Chapter 426 - Sweet Nectar
A rag-tag group of Adventurers made their way across a damp and dark swamp, to the spot marked on the map. Once there, the magic user set up the summoning ritual needed to call forth the quest's objective on the 30 foot wide stone circle used for the purpose.
“I'm really glad this major quest finally became available.” One of the fighters said.
“Me, too.” Another fighter said. “It's taken us months to earn enough of a reputation to get it!”
“Tell me about it.” The archer said. “I hate grinding missions.”
“You're gonna hate the first stage of this, then.” The first fighter said. “It's 100 demon spawn.”
“Ah, dammit.” The archer said. “Getting arrows back after grinding sucks!”
“You're really gonna hate the world event.” The healer said and laughed. “I read up on it. It's all ghouls.”
“You're kidding!”
“Nope.” The healer said. “A buddy of mine already had a quick skirmish out by the High Elven Kingdom, and he said it's nasty.”
“At least that's really far away.” The archer said.
“For now.”
“What do you mean?”
“It's a world event.” The healer smiled. “Where is it gonna take place?”
“You're killing me, dude!”
The two fighters laughed.
“Okay, here goes!” The magic user said and completed the quest's summon function. The portal opened and the first wave of small demons poured out.
“Woo-hooo!” The two fighters waded into the melee with abandon and the entire party got into the fight. After about 10 minutes, the small demons were defeated and a large portal opened up. The Minor Demon, their main objective in the quest, stepped out. The fighters activated their abilities that they held in reserve and prepared to attack, when the Minor Demon took two steps then fell to it's knees.
“Whoa! Look at it!” The archer said. “It looks like it's been beat to death already!”
A lot of it's major wounds had healed; but, all the cuts and slices Ren had covered it's back with were still healing. Even something with such high regeneration couldn't heal all of the damage quickly.
“Matt, is it's Health low enough?”
“Yeah, by a wide margin.” Matt the magic user said. He took out the small metal box and slid it across the stone, and he actually felt sorry for the thing. “The guys on the message boards are not gonna believe it was this easy.”
“I wonder what happened to it?” One of the fighters asked.
The Minor Demon took in a deep breath as the metal box activated, then let it out. “RENNNNN.” It moaned as it was pulled into the small metal box and sent back to wherever it had come from.
“It spoke just then, didn't it?” The archer asked. “I know it said something.”
“It sounded like 'Ren'.”
“No way!” One of the fighters said. “He's the top scorer on the XP leader board!”
“He must be some big and scary guy if he can do something like that to a Minor Demon!”
“We should try and find him to thank him.” The magic user said.
“Or kick his ass for taking a good fight away from us.” The other fighter said. “I wanted to fight that thing!”
The other guys laughed.
“Come on. Let's get back to town and finish this quest.” The healer said.
“That's going to be the hardest part of this quest.” The archer said. “I hate swamps.”
The other guys laughed again and they headed back to town.
*
Ren woke up with a splitting headache, and he could feel that something was on top of him. His Waterkin Aura was still active, and he felt Rainie was contented and relaxed. He thought that was a little odd with him unconscious, so he opened his eyes to see what was going on. He saw the backs of 20 succubi and their folded wings, then looked at his chest.
No less than 6 pixies were snuggled on his chest and arms, but he couldn't see Rainie's light blue hair among them. He thought he caught sight of Shanna's green hair, but since there were over a dozen green-haired pixies, he couldn't be sure. Of course, he could also feel pressure over most of his body and knew there were even more pixies on his legs. He wasn't sure what to do at first, then figured it was just like the maids and it didn't matter what he did because it would get the same result.
Thinking of the maids made him homesick, then he thought about Railyse. I'm really glad I gave her so much blood before I was shunted away. He thought. She would have been in dire straights if she'd only taken what she normally did. He sighed mentally. Even so, it's not going to last much longer. She's going to start starving herself again if I don't get back to her soon.
“Excuse me, miss.” Ren said to the closest pixie. “I need to get up.”
She sighed and propped herself up on an elbow. “You've only been unconscious for a couple of hours.” She said. “Can't you let us warm ourselves for a little longer?”
“Warm yourselves?”
“They've been sprawled out on you almost since you stunned yourself.” Teepo said. “The succubi were fine with it, though.”
Ren smiled. That's because they're getting a free and willing meal out of it.
“You're like... a big warm fire.” The pink-haired pixie said and laid back down to rub her hands and her face on his chest. “You're so cuddly!”
Ren chuckled, and the other pixies on his chest stirred a little.
“He's awake.” One of them said.
“That was a good nap.” Another one said and sat up. Ren saw that she had shoulder-length bright orange hair with red streaks, and she spread her arms out and stretched. Her tiny dress had inched down slightly while she slept; so when she lifted her arms, it wasn't in the right position to contain her and her chest popped out to reveal bright pink tips on her bare white breasts.
Ren immediately averted his eyes and looked up. “Um... you've popped out of your top.”
“Oops!” The pixie said and giggled, then pulled her dress up and tucked her chest back in. “You can look now.”
