1.78 – Pranked?

None probably?

"Maybe it'd like being hit?"

That was Alas's suggestion, of course. Maple was beginning to suspect sadist tendencies from the half-elf. But the other idea was for them to all cum at once, and hope the boulder was compelled to join them. Most of the group weren't thrilled by that prospect.

"Aye, I'll give it a good wack this time."

Thera came again. Maple was soaked from watching it happen so many times. Seeing her touch herself, and then feeling it from a first-person perspective. Hearing the tiny moans and gasps she couldn't suppress each time because of the enhanced pleasure.

She could stand back with the others, but needing to activate her Skills was a good enough excuse for a front row seat.

She liked being right next to her. That one part of her mind she was trying to stifle compelled her to be. She tried not to think of it, especially because it might leak through if she did. She was only right next to her so she could time her Skills easier. She was.

Everyone else was horny, too. Each of them could see that through the mental connection. She felt Dort, stiff in his pants. Even Alas was damp, and was disarmed by that shared knowledge. If she called anyone a pervert now, it'd be thrown right back at her.

That knowledge made Maple kind of happy. Not an erotic happiness, though it was intimate. She was glad she wasn't the odd one out for being so horny. And they were professional about it, by just not mentioning it. They had a job to do. It was a fun kind of camaraderie.

This time during the [Telepathic Orgasm], Dort swung his hammer with a shout. It struck the boulder, and the boulder—moaned internally. A thought filled their connection. It wasn't a word, but held the same meaning. Harder.

Dort wasted no time. He pulled his arm back and activated a Skill. The boulder moaned again, and an earth-shattering orgasm filled the shared mental space. Cracks formed all over it.

The pleasure was so strong that Maple was cumming before she could think to disable the boulder's enhanced pleasure. The others were overwhelmed too. Each of their orgasms multiplied the pleasure of the whole. Maple collapsed to the ground and felt like her own mind might shatter from the pleasure.

She'd even, well, squirted or peed herself, she wasn't sure, but she found herself a mess once she regained her composure. The others had gone through similar and were lying on the ground.

The boulder had shattered into hundreds of smaller pieces—its children. Dort tugged at his beard.

"I reckon that would have worked without all the sex. I need to change me undergarments now."

"Your goddess is a pervert."

Alas glared at her like it was her fault. Emma nodded in happy agreement, and then offered her services to everybody. Thera shook her head and chuckled.

"That does sound like Lilibra. She probably knew we'd reach this solution even with that advice she gave."

Maple just bet she was laughing again.

Recovered and cleaned by Emma, they still had work to do. A pile of smaller rocks and boulders was the new obstacle. Using [Detect Life], Sylla confirmed that each one was 'alive' in the same way as the original.

"A [Mage] or [Alchemist] might be able to make something of them. We'll have to take back samples and come back if they're valuable."

"Well that's something. Damn, we still have to move it all. Let's plan on finishing that by tonight. We'll camp here if the entrance doesn't look dangerous, and we can go in tomorrow."

They got to work. Maple helped, despite being sore already. It was a lot of rock to move. Sometime after noon, Emma pointed out another deer to Alas. She pleaded.

I can carry it, I'm big inside. [Purifying Solution] will prevent it from rotting, I think?

"Can you? Oh, fine. You'll skin and gut it yourself? Share the meat? And...let me keep the pelt?"

Emma frowned in thought, but nodded. She'd get so much meat, that the deal was clearly in her favor.

"You better not waste any of it."

Perish the thought. Alas killed it, and Emma became a butcher for the day. Dort gladly cooked it, along with some of his spices and other ingredients. Everyone got a hearty lunch to make up for the hard labor.

With Alas's guidance, Emma had turned the deer into smaller hunks of meat. She did manage to fit it all inside of her, at the expense of increased mass. Maple couldn't see the meat though, and she finally had to ask.

"Really, how does that work? Where does everything go?"

Emma grinned and leaned in close. She wiggled her eyebrows. You wanna know my secrets, do you? She pulled out her notebook.

I have [Bottomless Stomach]. Pretty cool, right? But wait, there's more! I control my digestion because I'm a slime. Difficult if things close together, but can move around! Fill belly with [Purifying Solution] too.

Maple laughed and pet her chubby head. She'd been excited to explain. She really could have eaten two deer.

"So it's like infinite storage, but it makes your body bigger too? And you store everything inside your stomach? Coins, and—that cheese Mirkham gave us, that I ate?"

Emma nodded with a cheeky smile. That was a little...gross, maybe, but Maple couldn't really complain, considering all the fluids she'd cleaned off of her in the past. Or maybe that made it grosser. Emma was sterile, though, as far as she could tell.

"And, heyy, that's basically cheating with the bread sticks."

Emma laughed and gave her a peck before holding a finger to her lips. It was their shared secret, now.

"Silly. That is cool, though. Do you know for sure [Purifying Solution] will preserve food?"

She shook her head.

Experiment.

"Guess we'll find out. Hehe, chubby girl. I love you."

Maple squished her cheeks and Emma hugged her. She sure was cute, no matter what her form was.

Maple got back to work after that. Excavating the rocks had slowly revealed a door. By dusk, they'd cleared enough out to get inside the next day.