Goblin Onslaught!
“We'll arrive at the border soon!”
The window connecting the inside of the carriage to the front driver's seat slid open, and the coachman shouted back at us. After nonstop travel, we'd finally made it to the duchy.
“Guess we should get ready to hop out. Charlotte, double-check we didn't forget anything.”
“Yeah.”
Jed started prepping to disembark with Charlotte. While she rummaged through her stuff for a moment, she glanced at Elinne.
“Elinne. Gotta pee?”
“N-no, I don't!”
“Then just say no—why get pissed?”
Elinne got all huffy, probably embarrassed that Jed had said it right in front of everyone.
……Of course she did. She was subtly clutching her lower belly with one hand, and down there……was a little magic tool buzzing away—whirrr.
I never thought the teasing toy Elis gave her would come in so handy like this.
Zzt.
“What?”
“……Nothing.”
Not just Elinne glaring daggers at me—Ray, right beside me, was doing the same. Especially Ray, who kept pinching my thigh over and over.
I cranked the intensity up a notch from my pocket.
“Eep.”
Charlotte eyed Elinne weirdly but didn't dwell on it. So I chimed in instead.
“Oh, gotta shit maybe?”
“No!”
……
The carriage Princess Asabel had lent us headed back to the imperial palace. Technically, the duchy fell under the empire, so the palace carriage could've gone all the way in, but we couldn't keep riding it forever, and the terrain was pretty rough anyway.
We decided to walk to the nearest village for now.
A few hours in, it was getting a bit feverish but still chilly.
“Kinda brisk out here.”
We threw on the coats we'd brought. It'd probably get colder the farther north we went—might even need fur.
We could've used magic or holy power, but it wasn't that cold yet. When else would we get to wear stuff like this?
“What's chilly about this? Hurry up already!”
I'd slowed down a bit, and Charlotte yelled from up ahead. Only Ray was matching my pace.
“Aren't they tired?”
“Daron. You okay?”
“Yeah.”
Ray had holy power wrapped around herself, so temperature swings didn't faze her much.
Squeeze.
“Hngh.”
A short moan came from up ahead.
“Elinne. You good?”
“B-bug.”
“Even if it's a bug, you've been jumping at everything lately? I'll get it for you.”
“N-no, I'm fine!”
Jed tried to play the gentleman, but with her pussy getting tormented inside, Elinne couldn't exactly be thrilled. She even put some distance between them to avoid getting caught. Seeing Jed look all dejected actually eased her irritation a bit.
I wedged myself right between them.
“Elinne, you okay?”
“Ugh……yeah.”
I sidled up closer than Jed had, giving her shoulder a couple friendly pats.
“Did the bug get inside you?”
“N-not exactly……”
“It did, huh.”
“……”
Squeeze.
“Eek!”
I paused for a sec, then activated it again, making Elinne jolt.
“Where'd it go? Where, where?”
Pretending to hunt for the bug, I ran my hands over Elinne's body. I didn't go straight for her pussy or tits, of course. But thanks to the vibrating magic tool inside her cunt, her whole body was one big erogenous zone already. I started at her shoulders, stroking down her back and waist all lewd-like.
“Ahhahaha. I'll catch it, so……”
“Hard to get yourself.”
I gave those squishy tits a few kneads before finally shutting off the device.
“Bug gone?”
“Ugh……yeah. Thanks.”
“Elinne's so cute. Great mage like you, trembling over a little bug.”
I snuck a peek at Charlotte and Jed. Charlotte's look said, They're having fun, huh? But Jed……what a sight.
He was pissed that Elinne—someone he'd known longer—had gotten so chummy with me without realizing it. And she'd turned down his help but taken mine no problem. Ray was already my girl, so that was fine. But seeing Elinne so casual with another guy……he must've felt that rare male sting of defeat for the first time in ages.
That's when it happened.
“Hey. This isn't the time for games.”
Ray's face, about to chew me out for messing around, turned dead serious.
“Monsters incoming, I think?”
Monsters? ……For real.
We were in a forest area, so monsters made sense. Charlotte had sensed them ages ago and already drawn her sword. Jed was just now pulling his.
