"Quite acceptable~ They are largely more specific versions of my own, are they not?" Esmerala replied, having mirrored the trail that Nala drew up her body a few steps behind, and stopping just when she did. "I wasn't even going to stay longer for three days, but this entices me to stay a bit longer than I'd planned~
"Shall we begin?" the demoness said slowly, and didn't give Nala time to answer before slowly starting forward and planting a deep, passionate kiss upon the night elf's lips. She had leaned forward in order to kiss Nala, and her hands had ended up resting on Nala's upper thighs, but as the horned woman's tongue broke past Nala's lips and started dueling with her own with exemplary skill, one of them started another slow trail up Nala's side. Her fingertips briefly brushed over her hip in their assent before curving slightly, drawing a pinpoint circle around her navel with one fingertip before trailing up to the bottom curve of one of her soft globes. Once it reached that point, the demon's hand slowly opened and then closed over Nala's breasts, kneading her soft, sensitive flesh delicately. She paused there, however, apparently willing to allow Nala the chance to set the pace of their duel.
Nala would have liked to answer Esmerela but the demon's eagerness took even the night elf by surprise, their lips locking quickly, resulting in Nala's mouth being invaded by the serpentine tongue which slid along her own lingual muscle and tickled at the back of her throat. Instinctively, Nala coiled her own tongue along Esmerela's and pushed forward, counter attacking the demon's passionate kiss with her own. She felt the roaming fingers traversing her pale, purple-hued skin upward, to the soft flesh on the underside of her breasts. As the demoness' hand opened and repositioned itself around her globe, kneading it slowly, Nala let loose a small moan that reverberated inside Esmerela's mouth.
Withdrawing her lips slowly from the kiss, Nala gasped in a long, luxurious breath. "So eager to start... but my dear, there's no need for us not to use the few luxuries that the jungle can provide." She turned to look at the male demon who was standing next to Nala's personal drawer, even as her hands moved to Esmerala's lovely mounds and massaged them sensually. "You there, in the top drawer you will find a phial with a red stopper. Bring it to me."
If the demon complied, Nala would reach over and grasp the phial, thanking him with a nod before turning back to the demon. "Lie back, I promise I won't seek an advantage... this will just make it more enjoyable for us both. This is the sap of a grabbing vine... it's a natural oil that heats and lubricates. I honestly can't get enough of it~."
Unstoppering the phial, Nala let half of the contents pour down onto Esmerela's chest and navel, before letting the second half dribble down between her own cleavage as she straddled the demon's hips. "There we are. Now we can spread it over one another. And then... mm, you can give me your best. And I wish you the best of luck, Esmerela."
Nala used her hands at first to spread the oil across the demon's amazing body, but just before she was done, Nala rose her hands and cast her Nature's Might spell at its highest level, letting the invigorating energies course through her mind, unleashing the upper limits of her current potential. When next she opened her eyes in a gasp of exultant power, the demon would see two pools of crackling green magic, as well as a slight green aura pulsing around the witch elf's body.
"Now we can begin."
Using her whole body, Nala began to rub against Esmerela, sliding her fingers slowly down to the demoness' inner thigh and lifting it slightly into the air while Nala's long tongue licked across the demon's hardened nipples. She knew her most lethal weapon in this contest would be her tongue, unless Esmerela chose to spawn a demon cock, which Nala knew was entirely within reason. With sufficient foreplay out of the way, Nala would seek to flip about and start on Esmerela's weakest spot, trusting in her own ability to withstand whatever it was the demon would throw at her.
Nala casts Level 5 Nature's Might to buff her Mind stat. Using Empower Spell. Will maintain the upkeep throughout the sexual combat.
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 44/84, Status = Fine, +88 Mind (Empowered Nature's Power, level 5 Nature spell), stunned by orgasm
Rolls
Casting (Nala) : Success
Nala gains a +10 + 1 = 11 * 8 = +88 Mind, costs 16 EP and will cost 6 EP upkeep.
Round 1! I'm only doing the first round of sex now in case you want to play through the whole thing. Nala and Esmerala play with each other and then eat each other out, foreplay pleasure to each of them.
Pleasure (Esmerala) : 1 + 4 + 15 (natural mind) + 22 (buffed mind) + 4 (whip tongue) - 18 (1/2 Esmerala's current Resistance) = 46 - 18 = 28 PP. Nala's total bonus is 41, so I'll just use that from now on.
Pleasure (Nala) : 3 + 4 + 18 (mind/4) + 8 (dazzling beauty) + 8 (Fetish: demons) + 12 (suck you dry) + 6 (whip tongue) - 37(1/2 Nala's current Resistance) = 59 - 37 = 22 PP. Esmerala's total bonus is 52, so I'll just use that from now on.
Esmerala has taken 28 PP, and Nala is at 53/75.
Round 2!
Pleasure (Esmerala) : 2 + 3 + 41 - 18 = 28 PP.
Pleasure (Nala) : 4 + 4 + 52 - 37 = 23 PP.
Esmerala has taken 56 PP, and Nala is at 30/75.
Round 3!
Pleasure (Esmerala) : 1 + 3 + 41 - 18 = 27 PP.
Pleasure (Nala) : 1 + 4 + 52 - 37 = 20 PP.
Esmerala has taken 83 PP, and Nala is at 10/75.
Round 4!
Pleasure (Esmerala) : 2 + 2 + 41 - 18 = 27 PP.
Pleasure (Nala) : 4 + 4 + 52 - 37 = 23 PP.
Esmerala has taken 110 PP, and Nala cums.
The demon knight who was standing beside Violet complied immediately to Nala's request, moving to the drawers and retrieving the bottle so that he could hand it to her. Nala got a quick glance at Violet in the meantime, and the assassin had a carefully composed neutral expression on her face as she observed the initial stages of the conquest between Esmerala and Nala, but Nala was familiar enough with the signs of the other woman's arousal that she could see that her lover was becoming excited. When Nala turned to her with the oil, Esmerala seemed to recognize it, "Oh that stuff! I can't help but agree, it can make sessions with even the most uninventive slaves pleasurable~"
After the oil had been poured over both of them, Esmerala quietly cooed, "I wouldn't dream of doing less than my best! Good luck to you as well Nala~" Then, as Nala started spreading the warm oil over the demon's body, Esmerala did much the same to her. The other woman's hands roamed at an easy pace from her hips up to her chest, remaining wide as not to interfere with Nala's work to spread the oil across her own front. Once she reached Nala's breasts, Esmerala spread the slick substance over her chest, flicking her palms several times across the sensitive peaks of Nala's round bosom before going downwards and spreading it all over, even taking some of it and spreading it down her sides to rub it on her bottom, and slipping between her legs to rub it against her folds.
"I hope you're ready~" Esmerala said evenly when Nala stated that they should begin, and the emerald glow coming from Nala's eyes was met by a blood red one of equal brightness from Esmerala's. The demon's hands slid up swiftly over her body to cup Nala's breasts, rubbing them slowly and softly in her palms. She allowed Nala to rub up against her, to suckle on the tips of her breasts, and even to rub her fingers against her folds, letting out soft moans all the while in response to Nala's skilled ministrations. Before their initial foreplay ended, however, Nala felt something that she'd never experienced before; Esmerala's tail slid up along her inner thighs, easily finding her sex and sliding the spaded tip of her tail against Nala's petals with dexterity easily surpassing even the most skilled of fingers. Light thrums of pleasure began to run up Nala's spine just from the light touch of the demon's tail, and with them came a very distinct and unusual sensation.
As aware of her own spirit as she was, particularly with the magical enhancement to her mind boosting every one of her senses, Nala could feel light tendrils of the demon's spirit reaching out and closing around her own soul. Every time they brushed against her spirit, Nala felt a sudden thrill of pleasure that she'd never recognized before, of a tiny portion of her very essence being sucked away, which seemed to enhance her every physical sensation tenfold. Esmerala proved to be quite controlled, however, and every tiny portion of her energies was immediately restored to her by the demoness, but even so, it was a taste of the true pleasure that her partner would inflict upon her if she won this contest.
And then, Nala flipped around and the contest was on in earnest. With the night elven witch on top and the demoness on the bottom, the two of them dove to their battle of sexual skill and endurance vigorously and without any hint of shame, and even as she set her skilled tongue to work on Esmerala's sex she felt her opponent's hot breath passing over her folds, and seconds later something long and sinuous started sliding back and forth across her petals. The light teasing only last for a few brief moments before Esmerala began her work in earnest, however, and she proved a worthy opponent all too quickly as that agile tongue of hers slipped into Nala's depths and began rubbing at her sensitive spots with flawless accuracy. Pleasure and arousal surged through Nala's body, but the magic with which she'd enhanced her mind allowed her to maintained her concentration upon her own efforts, which had the demon's juices flowing quickly as well.
Her arousal rising over the next few seconds, Nala soon felt Esmerala's tongue reaching into her depths and sliding against her g-spot. Tidal waves of pleasure threatened to overwhelm Nala then, and she was further distracted by the return of the strange but erotic sensation of the demon's hungry tendrils lightly brushing against her essence in a manner that reminded Nala of a pack of predators waiting until a choice bit of prey was at its weakest to strike. Even so, she still held strength of will enough to fight through the pleasure in order to deliver her own return efforts with undeniable skill. Her tongue-work was rewarded by her partner's soft moans, and she felt the woman's tail wrap lightly around the back of her neck in order to encourage her further.
For a moment it seemed like Nala would surely claim a swift but narrow victory over her opponent, for though she felt her own sex quivering with delight at Esmerala's attentions her skill and willpower were holding steady. But then, somehow, the demon's tongue seemed to split. A second tongue, or half of it, or however the succubus had accomplished the feat, pulled out of her womanhood and wrapped around her clitoris. The surge of physical sensation was matched in turn by the feel of the demon's tendrils lightly dipping into her soul, taking only the tiniest sip of her essence but causing that strange pleasure to magnify exponentially. Nala's concentration cracked despite her magics, and for a few moments her return efforts were reduced as the tidal wave of sensations both physical and metaphysical overwhelmed her.
By the time she had managed to recover, Nala could feel her orgasm looming over her, the pressure building up inside of her as undeniable as the coming of the night and the dawn after. Esmerala's assault upon both of her most sensitive spots was relentless and merciless, but also methodical and almost devilishly addicting. The rapid licks against her g-spot were interspaced with brief periods in which she'd explored Nala's folds, finding her other sensitive places with flawless accuracy and assaulting them instead of her weakest point for brief moments before returning to her tongue's initial point of attack. The tongue around her clitoris was not so merciful, however, as it wounded around the sensitive nub of flesh and squeezed while the tip flicked back and forth across her crown, every motion delicate and precise to an almost frightening degree. A part of Nala's increasingly unreliable senses realized about then that her own moans of pleasure weren't the only ones in the room, and that others besides herself and Esmerala seemed to be performing lewd acts of their own.
