Mythran's Master Of All

Ren was deposited inside a small cave, and was surrounded by impenetrable rock, except for directly forward. He knew what that meant, and reached out to touch the rock beside him.

Spirit of Earth... Ren thought and made an offer of 1,000 Mana. ...or one of your people. I'm a bit stuck, and I have a question.

The rock beneath his hand rippled and one of the female Earth beings stepped out. Either fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you looked at it, it put his hand at the exact height of her right breast. Ren was a bit surprised by this fact and poured the 1,000 Mana into her right away. She took a deep breath, and since he still had about 10 minutes left on the Stone Skin (Level 5) spell, it felt like a real breast and he didn't know what to do about it.

“Thank you, Adventurer.” The female Earth being said. “How can I help you?”

“Um...” Ren still held onto her breast, and he wasn't sure if he was supposed to keep a hold of it or let it go. He didn't want to insult her by removing his hand too quickly, and he didn't want her angry if he left his hand on her too long.

“You have a question?” She asked.

“Um... yes.” Ren said. “Ah... I seem to be locked in a certain direction, and can't dig where I want to.”

“That wasn't a question.” She said, and ignored his hand on her.

“Can you tell me why?” Ren asked, and decided to ignore it as well.

“The higher up you go, the more difficult it is for you to deal with the circumstances.” The female Earth being said. “It's a progression of experience, knowledge, and trials.”

“So, I'm intentionally being directed because I've been bypassing what I should have been doing.”

“In a sense.” She said. “Letting you dig all the way to the surface wouldn't allow you to grow in your skills.”

“Are you and your people doing it?”

“What if we are?”

“I'd ask you to stop, or plead if I must.” Ren said. “I honestly don't have the time to play around. I have people waiting for me, and I need to get back to them.” He said. “Can I make another offering for your help?”

The female Earth being looked down at his hand on her breast. “If you use the other hand as well, I will consider it.”

“R-really?” Ren asked, then cast Major Healing on himself to refill his Mana. He used his other hand to cup her other breast. I won't get exited by this, I won't get excited by this. He thought and poured 2,000 Mana into her.

She grabbed his hands and took a really deep breath, which squeezed her chest into his hands. The tips of her breasts poked into his palms like small boulders, and she moaned a little as her body glowed from the feeling of so much Mana being given to her. Having her chest handled by a Surface Dweller just seemed to be something she enjoyed.

By the gods. Ren thought as he looked into her eyes and absorbed some of what she was feeling. He couldn't stop his body from reacting to her reaction, either. Even though he didn't know this woman, she was definitely quite happy to be touched by him; and that made him happy in return. Making a woman happy was one of his triggers for desire, and he took several deep breaths to try and calm down.

“Your offer... is accepted.” The female Earth being purred and let his hands go... a little reluctantly.

Ren took that as the cue to let her chest go, and did so.

“Let me... if only for... for a moment.” She said and she took a deep breath, and when Ren didn't protest, she knelt and hugged him.

Ren liked hugs, and she was giving him a good one; so, he wrapped his arms around her and she moaned. She was fully pressed up against him and they could both feel how excited they both were. Her hands gripped him firmly for only another moment, then she let him go. She sat back on her heels and looked up at his face.

“I'm such a deviant.” She said, and a pebble formed at the corner of her eye. “If the Spirit of Earth saw me now...”

“I'm sure she won't shun you for liking hugs.” Ren said and caught the pebble. “Even if you did get one from a Surface Dweller.”

The female Earth being smiled, and he could feel her gratitude. “I can only allow you to skip one level, as my authority in this part of your task is limited.” She said. “I believe you will miss an opportunity for another ability if you do jump ahead, though.”

“Well, damn.” Ren said and stored the pebble. “What do you think I should do?”

“To stay or go is a choice you must make for yourself.” She said. “You must weigh the potential use of a new ability against your urgency to reach the surface.”

“How many more levels are there?” Ren asked.

“As many as are required for you to learn what you need to learn to leave this place.”

Ren sighed. “So, even if I skip this, I'll probably have to do something similar to it later.”

“Possibly.”

“All right.” Ren said. “I'll go through it properly.”

