BOOM!
A giant flaming typhoon appears as it eclipses her shadow in sheer size. Growing bigger and bigger as it howls in anger.
"Pff! Show off~!"
Not one to get one-upped, Alma Elma spun the exact opposite way of his attack and started creating her own tornado made out of her shadow. The pitch-black typhoon rose higher and higher, shaking the dreamworld with how unstable it is becoming.
It was like that for a couple seconds, one unbelievably powerful attack staring at another unfairly powerful attack in the world's most bizarre and chaotic standoff.
Then they clashed.
It was an epic marriage of unbridled imaginations and raw magics. Fire and shadow trying to consumes each other as their creators witness the scale of their actions in awed.
KABOOM!
The resounding explosion from the colliding tornados echoes across his domain even after it was long gone. The aftermath leaving the two tired fighters and the damaged tree in an empty void with only themself to end what they started.
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"How many times do we have left...?" Alma Elma finally said after they both had manage to gathered their breath.
"...I think only about a minute left..." He let out quietly, even with his new body, it was still exhausting for him.
He could feel his magic running out... even his time using the powers of the Spirits has run out...
Just a bit more...
He can't lose now.
"There's that look again~" She coed in adoration.
Trying his best not to blush, Luka pick himself up and channels the last of his energy into his final attack. Verdant gust of wind enveloping his partner once more.
From the looks of it, she got the same idea. Her raised right hand enveloped in purple shadow resembling a sharp claw.
This is it...
The climax to wrap this fight once and for all...
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...
A single golden leaf falls in front of them, causing a ripple in the empty void.
Launching themself forward, they met in the halfway point in the blink of an eye.
He knew her attack is going to land first; her arm is longer than his after all.
That's why instead of targeting her body, he instead stabs the dark below him. It causes an implosion, the shockwave pushing her back as he went for another attack before she could gather her bearings.
"Nice try~!" Her voice fills the void as her extra limb whipped around and bashes his attack aside.
He rolls with the punches, spinning himself the way of her parry and speeding for her still exposed side.
Now that she has enough time to enters a stance, the Succubus met his attack head own, even with only one hand, her larger frame overpowered his smaller one.
She pushes forward, whispering into his ear as his feet drag across the void trying to push back.
"Just gives in... I'll reward you~"
"Never..."
"Fufu... how unrelenting~"
"I won't..."
"How much more can you go~?"
"..."
"It'll be so easy to quit..."
His halo shines a bright green.
"NO! I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!"
"What!?" She gasps as he fully brought his attack forward, the unexpected second wind he's getting was enough to overpowers her.
"This is the end!" With a shout of triumph, Luka unleashes a devastating blade of wind towards the Heavenly Knight. It hit the Succubus head on, pushing her back further and further as it then explodes in a giant burst of wind.
'I won...?'
BOOM!
===0===
Now back in the real world, a green spiral appears and drop two people out of it before disappearing. This two people of course being Luka and Alma Elma, the young man barely standing and the Succubus unconscious on the ground.
He did it... he actually beat a Heavenly Knight in combat...
It fells... surreal...
And as the Spirits celebrated his victory in his mind, Luka see that his cloak made of clouds is gone, his braid is still undone and the glowing halo-
His eye widened upon seeing it.
'Young man, why is it still there?
Sure enough, the golden construct is still innocuously spinning atop his head.
Can he... make it go away...?
The forest dweller tries to grab a hold of it, but his hand only passes through it.
Right, that doesn't work...
'What if you concentrate on making it disappear...?'
...
'Nope~ still there!'
He could already tell how awkward it's going to be having to explain it to everyone.
Oh boy...
'...' Gnome sent a wave of reassurance to him.
That got a smile out of him. 'Thanks buddy...'
Sylph grumbles something about stealer and what not in the background but his attention was somewhere else.
Let's see here... he scans the area and find his royal friend being taken care of by Queen Elf and Queen Fairy.
So they kept to their words, that's good to know...
Trudging passes the burned vines on the ground; Luka was about to makes his way towards them when a noise caught his attention.
A cough...
No, not just a cough, but one that came from Alma Elma!
He quickly turns to find her cradling her broken arm, trying to push herself up despite all of her injuries.