Such was only a minor concern to Nala then, however, as she and Esmerala fought out the last few moments of their duel, the decision of the victor still up in the air. Nala could feel thrums of sexual tension running through the demon's body even as similar quakes wracked her in turn, the physical amplified by the spiritual sensation of the succubus' light touches against her soul, never taking any real power but still strangely pleasurable all the same. Esmerala's tail clung tightly around the back of her neck, holding Nala's head against her sex, and her hands rested on Nala's hips, keeping her bottom still so as not to interrupt the demon's oral assault upon the night elf's pussy. The two of them moaned and squirmed with pleasure in unison as they brought one another closer and closer to orgasm, racing to see who could bring the other to climax first.
And then.... Nala felt the dam break within her, felt waves of pleasure cascading ever higher as her body tensed and her concentration shattered like glass struck by a hammer, and knew that she'd been defeated. Her orgasm lasted for almost half of a minute as Esmerala kept up her dedicated tongue-work, the continued attentions upon her most sensitive parts only driving Nala's ecstasy all the higher while her hungry spiritual tendrils slipped into Nala's now unprotected soul, taking more than a few pieces of her essence as they slipped toward her core, and last but not least, Esmerala's tail wrapped lightly around Nala's throat, cutting off her air as she came. When she came down from her peak the demon's efforts were lessened but not halted, at least not immediately as she kept Nala squirming with pleasure above her, her tail occasionally applying pressure if the elven witch went for her pussy again.
When she finally did disengage herself from Nala's sex, Esmerala unwrapped her tail and slipped out from underneath her. "Don't move," the succubus commanded in a harsh tone that was heavy with arousal. "You have lost, and so I will claim my prize. You~!" As she issued her commands, Esmerala positioned herself behind Nala and placed a hand on her bottom. The sight of Nala in that position was apparently quite appealing to the victorious demoness, as she gave an aroused coo before continuing, her voice became more insistent to the point that it was nearly desperate, "Head down, but keep that fantastic ass of yours up~ And release your magic, I'm going to feed on you and I wouldn't want you wasting any more of your energy!"
If Nala glanced between her legs as she complied with the demon's orders, she would find that Esmerala had already done what she'd initially suspected that the demoness might do, and conjured a long, thick cock between her legs. A thick drop of precum was already hanging from the slit on the head, and Nala could see it throbbing powerfully with the demon's lust. Of course, Nala was free to do as she liked, as the demoness wasn't physically forcing her to do anything, but the terms of their contest had been rather clear, that Nala would be subservient to within a reasonable degree to Esmerala if she lost. To renege on their deal would likely not paint Nala in the most fantastic of lights in the eyes of the demons, her most powerful immediate neighbors.
If she did follow the lustful demon's commands, however, Nala would feel Esmerala's hands roaming over her toned bottom, spreading the warming oil she'd applied there not too long ago. Pleased coos emanating from demoness suggested that she was enjoying the view as Nala's toned rear was coated in the substance until it shined, the warmth causing her soft skin to tingle. Suddenly, a light swat from the demon's hand fell upon Nala's bottom, a tiny bit of pain piercing the afterglow of her orgasm, but Esmerala rubbed the sting out of the area quickly. "I'm going to stir you up, and then pour myself deep inside~ Are you ready Nala?" the victorious succubus crooned, and another glance between her legs revealed that Esmerala had been coating her conjured cock in the lubricating oil, which was now aimed at her folds, ready to slide into and impale her.
Nala was no stranger to sex. She'd been practicing the act in all available forms as soon as she was of age and had had her first philosophical fight with her mother. But the partners she had usually had amongst the elves, while certainly not unwilling, had never been all that inventive. The men and goblins in her current camp were likewise motivated to do only the very basics, and any creativity had to have come from Nala's end. Of her truly good experiences, only Matthias and Violet had ever surprised her and made her feel like she was truly on a playing field with a sexual equal, (or superior in Matthias' case.)
Esmerela proved herself capable of joining this short list of honored lovers within the first seconds of their foreplay. Nala's lips were wet with her anticipation alone, and as she felt the tip of Esmerela's spaded tail spreading her folds, the witch's eyes were alight with deep seated joy. For win or lose, the night elf was experiencing something new, and her sole purpose in this was to expand her sexual knowledge. Esmerela had much to teach her, but first she must test her current abilities against her to see where she stood.
As the two of them got under way, Nala immediately picked up on the spiritual tendrils of leeching power -- succubus magic. It was directly linked to the sexual energies that Nala had already begun to employ with her own research. The only difference was its origin -- demonic rather than of prime arcane power. Nala realized that she had hitherto been producing effects out of a synthetically constructed magic that mirrored the demon's own. As the thrums of sexual delight trickled up and down her spine, Nala's heart leaped, realizing the triumph she had already accomplished. She had recreated Succubus magic by herself, without even having had a succubus to study from. What other possibilities could she unlock now that she had a model to observe?
She licked harder and harder, expertly delving into Esmerela's luscious, wet pussy, enjoying her taste and slippery texture, putting into practice every technique Nala had discovered to date. She knew from the twitches and moans that the demoness was feeling her efforts, but that pronged tongue at Nala's own lower gates was as generous as her own, if not moreso! Several times, Nala had to reel in her emotion as the blissful sensations thrashed within her body like a wild serpent.
Having switched their bodies around, Nala felt the tail pushing at the back of her neck, so insistent in its desire to push the elf deeper into that lovely, moist pudding that she was lapping at so eagerly. Were it not for her magical enhancement, Nala knew her body would have already surrendered long ago, but as it was, she could distance herself from her body, using mind over matter. She was aware of her growing pleasure and need to release, yet at the same time, as if using a second mind, she could send orders to her tongue and fingers and hips to continue her sexual battle at optimum capability.
The fight continued this way, and mentally, Nala expected to claim victory any moment, certain that she could hold off until the demon collapsed in a puddle of dripping defeat, but then unexpectedly the table turned. Esmerela's twin tongue attack lashed and squeezed at the witch elf's sensitive nub, while still managing to penetrate deeply, all the way to her g-spot. The surprise and speed at which the attack came momentarily stunned Nala, her 'second mind' collapsing and merging back with the one enthralled to the waves of sexual mastery that Esmerela was displaying. Nala moaned loudly and her tongue stopped its own assault to simply hang loosely, drooling saliva over the demoness' cunt as her body was rocked.
Moments later, Nala wrested mental control back, but it was now too late. The precious moments had slipped by and now with the rhythm altered, Nala knew her own orgasm could not be denied. She fought on desperately, her whip tongue sliding fully against Esmerela's sensitive clit as it delved deeply against the discovered sweet spots hidden inside her canal, while her fingers ground against her inner walls, touching the erogenous centers and rubbing against them relentlessly. It was a close fought encounter, but in the end, Nala knew she had lost.
In the last second before she came, Nala accepted her fate, closed her eyes, and resettled her mind into one so that she could enjoy the climax fully. Her dam of resistance gave way to the ensuing flood, and she shuddered as her muscles clenched tightly and the love juices dripped and coated the victorious demon's lips and chin. The demoness didn't stop her pleasuring and Nala would have moaned out more deeply, but the tail choked her around her neck, causing her to cough and make pitiful gurgling sounds as her body continued to give in to the shameful, yet oh so wonderful defeat. At last Nala came down from her high and the tail loosened its grip, though not fully.
Numbed by the experience, Nala wordlessly went back to licking Esmerela's pussy wanting to see just how close she had been. The demoness humored her for some time, but not long enough, as it appeared she had other plans for how she wanted to cum.
As Esmerela slipped out from under her and ordered her with a commanding voice to not move, Nala did as she was bid, and even managed to smile while doing so.
"As you wish~" she said through heavy panting.
Esmerela repositioned herself and demanded more of the night elf, to which Nala also complied. She put her head down and pushed her ass up as high as she could, while her hands gripped her bedsheets in preparation for what was to come next. Her eyes glanced to the side to see if she could glimpse Violet and Demetrius, having heard lewd noises coming from them before. She then let her magic die down, so that only a trace glow of green was visible in her eyes and her aura dissipated.
"You have defeated me and I am yours to be claimed. Feed from me as you use my body. I willingly give it to you." Nala sighed happily.
As the demoness smeared the warming oils over Nala's ass and slapped it firmly to display her dominance, the witch elf cooed seductively, relishing the defeat as much as she would have the victory. She had been prepared for this possibility. In answer to Esmerela's boast about what she was about to do with her, Nala answered as confidently as she could.
"Your demon body has outlasted my magic... I must learn from you. Teach me, Esmerela. Teach me how to fuck like a demon lord!"
Her eyes widened as the lubricated demon cock was thrust inside of her, spreading her tight walls to their limits as it pushed its way up to the hilt, the tip prodding into Nala's cervix. The witch shrieked in pleasure and then bit into the same bed sheets that she was already gripping for all that she was worth.
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 84, Status = Bound, Sealing Collar
At Nala's request to be taught, Esmerala laughed richly and gave her upturned bottom another finely controlled smack. "Oh don't fret Nala, I'll teach you all of the most important lessons about my kind~" she cooed sweetly as she lined herself up penetrate Nala's folds, but despite her own obvious arousal and the night elf's compliance she didn't immediately slide herself in. Her glance at her surroundings allowed her to see that Demetrius, Violet, and Esmerala's two servants had assumed proper attire for the occasion. All four of them were naked, and almost as deeply into the swing of things as Nala and Esmerala were.
Demetetrius was leaning against a table, his eyes wide as he gazed down at the female knight who's head was bobbing steadily against his crotch. His mouth was hanging open, and an expression of blind ecstasy was upon the mage's face as the demoness sucked him off for all that he was worth, an act that Nala had likely performed with him on numerous occasions. Nala caught occasional glimpses of his cock whenever she pulled back to slather attention upon the other part of his manhood, his heavily swollen balls, but the woman seemed intent on paying more attention to his shaft than to his other sensitive parts and quickly took it back into her mouth again. On the opposite side of the room, Violet had assumed a much less submissive role than her male counterpart. The male knight was seated in a wide, cushioned chair while the assassin straddled him, riding him with him relentless vigor while her demonic partner responded by lightly shifting his hips in time with her motions. All of Violet's earlier trepidation about their guests seemed to have vanished completely, as she was moaning vigorously while her eyes shut. Nala could see her folds stretched around the demon knight's cock whenever she reached the apex of her rapid bucks, and could both see and smell her lover's sweet juices as they dripped down the man's impressive length.
