Chapter 221: Working as Intended
“Is this actually working?”
“Yeah, it really is,” Dys grunted.
“C’mon, you aren’t messing with us, right? Just to get us all in on this?”
“I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have to trick any of you to get my cock sucked.”
“Fair enough,” Kerr shrugged before giving Dys’ shaft another lick. “Still. You really aren’t going to cum?”
“I’d really fucking like to!” Dys groaned as her head flopped back, one arm tossed over her eyes.
It was torture. Heavenly, lewd, unbearable torture. Dys’ shaft pulsed with the need for release, the tightness in the pit of her stomach squeezed to an almost painful degree, yet her peak was denied to her. No matter how much she wanted to, or her body needed to, she just couldn’t cum. Sabina’s enchanted leather cock ring worked.
“The enchantment seems to be holding up well!” Sabina called out from somewhere between Dys’ legs. “I’m seeing some signs of degradation, though, so I think this version might be a one and done item. I’d like to continue for another half hour to be sure of its stability.”
“Another half an hour!?” Dys cried out, her body twitching at sudden stimulation. “I don’t think I can do that, Sabby, I’m about to lose my fucking mind!”
Sabina poked her head out from underneath Eir to look at Dys, tilting to one side in curiosity.
“Is that my nickname now? I think Bridget called me that once. I’ve never had a nickname before, I guess Sabby works. I kind of like it! Oh, does that mean I get to give Bridget a nickname? Should we call her Bridgy maybe?”
“No,” Bridget immediately said, giving the smith a smack to the back of the head. “No one’s calling me fucking Bridgy.”
“Also not the point right now!” Dys groaned, a legitimate whine entering her tone. “It’s already been forty-five minutes and I can’t keep this up. Take this thing off me!”
“Is this actually starting to hurt?” Eir asked, pausing her ministrations.
“It doesn’t really hurt,” Dys fidgeted, “But it’s so D be damned uncomfortable. If this doesn’t end soon, I’m going to rip the stupid enchantment off myself and then fuck the brains out of one of you. Maybe all of you.”
Kerr also paused, giving Eir a look from across Dys’ cock.
“Maybe we should keep going, huh?”
Eir shook her head, a smile tugging at her lips.
“I don’t think we should torture her any longer. I’m sure we have enough proof now that it works. Sabina, dear, would you please finish up your notes so we can relieve poor Jadis?”
“Will do,” Sabina nodded. “Just another minute and I’m done with this part.”
As Sabina finished doing whatever it was she was doing, Eir and Kerr returned to stroking and licking Dys’ raging erection. The duo had been working on Dys’ cock for the past ten minutes, keeping Dys in a constant state of near-climax by attending to her shaft with fervent passion. They hadn’t been the only ones to put their hands on her, though. Aila, Thea, and Bridget had all switched out over the course of the test, taking turns at pleasuring Dys so that each could take a break as needed.
No break for Dys, though. Ever since she’d sat down on a log and let her lovers begin, she’d been kept in a constant state of almost-climax. At first, it hadn’t been too bad. The increased sensitivity that came from hanging on the edge had made her head swim in a good way. After so long teetering on the peak, though, she wanted the experience to be done. So did her cock, by the look of her. While Jadis’ member usually had a smoothness to it that gave it an almost inhuman, idealized beauty to it, after forty-five minutes of denial it had become an angry, veiny monster. As big as her cock was, it had grown thicker and heavier, pulsing with a furious desire despite still remaining as pale as marble. Dys’ cock had gained an intimidating aura, born not from pure size but appearance as well.
The excruciating experience wasn’t uncomfortable for Dys alone. The rest of Jadis was affected sympathetically. Even with her compartmentalized mind, Jadis was still one person at her soul. Jay and Syd stood nearby, their own engorged members twitching with ignored lust inside of their pants. It wasn’t as bad for them, since they weren’t being actively teased by the hands and mouths of her lovers, but the nearly hour-long erections still weren’t much fun for her other two bodies.
“Okay, ready to take it off,” Sabina announced as Dys felt her hands around the base of her cock.
“One moment,” Aila said as she gently brushed Eir and Kerr’s mouths away from Dys’ cockhead. “Lean forward please, Dys. We can’t bend you, at the moment.”
Indeed, with how hard her cock had become, there wasn’t much give to the straining muscle. Jadis was fairly certain Aila could perch on her shaft like a bird and the beastly thing would support her. She wasn’t about to test that theory, though. She wanted to end the test as quickly as possible.
Sitting up and leaning forward, Dys angled her cock somewhat down so that the tip was pointed at a large bowl that Aila used when she wanted to catch Jadis’ seed so she could refill her canteen. The metal bowl was more than large enough to hold the output of all three of her bodies, although it would be filled to capacity. Once she was in position, Aila gave Sabina permission to remove the cock ring while Kerr and Eir moved in to finish Dys off.
They needn’t have bothered. As soon as Sabina unclasped the leather ring, Dys’ whole body convulsed in the most powerful orgasm she’d ever experienced. Her whole body shook as her mind went nearly blank with the overwhelming sensation. Her toes curled so hard they dug into the earth beneath the blanketed ground while her fingernails cut into the palms of her hands from clenching so hard. It was like every orgasm she’d been denied for the past forty-five minutes hit her all at once, sending her over the edge and into a raging storm she had not been prepared for.
