Asher woke up to the gentle caress of 2 mouths on his dick, and 1 on his balls. His eyes shooting open Tiff and Prillish were making out at his glans while an orange haired beauty was between his legs sucking his balls 1 at a time. His wife smiled as she locked eyes with him.
She and the succubus began to slowly extend their long tongues out. Their lips still at his sensitive head the tongues twisted and turned. Intermingling with one another he felt his balls begin to retract. He had to force the orgasm back as they continued their work.
They continuously moved their tongues on his long dick. Mixing together the muscles raised and lowered as they locked eyes with him. His head went back in a moan as he couldn’t fight it anymore. His balls pulling into him he began to shake as spurts of cum were shared between his wife and the succubus.
“Mmmm, what is this taste?” Prillish asked as his wife shoved her mouth to the base of his dick.
“Cotton candy,” he gasped as his dick was stimulated during the refractory period. Tiff began pounding her throat in the perfect spot. In a few seconds she was cumming from the stimulation. Her eyes fluttering she shook as Atty continued to lick his balls.
When she finished her orgasm she came up to catch her breath. “Fuck that’s good,” she gasped in between breaths. “Less talking, more fucking. Atty, your turn,” she said. She began kissing the succubus as Atty shyly got up from between his legs and positioned herself over his dick.
“You’re all fucking amazing,” he said. Atty blushed as she lowered herself down onto him. He groaned as he became fully sheathed. She began rocking her hips back and forth as he covered the 3 girls in Pheromones. Tiff and Prillish began moaning in one another’s mouths as they came instantly. They had been attacking one another with lust aura, and his Pheromones only added to the stimulation.
When Atty finished he was fucking Tiff while his wife ate out the succubus. Kissing the succubus he had to stop as they all got the notification.
| DAY OF HYDRO |
| Quest Objective: |
| Defeat Monsters for Contribution Points |
“Shit, it's dawn,” Tiff said. Deflating from her orgasm she pouted as she was reminded they were at a trial.
“How long do we have till monsters appear?” Asher asked.
“Like 2 hours,” she said. “I want to forget the whole world, and just do it,” she said, latching onto him.
“When we get married, I promise we will go on a long honeymoon,” he said. “But right now we have to work.”
“Promise?” She asked
“Pinky,” he promised. She smiled widely. She began grinding again since he was still inside of her.
“One more for the road,” she said. He laughed as he coated the 3 women in 100 Pheromones and forced himself to cum. They all shook and gasped. “Cheating,” she said but still extricated herself.
“We have plenty of time later,” he said. “Let’s get serious.” He pulled the map they made out of his storage ring. He found an unwet part of their sleeping bags and laid it out. The 4 of them stared at it. The map was completely green, there was no blue for water. There were 34 Xs on the map. They started on the outside and moved in a spiral to the middle. “These must be all of the halls.” He slowly memorized it and handed it to Prillish.
“Don’t you need this?” She asked.
“Not a whole lot to it,” he said. “Easy to remember. Consider it an olive branch to Ezarian, and well a consolation prize for helping us. Couldn’t have made it without you,” he lied. Tiff hid a laugh.
“Yes, how did you make it?” She asked.
“One of my skills,” he said.
“Magic,” Tiff said.
“I doubt it will help much until we are all together anyway. We will discuss the map when we meet up at midday again,” he said. With that they began putting everything away.
“Finally done?” Keera asked from outside the tent as they finished.
“Shit!” Tiff yelled. “I forgot you were here.”
As they wrapped up putting the tents away they sent Prillish on her way. “Can we expect an encore?” Tiff asked, hope in her voice.
“Maybe,” the succubus said blushing. “It has been some time since I’ve done this for fun. Let me think on it.” Tiff kissed her goodbye and she flew away on her bat wings.
“She’ll be back,” Asher said.
“You know it,” she said. They high fived.
—
They made it to the rest of the camp with some time to spare. Asher explained they would go over the map at the meeting with the other Champions. They split into 3 groups again. The same as the ones they did for the last Trial. Asher was on his own again, but with his new skill he wanted to practice with no one close by.
Sex Bomb was his new Coupling Mana skill, and he hadn’t had much time to use it to it’s full potential. Intimidation made foes aggro and fear him. Sex Bomb may be just the attack to aggro mobs and draw them to him without scaring them. The Synergy Mana acted as a catalyst between Physical and Sex Mana. If he could change the ratio of the Physical and Sex, he could decrease the pleasure while increasing the damage. Killing something with his voice was on the horizon.
It wasn’t long until Keera announced that Hydro Mana snakes were on their way. They were 10 feet long and blue of course. Asher was able to take on a third of them by himself. He was on a field far from the camp continuously using Sex Bomb until he got the ratio just right. His yells made them cum and hurt at the same time, but by the end there was just enough Sex Mana to not make the monsters cum, and more than enough to hurt them.
By the time he was done experimenting the other groups had finished with the ones attacking them, so he wrapped up. The hydro snakes popping like water balloons as he sliced through them he got a good chunk of XP.
A few scales and other pieces of the snakes were left as the water that made them up evaporated. People gathered them up as the camp area was cleaned. Asher and Tiff set up their big tent off to the side, and before they knew it they had to meet the other aliens.
“What’s the plan?” Abby asked as they walked through the jungle. There were a few straggler Hydro snakes, but not many.