Hero Charlotte must've picked up on the approach first, then Saintess Ray.
“Keeieek!”
A horde of goblins burst out, charging straight at Charlotte. She didn't even lift her feet off the ground—just swung her sword a few times. One slash per goblin, dropping them like flies.
Even the stronger me now could've taken goblins easy. But slicing them down with barely a twitch? Unthinkable.
Damn, that bitch really is the hero. Didn't even use much mana.
“Daron. Too many monsters.”
That wasn't all? I scanned around again at Ray's words, and a chill ran down my spine.
“Shit, there's a ton.”
“I'll protect you.”
“Ray. Shouldn't I be saying that?”
“You're weaker than me, Daron.”
She'd gotten cocky since becoming a saintess. Sure, saintess or not, her combat power wasn't above mine, right?
“Female! Human female!”
“D-Daronnn.”
As a goblin pack appeared from our side, drooling globs of spit, Ray quickly ducked behind me. More were swarming from deeper in the woods.
“Keeik. Lotsa pretty humans.”
“Kek. Jackpot today.”
“Daron! Kill those fuckers! They're all pervs!”
The goblins were shaking their dicks. Didn't these shits wear pants? Ray's gonna go blind. Hiding behind me, she seemed more disgusted than scared.
“Kill the females, rape the males!”
“You orc-brained fuck. That's backwards!”
“Kiek. True.”
What the hell were these idiots?
“Our slave broke.”
“Let's make prettier slaves today!”
Slave broke? They'd probably kidnapped female adventurers or villagers and gang-raped them into submission. Tasted human pussy already, huh? No wonder they were slobbering. I'd been picky with top 1% women, so yeah, someone like Ray was rare. But still.
“Any fucker who gets hard for my woman loses his dick first!”
“Keeieek! Kill the male!”
A monster—another male—lusting after my woman? Unforgivable. While Ray melted at me calling her mine, I started hacking down every goblin in sight.
“Kiiik! M-my diiiick!”
A few were actually erect, so I chopped those off first. Then their heads, like the rest.
After dropping about ten, I circled back to Ray.
“Haven't cut loose in a while—tiring.”
“Daron. Let me heal you.”
Training time had dipped lately. Too busy for one-on-ones with Ariana, and all the carriage rides had me stiff. Fighting made me itch to get stronger.
Saintess heal had me right as rain in seconds.
“Ray. Guess we should stick with that hero party.”
“Think so?”
Hated to admit it, but their skills were top-tier. Monster presences closing from front and back had me a little spooked. I kept slicing the endless goblins two at a time.
“Human……strong!”
“Take the two weak females first!”
The fresh goblins from the woods, mourning their dead buddies, targeted what looked easiest. They couldn't see the piles under the hero party—only the ones dying by my hand.
“That redhead female's mine!”
“Good body's perfect for popping out babies—gurk!”
Jed had his sword out now, going wild. True to his rep as a famed adventurer swordsman, he snuffed goblins effortlessly.
Charlotte covered the rear, still looking relaxed compared to him. She didn't use rigid forms like Ariana Katrin. Sure, basics were there, but as the Hero's Blessing girl, she had innate genius. Swings looked wild but maximized efficiency with minimal force.
After sparring with Ariana to knight-level, I could see Charlotte in a whole other league. Surpassing Jed seemed tough; her, a towering wall. If I ever fought her, no way with swords.
“Those two humans strong too!”
“Fuck that—let's do the pink-haired bitch standing still!”
Ray had me guarding her; Charlotte and Jed handled themselves fine. Hell, they were overwhelming the ambush.
“I want the pinkhead. Big tits perfect for raising kids!”
“Shove my cock in, she won't move! Bear my babies!”
The goblin charging Elinne—dick hard, smaller than mine—suddenly burst into flames.
“Keeieek!!!!!”
“What the fuck are these lowly monster shits saying!!!!!”
Elinne, who'd been casually magicking goblins down, snapped. Already stressed from me, no wonder.
“Fuck……! Even goblin fucks think they can take me easy now? Die, all of youuu!!!”
Whoa. This……was the archmage?
A massive magic circle bloomed over Elinne's head, and a roaring pillar of flame swept the entire forest around us.