Dream Storm Online

by Jareth Stark

  “Yes,” Henry replied.

  “Okay, that will make today’s lesson a lot easier then. If we had the time, I could teach you so many things, but I sense that’s not to be”.

  “No, not today,” Henry replied. Had she really sensed that or had Lily told her more than she was letting on?

  “So let’s get started with the basics. Open your Stormcom and navigate to the spell section for me”.

  Henry did as commanded.

  “Here you can see that you have four free slots. Below the slots is a list of all the spells you have learned and their current level. Aside from restoration magic which you have added to the first slot and increased to level 3, the remainder are as yet unused”.

  “Yes, I’ve not done any quests that required them since I picked them up,” Henry replied.

  “The first thing you need to do is assign the remaining four spells to the empty slots. Try to remember where you place each one as it will be important later”.

  Henry did as requested and was met with a huge grin by Nana Lurgi which made him cringe. Does she think I’m stupid because I’m an orc? Obviously I know how to assign spells, seeing as I’ve already set up the restoration line. I’ve just been slightly more preoccupied with saving the people in this game than sorting out my Stormcom slots. Jesus.

  “Now you have all of these set up, using them won’t be too difficult, you just need to remember which skill is in which slot”.

  “Is it possible for you to set up today’s lesson as a quest for me?” Henry asked irritably. “Lily said she’d spoken to you about it?”

  “Yes, yes, sorry I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on correctly,” said Nana Lurgi. She flicked a couple of switches on Henry’s Stormcom and soon 5 new quests appeared - one for each of the skill lines. “Now, follow me over here and we can do some practical work”.

  Henry followed Nana Lurgi to the back of the hall. It was empty aside for a large white rectangle which seemed to have been painted onto the ground. He watched as she muttered an incantation under her breath. When she turned back to him, her happy go-lucky smile had gone, and in its place was a stern look of concentration.

  “We’ll start with your Shockgasm spell Henry. Stand within the white lines and wait until the creature appears. When it does, you’ll want to click the second button on the top of your Stormcom to focus on that spell. You then just need to stretch your arms wide, pull them in until your hands are almost touching, and then push them towards the creature in front of you”.

  Henry thought this sounded a bit extreme. When he was playing at home, he literally just needed to press the B button on his Xbox controller to use a healing spell, so had assumed it would be just as easy in game. If he had to perform a load of random movements to cast a spell, he wondered why he couldn’t have just stuck with the melee quest line.

  “Are you ready?” asked Nana Lurgi, a deep look of concentration on her face.

  “Let’s go”.

  Henry watched as Nana Lurgi performed some more incantations. Within a few seconds a large slug had appeared in front of him, its teeth gnashing away as its body tried desperately to reach Henry.

  “Eurgh,” Henry exclaimed. It may have just been an incantation, but it looked and sounded incredibly realistic. It smelled as bad as the merchant he’d met the day previously, but this time it was spitting gross brown globules of goo all over the floor around him.

  “Use your spell!” Nana Lurgi urged.

  “Oh yeah, right”. Henry clicked the second button at the top of his Stormcom and performed the movement Nana Lurgi had explained to him. As he pushed his hands close together, he could feel sparks of electricity running through his arms. The sensation wasn’t exactly unpleasant, but it was unlike anything he’d ever felt before.

  “Push forward Henry,” Nana Lurgi shouted.

  Henry did as he was told, and the second he pushed his hands forward, electricity shot from his hands and landed directly on the slug. Henry could see a health bar hovering over the top of the creature and saw that the attack had lowered its health by 50%.

  “Do it again Henry, kill it,” encouraged Nana Lurgi. So he did the exact same thing again. Knowing what to expect from his movements enabled Henry to move a lot quicker the second time, and within seconds the slug had died, and the incantation disappeared.

  “Well done!” said Nana Lurgi, clamping her hand over Henry’s shoulder. “Now you know how to use the spell, let’s try it again with something a bit more difficult. This time, the incantation will move as you attack it. You’ll have to concentrate on it and ensure you push your hands towards it if you want your spells to hit”.

