The Runesmith Chronicles Ch. 18

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The disturbing thing for her was that, only working off Kal's strongest feelings, she had no context for what was happening. Not to mention that she still had no idea why this was happening at all.

There was a crash and a cry from the living area, Perra threw off the covers and ran out of the room, mindless of her nudity.

"Mom!" she cried seeing Kal's mother sprawled out on the floor. Perra bent down and lifted her up into her sewing chair. One of Ikuno's enchanted stones dimly lit the room; Kal had asked her to make it when his mother started sleeping out there, so she would have a small bit of light to see by if she decided to go back to her own bed instead of the cot. Seeing a bit of blood above her eye Perra ran back into her room and got her light stone for going over to Ikuno's. "Luma," she said and they both squinted as the stone began to shine. Perra grabbed some strips of cloth that she kept next to the chair and used it to dab up the blood, thankfully the cut wasn't very big. Tossing the bloodied strip to the side she retrieved a clean cloth and pressed it against the wound.

"My apologies Perra," said Kal's mother, "The noise coming from your room woke me. I was just coming to see if you were okay."

"That's quite alright Mom, your son has been getting into trouble and, for some reason, I can feel when he does. I didn't realize I was being so noisy."

"You haven't done this 'bonding' thing like with Ikuno and the others have you?" The woman's distaste for the word was palpable.

"No," she said with a little bit of sadness, "Ikuno doesn't believe humans have enough natural magic to do something like that."

Kal's mother was quiet for a moment, "You want that, don't you Perra?" she asked.

The girl nodded, "I love him Mom, Ikuno and the others are connected to him in a way I can't be. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't a bit jealous."

"Still sounds like slavery to me," she grumbled.

"Hah! You should see how Kal and Ikuno act towards each other. If that's slavery I think Kal is doing it wrong." Perra saw the frown of annoyance at the mention of Ikuno, "Oops, sorry." Talk of the oni had become a sore spot for Kal's mother with both her son and Perra absolutely insistent that she know nothing about the mystery woman teaching her son magic.

Changing the subject, the older woman reached out and hefted one of Perra's breasts. Being with my son has been good to you, they seem to be bigger." Perra raised a questioning eyebrow as Kal's mother slid her hand down to her stomach, "or is there another reason?"

"No, Mom," Perra said pushing her hand away, "I haven't made that decision." Perra got a far-off look, "or maybe I have I just haven't been able to tell Kal yet."

"If you are bearing his child he might stay," she said hopefully.

Perra smiled, "That's exactly the problem, his destiny is out there somewhere and far larger than this little farm and little town. You can see it when he's studying magic or learning how to protect himself. I don't think I could forgive myself for denying him that, as much as I would love to have his baby."

The older woman's face fell as Perra spoke, that hadn't been the answer she was expecting. "You're so committed to him, even willing to share him with other women and give up your own chances of having a child. I'm starting to think he doesn't deserve you."

Perra checked the wound and saw that it had stopped bleeding. "I haven't given up anything yet, I just may have to wait a bit longer than some of his other women." Kal's mother snorted in derision and Perra's eyes narrowed, "careful Mom, right after my birthday I had a far different view of the situation. Now I take pride in being one of Kal's women."

The older woman looked up at Perra in surprise at her vehement tone. "Then why haven't you been to visit Ikuno since your birthday?" she asked.

Perra let out a great sigh, "Jealousy, I think. Not of the physical aspects, but because they all share a bond with him and I don't. Seeing them would just be a reminder of that."

Kal's mother put a hand on the young girl's cheek, "You know how much I hate this whole bonding idea. However, as much as I dislike it, I want to see you happy. Even if humans don't have enough magic for you to form a bond like Ikuno and the rest," her hand slid down until it rested on Perra's pendant, "perhaps this does."

Perra looked down as the older woman uncovered Kal's birthday gift to her. It had become so much a part of her that she often forgot about it, which was easy due to the way it seemed to attach itself to her. Even riding Bonn at full gallop, the pendant stayed securely against her skin where Kal had placed it when he first gave it to her. Since that night she had only taken it off a couple of times those first few days to go to sleep. A few nights later, after a tiring day working the farm with Kal, she forgot to place it on her nightstand and woke up to find it had not moved as she shifted about in her sleep. Since then she had only removed it for a few minutes to bathe; lately, even that had been rare. Though she hardly noticed it while it was on, she felt a sharp sense of loss without it hanging around her neck.