Jay and Syd both collapsed onto the ground, their knees having buckled out from under them. Neither climaxed, but Jadis was so overcome with Dys’ sensations that she was almost tricked into thinking that her other two bodies had come as well.
“Gods!” Aila cried out, a sentiment echoed by the other women near her.
Dys’ eyes were squeezed shut in her ecstasy, but Jay and Syd could see what had caused the commotion. The bowl Aila held had been splattered with seed, the first forceful emission spraying back as Dys’ cum splashed onto Eir, Kerr, and Sabina. In moments the bowl had been half filled, and still Dys kept coming. Eir and Kerr were barely able to keep her cock steady as it jerked and jumped in their hands, ropes of white cum continuing to fill the bowl. Before Dys finally began to slow, her climax fading, her seed had spilled over the edge of the bowl, dripping down Aila’s fingers and onto the ground.
“Holy shit,” all three of Jadis panted out, though with how shaky Dys’ voice was, it lacked the usual conformity that came when all of her spoke at once. “That was… that was fucking intense.”
“Sure looked like it,” Kerr whistled as she used a finger to swipe up the last dribble of cum from Dys’ tip. “I mean, è stato pazzesco, I didn’t even know that much could cum out of you.”
Even with her head swimming from nearly passing out, Dys was still able to give Kerr a look for the horrible pun.
As Thea rushed over to help Aila, bringing her canteen and a funnel, Sabina popped up from between Dys’ legs holding the leather strap.
“It didn’t survive,” she chirped happily, “just like I thought! The material is too weak to hold up to the magic so it burned out as soon as the connection was cut. But it wasn’t that hard to make and I should be able to make more of them pretty easily!”
Jay walked up behind Sabina as she spoke and took the strip of leather from her hand. Looking at it, she could see that the enchantment circle she’d etched into the material had quite literally burned out, the markings charred almost like an electrical circuit had been fried. The other materials that had been a part of the item had also been destroyed, the scales she’d used along one side had cracked like brittle leaves and the one slice of bone plate she’d used for the clasp had crumbled apart. It seemed when an enchantment was used up, the materials were used up with it.
“Well, I’m glad that you’ve got your proof of concept,” Jay said as she passed the broken item back to Sabina. “Now, how are you going to get it to work for you? I mean, I can grow a cock on you with a ritual, so I guess we can do it that way if you can make one of these in whatever size would fit you.”
“But we might have to do that for everyone,” Syd mused with a finger on her chin. “If you make one of these magical cock rings for each of us, the whole group can coordinate our climax together with a lot more certainty.”
“Ah!” Sabina said with wide eyes, “I forgot you can do that! Give us penises, I mean. Aila had a penis! But now she doesn’t which was really weird and then I remembered your ritual and it was less weird but still weird. I don’t know what my own penis would look like, though I do kind of want to find out. But I don’t think we’d have to do that for all of us! I think I can make a version of this enchantment that’ll work for women as well now that I’ve got a feel for the basics. They’ll still probably be single use, but I should be able to get them done with the materials we have.”
“That’s good,” Jay smiled and nodded before picking Sabina up by her waist and carrying her over to the wagon. “I’m glad you’ve got it figured out now, can’t wait to try it.”
“Uh, wha—what are you doing?” Sabina asked as Jay ripped her pants from her with one motion. Her further words were silenced as Jay roughly kissed her, her tongue filling her mouth for several seconds.
“You would not believe how pent up I am right now,” Jay said as she broke the kiss. “And our little mad inventor here is going to have to take responsibility for the consequences of her actions.”
“Oh!” Sabina said, then let out a different sounding exclamation as Jay’s hard cock popped free of her pants and immediately found Sabina’s already slick core.
“Don’t think any of you are getting out of this either,” Syd said as she picked up Thea from behind and threw her over her shoulder, the quiet woman letting out a little gasp of surprise. “You all are a team, so you all can work together to overcome this challenge.”
“Overcome!” Kerr laughed as Dys picked her up with one hand while sweeping up Eir in the other. “Pretty sure you’re the only one to ‘overcome’ tonight!”
“Not for long,” Dys growled.
All in all, Jadis would rate Sabina’s experiment a success, though the aftereffects were more than a little messy. The cleanup in the morning took a while, especially since everyone was slow to get up after such an exhausting night. Their plans weren’t too disrupted, though, since Jadis had searched practically everywhere that she could around this particular split peaked mountain.
For the sake of making sure she’d checked every last possibility, Jadis headed out to search the far side of the mountain one last time. She wanted to be sure that she hadn’t missed any streams or waterfalls, but part of the reason she left was to give Sabina some time to work on her creations. Jadis hoped that if Sabina had enough time to make her improved versions of the climax-denial enchantment, they could perform the Lascivious Empowerment ritual that night. The boost to all of their power would be significant and could certainly make travel through the forest much easier.
Having made her way through the mountain pass the day before, Jadis made good time getting over to the north side of the mountain with little difficulty or interruption. The nice thing about the far side, she found, was the lack of demonic activity. It seemed that since there wasn’t any human, or elf, or whatever, activity, the demons weren’t as interested in the area. There were still strange magical beasts, but those were more easily avoided.
