Chapter 124: Chapter 195 – A Difficult Situation

“We believe we might have found the source of the monsters attacking the town,” Tina said. “With an emphasis on town.”

“Well, I figured there had to be a reason why they are all coming this way.” Grea shrugged. “Though, I thought Glimmervale might just be on their path or something. What do they have against your freshly gained home?”

“That’s still partially a mystery to us but I asked Ted to conduct a small experiment,” Asterios replied. “They let one beast into the town and watched its movements. It reached the main plaza and stopped, like completely, dead in its tracks. Not even our big bad friend had any effect on it until someone attacked it or tried to chase it away, of course.”

She stroked her chin and nodded appreciatively at Selene, who refilled her cup. “Weird as fuck, for sure. Their main goal must be to get there, perhaps to wait for further instructions. That’s a slight relief but why would the beasts do that?”

“It’s possible that this part is related to what we stumbled on while examining a small, grassy hill in the direction of the onslaught, where Venuzathor said the animals felt something weird.” He exchanged glances with Tina and the two nodded at each other.

“Right under that hill, we found a tunnel and a cave,” she continued after him. “What’s best, there is a summoning circle in that stone chamber, with a bunch of old skeletons and their belongings.”

“Now, this is getting interesting.” Grea grinned and fixed her posture on the chair, leaning forward. “It wouldn’t be that stupid to assume that it’s responsible for directing those beasts into the town if there was a condition like that inscribed into its structure, or as a part of the ritual.”

“Now that I think of it, I guess this is the interference the Storm King mentioned.” Asterios nodded to himself. “There was a reason why the academy strongly advised against conducting more than one summoning ritual on its entire grounds at once. I hope our attempt didn’t make it worse than it already is.”

“And that means?” The crimson-skinned researcher cocked a curious brow at him.

“The array remains active at all times and seems to be corrupted or damaged,” Tina explained. “We found traces of contaminated spiritual energy and it emits ominous purple sparks or little crackles. There is no doubt that it’s unstable.”

“We wanted to ask you for help to possibly neutralize and get rid of it.” Asterios glanced at Grea and then smiled wryly. “The two of us got a little sidetracked but I did expect something like that after we decided to stop keeping you out of the loop.”

Grea snorted and shook her head. “My brain went into such an overdrive when you showed up with that book, shortie, that I thought I would faint.” Tina giggled at her comment and blushed a tiny bit. “And it’s true that we got a tad distracted afterward. But, you should already be well aware that I can’t be held accountable for the things I do while horny, excited, or emotional. And I was all of those things back then.”

Everyone chuckled at Ast’s wry smile as the quite salacious crimson-skinned lady eyed him up and down with a hungry gaze and wolfish grin.

“Anyway, before things escalate again, anything else you can tell me about it?” she continued as if nothing had happened.

Asterios cleared his throat and smiled back at her. “The bones may possibly belong to elves as we found traces of their language in the books and parchments scattered in the cavern, so we were planning on asking Guildmaster Suanori for her assistance too.”

“Yeah, that would be smart. I can lend you my knowledge and experience regarding Summoning Magic but there’s no fucking way I know more about elves than the two of you. Except for their magic, of course, to some extent.”

“And we will keep everyone safe in the meanwhile,” Miria joined in with a joyful smile and Asterios reached over the table to ruffle through her hair.

“Pardon my bluntness, but you don’t seem to have a lot of combat experience, right?” Selene glanced at their new demon companion.

“Be blunt, sharp, straight, elusive, or whatever you want with me.” Grea snickered and flashed her a grin. “Yeah, I’m a weak-ass scholar who needs her strong Dragon man to protect her from getting squished by a random overgrown piggy. Sorry about that.”

The fox lady waved her hand dismissively. “No, please, don’t apologize. I was just wondering since you were my Lord’s teacher, and I kind of assumed that you were a Summoner too like him and Tina, but we haven’t ever heard about your strength or even your familiars.”

“That’s because Grea doesn’t have any familiars right now,” Tina interjected with a soft smile.

“Why?” Miria tilted her head. “She knows so much about it, no? She helped us a lot, like with the wand that summoned Selene, the Blood Summoning, or all the tests we went through back at the academy to discover more about us and Master.”

“The answer is simple.” Asterios slid his hand down and grazed her cheek. “Because of her dream.”

“Dream?” She blushed a bit under his gentle touch. “You mean this?”