Perra giggled, "You may be right Mom. There's also a good chance this is the reason I keep getting flashes of what he is up to. I should have thought of that." She put her arms around the older woman, "Thank you."

Kal's mother tentatively hugged her back, "This would be a lot more comfortable if you weren't naked."

Perra laughed and pulled back rolling her eyes, "You saw me naked plenty of times when we were sharing a bed."

"True, however, you weren't of marrying age or sleeping with my son then, also it was for a few seconds as you put your nightgown on, which I see you don't wear anymore, not an entire conversation."

Perra giggled, "Fair enough, would you like me to go put something on before I help you back to bed?"

"Pfft..." she said waving off the younger woman's suggestion, "doesn't matter much now. Help me up, all this talk has tired me."

Perra helped the older woman to bed before returning to hers and Kal's. A frown crossed her face as she closed the door behind her, Kal's mother was so weak now there was no way she could have made it to bed on her own, the strangest part was that she hadn't seemed that weak even as Perra had picked her up and helped her into the chair minutes earlier.

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Someone was tugging down Perra's trousers, she frantically tried to reach for them but they were always just barely out of reach. When they got to her knees a long tongue swirled around one of her balls and ran up the underside of her cock before blue lips closed over the head.

"WHAT!" Perra cried out in panic and sitting up in bed. She threw the covers off her lower half and patted her groin, checking herself over to be sure nothing had changed as her breathing returned to normal.

"Blue lips," she groaned, closing her eyes and falling back onto the bed. "Fuck you, Ikuno."

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"This area right here just below the head is the most sensitive part," Ikuno told the wide-eyed harpy just before running her tongue around the area she had just mentioned.

"Are you seriously giving her lessons?" said Kal while trying to block out the wonderful feelings from his prick and be properly annoyed with the oni. He briefly noted that his cock was normal and not oni-sized.

Ikuno looked up at him, her head tilted sideways, and long tongue wrapped around the shaft just below the head. "Uh huh," she said nodding then sensuously dragged her tongue back into her mouth while staring at him with eyes filled with lust. The feeling made Kal buck his hips involuntarily.

Ikuno looked over at Felli, "Remember: don't suck a cock unless he just needs to get off really quick, any other time, you make love to it. Now, down here we have the balls, some guys enjoy it a little rough with these boys, but most don't. Always start out very gentle and work your way up to what he likes..."

Ikuno went on to tell the harpy all of the finer points of giving blowjobs, repeating the 'Remember: don't suck a cock...' bit after each new lesson. Kal would have thought that the oni was being silly drilling that one part into her head. He would have also discovered how wrong he was when Felli acted like it was the first time Ikuno had said the phrase. However, the oni was throwing in just enough stimulation to keep him on edge the entire time so he noticed nothing but her mouth and tongue.

Kal finally had enough and looked over at Felli, "Last lesson. If you tease a man for too long, you can expect this to happen." Taking dual handfuls of Ikuno's white hair he pulled her up and over his cock. Ikuno had just enough time to flash the harpy a grin and make a noise of agreement before Kal plunged his prick into her mouth, pulling her down at the same time. Since he was already about to come Ikuno took him to the root and held him there his cock growing from normal to oni-sized within her mouth and slipping directly into her throat. Ikuno worked the muscles in her throat around his head until he came with a groan and shot straight into her stomach. He had tried to push her up so he could come in her mouth the way she liked but she had stayed firmly put even after he had shrunk back to normal size. She continued to clean him for the next minute or so until Kal suddenly got a strong impression over Ikuno's bond that Felli needed to leave.

"Felli?" The harpy reluctantly dragged her eyes from the oni. "I think your lesson is done except that Ikuno believes you should always swallow, and you should always clean your man up afterward." Ikuno nodded in agreement without releasing his prick, "Could you step outside, so we can get ourselves sorted? We'll be out in a little while." he asked

The harpy looked back at Ikuno with a mixture of longing and disappointment before nodding to Kal and leaving.

"Okay why did I just send her away Ikuno?" he asked once he was sure Felli was out of earshot.

Ikuno gave him one long final suck as she pulled off him, making Kal wince as her lips rolled across the over-sensitive head. "Oops, sorry about that. Remember what you did to Gerda when you met her? If Felli had gotten a whiff of your seed she might have either gone after you or ran off and raped Rone, both of which would have likely ruined your plan."

"Hmm... good call on that I think you may have been right. Would you like to come up here and let me return the favor?"

Ikuno let out a little moan of desire before crawling over and throwing a leg over him before lowering her dripping pussy to his mouth. "I knew there was a reason I love you. Even after all that teasing you still don't leave me in need."

