HPDBC Chapter 294: Lorem and Lucia's journey home
Chapter 294: Lorem and Lucia's journey home
Responding to the queen's urgent order, the knights surged back north, their mission clear and their determination unwavering. Lorem and Lucia, their minds racing, stood their ground against a horde of grotesque frog humanoids, ready to defend their kingdom at all costs.
However, they were nothing but trash.
"Lucia, crush them."
"Yes, Captain!"
Before a dozen frogs could even move, Lucia's body split into countless shadows, each one a perfect replica of the original. She appeared behind a group of confused frogs, her movements a blur of precision and speed.
A casual swipe of her obsidian blades, and she removed two heads from their shoulders. The remaining nine whirled around in a rage, but the girl was faster than them by leaps and bounds.
Her shadows massacred the horrifying monsters before returning to the spot she stood a moment before without a trace of sweat or exhaustion.
"We have crushed the enemy, captain!"
"Good work. Your shadows are becoming a little too strong. Rather, they seem to have changed qualitatively since the last time we fought together."
Lucia said nothing, instead shrugging her shoulders. She knew the element had changed after sleeping with Asura, but that was something special for her, and she didn't want Lorem to know just yet.
"Maybe I just improved, thanks to the power of love."
"Ah, I don't doubt that. You've slept with him, right?"
"Mm, it was amazing."
"Tsk, I should burn you to a crisp, less competition."
Lorem grinned at Lucia while the other rolled her eyes.
"Well, aren't you a little late? Besides, you wouldn't burn me for that; otherwise, you'd have to fight all of his women and Asura himself. He doesn't mind us bickering, but true fights are off-limits."
The smile on Lorem's face vanished as she placed her palm over Lucia's face, a searing heat emitting from her palm that caused Lorem's eyes to widen, her pupils dilating. "I don't care if he would be mad—if you try to take him from me, I will burn even you to ashes."
Her tone was serious, almost insane, causing Lucia to grin. "Don't worry, I'm not interested in becoming another woman in his harem. That said, I won't allow you to claim him for yourself either!" The next moment, the Lucia that Lorem was threatening vanished, while her body emerged from behind her, with a blade to Lorem's neck. "I will make him mine."
Lucia's blade swung downwards, but the look in her eyes made Lorem chuckle. "Good, make sure you do. But remember, I am always watching you, and I will burn you to a crisp if you try to monopolise him."
The threat was real, but Lucia wasn't worried about it, shaking her head instead. "Why don't we spar so we can clear our minds before another war is upon us?"
"No, I want to return. That the queen married her daughter to him makes my skin crawl!" Lorem was quite easy to understand; though she spoke in such a violent and angry way, Lucia knew she wouldn't really burn her. Instead, they were testing each other's affection towards Asura, and they both seemed to have accepted the other's feelings.
"Okay, let's head back; the other knights are a little late, though." .net
As soon as the two women entered the village, they split up to take down the lizards; their coordination was perfect, almost as if they were a single soul occupying two bodies.
The fight was tough, not because the monsters were strong but because there were hundreds of the lizards, and the heavy armour would make the fight hard if they had to keep up with the beasts.
Lucia lunged forward, her black blade slicing apart the scaly hides of the lizards before dodging a bite attack.
She launched herself up, a small shadow manifesting within the air and catching her, propelling her up even higher as she sped through the air like a bolt of black lightning. Her twin blades flashed in the air, tearing into the lizards' scaly hides.
Lucia was elegant, her movements swift and fluid, but she was only one person. Lorem was completely different; her long-range attacks decimated dozens of monsters in seconds while her sword dealt with those that got too close.
The flames of a phoenix burned the lizards from the inside out. Her beautiful lips parted with a lovely bird call before flames billowed and burst from her throat, burning everything below Stage Seven into cooked meat.
"Lucia, this will take a while!" Lorem said, her clothes covered in dirt and charcoal, a smile on her face as she wreathed in the blood of her enemies.
"If you don't hurry, I will get to Asura first." Lucia challenged as she leapt, avoiding a dozen lizards, her obsidian blades drawing arcs in the air.
"Haha! We will see." Lorem grinned at Lucia before she melted into the ground, the heat emitting from her body, causing her armour and clothes to burn, along with the mud melting, making her a little dirty and exhausted.
"What a power, nothing less than that of a damn phoenix!" Lucia chuckled while guarding a group of terrified villagers. Her attacks focused on the enemies approaching them. "Come on, who's next?"
Her aura burst forth as she avoided the incoming lizard bites and tails. She slashed through one's chest, but another bit her shoulder, dragging her through the mud, its claws digging into her flesh.
The next moment, her figure vanished, and two Lucia's cut through the lizard's neck, with no damage to her body.
She grinned and charged into another group, her movements making it hard for her enemies to pinpoint her position.
Time passed, and with the combined efforts of both women, they managed to cleanse the village of monsters.
However... they were both spent, exhausted beyond their limits as the last lizard fell, although the meat could feed the villagers for the night, perfectly cooked thanks to Lorem's flames.
"What now, Lucia?" Lorem asked as they sat beside each other, leaning against a scorched wall. "I can't move."
"Neither can I..."
"I bet those other girls have such a great time, probably sleeping with him right now... Ah~ I want to have sex with my darling." Lorem complained, the wall melting as she fell back.
Her body was covered with a fireproof robe because of her extreme heat and flames melting everything else.
Lucia looked at Lorem before laughing and looking at the looming moon. "Ah... Sex with Asura seems like a wonderful reward for this."
"Neither; let's push for the castle. I don't want to rest in a burnt and destroyed village. Rather, I don't want to share him with those girls if we make it back later."
"Then, if we get attacked, I'm relying on you. I don't have any clothes remaining."