Hobgoblins, ranging from five to eight feet tall, lumped around on clumsy feet in the next cave; the moment they crossed the cavern, they'd be in their territory and locked in do-or-die combat. They'd keenly observed that they did not step out of the sacrifice room and instead maintained tight groups. Sabreman flinched as Akatsuki shoved Ammy against a wall and stuck her tongue in her mouth. The woman's scent, somehow earthy and flowery, washed over her. Akatsuki seemed more like she enjoyed shoving her spit into her mouth, and Ammy was happy to indulge as she watched the timer go up. Between long blinks and fluttering, she noticed that Sabreman watched with red cheeks and a smile. Ammy extended a hand to him, but he shook his head.
Too fast? She pushed Akatsuki back a bit so she could catch her breath as the woman's devilish eyes observed keenly with unrestrained desire.
"How long now?" she asked as she wet her lips, not too plump or full. Small, but that was perfect. She was perfect the way she was, her freckles, voluminous hair that rolled down her shoulders like obsidian mist veils to a succubus. She had all the right curves despite her muscles, retained her extraordinary figure, but easily filled a C or D cup a cute bum to go with it.
"An hour," Ammy-Mel whispered.
"Close your eyes," she said sharply and then insisted with a hand to her eyelids.
When their lips met again, Ammy could taste crimson in the woman's flavourless saliva. Something in her chest propelled her forward to push the woman down and drink up. Akatsuki, however, was strong and managed to get Ammy down on her knees and fed her with a sharp look of glee in her eyes that said: Good girl.
Secondary objective: Akatsuki Kell
Davour Status:
Lesser+ agility boost: 3 hours
Lesser+ precision boost: 3 hours
Lesser+ Enhanced instinct: 1 hour
Minor+ enhanced healing: 4 hours
Enhanced Eyesight (darkness): 7 hours
Minor enhanced strength: 5 hours
Minor enhanced adaptation to environments (immunity to natural gases): 7 hours
Increased libido, stamina: 10 hours
Mana is now at: 70% -> rest required to increase restoration efficiency
Stored:
Genitalia augmentation -> lost when used to enhance or add genitalia x3
>>>Bonuses: Girth, length, tightness, wetness, additional musk and production
Continued use of devour will improve the skill further and grant oral enhancements to improve consumption.
Ammy wiped her lips once Akatsuki allowed her to go; she could smell the eagerness coming off the woman's cunt. Ammy herself was dripping wet, but the shake of nearby hobgoblins drew all their eyes to the right, where the creatures now patrolled on the lookout. The creatures started to speak in a dulled scramble of a language before they started to thump into the cavern. Ammy collected herself and took out her morningstar in her left hand and the mace in her right. Exhaled the air in her lungs and hopefully the haze of lust on her mind with it.
Sabreman raised a hand, "I have laid gifts from the sapper's factorum," and ushered them away from the cavern.
A minute passed with hobgoblin chatter that was cut off by the sound of an explosion and cries of rage. Ammy was given the nod by Sabreman, who followed after her closely with his poleaxe in hand and a smaller lantern attached to his belt. The hobgoblins in the tunnel had already been splattered, heads and limbs all over the place, with seared entrails and shattered bones scattered about. The rest of them started to gather in the sacrificial halls, this time armoured and wielding large clubs. The hobgoblin in the centre of them looked twice as fierce with intellect behind his rat eyes.
First. Two came at once, clubs swinging. Ammy-Mel launched another dense mace that planted itself in the ground the second it left her grip and nearly squished her foot. She gripped it again and sought to reduce the effect of her powers, but it felt like she was slamming her fist against a concrete wall. She left it in the ground. Swapped her morningstar to the right and matched the swing of the left hobgoblin as the right fought Sabreman with Akatsuki plugging it full of arrows.
As Sabreman baited it to try to close the range gap between his poleaxe and its stump of a club, he managed to land a strike to its shoulder, then its head and took out his hand crossbow to show the creature what colour its brain is.
Ammy struggled to match the creature with short weapon to short weapon, her density increased, matched strength with all the enhancements she'd consumed and the buffs from devour. She was inexperienced in arms combat and could hear the other hobgobbos approaching. Worse yet, for how large they were, they matched her speed. She needed to get a longer-range weapon. Sabreman's poleaxe thrust just over her head, struck the creature's arm while it swung. Ammy dashed low forward to the left and swung hard at the creature's bollocks.
A shrill scream filled her ears. When she made contact with its jaw at full force, it gurgled blood and toppled backwards as the other hobgoblins lunged for her. She increased her density further as her body's pain receptors gave her a minor shock. She could put up with it. Then she went for the density of her clothing as she narrowly avoided a club but was struck at her side by another. Then one came for her head, but fell short when a crossbow bolt pierced the creature's arm. She used her toppling force to strike downward on its shoulder. Sabreman swung for the fences like a madman, bludgeoning shoulders, arms and heads. Ammy went to hold attention, clubbing sides, legs, and arms while she took a bruise and a near miss in the midst of the frenzy.
