Chapter 48: Hilmet the Troll
The trio walked down the road that led to the fort with soft smiles on their faces. They shared stories or interesting facts about themselves. Frenley mostly listened to the girls talk to each other; the sound of their voices really had a calming effect on him.
“So after crying and feeling dirty, I finally came to the conclusion that I didn't like men and started going after girls. So yeah, that is how I lost my virginity,” Risa said as she walked with her staff in her hand, a soft smile on her pretty face.
“Huh, damn, sweetheart! Well, I can tell my virgin story ain't as traumatic as that.”
“Well, it ain't traumatic. Just wish I came to the realization I didn't like dick before that. Ah don't worry, babe, I love your dick!” Risa said, giving Frenley a small wink.
“I sure hope so; you were chokin on it a lot the other day,” Frenley said with a soft smile, leaving the kitsune blushing before Mia started her story.
“So I was 20, and he was... 40”
“Jesus! Mia!” Frenley exclaimed, looking at the tall girl with wide eyes. Mia showed him a knowing smile before continuing.
“So we met at a bar, we talked, we flirted, we got drunk. He took me to his house, and the rest is history.”
“Wait... you said you were 20; what the hell were you doing at a bar?” Risa asked with concern in her voice.
“Is that what is important and not the 20-year age gap?” Frenley asked, bewildered by what the short girl was focusing on.
“Babe, please don't tell me you haven't fantasized about fucking a milf.” The kitsune said, raising an eyebrow and patting her head.
Frenley was about to speak, shut his mouth, and thought about it for a few seconds before sighing and nodding his head.
“Well, to answer your question, sweetheart, I got a fake ID from a friend,” Mia said with a bit of shame in her tone.
“Gosh, girl, you were bad in college,” Risa said softly, not letting the giggle building up in her throat escape.
“Haha, let's hope our kids don't take from me,” Mia said with a large smile on her face.
“Let's hope they get only our best traits and not our bad ones,” Frenley added to the conversation as they walked. Then he got curious. “What do you think is the appeal of older people? Like milf and dilfs are really popular.”
“I think it's the fact that they are more experienced and are confident in themselves,” Risa said, providing a serious answer.
“Also, it does not help that they are bigger,” Mia said, but when she noticed the bewildered look on her lover's face. She giggled softly. “They also know how to use it.”
“Well, thanks for the answers?” Frenley said with a shy smile.
“Also, don't worry about feeling sad for not fucking a milf, love!” Mia said as she turned to look at him, walking backward as she spoke. “Once you knock either Risa or me up, you will be fucking two milfs at the same time.”
“Girl, you fucking ovulating or something?” Risa asked as she looked at Mia’s brown eyes.
“I shouldn't be; my period ended two weeks ago.” Mia sighed softly. “But then in a week or two the cycle starts all over again.”
“Ugh, tell me about it. How bad are your cramps?” Risa asked softly.
“Pretty bad. I sometimes get a massive headache and can't get out of bed. Then worse is when I have to go to work and deal with fucking Dave.” Mia looked at Frenley and spoke before the man. “Don't worry! He does not bother me in that way; he is just an obnoxious asshole. His cologne sometimes makes me want to puke. I actually had to once because of how strong it was.”
“Ugh babe, that sounds like a pain in the ass. Thankfully, I don't have to deal with that.. Well, you guys now will probably have to deal with it.” Risa said, scratching her chin.
“Worry not, I shall get the chocolate,” Frenley said as a matter of fact, getting a soft giggle from both of the girls.
Mia turned around to face the road once more. Her eyes narrowed a bit as she smelled something; Risa's ears started to pick up sounds. Frenley noticed these changes and got into position again, walking between both girls. Risa got behind him as she steadied herself. Frenley swung his sword around as he got ready for combat. Frenley soon caught the smell of rotting flesh and the sound of someone eating. As they reached the top of the small hill, they found the source of the smell and sounds.
Sitting below them, in a small clearing, was a large humanoid. It had gray stone-like skin. Two large white ivory tusks grew from the corner of its mouth. The figure was sitting down; its metal armor was painted with the dry blood of its victims. All around it were countless corpses; the bodies were of the people the party saw walking around the city.
“Shit, at least we finally figured out why the city was so empty.”
The troll stopped eating on a body, letting half of it fall out of its large mouth. The innards of which still hung from the large, sharp teeth of the troll. The trio walked down the hill with narrow eyes and sweaty palms. The troll looked at them, the fire of madness deep within its eyes. As the group came down the hill, they stopped just a few steps away from the clearing where the troll was sitting.
The troll pulled the corpse's innards off, letting them fall before it stood up. The large humanoid stood at a comfortable two feet taller than Mia. A giant to all of them. The troll started to speak; its voice was rough, like stone grinding against stone.
“I am Hilmet the troll….you are?”
Frenley looked at Mia with a raised eyebrow and an unspoken question. The tall woman shrugged her shoulders before she answered the troll.
“I am Mia! This is Frenley, and this is Risa.”
