Hazard Online 2: Revenge

by Jaeger Mitchells

  "Right. Start throwing boulders. Target Fenrir first. Once he’s done, it will be easier to move around since there’ll only be one enemy to worry about. Melees, hit and run. We’ll most likely die from a single hit."

  "Here we go, Master!" Keep roared and threw the first boulder at Fenrir. The massive projectile flew a good two hundred feet and slammed against the wolf’s snout. The impact sent stopped him dead for two seconds. Fenrir shook the stun off and looked around as if searching for the insolent creature who’d dared attack him. Luckily, Keep was slightly shorter than the walls so he remained invisible. With a fierce howl, Fenrir dug into the steadily rising crowd.

  More explosions, followed by torrents of flame, lightning and ice storms, hurricanes and all kinds of projectiles came at the boss. Thousands of players had the two surrounded, but it didn’t look like we were doing much. With each swipe of its paws, dozens of players died. With each impact, Gungnir released a wave of energy that knocked everyone over and cast a torrent of debuffs on anyone who’d managed to survive.

  "Shit, we can’t even get close to those monsters!" I cursed and stomped my feet like an angry little child.

  "Whatever! We only live once, no?" Dineth bellowed and charged the two creatures. Just as we arrived, Fenrir exploded in a shower of blood and gore. Every single chunk of meat or bone turned into a small version, the likes we encountered in the bad dungeon.

  "Renee! Hit them with Maelstrom!"

  "Thought you’d never ask!" She replied with a wicked grin and ran toward the crowd. We took up the flanks, though I doubted we’d be more than a momentary nuisance to them. And it showed as the wolves plowed into the mass of players like death incarnate. Players died by the hundreds in mere seconds. Panic broke out and first dozens, then hundreds of AoE’s dropped on the wolves and players alike.

  "I got an idea! Dineth, run straight at the center and provoke them all. You’ll most likely die, but we’ll do some massive damage!"

  "Fuck you! I don’t want to die!" he bellowed in turn, but changed his course and did what I asked of him. I grinned knowingly. He’d always do what I asked of him, unless it went against his sister.

  "You too darling," I shot back and flashed past him. "Renee, once they’re on him, use Maelstrom. I’ll give you another nibble afterwards!"

  "Huh? Nibble? What the hell are you talking about?" Dineth demanded.

  "Ohhh, I like! Brother, go die for me, pretty please!"

  "Aiden! You and me will have a serious conversation once this is over!" Dineth yelled and followed after me.

  "Sure thing, brother!" I replied and winked at him. He scowled but didn’t say anything. Good, I thought. Now it was time to do or die, and I’d give him a small opening. I activated my Bat Swarm against their flank and stormed afterward as I activated my self-buffs in turn. I jumped from wolf to wolf and was getting mauled by their large paws and fangs. Vampiric Bite and a health potion brought me up to a third just when Dineth arrived and used his only AoE aggro skill, Provoke. Red skulls flashed above their heads and all of them turned toward him.

  "Now!" he ordered and brought up his shield. Renee cackled and cast Maelstrom right atop him. The now already familiar destructive force unleashed hell within seconds. But I wouldn’t let him die. I tackled our tank and dragged him off behind me with Nikita’s help. When he saw it was us some five seconds in his struggle, Dineth got up and ran like crazy as our strongest spell unleashed havoc upon both enemy and players alike.

  "Now that’s what I call fireworks!" Renee called and danced around in a circle.

  "Move it! All of the aggro will be focused on you!" I ordered and pulled her with me. She broke free and stared me down.

  "No! I’d rather spend three hours in limbo than a second longer without another bite!"

  Cold sweat ran down my spine and an urge to slap her rose up from deep within. She was really messed up. But it wasn’t her fault, I thought. It was me who did it to her. The fire within died out as quickly as it had set. I leaned in, deflated, and bit down. She’d been at a hundred percent, while I only managed to pull away when she was past forty.

  "We need to find a solution to this problem. You preferring death over life isn’t doing anyone any good!"