The sexual energy in the room was so intense that even in her exhausted state and with her magics left passive Nala could feel them as if they were a part of herself, but for a few moments Nala herself was held from joining in by her more dominant partner. Esmerala rubbed the crown of her cock against Nala's petals teasingly while maintaining a hold upon Nala's oil-coated hips, rubbing it back and forth in a manner that was pleasurable but not truly satisfying. As the demoness slid the tip of her rod up and down across Nala's sex, she rubbed and squeezed her bottom, occasionally giving her another firm spank as well. At the same time, the demon's spiritual tendrils closed in around Nala's soul, but even though she had been given permission to feed in full, Esmerala continued to tease Nala mercilessly for several more moments, forcing her to hear the sounds of her companions pleasure and the occasional coos of her tormentor above.
Of course, Esmerala proved to be only so resilient in the face of her own arousal and the inhuman hunger, and with a morsel as delicious as Nala practically (or perhaps literally by now) begging to be taken before her the temptation was even stronger. Finally, with a loud lewd cry Esmerala thrust forward swiftly and smoothly, impaling Nala to the hilt in a single motion that caused the tip of her cock to press against the doorway into Nala's barren womb. Seeing her biting into the blankets after her initial moan, Esmerala paused, leaving herself hilted inside of Nala's sex while maintaining a steady hold upon her hips and said in a lewd and commanding tone; "Make no efforts to quiet yourself or to resist anything that I do to you. You may move to pleasure me, or to pleasure yourself, and that is all. You will make no efforts to keep yourself or me from cumming, and you will not try to prevent me from filling you up~"
With her orders given, Esmerala seemed finally to let herself give in to the moment fully, as she didn't even wait for Nala to acknowledge her commands before the demoness started pounding into her slick, shining bottom with savage and relentless power. She had already been throbbing when she had made her first thrust, and though she had been ordered to drop her magic Nala was still an extraordinary lover. Esmerala's first thrusts were quick and furious, every surge of pleasure accompanied by Esmerala's spiritual tendrils draining away another portion of Nala's soul, the demoness unleashing her hunger at long last, but Nala quickly realized that they were also experimental. Guided by the flow of Nala's essence, she directed her thrusts with unerring precision to the points that caused Nala the most excitement and thus allowed Esmerala to suck more of her soul away.
Though her sexual stamina was vast even without her magic, if Nala did as she was bade and made no effort to resist Esmerala's rutting she would rapidly find herself reaching towards another orgasm herself. She wasn't first to it this time, however, as the pent up demoness could only stand her own pace so long before the night elf's velvety folds finished what her skilled tongue had started, and after a short while Esmerala hilting into Nala and exploding with a loud cry of pleasure that was echoed by those around them. Still lightly shifting her hips as she came in order to continue driving spikes of pleasure into Nala's mind, Esmerala came hard and powerfully, liquid fire pouring into her depths as Esmerala filled up Nala's womb with rope after thick rope of her cum. As with her first supernatural lover, Esmerala proved able to produce massive amounts of cum, and after a dozen powerful throbs accompanied by spurts of hot semen Nala finally felt her partner relax against her, much of her release having been forced out around the demon's cock by the workings of Nala's powerful inner muscles. Still filling Nala's sex and giving the occasional throb and pouring more cum into the pool of demon sperm boiling inside of her womb, Esmerala's member rested inside of her for a few moments as the demoness recovered from her climax, releasing occasional coo's of pleasure whenever her member twitched within Nala's depths.
The brief respite gave Nala a moment to catch glimpses of her companions. She turned to Violet in time to see the conclusion of the assassin's orgasm, the familiar shuddering of her toned body ending before she pulled up with some help from her partner's hands upon her hips. A stream of cum mixed with Violet's love juices slowly dripped out of her womanhood after the demon's cock came free of it, but he was still rock hard and was most certainly not sated, as he didn't even wait for Violet to completely recover before standing up, lifting her with him and then smoothly sliding his member back into her flower. Violet let out a low moan before clutching to him, allowing the demon to support her while he started pounding rapidly into her much like Esmerala had to Nala. Demetrius, meanwhile, had filled the mouth of the woman attending to him with his seed, his expression of ecstasy familiar to Nala, and pulled him down to the floor and mounted him, showing no more mercy for his sexual exhaustion than the man pumping into Violet had. The mage moaned aloud as his sensitive rod slipped into the demon's sex, but placed his hands onto her hips and began to buck his hips upwards in time with the quick gyrations that the female knight started immediately upon being penetrated by him.
Nala's reprieve was short, however, as Esmerala proved quick to recover from her climax. "Mmmm~ Magnificent! It's too bad you can't have children, we would make excellent little demons together~" she remarked lewdly, and then began to rub Nala's oil-coated bottom lightly while murmuring with pleasure. After giving her rear one last affectionate smack that was very nearly affectionate, Esmerala commanded; "On your back in the center of the bed, spread your legs and raise them." She pulled back then, her slick rod slipping free of Nala's sex and allowing some of the demon's trapped seed to dribble out of her womanhood.
She moved back in order to allow Nala to move according to her whims, and as soon she had done so Esmerala pounced upon her like a hungry wolf. The agile demoness made no attempts at foreplay this time before slamming her cock into Nala's depths, but the elven witch had just enough time to see that it had change, growing a series of hardened bumps along its shaft, before she was able to realize it in a far more tactile sense, the previously pleasurable sensation of the demon's cock nearly doubled by the change in shape and position. Esmerala bent forward over her, their breasts pancaking together, and the crimson glow from the demon's eyes vanished as she lowered her mouth to Nala's, kissing her deeply and giving Nala a taste of her own leftover juices as their tongue's met between their mouths.
Once their mouths were joined, Esmerala spread her wings wide over the two of them and began to move with superhuman grace and power. Holding Nala beneath her knees, Esmerala shifted her while thrusting, allowing her to pound into her from above and strike at any one of Nala's sensitive places, which she did with relentless surety in a manner that sent Nala to places that only Violet and Matthias had even been able to bring her. At the same time, she began to feed once more, and even if she had climaxed when Esmerala had Nala found herself unable to bear this treatment for very long. The pressure built quickly and undeniably as the bumps along Esmeralda's cock seemed custom-made to strike at every one of her most sensitive spots as they rubbed against her inner walls, and all too soon Nala was brought to orgasm by the demoness on top of her. Though Esmerala didn't cum with her, Nala felt another sort of reward for her pleasure as her partner broke the kiss to give a ravenous growl.
As she reached her orgasm, the demon's hungry tendrils did the equivalent of a spasm, and suddenly slipped deep into the depths of Nala's soul, into the core of her being, and began to feed not only from her energies but from her truest soul. The sensation was slightly frightening on an instinctive level, her spirit recognizing itself as prey and the demon's hunger for her now defenseless soul as a predator, but also seemed to act as a stimulation unlike any that she'd ever felt before, as Nala was nearly knocked out cold by the sheer power of her orgasm. Esmerala's growl became a moan as Nala's soft folds tightened around her cock, but she continued fucking the elven witch at the same strenuous pace as she had before unabated. When she came down from orgasmic high, Nala felt utterly drained but still heavily aroused, and even though she didn't have the spiritual energy left to cast so much as a cantrip Nala could hold onto consciousness if only to experience more of the wonderful pleasure that Esmerala seemed able to bring to her.
Esmerala's wings retracted and closed over the two of them, blocking the rest of the room from view and shrouding them in darkness to Nala's eyes, but the rapid but disciplined thrusts from the demoness who had blocked out the light continued unhindered. The victorious demon's mouth found Nala's once again, and her tongue pushed past Nala's lips in order to begin the dance anew with her own, and the two of them laid intwined like that for some time as Esmerala continued to fuck the everything out of Nala. Sadly, all good things came to an end, and the two of them were cumming quite quickly this time.
An eternity or a few panicked heartbeats later, neither could have told which in any recounting, Nala felt Esmerala begin to throb as her second orgasm loomed, and the pressure of her own looming climax had already built up to a delicious high within Nala's belly. The pace of the demon's thrusts increased rapidly until they were frantic, the increased power and the inherent passion of their oncoming orgasm making up for the slight loss of dexterity that Esmerala suffered when she was so close to release. This time, they found release in perfect unison, the first affirming throb and spurt of semen coming from Esmerala's cock occurring in time with the first shudder's of Nala's own orgasm. Her final climax tore the breath from Nala's lungs with its power, the sensation of the demon's hungry tendrils once more wrapping around her soul and consuming portions of it until Nala felt as though she might melt away completely.
Esmerala's orgasm proved no less intense than Nala's, or so it seemed judging by the amount of cum that she released. Nala's womb, already filled almost fully with the demon's sperm, stretched slightly to accommodate the contents of the first few seconds of Esmerala's potent eruption, which felt as if it came in a constant stream rather than the steady spurts of her first release. As she felt her cum being forced out of Nala aroudn her cock by the mounting pressure, Esmerala suddenly pulled back, her wings opening and exposing the two of them to the light once more. Her throbbing cock sent one last stream into Nala's pussy as she pulled out, but then the demoness flicked it upwards and began to stroke herself as she moaned lewdly. Ropes of cum covered Nala's entire body, the first landing on her taught stomach before the next four landed on her breasts, mixing with the oil covering her to make her soft globes a shining, sticky mess, and the last four spurts landed on Nala's face, some of it even making its way into her mouth and giving her a taste of the woman's thick but oddly sweet semen.
With her release finally complete, Esmerala settled back onto her knees with a contented sigh while her tail idly wrapped around one of Nala's calfs. "Nala.... You truly are a magnificent elf~" Esmerala cooed lightly, and after that the sexual exhaustion from their energetic lovemaking and the toll taken by her partner's hunger caught up to Nala in full. She had enough time before the soothing darkness of sleep claimed her to offer a few final words, and perhaps glance aside to see that both of her allies had also fallen unconscious, Demetrius lying splayed out on his back with his rod coated in his own cum and his partner's love-juices while Violet had been placed gently in the chair that she'd initially been riding one of the knights in by the very man who had exhausted her so. The image of her companions out cold, or of Esmerala kneeling before her with a broad smile on her face, was what Nala went to sleep with in the forefront of her thoughts.
~~~~~~~~~
When Nala came back to the world of the living, she was at first extremely disoriented. Her head throbbed painfully, an aftereffect of being drained as heavily as she had, which had been explained to her previously by Matthias. When she first opened her eyes, her vision swam slightly, but that her surroundings were made of stone and earth rather than wood tipped Nala off to the fact that she wasn't where she'd been when she had fallen asleep. The feel of rope coiled around her body and two other warm bodies pressed against her back brought Nala to full wakefulness, and then she felt something else. Something horrible.
It was as if she'd been cut off completely from the patterns of life and death that she had grown so accustomed to over the years. Where normally she would be able to feel the magical energies of her surroundings as if they were an extension of her being, Nala's sixth sense seemed to have been deadened completely, and she realized the source of the wretched emptiness when she realized that she had a tight iron collar wrapped around her neck.
