Combat Healer Ch. 07
-- Monster Girl Harem - solved mystery.
Submitted: November 17, 2022 to Literotica (Copyright 2021 Kaizer Wolf)
Tags:
harem, male lead, LitRPG, monster girls, mystery, femdom, group sex, threesome, big tits, dark fantasy, nonhuman, oni, elf, minotaur, holstaur, cowgirl, magic
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This fantasy story is a '
LitRPG
' (also called GameLit), which is a genre that involves some stats, much like a videogame. The overall concept of stats is introduced right away, but you can certainly enjoy the story even if you're not overall familiar with the genre, simply because most of the focus is on the story itself.
Like all my stories, there will be lots of hot sex once the main characters have had time to develop their relationships.
Hope you enjoy.
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- CHAPTER 7: Anxiety -
Many Years Ago
A young elf girl with black hair slowly opened her purple eyes, her irises immediately flashing silver as they adjusted to the darkness, feeling confused as to where she was or how she'd gotten there. Her nose inhaled a gust of fresh air, starkly contrasted to the stale breath in her lungs, and she groggily sat up to stare at the bizarre sight in the near distance.
She was in an enormous cavern...or was it a stone room?
She wasn't sure, but a pair of massive stone doors were currently open wide, revealing a brilliant blue sky and grassy fields in the distance. The sight was so bright that her eyes transitioned to purple again, the rest of the room now feeling dark.
She stared at the sight in confusion, unable to understand where she was, unable to recall what had led to her coming to exist there. Her mouth tasted of blood, and yet she felt no pain. As far as she knew, there were no injuries on her body.
Feeling in a daze, she slowly stood up, her bare foot coming to rest against something hard, only for her purple eyes to widen in alarm.
Unexpectedly, with a loud creak, the stone doors began closing of their own volition.
Panicked, she immediately made a dash for it, running as fast as her thin emaciated legs could carry her, bolting for what she knew was her only chance to escape.
Her only chance to flee from a living hell.
Just as the doors began to come fully together, she used the last of her energy to urgently slip between the stone walls that would crush her, only to trip on a loose rock and begin tumbling down a set of stone steps, rolling to the bottom gasping for breath.
Now
she felt pain.
Now
she was injured, her ankle twisted, a rib feeling broken.
A loud crack, like the sound of thunder, filled her ears and caused her to flinch as she stared up at the blue sky, only for chunks of rock to begin rolling down the steps as the entire massive doorway fell apart. Urgently, she rolled and began crawling away, attempting to avoid being crushed by the stones, but they didn't travel far, remaining in a tall pile, where there had once been a solitary doorway to another world only moments ago.
Finally sitting up, she held her aching ribs as she stared at the small stone hill, no building in sight, her thoughts slowly clearing...her memories slowly returning...
And then her world fell apart.
"Allie?!" she said urgently, quickly looking around, only to focus again on the pile of rubble.
No.
No, this couldn't be happening.
She lurched forward on all fours, desperately reaching out toward the closed gate, her tone desperate and defeated.
"ALLISTER!" she screamed so loud, her voice gave out.
* * *
I had to admit, I was sincerely nervous about the possibility that Sylvia had figured out which Scourge I was talking about, and gone to snitch to the Elf Queen. But then, I thought more about what I'd actually shared with Mel, realizing I really hadn't said anything that should tip her off that I was talking about the one in the Atacama Valley.
Like, I was confident I hadn't mentioned that at all while we were there.
That was information I'd shared with Mel while we were still on our way, and if Sylvia had heard that I was talking about a Scourge at that location, she would have reacted sooner. Assuming that she even cared.
But no, Sylvia didn't really seem to react until the end of my story...
Again, assuming she was even listening in.
I was probably just being paranoid.
Still, I kept an eye out for the rest of the morning, enjoying my date with Mel in the market, but looking over my shoulder occasionally. However, I didn't notice anyone suspicious, and felt a little more relaxed as the sun rose in the sky.
While browsing, we ate some Sizzles for a small snack, a peppered and spiced meat cooked on a wooden skewer, and then I ended up getting her a gold ear cuff to mark the beginning of our relationship. Of course, I offered to get her a ring, bracer, necklace, or anything else she wanted, but she was pretty big on the ear cuff, saying she was less likely to accidentally break it.