“Yep. You are right.” Grea nodded with a wide smirk. “I always wanted to become a summon, a familiar, remember? I did everything I could to increase the chances of that happening. That includes nullifying all my contracts and staying away from making new ones, just in case having one would prevent me from achieving that goal. Naturally, no one could know if that was a thing but better safe than sorry, right? Plus, I don’t have much talent in summoning, really. I have a stupidly big brain for it but I’m just a tad above Asterios when he was a waste. Luckily, I didn’t suffer for it in the Demon Continent as much as he did in Rosewind back then.”

“But it doesn’t matter anymore, right? Because you technically became Master’s summon? Since Tina made it work after she properly bonded with Master, summoning Esil, you can do it too, no?” The panthergirl turned her face to her while still enjoying the sensations of Ast’s fingers caressing her cheek.

Grea fell into deep thought while supporting her chin on her joined hands. Her crimson tail swayed slowly behind her back, making little twirls and spins whenever it reached the sides, again showing just how considerably focused she was.

“You are right… I don’t have to continue like this…” she murmured to herself, and suddenly her expression brightened up in an instant. “That’s right! We can do those now!”

She literally sparkled with excitement while turning to Asterios and he watched her with raised brows until he finally realized what she had in mind, partially thanks to their slightly deepened connection.

“No chance.” He laughed out loud while shaking his head.

“Those?” Miria adorably furrowed her brows.

“Sex Summoning, of course!”

Tina did a powerful spit take as she was in the middle of taking a sip from her cup, fortunately missing everyone. 

“THE WHAT?!” She coughed a few times with wide eyes. “THAT’S A THING?!”

Grea snickered at the sight of her flushed face and showed a knowing grin. “But of course. Have I ever lied to you about anything related to summoning?”

“Why have you never told me about it, Professor?!” Tina whined.

“It’s a fairy tale, a thing of fiction, just like the entire sex dungeon genre,” Asterios interjected with a sigh.

“You are a fucking fairy tale,” Grea quipped back with a giggle. “Or am I fucking a fairy tale? Anyway, if traversing realms through your familiars’ gates is possible, why not that? Besides, it is an actual group of techniques and rituals confirmed by experts, not like the bullshit wet dream of many Summoners which only you seem to be living.”

“Why is there nothing about it in the academy, then?” Tina questioned her.

Grea rolled her eyes. “Because you would all be fucking like rabbits if it was common knowledge, duh.”

A deep, scarlet shade took over Tina’s cheeks and she took a shy peek at Asterios. “You knew?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I did. Getting to know Grea this close had some benefits in the form of publicly unavailable knowledge and techniques. Like the book about spiritual transfer which you should remember, Miria.”

Miria giggled quietly with a flush too.

“See? And that one worked! You fucked them so good they became almost unmatched!” Grea threw her arms into the air.

“Then… Back in the secluded summoning chamber… Could we have…?” Tina kept shooting him embarrassed glances while twirling a lock of her dark azure hair.

“Technically, yes, but don’t take the words of this always horny demon academic for granted,” he answered with a small smile. “What was it even about?”

“Why, fucking, of course!” Grea laughed almost maniacally. “Replacing the majority of ingredients with pussy juices, semen, sweat, saliva, all that cum, and everything else! There’s also a theory that the more fervent the moans and lovemaking noises, the better! They can count as additional chanting!”

“Chanting my ass.” Asterios snorted.

“No, that would be my ass.” Grea grinned at him seductively and he snickered while shaking his head.

“I think that’s a fun idea, though,” Miria said with a gleeful smile and excitedly swaying tail. “Maybe we could all contribute?”

“Don’t get fooled, she just wants to get laid in every possible situation from her fantasies after finally getting a lover,” Asterios added.

“I think I can understand that,” Selene joined in. “There was nothing but mating on my mind for a few weeks after you finally claimed me, my Lord. Years of loneliness do that to a woman.”

“Exactly!” Grea stood up and pointed at the fox lady.

“You just admitted that all you want is to have sex.” He chuckled at her. “Let’s leave it for another time and refocus on the current issue. I think we can squeeze in another visit to the array’s cavern today. Should we see if Guildmaster Suanori has some free time?”

Asterios swiftly changed the course of the conversation after noticing how dangerously red Tina started getting. She made a faint, appreciative nod at him with her shy, jumping gaze, and he smiled gently at her adorable acts.

“Fine.” Grea sighed and calmed down a bit. “The fun ends here, but another one is about to begin. I can’t wait to see that place. But, before that, we should get back to the workshop.”

“Ah, right. I did lock it down from the inside and we should tidy it up a little.”

“Sounds like you had everything planned.” She shot him an impish smirk and he just waved a hand at her.

Everyone started standing up and gathered next to the railing. Miria noticed that Asterios remained behind them and glanced at him curiously.

“Master?”