After a few hours of fruitless searching, Jadis decided it was time to call it quits. This first mountain wasn’t the right one. None of the streams she’d come across had even remotely matched D’s description, and there had been no sign of any intelligent life. With the winter sky already starting to darken, Jadis headed back to camp with the hope that Sabina had made enough progress that they could perform the ritual.
As Jadis’ selves jogged along the path she’d made through the mountain pass, a brief flash of an unexpected sight caught Syd’s eye.
“The fuck was that?” Syd murmured as she and her other selves immediately turned to look to the west.
A shadow of a figure could be seen along the ridgeline, practically obscured by the trees. The only way Jadis had noticed it at all was because the setting sun’s light had illuminated the figure from behind.
“Who’s there?” Jay called out, calling out to the distant figure.
There was no answer, nor movement from the shadowed person. Squinting against the light, Jadis could see that the person stood with their arms outstretched to either side of them, but not much else. They were standing along the edge of a ridgeline that overlooked the pass, practically along the diving point between her valley and the Sweet Pine Valley to the west. Since her call had gotten no response, Jadis decided to approach.
As she drew closer, moving through the trees to get to a point where she was practically under the ridgeline, the figure’s details became much clearer. It was a man, wearing robes, arms outstretched. But despite the wind, neither his long hair nor robes moved even an inch. In fact…
“Is that D’s statue?” Dys asked aloud, a strange chill running up her back.
It sure as fuck looked like it. How had it gotten out here, up the side of a literal mountain? Had the bandits moved it for some reason? Was it a trap?
As much as the unexpected sight confused her, Jadis knew that standing there stupidly staring wasn’t going to get her any answers. Clenching her weapons in determination, Jadis turned and made her way up the ridge, finding a path up so she could investigate the statue up close. As she did, Syd pulled the wooden signal device that Sabina had made for her out of her pack, ready to use it just in case the statue turned out to be a part of some bizarre ambush.
It took a few minutes to find a way up, the ridgeline was steep and the terrain treacherous, but when Jadis did make it to the top, she looked around her in even further confusion.
“What the fuck?” Jay cursed as she and her other selves slowly scanned the area. “Where is it?”
The statue was gone. There was simply no sign of it. At first Jadis thought she’d gone to the wrong spot since she’d had to go far around to get up the ridge, but no. There were the two pine trees growing out of the split boulder, and there was the old fir tree that had broken in half at some point. The statue should have been right between them, standing on the top of the ridge on the bare rock. But there was nothing.
Jadis put her backs to each other, staring in every direction. The only sound was the wind through the trees. She could see far, the light of the setting sun illuminating the ridge, though her valley was shrouded in shadows. From where she stood, she could see down into the Sweet Pine Valley as well, though it too was slowly being blanketed in darkness. There was no sign of movement, ambush or otherwise.
Suddenly there was a cracking boom that echoed through the evening sky. Jadis nearly jumped out of her skin, all of her bodies reacting as though she were under attack. But no, there was no attack. Just the booming sound. Checking to make sure she hadn’t mistakenly set it off, Syd checked and found that her wooden signal device was still intact.
“Fuck,” Dys cursed, turning her eyes to look down into the shadowed valley. “They’re under attack!”
A second boom echoed, making Jadis’ hearts clench, though just as she started to run, a third boom echoed and Jay stopped in her tracks, looking down into the valley.
The other valley. Sweet Pine Valley. There, near the north-western part of valley, was the village clearing, barely visible in the low light. A flash of light brightened the spot briefly, then another distant boom reached her ears.
“Shit, I think that’s Nora,” Jay murmured, thinking of the lightning mage.
“It’s not us,” Dys said as another flash and boom of thunder echoed in the distance.
“The soldiers are under attack,” Syd finished.
