67. Dungeon (II)
Blink went through first, and he immediately shouted. "Be careful, the floor's sticky and there seems to be some kind of plant here. I think it's the demon vines."
Wynn and Kiara froze briefly at the mention of the demon vine. It brought back memories. Very recent memories. But they still pushed through, and immediately they were assaulted by the overwhelming scent in the room.
"Oh dear. This whole place is crawling with this stuff." Hannah said as she walked through. It was a fairly narrow corridor, made even narrower by all the transplanted demon vines. Blink and the other soldier looked a bit hazy, as they were just normal folks. Their minds were less resistant to the effects of the aphrodisiacs.
Hannah took her short sword and started to hack the demon vines.
"Follow me. I'll take the lead."
They began to slowly walk down the corridor, as Hannah and Kiara hacked the demonic vines in their path. But there was so much of it, and some of them touched them and brushed them along their legs. Lacing them with the same fluids.
Kiara tingled, as the [stone phallus] in her nether regions vibrated gently. Her face turned red, her body began to burn but in the darkness no one could notice. "-these vines- they're so tingly." She complained.
Blink and the other male soldier didn't look good. Their faces were pale as they were very much overwhelmed by the aphrodisiacs. The other soldier got so horny that he vented. Blink walked behind Nysta, and couldn't help himself under the influence of the juices. "Woman, you have such big tits, I wanna fuck you girls so bad."
Nysta, the only one who heard him, frowned. She ignored him.
But Blink's mental inhibitions by now were gone. They were just regular soldiers with very little mental training. So, he intentionally walked closer, and rubbed his pants against her butt. Nysta frowned. "Hey."
The soldier stopped, but as they kept walking, the enthralled soldier then intentionally grabbed Nysta's butt with his arms, his fingers pressing into her butt.
"Stop it." Nysta said. The other soldier was closer to the front, next to Wynn.
Blink, under Edmund's compulsion, snuck closer to Nysta. "I heard you gave handjobs to soldiers."
Nysta's face immediately paled, and she denied it immediately. "-that's not true."
"Is it?" Blink teased. "I heard you rub that dying soldier's dick. What's wrong if you let me touch your butt?"
Nysta couldn't respond, as Blink's fingers touched her butt.
"You don't have to reply. Just let me touch you some more. Or I could tell them that you're a big slut." Blink teased, and Nysta's face flushed.
"-I'm not a slut."
But she didn't protest his hand on her butt anymore.
***
The other soldier was equally affected by the aphrodisiacs, and he was a lot less subtle. He started making dirty talks. "Is the hero good in bed?"
Hannah frowned. "Shut it."
"I'm stressed!" The soldier said. "All these vines is making me horny as fuck."
Kiara, under the influence of the [stone phallus], inadvertently blurted out. "Me too." Wynn frowned. She too, was getting flashbacks of that time when they were in the pit of demonic vines. It brought back familiar sensations that was etched in her mind.
"I'd make out with you if you'd let me." The soldier said.
Kiara was a heroine. She regretted what she said. "No way. Not with you, at least." In her mind, she needed to use a lot of willpower to suppress memories of Count Edmund and her mother making out vigorously.
"Damn." The soldier cursed and tried his luck with Wynn. "How bout you, pretty lady?"
Wynn frowned, her fury rising. She was under the influence of the aphrodisiacs as much as everyone, but she responded to it with anger. "The hell with you. Shut it or I'll blow your heads off."
The soldier immediately shut his mouth.
***
The vines were over, as they entered the third floor. Magic immediately got thicker. Hannah, and Wynn took the lead, because Wynn could sense the presence of strong mana flows coming from the mana stones. "-it's real."
Hannah looked at the dragonling. "What's real?"
"The mana stones. I can feel it. It's nearby. We should be close to whatever that is guarding it."
Then they found the Evolved Mana-tainted Rat Creature. It was as large as a bull and radiated magical power.
"Oh dear." Hannah cursed, as the Rat Boss glared at them menacing, it's claws glowing with magic. "Get ready for battle!"
The two soldiers, Blink and the other guy, both retreated-
But then, a giant rat emerged from the back, and pounced on the other soldier. The other soldier struggled. The heroines couldn't help him, because the Rat Boss charged at Hannah, and launched an attack. It's attack smashed into her shield. "Crap!" Hannah said as she deflected the Rat Boss's attacks. More giant rats emerged, and they swarmed the cavern in the sewers. It didn't help that the place was dirty, and slippery, which made movement difficult.