He showed a kind smile. “It’s nothing. You girls look just so dazzling in these dresses that it feels like a waste to end this early.”

She giggled cutely and pulled him into them as the other women stepped closer.

“I’m really happy you think so, Master.” Miria purred quietly while rubbing her cheek into his as she hugged him from behind.

“I admit it felt really nice to go out like this,” Tina said as her fingers found his left palm. “It’s not really my style… but if you like it… I can wear it sometimes…”

Selene chuckled softly as she gently gripped his other hand. “Feel free to take these dresses with you. I’ll prepare something else for the next time, though I might need to take one more into account by then.”

“Hey.” Asterios squinted at her as Grea let out a cheerful laugh.

“I think I’m going to really like it here.” She grinned at Asterios and stole his lips for a brief moment, wrapping her arms around his waist afterward. “Thanks for the introduction and after-sex date. We might have fucked up the order a bit but I loved it. Love the dress too, Selene. Definitely using it for future official appearances.”

They stood by the edge of the great chasm and took one more look at the sea of trees far, far below them as the mild wind howled in their ears. Asterios took a deep breath and the girls let go of him so that he could comfortably open a gate back home. They stepped into the underground stone chamber together.

He quickly located the dark book and picked it up from the ground, passing it to Grea.

“Thanks. I’ll go through every single detail a bit later. First, I have to deal with all that mess we created,” she said and turned around after placing it in a safe spot. “Damn. You really pounded me hard. My pussy juices are all over that stone counter and the floor.”

Miria and Tina blushed heavily as she cackled to herself, naturally being able to see all the evidence as well. The panthergirl could also clearly smell the lewd scents still present in the air as there were no windows in this room, which affected her even more than the visuals.

“Let’s clean it up before it dries off.” Asterios started walking towards the counter but Grea placed a hand on his shoulder.

“As I said, I’ll take care of it. You guys go and see the pretty elf lady. Go now, shoo, shoo.” She playfully urged them away. “I can’t wait to try and open a gate to you after I’m done here! Fuck, that’s so exciting!”

Asterios chuckled alongside the other girls and then they all jumped a little when something slammed into the wooden door with a heavy thud. A pained groan followed after it and they shared a confused glance. He brought the key from his spatial storage and turned the lock, pulling the knob towards himself.

“Dad?” Grea’s brows rose in surprise as she peered over Ast’s shoulder. “What the fuck are you doing?”

Radir lay on the ground hugging something looking like a short, gray stone pedestal on top of which potted plants were often found all around the castle. He squirmed in pain while grunting and groaning, most likely from the impact.

“I tried knocking… Ughhh… But no one answered… Shit… After you got quiet, I thought you fell asleep… But hours passed and I was starting to worry you fainted or something…”

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Grea snorted and jabbed Asterios with her elbow. “Told you he would be listening.”

He shook his head with a wry smile and helped the man up. “You could have asked Yumi for help. She has a master key for all the doors in the castle.”

Radir groaned as realization dawned on him and Grea slugged him in the shoulder.

“Idiot. Sometimes I wonder if you really have a brain or are just insanely lucky. Go get yourself checked. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that you broke half of your bones”

“I’m fine. I can help.”

She turned him around and pushed him forward. “No, thank you. I’m a grown-up girl. I can take care of my cum stains by myself.”

The others walked through the door too and Grea slammed it shut after giving them a little wave and a nice smile. Asterios asked Bryn to come in for a second and the Valkyrie cast a few simple healing spells at Radir just in case. She then politely excused herself and returned to her work.

They first went to the master bedroom and stored their new dresses in one of the big wardrobes. It felt nice to see them all hanging next to each other in one place, but perhaps not as nice as the sight of three beautiful girls in just their underwear sending warm smiles at each other.

After donning their battle gear, they regrouped with Silvia again and headed straight for the Adventurer’s Guild. They still had quite a lot of time before it would start getting dark so they weren’t in a hurry. Certainly, Suanori would be a bit less busy before the evening than around noon.

The cozy, wooden building looked much better than Asterios remembered. The facade had been properly tended to, refreshed, and decorated with charming vines that coiled around the frames and various other elements of the structure like the support beams. Some potted flowers hung or sat on the window ledges too, but not too many so as not to overwhelm the travelers. The guildmaster and the staff members had clearly done a lot of work.

Walking inside, they found themselves in an actual guild and not a warehouse this time. The lobby had been cleaned up and many characteristic elements commonly seen in such places riddled the guildhall. A bunch of metal announcement and quest boards had been attached to the walls near the counters, supplied with magnetic pins of course; the tables for socializing had been brought back; and many other little details.