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Chapters
- Chapter 684 681: Aerial Altercation
- Chapter 683 680: Clever Girl
- Chapter 682: A Long Day’s March
- Chapter 681: Aerial Altercation
- Chapter 680: Clever Enemies
- Chapter 679: Marching Orders
- Chapter 678 675: Staging Grounds
- Chapter 677 674: Launch
- Chapter 676 673: Perverse Improvement
- Chapter 675 672: Shifting Solidarity
- Chapter 674 671: Relaxed Review
- Chapter 673 670: Release
- Chapter 672 669: No Relief
- Chapter 671 668: Deserving Attention
- Chapter 670 667: POV Seraphim
- Chapter 669 666: Consensus
- Chapter 668 665: Proposal in Theory
- Chapter 667 664: Imagined Ideal
- Chapter 666 663: Figure Out
- Chapter 665 662: Train Wreck
- Chapter 664 661: Independence
- Chapter 663 660: Dirty Talk
- Chapter 662 659: Reinforced
- Chapter 661 658: Family Trust
- Chapter 660 657: Orange
- Chapter 659 656: Confessions
- Chapter 658 655: Bound
- Chapter 657 654: A Cat in Need
- Chapter 656 653: Calling In Favors
- Chapter 655 652: Careful Examination
- Chapter 654 651: Undesirable Aftermath
- Chapter 653 650: Touched
- Chapter 652 649: A Touch of Desire
- Chapter 651 648: True Lies
- Chapter 650 647: Shattered Expectations
- Chapter 649 646: Stakeout
- Chapter 648 645: A Place to Grow
- Chapter 647 644: A Taste
- Chapter 646 643: A Time and a Place
- Chapter 645 642: POV Severina
- Chapter 644 641: Private Show
- Chapter 643 640: Pieces
- Chapter 642 639: Heroes
- Chapter 641 638: Failure
- Chapter 640 637: Sacrifices
- Chapter 639 636: Confirmation
- Chapter 638 635: POV Mystic
- Chapter 637 634: A Hard Place
- Chapter 636 633: Roc
- Chapter 635 632: Red-Eye Flight
- Chapter 634 631: Choices
- Chapter 633 630: Discomfort
- Chapter 632 629: Most Favored Daughter
- Chapter 631 628: The Verdant Sea
- Chapter 630 627: Speedy Departure
- Chapter 629 626: In the Closet
- Chapter 628 625: Parlour in Red
- Chapter 627 624: Valuable Progress
- Chapter 626 623: Secret Knowledge
- Chapter 625 622: Hall of Memories
- Chapter 624 621: Ancient Dreams
- Chapter 623 620: Old Wounds
- Chapter 622 619: Spoonful of Honey
- Chapter 621 618: Lonely Grove
- Chapter 620 617: Quiet Lands
- Chapter 619 616: Hand in Hand
- Chapter 618 615: Tainted Tea
- Chapter 617 614: Pillar
- Chapter 616 613: Invulnerable
- Chapter 615 612: Touring the Lines
- Chapter 614 611: Spider Dryad
- Chapter 613 610: Survey
- Chapter 612 609: Big Stuff
- Chapter 611 608: Veranda Blossom
- Chapter 610 607: Meeting of Minds
- Chapter 609 606: The Senate
- Chapter 608 605: POV Companion
- Chapter 607 604: Volto
- Chapter 606 603: The Hoard
- Chapter 605 602: Draconic Dinner
- Chapter 604 601: Draconic Debt
- Chapter 603 600: Dragon Fall
- Chapter 602 599: Draconic Directive
- Chapter 601 598: Soaring Encounter
- Chapter 600 597: Contested Airspace
- Chapter 599 596: Regrets
- Chapter 598 595: Embraced
- Chapter 597 594: Salacious Transposition
- Chapter 596 593: POV Amarantha
- Chapter 595 592: Transpositions Reviewed
- Chapter 594 591: Travel Talk
- Chapter 593 590: New Equipment and New Companions
- Chapter 592 589: Princely Bargains
- Chapter 591 588: Unstandard Procedure
- Chapter 590 587: Party Line
- Chapter 589: Princely Bargains
- Chapter 588 585: Tree Hugging
- Chapter 587 584: Honey
- Chapter 586 583: Carving
- Chapter 585 582: Morning Report
- Chapter 584 581: Early and Late Arrivals
- Chapter 583 580: Shield Power
- Chapter 582 579: Hatchlings on Review
- Chapter 581 578: Distress and Undress
- Chapter 580 577: Crashing Hard
- Chapter 579 576: Aura Farming
- Chapter 578 575: Underwater Rite
- Chapter 577 574: Return to the Bathhouse
- Chapter 576 573: Vital Overflow
- Chapter 575 572: Guest List
- Chapter 574 571: Demonic Negotiations
- Chapter 573 Interlude: Twisted Desire
- Interlude: Twisted Desire
- Chapter 572 570: When a Plan Comes Together
- Chapter 571 569: Ambition
- Chapter 570 568: The Other Shoe
- Chapter 569 567: Mood
- Chapter 568 566: Very Good Question
- Chapter 567 565: Bad Idea
- Chapter 566 564: Accelerated Strain
- Chapter 564: Accelerated Strain
- Chapter 563: New Perspective
- Chapter 565 563: New Perspective
- Chapter 562: Replenished
- Chapter 561: Newborn