Kal responded by sucking her clit into his mouth and flicking it with his tongue while reaching up under the strip of leather that covered her breasts and tweaking her nipples. The oni was already worked up and it didn't take long before her whole body shuddered and Kal was busily lapping at her sex to keep up with the small flood of her natural juices.

Ikuno lifted off of him and cleaned his face as much as she could with her tongue before helping him get presentable. Once done with that she lay down on her own bedroll with a yawn. "Felli and I went out and found your missing gargoyle already this morning, it's amazing how much that girl can carry. You may want to try to get the ruby if Felli will take you there, the torso was pretty much the only thing to survive the fall. She may not do it for free though, that's how I ended up giving blowjob lessons earlier. I think I'm going to take a nap for a few hours," she said closing her eyes.

Kal smiled and leaned over, kissing her on the forehead and getting a contented purr from the oni. "Get some rest, I need to talk with Rone and Felli anyways," he said as he got up to leave.

"Good luck," she mumbled a second before her breathing became deep and even.

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Rhino77PIlotRhino77PIlot5 months ago

It seems like Kal has some thoughts swirling about the Roc around below the surface of his consciousness. Given how he blunders around in the world of magic, I suspect he will make some mistakes in logic and perhaps put himself and his human family in danger. The pendant may make it easier for the necromancer to to track down Perra and allow him the opportunity to set up traps for Kal, or to cause great damage in the human world.

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The possibilities for further adventures abound!

Onward and upward,,,,

DruggoDruggoover 1 year ago

Wondering if an appearance by a roc is in the works.

Ravey19Ravey19about 3 years ago

Just enjoying the story. Not an avid reader of this genre but think the storyline and writing are superb.

BluDraygnBluDraygnabout 5 years agoAuthor
Delays?

Not sure what's up with the next Chapter it was submitted back on the 15th and it usually doesn't take this long to get posted.

JAFCriticJAFCriticabout 5 years ago
@BluDraygn

Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate you doing that. If you are worried about spoilers then just say something like you are aware of the issue and have it covered in later chapters. If, by some chance, I do find a potential flaw then I’m glad to be of help. But I usually ask things about which I either don’t understand or to get you to consider a different person’s point of view. None of it is meant to tell you what to write, only to get you thinking about possibilities for the next chapter. Again thank you for your time, work, and posting this wonderful story.

BluDraygnBluDraygnabout 5 years agoAuthor
I may regret this...

Funny how leaving out a single line can bring up questions. I was supposed to mention that Kal could see lines from the center of the gargoyles running downward as well. Ikuno's club worked as it should have, the gargoyle just started recharging immediately, small red glow in the corners of its eyes to a glow that is faint but can be seen in Kal's light a few minutes later.

Ikuno's club is magical in nature, much as Ikuno herself is, and actually absorbs magic, not destroys it. As such, there is an upper limit to what it can take. A fight with something like the Mana Golem would quickly render the club useless as the golem just has too much energy at its disposal. I have the mechanism and consequences in mind for such an event but can't really say much as it may be something that comes up later in the story.

Where does it go? Can't really talk about that yet.

I will mention that there are conditions as to what can/cannot be drained, for instance, if she touched Kal with it, the club would immediately empty any crystals on him but leave his personal magic stores untouched.

JAFCriticJAFCriticabout 5 years ago
Good call jzp007ahren

I totally missed that flaw in Ikuno’s Mace. If it’s anti magic how is she able to summon it and make it disappear? For that matter, where does it go when she dismisses it? Perhaps it has a fixed amount of magic it can cancel out? I don’t know, but it’s interesting.

jpz007ahrenjpz007ahrenabout 5 years ago
w00t Hello again

Yeah, the fight was great. Really real, and I loved it. Was just referencing the emotions he was going through via Perra's understanding. The thrill of battle can turn to ash if one battle ends horribly. Even everyone surviving doesn't mean things turn out all right. As she also said, being concerned about how cold and logical he can be to solve a problem. It becomes a darker world when you can't fight with a smile on your face. When your first instinct becomes to utterly destroy something to protect you and yours. ~ Hoping nothing like That happens. Because even though Ikuno really upped the training, and is trying for a no-nonsense now that she's being hunted, its hard to maintain that sort of attitude, as you've shown. Unless you learn that lesson young and harshly. You don't forget the lessons of your youth, even if you don't remember them. That's not to say that combat isn't to be taken seriously, because he definitely does take it seriously. Just... well I think I'd keep talking in circles.

