Heavy Sun, Heavy Lust

Within the Great Plains, under a crushing sun, a shirtless man was training in a field of tall protruding stones. He moved as though he were currently in a fight, but his only opponents were the surrounding rocks.

The weapon in his grasp kept warping and changing, and with it, the man would shift his posture and stance accordingly, flowing between the styles of weapon and martial arts. From a Zweihander, he shifted to a dagger. From a halberd, he switched to a spear. From a round shield, he moved to brass knuckles…

The switching continued until both his hands were filled with scimitars, and he slashed right through one of the stones. The blades weren’t long enough to slash right through it and cause it to be split in half... However, the cut was indeed a bit deeper than the blades alone should have been capable of performing.

The blades vanished from his grasp.

Edrick exhaled strongly, pearls of sweat flowing across his back and torso as he slicked his hair back. The scion looked down at his hands. He had just done something notable… He had actually managed to summon twin weapons.

This was not something that could be done innately with Arm Of Depravity–Not to mention that he could feel something new coursing throughout his body. It was faint, only a mere shadow of a presence at the moment, but it was here nonetheless.

Weapon intent was what had allowed him to cut deeper through the stone than the scimitars should have allowed. It had taken the form of a sharp burst as a result of his successful manifestation of two identical weapons for the first time.

He could not yet control it, but this would come with time. Edrick only needed to keep training…

So far, he had greatly progressed in his mastery of Twisted Weapon Encyclopedia. In combination with Arm Of Depravity, Anoteros was able to switch between different weapons at a rapid pace. It was actually viable to do so during a fight now. In fact, it would be stupid not to do so.

Edrick was already talented in many forms of combat. He could switch his fighting style on a whim. As such, it would be greatly beneficial to throw his opponents off and take them by surprise. It also meant that he could cycle through very different methods of attack in the blink of an eye.

…This included using special techniques like the one acquired from practising Oni Smash. Though the noble had the sensation that eventually, as he continued to improve with Twisted Weapon Encyclopedia, he would no longer need to abide by pesky weapon restrictions.

Tricks linked to specific weapons would open up for all others… He felt certain of it.

Regardless, he could feel many things about the future of this technique acquired from shattering Xiao’s script.

Twisted Weapon Encyclopedia might look like nothing more than a copy produced by the system adapted for him to use specifically, but it seemed like it was not truly the case.

There were… Sensations coursing through the scion’s body that made him believe this technique would be capable of much more down the line... But that was besides the point at the moment. These improvements would not happen now, or even in the near future.

The sun was still sending its scorching light as Edrick stretched his body. He walked to an area where the protruding rocks provided shade, taking a seat near two of his bestial companions–Oswulf and Vulpalis.

They were waiting so they could lick their master clean with their tongue, yearning to consume his sweat enhanced by A Succubus’s Dream…

As per usual, Ansbach wasn’t interested in taking this sort of role with his master, and was instead wandering around in search of something to mate with, or kill–Usually, he would do both.

When Edrick had been told that the Terror-Hound would take after his personality and habits to some extent, he had not expected it to happen so quickly. Ansbach had turned from a typical member of his species–Which already had murderous tendencies to begin with–Into an even more sadistic hunter than he used to be.

The most noticeable change, though, was his relationship with bedly matters. The Jevodian Bearhound had first developed an appetite for female canines, before even going after the males. Now, he seemed to be–At least–Tempted to try things outside of canines altogether as well.

He had also been rather protective of his prizes at first before becoming willing to pass them back and forth with his master… The day Edrick and Ansbach would cooperate at the same time on a single ‘prey’ was getting closer and closer.

Despite the clear changes in behaviour and personality, Ansbach had not yet developed any kind of ability. Anoteros presumed that this sort of thing would only come later.

In any case, as his two female companions finished licking all of the sweat they could get, Vulpalis not-so subtly nudged her head against his crotch, while Oswulf brought her nose close to his neck, slowly breathing against her master’s skin as she made small movements from side to side.

“Aren’t you two ravenous girls, huh?”

Edrick undid his belt, pulling out his sweaty piece of man-meat, only for Vulpalis to immediately gorge on it. The albino wasn’t exactly patient when it came to intimacy–She was the sort to immediately get to the serious business.

Meanwhile, he stroked Oswulf’s soft mane and exchanged a kiss with her.

As such, when the Red Guardian unexpectedly showed up, he was met with a scene of Edrick making out with a Greater Vulpine Hound, and having his noble sceptre polished by an albino Laughing Fox…

Even for the Blutgar who had recently opened himself to more pleasures of bedly activities, this was a bizarre scene to stumble upon.

“Hello there. How can I help you? I haven’t seen you at all since I came back. It’s easily been two weeks at this point”

As per usual, even when seen like this without having seen it coming, Anoteros was utterly unbothered.

The protector was getting used to this unbending nonchalance.

“...I merely intended to check up on you. It would appear that you have been training particularly hard since your return”

“Indeed. I got myself an opportunity, and I need to make good use of it”

“I see”

Edrick casually pushed Vulpalis’s head down to the base of his great club.

“You are right on time, though. I have an idea for us to both have fun, and also allow the Underwood Elves to have a good time… Want to hear it?”

Hearing the word ‘fun’ from the human scion made it rather clear where he was going with this, but the Blutgar had been having relations with elves very frequently lately, so it piqued his attention.

“Sure”

The noble smiled.

“The concept is simple: We will go from Underwood to Underwood, organising big banquets and parties for everyone to partake in… During which, we will do what we do best, but this time, with village-wide orgies”

“I’m in”

The Blutgar responded without even thinking. It seemed like he had truly taken a taste to the expression of his lustful desires…