"You may be wondering..." Esmerala's voice clued Nala in to the demon's presence, and she looked up to realize that she'd been standing before her the entire time, clad in Nala's own clothes. Her wings and tail were gone, but otherwise she looked exactly as she had when Nala had last seen her. "...Why you're here, in this cave, tied to one another," Esmerala continued, and Nala realized by her expression that she was trying for a cocky grin and failing at it, as if some other emotion were holding the joy she ought to have for this occasion at bay. "Well, you're probably wondering a great many other things, but I'll get to them in good time~" she continued quietly while placing a hand on one of her hips. Her two knights were present at her side, dressed in the clothes that Demetrius and Violet had been wearing when they'd come into Nala's quarters.
"I'm.... Honestly sorry that I have to do this to you Nala. I want to assure you that, despite my distasteful actions today, I hold nothing but respect and affection for you. If you can believe nothing else of what I've said, please believe that! I meant it from the depths of my heart when I said that you were a magnificent elf, and in many ways I envy you..." she trailed off, her smile fading completely and being replaced by a frown. "I have studied you and your home for over a month now, tasked as I was by my superiors with seeing your village sworn to the service of my lord. They were not happy with my assessment that you could not be taken by force, and that coercion would be nearly impossible given the loyalty of the populace not only to one another, but to you. So, eventually, I came up with this."
She paused, and when she continued her voice was deadly serious, "You are nearly a mile beneath the ground, in the depths of a cave system that my kin emerged from some years ago. We abandoned it after wiping out a group of our former slaves that had taken control of it, and it has since been retaken..... By the arachne. Luckily for you, they never venture down here. I was very careful, as despite the task given to me I have no desire to see you harmed. So long as you remain down here, as I have no doubt that those bonds won't hold you for long, you will remain unharmed. The sealing collars, on the other hand, cannot be removed by any tool that you have access to, and attempting to break them.... Would not be good for any of you. I will return three days from now to take you from this place. By then, Kyederon will be under the full control of my king, and there won't be anything that you can do about it without risking the lives of everyone in it. You will be free to go your own way or rejoin your home as vassals.... I might even be able to get you governorship if you play your cards right, but you will be required to make oaths that I think you will find distasteful.
"Regardless of your choice, I want you to understand that I have no personal grievance with you. I advised against even attempting this despite it being the only course of action likely to succeed, but my hand was forced. As such, I will also advise you against attempting to attack me when I come back for you in three days. I will be prepared for it, and you will not be successful..." Esmerala trailed off, leaving what might happen after they were not successful to Nala's imagination, though she likely couldn't be blamed for reserving that for more constructive thoughts on what she might do to the troubled demoness for her current treachery.
The night elf was enjoying every delicious moment of sweet anticipation as the demon lord's swollen member teased her folds up and down, and the sounds of sex filled the air of the room, three couples, each with a dominant demon holding sway over a willing mortal supplicant. It was harmonious to Nala's sensibilities - and somewhere in her bloodline, the age old affiliation that her night elf ancestors had with their demon overlords began to hold sway. She wanted to be filled with the demon's seed, to surrender her body fully to this agent of damnation - so sinfully beautiful. How could something feeling this good be wrong?
Nala moaned and whimpered until at last Esmerela gave in to her own lust and thrust fully into her with one great motion of her hips. The power of it caught her by surprise and she bit into the sheets to stifle her scream of rapture. She quickly lifted her head though at Esmerela's order, and soon filled the room with her utterances of wanton delight, but only after several long moments of vigorous dicking from her domme.
"Hnn! Haah! Yes! Yes! Like that!" She said, encouraging the demoness to go faster still. "I wouldn't dream of stopping! Haha!"
Spiritually, the witch was learning a great deal. The way the tendrils of demonic magic were searching, locating through experimentation and then securing a deeper hold on her true soul. This was significant and Nala knew enough to concentrate as much as she could upon what exactly the threads of the demonic magic were doing right now. The greater Nala's excitement, the deeper the penetration to her soul, and the more essence that could be drained away.
Her concentration was interrupted by Esmerela's first explosive orgasm, the liquid fire of the demon sperm coating the inside of Nala's blighted womb that would bear no demonspawn. Nala crooned deeply as the demoness grew more lethargic, her sperm draining into the night elf's slit in gigantic, thick ropes. Nala's muscles tightened instinctively and milked the throbbing cock for every last drop.
"Ah yes, give it to me. I want your hot spunk, Esmerela! Haa!"
Moments later, Esmerela made her comments about children and gave Nala orders to change position. This made Nala grin and she complied, playfully crawling about on her bed, looking back over her shoulder at the demon. "What a terrible horde of demons that would be... but you will have to satisfy yourself with the pleasure I give you now, and indeed you have been~."
The night elf fell onto her back, spread her legs high, and with one hand spread her dripping nether lips wide and inviting while her other hand beckoned the demon lord with a crooked finger. "Come to me. I'm not empty yet, and I can't get enough of you."
The demon obliged her quickly enough, pouncing upon her and sliding easily inside of Nala' messy, welcoming pussy. This time her cock had changed, becoming bumpy and ridged, and perfectly designed to ravish Nala's depths. More than that, Esmerela pressed her body against Nala's and kissed her passionately while her wings wrapped about them both, cocooning the two of them in a dark world of tactile sensations. It was bliss, and Nala hugged the demon tightly, running her hands over the demon's oiled, slick skin, her nails digging into the flesh underneath where her wings connected to her back. This was easily the second or third best sexual encounter of Nala's life, behind Matthias and Violet, though admittedly the latter was due to the strong emotional tie Nala felt for her human disciple and friend.
Not too much later, it was Nala's turn again to cum for the demon lord, and when that happened, the demonic tendrils of power zoned in on the source of Nala's true soul, gulping down the essence hungrily and leaving Nala spiritually empty. Esmerela's growl was ravenous, and it made the purple-skinned beauty feel as though she were a meal of the highest quality being enjoyed by a connoisseur. The thought tickled Nala, and when the demon pulled away to allow the light back in, she would see her meal grinning at her, not at all displeased with how things were going.
After that, the demoness went back to Nala, this time fucking her with discipline and measured thrusts, designed to bring the two of them to one last climax together. Though Nala was tired, she did her best to align the roll of her hips and the counter thrusting to bring them both to a mutually beautiful end. They reached that peak together, and it was the perfect end to a perfect bout of love-making. Nala had nothing left, and was simply enjoying those last few moments of afterglow before sleep took hold of her. She heard Esmerela calling her magnificent, and managed a smile before repaying the compliment.
"I look forward to doing that again," she murmured, and then fell asleep to the demon's wide grin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The disorientation quickly cleared when Nala felt the bonds, and the warmth of the two bodies next to her. Then the most horrible feeling of all, being shut off from her magic, slammed into her gut. She wanted to cry out, to burst into tears, but that was not a possibility. She could not ever give the one behind this treachery the satisfaction. The fact that she had entertained that desire for even a moment was enough to move her onto the anger phase of her current position, but she let that flame die out quickly as well. By the time Esmerela spoke up, she had already accepted her position and was busy in her mind churning away at solutions.
She sat looking at Esmerela, reading the demoness' face as the betrayer made her statements. Nala was almost inclined to feel as if Esmerela might have even meant some of these things, but it was difficult given the immediacy of her betrayal, and even moreso because of the nature the way the trust had been breached. Even for a demon, what Esmerela had done was bad. When at last her enemy had stopped talking, Nala waited a moment before speaking up.
"Esmerela. You know what you have done is beneath you, and I offer you no comfort for it. Demons are known for breaking deals, but beings of true power - they don't have to resort to this. I had mistaken you for something better... I am disappointed."
Nala shifted so that she was sitting as upright as she could, her shoulders set and slightly leaning forward as she stared Esmerela down. There was no hate in her glare though, just certainty.
"I want to thank you for setting me back on the path that I had abandoned, Esmerela. You've reminded me of something very important. A fact that I had allowed myself to be naive about until this moment. And because you've reminded me of this, I'm going to offer you a chance. One chance. To earn my forgiveness."
She glanced at the two demon guards momentarily, before looking back at Esmerela.
"You were not always a demon lord. The three of you have had to work and claw your way up the ranks to reach where you are now. If you have had set backs during that time, then perhaps you will better be able to appreciate what I am about to say.
"There will be a day when I meet you again. I will be free, I will be far more powerful than I already am, and I will have you at my mercy. On that day, it will be too late to ask for my forgiveness, and I will not be kind. If you wish to have the opportunity to speak to me again, you must do two things. First, you must remove these collars. We will not be able to make our way back in time to prevent you from dispatching Kyederon's defenses, and I no longer intend to defend it anyway, so there is no need for them. Secondly, after you have done that, when you get back to the town, you will locate the two individuals known as Amanda and Charlotte, you will give them food and supplies, and you will send them out of the city. They will not come under demonic ownership. If you do these things, I may be able to forgive you on the day we meet once more."
Nala waited for the reply, expecting with sad fatalism Esmerela's dismissal of her terms. The demoness would need to be a keen observer of willpower to know that the witch elf's threat was not empty. She had reminded Nala for the necessity of ascension. For two years, Nala had tried to be complacent and merely protect a group of people from hardships. But a true defense in this horrible world gone wrong was a better offense. Matthias was ineffable in how he wanted to deal with things, but Nala was certain in her own cause and knew what she must do.
She must become like a goddess of fury and power, and destroy the demon king.
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 84, Status = Bound, Sealing Collar
For a moment, Nala thought that she saw a twinge of genuine hurt beneath Esmerala's stony visage when she expressed her disappointment in the demon's actions. Though she was bound to the unconscious forms of Violet and Demetrius, Nala found herself not only able to move enough to sit upright in a manner that was at least bearable if not particularly comfortable. "If I were a being of power, I wouldn't have betrayed you. Though I might respect you personally more than I have any other being, the things that my master would do to me if I didn't do as he demanded.... I am more sorry than you'll likely allow yourself to admit about my actions, but I can't imagine doing anything different," the demoness said earnestly, but then fell silent again and allowed Nala to say her piece.
She and her guards each quirked an eyebrow as Nala spoke of earning her forgiveness, and Esmerala in particular allowed her eyes to widen in amazement as Nala proclaimed that she didn't intend to defend Kyederon from them. "You would really do it, wouldn't you?" she said slyly, her eyes alight with their characteristic crimson glow. "You would just allow us to take your home just like that, without a contest? And you would forgive us our crimes against you simply by allowing you freedom here and setting your two favored servants free? Deal~" Esmerala said, but the male knight that had accompanied her scoffed and turned on her to say, "She lies! We ought to have killed her and her companions to ensure no loose ends! Allowing this woman to live will come back to haunt us, Lady Esmerala!"