- Chapter 560: Hope’s Arrival
- Chapter 559: Any Berth in a Storm
- Chapter 558: Belly of the Beast
- Chapter 557: POV Leader
- Chapter 556: Caught Up
- Chapter 555: Pursuit
- Chapter 554: From the Start
- Chapter 553: One Man’s Story
- Chapter 552: Amalgamation
- Chapter 551: Foul Play
- Chapter 550: Ruse
- Chapter 549: Chance Encounter
- Chapter 548: Encounters in Glanum
- Chapter 547: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
- Chapter 546: Last Minute Arrival
- Chapter 545: On the Wing
- Chapter 544: Omission
- Chapter 543: A Justicar’s Strength
- Chapter 542: Overdue
- Chapter 541: A New Look
- Chapter 540: Not Quite Mile High
- Chapter 539: Sample Collection
- Chapter 538: The Unscientific Method
- Chapter 537: Wands in Review
- Chapter 536: Coordination and Confronation
- Chapter 535: Balls and Wood
- Chapter 534: As Long as it Takes
- Chapter 533: Perspective
- Chapter 532: Split Attention
- Chapter 531: Concept
- Chapter 530: Unmoored
- Chapter 529: A Long List
- Chapter 528: A Chance
- Chapter 527: Atonement
- Chapter 526: Spiral’s End
- Chapter 525: Sacrament
- Chapter 524: Certainty
- Chapter 523: Random Chance
- Chapter 522: POV Spy
- Chapter 521: Bedroom Blitz
- Chapter 520: Divine Progress
- Chapter 519: Willpower
- Chapter 518: Prepared Sniper’s Position
- Chapter 517: Silent Protector
- Chapter 516: Malleability
- Chapter 515: Arcane Improvements
- Chapter 514: Path of the Progenitor
- Chapter 513: Tip of the Iceberg
- Chapter 512: Staggering Numbers
- Chapter 511: Loyalty and Speculation
- Chapter 510: Meet and Greet
- Chapter 509: Falling into Rhythm
- Chapter 508: Family Forge
- Chapter 507: Philosophy and Iced Tea
- Chapter 506: At Ease
- Chapter 505: Regicide
- Chapter 504: The Bold
- Chapter 503: Follow Through
- Chapter 502: Critical Hit
- Chapter 501: Inside Knowledge
- Chapter 500: Mirror Magnification
- Chapter 499: Hindsight
- Chapter 498: Deliberate Reaction
- Chapter 497: Visceral Action
- Chapter 496: Breathe
- Chapter 495: A Greater Spellwork
- Chapter 494: Coming to a Head
- Chapter 493: Command Conflict
- Chapter 492: Reconnoiter and Plan
- Chapter 491: Impact
- Chapter 490: Pulverize
- Chapter 489: Change of Battleplans
- Chapter 488: Push Back
- Chapter 487: POV Maeve
- Chapter 486: Mud and Blood
- Chapter 485: Hold the Line
- Chapter 484: Two Towers
- Chapter 483: Cannonball
- Chapter 482: Aerials
- Chapter 481: Glanum
- Chapter 480: Ancient Sights and New Territory
- Chapter 479: First Class Travel
- Chapter 478: Exhaustion and Preparation
- Chapter 477: Undying Flare
- Chapter 476: Slow Burn
- Chapter 475: A Magistrate’s Touch
- Chapter 474: Vraekae’s Manor
- Chapter 473: Infanticipating
- Chapter 472: A Candid Moment
- Chapter 471: Scent of an Elf
- Chapter 470: Personnel Conversations
- Chapter 469: Afterglow
- Chapter 468: Best Efforts
- Chapter 467: Family Meal
- Chapter 466: Rooftop Sit-Down
- Chapter 465: Check-In
- Chapter 464: POV Pilgrim
- Chapter 463: Background Check
- Chapter 462: The Value of Trust
- Chapter 461: Infiltration
- Chapter 460: Rising Developments
- Chapter 459: Midflight Ruminations
- Chapter 458: Recrimination
- Chapter 457: Burning Flowers
- Chapter 456: Through Fire and Flame
- Chapter 455: Occult Magic
- Chapter 454: Burning Heart
- Chapter 453: Desperate Search
- Chapter 452: Cinders
- Chapter 451: Return to Cold Brook
- Chapter 450: Overdue
- Chapter 449: Cooperation
- Chapter 448: Petty Plots
- Chapter 447: Decency
- Chapter 446: POV Dryad
- POV: Dryad
- Chapter 445: Collusion
- Chapter 444: Brace Up
- Chapter 443: Massage
- Chapter 442: Helping Hands
- Chapter 441: After Dinner Discussion
- Chapter 440: Clan Warsong
- Chapter 439: Proper Definition
- Chapter 438: Prioritize
- Chapter 437: Obstinate
- Chapter 436: A Night in Cold Brook
- Chapter 435: Romantic
- Chapter 434: Unexpected Greeting
- Chapter 433: POV Meli
- Chapter 432: Air Travel
- Chapter 431: Setting Sail
- Chapter 430: Independence
- Chapter 429: Strange Conversations
- Chapter 428: Advice
- Chapter 427: Goals
- Chapter 426: Flight
- Chapter 425: Second Squad
- Chapter 424: Attraction
- Chapter 423: Succession
- Chapter 422: Blessed
- Chapter 421: Secret Consultation
