by Dave Austin
“Why don’t you run away? You can just log out. You don’t even need to worry about someone coming to our house. They’ll be dead in both worlds. No one will know what you did. There will be no one to apologize to.” They screamed.
My hand trembled and thankfully Brie grabbed it, and squeezed it tightly, as Joannie did the same with the other hand. They were both on my side, we were about to do this together, as a team.
“I see you’re willing to die. Pathetic. Then, just dieeeee” The faceless man screamed, ordering the beasts to attack us.
“Protect your city. Die with honor.” The old man shouted.
The two armies went against each other. There was blood being spilled onto the ground, heads rolling, deafening screams, metal clashing, everything that I expected from the fight. But the humans’ voices were so loud. Their screams right before dying got stuck in my head.
I wanted to stop all of it, and there was only one way. We went around the big battle and outnumbered the faceless man into a 7 against three. He had two huge black beasts, with only one eye, on his side. It wouldn’t be easy.
“Guys, let’s split. Trent and Rashida will fight one of the beasts while Foxy and Jones will fight the other. Work together. Kitty will stay in the background, doing her best to heal us. Joannie, Tim and I will take care of the faceless man. We got this. Hold your lines.” Brie demanded.
We all accepted her orders and got ready to fight. The first ones to attack were Jones and Foxy. He used his wood magic to grab the beast’s legs while Foxy run up to him and jabbed her dagger into its flesh. However, it didn’t seem to do any damage. There was putrid blood coming out but the beast still moved. It moved next to Foxy and headbutted her, making her scream and fall onto the floor.
In the meantime, Rashida was shooting ice arrows at the other beast, while Trent swung his sword and tried to cut it. It also didn’t work. They were too strong. We couldn’t even see their level.
The faceless man just laughed. He hadn’t move.
He didn’t need to come to us, we had to go to him. Brie and Joannie attacked him from opposite directions while I shot an arrow from the dark bow aimed at his eye. He stopped the attacks like they were nothing. We didn’t even come close to hitting him.
“Is this all you have? Don’t insult me.” He said, waving his arms, and sending a powerful wind wave that threw us onto the ground.
Fuck. We didn’t have a chance against him but there was no way we would back down. We had decided to save Wild Fantasy and that was what we were going to do. Behind us, the fight had become a bloodbath. The putrid, black blood mixed with the red one and spread down the streets. The men were holding fine but there were too many beasts. If we took too long they would all be dead in a few hours.
This had to end soon.
“Let’s go again.” Brie said, and helped me get up, “We didn’t come so far to lose now, am I right?”
“You’re right. We got this.” Joannie replied.
We got up, wielded our weapons and split again. This time the beasts attacked us before we got a chance to go first.
They threw Foxy onto the ground and broke her arm. Her HP went down to 30%. Rashida shot icy arrows and bought us enough time to take her out of there.
Trent was also having troubles, despite maneuvering his weapon the other beast wouldn’t go away and Brie joined him. We had lost our composure and sent our plan through the window.
The faceless man rejoiced as he watched us suffer. I was left in the clear, without anyone protecting me. Instantly he got next to me and grabbed me by the throat. I let the bow fall on the ground.
“You’re the pathetic kid who thinks he can defeat me?” He said and burst out laughing.
I was trying my best to get out of there but his hand was gripped too tightly, and I was having trouble breathing. Everything we had worked for was slipping away. Through the corner of my eye, I could see the despair in my friends’ faces. The world was doomed, I hadn’t been strong enough. I closed my eyes and tried to stop the time. 2 seconds would be enough to get out of there.
However, it didn’t work, he seemed to be immune.
“You idiot. You really think dark magic will work against me?” He said and burst out laughing.
I moved my feet and arms but he didn’t drop me. I couldn’t hurt him. Life was slowly slipping from my body. My friends were having a rough time against the two beasts, and Savened’s guys were being slaughtered. If we ever had a chance it was gone.
“I’m sorry guys,” Jones said.
“Why are you apologizing?” Brie asked, confused.
“It was a pleasure to fight by your side.”
“Jones, what the hell are you saying? Whatever you have in mind you don’t need to do it.” She shouted.
“Don’t do it,” I screamed, but my words came out muffled.
I knew what he was about to do. He was going to use his magic, knowing full well he could die in the game, and in real life. His body wouldn’t survive it, he had barely recovered from the last time he mixed dark magic with his own magic. We didn’t even know if it would have any impact on the faceless man.
Watching him focusing, whispering the dead language, followed by his body being surrounded by a dark aura was traumatizing. I wanted to join him but I was a coward. I was so afraid to fall into the darkness that I didn’t even try to help him.
“Do you honestly believe that will do anything to me?” The faceless man asked.
“Probably not, but it will buy us some time. I trust them. They’ll find a way.” Jones said, looking at us and smiled.
Brie tried to stop him but Joannie grabbed her. He had made his decision and was at peace with it. The faceless man threw me onto the ground, and I rolled until Trent stopped me.
We were useless. Jones fought bravely but not a single one of his attacks worked. The faceless man deflected all of them.