  “Okay, I’m ready,” Henry replied.

  Seconds later a new slug appeared, yet this one wasn’t stuck in the spot where it spawned. Instead, it was actively moving towards Henry. He quickly performed the movement Nana Lurgi had taught him to launch a spell onto the slug, and it landed at the top of its body, sending crackles through the slug’s skin and leaving a disgusting burning sensation behind.

  Parts of the slug’s body began to drip off and melt into the floor, but before Henry could hit him again, the slug was almost on top of him, biting at his face. Henry had to think quickly to dodge and roll out of the way before it could sink its fangs into him. It took him a second to compose himself, but he managed to fire another spell at it. This one missed completely, though, hitting the rafters of the hall, singing them slightly.

  The slug came back for Henry and its teeth missed his neck by mere millimetres.

  “Come on Henry,” Nana Lurgi shouted. “One more spell is all it will take. Remember to aim!”

  Henry ran over to the corner of the rectangle, cursing his stocky orc legs which made it more difficult to move at speed, and prepared to launch a final spell. As he closed his hands, letting the electricity build up, he made sure that the slug was in direct reach of his arms, before pushing them out. The spell hit the slug directly on its face, and it jolted and fried, before falling to the ground and disappearing.

  “Yes Henry, I knew you could do it!” Nana Lurgi declared, beaming at him. With the slug now gone, her face had returned to the happy expression he’d seen at the beginning of the session and he let himself relax, knowing that he was making quick progress.

  “That was harder than I expected,” admitted Henry.

  “You did great. You haven’t exactly got the traditional build of a magician, but that dodge and roll you did was spectacular”.

  Henry laughed, thankful for the praise. “I’m not sure orcs are built for dodging either,” he replied.

  “Before we continue and learn the other spells Henry, you need to also understand which spell to use against which creature. The shock spell line is especially good against any water creatures, as water and electricity don’t mix. Likewise, if you’re fighting someone with a powerful ice spell, you’ll want to use fire in retaliation. Ice is good against fast moving creatures, as well as those who use melee weapons as it slows them down. And the necromancy skill line is a good choice against hordes of creatures. If you’ve killed a lot, but more keep spawning, you can use your necromancy skills to raise the dead and get them to fight with you”.

  “That all makes perfect sense,” Henry replied.

  Using spells was certainly going to be more difficult than swinging his axe around, but Henry hoped the pay off would be worth it. If he did manage to use the correct spells, he could inflict high amounts of damage quickly. That was certainly what he needed if he wanted to help Lily, Sara and all the other adventurers escape.

  By the end of the day, Henry had fought ice spiders with his flame spell, knights on horseback with his frost spell, and even a large seahorse with his shock spell - the latter had really surprised him, but it had been so realistic at the time that he’d not had a moment to consider the logistics. It had been harder to give necromancy a real try as the incantations didn’t work as expected, but Nana Lurgi had let him sneak down to the mortuary
to practice during the mortician’s lunch hour - that had been interesting, if not creepy as hell. Henry had surprisingly enjoyed himself, though. Nana Lurgi was a gifted teacher and she’d made the lessons fun and exciting instead of drab and dreary like he was expecting.

  As evening came around, Henry was pretty exhausted, but he had learned so much that he was eternally grateful to Nana Lurgi for all of her help. The quests she had given him at the start of the session were all pending completion, and he knew he’d reach level 19 by the end of the day. Things were going well.

  “Before you go Henry, I want to give you something”.

  “Give me something?” asked Henry, taken aback.

  “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a student like you, and you’ve really impressed me today. When Lily first asked me to teach an orc I thought she was crazy, but everything she told me about you was true. Just hold on one minute while I go and get it”.

  Henry stood still and watched as Nana Lurgi retreated to the back of the hall. When she returned, she was carrying a long staff.

  “A magician doesn’t need an axe Henry. How about you replace it with this staff of mine? It was my husband’s before he died. He had an unusual character build like you, but it served him well and I think it would do the same for you”.

