I am too weak to fight against them.." She muttered. "Them? Who?" General Lauerio asked with urgency.
"The Thirteen Blackest Generals of The Tyrant Lord. They're already out." She replied. The generals became solemn.
"W-What about Matthias?" Isabelle asked with anxiety.
"He was left there, fighting them alone.." She slowly cried.
"W-What?" Isabelle gasped with horror. She then became absentminded, staring at the air.
Princess Raya already arrived and turned to General Tarsus and Tuwa, "Send an expedition team to look for him, Quick!"
"Yes, Princess!" The two nodded and left. At that moment, the whole palace of Ganae was enveloped with a solemn atmosphere.
Somewhere in Aqiartha..
Matthias woke up aching all over his body. He strained to open his eyes, and saw that he was inside a dark place, laying on something soft; like a bed. He tried to move his hands but found that they were chained at something. He also tried to move his feet but found the same situation.
He looked around and activated his Spirit Sense Ability. Then, he saw where he really was; Inside the harrowing tower of Ichosterse!
Matthias jolted awake when he realized where he was. He wanted to pull his hands from the chains when suddenly, a door opened. At the door, Matthias could make a rough image of a woman's silhouette that was wearing a dress. Looking at the silhouette's head, Matthias also outlined that she has her hair tied in a messy bun.
"Matthias.." Matthias suddenly heard the seductive voice of the woman. Oddly, Matthias recognized the voice. "Guin?" He uttered her name.
"Heh." Guin, who was discovered, chuckled seductively. She walked inside the room and closed the door behind her without looking back.
"When you 'saved' me, I already felt something odd about you.." She talked while slowly walking towards the bed where he laid.
"When you shook my hand, I craved that hand to caress me all over." Tap. Her heels sounded as it hit the ground.
"When you called my name, I longed for that voice to repeat it on and on, forever." Guin opened her palm and conjured a cool blue flame and tossed it above. Finally, Matthias saw her figure properly.
Different from her gentle look before, the Guin that was in front of him now was a whole other person.
"When you caressed my hair, every part of my body felt an electricity." She raised a hand of hers and untied her hair. Her hair cascaded down, but Matthias was shocked when the long hair that he knew now reached only the lower part of her shoulders, styled in a wolf cut.
She was wearing a loosened long black silk bathrobe. Although it covered her body, Matthias still felt that it was too revealing. She was playing with the belt of the bathrobe seductively. Not being able to control himself, Matthias gulped down the saliva that was accumulating in his mouth.
Hearing that, Guin chuckled slowly and weaved her hair back using the same hand that untied it. The hand that was playing with the belt suddenly yanked it, releasing it from being tied.
Matthias closed his eyes abruptly but still peaked. The bathrobe slid down her smooth shoulders, then down the ground. Because she wasn't wearing anything underneath, he was now seeing everything on display, from the mounds to the blooming flower that still isn't pollinated by any bee.
Although he wasn't touching it and was only looking at it, Matthias still felt the smoothness of her cream skin. She slowly walked forward and climbed on the bed like a hungry predator looking at her prey.
"When my lips touched yours, I was itching to taste it once again." She gruntled as she climbed on Matthias' body. Her body was shaking with excitement, with sweat trickling down her.
Matthias felt it touching his thigh, causing him to be aroused. The slumbering dragon roared, trying to look for any gaps to escape from.
Guin saw it and chuckled softly and slowly creeped her hand towards the angered dragon, "It's awake." She said softly.
"Guin, release me." Matthias pleaded. "Nu-uh." She shook her head at him, "I would be the one to do the job." She whispered.
She slowly undressed Matthias, revealing her muscular body. "Mine.. mine.." She caressed the abs with love.
She then proceeded to kiss it, traveling down. Then, let our imagination do the talking as a hot and steamy advent happens inside the room.