Of course, refusing a normal ring wasn't too surprising, since that was mainly a human tradition, with both Oni and Minotaur getting bullring piercings in their nose for marriage, but I at least figured she'd want a necklace, wrist cuff, or circlet. Then again, she didn't really strike me as the jewelry type, so maybe the gold ear cuff felt like a big deal to her.
She wore it on her right ear, the side Oni associated with relationships, unlike humans.
When it was about noon, we actually ran into Kizmel again, just as we were getting ready to head to a nearby tavern to grab something to eat for lunch, with him acting a lot more relaxed now that he was on a break. He apologized to Mel for being rude, and admitted that Sylvia would be pissed if she overheard him being too casual with anyone.
Mel didn't have a problem with it, and admitted she liked to mess with people who clearly had an entire tree branch up their ass.
That surprisingly got a laugh out of him, and he ended up asking what we were doing, followed by requesting if he could join us for lunch.
Feeling like he had something specifically on his mind, and given that Mel and I still had all afternoon to hang out, I agreed to him eating with us.
We ended up headed to a place of his choosing, since he insisted they had the best Miltsa in the area, which was a drink favored by elves, a sort of creamy sweet beverage made of milk and honey that sometimes had a kick to it. Supposedly it was first made by the Minotaur hundreds of years ago, by mixing milk and mead together, but became a common drink in many of Delanor's city taverns.
Of course, I wasn't completely stupid, knowing it might be considered suspicious that Kizmel insisted that he decide on the location. And I was certainly keeping my eye out, since I'd seen Sylvia whispering something urgent to him right when we left. But part of me also wondered if he sought me out to tip me off about something.
Normally, I'd never think an Elf Guard would do such a thing in a thousand years, but there was one specific little detail that made me inclined to believe I could trust him.
He was Jackel's childhood friend.
Specifically, the one who'd mentioned Jackel's supposed experience with a sexy Lamia from across the western desert. The same experience Jackel had never mentioned himself.
And unsurprisingly, once we had a seat at a corner table and ordered some food from a barmaid, Kizmel immediately proceeded to inquire about how Jackel was doing.
However, I kept it vague, mainly commenting briefly about the human girl he'd made scream all night long and not saying much more. After all, I knew the two elves were acquaintances, and had known each other a long time, but I wasn't exactly sure how close they currently were, and didn't want to share too much. But then, that was when he asked something interesting.
"So," Kizmel began hesitantly. "Are there any rumors going around regarding the top team at your guild? The one with the Defense Specialist?"
I was sincerely surprised by the question, feeling like this was what he wanted to talk about, but completely blindsided by the topic. "Umm, not that I'm aware," I admitted, glancing at Mel sitting next to me. "Why do you ask?"
Kizmel hesitated again, glancing over his shoulder before leaning forward. "They were assigned a special mission by the Queen a little over a month ago, and no one has heard from them. I'm surprised you haven't noticed."
"Oh," I said hesitantly. "Well, my team has only been back at the guild for roughly four days in the last month. We took a Quest that lasted about two weeks, and then came back only for a day and a half, before taking on another Quest that kept us away for nearly three weeks. Shit, it took us two of those weeks just to clear out the Dungeon, and then another handful of days to explore the place for artifacts we missed." I glanced at Mel again. "Honestly, being out for a month isn't completely unheard of."
"Yeah, but I've never heard of the top team taking longer than two weeks to complete a Quest," he countered.
I paused as I considered that, realizing he had a point. I then focused on him again. "So any reason why you bring it up?" I wondered.
He shook his head. "Not exactly. I just know that rumors have begun spreading among the Guard, and I wondered if it had reached the guilds yet. While a loss of any kind is a big deal, losing the three most powerful Scourge Suppressors in our kingdom, especially right before the Northern Invasion, would be extremely demoralizing, to say the least."
I nodded, glancing up at the elf barmaid when she brought a wooden tray with our orders, quickly reaching in my pocket to pull out some coin for our meal. She accepted our payments and indicated she would return with the change.
Of course, when Kizmel said Northern Invasion, I knew he was referring to what most in our guild called the Big Dive, the yearly reappearance of the massive Scourge in the north, that almost wiped out the entire kingdom nearly half a millennium ago. The intensity of the Northern Invasion varied from year to year, with it being plenty manageable most years.
