First Kiss in the Heat of Battle
Today I had my first kiss... BOOM!WHOOSH!-
“Put out the fire on the ship first, you bastards!”
“Shut up, you moron! The powder magazine just blew again—!”
“Stop the intruders! We can’t let any more powder magazines explode!”
"Fireball"
"Flame Strike"
⟨ Fire Magic Barrage ⟩
BOOM! BOOM! Flames erupted everywhere from the North Face Family’s surprise attack, igniting the pirate alliance’s fleet and powder magazines in a chain of explosions that devoured their pirate fortress in a raging inferno.
The fire-element magic from the sons Actor had taken in burned their prized state-of-the-art cannons and guns to ash before they could even fire, along with the powder stores. Though they couldn’t use high-grade spells, the simultaneous barrage from over fifty mages was firepower even the Pirate King’s direct pirates couldn’t withstand.
Even typical nobles considered ten or more mages a luxury that rivaled a count’s household. Against more than fifty, there was no contest from the start.
“Damn it! All those kids are mages?!”
“Shit! Cut the jokes! How does a small outfit like that have so many mages?!”
“Hahaha! Wipe ’em out!”
“Kill all the pirate scum who insulted our boss!”
“For the North Face Family~!”
“For our boss~!”
“ROOOAR!!—"
The magic unleashed in unison by a force rivaling a king’s mage battalion began tearing the pirate alliance apart.
Nearby, where their battle raged...
RUMBLE!!CRASH!ZZZAP! CRUNCH!
“It’s a kraken!”
“That kraken from before—it’s back!”
“Bring the ballistae and harpoons! Cannons can’t kill that octopus freak!!—"
GRRROOOAAAR!!—
Derek, having unleashed the kraken, wrapped its massive tentacles around the anchored pirate ships one by one, snapping them in half and sinking them. They’d prepared ballista harpoons coated with potent poison for large monsters this time, but those were weapons for ordinary creatures. No human-world tool could faze a colossal hellbeast from the abyss.
The pirates ensnared by the kraken’s tentacles thrashed desperately, only to burst like watermelons, their corpses scattering into the sea.
“GRRRAHAHA!!—BOOM!CRUNCH! SPLINTER!
“M-M-Monster!”
“Fire! Fire, you idiots! Shoot those monsters!”
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! PING! PING! PING! PING!
“Kyahaha~♪ What’s this pea shooter crap? This is your gun?”
“Kuhahaha~♪ That tickles! You think this works on us?!”
Elsewhere, Mira and Shera rampaged wildly, crushing every pirate in their path.
Prina had infiltrated the fortress’s sewers using her slime body, scouting the slave holding area. Guided by her, Rina, Mira, and Shera headed for the massive prison facility, slaughtering any pirates who got in the way.
The pirates weren’t pushovers, though. They unleashed their latest matchlock rifles and the ships’ main culverin cannons to stop the trio. But bullets bounced off thick ogre hides and hyper-dense muscles, while cannonballs were kicked back to smash pirate skulls and torsos.
Overwhelmed by their superhuman physical prowess, the pirates stood no chance.
“Fire the cannon!”
BOOM! WHOOSH!—
“Not today!”
SWISH! CLANG!—BOOM!—
…
“No way~!”
“She kicked the cannonball?!”
“Hahaha! This is fun! Fire again! Come on, shoot!”
“Mira! Next one’s mine—I wanna kick a cannonball too~♪”
“We heard North Face had an ogre, but... it’s real!”
“Damn it—fire the cannons, get the ballistae! Ready the harpoons!—"
SWISH!—
“Huh?”
CRUNCH! SPLINTER! THUD!
A massive chunk of building crashed straight onto the pirate officers commanding from the fortress towers and battlements, crushing them and their men into minced meat.
Mira had quietly lifted a house-sized wall nearby and hurled it down on them.
The ogres—strongest land monsters—unleashed their full might, and no mere pirates could stand against it.
“Kyahaha! They popped like tomatoes!”
“Hahaha! Anyone else wanna try? I’m bored to death!—"
…
“Um... Mira? Shera? The boss said to rescue the slaves...”
Prina quietly reined in Mira and Shera, who were about to chase down fleeing pirate stragglers. Though four years older than them, the one-sided slaughter still unnerved her no matter how many times she saw it, leaving her voice meek.
Meanwhile, Rina—same ogre constitution as her little sisters—let them blow off steam after so long. She was abetting the massacre.
“Prina, let ’em be. It’s rare for the kids to have fun like this.”