Esmerala rose a hand toward him to silence him, but continued to watch Nala with a bemused smile as she replied; "I have already made my decision on this Ser Mikaeus, and as I am running this operation, you are bound to do as I say. And I say that you ought to take the key and undo Violet's collar, now, and then leave it one the floor some feet away so that she can free Nala and Demetrius when she awakens. As you saw fit to weaken her so much when you incapacitated her, I believe that she will be the last to awaken, so it seems appropriate." The knight scowled, but moved to obey immediately and without speaking back. He disappeared from Nala's view, and a moment later she heard an audible click and felt Violet's form shift slightly, still limp given her unconscious state but apparently free of the collar around her throat, as Mikaeus appeared holding it a moment later.
"Is there anything in particular that you'd like me to say to Amanda and Charlotte? I've studied them enough to know what to say to get them to leave, but if there's anything in particular you'd like to let them know, I can deliver the message... In your own words!" Esmerala said with a vicious smirk, and then her body began to shift. Her skin turned from tan to purple, matching Nala's complexion perfectly, and her physical form followed suit until Nala might have been looking into a mirror. The only portion of Esmerala that was recognizable were her crimson eyes, and even those had ceased to glow as the demoness gazed down at Nala with her wicked smile.
"I have watched you... Studied you extensively for over a month now. I have come to know you, though it was not as well as I'd have liked... Until last night at least~ Anyway... I know your companions well enough to pick them out, and I believed that those two would resist our takeover most strenuously if they were allowed to remain. Not having them present will save us much trouble in the long run, and so I believe that my lord will not mind their absence when he comes to take control of Kyederon himself. Now, unless you have anything else you'd like to say to me, I do believe that I have to oversee the surrender of Kyederon~"
"You can't imagine doing any different? My poor Esmerela... I might have offered you sanctuary from your masters. You could have shared my bed, fed from my soul, and been truly free for the first time in perhaps your entire existence. But you have made your decision. Perhaps your masters' praise will comfort you more than I would have." Her voice was still cold, but there was a trace of regret there that came from speaking truthfully. Nala viewed Esmerela as a great waste of an opportunity, but she could not trust her after this.
When the demon lord actually accepted her offer, Nala did her best to not react. She hadn't held out any true hope of her offer being accepted, but it had been. There was a chance now... a long shot, still, but Nala would have her magic back. Her precious magic... she eyed the male demon with an approving stare. That one at least had the right idea. The only trouble with his approach was that Nala would not be stopped by death. She would destroy daemon kind itself to come back and extract her vengeance. When it came time to discuss Amanda and Charlotte, Nala gave it a moment's thought before saying:
"I leave it for you to say why they should leave. Save that... let them know that ever since Amanda's soul was brought back from the Gemini, I have loved them both as sisters."
Nala rolled her eyes at the transformation. "I was aware that you were going to impersonate us the moment I saw your compatriot abandoning his armor for Demetrius' gauche badarian robes. They do nothing for his figure. As for you Esmerela, I will save what I have to say to you for the next time we meet."
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 84, Status = Bound, Sealing Collar
Esmerala froze in place when Nala spoke of offering her sanctuary, and for a brief moment a look of deep yearning came over her. The demoness remained still and silent for a long while, until her two companions began to stare at her. "Had I known what opportunity my haste has cost me~" she said quietly, and it was impossible to tell whether she was being genuine in her regret or if she were mocking Nala, as sorrow and mirth wove together in her voice. Esmerala said nothing more to Nala until she was about to leave, at which point she turned around and held out a hand for her two companions, which the knights took immediately even as they shaped themselves as Violet and Demetrius. Turning her head to give one last long look at Nala, Esmerala quietly said, "I will put whatever you have in that drawer to good use while you're away~"
And then she was gone, leaving Nala alone save for her two unconscious allies. A small glowing stone was left, tied to Nala's staff which had been leaned against the wall of the cave over a series of packs likely containing food and supplies. Her bonds were about as comfortable as could be expected given their nature, but the soft silk rope didn't dig at her skin at least, and whatever she was seated on was soft enough that the brief wait for her companions to awaken wasn't unbearable. Demetrius awoke first, groaning softly and shifting around in his bonds. When he realized that he couldn't move freely and had been left sitting up, the man stiffened and went silent, but his pause was only a few seconds long before he said; "What happened? Where are we?"
Violet was a while longer in waking, and Nala could explain as much or as little as she liked while the two of them waited for the assassin to join them in the wonderful world of consciousness. When Violet finally did awaken, she gave a soft murmur, one that Nala had heard pass from the assassin's lips many times before after they'd lain together, but then stiffened in a manner similar to what Demetrius had done not too long ago. And, of course, she repeated one of the same questions that the mage had asked, though she added another; "Where are we? How long have we been out?"
Nala watched the three adversaries leave, taking into consideration what Esmerela had said. The demoness could not have shown any true siding with Nala at that point, but IF Esmerela had been truly regretful of her actions, she was certainly offering enough clues and opportunities. She certainly had no reason to free Violet's collar and demon lords didn't ascend to her position by being stupid or careless.
When Demetrius woke, Nala said simply that they had been betrayed and that she would explain fully once Violet had woken. When the amazonian was up and aware, Nala sighed deeply.
"We were betrayed. The demons have taken us a mile beneath the earth in a cave system that they once emerged from many years ago. Here we are safe, but should we choose to ascend, a den of Arachne await us in a network of pitch black tunnels. Originally when I woke, all three of us were wearing these sealing collars. Esmerela made some lame apologies for having to do this and said that in three days she would come to collect us and let us go after she and her two goons were done impersonating us with shapeshifting powers and authorizing the false surrender of Kyederon to demon occupancy. I assured her that there would be a time when I would find her and if she didn't free us of our seals and release Amanda and Charlotte from bondage that I would kill her without hesitation. I expected her to refuse, but for her own cryptic reasons she acceded. Violet is not sealed and the key to our own seals lies there in front of her. Also, the message I had her agree to tell Amanda and Charlotte has an untruth in it that will tip the girls off to the deceit. All I had to do was promise not to defend the city. Don't be angry, I said what needed to be said, nothing more."
Finally Nala hung her head. "I am sorry... so sorry for letting this come to pass. I know you both disapproved of my trust, but my need for knowledge overcame my better judgement. Know that though Kyederon will be tested by this, I will not let it fall to demon occupation."
By this point, if Violet hadn't already cut through her bonds with spirit energy, Nala would encourage her to do so, and then quickly free Demetrius and herself of their ropes and collars.
"We mustn't tarry. We have a long trek to the surface ahead of us, and the demons have had hours of a head start. Nothing for it but to push on and do what we can."
The two listened to Nala's explanation, Demetrius having fallen silent after Nala's initial clipped response to his questions, and then to her apology afterwards without interrupting her. The very moment that Nala had finished, Violet cut herself free of her bonds, which didn't release either herself or Demetrius, walked over, picked up the key, and then got the sealing collars off of Nala and Demetrius before cutting them both free with a blade formed of light-blue light, the assassin's preferred weapon in the time that Nala had known her. The feel of her magic sweeping back in was a relief
The mage stood and stretched the kinks out of his muscles, and it was about then that they all realized that they had been sitting on a set of their own clothes, neatly folded and with a pair of their own preferred footwear sitting on the side. After cutting them both free of their bonds, Violet crouched down and began to dress in her usual clothes, a thin, sleeveless shirt that allowed her full freedom of movement and similarly proportioned, loose fitting trousers. As she redressed, Violet replied first to what Nala had said; "You needn't apologize Nala, none of us expected the full depth of that woman's treachery, even if we didn't precisely agree with your decision. If I had thought that you would abandon those under your protection to the care of demons after you returned me from what I had become at the hands of the goblins, I would have to have been a fool."
Demetrius, who had only bothered to pull on his underclothes since being freed, was staring thoughtfully at the clothes. His hand on his chin, the balding mage turned his gaze towards the bag of supplies and finally asked; "Why?" Violet, who had been looking through that very bag after Nala had determined that they ought to leave as soon as they could to make up for lost time, glanced over her shoulder at him and grunted; "Why!? Because our friends and neighbors, the men and woman you yourself are sworn to lead and protect, are going to be raped and have their spirits eaten like ours were!" The man waved a hand at Violet dismissively, "No... Why are we here?"
"Because Esmerala wanted us out of the way!" Violet replied sharply, beginning to lose her temper, but Demetrius once more waved his hand dismissively, and said; "No, why are we here specifically? In this cave? And not in Celesis, in the hands of Esmerala's master and kinsmen? Or, more importantly, why are we alive? Powerful as we might be, the three of us don't have a sum worth in power greater than the whole of Kyederon. We would have been expendable if Esmerala just wanted us for our souls, she'd have had first pick of the spoils from the whole of the village, and she had to have known that we would be a threat to her if we ever got out of here on our own. So why keep us alive, and if she did, why not leave us guarded by people that she trusts?" That seemed enough to mollify Violet's growing frustrations with the man's musings, but after a moment she shrugged and started walking in a slow circle around the room, eying the walls and the ceiling. "We don't find out down here, not before we lose our only chance of saving Kyederon from the demons."
They were out of the initial cave shortly thereafter, Demetrius having allowed the matter of Esmerala's choice of prison to drop unless Nala's interest was piqued on the subject. Nala, back in touch with the flow of nature thanks to the removal of the sealing collar, easily found a path leading up towards the surface. Knowing that they would be coming up into an arachne den, Demetrius cast a spell upon himself to prepare for what he expected to be a violent encounter. Violet, who used solely her own energies, didn't yet enact anything that would cost her any of her precious energies, in case they should be required later. Nala could prepare for the upcoming encounter however she liked as they climbed out of the darkened hole, Demetrius having conjured a magical lantern that he said would prevent anything from sneaking up on them that also banished the darkness in their immediate area. He was also left carrying the bag, though he didn't grumble about it given that he had insisted on taking it and the sealing collars with them.
Nala slipped on her thin silken green dress with silver trim and a gossamer web design on the low hanging cloth that had been spun by one of the original girls who had been saved from the goblins. Nala was happy not to have lost it. After that she slipped on her wrap-around sandals, whose straps closed about her calf muscles and shins. The shoes were sturdy leather on the soles, strong enough to withstand wear and tear, yet light and airy enough to not weigh the mage down nor hide her delicate feet from view.
She hefted her staff, not much more than something for show and to lean on, but it was a symbol of her status, and so she kept it close. She listened to the two of her friends bicker back and forth until at last it became clear enough that Esmerela's odd motivations be revealed.
"I have a strong feeling that the treacherous demon lord may be regretting her actions. She took unnecessary care to let me know that her hand was being forced in this issue. She also could easily have let us all be left without the key to our collars. And she didn't have to tell us where we were or that there is an arachne den directly above us. She's taken every effort to give us a chance to break free and stop her plans. I think it prudent to capture her for questioning when this is all over, rather than outright kill her. I can't imagine a demon lord being that incompetent with their victims unless it were on purpose. Nevertheless, she DID betray us and leave us down here to fend for ourselves while she impersonates us handing our community over to rampaging demons. So we must get out of here, defeat her plans, and then determine the exact level of her guilt in all this. Rest assured though, she will be punished."