'How is she still awake!' Sylph whines in annoyance.
'Indeed... her perseverance is admirable if nothing else...' Undine commented.
'...' Gnome added.
'Perseverance? I think it's just how horny she is...' Salamander deduces.
"..." Throughout all of this, he stares.
An idea popping in his head. A bad one, he admits.
But an idea worth trying out nonetheless...
He started walking up to her, even as the Spirits started admonishing him.
"You lose..." Barely audible, he spoke those words to her.
"Ah... It seems so..." She wheezes out. The seductive tone she would always use no longer present.
"..."
"..."
"..."
She laughs. "Well... what are you waiting for, Luka-boy~?"
"...I wanted to ask you something... It's about my friend Sara."
Blinking one eye opens, she responds. "The girl that got turn into a monster...?"
His eyes widened. "How did you know?"
"Oh please... I would know when a fellow Succubus is strange compare to the rest..." She brags, despite her situation.
"Not to mention how poor control over her magic she had... that immediately gave it away..."
"Poor control...?" His mind picks up on that.
Waving her arm around weakly, she explained.
"You know... like when a little birdy tries to fly without knowing how to~"
The example is a bit morbidbut he understands her point.
"So... if Sara learns how to better controls her power... does that mean she can come to her senses?" With hope in his heart, he asks the Succubus.
"...It's possible, I suppose~" A cunning smile made its way to her face.
"Tell me..."
"..."
"Please..."
"..."
"Alma Elma... you know how to help her..." He falls to his knee, now on the same level as her.
A determined fire burns in his eyes...
"Please tell me how to do it..." He said resolutely.
"Fufufu... It'll come with a price~"
"!?"
"That's right~ One truly precious price for a truly precious information..."
Something truly precious?
He grimaces. "And what if I just take her to the Succubus Village instead?"
"Oh, you certainly can~ but would it be wise to do that when the Purple Sabbath is so close to happening~?"
He doesn't even know what that is, but even hearing it is giving him shivers.
"Not to mention... if given the choice between a guaranteed helps for your friend and one where you're unsure of if you'll even find any, the smarter choice is obvious isn't it~?"
Luka falter for a bit, but the forest dweller continues forward.
"I understand..."
'NO!'
'You don't have to do this...'
'...!?'
'Young man... don't be too hasty!'
Despite their protest, Luka did not take back his words. He knew he was making a deal with the devil, but the thought of his friend being a slave to her instinct is something he'll never let happened.
"Oh really~?" From the elated looks on her face, it seems like Alma Elma knew it too.
"Yes..." Luka held out a hand for her. "You have a deal... in an exchanged for the information on how to help my friend Sara, I'll give you something truly precious to me..."
Slowly, deliberately, the Heavenly Knight raises her hand and clasp his own.
"It's a pleasure, little angel~" She seals it, her manic ecstasy met his solemn acceptance.
And it was done.
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"Do you think he could win?" Airy ask her dear friend.
Queen Elf held a conflicted expression as she once more checks on the condition of the Princess they had kidnapped. Now inside their base of operations, the two Queens are waiting to see who would come up on top between the young man and the Queen of Succubus.
After they disappears during their fight, they had thought the two of them had teleported somewhere else. But as the green spiral continues to hover in place, they theorized it might be where the two were still fighting. So now all it has come to is who would return victorious from it.
"I hope so... for the sake of his friend..." Now that they were alone, she could let her mask slips.
In the end, no matter how much she tries to be a perfect ruler to her people, no one is born in this world without flaws. She's just an Elf who just so happens to be talented enough for the role. Nothing more, nothing less.
"Freya... are you alright?"
"I'm worried about him, but other than that there's nothing left we could do..."
Just as her dear friend was about to respond, one of her guards came running into the room.
"Queen Elf! The battle has ended. They're here!" The Elf swordswoman shouted in panic.
Hearing this, the two royalties made their way to the front of their base. If what her subordinate have told her is true, the purplette and Heavenly Knight should be there.
And sure enough, she saw them talking to each other next to her terrified troops.
"Y-Your Majesty! You have arrived!" One young Fairy exclaims in relief.
Good grief... their morale must've taken a hit after seeing there's nothing, they could do to stopped the pair if they decided to attack their base.