  Henry didn’t know what to say. He took the staff in his hands and marvelled at the maple construction.

  “It’s got a restoration magic enchantment. Every time you use it, you’ll heal not only yourself, but any allies surrounding you. I hope you put it to better use than Edward did”.

  Nana Lurgi looked sad as she said her husband’s name, and the least Henry could do was hug her, and show her how much he appreciated what she had done for him.

  “Thank you,” he said, his voice sincere. “Thank you for everything you have taught me, you don’t know how much I appreciate it”.

  “I do,” said Nana Lurgi, wiping away a tear. “If you make it out of your quest alive Henry the Orc, please come back and see me”.

  “I will,” Henry replied, and he meant every word.

  18

  After leaving the monastery with his new staff in hand, Henry headed over to the stables to pick up his horse. Rizon was nowhere to be seen, so he released his stallion from the stables himself hoping Rizon would realise where he’d gone. By the time he’d fought with his horse to leave the safety of the stable and the mountain of hay he’d been provided with, Henry had just enough time to pick up some bread and cheese for dinner and head over to the stream before Lily arrived.

  “How did it go?” Lily asked brightly as she got down from her horse and ran over to him.

  “Amazing. Nana Lurgi is such a good teacher. She taught me so much in such a short space of time”.

  “I knew she would. Some of the greatest magicians in the whole of Stormshire were taught by her, even Flinn Searcy. He’d never be the magician he is today if it wasn’t for Nana”.

  “She gave me this staff too,” Henry said, showing Lily the beautiful weapon. “It was her husband’s…”

  “Wow Henry, you must have really impressed her”.

  “I think I did. I don’t know how, but this orc has some special powers he didn’t even know existed”.

  Lily laughed. “I knew they existed Henry. There’s something about you. You’re different”.

  “There’s something different about you too Lily. I don’t even know how to put it into words, and I know I sound stupid when I talk, but I just can’t explain how I feel”.

  Henry wrapped his arms around Lily’s petite body and kissed her slowly. He knew it was love he was feeling, but they’d known each other for less than a week. It was too soon to tell her without the risk of her running away. But as Lily began to remove his clothes and he felt her soft touch against his skin, he knew it couldn’t be anything else. When he was with her, nothing else mattered. Nothing except her.

  As Lily reached Henry’s fly, Henry’s thoughts turned to more urgent matters. He felt his cock harden, readying itself for action, and as she gently removed his trousers, and ran her hands down his shaft, his heart rate quickened, his need acute.

  Lily leaned back, her eyes widening at the sight of Henry’s cock. “Oh Henry,” she said, her mouth gaping at him in awe. “What did I do to meet such a strapping orc as you”.

  Henry laughed, and lay back onto the grass beneath them. The size of his cock still surprised him, so he hadn’t had time to get used to such compliments from others. Using one hand, he stroked Lily’s cheek, showing her that he was just as interested in romancing her as he was fucking her. “I don’t think you had much choice,” he laughed.

  Smiling at him, Lily lowered herself on top of Henry, adjusting her body so that his cock slid all the way in; her own juices providing the lubrication she needed for such a large length. Once fully inside her, Henry pushed Lily’s hair away from her face, and took hold of her breasts, gently massaging them and tweaking her nipples.

  “Fuck Henry,” Lily moaned. She closed her eyes as she continued to gyrate, pushing herself onto him, and letting his cock fill her whole.

  Henry began to groan too. Every time Lily took him, he felt his release getting closer. The way her auburn hair fell daintily over her breasts, the way her soft, plump lips moved as she moaned, the way her pert little tits bounced with every movement; he was in awe of her, and couldn’t take his eyes off her.

  With a final thrust, Lily bit her lip and came. The sensation of her pussy twitching brought Henry to his release as well, and he moaned loudly as he quivered, covering Lily in his sticky orange cum.

