People kept wandering off and the ranger Bao Hardfal started to lose his mind. The monks knew they had to take matters into their own hands. Otherwise the quest would fail. Thus, they split off on their own.
With their meditating they were able to travel through the tainted mist. It had been slow, but they made it out. Neshis had trouble concentrating but wouldn't admit she had been having fantasies about her mentor. Her cheeks were hurting from blushing and smiling under her hood.
She kept hold of her hood as they traveled. To mask her embarrassment from Chorfazi. Little did she know the mist had done the same to him. He just hid it better.
Once they were out of the mist things were much easier. Their minds cleared and their destination wasn't far away.
Without ever being there before they had to focus on the magical lay-line's energy. Once they found a hidden stream, they followed it to the source.
The tree didn't appear special at first glance. There was a hidden ward in place to mask its entrance. It had taken the older monk a good while to figure it out.
Chorfazi entered first. His vision went fuzzy for a moment. It felt like he started floating. Then as if nothing had happened, he stepped onto solid ground. The room before him appeared a lot larger than the tree he had just walked into.
"Wizards and their magic," he mumbled as he shook his head.
"Woah, what is this place?" His young apprentice said after walking through the portal. Her eyes were wide as she looked up at the spiraling library.
"The guardian's home. We should be right above the lay-line."
A yellow dot zig zagged from up above. It flew so fast it appeared as a blur. Chorfazi shook his hand as if shooing a fly. The yellow orb buzzed around their heads.
The elder monk started to get annoyed, bringing his staff up. Then the yellow dot came to a stop right before his eyes.
The miniature woman stared at him with an eyebrow arched, hands on her hips, wings buzzing.
"Who are you?" She said in her chipper, high pitched voice.
"We are monks. I'm Chorfazi Dagazis and this is my apprentice Neshis Huhreld—"
"Nes, you can call me Nes," the red headed monk interrupted before shrinking down because of a look from her mentor.
"—we've come to see the guardian and his apprentice."
The yellow fairy pouted her lips, "I'm Camille. Magnus is no longer with us."
"Oh, what about his apprentice?"
The fairy explained everything to them. From the uprise of Knigrith to the downfall of the mighty guardian. When she mentioned that the Fae Queen was seeking shelter down below from the chaos outside Chorfazi's eyes narrowed.
"Seeking shelter down below?"
"Yup," Camille said with a smile before she realized why the older man got nervous. "Enorim approved it. There's no—"
"We'll have to meet with her then," he said, knowing full well what was beneath their feet.
"Oh, she's indisposed at the moment, not taking visitors," panic starting to show on her face.
"Oh, I'm sure, access to the lay-line is dangerous," he said as he started to look for the way down. "Where is young Enorim then?"
"Out patrolling," She said with a huff. The monks kept looking despite her persistent protests.
Camille squeaked when he got close. Otherwise he may never have noticed the hidden trap door at his feet.
The fairy flew ahead as the monks climbed down the shaft. No doubt to warn her queen.
Chorfazi didn't know what he expected to see...but nothing prepared him for what he saw.
Three green skinned women were in the magical water. The yellow fairy hovered at the woman floating on her back. The most troubling part was how the crystal blue water was bubbling around them. The bubbles were popping with green vapor that dispersed moments later.
He gulped as he looked the women over. The two standing waist deep, were gorgeous nymphs. They had glowing veins, hair, and eyes. Chorfazi had never seem nymphs like them. It was as if the water was changing them. Affecting them on a biological level.
That's why it's forbidden to touch magical lay-lines he cursed silently.
When he looked at the woman floating between them his heart skipped a beat. She was unnaturally beautiful, and pregnant. The monk watched as the yellow fairy pointed towards him. The woman that was clearly the Fae Queen turned her head towards him.
He felt his body swoon as she gave him the once over. It felt like divinity regarded him with interest. He gulped again; mouth suddenly dry. He stared at her with a love-struck smile spreading on his lips.
When she licked her lips, his dick reacted instantly. He could understand why Enorim had allowed her into the forbidden water. The young man most likely couldn't resist her. It felt like phantom hands were rubbing their way up his legs.
Then he noticed horns growing out of her temples. He lazily looked back down at her body, noticing wings in the water. Monks were well versed in demonology, he reacted instantly. Chorfazi blinked out of the daze. Something was defiantly not right.
Tatianna or Viridis to those that truly knew her, rolled her eyes. The monk had started to fall into trance for her easily. Somehow, he snapped out of it. Bored and out of time she turned towards the nymphs, "ladies, could you deal with them?" She said with discomfort. She was going into labor, now was not a good time.
The nymphs looked up, predatory smiles spreading on their lips, "with pleasure," they both said, licking their lips.
Chorfazi panicked, spinning around and grabbing his apprentice, "we have to go!" He shouted. They had stumbled on something much worse than anyone anticipated. He wasn't stupid enough to face a Succubus. Even though his body begged him to reconsider.