Nysta cursed, as she bashed one of the giant rats. "Bless the goddesses- [Holy Blast]." Nysta, as a nun, had limited offensive abilities. Each of her attacks drained her quite a bit, and she could only use them a limited number of times.
Wynn immediately released a wave of magical energies, of ice, that froze both the giant rats and also created ice around the Rat Boss's legs. The Rat Boss struggled, but it's hands were still free. So it kept slashing.
Wynn was about to launch another spear of ice at the Rat Boss, but before she could do so, a giant rat appeared from a hole up in the walls and jumped on her back. She managed to dodge it, but the claws of the rat still left a huge gash across her back, tearing through her robe. She screamed in pain.
The Rat Boss was free, and Hannah charged. "I'll keep the boss down!"
Kiara slashed through more of the giant rats, her sword glowing. She cut through a few more giant rats, and managed to position herself closer to Nysta. "You alright, Nysta?"
"-I think so?" Nysta said in relief, as Kiara helped provide her some cover. She was flushed, and mildly injured. Some of the rats had managed to hit her. They bit and clawed at her body and face.
Kiara's glowing blade flashed, and a crescent wave of sword-magic slashed through the giant rats.
Wynn struggled as she tried to fight off the giant rat. She tripped, as the giant rat grabbed her robes, and pulled her down. More rats then dived towards her. She had a small shell of magic around her.
"Think she needs help." Kiara said as she ran towards her. "Be careful."
Nysta nodded as Kiara dashed towards the mage, and her slashing blade sent the rats flying. The mage, clearly injured, nodded at the knight. "Thanks."
Wynn was mad.
"Stupid rats!"
She sent another wave of ice that shot outwards. Once again, the rats were frozen, including the Rat Boss's feet. It tried to smash and escape from the ice around it's feet, but Kiara rushed ahead, and managed to land a slash through it's chest.
It bled.
It wasn't dead.
It roared-
Hannah's shield flashed. She pushed, and the shield slammed into the Rat Boss. It staggered backwards.
The rat struggled-
And a massive spear of ice pierced through its body, and the Rat Boss collapsed.
"Stupid, stupid rats." Wynn cursed as she used all her mana to blast the boss to pieces. "Know your place."
They were all injured to some degree. Light wounds, and cuts.
"Well. Good work, everyone." Hannah nodded, pleased. "Let's get those mana stones?"
They were all tired, as Edmund watched from above. If there was a time for the demon lord to strike, now was the time. There was a question that hung in his mind. He likely couldn't kill the hero. The hero was special. But what if he killed the heroines?
Could he still gain the power of the goddesses? Or only through corruption?
He thought about it and decided against it. The eyes of his rat-eyes glowed, and the rats in the sewers, by the thousands, poured into the room.
"What the hell it's not over yet?" The four girls said vented, but the rats were not there to kill them. They rushed to them, and rather than attack them, the rats chewed at their clothes. They struggled, killing many, but there were so many of them that they all managed to tear parts of their dresses and clothes away. The rats, once they grabbed the dresses, began to flee. Nysta and Wynn suffered from the rat attacks, because they didn't wear armor. Both Hannah and Kiara were in full suits of armor, so they were unharmed. The rats didn't try to bite armor.
"I should wear armor next time." Wynn cursed, she was in a half naked state. The rats didn't tear her magical pouch or her innerwear away, and she managed to keep segments of her robes. Nysta also managed to hold onto her magical staff and equipment, but her clothes were torn all over the place, exposing her body.
Blink, the only man still present, was lightly injured. He smiled.
Nysta frowned, as she noticed the man that molested her still present. "-don't look."
"Let's take what we need and get out."
***
Getting out, unfortunately, meant going through the room filled with demonic vines one more. Although they've cut through the vines on their way in, Edmund's demonic mana quickly restored them back to their original strength.
Hannah gulped. They were all tired. The battle with the Rat Boss took more out of them than they expected.
"You'll go first." Hannah commanded Blink. Blink raised his hand. He was injured too, so he cut through the vines slowly. "Alright- alright."
The girls squirmed, as the vines rubbed against their body. Nysta and Wynn felt the vines wrap around their body, and somehow touching them in all the sensitive places. They were tired, and the corridor of vines and aphrodisiac proved to be far more challenging than they expected.
Returning to the inn, couldn't come fast enough.