When she got to them, they turn to her with different expressions.
Alma Elma had a look of smug victory while Luka held a concern one.
Ah, so that's what has happened.
Though, it is a bit weird how Luka was still able to walk as he is now.
Maybe he has a rejuvenation spell she didn't know about?
Also, why does he have a halo now?
"Luka... I see that you have returned." Elf Queen said in a consoling way.
"Andsheis here too..." Airy added in, not even trying to hide her dislike of the Succubus Queen.
"That's me~!" She only smirks back at them.
"Hello again... sorry about the interruption last time..." The forest dweller gave Alma Elma the side-eye.
"Fufufu~"
"Where did you take Sara? Is she alright?" Turning his gaze back to the Queens, he asks them.
"Your friend is still asleep inside one of our spare rooms, as for her conditions, she seems to be leaking with magic even as she's not using them."
"Leaking... magic?"
"Yes, this is rare, but it has happened before with monsters who were born with a talent for arcane arts. Their soul isn't strongenough to handle the amount of magic they have at that time."
"I see..." He took on a thinking pose, before turning to the Succubus next to him. "Well, Alma Elma, it's time to do your part of the deal..."
"Of course~ This will only take a minute~" She lifted one of her hands, creating a white circular symbolin front of them and pointed to it.
"There, I just made a teleporting point to the Monster Lord Castle." She said nonchalantly, as if it wasn't a very concerning thing she just did.
"Now then, all your friend has to do is go over there and I'll have hundreds of magic tutors taught her how to control her powers. That way, she wouldn't be overwhelmed by her instinct~"
"But what about her monsterization?" He asks her about the most important part.
She shook her fingers at this.
"Nothing we can do about that, Luka-boy~ Once she learns how to control herself, I'll have the monsters there teach her some concealment spell to change her appearance, but she'll still be a Succubus at the end of the day."
"I see..." It's a shame it couldn't be reversed, but this is the next best thing.
"Now then~ It's time for your part of the deal, sweetheart~!" Without any subtlety or tact to the saddened forest dweller, she immediately went for it.
Fairy Queen raised an eyebrow to this.
"I've been meaning to ask about that actually... what is this deal you are talking about?"
Elf Queen joins in, also curious about the whole thing.
"Indeed, I'm confuse about it too."
"Oh, that is..." He pauses, unsure on how to answer.
"Well, if you must know~!" Alma Elma cuts in.
"After Luka-boy here beat me up in our fight, he realizes I'm his best bet at helping this friend of his, because of that, he agrees to gives me a truly precious price~!"
"Oh my..." Elf Queen covers her mouth in shock.
"So that's why you both aren't fighting right now..." Queen Fairy nodded in understanding.
"That's right, it was agreed upon... so I have to stick to my words..." He said in acceptance.
"Fufufu~ I'm going to thoroughly enjoy this~!"
Freya realize something in horror.
'Wait, are they going to do it right here in the middle of the entrance?'
Airy's thought was a bit different.
'Not here! I just cleaned the carpet from the last prank!'
Fortunately for everyone except the Queen of Succubus, Luka then turns to the Heavenly Knight and spoke to her in a soft voice.
"Alma Elma... for doing your part in the deal-"
She glides in front of him with a dramatic flair, posing herself with an aura of supremacy. Ready to spent the next couple day milking him dry.
"-I will hereby be your friend..." He finishes.
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...
"Wait what?"
"Huh?"
"...Excuse me~?"
Faced with their incredulous expressions, the forest dweller could only tilt his head in confusions.
"Hmm...? Did I say something wrong?"
Of course, for our favorite forest dweller, something 'truly precious' has a different meaning compare to Alma Elma's interpretation of it.
END OF CHAPTER
Author's note: And that's that. Hope you guys enjoys it.
Yes, that part with Alma Elma's over-the-top imagination is the 'No lube, no protection' copypasta. I unashamedly just take the whole thing and changes some parts to make it fits better into the story.
Also yes, she was JOJO posing in that last part.
Be sure to tune in Cart*n Netw*k where our comic relief duo Luka the forest dweller and his quirky friend, Alma Elma the Succubus goes on their usual whacky adventures next episode!