The one intelligent hobgoblin had vanished from where he stood by the time their numbers had been reduced and the melee had ended with Akatsuki slitting throats and taking eyes after they'd been stunned and bludgeoned. Shadows moved strangely on the ground, and the hobgoblin dashed toward them without his weapon. His eyes were stricken with panic. Akatsuki started to back off. Sabreman readied himself. Alarms rang from Ammy's enhanced instinct to grab the two as she reduced her mass and leapt away. But felt too light.
Amelia turned to look back in horror as the world faded to shadow with her bottom half meters behind her being dragged away by a set of dark, ethereal hands. She looked up to see the creature that possessed them. Six heads of chattering silver teeth, tall as three men and a thin, lanky body. It floated in the air and tore the intelligent hobgoblin in half as the teeth began to gnash at it.
She opened her mouth to speak but barely managed a whisper, "Run.... I'll come back..."
Amelia sputtered awake with filth in her lungs, flashes of memory, the demon, the hobgoblins and the taste of Akatsuki. She wasn't sick this time, but she grabbed her legs then moved them around to ensure they were still attached and felt the same primal need in her chest when a blonde nurse with a buxom frame started fussing over her.
"Are you alright? Do you feel any different?"
"I'm fine," she gritted her teeth, trying to suppress the goblin blood that tainted her lust, "Can I get a moment alone?"
"I will fetch Tolmyr."
"No, no, that's fine," she muttered, "I can just go down to meet my squad. I'm fine."
"Are you quite certain?"
"I'm just pissed at the demon that killed me."
She nodded, "Your extra kit is downstairs in the barracks. You died sooner than expected. I haven't moved all your things over to the inn yet, as the foci is not finished."
Ammy nodded, "Your name?"
"Esther, Esther Margrave," she said, "It's a pleasure to serve, Nullshade Carbyne. I'll be your personal assistant to ensure your best comforts outside of battle." She raised a finger, "Ah, yes, when I'm not on shift, my colleague Chelsham will attend to you."
"Sounds good," she said, "Pleased to meet you, Esther, send my regards to Chelsham." I'm gonna enjoy you both.
She curtsied and left the room in silence.
Ammy decided it was best not to have a fap to herself. She looked in the mirror to see she was back to K cup and had no dick, which was convenient... though maybe at some point she wouldn't mind. She stretched her limbs, jogged on the spot, then did some yoga from memory. She remembered that in porn, flexibility made for bloody excellent scenes...
That demon, six heads, a thin body and a neck blacker than black that held the heads managed to slice her in half. She did right by her team, got them out because she was the only one who could come back from an injury like that, but the fact that it numbed her wounds on contact was off. The creature seemed cold, too cold. She continued her stretches. She had a goal: to get strong enough to kill a demon.
If she did eat it, she wondered what powers she'd get. Ammy stood up and crooked an eyebrow at the lack of sweat. Went out into the hallway of the barracks, where soldiers chatted and paid her no mind, a glance here or there, a few men waved her tits hello and not her face. She didn't mind, at least these fellas had some bollocks in their trousers to play it off.
Once she grabbed her kit with the armour and weapons packed in, she made her way to the dungeon at a quick pace. Her stats were still intact from devour, but were reduced in duration by half. If she died again, they'd be gone. But a demon like that, something that could snap a hobgoblin's muscular body in two and chew on it like a chocolate bar, was too strong to stay happily in its hidey hole. She broke into a sprint, which made soldiers look, and some even followed after her.
She reached the dungeon before long, where the guards nonchalantly looked her over and gave nods.
"There's a demon on the way; it just killed me. I gave Akatsuki and Sabreman time to run, but we need to engage and kill it before it gets out!"
"Demon, you're sure?" one of the guards said, "Describe it."
"Six heads, a skinny body, black ethereal hands like a thousand of them all at once," she said, "I need to get back in before it gets out so I can learn attack patterns."
The guard gave a nod, "Inform the papacy, have Gwyllion double his way down here. Get me Paper-pusher Harlow and Wizard Tolmyr, and fucking run to it!" The guard, who was clearly the captain, turned to Amelia, "You, with me and my squad. We're going in, have Finley take over."
"Yes, Captain Gideon." The soldiers set off in an organised motion, ten formed up with Gideon, the rest scattered, and some remained on site.
As Ammy made reentry, she threw off her hoodie and jeans and started to dress as she moved without a care for the men in the tunnel behind her looking at her arse. She couldn't even tell herself why she cared so much besides wanting to fuck Akatsuki and... be appreciated by her, even if the woman's desires were just to dominate. She started to jog ahead of them.
"Carbyne, you should—"
"I understand, Captain, but remember. I was brought here for the ability to come back from death."
