Chapter 398 – Ritual Begins

"Anything else we need to handle?" I ask.

"No," the High Priestess says. "Everyone else is ready, right?"

The girls all nod, even Yuki doesn't complain, and Lottie knows better. Poor Yuki is going to be Nakuma's toy for months, and the double birth will be fun for her, and Kiyomi can't be mad at me for all the kids. I just need to get Nakuma pregnant next.

"Perfect," the High Priestess says. "Time to strip you all and get you into position. Ashryn is on her way here, along with the sacrifices. Every minute we waste is more dead women, so move quickly. No more fighting."

Great, that means I have to move fast as well. But it is fun watching the women strip. I'm surprised that including Geta in the ritual isn't causing any problems, but the Goddess of Death is already part of the ritual, so it must be ok for the valkyrie to be in there as well. Maybe it'll even make it stronger? Then should I drag Isda out here for it? That would risk Sex probably doing something, though.

"My Champion," the High Priestess says. "We need an order for the women as well. The earlier ones will feel less pain. But you'll go through Ashryn twice. Once at the start, and then again to end the ritual. I would suggest the Princesses go earlier."

"Kind of," I say. "My Shadow can go last. But Lottie is first, and Azula next, I guess, to give her Mother a small mercy. Asariel, Geta, Shimmer, Yuki, Talindra, and Osanna. That should be good enough. No, wait, Osanna goes last, and my Shadow goes second to last. I think that fits better. Or- No, we'll go with that. Both are painful positions."

"As you wish," the High Priestess says. "All you need to do is ravage them and then use your mana to make sure they are newly pregnant. Ashryn will get pregnant from both encounters. You can use mana if you like. Ashryn's cuts will slowly glow as you move around the circle of women. Halfway through, the sacrifices will also start to be truly affected. Before that, they'll feel pain, but their current cuts will overshadow it. But halfway through, they'll start glowing, and then they'll begin to burn. When you impregnate Ashryn for the second time, a wave will be visibly moving out from the center. It will kill the sacrifices and continue out past the city and army, and then it will hit the opposing army. There, it will kill most, hopefully a majority, of the beasts in Nature's army. It looks like the women are ready to take their places, and the sacrifices are through the doors. Ready?"

"Yes," I say.

It's a treat to watch those owners float out of the temple dripping blood. How many times did they send me out like that? How many times did Kelly slowly stitch me back together? I wish we could do this again and again. Repeat this for a full year, and then let them figure out how to live again. But once will have to do. Ashryn will have to take the rest of the punishment on her own.

The blood is dripping a trail as a Priestess floats them over to us, and then Ashryn takes her place amongst the soon-to-be fucked. I wonder if she'll give me another boy. It would be funny if she keeps giving me sons that she doesn't get to raise.

"You all heard the order: Lottie goes to the left of Ashryn, and then the rest fill in clockwise. Spread your legs and say a prayer to Fertility, Space, Death, and Contract. I know some of you already belong to Alzi in some fashion, but after this, you will have another tie to Alzi. Earn a good contract for yourselves. Offer your womb and body to Alzi and ask for her care. That would be the most effective. Get greedy, and your mind and body will completely belong to Alzi. You all were picked because of a troubled past with Alzi. The Goddess will make sure you don't take advantage of Alzi again."

Most of them really are mine already. My Shadow, Yuki basically is, Shimmer in a strange way, Geta for a while, Osanna, Asariel, and Lottie. Azula was getting out, but not fully anymore, it seems. Talindra is a bit unknown, but I think having some control over her would be nice. She did try to kill my kids in Aurora's womb. We need to figure out her fate now that Esiyae is dead. I guess this should settle what is going to happen. She's had it too easy, raping Esiyae.

Ashryn leads the way to the middle as the sacrifices move around the garden to the tall pillars. They have to drip around the edge slowly to let the string naturally grow and not get twisted. It's fun to see them squirming around the circle. Their wrists get bound by some rope that hangs from a hook on the pillar, dangling a few feet above the ground. Their blood starts to drip down the pillars, painting them red. They seemed to liven up when getting hung up on their pillar, their groans coming out more hauntingly in the bloody garden.

The High Priestess takes Ashryn and leads my naked women over to some stone slabs. Ashryn gets slapped down first, her legs thrown in some stirrups to make it easy for me to get in. The Priestesses carrying the sacrifices are coming back around, and I hear them chanting like they always do for rituals. Will I understand that language if I become a Goddess?

A fountain sits in the middle of the women as they get forced into the stirrups. It never feels good to be in those. Open for the world to see, as the sacrifices loved to say when they pulled them out for me. The fountain spills out fire that starts to trace around the blood lines. Soon, the entire garden is ablaze. The heat feels amazing against my skin, and I can't wait to get in the middle.

The Priestesses start to drag the watchers away until it's just me at the edge of the ring of fire.

So pretty.