- Chapter 420: Spring
- Interlude: Cullen
- Chapter 419: Progenitor
- Chapter 418: Heaven
- Chapter 417: Decision
- Chapter 416: Transcendent
- Chapter 415: Knowledge Shared
- Chapter 414: Pregnancy Test
- Chapter 413: Ritual Overtime
- Chapter 412: Spectacle
- Chapter 411: Compatible
- Chapter 410: Priorities
- Chapter 409: Family Gathering
- Chapter 408: An Arrangement
- Chapter 407: Meeting of the Minds
- Chapter 406: Sons
- Chapter 405: Character and Honor
- Chapter 404: The Emperor
- Chapter 403: Summoned
- Chapter 402: Herbalism and Witchcraft
- Chapter 401: Silver Lining
- Chapter 400: Difference of Opinion
- Chapter 399: Baby Talk
- Chapter 398: Terrible Explanation
- Chapter 397: Audience
- Chapter 396: A Hero, an Oracle, and a Prince Walk Into a Pastry Shop
- Chapter 395: Unexpected Results
- Chapter 394: Interrogation
- Chapter 393: Sweet and Sour
- Chapter 392: A Private Conversation
- Chapter 391: For Now
- Chapter 390: Kitchen Nightmare
- Chapter 389: In the Company of Heroes
- Chapter 388: The Light
- Chapter 387: Dread
- Chapter 386: Bigger Problems
- Chapter 385: Unexpected Rescue
- Chapter 384: The Chaos of Battle
- Chapter 383: Betrayed
- Chapter 382: Dead Heads
- Chapter 381: Family
- Chapter 380: POV Light
- Chapter 379: Dance to Remember
- Chapter 378: Night of the Ball
- Chapter 377: Dress to Impress
- Chapter 376: Apprenticeship
- Chapter 375: Undercity
- Chapter 374: Mercenaries and Mice
- Chapter 373: Cleaning and Reconstruction
- Chapter 372: Shopping for Smiths and Witches
- Chapter 371: Time to Build
- Chapter 370: The Making of a Hero
- Chapter 369: Forewarned is Forearmed
- Chapter 368: Company Meeting
- Chapter 367: Branching Out
- Chapter 366: A Demon’s Choice
- Chapter 365: A Good Person
- Chapter 364: Perfectly Jadis
- Chapter 363: Stoking the Flame
- Chapter 362: POV Bridget
- Chapter 361: Fireside Council
- Chapter 360: Trummelton’s
- Chapter 359: Encouragement
- Chapter 358: Letters and Words
- Chapter 357: North Gate Reunion
- Chapter 356: Putting on a Show
- Chapter 355: Date with a Guardswoman
- Chapter 354: Makes Sense
- Chapter 353: Date with a Smith
- Chapter 352: Pillow Talk
- Chapter 351: Date with a Priestess
- Chapter 350: Private Show
- Chapter 349: Date with a Wanderer
- Chapter 348: Meeting the People
- Chapter 347: Acolytes of War
- Chapter 346: Training Grounds
- Chapter 345: Earnest Discussion
- Chapter 344: Date with a Goblin
- Chapter 343: Lovebirds
- Chapter 342: Blunt Conversation
- Chapter 341: Books
- Chapter 340: Guardian
- Chapter 339: Duty Assignments
- Chapter 338: POV Demon
- Chapter 337: Mate
- Chapter 336: Conspiracy Theory
- Chapter 335: Ancient History
- Chapter 334: Spice
- Chapter 333: Teatime with the Prince
- Chapter 332: Breakfast at Lyssandria’s
- Chapter 331: The Bathing Scene
- Chapter 330: Warm Welcome
- Chapter 329: All Roads
- Chapter 328: Subtext
- Chapter 327: Power Play
- Chapter 326: Eldingholt
- Chapter 325: Greater Good
- Chapter 324: Visitation
- Chapter 323: Doing the Math
- Chapter 322: Reorientation
- Chapter 321 POV: Paladin
- Chapter 320: Fractured
- Chapter 319: Snapped
- Chapter 318: Bear-Room Brawl
- Chapter 317: Resisting Arrest
- Chapter 316: Assumptions
- Chapter 315: Parole
- Chapter 314: Paladin of Jadis
- Chapter 313: Status Sheet
- Chapter 312: Between Friends
- Chapter 311: Getting a Handle on Things
- Chapter 310: Intentions
- Chapter 309: POV Alex
- Chapter 308: Scapegoat
- Chapter 307: Understanding
- Chapter 306: Influence
- Chapter 305: Tense Negotiations
- Chapter 304: VIPs
- Chapter 303: Gathering of Priests
- Chapter 302: The Second Worst Kind of Dinner Party
- Chapter 301: Lares
- Chapter 300: Hearth and Home
- Chapter 299: Return
- Chapter 298: Grub
- Chapter 297: Crate Trained
- Chapter 296: Unexpected Gift
- Chapter 295: A Disparate Gathering
- Chapter 294: First Impressions
- Chapter 293: Language Barrier
- Chapter 292: Reunited
- Interlude: Prince Hraustrekr
- Chapter 291: Light in the Dark
- Chapter 290: POV Enchanter
- Chapter 289: Gifts
- Chapter 288: Twins
- Chapter 287: Better View
- Chapter 286: Tempting Thoughts
- Chapter 285: Whispered Affection
- Chapter 284: Mending and Amends
- Chapter 283: Fruit in a Basket
