Chapter 28: Chapter 27 (Part 1) – Estaline, the Knight of Silver

Kanae was given no choice to explain himself. The Knight of Silver, Estaline, the powerhouse of an adventurer she was, cut down the many summoned undeads that Edina raised, and the entangling vines from Arenade's Plant Growth couldn't even be considered nuisances to her.

"What's it got to take to convince you that Kanae isn't a threat?" Edina growled.

"Worry not. I shall free you two from her control soon enough." Estaline approached unhindered.

"None of us are being controlled!" Arenade shouted, then grabbed a handful of Kanae's robes to shake him to his senses. "You have to get out of here! She won't hurt me or Edina, so we'll try to hold her back while you do."

Where would Kanae even go? There was a dragon out here somewhere, and another dragon right in front of him who could probably catch up in an instant.

Manabe and Ichi stepped between them and Estaline, stopping the knight in her tracks.

"Go, Kanae! Having sex with you was the best thing to ever happen to me. If I die making sure you survive, then it will be worth it," Ichi said.

"I'm scared shitless, but… This must be how it feels to sacrifice yourself for someone you love! If we somehow survive, I want to have sex with you again!" Manabe exclaimed, trembling as he faced the much stronger Estaline down.

"You guys…" Kanae was touched, but their phrasing made him roll his eyes. "I might have teared up if you didn't add the sex part."

"So, you have controlled even an orc and minotaur to your side. Brave as you all are, the might of you four combined cannot stop a drakeling. Understand that I take no pleasure in this." Estaline raised her greatsword high above her head as Kanae's friends stood their ground.

Despite being given the opportunity to escape, Kanae refused to. He didn't want to leave his companions nor could he expect them to get hurt in his place.

"Stop, stand down!" Kanae charmed the four of them to drop their weapons and cease any spells in their hands, then had them move away.

"K-Kanae… what are you doing?" Arenade asked through gritted teeth, trying vainly to resist the charm's effect.

"You guys are important to me. If you were to get hurt because of me, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. Besides, we made a deal for you to be my sexual battery," he teased the demigoddess.

With his friends safely out of the way, Kanae faced Estaline alone.

"You're honorable for a demon. Succubi like you would have sent an entire mind-controlled army to battle instead, Estaline said, not letting her guard down.

Earlier, the knight had declared that a succubus was more dangerous than a dragon. Could it be that he was actually an incredibly powerful subrace and class than some cannon fodder demon?

"You probably have little reason to believe someone like me, but I really mean no harm. I haven't drained anyone who wasn't willing. All I want to do is enjoy this body of mine and the pleasures it has to offer."

"Spoken like a true succubus. Though I sense some semblance of truth in your words, I cannot allow your kind to roam freely about—"

A shift in movement in the smoldering forest caught Estaline's attention, enough that she took her attention off Kanae. It was too fast for him to follow with his own eyes, but the knight's gaze darted in every direction. She swung the sword when something shot out, cutting a monster in half. The two halves made a splat on the ground, and he saw now that it was a mana-vamp starfish just like the one from the egg.

There were more in the forest?

Dozens more jumped out to attack Estaline, and she defended herself against the barrage until one latched onto her face. Dropping the sword in an attempt to wrench it away, the other starfish monsters seized the chance to swarm in.

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"Now's our chance!" Kanae dropped the charm spell on his party and shouted. "Let's get out of here!"

They picked up Takumi and their stuff to make a run for it out of the forest. However, Kanae stopped at the edge of the clearing. He turned around to witness Estaline on the ground, pulling hopelessly at the monsters.

"Kanae, what are you doing? Let's book it before more show up!" Edina yelled.

"Yeah, leave that bitch! She was going to kill you anyway," Arenade said.

"Damn it…" Kanae cursed under his breath. "I-I don't want to leave her! You guys go first!"

Instead of escaping with them, Kanae raced back to Estaline who, while surrounded by the many dead monsters she managed to kill, was being mobbed by just as many on her body. Fire gushed out between the cracks in the starfish's legs at her mouth, which he quickly realized was her attempts to use a flame breath to kill it. Unfortunately, the monster was absorbing the attack and turning the magic into crystals. She eventually collapsed to her hands and knees from exhaustion, seemingly accepting the fate that was about to befall her.

"Oh, god… dealing with one was crazy enough. Here it goes…" Kanae stripped naked and casted a Turn Horny spell.

Sensing a new source of magic, the horde of starfish monsters attacked Kanae all at once. They latched onto his body to penetrate his mouth, crotch, even his ass for the first time, and one on each engulfing his breasts, gangbanging him to feast on his magic.

Their attack, however, only lasted as long as a premature ejaculator and wasn't enough to bring Kanae to climax despite the quadruple assault on his senses. He drained them dry, leaving behind dried starfish husks.

Kanae ripped each one from his holes and gagged. They didn't taste very good the second time.

"You… saved me?" Estaline asked, trembling where she laid and still weakened from being drained by the starfishes.

"We got off on the wrong foot. Why don't we get to know each other first before fighting?" Kanae suggested, then placed a mana potion next to her.

The forest had stopped burning. On the opposite side of the clearing, a number of adventurers were pushing past toppled trees and debris to come this way.

Kanae was about to leave until Estaline snatched his hand to hold him still. After a pause, she let go and sighed.

"Go," Estaline said, then shoved him back. "Before my party sees you, hurry!"

Shaking the surprise that Estaline had let him go, Kanae grabbed his robe and took off running. He found his party a short sprint away beyond a narrow creek and hiding behind an overgrown mushroom stalk.

"Thank my holy self, you're okay— er, why are you naked and sticky?" Arenade grimaced.

"What happened? Did Estaline really let you go?" Edina asked.

"I… I think so," Kanae said, then shuddered when something slimey rubbed between his buttcheeks. He pulled off a starfish monster that wasn't completely drained to death and threw it to the ground. 

Instead of outright killing it, Edina proposed they trap it and bring it back to the city. Someone might have an answer as to why this monster was invading the forest. Although Kanae already suspected as much and had the culprit in mind, he hoped to learn why Renya was putting these everywhere. It was also his responsibility for having had a hand in their propagation, too.

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