“Well this was a real bright idea!” the cat shouted at the girls. She stumbled to her feet on the shaking monster and struck her katana into the monster’s fleshy back, the blade piercing a few inches before halting suddenly.
“Oh, gee, what a fucking surprise!” Tabitha complained as she struggled to yank the blade out. “Who would have guessed that even her skin is as hard as steel? I sure wouldn’t have, despite having watched Daemon trying and failing to fry this bitch with his magic!”
“Could you please just go back up near its face and get eaten?” Rulo barked at her.
“Why did we even have to come up here anyway?” Tabitha argued, putting her foot on the drider’s back to try and pull out her sword. “Wasn’t Mika going to launch a magical attack on this thing? Not that she’s going to be able to do shit to it, but now we’re right on top of this thing when her spell hits!”
“Hollia needed saving now,” Sasha explained, trying again to drive her sword into the drider’s abdomen with a fierce thrust. “Master couldn’t get near her alone, we had to draw its attention somehow so as to allow her a chance for escape.”
“Great,” Tabitha scoffed as she finally pulled free her blade. “Well at least she’ll be safe and sound kissing Daemon while we get blown to bits on this monster’s ugly fat ass.”
“Mika’s not going to be able to drop this thing alone,” Rulo snorted. “We have to do some damage to it so she can help finish it off.”
“And how exactly do you plan on doing that?” Tabitha shouted back, the two glaring at each other with furious growls. A large shadow was cast over them, getting their attention as the drider swung its remaining hand back at them with a wailing howl.
“Move!” Sasha ordered, with the girls scrambling up along the middle slope, kicking free clumps of webbing and bones before they jumped over to the other side just as the drider smacked her abdomen behind them.
“Whoa!” Rulo cried out, herself and the girls quickly grabbing the skeletons near them to keep from being thrown off the monster. The drider looked behind her back one way then another as she skittered in circles, the monster swinging her arm around to try and smash the girls on its back to no avail.
“Well it certainly doesn’t like us back here,” Sasha reasoned as they fumbled with the collapsing cadavers and their dried netting. “At the very least we appear to be annoying the creature.”
“We can try spiking your sword into it again,” Rulo suggested. “It didn’t seem to like that much. I bet if I give it a really good whack we can drive it all the way into this thing.”
“Too many hard hits to my sword like that and we’ll shatter it to pieces,” Sasha argued. “And I just got this thing put back together. Not to mention that as much pain as it causes this thing, it’s still not doing enough to bring it down. We’re only pissing it off back here. And also, on the off-chance you do drive my sword all the way into this monster, how the hell am I supposed to get it back again?”
“Okay, okay. Then how about I crack this thing’s stupid shell open and we just hack up its guts?” Rulo snorted.
“Good luck with that,” Sasha scoffed. “My sword could hardly pierce this thing’s armor. It would take someone like Minos to break apart its shell with brute force like you’re suggesting.”
“Well what do you think we should do then?” Rulo barked back. “At least I’m trying to come up with something!”
Saffron squeaked and waved her hands around at them, the two girls watching as the ant girl attempted to convey a rather long, intricate plan involving something and them doing something to accomplish something else. After she proposed her idea the two girls paused for a moment then went back to arguing with each other.
“At least I’m trying to come up with something we can both understand!” Rulo argued.
“Why is it your plans only consist of hitting your enemy with your hammer until they die?”
“Because that’s all I need to do, that’s why!”
“We need a bit more force here to make a dent in this thing, let alone kill it. Try to think of something else for a change!”
“Fine, how about I use your fat head to crack this beast’s shell open?”
“I believe yours is fatter and harder, let’s try using that first!”
“Hey!” Tabitha called out, with the girls then seeing her staring at something in the carapace. Where a skeleton had fallen apart on the monster’s back it revealed a small, fleshy opening that was twitching with a slight whistling sound as it was raspingly sucking in air.
“Pardon me for interrupting your productive conversation, but what exactly am I looking at here?”
