Chapter 68: Second Floor Ambush
*Analise's POV*
The looks he has been giving me since we arrived down here on the second floor have been creeping me out. Luckily, I have my trusted guard and best friend, Shirone Asuga, who was nearby, and I could always rely on her.
{I totally didn't know Asuga meant what it does in Japanese. I was trying to make a name that sounded nice. And then I looked up if it meant anything and to my surprise, it fit perfectly...}
Her family has guarded mine from the shadows for years. Lately, our relations with the Asuga Clan have been a bit strained due to some extenuating circumstances. But right now, I know I can rely on her to save me from these people even if something untoward happens.
"Analise, you should really come to relax while we wait, and you don't have to worry too much. I saw the way you watched that arrow; it was a repellent to keep us safe." Bryant had his fake smile on again, and I couldn't stand it. More and more lately I have been wondering why I had even agreed to join this group.
"Nn."
I didn't even give a real response, but it was enough to satisfy Bryant.
Ugh, I think this will be my last time going anywhere with this group after we leave here.
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*Shirone's POV*
I watched everything from the shadows. Unseen and unheard, I am a shadow. At least, this is how my family wants me to live. They have been training me to be the deadliest tool in their hands. I was used by my family and the family we were sworn to protect.
I have plenty of resentments towards everything, but the thing that pisses me off the most is this dumb girl I have been assigned to protect. Multple times I have had to thwart kidnapping and assaults. On one occasion, I almost had my own body abused by the men she was hanging around with at the time.
Her naivety is repulsive in my eyes.
For instance, earlier, this dumb woman actually took Bryant's side when in the square. The fact that she couldn't tell right from wrong was only a bit of the problem. I could see the plans formulating in the eyes of Bryant and his cohorts.
I would bet my entire Dark Elf lineage to say that he was up to no good. I just hope that Analise doesn't do something stupid again.
At this point, I noticed something was wrong. Bryant and his group started to surround Analise, and I could tell they had lascivious intentions. As I was about to spring forward and protect my charge, I caught part of her words.
" -ake Shirone, she will give her body willingly. Besides, if you touch me, I will have my father attack your family."
My gut dropped when I heard her words. She was throwing me to the wolves without a second thought, which is why I have never believed her when she said that I was her best friend.
"Hurry and come out, Shirone; I command you to follow your orders!"
I gritted my teeth, hearing her words as the oath that binds me started to flare and forced me like a common slave to follow her commands. I deactivated my Stealth and watched as the men all looked at me with greed and lust. I did my best and steeled my nerves, no matter what I was not going to just let these men touch no matter if it is an order from her or not.
"Shirone, remove your clothes and satisfy these men now before we leave."
She spoke with such a high tone like I would just drop my clothes like a bed servant and serve these disgusting men. I pulled my dagger out and drove the tip into the base of my forearm. Digging under the skin, I started to cut away.
The others, seeing what I was doing, scrambled.
"Hurry, stop her, or she will kill herself, and I am not fucking a corpse again like we did with that water nymph's body." Bryant yelled out as he was turning towards Analise. I cut the last part of my oath mark from my skin, nullifying my oath at a restriction to my power. It was worth it, though, to watch as the spoiled bitch was grabbed by her throat by Bryant as he let his human form manifest naked from the waist down.
I was surprised when I saw a tiny cock on him, considering he was a centaur, and their race is known for being heavily endowed. I had to stifle a laugh when I saw disappointment in Analise's eyes.
She screamed as Bryant forced his little pecker inside of her virgin pussy. I noted that there was no smell of blood, making me laugh silently to myself, knowing the man was too small to even break her hymen.
The others in Bryant's group weren't idle as they chased me around, trying to catch me while I watched the scene before me. Just then, I heard a confused voice.
"Man, I thought I smelt you guys; it turns out you were going to ambush us, huh? Well, at least that is what it seems like, but now it looks like a different type of ambush."
I glanced over to see that handsome man looking at the scene with his lovers all looking confused and disgusted.
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*Axel's POV*
With my above-average perception, I could make out snippets of what was happening just past the second-floor entrance.
We had all been prepared for an ambush, but what we saw was something for the books. The whole group seemed to have turned on each other, and the woman called Analise had betrayed the Elf-looking woman that was evading the group of men while Bryant was raping Analise. Well, all pretenses seemed to have fallen away.
The first thing I did upon seeing them all like this was make a comment.
"Man, I thought I smelt you guys, it turns out you were going to ambush us, huh? Well, at least that is what it seems like, but now it looks like a different type of ambush."
As soon as my mouth closed, I blurred and arrived beside Bryant, punching him in the side so hard I heard his ribs snap before being forcefully thrown away. Say what you will, but I wont watch any woman be raped in front of me.
My women all sprang into action as well, quickly overpowering the group of Bryant's followers with efficient movement, not wasting any extra effort to deal with this scum. I could see cold looks on their beautiful faces that turned me on quite a bit. The raw intensity of their disgust and rage at the other men was hot in my eyes.
I heard a roar before something started galloping towards me. Knowing that it was Bryant, I turned to face him and saw that he had once again gone back to his Centaur form. I, too, shifted to my Blazing Lion Battle Form.
I grew larger than in my beast king form, but I finally had some magical pants that grew with me during transformations. My hair turned into blue flames, and my eyes seemed to have the same blue flame spilling out of them. My hand became larger as claws lined with the same soul fire grew out of my fingertips while my face took on slight lionlike features like enlarged K-9 teeth and a partial mane igniting around my neck. To end the transformation, white fur grew around my body in patterns that exposed parts of my skin on my torso, face, and arms and legs. With bulging muscles, I ended my transformation, standing almost four meters tall, ready to slaughter.
By the time Bryant was near me my transformation was complete. Reaching out with on large hand I attempted to grab the smaller being. To my surprise he was nimble even in his Centaur form dogding out of the way of my first hand but he didn't notice my tail coming from the side quickly slamming into his side. The impact was hard enough that it lifted him into the air as he flew ten meters landing heavily on the ground.
I was vigilant as I approached his downed form not taking any chances I started to build a ball of Soul Flame in the palm of my hand intending to throw it at the man finishing him off once and for all.
"Heh, I was hoping not to use this stuff, you have no idea how much it cost my father to buy it for me. I am going to kill you and feed you to the monsters that should be here soon."
As he was talking I did see a dustcloud on the horizon. I paid little attention to this though as I watched Bryant take a vial of green fluid out of his spatial artifact and drank it quickly. His body started having an immediate reaction. I could feel his power growing at an extreme rate so without thinking any longer I threw the would fire on his body to destroy his soul so his vessel that was gaining power was just a fleshy accessory.
With a *Fwoosh* sound the blue flame enveloped his body compltely.
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