Chapter 339: Guwon's Counterattack
Chapter 339: Guwon's Counterattack
I managed to wrap an arm around Rachel’s waist and catch her just before she collapsed completely.
I thought she had just lost her strength from a sudden release of tension, but she went completely limp, her body supported only by my arm.
Then, from her downturned face, a crimson liquid gushed out.
...Blood? Did that just come from Rachel’s mouth? But this much?
I quickly lifted her upper body and checked her face.
Just as I’d feared, red blood was trickling from the corner of her mouth. Her face was deathly pale; it was a miracle she had been standing at all.
Dammit. Now that I think about it, when I first found her, she was struggling against the monsters.
Instead of using her usual swift movements to fight, she had been standing her ground, blocking the monsters’ attacks.
I just thought she was doing it to protect the people behind her.
Could it be that her injuries were so severe she had no other choice?
I had let my guard down completely, since she only had what looked like shallow cuts and was moving around just fine.
I hurriedly grabbed the hem of her one-piece dress and pulled it up high enough to expose her smooth abdomen.
Coughing up that much blood had to mean she had internal injuries.
And just as I expected, the abdomen revealed beneath her clothes was stamped with the dark purple bruise of a bear’s paw.
How could she pretend to be fine with an injury like this… I see. The three adventurers were in worse shape than her, so she must have deliberately acted okay for their sake.
In any case, Rachel was in danger too.
I quickly called out to Leia and Matilda.
“Rachel’s in danger! One of you, please heal her!”
“B-But if we stop now, this man will…!”
But despite my shout, both of them hesitated, unable to pull their hands away.
Dammit! To think our party’s weakness would bite us in the ass at a time like this!
Our party might be strolling through this area thanks to our overwhelming stats and gear, but the appropriate level for exploring here is generally around 140.
In other words, based on level alone, our party is severely under-leveled.
And unlike me, Sara, and Diana, Leia’s stats aren’t overwhelmingly high compared to other adventurers of the same level.
The same went for Matilda. Her level was high, but she had changed her class from Paladin, so her stats were likely still based on her Paladin days. Her healing ability wasn't particularly outstanding.
Finally, the enhancement material for a priest’s staff—the very item that would boost their healing power—was, of all things, a monster’s penis.
We had given all the monster penises we found on the 5th floor to the Arachne Clan, so the only pieces of equipment our party hadn't been able to upgrade were the priests’ staves.
To put it simply, our party had more than enough combat power to slaughter everything in this area, but our healing ability was slightly below average.
That’s why they were having such a hard time healing the severely injured Beastkin.
Even if he was a bard, he was probably level 140-something, so his stamina would be quite high.
What should I do? We just used up all our potions.
If only I’d split the potions and used some on Rachel earlier, it wouldn’t have come to this.
No, it’s useless thinking about that now.
I felt a flicker of resentment toward Rachel for stubbornly enduring her own pain to help others, but this wasn't the time for that.
Think calmly.
Both priests are occupied, and we have no potions. The only thing left is…
“She’s in danger if we leave her like this! Are there any potions left?!”
Without taking her hands off the Beastkin’s wound, Matilda glanced at Rachel in my arms and shouted.
“No. That was the last of them.”
I had no choice but to tell her the bitter truth.
Our party never really needed potions in the first place, so there was no reason to stock up on them, especially since they were so expensive.
I was always at the front, but I rarely got hurt. Even if I took a minor injury, our two priests were more than enough to handle it.
And if anyone else got hurt, there was no need to worry.
After all, my party was composed entirely of women who had been in my arms.
But I never imagined something like this would happen.
“I-Is there nothing we can do?”
Matilda cried out, frustrated that she couldn’t do more to help.
Of course, it wasn’t that there was nothing we could do.
It was a last resort, a method I would have preferred not to use.
“With Healing Sex…”
Yes. Healing Sex would be more than enough.
The skill had activated automatically every time I’d had sex, so its level was absurdly high. With Healing Sex, I could resolve this situation in an instant.
My Healing Sex was probably far superior to Leia’s or Matilda’s healing abilities.
As a Saint skill, it was affected by my Charm stat, its skill level was high, and perhaps because it was a conditional skill, its base performance was better than my other skills.
It was so potent that I was sure I could have healed that Beastkin much more easily if he had been a woman.
“What’s that?”
Right, Matilda didn’t know yet.
“I can heal people through sex.”
“Then what are you waiting for? Do it now!”
The moment she heard my words, Matilda shouted without a shred of hesitation.
“What? Don’t you like me? How can you say that so easily…?”
She had shouted so reflexively that I was flustered and blurted that out before I could stop myself.
“What does that have to do with anything right now?! A person’s life is on the line! Are you trying to insult me?!”
But Matilda looked genuinely offended by my words and shot back.
“I am not so petty as to let my selfish feelings get in the way of saving someone’s life! Or what?! Is that what you think of the women who love you?!”