  As Lily lay on top of Henry, her tongue finding his lips and kissing them hard, he rolled her over so that she was laying on the grass, himself on top. He lifted her legs so that her ankles rested on his shoulders, and pushed himself back inside.

  “Take me hard Henry,” Lily begged. “I want you to fuck me like I’ve never been fucked before”.

  Henry was used to starting off slowly, but he did as Lily commanded, thrusting his hard cock into her with reckless power. Sweat dripped from his body as he held onto Lily’s legs and thrust himself in again and again.

  Lily began to wriggle as her second orgasm approached, but Henry’s large hands kept her steady. Her high pitched moans, and the sight of her excitement brought him to the edge again, but Henry wasn’t done yet. Despite having orgasmed twice in a matter of minutes, he continued to thrust into her, taking her deeper inch by inch, until his aching shaft exploded for a third time, Lily finding her release with him.

  “Do you want to take one of my potions?” Lily asked as she snuggled up into Henry’s heavy arms. “You do have two more quests you need to complete after all…”

  Henry was tempted, but he didn’t want his experiences with Lily to be marred by the effects of a potion. “Just give me a minute,” he urged. His body was still trembling with aftershocks, and he was struggling to catch his breath.

  “Go on Henry, I made them especially”

  “I’ll be fine in a minute Lily, honestly”.

  Lily harrumphed, but knew she couldn’t force him. Rather than wait, she knelt between Henry’s legs and began to rub his shaft with her hands. “Oh god,” Henry groaned, knowing what was coming. “Oh god!”

  Seconds later, his cock was fully erect again and Lily began to slowly lick the tip. Henry stared into her emerald green eyes as he felt her breath covering the underside of his cock, making it twitch. She then began to lick it. Slowly at first before taking him deeper and deeper until he was buried to the hilt of her mouth. Her pale lips contrasted starkly with the greenness of his cock, and it surprised Henry just how much this turned him on. He wasn’t just looking into a mishmash of flesh, he could see everything in intricate detail.

  “Oh fuck baby, yeah that’s nice,” Henry said as Lily took hold of his balls. She continued to run her tongue along his shaft before pushing him as deeply into her mouth as she could.

  Lily’s mouth was hot against
his cock, and Henry could feel his fourth orgasm growing. He held on to his aching shaft as Lily continued to work magic with her tongue. He watched as she smiled seductively at him, before taking him deep once more. That was all it took for him to find another release, his cock spurting more and more cum into her throat. Henry literally had no idea how an orc’s body could make so much.

  “Ahem. Are you two about done?”

  Startled, Henry quickly covered his cock, his eyes darting around, looking for the stalker who was watching them.

  “Oh crap,” said Lily, throwing Henry’s clothes at him and covering herself up quickly. “It’s the man from the stables”.

  “Shit, I forgot I’d told him to meet us here”. Pulling his own clothes on, he tried to hide the embarrassment from his face.

  Henry made quick of the introductions. “Lily this is Rizon, Rizon this is Lily”. He couldn’t remember what he’d told each of them about the other and didn’t want to repeat himself, especially not while his mind was still wrapped up in the sex he’d been having mere minutes before.

  “It’s clear I’ve interrupted you, but you did…”

  “I know,” said Henry. “I’m sorry”. He instinctively looked about to see if anyone was watching them.

  “There’s no-one here,” said Rizon in response to Henry’s actions. “That boy never returned, I’ve kept an eye out. No-one followed me either, but I’d still like to be quick”.

  “Yes, sorry, of course, where were we?” Henry said. He was distracted by the levelling information flashing up before him, but pushed it away, opting to deal with it later.

  “You’re leaving tomorrow?” Rizon asked.

  “Yes, but no-one knows except for the merchant in town. It’s the final quest I need to complete to reach level 20. Lily’s coming with me, but no-one knows about that either”. Lily snuggled into him as he said her name.

  “Is that wise?” said Rizon, his eyebrows arching in disbelief.

  “I don’t know,” Henry replied, irritated by the question. “But I can’t leave her behind… I…”