Ren looked back at her, and she had a huge smile on her face.
“Did I embarrass you?” She asked and stood up, then walked over the couple of pixies between her and Ren's face. She stepped onto his neck and sat down on the closest pixie's back. “That's so cute.” She said and crossed her legs.
Since she was right in front of his face, Ren clearly saw the very small pair of panties she wore under her short dress. She lifted her leg a little and rubbed her own calf against her knee, then put it back down. Ren blinked his eyes a couple of times, and she giggled.
“You really are flustered.” She said. “You faced all those dangers to get to this point in the caverns without blinking an eye, and yet...” She uncrossed her legs and left her knees a quarter of an inch apart. “...if I uncross my legs, you become uncomfortable.”
“Um...” Ren wasn't sure where to look, because he didn't want to insult her; but, he also didn't want to stare at the view in front of him, either.
“Or is it that you're turned on?” She asked as she stood up, and Ren laid his head back. She bent over and braced her hands on her hips, and he could see right down her dress. “Do you think I'm sexy?”
“Yes.” Ren said.
“Ha.” The pixie said and stood up straight, then carefully stepped up onto his chin. “I thought Rainie was joking.” She said, and stepped over Ren's mouth and sat down on the tip of his nose. “You really do see us as equals... and potential bed partners.”
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To an outside observer, it looked like Ren had a barbie doll with orange and red hair sitting on his face.
“I've met everyone when I passed out the coin pouches.” Ren said and saw the one on her hip. “I don't remember seeing you.”
“Are you trying to say that I'm unforgettable?” She purred.
“Yes.” Ren said, and she smiled sexily.
“Are you always this honest?”
“Yes.”
“I disguised my hair so I wouldn't stand out.” She said and leaned forward and put her hands on her knees so he could see her face better. “I always attract attention, both good and bad, if I don't hide.” Her dress moved up past her backside and Ren could feel just how little her small underwear actually covered as he felt a very distinct warmth on his nose.
“W-why aren't you hiding it now?” Ren asked.
“You seemed to hit it off with both Shanna the Elfkin and Rainie the Waterkin.” She smiled and wiggled her butt a little. “It made me wonder if you could handle a smoking hot Firekin.”
“You're a Firekin.” Ren said. “It's nice to meet you: but, I'm sorry. I don't have that title.”
“Does that mean you can't take the heat?” She asked and leaned over even further. Her hands and eyes started to glow, and the heat on his nose became quite intense.
“It just means I can't share Auras with you.”
“Aww.” She said. “I'm the only Firekin here, and everyone I try to touch complains that I'm too hot for them.”
“That's why you're flirting so much with me.” Ren said, now that he understood. “Rainie told you I had a Healing wand, and you know I can heal myself if you... ah...”
“...become too hot to handle.” She puckered her lips and started to move her hips.
“You... are you really going to... I mean, right here? On my nose?” Ren asked.
“I've... concealed us.” She said. “As far as... everyone else is concerned... ah... all they see is us sta... sta... staring at... at... each OTHER!” She closed her eyes as her hair turned to actual fire, and Ren felt a huge burst of heat on his nose.
“Wow.” Teepo said, surprised. “She really did.”
Ren absorbed the heat she had given him and felt the succubi consume the pixie's desire and fulfillment. The pixie breathed heavily for almost a full minute before she started to calm down. Her hair stayed lit and she kept her eyes closed until her breathing evened out. She opened her eyes and looked at Ren, and he saw dancing flames in the pupils that matched her hair.
“That... I haven't done that...” The pixie sighed and her hair went back to it's solid state. Her eyes went back to just an orange pupil with a red center. “I'm sorry, I...” She started to cry. “I couldn't help it, and now I've burned your nose!”
“It's okay.” Ren said. “I'm-”
“No, it's not okay!” She said and stood up with tears on her face. “Look at these horrible burns!” She exclaimed and pointed at the tip of his nose.
“What burns?” Ren asked, and she looked down. She had to wipe her eyes to clear her vision, then she knelt and rubbed her hands all over the small wet spot she had made.
“It... I can't believe... it's not... how?” She looked at Ren with shock on her face, and he felt her tremble. “You should have second degree burns at least!”
“More like third degree, with a lot of charred flesh.” Ren said, and the pixie sobbed. “Hey, I said it's okay. I have 100% resistance to Fire.” He looked at his arms. “I'd give you a hug, but my arms are a little occupied right now.”
The pixie chuckled through her tears. “I know. That's why I...” She smiled. “You were an easy target like this, and I knew you couldn't push me away.”
Ren smiled, and it knocked her off balance a little. She put her hands down to brace herself, and one of her wet hands touched his lip. He was quite surprised when he received a popup, then felt a little disgusted at what it meant.
| Notice! | |||
| You have discovered Pixie Nectar. This rare and valuable Alchemy ingredient is used for making the most powerful potions, tonics, and elixirs. Depending on the method of gathering, the nectar can be more potent and even more valuable. |