“Um…nice to meet you…What do you want?”
“We want to get to the castle?”
“Oh no, no no, I can't let you do that. Lord Warren will get mad again.” The troll said, his muscles flexing.
The party got into position as they looked at the troll. The troll's muscles glowed with magical power, blue lines running through his stone-like skin. His voice felt like magma exploding out.
“Die so Lord Warren becomes happy!”
“Well! That's what I get for being diplomatic!” Mia said as she rushed forward, making her greatsword appear as she blocked the coming punch from the troll. Mia groaned in pain as her muscles twitched from the strength behind the attack.
Frenley rushed the troll, his long silver hair flowing in the wind. Frenley swung his sword at the weakened armor joint of the knee. His sword bounced off the weak armor, sending a shiver of pain into his arm. The troll looked at Frenley as it pushed Mia away with both of its hands. The tall woman could not even hold her own against the troll's immense strength.
The troll opened its hand and swung it at Frenley. The strong air wave hit the fey before the hand did; the air caused him to close his eyes on reflex, and when the hand hit his body, he wished he hadn't done it. Air got knocked out of his lungs as he went flying, crashing into a nearby corpse pile. Some of the corpses fell on him, their hands and limbs touching him with their deathly cold touch.
Frenley opened his eyes and pushed the corpses off him as he rushed to help Mia. Risa from the back line swung her staff around as she summoned her two wolves. The wolves rushed to Mia's side, as the tall woman continued to defend against punch after punch from the troll. The wolves reached the troll as they launched themselves at its exposed feet. The wolves dug their fangs into the exposed flesh, drawing out some blood.
“Ouch, stupid, stupid dog”
The troll said as it flattened one of the wolves into the ground. Killing it with no problem. Risa summoned her shadow spears, letting the magic spears pierce the thin armor that covered the elbow. The momentary stopping of its movement allowed the other wolf to pull away and circle around Mia as it waited for an opportunity.
Risa didn't stay still as she swung her great sword at the outstretched hand of the troll. She cut one of the beast's fingers off, the wound not bleeding as ice magic covered it. The troll roared in pain as it hit the ground with its other hand. It shook it, causing Mia to take a few steps back. Frenley arrived at the battle, coating his weapon with ice and his body with the sinful flame.
Frenley swung with all of his strength at the knee of the troll. The sword cut the thin layer of armor, but it got lodged in the thick skin and muscle of the troll. Ice spread across the open wound. Stopping any bleeding. Frenley pulled his sword out of the wound and jumped towards Mia. Dodging an attack by the four-finger hand.
The troll looked at them with anger in its eyes as it roared. Pieces of flesh and saliva came flying out of its mouth. The troll rushed at them with blind rage. But Mia and Frenley steadied themselves as they waited for the troll to get closer. Soon the last remaining wolf jumped from behind them, landing on the troll’s face. Its claws and teeth scratched and bit away at the tough, stone-like skin. Pieces of skin came out of the troll's face as the wolf clawed at it.
With its vision blocked, the duo moved on the offensive. Mia arrived at the knee Frenley had attacked, delivering a devastating blow. Her greatsword cut deep into the flesh, ice covering up more of the wound. It stopped it from bleeding. Ice started to slowly spread across the entire leg of the troll. Frenley aimed his hand at the troll’s knee as Mia pulled out her sword.
He cast two season bolts in quick succession. The magic attack entered deep into the wound and exploded inside the troll’s knee. It took large chunks of flesh and muscle out with it. He pulled his hand back as Mia delivered another strong cut into the wound. This time the sword cut right through the knee, cutting it off from the rest of the leg. The troll screams in rage and mind-breaking pain as it smashes the wolf right into its face.
It killed it, breaking its own nose in the process, but before it could do any counterattack to Mia or Frenley. A large magic ball came right at it. The magic attack cost Risa three of her mind and one body. Wounds lacerated her pale flesh, soft, silky red blood dripping out of it. The attack hit the troll in the face. It flash-froze parts of its flesh. Leaving other parts exposed. Soft red drops of blood ran down the troll’s face.
The troll trashed around trying to kill or hit something. But all its hands found was empty air and corpse piles. Mia and Frenley were a safe distance away as they looked at the raging troll.
“Where is its regeneration?”
Frenley's words made the girls look at him with wide eyes.
“Frenley! Puta madre! What do you mean by that!?” Mia said, letting some of her native language slip.
“Well, trolls always regen in games; the only way to stop it is with acid or fire,” Frenley said, not yet realizing the problem in his words.
“FRENLEY I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU JINX- FRENLEY, I AM GONNA EAT YOUR FUCKING ASS!” Risa spoke with such a loud voice that the fey couldn't help but wonder how the hell she was able to produce that within her small frame.
Frenley's eyes went back to the troll. To see it eating a bunch of corpses and its wounds rapidly regenerating. Frenley felt a kick on his ass as Mia charged the troll.
“Guess I deserve that..” He said to no one but himself as he rushed behind his lover.