As they left their initial cave, Nala buffed herself with two minor spells, using Inner Strength nature magic to increase her mental faculties, while simultaneously harnessing chaotic energies to make any attack on her person that much more likely to miss. Once these preparations were in place, she nodded to the two others and started to climb.
"Only a mile to go... maybe we can convince one of those Arachnes' to carry us out? Mmm?" Nala grinned. Actually, the thought of the spider-folk lurking here so close was already giving her ideas. To beat the demons, she would have to do something unexpected. Demetrius had made the point that the three of them alone were not enough to overwhelm Kyederon's defenses, but maybe they didn't need to be alone.
The wheels in the witch elf's head began to spin as they climbed further up, up, and up out of the abyss.
Cast Inner Strength and Power of Chaos Level 2 spells for boost to Mind and then boost to dodge
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 80/84, Status = Fine, +22 Mind (Inner Strength) +22 Dodge (Power of Chaos)
NPC stats
Demetrius: HP = 90, PP = 80, EP = 84/90, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +22 Dodge (Arcane Armor)
Violet: HP = 75, PP = 50, EP = 75, Status = Fine
Rolls
Nala's level 2 buffs: 10 + 1 = 11 * 2 = +22 Mind and Dodge
"I somehow doubt they'll be giving any of us any rides when we stumble across them.... Or they stumble across us," Violet replied ominously to Nala's remark regarding the arachne that were waiting for them somewhere above. Neither the assassin nor the Badarian mage with Nala had responded verbally when she insisted that they should seek to capture Esmerala rather than kill her, but Demetrius had at least nodded in agreement to the idea. The climb through the cave system was messy, slow, and uncomfortable to say the least. Several times they were forced to crawl through narrow tunnels, which were muddy and cramped more often than not. Sudden dips in the floor concealed pits so deep and dark that even with Demetrius' magical light they couldn't see the bottom, and Violet very nearly dropped to her death at the bottom of one at one point.
All in all, the journey up through the cave system could hardly be considered pleasant, and given that it had taken them the better part of five hours (Demetrius had a watch) it couldn't be called brief either. Finally, they passed the first instances of silky webbing that signaled their approach of the arachne's lair, and Demetrius held his magical lantern over his own head. He and Violet grew tense as they ascended further, climbing over a particularly large boulder that was half coated in webs containing a number of bony lumps. As she reached the top of that boulder, Nala heard a soft skittering sound, but if she attempted to locate its source she would fine the cavern in which they stood empty save for her and her comrades. As they climbed ever upwards, quiet sounds would come and go at random. A skittering here, a soft click there, but never could any one of them find the source of the sounds.
Finally, daylight appeared just ahead, golden rays of light drowning out the sterile white of Demetrius' magical lantern. That was when the arachne finally chose to make their presence known.
Five of them suddenly dropped from the ceiling, surrounding Nala and her companions and blocking the way forward and the way back, but they didn't attack immediately. They were all naked, each possessing the torso and head of a night elven woman, but their bottom halves took the form of monstrous spiders, each as large as a horse. A large horse. Despite their superficial similarities, each of them was slight differences from one another in the realms of skin and hair color and physique. The one directly ahead of them, for instance, was fairly petite, slimmer even than Nala had been when she had first left her mother's temple. Her skin was pale pink, a rare color among her kin sometimes associated with albinism, and streaks of blood red ran down her spider-like body. White hair hung down to her lower back, strands of it partially concealing her tiny breasts, and a pair of dark green eyes that were nearly dark enough to be black gazed at Nala in particular.
"Well now... What have we here I wonder? You aren't ours.... Yet.... And that begs the question as to how you came to be here? Two humans and an elf... Such a precious gift rarely falls into our hands so easily...." said the lead arachne as she gazed at Nala and her companions, flicking her tongue across one of her long, bladelike fingers after she had finished. Demetrius and Violet were tense, ready for a fight, but the arrangement of the five spider-women seemed designed to inhibit magical attacks from being able to sweep aside all of them, their distance and range making it impossible to strike more than one with anything that wouldn't fill the whole of the cavern with death. Demetrius and Violet recognized that too, and thus didn't immediately move to strike.
"No they won't offer it of course. But that's the nature of strangers. Don't worry Deme, the Arachne are not going to stop us. But if we play our cards right, they may well help us," Nala trailed off mysteriously in her response to her magus colleague. She had used her pet name for him, which she had been experimenting with recently. Familiarity had bred intimacy between the human and herself, and though he wasn't the prettiest man she'd ever taken to her bed, she enjoyed his arcane knowledge, and his willingness to play third wheel when Violet and herself required a male playmate. His growing rapport with the Badarian men and his natural military authority had been invaluable in those early months. As such, he was likely the closest male companion she had had... ever, really. Odd that it'd be a guy like him.
The long trek through the bowels of the earth left little time for pleasant reverie. Sharp rocks and treacherous pitfalls awaited them, forcing them all to scramble at certain points for desperate handholds and tenuous purchase, lest they lose themselves in the deep souterrains. Violet had had the narrowest of escapes, demanding quick action from both Nala and Demetrius to haul her back up from a tumble into pitch blackness.
"Esmerela... I haven't forgiven you yet..." Nala breathed quietly through gritted teeth as Violet was tugged back into her waiting arms after that terrifying moment of almost losing her Amazonian disciple and favorite lover. The human spirit warrior had been everything Nala had looked for in a sexual partner - competent, eager, willing to learn and to teach, a true friend, and an object of natural desire for the witch elf. Despite her tough and experienced nature, Violet had taken on a submissive role to the petite night elf, despite being an extremely capable creature in her own right. Nala adored the girl for that and took special delight in their lovemaking, whether it was just the two of them or with helpers to make the experience that much more exotic. Violet was nearly always at the center of attention when Nala and she shared a bed.
"Careful dear... you know if you fall down one of those, I'm obligated to jump in after you," Nala quipped, even as she fought to quell the shudder of fear rushing through her body, sending her heart racing. Her humor was the only way she could defend against shedding tears at having almost lost Violet.
Nala settled down after they had reached the first signs of sticky silken webbing. It was more reassuring to the witch elf, because she figured that they had moved beyond the stage where hidden dangers in the earth where a problem and now only the spider-folk remained between them and the world above. This was proven to be true when they finally reached the area with a spot of sun shining its rays down into the cavern below. At last, the skittering that had been following them for the better part of an hour emerged from the shadows and took on the form of five arachne predators, eyeing the three of them hungrily.
It was easy to pick out the leader of the pack. The oddly skinned one who spoke up while the others remained silent. Nala recognized the danger in the situation, but put on her most confident smile. She knew that with her magic, she was by far the most dangerous predator down here in this cavern of shadows.
"I had been wondering when you would show yourselves. I'm sure that by the end of our conversation, you will indeed find that you have been gifted, sweet cousin." Nala said, stepping to the front to stare down her would be captor. "Yet not in the way that you might think."
The witch elf cocked her head to one side, studying the pink and red skinned arachne's body. "You are the first of your kind that I've been able to study up close. Remarkable... beauty and lethality combined. The demon lord who thought she could use you as my jailers had every reason to think you would hold me back. She was mistaken, but only because she underestimated me. Isn't that the problem though, with demons? Their hubris blinds them. Arachne no doubt have a better sense of pragmatism, mmm? It's what makes you the best of hunters -- the minds of your night elven lineage. Oh, of course, you are no longer elves... but you and I share closer bloodlines than even that of my high elven kin in the north."
Nala showed her teeth in a grin as her green eyes crackled with the maintained power of nature from her spell. "I am in a hurry to get to the surface. I have a demon army to destroy. Perhaps you would be so kind as to help us? I could use a group of experienced hunters like yourselves..."
She eyed the way the group of arachne reacted to this, adding. "Of course, I have ways of compensating you. Some I think you and I would appreciate very much."
If at any point, the arachne attempted something, Nala would be ready with her spell. She would be summoning an extremely thick group of grappling vines to bind these spider women in the same way that they naturally hoped to bind the humans and elf.
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 80/84, Status = Fine, +22 Mind (Inner Strength) +22 Dodge (Power of Chaos)
NPC stats
Demetrius: HP = 90, PP = 80, EP = 84/90, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +22 Dodge (Arcane Armor)
Violet: HP = 75, PP = 50, EP = 75, Status = Fine
Demetrius frowned slightly, but whether it was from her use of the petname that she'd adopted for him or because of her cryptic words was something that the man chose to keep to himself. He had never admitted to liking or disliking the affectionate shortening of his first name, but he always frowned when it was said in public. Violet had heard the name many times before of course, and he had most certainly never had a problem with its use in the bedroom, either alone with Nala or with the both of them, but it might have been considered odd that he frowned now when it was just the three of them. Perhaps it was the seriousness of the situation? Regardless, he chose to keep his thoughts to himself and pressed onwards through the cavern system without offering any reply.
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"Oh? Do tell~" the lead arachne said as she continued to lick one of her deadly claws, apparently unable to perceive their magical power and thus unaware of the real threat that Nala and her companions were. The flattery that Nala availed upon the spider woman was responded to with a rich laugh that spoke of the delight of a very rotten soul, containing a brand of mirth that Nala hadn't ever heard before but that would have sent a shiver down a less confidant woman's spine. "And a sweet one too? I always did prefer candied words to idle threats~" the arachne replied, letting the matter of the ways of demons slide for some reason.
The crackling green of Nala's eyes as she spoke further was met by a similar glow from the eyes of the arachne. That could mean only one thing; that she was either a mage, or a wielder like Violet. She continued to smirk confidently as Nala spoke of the army of demons that she would need to destroy and of compensating them for their help, her fangs showing at the corners of her mouth. She waited a moment after Nala had finished, allowing the room to fall into a tense silence as she pondered what the elven witch had said.
"An army of demons to destroy eh? High aspirations for one unlikely to leave this chamber~ My dear little cousin, do you really presume to recruit us to your cause when we have you cornered like this, practically at our mercy already? No... You are not bargaining from a position of strength, and yet you stand there, ready to strike out at us with magic as if we are not prepared for it! You offer us compensation... What could you possibly grunt us that we would not take from you anyway? Surely not the use of your body or those of your companions?" There was a pause in which the spider woman eyed Nala, moving her hand away from her mouth and instead folding both arms under her chest. "Might I ask the name of one who is so brazen in the presence of hungry predators? I should be allowed to spread the reputation of one so bold, whether you turn out to be a fool or a force of nature."
Nala was disappointed in the way the chief arachne laughed. What someone finds joy in was telling, and she found the arachne's delight to be as distasteful as a demon's. She supposed that she shouldn't be surprised at this - they were twisted beings, these spider folk, but they were intelligent and skilled, and with a bit of work, not above redemption - not if Nala had her way with them.