Miria noticed a familiar redhead and immediately sprinted to the receptionist area. She bumped into the counter and leaned over it with a gleeful smile. 

“Hi, Ellie! How are you?”

The person sorting some documents gasped and chuckled at the panthergirl with a wide smile.

“Miria, you spooked me! I’m alright. I see that everyone is here.” She glanced past the excited beastfolk girl at the approaching group.

“Hello. Is Guildmaster Suanori free?” Asterios waved at her as they arrived.

“She should be in her office. I’m sure she won’t mind you coming. Should I call for her or would you like me to guide you there?”

“It’s fine. I know the way. You don’t need to stop whatever you are doing. I’m just going to ask her something,” he replied and glanced at the others. “You can wait here and chat a little if you want.”

“I’ll stay!” Miria beamed at him.

“I would like to remain here too,” Selene joined in with a soft smile.

“I’ll go with you,” Tina replied and Silvia nodded faintly.

They went with Asterios and left the other duo with Ellie. It seemed that the beastfolk girls wanted to catch up with their friend a little bit more.

Just a moment later, they were in front of the guildmaster’s office and Suanori invited them in after he knocked on the wood. They found her also going through some documents behind her impressive desk placed in the middle of the room.

“What do I owe this pleasure, My Lord?” Suanori sent Asterios a small smirk and stood up.

He chuckled and shook his head. “This will really be a pain.”

“Get used to it. It’s not that different from getting called guildmaster all the time.” She shrugged.

“Right. How are you guys doing, by the way? I hope Truvi is alright. We haven’t seen her on our way here.”

“Don’t worry, she’s just tending to something today. I must thank you for bringing such a talented individual to us. Yes, her way of speaking can be a little quirky but she’s a real professional when it comes to all the duties and responsibilities of a great receptionist, and not just that,” Suanori explained with an appreciative smile.

“I’m glad to hear that. She does work hard for her dream. It would be a real shame to break her heart again.”

“No matter what people say, I’m not letting her go. If someone has a problem with her, they can just pick any other receptionist to ask for guidance. But, from what I’ve seen, people seem quite accommodating here, even if she weirds them out a lot in the beginning. Perhaps you have already started rubbing off on them.”

“That would be something.” Asterios smiled back.

“So, what do you three need from me?” The guildmaster raised a brow at them while leaning back into the desk and crossing her arms over her chest.

“We wanted to ask if you could help us identify bones in a certain cave, and see if the writing we found alongside them doesn’t belong to elves,” Tina answered.

“Interesting. I assume that’s connected to our current issue?”

Silvia nodded. “We do think so. There’s a damaged summoning circle hidden under the ground some distance towards the southwest, in the same place as the skeletons.”

“Well, then it is my duty to get to the bottom of this.” Suanori pushed herself off the desk. “I’ll do everything in my power to aid you.”

“Great. We could technically jump straight there… but I know you wouldn’t exactly like that,” Asterios said with a slightly wry smile.

“Yeah…” She chuckled nervously.

“I’ve heard about the… incident,” Silvia said as she glanced at the woman. “While I do seem to endure the transfer a little better, I’m sure that Ast’s presence and direct contact with him make it much easier to bear. I’m not trying to talk you into anything, Guildmaster Suanori, but maybe you could try it again with him since the destination isn’t that far.”

Suanori pondered over the princess’ words while looking at Asterios. After a moment, she sighed heavily.

“I know that I can’t run from it forever. Especially now that I’m overseeing this place. Emergencies will surely appear and I should get more accustomed to this method of travel just in case we need to use it. You are right, Princess. I’m willing to try.”

Asterios nodded and notified the other girls mentally that they would be going now. Miria let him know that they would join him after they arrived there and returned to her little chat with Ellie and Selene. He took a peek at the duo but was happy to learn that there was no mischief going on this time.

Tina stepped away and made space for both the guildmaster and the princess to approach Asterios from both sides. She waved at them with a reassuring smile and Suanori stared at her in slight confusion as darkness enveloped them. Thankfully, Silvia had been right and it was much less mentally taxing to travel with Asterios by her side. They spent only about three seconds inside the pure darkness and it did not feel longer for her specifically.

They showed up in front of the concealed entrance and Asterios hastily glanced at the slightly pale elf woman by his side. “You alright?”

She nodded with an anxious smile. “Yes. Much better than the last time. It truly was completely different.”

“I’m sure the fact that Umbra can control more of his power played a role in it too.”

Then, three crimson gates rose from the ground next to them and the missing girls joined them. Grea walked out of one, Tina out of another, and Selene with Miria from the last one. The blue-haired girl placed a finger on her lips as the shocked guildmaster gawked at her and the oddly elated demon woman.

