Clyde bit his thumb. Using one of his life-saving items as a bargain, Reyna and he made a seal of promise that she would protect him and be the figurehead of the camp until they reached the next Islet.
Reyna didn't care about the inhabitants in this group as long as she didn't run out of supply of good-looking men and women. She barely went out of her tent, and it was Clyde who managed everything in the camp.
Clyde didn't have complaints, though. He liked it that way. He could order and boss the others around while Reyna's strength kept them from slicing his throat.
The organizations in the Left and Right Oasis were very different. As much as Clyde wanted to establish his authority and establish some rules, the others simply didn't care. The elves were prideful, while the demons didn't even bother to spare him a glance. The only ones who heeded his orders were the humans though a few of them also did whatever they wanted while Reyna remained indifferent.
Thus, their water and food supply depleted within a month, and they even had to steal food from the Left Oasis when Marcus was out.
Clyde grumbled. Reyna wasn't interested the least in securing food as long as he was alive. She didn't care what happened to the others.
Demons and elves could get by without food and water for weeks. Demons especially didn't need food nor water.
If only Morgan were with him, they might find the exit by now. And since that Reyna didn't have any intention of finding the exit, it was up to Clyde to do everything himself.
"There is another batch of newcomers. Do you still want to take them in?" Enoch asked. He was a Rank-A merc and his temporary right-hand man.
"Yes. Don't stop recruiting. We need all the manpower we can get," Clyde said.
"But what about food?"
Clyde shot a pointed look at Enoch, and the latter shut his mouth.
"Don't ask unnecessary questions. There's plenty of beast outside the protective zone."
".. ." Enoch knew that it was not the reason why Clyde kept recruiting. It was because some, the rebellious ones, were offered to the Demoness.
"Is Fraign still being difficult?" Clyde asked.
Enoch sighed. "Elves are prideful creatures, after all. They're just here because of the high chance of our group in finding the exit."
The Elves could go to the Left Oasis and govern over there, but with few in numbers, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to find the exit. At least in stronger groups, they stood a chance.
While the Demons couldn't even be bothered by the many halfbreed in the Left Oasis. For them, they could raid it at any time but didn't see any advantage of lording over weaklings that couldn't even fight. So they chose the group with a higher chance of survival. They could also go to the north, but they were just lower-level demons, and they were afraid that they'd just be treated as a servant for the higher-level demons in there. It was also the same for the Elves.
The Left Oasis was weak, and they could take it over at any time, but it had a lower chance of survival, while the North Oasis was the strongest and had the highest chance of getting to the next Islet. The only problem was, anyone weaker would be cannon fodders. And Azor, the demon leading the north, was said to be cruel and a tyrant.
At least in the Right Oasis, Reyna was tolerable. She didn't even step out of her tent, and only a few grazed at her beauty. It was the most balanced group out of the three, so many adventures flocked in its gates.
".. ." Enoch left one last look at Clyde before he searched for Fraign. "Another sacrifice, eh."
Clyde grinned. He could tolerate disobedience but not in succession. If someone repeatedly refused his orders, then it was better to offer them to the Demoness as they were useless to him if they wouldn't follow his every heed.
Fraign approached Clyde with a frown while Enoch followed behind him. "What?"
Looking at Fraign. His skin was ivory smooth, and his braids of golden hair added to his youthful looks. Elves were good-looking creatures, and Reyna would surely take a liking to him. "Come with me."
"I don't want to. If there's something, you want then say it here."
A vein popped in Clyde's head, and he glared at Fraign. "If you don't want to be kicked out of this group, then I suggest that you come with me with your mouth shut."
".. ." Fraign just really wanted to leave and go to the Left Oasis. But his urge to reach the next Islet won. He grumbled in silence before he followed Clyde.
In front of the Demoness tent, where it was located in another dimension, Clyde brought out a talisman that would let him and those he will enter the tent.
When they entered, Fraign was shocked by what he saw. Piles of bones on every corner of the shelter. A massive red bed at the center with a beautiful woman with two huge horns on her head was on top of its silken mattress. Her face was beautiful with translucent grey skin covered in cum, sultry and alluring as her breasts dangled, butt raised while someone fucked her from behind.
There were loitering bodies on the side, interlocking in a lustful way unminding that they were almost skin and bones. They seemed not to care that they were fading away while the Demoness swallowed all their essence and soul.
A faint smog of aphrodisiac lingered in the air, wrapping everyone in the grip of a euphoric dream. Upon inhaling, Fraign was stunned when his penis hardened against his pants, and his cum spurted without his control. The smog was some kind of a spell, and it was hard to resist. With little consciousness he had left, he snapped to the exit only to find it was gone.
"What's this. .. another one?" Reyna licked her lips as she rocked back and forth. The lewd sound of her butt smacking against the man's pelvis percolated in the room.
Agh. . .
The moans and gasped of everyone in the room were hard to ignore, and Fraign found his resistance crumbling to dust in the face of such strong magic and the promise of everlasting pleasure.
Within seconds Fraign was rubbing his cock with a flush face and longing dull eyes.
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A/N
You thought I forgot that this is a mature novel? XD
The R18 scenes here are not frequent. They're scattered throughout the chapters. XD