The lead arachne went on to make her boasts, and to show off the fact that she was a wielder of arcane or possibly spiritual magics. Though Nala's smile soured a little, it did not disappear completely. And when the arachne finished, another moment of tense silence filled the undeground cavern.
"I was afraid you would see it that way. Very well, then allow me to introduce myself."
With an intense crackling of arcane power, Nala collected the vast reserves of abundant Nature magic that resided in the jungle above. Shooting out from the earth in nearly every direction, hundreds of writhing vines, some as thick as a small tree trunk, began to wrap about the five arachne while at the same time providing a confusing buffer between them and Nala's small company. The vines would wrap about each of the spiderfolk's eight legs, and pin down their bulbous lower torsos while also seeking to catch their arms at the elbows, well away from the razor sharp claws, and bind their arms together behind their backs. Their necks and humanoid chests would be likewise bound, and if there was time enough, some of the more dextrous, smaller vines would seek to gag up their mouths, the better to let Nala speak on in relative silence.
Nala casts Entangling Vines, Level 5, with Empowerd Spell for 16 EP. Bringing into existence three Vines with 106 body each. The lead arachne is grapple by one of these vines, while the other two vines evenly divvy up the remaining four arachne, spread out as they are, they should still be within reach of the three vines. The following paragraphs are what ensues if the spider women are successfully bound.
"My name is Nala of Kyederon! And I know a thing or two about being a predator, dear cousin."
Nala approached the bound spider with the pink flesh. "Some of them prefer to lure their prey into a false sense of security. It was never I who was trapped here with you. On the contrary, it is you who are trapped here with me, now."
The witch elf held out her hand and the green energy was momentarily displaced with the eerie, black hue of entropic magic. The witch elf was feeling partially drained and she didn't want to give up the advantage while she still had it. Quickly she cast a basic drain spell on the lead arachne, intending to drain back her reserves of energy from this potential rival caster.
Cast Energy Drain
She didn't want to knock the spider out, so she made sure to leave her with a small reserve of energy, just enough to keep her lucid.
"I will destroy the demon army, but I am not one to pass over an opportunity. The arachne have been growing in numbers in the jungles, rising up. You're a potential threat to my haven, even after I deal with the demons, as I dealt with the invaders from the stars... So what do I do with potential threats? Do I stomp them out?"
The vines tightened about the pink spider's throat for a moment, but then loosened again to allow the spider to breath.
"Or do I join with them, under mutually beneficial conditions?" Nala made certain the lead arachne's head and body were doubly bound, but then approached and caressed the pink arachne's face, steering clear of the mouth which would hold poisonous teeth.
"I require the demon army not simply dead... I desire them to fear me first. I want them to realize they have awoken a terrible sleeping titan, who now roused will crush them underfoot. And I want you, sweet cousin, to be my first dagger placed in the demon king's body. Now doesn't that sound nice? And cooperation with me..."
Nala's wandering hands had roamed down the pink flesh, down to the exposed slit just where the chitinous black spider body met the soft, supple elf skin. Her fingers probed and rubbed along the folds, while the grappling vines began to coil and rub sensually against the arachne's upper body, paying special attention to the small bosom.
"...brings with it, its own benefits and pleasures." Nala cooed as her soft fingers plied further against the spider woman's sensitive flesh. The night elf followed the creature's eyes, curious to see just how she would react to the witch's sensual touch - she expected anger, but if there was any pleasure there, Nala would sense it and hone in on it like a shark to blood. She fully intended to addict this creature and her sisters to her own will.
"Or perhaps you still think of yourself as the predator in this arrangement?" Nala said, an eyebrow raised as one of her fingers slipped inside and crooked upwards. The witch elf removed the vine from the lead arachne's mouth. "I will not see you go unrewarded of course~ No indeed, I intend for you to breed many powerful young Arachne, and to earn a place for yourselves within a free Kyederon..."
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 84, Status = Fine, +22 Mind (Inner Strength) +22 Dodge (Power of Chaos)
NPC stats
Demetrius: HP = 90, PP = 80, EP = 80/90, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +22 Dodge (Arcane Armor)
Violet: HP = 75, PP = 50, EP = 67/75, Status = Fine
Rolls
Nala casts Empowered Mass of Vines, summoning three bunches of vines with 106 Body and 118 Grapple.
Casting: Success. 16 EP for empowered level 5 spell.
Attack (Vines) : All hit.
The five arachne are grappled.
The arachne on the ceiling attempt a sneak attack!
Stealth: Automatic Failure thanks to Demetrius' lantern.
A third arachne tries to drop on Nala. Violet does not allow this.
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 10 * 8 = 80 - 16 = 64 damage.
Nala casts Energy Drain on the arachne
Casting: Success.
Attack: Hit.
Damage: 4 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 2 = 18 * 3 = 54 EP drained, still less than the arachne has so you're good. Nala regains all of her EP.
The spider women all tensed as Nala prepared to unleash her power, but none of them was prepared for the sudden burst of vines that appeared from three different places, roots and green plants tearing up from the ground and grabbing the spiders. Their legs and bodies and even their arms were quickly bound by the writhing plants, and all but their leader was gagged as a single thick vine forced itself into each of their mouth's. The leader's body tensed as an expression of utter rage tore over her, every toned muscle in the unnatural creature's body tensing as she tried to pull away from the horde of vines trying to hold her. "You dare attack us in our own home!" she growled, but then Demetrius voice sounded from behind Nala; "I don't think so!"
There was a loud bang and a feeling of intense heat, and a rain of ashes fell upon Nala while burnt and burning webbing fell only a short ways around, a net that the mage had burned away before it could fall on them. The woman's words had apparently been a signal, and Nala felt the other mage drawing in energy to produce what she knew would be a devastating attack. When she called out to ensure that his magical assault was less than lethal, however, Nala felt him scramble to obey, sending up a much weaker burst and smoothly channeling the rest of the energy into the ground beneath his feet. The reduction of the power of his spell was accomplished so smoothly that Nala wouldn't even have felt it were it not for her ability to sense the magic pouring into the earth beneath their feet, and the resulting explosion still lit up the darkened ceiling of the chamber and exposed a trio of arachne who had been hidden up out of the mage's magical light.
Two of them were swept up in the flames of the mage's spell and fell from the ceiling, landing in charred, crumpled heaps beside them with a pair of sickening crunches. Both of them were still alive, if barely, but the third hadn't been included in Demetrius' reduced spell and quickly moved to drop down onto Nala. "Got it," Violet called quietly, and just before the last arachne would have fallen on top of her it was intercepted by a wide burst of golden light that smacked into it and redirected it, even lifting it up slightly to send it hurtling towards the wall next to the arachne leader, which it slammed into with a similar crunching noise before falling down to the ground, also just barely alive.
It was about then that Nala delivered her name, at which the arachne leader froze in place, her jaw falling open in amazement and thus allowing herself to be momentarily gagged. Her muscles tensed again at that, but she let out a quiet scream as Nala magically siphoned off a portion of her soul, restoring herself to full strength instantly. Even though she was fairly helpless at the time, Nala felt the raw power of the spider's spirit, far more than she could siphon away with a single attempt if she wasn't trying to do so explicitly, and thus Nala didn't have to measure her power in the slightest. Despite her bound position, the woman didn't even flinch as Nala caused the vines to briefly tightened around her throat, instead staring at Nala with a now completely calm and composed look.
That look lasted throughout Nala's light caress of the woman's face, and her foe didn't even make the attempt to squirm at her in order to attack. Indeed, even when Nala reached the arachne's sex, which was none too different from her own, the woman didn't so much as blink.... At first. Few were those who could stand before Nala's ministrations for very long, however, at least not without showing signs of it, and her soft ministrations were soon rewarded by a soft gasp through the vine plugging the arachne's mouth, her expression breaking as a blush spread across her cheeks. Nala could feel some of the spider-woman's juices on her fingers then, and the tips of her pert breasts were visibly erect when Nala got a peek of them through the vines writhing over the woman's form. Demetrius and Violet remained silent and still, though Nala could sense their presence and give the two orders if she so desired.
When Nala caused the vines binding the leader to pull aside, freeing her mouth to speak, the first thing to come out was a soft gasp as Nala's fingers touched a particularly sensitive spot. She squirmed slightly, and if Nala chose to attack that spot while the woman spoke her words would come in quick gasps and included frequent pauses in which she could do nothing but moan and attempt to pull away from Nala's touch. Regardless of how cruel the night elf was, however, the arachne spoke her piece; "That changes things! You should have spoken your name sooner, Nala of Kyederon, for it is a name that we recognize well. Many tales have we heard of you even here... Some of our captives have even spoken your name in an attempt to inspire mercy, though I doubt any of them were actually of your company." Nala had indeed not heard of any disappearances from her community, at least not lately, and given Kyederon's still relatively small size it was unlikely that anyone that these arachne had captured could be from her village without the elven witch having heard of it.
"I would question how you came to be here, but I believe that I can piece it together from what you've already told me. The demons are our enemies as well, given our alliance with their former slaves, but joining you against them would be a great risk on our part... I would have to know more of what incentives you might have to offer!"
"Don't kill them!" Nala had shouted as soon as Demetrius' eldritch lantern spell lit up the three hidden arachne lurking above. Nala was still in the midst of her vine spell, and would not have been able to react to the clever ambush, but fortunately for the witch elf, she had powerful friends. Demetrius' fire blast hit two of the attackers, engulfing them in flames, causing them to screech in agony before crumpling to the earth. Nala's heightened life sense still told her they were alive, albeit barely. A third attacker's knife-like fingers came dangerously close to her head, but Violet's calm and focused energy blast caught the foe in mid-air, concussing the monstrous woman tremendously before hurling her into the far wall with a resounding crack.
It was only then that Nala felt comfortable with continuing her cruel, almost taunting caresses, and she was pleased to have eventually cracked the lead arachne's stone-like visage. So these arachne DID feel pleasure in equal measure to the other races. This was a good thing. However, when the lead arachne gave such a strong and impassioned response to Nala's name, the witch elf slowed her seductive ministrations to allow her to speak more easily.
"My name should change nothing. These here," she indicated the vines. "They change things. They allow you and I to talk. Eventually, there will be no need for them - but for now, you will understand if I do not release you simply because you flatter me with recognition. Though feel free to tell me your name, I would know who I am speaking to."
The night elf stopped her pleasuring and turned towards the two charred bodies, and then over her shoulder to the crumpled form of the third spider girl. She sighed deeply. "I shall use some of your gifted energy to save your companions. I had no intention of killing you, but my friends Demetrius and Violet, they are very invested in my safety. Either one of them is more than capable of destroying you, so I strongly suggest that you act more cordially going forward."