Anyways loving the story of course. And... as a little side thing. Had a flash of a scene pop into my head, that really made me question how Ikuno's club works. Because, it can't really be a Pure anti-magic club. She can teleport it to herself and desummon it. And as we saw with the gargoyle, it doesn't work 100% all the time. So, its a powerful tool, but far from flawless.

JAFCriticJAFCriticabout 5 years ago
Ahh.... I see

I see you already answered some of my questions. Thank you. I am wondering though about the Roc’s. Are they extinct or just extremely rare? It seems that something that large and powerful could easily wipe out everything in its path if it wanted to. Yet it needs a lot of magic in order to be hatched too, so that might be why they are so rare? And are the gargoyles placed there by the Roc or was it something/someone else? Is a Roc egg naturally camouflaged to look like a part of its surroundings? Seems to me that this would be a natural thing for protecting it when it’s unguarded. And maybe why Kal and Ikuno didn’t find any shell pieces or eggs.

It occurred to me that Kal’s thoughts about Roc’s are based off of finding out the mana cave’s location relative to the Roc’s caves. It’s supposition and not yet proven, though it does make sense. Have you considered what would happen if he was wrong? Maybe not here, but say in some future event? It could be a useful plot tool. Following a path of thinking that turns out to be wrong. Getting into adventures but ultimately having to turn around and reanalyze the facts and come to a different conclusion. It might end up being useful for character development or introduction of new characters or just bringing in new storylines like other magic users, politics, third parties, and such.

Thank you for your hard work and posting this story.

Sincerely and Respectfully,

JAFCritic

BluDraygnBluDraygnabout 5 years agoAuthor
A little insight...

@jzp007ahren

As i have said before I try to do things that make sense so I'm going to throw out what sort of happened as far as my train of thought with the encounter with the gargoyles:

Crystal cave has a guardian, the Mana Golem.

What would be a good guardian for things on the surface? Conditions: can last for centuries or even millenia, able to hide in/on stone, either able to mold stone or has natural weapons, inside a mountain so wings would be handy. Gargoyles seem to fit perfectly.

How are they powered? Mana crystals? Doesnt work in the story. Mana crystals are effectively only magic power cells. Direct enchantment? Can't do that, Kal would easily be able to see them. Conditional phrase? That would work, Crystaline structures and their reactions to harmonics are well known. So they stay dormant until a particular phrase or statement is made

Which crystal? Their objective is search and destroy so red seems most appropriate... (research) omg there's a ton of red gemstones, lets just go with ruby, people are most familiar with that.

Behavior: Gargoyles act in pairs. Winged enemies are attacked directly, non winged enemies are grabbed and dropped. if enemy attacks one defends while the other attacks from the side, if enemy defends then they both attack. If one is destroyed it activates the rest to take care of the problem. Natural resistances: everything but geomancy (ummm...) and extreme heat, slicing/piercing weapons need to be magical to do damage,(both chars currently use bludgeoning weapons and can use them with extreme force... uh oh) Gargoyle done. Cool

(fight starts)

Hmmm... Kal has gloves that he can punch through a massive geode and the agate lining a geode is quite a bit tougher than limestone rock. Kal would attempt to attack the most obvious weak point which he can see with his magic vision. Is there a reason for Kal to be on the defensive? Not really, in his mind with his knowledge and strength he has the advantage. Therefore Kal would be attacking.

Kal attacks, Gargoyle defends so other one can attack Kal from the side. Strength rune, instead of getting flanked Kal hops over the defender and aims for the weak spot (well this is less than exciting) Pulls his hand out and sees a broken ruby (*groan* dammit he can shatter those pretty much at will) breaks other gargoyles power source (well that was anticlimactic)

Ikuno is over there just being Ikuno she could have a big martial/magical fight, but no, easiest way to deal with them would be just to bop them with the club and drain them of magic (*hangs head* well fuck...)

If the encounter came across as too easy, that's okay, I thought so too. I had something far more exciting in my head but when I took their current abilities into account, well... this is what I ended up with. Unfortunately I think if it had turned out any other way, the exchange would have come across as gratuitous and insincere.

@ Jedi_Kahn this has actually been brought up a couple of times already and i think that the best way to explain is that he will likely have a fairly large 'harem' but outside of this initial group it will be very decentralized with him only being able to interact with a few at a time based on proximity to one another. Not sure how it is going to work just yet after all this is my first story of this kind, or any kind for that matter.

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