Jaina the Sex Slave Ch. 25

Another of Gisley's moon rays struck the creature as Chandice's imps helped Evalynn and Roric finish off the others. Just as quickly as it had started, it was over, and Chandice had a moment to try and still her beating heart. Jaina rushed to Roric and Evalynn, putting her healing kiss to work to mend their wounds.

"Are you alright?" Gisley asked as she touched Chandice's arm.

"I'm fine," Chandice said in a rush. "I got a little nervous, is all."

"You did really good," Gisley said and pointed around the room. "You kept those busy while your imps helped kill the others. You were even brave enough to charge in and use your fire spell."

"What was I thinking?" Chandice said in a nervous chuckle.

"Anybody else hurt?" Jaina called as she looked around the room.

"Chandice and I are fine," Gisley said. "Also, I can heal a little if needs be. The lunar fairy has a slow regeneration-like heal called dust of recovery."

"Good to know," Roric said as he turned over a body with his spear.

"These aren't particularly dangerous in small numbers. It's when they swarm that it becomes a problem," Evalynn said as she knelt to search a body.

"They can take a few hits," Roric added. "I am guessing they are level eightish?"

"About that," Evalynn agreed.

"Why don't I give you two my kiss buff," Jaina said and went to Roric and Evalynn.

"How long does that last?" Roric asked.

"Fifteen minutes," Jaina said. "It isn't a very big buff, but it adds to strength and health."

[lvl 12 Seductress skill: Kiss of Passion] grants the passionate defender buff, slightly increasing strength, endurance, and health. Lasts 15 minutes.

Jaina gave them both the buff and then the bodies were looted. All they found was a small handful of brass coins and one tarnished silver. The weapons were all poor quality and badly corroded and would only be good to sell to a smith who would melt them down. Roric decided they weren't with the trouble of carrying out and decided to try the tunnel that the crossbow bolts came out of.

"I didn't see any crossbows in the loot," Chandice mentioned.

"That's why I want to check that tunnel," Roric said as he led the way. "I think there are more of them."

Chandice ordered her imps to flank Gisley as they proceeded down the tunnel, careful for more tripwires. They went maybe fifty steps before it twisted to the left and vanished behind a boulder. Roric was about to ask Evalynn to look ahead when Jaina offered to look for them.

"I can blend into the wall so that they won't see me," Jaina said and activated a skill called blending.

[lvl 12 Morphic skill: Blending] You can now blend into your surroundings like a chameleon, even altering the color of clothing, but it does not affect armor.

Chandice gasped as Jaina suddenly faded and was nearly impossible to tell apart from the stone of the wall. If not for her movements, she doubted she could keep track of her at all as the brave woman crept forward to look around the rock. She lingered for just a moment, then dashed back to report there were seven more in the room ahead, and one of them was big.

"Probably a ratterkin brute," Evalynn said. "Leave that one to me."

"The others are all behind piles of stones with crossbows ready," Jaina said.

"Hmm, so we can't attack unless we're willing to absorb a hail of bolts," Roric said as he thought about how best to solve the issue.

"I might be able to help," Gisley said. "I can create a shield of light to block the bolts like I did with the pyromera's fire."

"Is that what that three-headed thing was called?" Jaina asked.

"I remember that wall of light," Roric said as he thought it out. "You saved a bunch of people with it. Do you need line of sight to use it?"

"Yes, but I can jump out and use it right away to absorb the bolts, then you guys rush in," Gisley offered.

"If she fails, she is going to be a pincushion," Chandice pointed out with some concern.

"She is high level," Evalynn added. "She can probably absorb quite a few of the bolts."

"I can do it," Gisley insisted.

"Alright," Roric agreed. "But do it right away. The light is following you, so they will know you are coming."

"I understand," Gisley said and crept toward the rock, the bright moonlight filling the tunnel. The others followed close behind and got into position before telling her to go ahead. Gisley jumped out and threw up her hands, calling out the words wall of starlight.

[lvl 8 Lunar Fairy Skill: Wall of Starlight] Creates a twenty by ten wall of shimmering light that blocks most physical and elemental attacks. Magical attacks are reduced in strength but can pierce the shield.