He was unstoppable. I was about to quit when I heard a soft voice on the back of my head.
“Do you really want to defeat him?”
“I do,” I said, to myself.
“No, you don’t. You’re still afraid. You can’t even shoot properly. I know what really scares you.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Your true fear. You believe that if you kill him the adventures will stop, that the team will split apart. You didn’t change. You’re still trying to make this about you.” The voice said.
Fuck. He was right. I didn’t want to lose them, to lose what we had. If he died we might never have another great adventure. What was I doing? I was watching people die and thinking about my own future. There would be no future after that. Not if the faceless man won. It was time to face my own fear, and fight for what was right. Not for what I wanted.
“How do I kill him?” I asked.
“You know how. The question is if you’re willing to do it.”
When I got up Jones was already on the ground; blood dripped from his mouth, and he had lost one hand. He had 10 HP but didn’t move. The faceless man was stepping on the other arm and Jones’ voice was stuck in my head. He was being tortured and despite the constant tries that Brie was making she couldn’t get near him. It all depended on me.
This time I wasn’t shaking anymore, and I knew what to do. Time slowed down. I began walking toward the faceless man and he stopped laughing. He kicked Jones and took him out of his way.
Jones’s HP went to 2.
I had my bow and arrows with me. The beasts got between us, but my team promptly joined me and took them out of the way. I ran up to the faceless man, shooting arrows as I got closer, trying to see if he repeated his movements. I just needed to catch him off guard, or distracted, which seemed impossible.
But, suddenly I got an idea, I was doing it all wrong.
“Hold them off. I have an idea. Foxy when I tell you to send the daggers against the faceless man, do it ok?” I said as I got next to my team.
I dropped the bow and grabbed one ar
row. All I needed was one shiny, golden arrow. Once again I started running toward the faceless man. He was waiting for me, but when he least expected it I told Foxy to send all her daggers to distract him. I got closer, and when I was about to pierce his eye with the arrow he stopped me in mid-air. I stayed afloat.
“Would you really think this would work?” He said.
It had to, I was willing to do anything. I let the darkness flow through me and felt the strength fuelling my body. A few inches separated us and the only thing on my mind was saving everyone. I pushed myself further than my own limits, catching him off guard. He didn’t have time to readjust his hands. I used my special attack, void arrow, and pierced it through his eye, pushing it until the arrow disappeared into the darkness. He started shaking and shouting in an agonized tone.
The beasts stopped.
His knees trembled, and he fell on the ground.
“I’m not done, I’m not…” He muttered, as his hands started to disappear.
Jones was still lying immobile on the ground. Brie had blood dripping down her right arm, and Joannie had it slipping down her leg. The rest had a few bruises, but they were mostly okay.
However, behind us stood a graveyard of dead bodies. Max and the old man were alive, but the guy who had led us there wasn’t. Lots of people had died for World Fantasy, and those who were still alive were cheering and applauding.
We had won.
We fucking did it.
As I watched the faceless man turning to ashes I started to get numb. My eyes closed, and the last thing I heard was a voice thanking me.
Chapter VI
I woke up in a bed. My friends were all around me. It took me a while to be able to keep my eyes open.
“He’s waking up,” Foxy said.
“Welcome back,” Joannie said and kissed my cheek.
My whole body hurt. It was like I had been run over by a truck. I still couldn’t get up, and my mouth was dry.
“Where are we?” I asked.
“Savened’s hospital. You passed out. We were thinking about calling an ambulance to your house but luckily you woke up in time. You did it. You defeated him.” Trent said and hugged me.
He was crushing me. I looked around and Jones wasn’t there. I remember he was suffering on the ground. I quickly asked where he was, fearing he would be dead.
“Jones will be fine. We had to call the ambulance once again. I just hope he doesn’t run away like the last time.” Brie sighed.
Things weren’t perfect, but they were better than before. There was a future, and we would be part of it. If needed, we would build it using our own bare hands.
We were there alone.
Brie told me that everyone was grateful and that my name was going to be recognized through every corner of Wild Fantasy, and there were people willing to pay a huge amount of money for my items. She also added that the dark bow dissipated as soon as I had finished using it. I suppose that without a reason to use it there was no need for it to exist.
It was time to log out, rest, and then invite my friends for dinner. I had been neglecting them but that ended tonight. Wild Fantasy could survive a few days without me.
I explain this to my team and they all agreed and told me they would do the same. We ended up agreeing to meet there in three days. Kitty told me that the old man offered a room for each of us in the resting place.
Everyone left besides Brie and Joannie. They stared at me before coming closer. Brie was on the left side, while Joannie was on the right. I had no idea what was happening. They leaned forward, and their breasts bounced right in front of me.
“We thought you needed to be rewarded for your effort, you know?” Joannie said.
“You don’t need to move. We’ll take care of everything.” Brie added.
It was like a dream coming true. I wasn’t even sure if I was really awake right now. There was no one else there and Joannie went to the door and closed it. She put another bed blocking it, making sure no one could enter. My heart was pounding fast, and my body heated up as Brie took off my shirt. I had a few bruises but nothing that would take more than a week to disappear. They worked together to lower my pants and promptly began kissing my cock over my briefs. It was weird watching them working together so perfectly.