“Is that one of its seed receptors?” Sasha wondered. She ripped away another cadaver to reveal the same opening under its pelvic bones as well.
“Yep,” Rulo dryly agreed. “This thing’s got pussies all over its butt. Oh! You can run your sword into them! I bet it’ll really love that, haha!”
“I’ve got a better idea,” Tabitha said, looking at Saffron with a sly grin. The ant girl watched her curiously for a moment before showing a devilish smile as she eyed over the weak spots in the drider’s abdomen, her extreme eagerness to the neko’s idea being clearly evident.
“Hollia was right,” Sasha mentioned. “That look of hers is absolutely terrifying.”
The drider wailed as she became further enraged from the monsters crawling on her back before she suddenly stumbled off-balance, her legs quickly stabbing into the ground to brace herself while one of them was flinching in pain as it was held off the ground. The drider looked down to see Minos having her axe struck deep into the leg while holding onto it with both hands, the minotaur dangling off the ground with a big grin on her face.
“NOW IT IS MINOS’ TURN!” she boldly declared, holding a hand up towards the infuriated drider. The minotaur created a multilayered golden casting base before her, the spell humming with energy as the minotaur laughed triumphantly. With a frustrated growl the drider slammed her foot into the ground, driving it into the dirt along with the minotaur who was plunged down along with it. The drider roared at the smoky crevice under her foot before a powerful blast of magical light detonated the ground all around it. Yanking up her now destroyed foot the drider howled in pain, flicking the wounded limb which had its lower end blasted clean off.
“FOR GLORY!” Minos boomed, charging up out of the crater and lunging into a powerful swing of her axe onto another of the drider’s legs. Slamming her massive blade deep into the foot, the drider screeched and skittered aside while dragging the minotaur along the ground with her. Without warning another foot was knocked back by a sudden impact, with the drider then noticing Daemon having launched into a fierce punch with his flight into another of her limbs. With him pushing one way and the minotaur then charging forward in another, the drider began to fall forward from the loss of balance before she quickly jammed her other legs into the ground to stop herself.
“HAVING TROUBLE STANDING? HAHAHAHAHA!” Minos laughed. She yanked out her battle-axe, spun around wildly to build up momentum, and then roared furiously as she jumped up and swung her weapon into the drider’s leg, blasting through the armor and flesh as she hacked off the end of its foot. The drider screeched as it dropped off-balance, the monster leaning forward to see the minotaur holding up her axe in a taunting manner towards her, then noticed a bright flash of blue light that caught her attention.
“You should have stayed in your hole,” Daemon scorned, wings flapping to keep him level as he kept his hand pressed against the monster’s leg. Behind him was a swirling casting ring of dark blue and black fire, the magical diagram glowing with fiery energy as it cast a wide bloom across the land. With a fierce boom the magical spellbase flared outward and shot towards Daemon, funneling into his back and through his body all the way to his hand. A loud bang was heard as the drider’s leg was blown clear off from a powerful explosion of fiery energy. The drider screamed in agony, stumbling back in its steps as Daemon
touched down and watched the monster with a cold glare just as Minos was doing.
“Hey, stupid bug!” Rulo shouted out, getting the drider to look around its waist to where the orc and her companions were huddled near her back. They were all smirking at her with gleams in their eyes, with the drider looking at them in puzzlement before seeing a long mesh of fabric slowly sizzling away from them towards where it entered a few of her receptors near the end of her abdomen.
“How’s this for a gangbang?” Sasha yelled, the girls then ducking low close to the drider’s back. The monster didn’t have time to even guess what was going to happen before it happened, that being the bombs inside her going off with violent detonations. With extreme force the drider’s abdomen was blasted open from within, the top breaking apart into flaming pieces while a few searing holes ripped open underneath, launching charred flesh, carapace chunks, and fiery innards into the air. The drider wailed in agony as it lurched forward, its broken legs failing to keep it upright as it then started to fall over. Daemon flew out from underneath while Minos leapt to safety in the opposite direction, both narrowly avoiding being crushed as the drider slammed into the ground with blood and flaming debris raining down behind it.