“No, that’s not it, but…”
Of course, that wasn’t it at all.
In fact, all of them would urge me to do it. Not just Matilda.
If anything, I was the one most hesitant to have sex with another woman, even in a situation like this.
Because I trusted that my girls would unconditionally allow it, a part of me felt I had to be the one to uphold a sense of fidelity and be careful.
“Then hurry up and do it!”
Overwhelmed by Matilda’s strange intensity, I looked around.
Leia, beads of sweat on her brow from the effort of healing, gave me her usual angelic smile. Sara and Diana both nodded, their expressions saying, Didn’t we already tell you this was fine?
Even Silvia met my gaze without flinching and gave a firm nod.
Right. Asking for permission in a situation like this would be an insult to my girls.
I quickly took a tent out of my inventory.
“I’m going inside for a bit.”
“I’ll keep watch. It would be a pain if more monsters showed up now.”
“Hmph. Then I shall do the same.”
Sara and Diana turned to face opposite directions as they spoke. Silvia stood beside Leia and Matilda, raising her sword and shield to guard the area.
I thanked my girls silently and entered the tent.
As soon as I was inside, I laid Rachel down and lifted the hem of her dress again.
I pulled it up to her hips, high enough to reveal her underwear, then stripped it off and tossed it aside.
This wasn’t for pleasure, anyway. There was no need to take off all her clothes.
After removing only her underwear, I placed my hands on her breasts and vulva and activated Saint’s Touch.
“Ngh…”
Back when we went to the ant nest together, Rachel’s level had seemed so high, but now she was at a point where she would react properly to my skills.
Well, of course, her level was still higher than mine.
But my own level had risen since then, and more importantly, my Charm had increased immensely. It was only natural that she would respond.
Besides, this was Saint’s Touch, the most potent of all my skills.
After kneading her body just enough to moisten her, I unfastened my pants and inserted myself.
“Ngh…!”
Rachel let out a soft moan as I entered, but she still didn’t regain consciousness.
I suppose that was to be expected, since she’d passed out from her injuries, not something else.
It might actually be better if she remained unconscious until the healing was complete.
In any case, once I was inside, I felt a wave of mental relief.
Of course, I still needed to make her climax to heal her properly, but just being inserted increased the base recovery effect.
Now, all I had to do was make her feel it.
Alright, shall we check this woman’s erogenous zones?
When I first came to this world, I was desperate to know her sensitive spots.
I never managed to find out, and after meeting my girls, the thought hadn’t even crossed my mind.
To think I’d be checking them now, in a situation like this, gave me a strange, complex feeling.
Still, it was a necessary act for efficient healing.
I suppressed the complicated emotion welling up inside me, resolved to stay as clinical as possible, and used Sex Analyze.
Let’s see… her basic erogenous zones were all moderately sensitive. The brightest spot was… her ears?
Should I call that a classic elf trait? I’m not sure what to think.
For some reason, she seemed to have more of the stereotypical fantasy elf traits than the pure-blood elf in our party.
Anyway, I reached out to both of Rachel’s ears and gently rubbed her earlobes.
“Mmm… ngh…”
As I caressed her most sensitive spot with Saint’s Touch active, Rachel let out a faint moan, despite being unconscious from a severe injury.
At the same time, her vagina tightened, stimulating me.
As expected of someone with such a high level, being inside Rachel felt terrifyingly good.
But this wasn't a situation where I could allow myself to feel pleasure.
To heal her, I needed to use every means at my disposal to maximize her pleasure.
And the best skill for that was Sex Boost.
A passive skill that added a flat amount of pleasure with every single thrust until I came.
With Saint’s Touch and Sex Boost combined, I could make even a high-level woman like Rachel climax over and over again.
I cast Climax Restraint on myself and began to move my hips.
“Ngh… Mmm… Nngh… Nngh… Nnnngh!”
Before long, Rachel reached a weak climax.
Good. Right now, it was more important for her to have continuous, weak orgasms than one deep, intense one.
Since I hadn’t come yet, the effect of Sex Boost was still growing stronger, so it would gradually become easier for her to feel pleasure.
Determined to finish this before Rachel woke up, I moved my hips diligently while caressing her earlobes.
Of course, even if it was an erogenous zone, stimulating only one spot continuously could actually hinder pleasure.
With one hand, I delicately traced the shell and inner parts of her ear with my fingers, being careful not to hurt her, while my other hand steadily caressed other sensitive spots like her breasts and clitoris.
“Hnngh! Nngh! Ngh!”
As I continued to thrust, the interval between Rachel’s orgasms grew shorter and shorter. Accordingly, her deathly pale complexion gradually returned to its original color.
No, it went beyond just returning to normal. Her cheeks were now tinged with a red flush of arousal.
But as I kept thrusting, I was starting to have a hard time holding back myself.
I was suppressing my own climax with the restraint skill, but I was still feeling all the pleasure. The sensation was becoming too much for my brain to handle.