“Rina sis, is this fun? And we’re not here to play—we gotta follow the boss’s orders first...”
“Aw~♪ A few more kills won’t hurt. Boss didn’t say to hurry.”
…
“Rina sis, if we waste time like this, Estelle sis might beat us to pouncing on Boss right—”
“Hey! What’re you doing?! Mira! Shera! To the slaves—now! Play later!—"
““Yes, Rina sis~!””
…
‘Sorry, Boss. But we couldn’t proceed without selling you out... Please forgive us...’
Rina snapped to attention at Prina’s warning about Estelle jumping Actor first. Mira and Shera, overhearing, panicked at the thought of Estelle sis monopolizing Boss bro and bolted for the slave prison.
Prina trailed them, silently apologizing to Actor in her heart.
Thus, the four reached the slave prison. Rina’s kick crumpled the massive steel door, sending it flying meters away.
Pirates in the prison, having watched their superhuman strength, lost all will to fight and fled in terror.
Cornered with no escape, they met gruesome ends: limbs torn off, skulls crushed, spines ripped out, waists snapped. Some leapt from windows in fear, dying on impact; survivors with shattered legs crawled in agony, desperate to escape.
The slaves, trembling at the carnage through their bars, cheered as Prina melted them with her body and explained. They’d finally regain freedom from this pirate den.
“““Hooray~♪”””
“““We’re free~♪”””
“Yes, yes, everyone—listen up! By the boss’s order, we guarantee your safety. So follow our instructions quietly.”
“““Yes!”””
“Prina! You got this alone? I’m heading to the boss!”
“Ah! Rina sis! Me too!”
“I wanna go to Boss bro!”
“Where do you three think you’re going?! Boss ordered us to protect these people! Disobey again and he’ll really chew us out! Want his eternal hate?!”
“Eek!—"
“Uuu...”
“So what do we do? Prina sis.”
“I don’t know! Until this fight ends, you three guard these folks with me! Got a problem?! Huh?! You got a problem?!— Does what I say sound funny?!—”
…
Prina hit her limit reining in the trio, her hysteria bursting out. Overpowered by her aura, they shut up and dutifully protected the rescued slaves.
… … …
RUMBLE—
“Hm~ Sounds like everyone’s fighting up a storm.”
“Boss~♥ What do we do with these?”
“““Mmmph!”””
Leaving our kids to wreak havoc outside, Estelle, Allen, and I had infiltrated the command center where the Pirate King’s subordinate captains and officers gathered.
We’d kidnapped most of the captains—save those commanding on-site—thanks to Estelle’s prowess. Bound tight in webs and dangling from the ceiling, we faced them now.
Estelle wasn’t one for frontal assaults; she was a predator spinning webs to snag prey. With chaos everywhere, the subordinate captains wouldn’t sit idle—they’d move to lead their crews. We tracked their paths, and Estelle—sensitive to vibrations as an arakne—ambushed them with web traps, capturing captains, navigators, and key officers.
“Leave the rest to me, sis. Good work catching them.”
“Hmng~♥ Just words?”
“Huh? Want something? Jewelry ring?”
“Nah~♪ Just stay still a sec, Boss?”
“Why?”
Grab! Smooch~♥
“Mmph?!”
“Ahhm~♥ Slurp~♥”
Words be damned, Estelle’s massive spider legs coiled around me as she bent her slender waist to steal my lips. Like a spider snatching prey, she wrapped me tight for a deep kiss. Her long tongue explored my mouth, devouring my lips—I could barely think.
Allen, watching, sighed with a ‘Jeez, job’s done but...’ look.
“Smack~ Pwah~♥ What I wanted first was Boss’s first kiss~♥”
“S-S-Sis?!”
“Hehe~♥ No. Tell. Ing. The. Others?”
…
‘Holy crap... In my past life plus this one, sixty years total... and today I lost my first kiss...’
That it was to a woman young enough to be my daughter—counting past life—and an arakne? Problematic. While our kids battled, Estelle grinned radiantly, licking her lips seductively, savoring the taste.
“Boss... Estelle sis... Business done? Let’s wrap this up quick!”
“R-Right... Yeah! Time to peel some face skins! Sis, bind ’em tighter so they can’t resist!—"
“Hehe~♥ Got it, Boss~♥ And Allen—no telling anyone what you saw today?”
“Sigh~ I saw nothing! Handle your own mess, Boss, Estelle sis!—"
Allen calming my fluster and helping tidy up? A relief, I thought inwardly.