The room filled with light as the barrier went up. Screeches and cries of alarm followed a second later, as did the sound of crossbow bolts striking her shield. Roric and Evalynn didn't wait more than a second before they charged around the corner and rushed in. Jaina quickly followed as Chandice rushed to Gisley's side and put her imps to work.

"Focus on that one!" Chandice barked and pointed to one of the four monsters that we're ganging up on Roric. Jaina activated her skill to absorb some of the damage going to her master and rushed in to help him with her claws. Gisley started unleashing moonbeam after moonbeam as Chandice pointed her staff and loosed balls of fire.

Evalynn was hardest pressed, with a rat-man of nearly equal size, swinging a spiked club. He was aided by two of his comrades, working diligently to get behind her where the hits would be easy. Chandice worked hard to do as much damage to one of the creatures as possible, focusing down one ratterkin until it finally dropped. Roric and Jaina had killed another by then, but Evalynn was still trading blows with the big one. It was clearly losing the fight judging by how it staggered, and with a swipe of her glaive, she threw the beast back, causing it to finally fall. The four smaller ones that were left didn't put up much of a fight, and just as before, the battle ended with them ganging up on the last one.

"We are doing good?" Gisley asked.

"We are doing fine," Roric replied as Jaina kissed Evalynn back to health.

"I like how you heal," Evalynn said with a smile when Jaina was done.

"How much health do you have anyway?" Jaina asked.

"I am all tank and heavily armored," Evalynn replied. "They aren't doing much damage to me, to be honest. I could probably have solved this room by myself if I was willing to run a long fight and lose half my health."

"Well, now we know who fired those bolts earlier," Roric said as they settled in to loot.

Once again, they found only a small number of brass coins and a few silvers, which disappointed Roric, who was hoping for more. This room had two tunnels leading off, so he sniffed down each one and then made his choice, leading them deeper into the dark.

Chandice followed along and then remembered how close to level nine she was. With a quick glance at her character sheet, she was pleased to see she had hit level nine. A quick peruse of her skills showed they might be very useful.

[Lvl 9 Warlock skill: Curse of corruption] Drain the targets strength, lowing damage dealt while also causing slow damage over time.

[lvl 9 Enchanter skill: dancing weapon] Enchant a small weapon with animated life to attack nearby threats. The effect lasts for one minute, and then the weapon breaks down into dust unless it is magically shielded or player bound.

"Anything good?" Jaina asked when she noticed the sheet open.

"I think so," Chandice said in a pleased tone. I have a good curse, and I have an offensive enchanter power." She was looking forward to trying her skills out when the floor suddenly shifted and collapsed on one side. It became a ramp of sorts, tumbling the group into a chamber below, where they fell into a pool of shallow rancid water. There were three dead bodies of previous adventurers lying in the water around them, perhaps no more than a few hours old. Their equipment was scattered about as if whatever killed them had no use for any of it.

"Up!" Roric shouted as he helped get Evalynn to her feet.

"Ugh, none of us are good at detecting traps," Jaina groaned as she stood up and shook out her arms.

Roric held his weapon out and looked around for any sign of danger as the stone ramp closed above their heads. Suddenly there was a strange moaning sound as red lights appeared down a tunnel. They quickly formed a line with Roric and Evalynn in front while Gisley was shielded in the rear by the others.

"What is that?" Roric whispered to Evalynn as the red lights got closer.

"More ratterkin brutes," Evalynn replied as she tensed. "A group of six big ones, but something is moving around their feet, and their appearance is wrong."

"Wrong how?" Jaina asked.

Chandice lifted her staff and shot a ball of flame down the tunnel. It illuminated the space as it passed, giving them a glimpse of what was coming. They were ratterkin alright, but their eyes were dead and the fur hung in rotting patches. Around their feet was a swarm of black rats with pure white eyes and terrible sharp teeth.

"Zombies!" Roric cried as he tensed to meet the coming hoard.

"Those are carrion rates," Evalynn groaned. "Their bite is terribly infectious, and if you die from their disease, you rise an hour later as another zombie."