  "Whatever you say, my love. Can you carry me? I feel so lightheaded suddenly," she groaned. I put her over my shoulder and started running again, Nikita with me all the while. I would have liked if Dineth hadn’t stuck around, but it couldn’t be helped.

  "We have some talking to do," he said and brushed his shoulder against mine, took Renee off me and made his way back to our castle. I threw a look Nikita’s way, but wasn’t rewarded with any help. She shrugged and went back as well. I was left behind in a bewildered state. Then I sighed and forgot they had no idea what was going on. That would need to change rather quickly.

  A few minutes later, I arrived at the castle. Keep was still busy throwing around boulders and hitting people, but he’d become much larger. His level was far beyond ours for some reason. But then he noticed me and turned his heads my way.

  "Master! I have last hit 38 of the wolves. The experience I gained is astonishing. Look at my level and stats! Now I can properly defend the castle once we’re under siege one day!"

  I smiled at the rather big guy. He’d become rather enthusiastic.

  "I can see that, Keep. You’re doing a fine job. Keep at it! Keep killing stuff!" I cheered him on and walked up to the group. Renee was seated in a large chair while the rest was huddled around her.

  "So, for the official explanation, he’s been infected with a virus. One that GodL1ke planted, or someone from the tech department. We have no real idea what it does to him, but it sure worked in a strange way with Renee," Nikita explained. "And to be honest, I have no idea if anyone else has been targeted as well. I reckon Scarlet has quite a high chance as well, being old friends and all."

  "What? Why me?" she asked angrily and narrowed her eyes at Nikita.

  "You do realize who that was, right?" she asked and lifted her right eyebrow. I found it damn sexy, though Scarlet didn’t, obviously.

  "Yeah, so?"

  "What she’s trying to explain is that Dave had the hots for you, and he thinks we were an item. Do you understand now?"

  "Oh. So he never knew about me and Natalia?"

  "I guess not. Not that it matters now, anyway," I replied distractedly.

  "Why not? What do you mean?"

  "Nothing. We’re dead now. So what does anything matter anymore?"

  Scarlet looked away, both hurt and angry. I could see it clearly in her eyes. But why beat about the bush. Then I cursed myself mentally. She’d seemed all right the last weeks, but who knew when the crazy could come out again and take over?

  "Master! All of the wolves are dead, and a great number of players have gathered at the raid boss. Shouldn’t you be there to help?" Keep asked in clan chat.

  "Why can he use clan chat?" was the first thing someone asked, Katya namely, instead of saying let’s go kill him.

  "Because he’s part of the clan? As a keeper of our castle?"

  "Not really," Nikita said. "I gave him the ability to do so."

  "Huh? Am I missing something?" Dineth asked. "Why do you know all of those things anyway?"

  "Because she’s Sylvia, the Overmind. Or was, now she’s Nikita. A lot of things changed in the last few days, and no, don’t ask," I said. Dineth stood there with his mouth wide open as if he was trying to catch a fly with it and didn’t even blink.

  "Is he ok?" Nikita asked and poked him with her long finger.

  "Guess so. It must have been too much for my little brother’s tiny brain," Renee said as she got up and put her arms around me. "Oh I fucking love you, do you know that? And I ain’t even embarrassed about it anymore. I’ll tell the whole world if need be!"

  I put my right arm around her and looked all of my girls over one after the other. Katya had a bemused expression on her face, while Scarlet wasn’t so happy to hear her proclamatio
n of love. Nikita’s face was as blank as ever.

  "I love… you too, Renee. Do you think you can last for a few minutes as we try to help killing Odin?"

  "For you, everything!"

  "Wait, what? What did you guys just say?" Dineth demanded. He’d been out of it well over fifteen seconds, so I’d forgotten all about him.

  "What you heard. Check the chat log if you want to read it again."

  "I just did, five times. And I still can’t believe it!"

  "Master, the raid boss is down to nineteen percent. Hurry up if you want some extra loot and experience," Keep interrupted. I blessed his stony head a million times in my mind and I pushed past Renee and him.

  "Anyone else up for a rematch against the big bad Odin?"