After Grea calmed down a little, Asterios led everyone through the obscured passage and they soon reached the ominous cavern. Their researcher friend hissed the instant they walked into the open and stopped everyone by extending her arm to the side.

“Don’t you even think about getting near that thing! Fucking shit! It’s so broken that it’s a miracle, or a curse, that it still hasn’t imploded! Be super fucking careful not to touch it! I’ll need someone to assist me so that I don’t either! I can’t turn to dust literally on the day I got a dick in me for the first time in my life!”

Miria and Tina giggled together as Asterios rolled his eyes at the curious glance Suanori shot him. He decided to accompany the guildmaster in her examination around the chamber with the other girls while Selene helped Grea with her spiritual powers since she seemed the most suitable for the task.

Their group reached the first skeleton and Suanori knelt by its side. “There’s no doubt that these belong to elves. I’m pretty sure this one was a High Elf, judging by the elongated sternum and additional ribs. You can see here how the ribcage is a bit more rectangular. All of that is because of their, well, height.”

“What about these books, then?” Miria brought an old tome from nearby.

Suanori picked it up and carefully scanned through the contents. “Yes, that’s Elvish, but… It makes completely no sense. A lot of these words are no longer in common use, replaced by new expressions as the language develops through the ages. Additionally, the grammatical structure is a mess. It’s not like this is some iteration of Ancient Elvish, they are just… randomly used.”

Asterios stroked his chin while following the guildmaster’s finger. “Could there be a reason for that? Or were those people just crazy?”

She furrowed her brows, flipping through more pages. “I don’t think so… Wait. Yes, that’s it. They wanted you to think that. This is a code, no doubt.”

“Of course.” He nodded sagely. “If they were doing something important or shady here, they would want to prevent any information from leaking out to the outsiders.”

“I think we should let the Elf Queen know.” Suanori closed the book and turned her serious face to him.

“Are you sure the higher-ups aren’t involved in this? I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but…”

“It’s alright. You can speak freely and you know that. I’m a guildmaster and an S-rank adventurer before an elf.” She smiled at him. “I can’t deny the possibility that this could have been some old operation to perhaps destabilize this region or something like that, but I had enough clearance in my nation to know that this code is extremely crude. I might even be able to crack it completely from just the books here. If this was something with a higher order, there is no way anyone would use such a basic and easily recognizable cipher.”

“Alright. We trust you.” Asterios placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled too. “Let’s see how Grea is doing and we’ll discuss this.”

They turned around and saw the demon woman floating above the magic circle in weird poses and with a notepad in hand. She had another one upheld by her thin tail and hanging next to her face as she wrote something on either of them. Bluish spiritual energy surrounded her body.

Not wanting to disturb their researcher friend, they shuffled around for a moment longer until Grea gave Selene the signal to put her back on the ground. Then, everyone gathered around the two women.

“Any good news?” Asterios asked as he arrived next to them.

“Well, not really.” Grea sighed. “This shit is going to be damn tough. We need to be extra delicate with anything we do. This thing absorbed so much mana that it could blow up at any moment, taking a huge chunk of this place with itself.”

“And what can we do?” Miria glanced at her curiously.

“Manipulate a bunch of structural elements to gradually release all the accumulated spiritual energy, both normal and contaminated, then disable the entire thing part by part without causing a chain reaction which could detonate the remaining ones, and then fully get rid of any leftover traces of it just to be perfectly safe,” Grea explained. “The fact that the majority of this thing seems to be made with some twisted, elven sigils and phrases does not help. It won’t be a cakewalk.”

“I think I could help with that,” Suanori joined in. “Not personally, but if we let the Elf Kingdom know about this, they would surely want to investigate, even if to just remove all of this to assure that they aren’t blamed for trying to provoke a war. At worst, we can at least rest assured that this thing won’t threaten anyone anymore after they deal with it.”

“This could work, but I don’t know…” Grea scratched her head.

“Perhaps we could talk to Father about it and send a more official notice with a polite request for explanation and investigation,” Silvia suggested. “That way, the information would pass over all the lower management and get delivered straight to the queen or her royal court. We would greatly reduce the chances of misunderstanding or even us getting accused of provocation.”

“I think that would be the best way to approach it, Princess,” Suanori agreed.

“Sounds like another visit to the royal castle.” Asterios smiled at the two girls.

“Give me just a moment and I’ll see if Father has a moment,” Silvia added and stepped aside, summoning a small plaque out of her spatial ring.

“You coming with us?” Asterios glanced at Suanori. “We could use your expertise.”

She sighed a little but nodded. “Yes, you could. I guess it’s time for me to meet the king once more.”

 

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