“HAHAHAHAHA!” Minos joyously laughed. “YES! SUCH WONDROUS COMBAT! SUCH AMAZING DISPLAYS OF STRENGTH! I LOVE IT! I AM SO HAPPY AND WET RIGHT NOW! I LOVE THIS!”
Daemon flapped his wings to blow away the cloud of dust coming at him, parting the haze and dirt as he eyed over the extensive damage lain upon the drider that was now squirming in pain, its giant legs twitching at its sides as it had been incapacitated from its injuries. He then spotted his followers hopping off the drider’s back, all of them running towards him while Saffron seemed to jump with joy now and again with a bright smile on her face.
“Master!” Sasha exclaimed, rushing up to the man and quickly examining him with a wagging tail. “Are you okay? That thing didn’t touch you with its web, did it?”
“I’m fine, Sasha,” he told her, much to her relief. “Which is more than I can say about that beast. Nice work with bringing it down. Saffron, I assume you’re the one responsible for that display?”
Saffron quickly jumped in front of Daemon, knocking aside Sasha as she hopped on her toes with excited squeaking. She then hugged him close and pointed all around at the ravaged drider’s abdomen that the monstrous spider was looking back to with a pained expression on her face.
“I had a feeling as such,” Daemon commended with a nod and quick smile at her. “Good work, lieutenant.”
Saffron practically melted from hearing him say such words, the ant girl slowly brushing aside her bangs as she stood up on her toes to reach for a kiss.
“Alright, that’s enough!” Rulo shouted, grabbing Saffron and dragging her back. “You blew the spider up, good for you! That doesn’t mean you get to kiss my master!”
With a quick punch to the jaw Rulo was knocked away, with Saffron hastily rushing back over to try and kiss Daemon again. Before she could reach him Sasha tackled her aside, with her and Rulo struggling to hold the ant girl by the arms and legs as she thrashed in their grip with frenzied squeaking.
“Keep your lips off my master!” Sasha yelled.
“You’re pushing your luck, bitch!” Rulo snorted.
“Have you already forgotten that blowing up that thing’s ass was my idea?” Tabitha scoffed, sheathing her swords back into their holders before scowling at Daemon. “If anyone should be rewarded for bringing down that thing it’s me. Not to mention I stopped that monster from snatching you up in her web by scratching its face. You owe me something special for that by the way.”
“Very well,” Daemon reasoned with a shrug. He reached out and started scratching the neko behind the ear, the woman locking up completely with a squeak as she stared at him in shock. The other girls halted and watched as Daemon pet Tabitha’s head before retracting his hand.
“Happy?” he asked with a blank expression.
Tabitha trembled with a twitching eye, her lip flinching as she faintly whined with a blush on her cheeks. After regaining her senses she promptly stepped back, shaking her head furiously with a flustered yowl.
“I meant pay me for it, you idiot!” she cried out before turning away and holding her head. “For crying out loud, don’t ever do that again! I just wanted gold for my efforts, that’s it!”
“If it's financial reimbursement you’re after, have Charlotte add it to your bill,” Daemon replied shaking his head a little.
“I will… I will!” Tabitha whined, rubbing her ear with a stunned look on her face.
‘Goddammit, how could he just reach out and touch me like that? The nerve of him! Stop it… stop it… for gold’s sake, my heart won’t stop pounding in my chest! How did he even know where my weak spot was anyway? That fucking bastard! Nobody touches me like that!’
“There, see?” Rulo snorted, shoving Saffron aside. “You can have a pat on the head for a job well done, but like hell you’re kissing my master!”
“I suppose such a token of appreciation would be alright,” Sasha reluctantly said, moving closer and taking hold of Daemon’s arm. “But nothing more. My master’s affections belong to me and me only.”
Rulo and Saffron both opened their mouths to argue with her before the drider was heard roaring loudly into the air as it struggled to get up, the monster pushing itself upright with its hands while its legs feebly moved to anchor into the ground around it.
