Chapter Forty-Five
White light engulfed Kassie and me.
I appeared in my Vault as I staggered to my Void Crystal. Souleen was sitting on the gem, a huge smile on her face. She clapped her hands together. I grinned down at her. This relief swept through me. We had done it.
We had done it!
I was so thrilled about that.
"Well done, Lord Leo," Souleen said.
"Thanks," I said and bent down to give the diminutive woman a quick kiss.
Then I grabbed my Void Crystal. I gripped it. I could remodel my dungeon. I closed off the entrances to the halfling city and gasped in relief. I would have to figure out what to do with the refugees, but that was for later. Then I summoned Isatu out of the Void.
I don't know why I restored her first.
Maybe I just wanted to double-check that I could. She had died fighting Anguin. She wasn't a traditional monster girl, but maybe since I had gotten my Fire Glyph from taming her, she acted like one now.
I just knew that if Halia died or—
"Kassie," I gasped. "Go bring Halia here right now. She's hurt."
"Oh, right," Kassie gasped.
"Asud Gu."
"Lord Leo," Isatu gasped, throwing herself at me. She hugged me tight. "I was so useless. I didn't do anything but burn those werewolves."
"Which was something," I told her, grabbing my dragon's ass. I squeezed her rump. "So don't think you didn't help. You were amazing, Isatu."
"Lord Leo!" Her wings flapped. She looked so adorable. Then her lips shot up, and she kissed me.
I groaned at the feel of her mouth melting on mine. She kissed with such hunger. I groaned, loving that feeling of her against me. She felt so wonderful in my arms. I held her tight, my fingers digging into her rump as our tongues danced together.
White light flashed from the other room. Moans of pain dragged at me. I broke the kiss with Isatu and darted into the room. Kassie knelt over a whimpering Halia. She had bad burns across her arms and even her face.
I fell to my knees and put my hands on her body.
"Graven wounds pulse in pain, let the healing of Lord Dumazid flow!"
The healing magic surged into her body. I had a lot more power now. I could feel it swimming around in her. She shuddered on the floor, her moans and whimpers filling the space before they faded. Her burns retreated. A smile appeared on her lips.
"Lord Leo," she said, staring at me. "You have a hole in your breastplate."
"Javelin of air," I said. "Yours is a little banged up, too. Let's get you out of it."
I started undoing the belt buckles and straps on her armor. Kassie fell to her knees and helped me. So did Isatu. In moments, we were opening Halia's breastplate. Her large, soft breasts quivered into view, her nipples pink and hard. She licked her lips and stared up at me.
"We did it," she said.
"Somehow," I said and chuckled. "Sulanga getting in the dungeon was not part of the plan, but the rest worked out. I should have had Smerta in position to bring all the Level 1 Monster Girls she could. That was a mistake. By the time I realized it, no time to do it."
"Your dungeon's a tad too big," Kassie said, smiling at me. "But you saved so many of my people. They can even go home."
"You can, too," I said. "If you want to. I won't hold you to your vow."
She stared at me. "No. I want to be here. What you're doing may be the most important thing to happen to our world since the scourge began. A chance to end this. Or to stop it from devolving into pain and suffering."
She cupped my face and kissed me again. I closed my eyes and savored the feel of her lips. This wasn't the "in the moment" kiss we had just shared. This was so much more. She whimpered into my lips. They were smaller than mine. Her tongue naughty as it danced around in me.
I picked her little body up. It was easy. I stood in my robes and damaged armor. I could fix those both easily. They were creations of my dungeon. I carried Kassie out of the teleport room, past the Void Crystal humming happily away, and into my living quarters.
Her lips tasted so sweet. So delicious. I carried her to the bed and set her down on it. She squirmed as I did that, breaking the kiss. She stretched out in her blue robe trimmed in red, her medallion nestled in her cleavage.
"That magery was quite impressive," I said as Isatu and Halia came up beside me and attacked the buckles on my armor. "Slick."
She grinned. "Such a cheap move to use on someone, but it works. If they can't stand, they have a hard time fighting."
I nodded. "How did you know to come back?"
Kassie worked her lip. "I don't know. I just felt that I had to. I couldn't stand by while you were fighting the enemy of my people without me. I broke your command, Lord Leo."
"And I'm glad you did," I said. "He couldn't handle fighting two of us at once. He panicked there at the end."
