Warning: This story may contain themes of sexual assault.
He slowly trudged through the wet grass smelling the humidity emanating from the tropical plants and damp ground. His custom fitted armor clanked lightly as he walked.
"I sense something different in the air."
He looked around, only spotting a web of branches and vines
"Something that smells of steel, fabric, and flesh."
His hand naturally gripped the hilt of his longsword.
"Hello traveler."
The silver sword glistened in the sunlight as he drew it from the sheath.
"Are you alone? It is unwise to travel this area by yourself." Her voice sounded snippy, confident, and unbothered by his presence. A normal woman's voice seemingly with a slightly deeper tone blended into it, giving the illusion of two people speaking at once as it echoed throughout the trees. She always spoke with pronounced diction.
"Are you the serpentes known as Nyellas? If so, come out of hiding." He bellowed throughout the forest. He had overcome many tough fights, some of which he was lucky to make it out alive. He carried the weight of those wars in his battle hardened voice.
"That is contingent on who is asking."
He stood still, realizing if she could see him, he could see her too.
"Descend from the tree at once," he stipulated sternly.
"Good eye, traveler," she remarked as the nearby tree morphed, revealing her camouflaged body. Her reptilian senses allowed her to detect when she had been spotted and his admirably keen eyesight had foiled the opportunity for a sneak attack.
"Arriving with sharp senses like yours, you will hastily find trouble." She said as her body reached the ground.
"By the order of Castle Graystone, I sentence you to die." He coldly stated.
The snake woman turned, her long scaly body of emerald and mint green whipped behind her. From the waist up, her body looked almost exactly like a human female with gifted proportions. Noticeable differences included her skin texture and glowing amber eyes. Her hair looked like it was made from bodies of snakes, slicked back resembling dreads and styled like a cobra hood. Her breasts were bright gray with no apparent visible nipples.
"Ssso they sent a white knight after me," She remarked, "admirable."
She reared up, standing taller than him to get a good look.
"I've never tasted a white knight before," she said, her forked tongue flicked out signifying her hunger as she slithered toward him in a slalom pattern.
"This moonstone blade will be the last thing you taste," he replied behind his shining helmet.
"Charming." She said.
With a loud hiss, she quickly turned her body. Ares ducked just in time as her tail whipped over his helmet, taking a splintering chunk out of the tree behind him.
He launched forward with formidable speed, ready to slash any counterattack. She slipped out of his path multiple times with ease, then lunged for a body slam. He darted away just in time as she impacted the ground. The vibrations shook his feet.
"Impressive reflexes, human, you're everything they say you are," she said.
He huffed and swung at her. She glided out of range and quickly struck his breastplate with her palm. No effect on the steel but the force impacted his chest.
He went to stake her tail into the ground but missed by an inch. It whipped around again, striking his helmet and knocking it clean off his head.
She immediately took note of his long flowing pecan brown hair and a scrape across his forehead, courtesy of her quick attack. A very gorgeous looking human, young, probably in his early 20s. He looked on angrily with his mocha brown eyes but it was clear she was practically toying with him.
"Enough games, I'm coming for your head." He said.
He went for another swing but her tail caught him by the leg, tripping him to the ground. She began swirling her body around his to constrict him, wrapping him up like a thick rope. He reared for another swing but she grabbed his wrist with surprising strength. She brought him close to her face as he struggled and grunted in her grasp.
"Well, well, well, I've caught myself some nice prey. This one is going to satisfy me for weeks." She bragged, smiling at him deviously.
A sharp pain shot up her body, forcing her to let go and cry in pain. He had secretly drawn his hidden dagger and cut her.
The moment his feet touched down onto the ground, another high impact tail whip knocked him against a nearby tree. He fell, attempting to regain his breath when he suddenly gagged as his neck was constricted. She grabbed his wrist again with her hand and thudded his back into the tree over and over until he lost control of the dagger and it fell onto the dirt.
He kicked and choked as she twisted, blocking his airway. With one heavy motion, she could easily snap his neck. She overpowered him with her strength.
"Mmmm I could kill you right here. But I'm going to take my sweet time with this one."
She drew closer and produced her purple forked tongue and licked along his cheek. It was wet, smooth, and trailed her scent along with it. It smelled of a strange fragrance at first, reminiscent of pure alcohol that slowly lulled him as he grew used to it. Her scaly sparkling arms reached out to touch his armor, giving preferential treatment to the lower region.