The action continued for hours on hours, only ending when Guin was exhausted and slept on his steamy and sweaty body. His naked body was exposed, while his dragon was still erected with pride as the last man standing. A chlorine-like smell wafted in the air of the room, with white fluids on and in the naked woman atop of him.
He could feel the mounds resting on him to heave up and down in a rhythmic pace, telling Matthias that she was asleep.
Matthias panted and looked at the ceiling. "Open." He said to his mind. Suddenly, a blue panel appeared at Matthias' sight. Seeing it, Matthias smirked.
"Greetings, Father." Something inside his mind spoke. "Hello, Echidna." His lips curled up into a smile as he answered in his thoughts.
He hadn't used Echidna and the technology that Maki, that fourth generation grandson of his for a long time. He only used her once again years within Aqiartha when he wasn't doing anything and he suddenly remembered its existence.
"What do you need me for?" Echidna asked.
"Send a message to Isabelle. The contents.." Matthias answered. Before, Matthias was actually caught with a problem; he wanted to plant a spy inside Ichosterse to place a signal tower of Echidna inside it. But now that he had infiltrated it, the only problem now is to find a proper place to put the small signal tower.
But still, he did not expect Guin to be a part of the enemy. It was his negligence that caused this matter.
"Actually, it's my fault." Old Man Sanyi suddenly interrupted his self-talk. "You?" Matthias was confused.
"I kind of lowered your ability and erased your resistance against her seduction and ability." Old Man Sanyi answered. Matthias was so enraged that he could even imagine the old man sticking his tongue out sheepishly.
"Why?!" He yelled in his thoughts. "I helped you, didn't I? You have infiltrated the enemy's quarters, and you even had a steamy situation here." Old Man Sanyi rebutted.
"Argh!" Matthias cried angrily inside him. He was really pissed off. "Don't do that again! Do you know that I could've died because of you?!" He added furiously.
"You won't. I'm here, and no one would be able to defeat me." Old Man Sanyi replied proudly.
Matthias sighed irritatedly. This old man has really been an annoying person yet a good teacher. Thinking back to all that the old man has taught him made him smile imperceptibly.
Suddenly, he felt the irregularity in the naked woman on top of him, and knew that she was awake. "Mhmm.. Mine.." The half-asleep woman climbed on the erected dragon, continuing their steamy action another time.
Inside the Palace of Ganae, inside the throne room, Isabelle, who was still distressed about the situation, was surrounded by her child Alexander, General Tuwa, Princess Raya, and Princess Yuna.
"Mom.." Alexander whined with his small hands caressing Isabelle's fidgety hands.
"Isabelle, stop it. You're making your son worry." Princess Raya said.
"How could I stop?" Isabelle cried, "Matthias is currently gone, with no news available of him. As the mother of his child, of course I am worrying!"
"Isabelle!" Princess Raya suddenly exclaimed. "Remember that you're not the only person who mothers a child of Matthias!"
Isabelle stiffened with Princess Raya's sudden exclamation. She looked at Princess Raya, who was also teary. Then, she remembered what happened more than eight years ago.
With the situation at hand, the Spirits only have Princess Raya as their ruler, and without any heir, the Royal Spirit's lineage is threatened.
With the decision of the remaining Spirits, Princess Raya and Matthias were instructed to produce a baby. As spirits were special, Princess Raya was due to give birth two months after.
But when Princess Raya gave birth, the baby was suddenly killed by a spy from the enemies. This caused chaos inside the forest and resulted with Princess Yuna ordering a deep cleansing inside Ganae.
But because of that, Princess Raya was eternally wounded inside. Without even the body of the baby to hold and give burial to, she was saddened for a long time.
Matthias, as the father, was also saddened. Isabelle came to comfort him and produced Alexander.
Isabelle slumped on her seat and cried silently. Suddenly, Inside her clothes, something vibrated. Isabelle was alerted and pulled something out.
It was a two inches rectangular box. Isabelle remembered it to be something that Matthias gave him long ago. She then remembered what he had told her when he gave it to her.