“He seems to be loving it,” Brie said, as she took off my briefs, and was greeted by my erect cock.
I was so hard it hurt.
It had been a while since I had been so aroused. Brie grabbed it with both her hands and began moving them up and down. My grunts were still low, but I knew that wouldn’t last long. While Brie was doing that, Joannie took all of her clothes, climbed onto the bed and got on top of me. Her boobs bounced as she readjusted her position and sat on my face. She began grinding on it, making sure her juices fell down on my lips.
I ran my tongue along her slit and squeezed her boobs at the same time. Her moans were getting louder and filling the room. Brie was bobbing her head up and down, as her lips slid down my length, each time deeper.
I was being rewarded for saving the world, and this was better than I could ever hope for. Joannie tousled my hair as she moved her hips. I had strings of wetness all over my face. My cock was about to burst. I needed more. However, Brie was focused on sucking me and twirling her tongue on my tip.
“It feels so good. Fuck.” Joannie said, rocking her hips faster.
They both smelled like peaches and strawberries. I had no idea why, but it was an amazing scent. Joannie’s skin was soft, and I traced my fingers along her thighs and hips, while still licking her. Her body writhed with pleasure. I had trouble seeing Brie’s face but I could see her flushed cheeks and saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth. I couldn’t believe this was truly happening.
“I have an idea,” Brie said and slid her lips all the way back.
She jerked me off for a while, before telling Joannie to ride my cock and she would ride my face.
“You’re the boss,” Joannie replied, before guiding my cock to the warm interior of her soaked pussy.
She waited for Brie to undress, climb the bed, and get on my face. She was already wet and had strings of wetness begging to be touched.
“Grab my boobs as we do it.” She ordered Joannie, who quickly grasped her breasts.
What the hell was happening? Joannie began bouncing her ass on my cock while Brie moved her hips, letting my tongue touch her slit and swollen clit. They were both moaning loudly. Their voices were stuck in my head like a broken record. I could hear the splashing noise my cock made every time it got inside Joannie.
She was grasping Brie’s boobs tightly while asking me to go harder on her, which I did. She deserved it. I gripped her ass and moved my hips faster. After this, I wouldn’t be seeing them for a few days so I had to seize this moment. I had to give them a fuck they would never forget. Sadly, I could barely get up. My whole body still hurt due to the fight. Joannie’s pussy clenched around my cock as her high pitched moans got louder.
“I’m going to cum.” She shouted.
Brie got up and got out of the bed.
“Fuck her until she cums.” She said, staring at me.
An order is an order. I thrust faster to the point that it impressed me that I hadn’t finished yet. It felt amazing having her pussy tightening around my cock. It didn’t take much more to have her orgasm in front of me. She had her eyes squeezed shut, and was biting her lower lip. The best part was that I still had to fuck Brie.
We were just starting.
Joannie thanked me and got up. She was still recovering her breathe while I was ready for another round. Brie replaced her. She had a bigger ass and knew exactly how to move it. She matched my movements, and I slapped her ass as she bounced. Joannie kissed me as I rammed into her friend. We even intertwined our tongues.
The game had changed my life. I had gained friends, a higher self-esteem, and more sex than I ever thought I’d have in my life. Almost two weeks had gone by since I started the game a
nd there was still a lot to explore. I was sure that this wouldn’t be a one-time thing. Now that they were friends again this would definitely happen again.
I had to endure a bit longer. It wasn’t the right time to finish. I took a long breath and fucked her faster and harder. She leaned forward, laying her head on my shoulder, as her squeezed boobs bounced against my chest. My body hurt as I moved but I didn’t stop. How could I? We were into it, and it was too late to stop. She moved her hips faster, and my thrusts accompanied her. I was getting close and warned her. She told me to slow down, and then stop.
She got up, and along with Joannie helped me to get up until I was sitting on the edge of the bed. They knelt in front of me and told me that I was free to finish on their faces and mouth. They even worked together to make me cum. Brie was twirling her tongue on my head, while Joannie was licking, and sucking my balls. A few seconds was all it took.
I shot a huge load of my white, sticky fluid right into their faces. Some slid down to their lips, while a lot stood still on their cheeks and foreheads. I thought they were done but that couldn’t be further away from the truth. They kissed and licked the cum from each other’s face. I watched mesmerized as the scene unfolded. It was beautiful. When they were done with it they got up and thanked me for the time well-spent. I should be the one thanking them, but I couldn’t even talk. I was still thinking about what had just happened. They told me to lay down and walked to the door.
“You need to rest,” Brie said, “also, you can log out here. It seems like if you’re being taken care of in a hospital it works as a resting place. I didn’t even know this game had hospitals. It seems like there’s a lot to explore, right?”
“We are going to,” Joannie added.
“Yes, we will,” I replied, right before they left.
Things would be okay, I was sure of it now. Whatever happened we were a team, there were adventures waiting for us, and people hoping to be saved. Tillian was still looking for us, and at some point, we would have to face him. We needed to be ready, because there wouldn’t be special items to help us against him.