- Chapter 282: Missing
- Chapter 281: Cold Shoulder
- Chapter 280: Future Plans
- Chapter 279: Easy Decision
- Chapter 278: Peer Reviewed Journal
- Chapter 277: Spoiled for Choice
- Chapter 276: Review Among the Trees
- Chapter 275: Gratitude
- Chapter 274: Old Friends
- Chapter 273: Vengeance
- Chapter 272: Change of Plans
- Chapter 271: Rescuing the Princess
- Chapter 270: Dragon’s Blight
- Chapter 269: POV Smith
- Chapter 268: Possession
- Chapter 267: Demons and Dragons
- Chapter 266: Mad Plan
- Chapter 265: It Worked
- Chapter 264: Ritual Time
- Chapter 263: Of Course
- Chapter 262: Battle Plans
- Chapter 261: Champion of Chaos
- Chapter 260: POV Sabina
- Chapter 259: Guidance
- Chapter 258: Fourth
- Chapter 257: Snow Fall
- Chapter 256: Prisoners
- Chapter 255: Forced Reinforcement
- Chapter 254: Ambushed
- Chapter 253: First
- Chapter 252: Coating
- Chapter 251: Smugglers
- Chapter 250: Sanctuary
- Chapter 249: POV Witch
- Chapter 248: Bigger Growth
- Chapter 247: Big Skills
- Chapter 246: Committed
- Chapter 245: Wailing
- Chapter 244: Terrible Fate
- Chapter 243: Knock on Wood
- Chapter 242: Screams
- Chapter 241: Malice
- Chapter 240: Seeing Results
- Chapter 239: Quartet
- Chapter 238: Working Out the Kinks
- Chapter 237: Collar
- Chapter 236: Awkward
- Chapter 235: Burnt Out
- Chapter 234: Interrogation
- Chapter 233: Conspiracy
- Chapter 232: Hot on Their Heels
- Chapter 231: Tunnel Vision
- Chapter 230: Back to the Depths
- Chapter 229: Nothing is Simple
- Chapter 228: Illumination
- Chapter 227: Exchange
- Chapter 226: Hostages
- Chapter 225: Elites
- Chapter 224: Slow and Steady
- Chapter 223: POV Ambusher
- Chapter 222: Needed
- Chapter 221: Working as Intended
- Chapter 220: Camp Life
- Chapter 219: Trailblazing
- Chapter 218: Second Departure
- Chapter 217: Done Teasing
- Chapter 216: Privacy
- Chapter 215: A Different Kind of Training
- Chapter 214: Double Attack
- Chapter 213: Recharging
- Chapter 212: Familiar Places
- Chapter 211: An Attempt Was Made
- Chapter 210: Enchantment
- Chapter 209: Too Much
- Chapter 208: Taste
- Chapter 207: Heart to Heart
- Chapter 206: Self-Recrimination
- Chapter 205: Catch Me If You Can
- Chapter 204: Bloody Mess
- Chapter 203: POV Sorcha
- Chapter 202: Crossroads
- Chapter 201: D Stands For…
- Chapter 200: Cabin in the Woods
- Chapter 199: Frustration
- Chapter 198: So Many Levels
- Chapter 197: Results
- Chapter 196: Cold as the Grave
- Chapter 195: Frost Drakes
- Chapter 194: POV Professional
- Chapter 193: Silent Night
- Chapter 192: Setting an Example
- Chapter 191: Keeping Quiet
- Chapter 190: Night Watch
- Chapter 189: Not Exactly Roughing It
- Chapter 188: On the Road Again
- Chapter 187: Early Morning Visitor
- Chapter 186: New Toys
- Chapter 185: Size Considerations
- Chapter 184: Even Exchange
- Chapter 183: Experiment
- Chapter 182: Logistics
- Chapter 181: Not Alone
- Chapter 180: Gaze
- Chapter 179: POV Troublemaker
- Chapter 178: Good Girl
- Chapter 177: Considerations
- Chapter 176: Lies
- Chapter 175: Flail
- Chapter 174: Test Run
- Chapter 173: Interview
- Chapter 172: Shindig
- Chapter 171: Politics
- Chapter 170: The General
- Chapter 169: Recess
- Chapter 168: Training Day
- Chapter 167: Avatars
- Chapter 166: Creation
- Chapter 165: Table Manners
- Chapter 164: POV Kerr
- Chapter 163: Spar
- Chapter 162: Nerves
- Chapter 161: Morning Surprise
- Chapter 160: Strange Espionage
- Chapter 159: Wolf in the Hen House
- Chapter 158: Uninvited
- Chapter 157: Manticore
- Chapter 156: Back to the Border
- Chapter 155: Kitted Out
- Chapter 154: New Recruit
- Chapter 153: Wanton Replication
- Chapter 152: POV Voyeur
- Chapter 151: Therion’s Just Want to Have Fun
- Chapter 150: Alternate Methods
- Chapter 149: Renovations
- Chapter 148: All Work and No Play
- Chapter 147: Mother of God
- Interlude: Prince Kestil
- Chapter 146: Fortune’s Favor
- Chapter 145: Company
- Chapter 144: POV Guardswoman
- Chapter 143: The Whole Truth
- Chapter 142: Confession
- Chapter 141: Spoils of War
- Chapter 140: Cleaning Up
- Chapter 139: Greater Demon
- Chapter 138: Battlefield
- Chapter 137: POV Thea
- Chapter 136: The Stone, Sieged
- Chapter 135: Where to go Next