"Then let's keep them at range," Chandice said and ordered her imps to open fire. She put a barrier of tendrils in the way to slow the advance down before joining in with bolts of fire.

Gisley reached out a hand and commanded the monsters to sleep, causing a cloud of silvery dust to fill the hall. The zombies pressed on unphased, but some of the rats dropped out, falling to the floor in a slump.

"Doesn't work on the undead?" Jaina asked as the wall of monsters reached the doorway to the room.

"It doesn't work on anything that doesn't need to sleep," Gisley replied.

"Well, I can keep a few busy, but I draw the line at zombies," Jaina groaned.

"Keep them busy how?" Chandice asked

"My seducing smile works on undead as of level fifteen," Jaina said.

"You're not going to let them touch you?" Chandice balked with wide eyes.

"No, but I can lead them around a bit," Jaina said as the mass of approaching zombies started to fan out. She rushed to the side and used allure, causing several of the zombies to look her way. Then she used seducing smile, and two peeled off, heading toward her for reasons that turned her stomach.

Chandice was not about to see her girlfriend molested by zombies and focused her fire on one zombie, with Gisley using moonbeam to help. Roric and Evalynn charged in, with Evalynn using her broad slash to throw most of the rats back and give them even more room.

Chandice stepped back as she cast her new curse on one of the zombies battling Roric and nearly tripped over one of the dead players. She happened to glance down just as the player twitched and started to move. She realized, to her horror, that they had died to the rats, and their hour was up. They were rising as zombies right behind them!

"Imps! Shoot this one!" Chandice called in alarm, changing their target to the zombie rising practically at her feet. She saw it grope for a nearby sword and remembered her recent enchanter skill.

"Dancing weapon!" she cried and pointed her staff at the sword before it grabbed hold.

The sword glowed with yellow light and came to life, floating into the air before beginning to swing as if held by a compliment warrior. The zombie was slashed immediately as two shadow bolts struck it. Chandice backed up to Gisley, who turned around to see the three dead players rising as more zombies.

"What do we do?" Gisley asked as she realized they might soon be fighting.

"We kill them as fast as we can," Chandice said as her heart raced. Zombies weren't particularly strong, ranging from level five to level ten. But the body used was always a factor as the monster's overall health was boosted by size. None of the monsters in the room were larger than a human, so they wouldn't be too hard to beat. It was the sheer weight of numbers that was the issue. There were now nine zombies in the room and at least a dozen rats still awake. Most of it was on Evalynn and Roric, who could take a decent amount of punishment, but these three would be on her and Gisley. Gisley could likely take some punishment, but Chandice wasn't particularly durable.

"Get back," Jaina called as she jogged backward with two amorous zombie ratterkin following. As she went by, she used take me instead and drew one of the player zombies away.

[lvl 8 Seductress Skill: Take Me Instead] Forces a single target to check willpower or become aroused with the seductress, causing them to focus on seducing her.

Chandice readied her staff as the last two came shambling their way when Gisley reached up and took off her slave collar.

"Fairy fire!" she shouted, and a line of pure white flames roared from her hands, throwing a zombie back as it practically disintegrated.

[lvl 45 Lunar Fairy skill: Fairy fire] An intense blast of fairy energy that races from your outstretched hands. It produces a straight line that strikes all targets in its path for ten yards. It does massive damage but has a one-minute cooldown and uses a significant amount of fairy dust.

"How long have you had that ability?" Chandice asked as she backed away from the last zombie and left it to her two imps.

"I always had it," Gisley said. "It just takes a lot of power to use."

"You should have used it while they were bunched up in the tunnel!" Chandice cried. "It would hit a whole bunch of them."

"I'm sorry, I am not very good at this," Gisley admitted and used a moonbeam to finish off the final zombie.

Chandice growled and turned her imps back to helping Roric, who had dropped one of his zombies and a couple of rats. It was clear she was suffering from injuries, but Jaina was too busy leading zombies around the room to try and heal.

"That heal you can cast, does it work while they are fighting?" Chandice asked.