“Looks like that thing’s not done yet,” Rulo sneered as she proudly held her hammer up over her shoulder. “Poor bitch doesn’t know when to give up.”
“It may be wounded but it’s not staying down for the count,” Sasha mused. “These things really do have some impressive strength to them.”
“Wasn’t Mika supposed to be doing something?” Tabitha asked. “Isn’t she ready yet?”
“I think she may be,” Daemon said, with the group then turning to see a shining red light flickering in the distance ahead of the drider. “Looks like she’s preparing something for our troublesome friend here.”
“I believe she’s about ready,” Sasha guessed, basing that on the growing radiance and noticeable energy surge being emitted from the sorceress’ light. “We should probably get back. Her magic has proved to be rather volatile when she puts her back into it.”
The drider struggled to stay upright while screeching in agony, the monster then seeing Daemon and his girls running off together. Before she could move she suddenly screeched in pain as a loud crack sounded off, the monster quickly turning her sights down to where Minos had struck her axe into the giant’s hand, slicing it in half as the glowing blade had been slammed down with great force by the minotaur’s muscular arms.
“YOU HAVE LOST THIS FIGHT!” Minos declared with a daring grin at the monster. The drider howled at her before they both saw the flashing red star pulsating in the distance. Minos chuckled then yanked her axe out of the dirt and blood, with the drider now falling forward onto its two stumpy arms while screaming at the minotaur.
“NOW IT IS TINY HUMAN’S TURN TO SQUASH YOU! MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR GODS, UNDERDWELLER!”
Running off with a hearty laugh Minos left the drider who dropped onto the ground face first with her fumbling arms. The giant slowly lifted herself back upright before screaming violently at the glowing red light that was steadily building with a portentous aura.
Standing on a faraway hill with her cape fluttering wildly behind her was Mika, the sorceress having both hands outstretched against a large spinning casting ring, the spellbase having multiple rings placed within and around it, all glowing brightly with crimson and black light, and humming loudly as electrical arcs sparked and danced along it from the magical buildup. At her sides were Hollia, Scay, and Forrus, the three girls observing their comrades fleeing the firing line before leering derisively at the drider which remained immobilized before them.
“Sorry, dear,” Hollia snidely quipped. “But you chose t
he wrong day to come out of your wretched hole.”
“It looks as though everyone has stepped aside,” Forrus mentioned. “And that drider doesn’t appear to be going anywhere right now. Think you can finish it off, Mika?”
“Mika?” Scay asked, the girls turning to the sorceress who had her eye closed as she focused all her strength and will into her spell. Her hands trembled slightly as they pressed against the magical display, her hair and cape flowing wildly behind her in the wind while she braced herself atop the dirt that she slid slightly back in. A sudden boom of power surged through the spellbase, the rings spinning in place while before them a few more layers of the deadly incantation appeared, the magical array of lights and mystical diagrams drawing a swirling vortex of energy that slowly built up in the woman’s hands.
“Good lord,” Hollia breathed out, herself and her friends stepping aside more with surprised looks at the sorceress. “Mika… how much power are you channeling into your spell?”
“Where is she getting this power from?” Forrus wondered. “A mere human wielding such magical might… how did she acquire this ability?”
“Mika?” Scay worried. “Are you okay? You look like you’re in pain.”
“I’m okay, Scay,” Mika grunted, straining to speak as she showed a sharp glare towards her target. “I’m just… putting… everything I’ve got… into this…”
“Where did you learn to use such magic, Mika?” Hollia asked. “I’ve heard of human wizards and sorceresses before, but I never imagined one would be this… gifted with the mystical arts.”
“It’s a long… story,” Mika managed to get out, the woman’s legs wobbling beneath her before she dropped down to one knee.
“Mika!” Scay exclaimed, quickly grabbing the woman to keep her from falling over. Mika continued to hold her hands out towards the drider, her spell remaining erect while a flurry of electrical arcs began snapping between the layered casting rings.
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