Nala directed some vines to wrap around the unconscious limbs of the arachne, so that when she did heal them, she wouldn't give them an opportunity to attack her. Once she had cast a healing spell on the three of them and had them bound up with the others she went back to standing in front of the lead arachne, and once again began to caress her, even going so far as to plant light kisses across her petite breasts.
"Now, where were we? Oh yes, you were telling me how travelers used my name to inspire mercy. Did they receive it I wonder? No, none under my protection has yet gone missing, though I am now of the opinion that protection isn't my strongest suit. You see, a demon lord had the audacity to not uphold a bargain, and now, that same demon is going to try to harm my chosen nest - handing it over to the demon king. I'm not going to let that happen - but I'm also going to go a step further, for you see, after I'm done taking back my city, I'm going to make the demons understand that this sort of foul play will not go unpunished."
Nala rubbed along one of the arachne's exposed tits, fingering it softly between her thumb and index finger. "Now, your race's history is not unknown to me. And your future, well, I have no qualms with you claiming a place in the jungles. In point of fact, I would welcome you openly into Kyederon so long as you all agreed to some base set of laws and didn't betray my trust. After all, I've already tamed a small group of demons to become law abiding citizens, I don't see why I couldn't expect a smart group of arachne to know how to conduct themselves among the bipedal races." Nala grinned and stopped talking for a moment to let her whip tongue flicker across the arachne's hardened nipple, teasing her further, just as the witch's hand once again lowered itself the creature's very elven shaped flower and slipped inside once again, quickly finding that special spot of pleasure.
"But I'm sure that that isn't enough to entice you to fight demons with me. No, you've got quite a nice nest here, even the thought of cooperative cohabitation with willing breeders wouldn't be enough to sway you. So~ I am proposing something more experimental, more exciting. I want to increase your numbers personally, and I want to use magic, MY own brand of magic, to make the arachne I create the strongest, fastest, and most naturally arcane generation of your species ever!" Nala's eyes were green pools of delight as she uttered her plan, pressing her exploratory digits up against the arachne's pleasure zone as she did this, for added effect.
"The ritual I propose would require much power, a constant feed of energy throughout the entire incubation period -- I would be pouring Natural magic directly into each egg, perfecting the development processes and enhancing them where able. And as a bonus, I would use my expertise in Entropic forces to make the paralytic toxins in each child FAR more efficient than they already are. A perfected clutch of eggs... the deadliest predators in the jungle made more incredible. You and I could be the mothers of such a brood.~
"To perform such a ritual, I will need to have a large pool of essence to draw upon. I want demonic essence - it is more malleable, and more familiar to me. It is also in abundance at the present, for I know a pacifying force exists not far from the entrance to these caverns, waiting to occupy Kyederon. If you and your brethren can capture a suitable number of demons, I could power such a ritual as I described. Your race benefits, expands above ground, and earns a valuable ally. All you need do is fight the demons who would seek to grind you down with their own rule as quickly as they would any one else... So my dear... what do you say?"
Nala: HP = 51, PP = 75, EP = 84, Status = Fine, +22 Mind (Inner Strength) +22 Dodge (Power of Chaos)
NPC stats
Demetrius: HP = 90, PP = 80, EP = 80/90, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +22 Dodge (Arcane Armor)
Violet: HP = 75, PP = 50, EP = 67/75, Status = Fine
Rolls
Grapple: The arachne wins. She has used Pummel.
Attacks: All three hit the vines.
Damage: 5 + 5 + 39 + 54 - 8 = 95 damage per hit. One of Nala's vines is destroyed.
"Divinar," the lead arachne responded simply, and then fell silent as Nala bound and then healed the three wounded arachne. They awoke immediately, their eyes snapping open to observe their surroundings before regarding Nala with a petulant glare, as each of the other save for the leader were gazing at. As Nala stepped back up to her, Divinar remained as still as a statue despite the mild blush on her face, and didn't even bother to answer the question regarding their mercy to those that invoked Nala's name.
Attempting to weather Nala's assault with as much dignity as she could, Divinar nonetheless blushed a shade brighter when Nala's lips began trailing kisses along her breasts. Silence reigned save for Nala's own words and the rustling of her summoned vines, not a peep escaping from any of the bound arachne or either of her own allies as they all watched her sexually dominate the lead spider woman. Her tongue flicking out and her fingers once more descending into the bound arachne's sex elicited a light whimper and a shudder, but she seemed to have hardened her resolve to show nothing of what she was feeling from Nala's touch. The juices that began to drip from her lower lips told a very different story, however, as the constant assault upon the sensitive spot that Nala had discovered so easily were making the spider woman squirm.
The announcement of Nala's plan was not met quite so eagerly by her allies, or at least not by Violet. "Have you gone mad Nala? Even if it wasn't repulsive.... We don't have time for this! Why don't we just leave them here and be off back to Kyederon?" the assassin demanded, but in the moment that Nala reacted to the woman's words she momentarily widened her perceptions slightly, and saw the shadows twisting along the ground beneath the spider woman. Though she might have realized that something was happening, Nala was not prepared for what was to come next.
Realizing that she'd been made, Divinar suddenly dropped the facade of helplessness and shuddered. Nala found her fingers pushed from the spider woman's sex suddenly and violently as black, chitinous armor suddenly covered the arachne from the top of her head to the sharp tip of each of her eight feet. Living shadow contorted around her, and suddenly every part of the arachne seemed to be made of points and edges. Living weapon that the shadow-coated spider had become, she was still almost frighteningly swift, and as it turned out, strong enough to match. Tearing her arms free of the vines hold him, she turned upon the mass of conjured plants and proceeded to literally shred through them, her claws flashing through the air so quickly that Nala could barely track them.
Violet was next to her in a heartbeat, forcibly dragging her away from the flashing claws as she prepared a wave of power that even Nala could sense was far more potent than what she had used to send the arachne that had dropped from the ceiling careening into the wall like a leaf caught in a strong breeze. It was an unnecessary gesture as it turned out, as the arachne stayed precisely where she was even as the vines were torn to bits in short order. Nala knew fully well that the spider woman could have easily gone for her rather than the vines in her initial assault, and when the arachne went still it became clear that she would have fared no better than the vines. For a moment, silence ruled unless Nala chose to break it, and as the shadow armor faded from the now panting and visibly exhausted arachne they could observe the damage that she had wrought.
There wasn't a section of her summoned vines that was longer than three feet remaining intact, and even those could do little more than wriggle feebly. Gouges were present in the stone where the core of the vines had lain, and due in part to the distribution of the vines at least one of the wounded arachne had ended up in the same cluster as her leader. The other two groups were still bound by the intact vines, which were still at Nala's beck and call, but the one that had been freed retook her feet and smirked imperiously at Nala, though the expression was not repeated by the arachne that had actually done the freeing. Within seconds, the shadow armor covering Divinar was gone, leaving her just as she was before.
Assuming that Nala had not taken action in retaliation to her surprise gambit for freedom that could have easily included taking off Nala's own head, the arachne pointed a single claw in her direction and finally offered a full response; "You are incorrect on more than one point, I am afraid!" She folded her arms under her chest and adopted a less threatening posture, "Firstly, your vines are not protection enough from me. They never were, though I would have offered you the illusion of security if you had not stolen more than half of my energies to save those that are already dead to us anyway~" With that, an alarmed look came across the arachne that Nala had healed who was even then standing beside Divinar, though the more powerful specimen didn't seem to notice the look of fear on her kin's face. "Secondly, your name changes a great many things! Had you simply stated your name before now we could have skipped this childish face off and skipped to the part where we reach an agreement that benefits us both.
"You are powerful Nala, and you have powerful friends, but we serve the Webspinner. We will ever serve her, and not even your manipulations will ever change that. That said, our goals are not mutually exclusive; We both seek the humbling of the demons that have taken Celesis and now advance upon your own home of Kyederon, so an alliance of convenience is not impossible. Whether this springs into a more permanent fixture will be determined later~"
"Thirdly, neither your wizard nor your assassin could beat me in single combat, not if I were at full strength at least. I admit freely that I am greatly weakened, most of my energies taken by you or spent on breaking free, but if now is my time to die then I gladly go to join my queen! "
If both free and alive, the arachne paused for a moment, sizing up Nala and her companions reactions to her statements. Violet, for her part, sneered at the idea that the arachne could best her, while Demetrius remained largely expressionless. After giving Nala a moment to respond to anything she liked, and again if she were still fit to do so, Divinar would begin to speak once more; "And that leaves us with your offer... And if its still on the table, the answer is simple; Yes. Your skill with magic is as legendary as your defense of your home, and if you would put that talent to work strengthening my brood I would gladly be willing to put in a little work to provide the spirits to supply you energy for it."
Nala's fingers were violently expunged from Divinar's sex, and the night elf quickly stepped back to stand away from the suddenly dark, chitinous form of Divinar as it shredded through the many powerful vines that Nala had summoned as though she were a scythe through wheat.
"Shadowmancy... I've seen this power before. It suits you well, Divinar, though you do look quite spent~"
Internally, Nala knew that Divinar could have struck her down quite easily, as she had not been prepared in time.
"Perhaps my vines were not adequate to hold you truly, but just as you spared me the cut of your shadow armor, you must realize that had I wanted you dead, vines would not have been my first spell." Nala shifted her attentions momentarily to the three arachne whom she had healed.
"It is a shame that you consider your own defeated kindred dead to you, however if that is the case, they are welcome to perform their goddess' work under my protection. As for you Divinar, I would not dream of asking you to abandon the Webspinner, nor do I intend to send you to an eternal repose by her side. I simply suggest that we form, as you say, an alliance of convenience, with the hope that it may one day become something more."
Nala waved a hand and let the remaining vines loosen, freeing the rest of the captive arachne, though she didn't unsummon the remaining vines quite yet. It was then that Divinar spoke again regarding Nala's offer, and agreed to it.
"Excellent. Then we have an accord. And as my dear companion has alluded, the demons will seek to usurp Kyederon soon. The best time for your kin to capture the necessary demons would be now, while they are still outside of my walls. If you send your minions to do this, along with my associate Demetrius, then I can accompany you back to your lair and prepare for my end of the bargain. I do have one more request. That the strongest amongst you be the supplier of the eggs. Shall I assume that is you, Divinar? Or is there another?"
Turning to her human companions, Nala said in a softer but quicker voice, "The Demons will be expecting the three of us to escape and fight. We cannot afford to be predictable. If the arachne can be convinced to join our cause, we will have caught them unawares with greater numbers and ability than they expect. I believe in Amanda and Charlotte to see through Esmerela's ruse. Demetrius, when you reach the surface, you're to find those two and do your best to get a resistance going. Be ready for when Violet and I return, hopefully with some new allies."
Nala turned back to Divinar and walked forward. "So? Lead on, cousin. I do look forward to finishing what we started. Those looks on your face were delightful."