The High Priestess steps through the fire and gives me a bow.

"Head in and take the volunteers. Praise the Goddesses."

"Praise the Goddesses," I say. Fucking bitches. The Goddesses are the cause of all this shit. They could've made this all a lot easier if they had just fucked off. But no more waiting. Time to watch some of my past burn and start a new decade for Ashryn.

Stepping through the fire catches my robe on fire, so I hope it isn't important that I tear the robe off. I don't think it'll last long like this. Maybe I'll have a few rags to tear off before filling the bitches. Maybe my skin will catch, and I'll be glowing as I fuck them? That would look cool. Fertility, could you do that? Probably not without killing fewer of Nature's beasts.

The fire is mostly out by the time I'm between Ashryn's legs, so I still get to throw off some of my clothing. I'm glad I don't have to worry about that part of the ritual. Not that I don't have more sacrifices to use, but getting them all ready for this would take too long.

I step forward and trace my fingers down Ashryn's legs, running over my pretty little cuts, gathering some of her blood on my hands. It's still others forcing me to have sex with her, but I'm not the one in an embarrassing position this time around.

I line up, listen to her cries, and push forward.

*** Ashryn ***

Pain. The world is just a blur of pain. My body's on fire. My throat is too scratched and raw to voice my displeasure, just another source of the never-ending pain.

*** Alzi ***

Oh, how it feels to split this fucker apart. I never got to see her struggle with her last pregnancy. This time will be a joy.

Blood squirts out each time my hips slam into hers, and each time, she lets out a raspy scream. My length slamming into her, I show her no love, my hands gripping the cuts over her thighs. I'll have a second go at her, so I don't have to take too long this time around, but I hope she's praying well for me, thanking the Goddess for the chance to pay me back for all the kids I was forced to give out so she could get some gold.

Oh, Goddesses, let those who have hurt me kill those who wish to do it again. Let them burn. Let me hear their screams. Let me laugh at their pain and bathe in their blood.

Slowly, the blood from Ashryn's cuts starts to glow like a rainbow. Just a bit around her breasts for now.

"I hope it burns," I whisper. "The more it hurts, the more die."

I bury myself deep inside and release. I'll let the next round be the real round and just put four of my kids in her broken womb. I'll have a lot of healing to do for her. Over and over again, I'm sure.

Lottie is next. Already heavily pregnant, and she has another batch growing. Fluvis said she was mine.

"Do what you need, Mistress," Lottie says. "I pray to be in your care. Claim me yet again. Seal our deal before the Goddesses."

"You're already mine," I say.

I'm already covered in blood from Ashryn, hands, arms, and belly. I can't see much past my belly, but I can feel all the blood. I know that feeling well. This won't be the sexiest fuck.

I'm gentle, going inside Lottie. But clearly, the pain is starting. Lottie grips the side of the stone slab, her legs tensing as I begin to move inside her. It's a bit awkward with our bellies, but I'm skilled at handling women of all shapes while in all shapes myself. I do my best to massage her thighs while I fuck her, and soon, she has a set of twins to join the others.

Azula's chest is already heaving, and all of the women are struggling to breathe now. The fire is just growing in the middle of them, and we're far enough that they won't catch on fire, but it isn't cool for us, and Miss Ice Elf must hate this heat.

"Thank you, Alzi," Azula says. "My womb and future are yours. Just don't abuse me or my wives. Please show us mercy."

"Some of my wives are going to have to live with giving me plenty of kids for a while," I say. "For now, I'll take your womb."

I slide in easily enough, but it must be like a knife for Azula, as she lets out the scream the Mistress must've wanted to. I'm nowhere near as gentle with Azula as I was with Lottie. Azula hasn't earned that. I'll leave her with a good fifteen to match her Mother.

Asariel is already whispering Mistress over and over to me. Her body is shaking and shivering. Her pregnancy isn't showing yet, but that's fine. It hasn't been that long for her. My touch calms her a bit, and I even get a few moans from the whore. So kind to show her appreciation, the masochist. We'll find out if you enjoy pregnancy pains this much. Just an extra six for her.

Geta is glowing beside her; even her eyes are glowing more. But she refuses to show the pain. A stoic face on the Valkyrie of Death. So brave, even smiling when I enter her, my hands gripping her stupid, strong thighs. That means she can take more kids, right? I hope so, because it takes some work to get the ten kids lined up along her womb. Damn Death.

The screams of the sacrifices should have me curling my toes, but I just laugh on my way over to Shimmer. Oh, my Phoenix mate is struggling. She's panting in the heat, despite her race. I give her toe a soft kiss before moving to her womb.

"You'll crawl to your Queen when your belly starts to hang low," I say. "Then tell her she's next, and we'll be even." Shimmer should be the halfway point, and the screams sure seem to be at the highest they can get. Soon, I'll have them burning.

"I'm yours."

"Good girl," I say.