"Yes," Gisley replied. "They just need to stand in the circle it creates."

"Can you cover both of them?" Chandice asked as she hoped she was right.

"I think so," Gisley nodded and held out a hand.

[lvl 12 Lunar Fairy Skill: Dust of recovery] You create an illuminated snow globe-like effect where silvery dust swirls around. All allies in the area of effect are slowly healed of their wounds. The spell drains your dust pool at a slow rate.

Roric and Evalynn were suddenly encased in a dome of silvery light as glitter swirled around them. It had no effect on the monsters, but Chandice could see they were slowly being healed. She focused fire on the most wounded zombie, causing it to fall a few moments later. Then she turned her imps on the rats while helping Roric with his last large beast. Gisley looked like she was straining to hold the healing effect up, so Chandice went for one of her enchanter powers.

[lvl 8 Enchanter skill: Mana winds] Bless a target with a flow of mana from the magic winds, causing any magical poor to recover at five times the normal rate for one full minute.

She hoped that would slow the depletion of her mana pool and then focused on corrupting the remaining zombies. Evalynn dropped her second one before Roric and charged into his battle, dragging all her rats with her. Now that the rats were bunched up, Chandice used another tendril of the void, careful to drop it so it could reach the rats but not her friends.

Quickly the tide began to turn, and before she knew it, there were only a few rats left, plus the three zombies chasing Jaina around the room. Her magic weapon crumbled to dust, leaving her just the imps, but now that she could focus on her spells, that was all she needed.

"Hurry up!" Jaina cried, still backing away from her thralls. "I am not having sex with dead rats!"

"Run through Gisley's heal!" Roric cried as they killed the last rat.

Jaina did as instructed, running past Roric and Evalynn as they picked one of the zombies off. By the time Jaina circled the room, it was dead, and they picked another off as she passed by. The plan was almost ridiculous as the zombies mindlessly pursued Jaina, eager for sex. When the last zombie was led through the healing light, it was quickly put down by the whole group.

Chandice breathed a sigh of relief when it finally fell into the filthy water.

"That was a bit of a mess," Evalynn said as she leaned on her weapon. "We have no idea how to work together."

"It was a trap," Jaina said and looked down at her filthy stocking feet. "And I am sick of being in this water."

"Evalynn is right," Roric replied. "Now that I see more of our powers, we should have tied those monsters up in the tunnel with Gisley and Chandice firing from range. Then Evalynn and I should have kept them bunched up so none of them could reach the rest of you. We made a mistake by not using Gisley sooner and letting them spread out into the room."

"That fairy fire spell is a high cost," Gisley said.

"All the more reason why you should have used it when it would have hit multiple targets," Roric countered.

"I will try to remember," Gisley replied as she looked sad.

"Gisley," Roric said and came to her side to pull her into a hug. "You did just fine. We need to work the kinks out and find our rhythm, is all. But, I tell you what, now that I know you can do that, I will tell you when and where to use it, ok?" Gisley nodded, and he looked up with a smile at Chandice. "You did really well too. Nice job with the spells and buffs. When did you get the ability to weaken then and enchant a weapon?"

"Level nine," Chandice admitted. "I read the spells just before we fell in the trap."

"Good timing," Evalynn said and peered down the tunnel the monsters had come from.

"I used a lot of power," Gisley pointed out. "Chandices spell is helping it recover, but I need moonlight to recharge fully."

"And we have no idea how to get out," Chadice said as she looked to the closed ramp above. "Who knows how many monsters we will have to fight."

"We will get out," Roric assured them and looked around at the bodies. "Let's loot the players to see what they had and then get down that tunnel. I want out of this water as soon as we can."

With a plan set, they hurried about their tasks to discover the players had modest amounts of coin and some valuable adventuring gear. Throwing it all into the magic bags, they headed off down the only tunnel away, hoping more than anything else that it would be dry someplace up ahead.

Chandice was still nervous about being so confined, but Roric had made her feel important, and she felt motivated to keep trying. With a mana wind cast on herself, she led her imps into the gloom and hoped she would hit level ten to unlock her next pet before she needed it.