"That is not how we do things," he snapped, "But for now, I will allow it. We'll support you and avoid unnecessary casualties. In exchange, you will train with us starting tomorrow. Understood?"
"Yes, sir," she said with more enthusiasm than she expected.
Ammy paced ahead faster until she heard footsteps. Ahead, she could see the workers and soldiers who were setting up camp in the cave retreating orderly toward them with Akatsuki and Sabreman among their number. As she filtered her way through despite protest and confusion from the men and women, she stood opposite Akatsuki and Sabrema, who welcomed her back with claps on the shoulder.
"Glad to have you back, Carbyne." Sabreman said, "Stars didn't wheel much 'til you were brought back again."
"I'd hope not," she said, "What is that thing?"
"I don't think it's a demon." Akatsuki said, "And those hobgoblins were strange; something else is going on. That's what has us worried."
"Kell, Eastal." Captain Gideon said, "Eyes up, I can feel it at the other end of the mine. It approaches."
"Did you bring—" Sabreman bowed his head, "Captain Gideon, sir."
"Sabreman, you will form up with my men and form a battery with Akatsuki as spotter to make that creature a porcupine. I will provide supporting fire. Carbyne, you've been attacked by it. What will you do?"
Shit, I forgot. "Do we have any metal weapons or just pieces of metal to throw? I can test my powers on them."
Gideon stroked his chin, "Actually, I have an idea..."
When the monstrosity screeched just above their hearing range, ethereal hands snaked through the air toward them. Captain Gideon raised a hand for a short-range burst of fire to consume them on contact before he retreated behind the firing line. Ammy, after cocking up a dozen arrows, finally got the consistency to increase their mass just enough not to break bows and strings or piss off the archers.
The six-headed demon propelled itself forward on a shadowy mass but was met by heavy arrows that whistled through the air and made audible impacts on its stone flesh. As the battery retreated with Ammy ready to dash through their middle in the case of an emergency, the creature's black blood began to spurt as they pelted it down. More and more arrows flew until the creature was covered. Ethereal hands raced for them again. The archers calmly stopped. Captain Gideon blasted them out of the air. They continued firing with cold indifference. Once the demon seemed to be exhausted from the damage, they approached slowly, arrows nocked. Gideon was with both palms raised and slight tiredness in his eyes.
The creature wiggled, and a hand rushed across the floor for Gideon. She leapt forward and slammed it with her morningstar. It dissipated. Then she gripped it with both palms and increased her muscle mass to smash two of its heads open as the teeth started to chatter. The creature spawned more hands, one of them shattered her knee. On her downswing, she splattered the shadowy mass it used for legs. Gideon detonated a blast at the rest of its heads. More hands came down for Ammy, but she simply smirked as Akatsuki and Gideon shot them out of the air. She was impressed at the precise fire control, sparks and sharp bolts shot hands out of existence. The archers had come up with longhammers and poleaxes to bludgeon the creature as Ammy dragged herself back and caught a little of its blood in her mouth. She swallowed it.
Unknown creature.
Unknown species. Day one hazard, report to Tolmyr or a military official.
"That's not a demon, it's something else," she rasped once the action died down, "Give me a hand." She winced at the stabbing pains in her knee.
Two of Gideon's men shouldered her up.
"Say that again?" Gideon crossed his arms while he glared at the hopefully dead creature.
"It's not a demon," she said firmly.
"When she consumes the flesh of a living thing, she gains abilities and knowledge." Sabreman said, "This is how she saved us."
"By the breath the lord himself." Gideon whispered, "Right then, we'll go arrange a pickup team and get the papacy down here... they'll also see to your knee's regeneration. Do not kill yourself to fix it, soldier."
"Yes, sir," she said, "After they analyse it, I would like to use it to enhance myself in combat— and what about the scouts!?"
"They're dead." Akatsuki said, "With something like that, they were likely killed and eaten in an instant." She shook her head, "Nullshade is official, Carbyne, we shall clear this dungeon and shove our blades into Ephem's eye sockets. Then you can eat her eyes to gain her strength, and we'll flush the cacodaemon from our home."
"SALEM!" Captain Gideon bellowed.
The men and women cheered, "SALEM! SALEM! SALEM! SALEM!"
Back at the inn, while Tolmyr's lot went over the creature, Ammy rested in her bed while Esther applied some kind of divine magic to her knee to fix it. It only took a few minutes and drained her from twenty to ten per cent mana to get finished. She bowed her head and spoke.
"There, that should be all taken care of." Esther said, "Do not be so careless, and Akatsuki is here to see you."
Esther left the room after quietly giving instructions that Akatsuki would not follow. Akatsuki had come in her hoodie with a dangerous glint in her eye. Ammy opened her mouth to speak, but found Akatsuki's finger across her lips as the woman's hand quickly removed the cover and found Ammy's clitoris.
"Mine," the woman whispered and then started to rub, "Am I your first woman from another world?"