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  Thunder flashed and wind howled all around him. With each stomp of his feet, a line of players was dropped or killed. With each strike of his spear, whole groups died. But they pressed on, and we pressed on as well. Our damage was miniscule compared to the high leveled guys, but I didn’t care. We’d do our part, and hopefully Keep had racked up some damage.

  In the end, Odin died and dropped an insanely large amount of loot. The best part, it was a free for all. I had no doubt that the last hit and largest damage dealt had gotten special rewards all for themselves, but I didn’t care. The best thing of all, was that we’d gone up quite a few levels. In fact, I hit 64, while the others were anywhere from 62 to 68. Renee had gotten the fat end of the stick due to her Maelstrom and it made her the highest level in our clan.

  Keep stopped going up at 99 and had maxed out possible stats until we upgraded the castle, which we were far from yet. We’d need to farm a couple days for stone, wood and all kinds of other materials. I wasn’t looking forward to it, but it had to be done. We would cap at 99 as well, or we’d have to abandon the castle, and there was no way I’d discard Keep and his massive power.

  The town was in shambles. At least the east part, and no one had stepped in to help finance the repairs. I figured as much. So I used all I’d made in the last few days and deposited a little extra. Sooner or later, we’d have to repair again, so it didn’t matter. The others had all voted and deposited half of what they owned, so that I wasn’t the only one to be burdened with repairs.

  Our haul of loot was quite impressive, though mostly not as good as our current gear that scaled or not for our race or class. So we decided to give everything to Dineth, who’d go to the market and put everything up for sale at the auction. He’d been annoyed at first, but when Larina and Monica offered to join him and take care of him later on, he’d turned into a little puppy.

  Left to ourselves, we lounged in our central room on the top floor. Renee sat on my lap and had her arm around my neck, while Scarlet scowled not two feet to our right. Nikita sat to my left and chatted up Katya as we ate.

  "Want some more meat?" Renee offered and plucked a square piece of roast and pressed it against my lips.

  "He can eat by himself, you know? He’s big enough!" Scarlet said, annoyed, and took a bite out of her own piece of meat.

  "I know, but just look at him. He’s cute this way, his innocence shows."

  "Katya! Help me out already!" Scarlet pleaded. "Don’t just sit there!"

  "Hey, she’s obsessed with him, you know? He’s like her vampire master or lord or something. You can’t blame the woman," Katya teased.

  Scarlet frowned and stuck her tongue out before she got up and stepped up to me.

  "Then I want to be bitten as well!"

  She pulled down the strap of her dress and pressed a deliciously looking neck in my face. I gulped and pushed Renee away, got up and stepped away from Scarlet. I wasn’t going to infect another one of my women with the virus, not if I could help it.

  "I don’t think that’s quite a good idea, baby," I said and put up an ‘I’m sorry’ face.

  "I don’t care about what you think! Do it!" she yelled and stormed me. "Bite me!"

  "Some help? Anyone?" I pleaded and moved back as far as I could. But before I knew it, I was pressed with my back against the wall. She opened her mouth as wide as she could and bit down on my bicep.

  "Take that!" she yelled and burst out in a manic laughter.

  "The fuck was that for?" I asked angrily as I pushed her away.

  "Fuck you! I hate you! You’re all that’s wrong with my life! Can’t you at least try and make it a little better?"

  "You don’t mean that, I--"

  "Yes I do! I mean it!"

  "Oh," was all I could say. It was easy to become used to being the alpha male, and when something happened that kicked you off the rails, it was quite uncomfortable. Nikita stepped up and pressed her hand against Scarlet’s temple. A shockwave passed into my girl and she crumbled to a heap.

  "I think she needs a long rest, don’t you think?" Nikita said and looked at me for confirmation. I nodded slowly, my mouth wide open.

  "Y-yeah," I stammered and grinned halfheartedly.

  "Scary," Katya said and walked up to Scarlet, helped me put her over my shoulder and motioned to her room. "Let’s put her to sleep."

  I followed without another word. It was as easy to forget that Nikita wasstill the Overmind, even if she was on our side and had changed names. We’d become even more dependent on her than I’d hoped for, and if what Dave said was true, then our lives would be in her hands.

  "Come see me when you’re able," Nikita said in a private message just as Katya closed the door behind us.