- Chapter 134: Bloody Reception
- Chapter 133: Finally Free
- Chapter 132: Dog in a Kennel
- Chapter 131: Good Eating
- Chapter 130: The Hydra
- Chapter 129: The Long Under
- Chapter 128: Fully Powered and Ready to Go
- Chapter 127: Cleric Stats and Next Steps
- Chapter 126: What Military Training Gets You
- Chapter 125: Skills of a Ranged Specialist
- Chapter 124: The Start of an Info Avalanche
- Chapter 123: Too Much of a Good Thing
- Chapter 122: Party Compatibility
- Chapter 121: Sharing is Caring
- Chapter 120: To Ride a Giant
- Chapter 119: Delayed Desire
- Chapter 118: Sneak Attack
- Chapter 117: Frank Discussions
- Chapter 116: Let’s Talk
- Chapter 115: POV Healer
- Chapter 114: Forge On
- Chapter 113: Mistakes
- Chapter 112: Duty
- Chapter 111: Brief Reprieve
- Chapter 110: Into the Spider’s Den
- Chapter 109: Routed
- Chapter 108: Battle on the Docks
- Chapter 107: Time to Run
- Chapter 106: Alawar
- Chapter 105: Meeting New People
- Chapter 104: Job Prep
- Chapter 103: POV Priestess
- Chapter 102: Barbarians for the Win
- Chapter 101: None May Pass
- Chapter 100: Professionals
- Chapter 99: Job Offer
- Chapter 98: The Tipsy Mule
- Chapter 97: Worktable Talk
- Chapter 96: Breakfast Plans
- Chapter 95: Skill Test
- Chapter 94: Please
- Chapter 93: Pool Talks
- Chapter 92: Bathhouse
- Chapter 91: POV Eir
- Chapter 90: Caravan Cleanup
- Chapter 89: Thorn In Their Side
- Chapter 88: Looking Forward
- Chapter 87: Spike Trap
- Chapter 86: Unknown Intentions
- Chapter 85: Get Me Your Manager
- Chapter 84: That’s No Door
- Chapter 83: Adding Mods Makes for a Fun Experience
- Chapter 82: Power Level
- Chapter 81: A Little Embarrassing
- Chapter 80: Aila’s New Class
- Chapter 79: Retreat Isn’t an Option
- Chapter 78: Water Fall
- Chapter 77: Back in the Thick of Things
- Chapter 76: Brand New Look
- Chapter 75: Magic 101
- Chapter 74: Happy Birthday
- Chapter 73: Learning Numbers
- Chapter 72: Marathon
- Chapter 71: Lewd Lover’s Bond
- Chapter 70 POV: Lover
- Chapter 69: Explanations
- Chapter 68: Impulse
- Chapter 67: Armor Agreement
- Chapter 66: Smithy
- Chapter 65: Companion Acquired
- Chapter 64: Cat Out of the Bag
- Chapter 63: The Magistrate
- Chapter 62: Gone and Back Again
- Chapter 61: About Time
- Chapter 60: Interested
- Chapter 59: Chaotic Demon Hunters
- Chapter 58: Awkward Explanation
- Chapter 57: Dance
- Chapter 56: Ritual Talk
- Chapter 55: Badges
- Chapter 54: Picking a Path
- Chapter 53: Waking Up Late
- Chapter 52: Mercenary Compound
- Chapter 51: Far Felsen
- Chapter 50: Victorious Wagonride
- Chapter 49: Beating on a Boulder
- Chapter 48 POV: Cart Driver
- Chapter 47: Talking with a Cart Driver
- Chapter 46: On the Road Again
- Chapter 45: Nighttime Thoughts and Morning Preparations
- Chapter 44: Setting Things Straight
- Chapter 43: Campfire Interrogation
- Chapter 42: Change of Scenery
- Chapter 41 POV: Aila
- Chapter 40: Meeting the Locals
- Chapter 39: Voices
- Chapter 38: Firelite Ritual
- Chapter 37: On the Road
- Chapter 36: Heading South
- Chapter 35: Testing Attributes
- Chapter 34: The Right Class for the Right Pervert
- Chapter 33: Skills and Names
- Chapter 32: Ritual
- Chapter 31: Secondary Class
- Chapter 30: Aftermath
- Chapter 29: Dying the Cool Way
- Chapter 28: The Behemoth
- Chapter 27: Three Weeks
- Chapter 26: Temple Defilement
- Chapter 25: Bones Do Not Float
- Chapter 24: Upgrades
- Chapter 23: Between a Bone and a Hard Place
- Chapter 22: Stalkers
- Chapter 21: Loot Crates
- Chapter 20: Level Up
- Chapter 19: When a Plan Comes Together
- Chapter 18: Short Rest
- Chapter 17: Rude Interuption
- Chapter 16: Self Loving
- Chapter 15: No Excuse Needed
- Chapter 14: Crafting and Conversation
- Chapter 13: No Bones About It
- Chapter 12: No Solicitors
- Chapter 11: The Living Need, The Dead Provide
- Chapter 10: Morning Relief
- Chapter 9: Nighttime Deliberations
- Chapter 8: No Battle Plan Survives First Contact with the Enemy
- Chapter 7: Venturing Into the Village
- Chapter 6: Scavenging for Beginners
- Chapter 5: Mysteries of the Menu
- Chapter 4: No Choice at All
- Chapter 3: Exploration of Self and Surroundings
- Chapter 2: Arrival on Oros
- Chapter 1: Meeting D