The dirt in the only direction he could dig, moved out of the way to reveal a square tunnel, and the impenetrable rock on the sides and above him rippled away to become normal dirt and rock.

“Good luck, Ren.” She said and stood up.

“One for the road?” Ren asked and opened his arms, and he felt a burst of naughtiness and excitement from the female Earth being as she wrapped her arms around him and buried his face in her chest. She squeezed him tightly and he felt her happiness that he would let her indulge like that and let her hug him. He did his best to not kiss her chest, even though it was squeezing the cheeks of his face and the sides of his mouth. He let her go and stepped back, gave her a little wave, and walked down the tunnel to face the next task.

********

“I'm starting to hate those blue screens.” Barbara said, and Stella and Elise came into the room.

“What's going on?” Stella asked.

“I wish I knew.” Barbara said as the blue screen went away and she saw Ren walking down a square tunnel. “He was picked up by that big golem thing, and then the screen went blue.”

“He must have met one of the elementals.” Elise said. “It's one of the things the programmers insisted on.”

“What? That no one can see it?”

“That's just a by-product.” Elise said. “They're naked.”

“Wh-what?”

Elise chuckled. “It kills two birds with one stone. Normal game players can't record footage of the divine beings when they do encounter them, and the divine beings know they can't be seen and can act freely when the time comes.”

“You have got to be kidding me.” Barbara asked. “Why not just restrict the viewing?”

Elise shrugged. “This does both at the same time.” She said. “Why worry about what people see, when you can just set it so they don't see anything. They don't even need any kind of monitoring software this way.”

“I... okay, that makes sense.”

Elise chuckled. “I've had this argument, especially over subjugation of women in roles of power.”

“What? Really?”

Elise nodded. “I fought so hard against it that they included males in the roles as well.”

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“Oh... well, I guess that's okay.” Barbara said.

“You were against Ren seeing translucent women naked, but as long as there's translucent men, it's fine?” Stella laughed.

“It sounds bad when you say it like that.” Barbara said, and Elise laughed, too.

********

Ren walked on and entered a cavern, and then he felt something really awful enter his Aura. It started to suck on his emotions and he blocked it immediately. He felt an immediate burst of anger from whoever it was, and then they moved quickly through his Aura. He equipped his full armor set and remembered that he had forgotten to repair it after it had been partially crushed from the giant throne golem picking him up. He winced and twisted to the right, the side that was crumpled, and the insubstantial blade missed his head by barely an inch.

“You're fast.” The man said and came to a stop about 20 feet away. “No one has dodged my killing strike before.”

“Leave him alone!” Wynphine demanded as she flew into the cavern. “He's done nothing to deserve-”

“SHUT UP!” The man said and let a burst of anger out through his Submission Aura. It hit Wynphine and she fell to the cavern floor in a heap. He had wings similar to the succubus; but, his were grey instead of red. “You are my property, and no one takes what is mine!” The man said.

“I literally don't have time for this!” Ren said and stored his damaged armor, equipped his hammerpick and enchanted it with 50 runes of Earth, then used Double Infusion to add another 50. Please accept this sacrifice, Spirit of Earth. He thought as he ran at the man and swung the hammerpick down onto the top of his head.

The man tried to block, but the hammerpick continued down through his feeble attempt and continued down to the floor of the cave with absolutely no resistance. All Ren heard was a 'splorch' sound as a geyser of blood poured out and splashed across the floor, which covered him. Ren lifted the hammerpick and looked at the puddle and pair of large bat-like wings left on the floor, then turned the hammerpick to look at it. It had a dozen triangle drill bits on the end that turned ferociously, and apparently would mulch anything he hit with it.

“That's so cool!” Teepo said. “No wonder the Spirit of Earth wanted to keep the meteor ore hidden!”

“Murdrasu!” Wynphine exclaimed, and then looked at Ren. “You... you killed our... our Incubus.”

Ren looked at the puddle, and he didn't want to touch it to loot it. Ugh, do I have to? He asked himself, then sighed and tried to only touch the surface. His fingers went into it and he almost gagged at how disgusting it felt; then he looted it and both the puddle of ooze and the wings disappeared.