  "Sure thing, my dear. Where to?"

  "Top of the castle. There’s a nice terrace up there. We can enjoy some time alone, undisturbed and hidden from prying eyes. Only the two of us can go up there."

  "Oh? Not even the other girls?" I asked just as I put Scarlet down.

  "Nope. Hurry up, I’m yearning to have you for myself."

  I sighed and stretched. Katya’s arms shot out and she embraced me. My little elf sure knew how to catch me off guard. Under different circumstances, I’d taken her up on the offer, but instead I kissed her forehead and pushed away gently.

  "I need to meet with Nikita in private, talk to her about some things. We need to lay down some rules and what not. Meet me later?"

  Katya smiled mischievously and shrugged.

  "Who knows? If I’m not asleep by then, maybe I can spare a couple of minutes."

  I leaned in and planted a kiss on her lips. She didn’t kiss me back, but didn’t pull away either. Strange, I thought. I pulled back and left her without another word. Let her sweat a little, after all, I always had someone else. Even though it sounded awful, the girls knew what they were getting into.

  I closed my eyes and ported to the roof so to say and was immediately startled by what awaited me. Candle-light illuminated the thirty by thirty rooftop just enough so I didn’t trip over the edge. At the center, Nikita sat on a comfortable looking sofa. Her eyes glistened in the dark and were visible, red and sharp like a predator’s.

  "Took you long enough. Thought you’d forgotten about me."

  "Heh, how would I ever forget the quickie we had at the plaza."

  I shuddered at the mere thought. She’d been perfect, and just by thinking about it, I could feel my soldier stir in my pants. He wanted more, and more she would give him.

  "You better not," she said and spread her legs apart. The hem of her bright yellow dress pulled up along her legs and revealed her pink, hot lips, inviting me for dinner.

  "Can I have it all?" I asked with a smirk and slowly stepped toward her as I pulled off my shirt and then my pants. I arrived in front of her butt naked and with my rod half erect. It stared right at her, asking her to take him in, to have him evolve.

  "Depends on if you let me have it all," she replied and leaned in. She kissed the tip once and used her long finger to caress him all the way from my balls with a sharp nail.

  "Ahh, fuck! That felt--so good!" I let out involuntarily.

  "You can’t hide it no matter what you say or do. I can fe
el every single emotion," she said seductively and kissed it again, then slowly let the tip inside of her mouth. She sucked in just the mushroom head and sucked on it briefly.

  I clenched my fists and shuddered, barely able to comprehend what was going on. No matter what we did, the feeling was so much more heightened that I felt like exploding then and there. Unable to control myself, my hands shot out and I grabbed her head, then slid it in all the way. She didn’t protest, instead she started moving her head as my cock touched her throat.

  "Oh god! Oh god! What are you doing to me? I can’t take this much longer!" I moaned as the hairs on my back stood on end.

  "What I promised you," she sent in private, not wanting to stop and reply.

  "W-What did you-- promise me?"

  "Let you fuck all my holes," she replied unfazed by the question or reply. "Don’t come, by the way, as I want you to do so inside of me."

  She pulled her head back and let my dick slide out of her mouth and got up. Nikita bent over slowly and leaned against the sofa, put her right leg on the right sofa arm and used her fingers to spread her pussy apart. The pink flesh called for me, enticed me to do bad things to her.

  I stepped in and pressed my cock against her ass. She pushed back and took my cock, positioned it against her pussy and slid down my length. Then, the world stopped moving as she lifted us in the air. We floated around five feet above the roof, but it felt a solid as if I was standing on solid ground.

  "Better? You can toss and turn me around this way, no matter how and where you want me."

  "Oh there will be plenty of tossing and turning, trust me," I replied and thrust my full length into her. She let out a small yelp, as if she hadn’t expected me to. Good, I’d caught her off guard. I pressed on and slid my full length in and out rhythmically, slamming my hips against her ass with each thrust. The sound of us aroused me to the point I thought my cock would turn to wood forever.

  "Ahh, yes! More!" she moaned. I moved even faster and pulled back her hair so her body was in a slight arc.