“Work together till they try to betray us,” he said. “Which I’m sure will happen when we least want it to.”
“Great plan Champion,” Abby said as she rolled her eyes.
“Hey, we spent all night working on our interspecies relations,” Tiff hissed.
“I’m sure you did,” Abby said.
“It was very hard,” Tiff assured her. “There was a lot of crying and screaming and begging.”
“Lalala,” Abby said, shutting her ears and running ahead.
“You’re perfect,” Asher said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
“I know,” she said with a big smile.
“Seriously though,” his mother cut in. “What is the plan?”
“You said not to kill them,” Asher said. He hoped she hadn’t heard them just now.
“I did, and I still think I’m right,” she said.
“Even with the giant demons?”
His mother looked to her husband. “Judge not lest ye be judged,” he quoted.
“That one guy literally looks just like the devil. He is the Lord of Demons, and you still want to give him a pass?”
“Hey, I get a better vibe from the demons than I do the clones,” his mother said.
“You got me there,” he said in agreement. “Let’s just wing it for now. Kill a bunch of monsters. Cross our fingers they don’t double cross us anytime soon. Besides, I have an idea where we need to look next, but I don’t want to jump the gun.” They quieted down as they thought about what to do. Tiff said her legs hurt so she jumped on his back, she had been extra clingy lately, but he liked it. She snuggled into him deeper with that thought. He really needed to watch it.
“Don’t you dare,” she warned. “You keep your mind open, and I’ll keep my legs open,” she promised. He laughed but nodded. He knew it was an empty threat. Neither of them could say no to the other. Sometimes he liked to think back on that girl he looked at across the hall. They locked eyes, and pretended not to be attracted to one another. They had amazing sex, and he begged for her number.
“This is fun,” she whispered. “I can almost see your impression of me back then as you think about it.” She sent him her own feelings back. Her boredom at the hall and her heart quickening as she looked at the young kid in the back of the guild group. Her fluttering heart as she denied him her number, no matter how much she wanted to. She had a rule about keeping things casual, but then regretted it all week. She couldn’t sleep when he didn’t come to group the next week. Asher frowned. It was bittersweet to see it all.
“I love you,” they said as one. He smiled as she kissed his cheek. He was glad his wife was there with him. It wouldn’t have been near as much fun without her.
They stepped into the clearing to see the other groups already there. They were huddled around a large table someone had brought. On it was the poster board sized map that they had made. The groups quieted down as they approached. Tiff didn’t get off his back so he stepped to the free side of the table.
“Anyone have guesses?” Asher asked as they looked at them. Tiff pulled herself up more to look over his shoulder. She winked at Prillish. The succubus blushed.
No one answered. Asher sighed as he pulled the map towards him. He willed out a marker and started writing over the Xs on the map with the type of hall he expected was there. Then he marked where he knew the other groups had their camps set up. LG for his team, TN for the demons, CE for the clones.
“If my guess is right, we are at the Death gate,” Asher said. He Xed out the Synergy Hall. “Please X out which Hall you completed. If you think there is something wrong with the map, let me know.” The humans Xed it out, then the clones, and finally the demons. With that it was confirmed that the remaining gates were Gravity, Crystal, Bone, Geo, Death, Fusion, Space, Dragon, and Rift.
“We are missing 2 people,” Asher said. “One is a woman with long dark hair. Another is a man that wears a black suit, did anyone see them?” Asher asked.
A pale demon in black armor offered, “I fought the man called Batman for the Darkness gate. We dueled but he left. He was heading West last I saw him.”
“Great,” Asher said, looking to the gate. “Has anyone tried entering Halls that have not been conquered?”
“Yes,” Alfa offered. “If you have completed a Hall the stairs to it disappear, and if you try to enter another it will not let you.”
Asher walked up to the Hall of Death. Stepping in he was blocked by an invisible force as a pop-up window appeared.
| WARNING |
| Only one challenger per Hall |
“Alright, I think it’s fair to say Batman is in here,” Asher said. He wasn’t sure if that was good or bad. He used Darkness so he was close to Death on the Spectrum. But Batman didn’t kill. Death Mana wasn’t necessarily a 1 hit kill, but it was one of the most deadly out there. Hence the name, Death.
“What do you think?” Abby asked worriedly.
“We can only trust in him for now.” He thought a prayer for him and walked back to the table. “Moving on. I think we can all assume where our next step leads us.” He pointed to the center of the map. Between Havoc, Rift, Time, Dragon, and Destruction.
—
They walked in 3 separate groups to the Northeast. Atty, Tiff, and Prillish were the only people that could fly. They went to the unclosed gates to see if they could enter so they could try to find where Ming was. With no Tiff there Asher grew bored.
“Ezarian?” He asked the red demon. “What makes a man go True Neutral?” He semi-quoted. Keera laughed.
The yellow eyed demon gave them a hesitant look. His deep voice was still unnerving as he answered. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, why True Neutral? Why didn’t you do anything in your Champion Trial?”
“On my planet we have seen worse,” he said. “The Kushala and Julaski tribes especially.” Some other demons nodded.
“That makes it ok?” Asher asked. “To let kids die I mean?”
“No,” the demon admitted. They left it at that. Asher was trying to gauge his opponents. Did they have any honor, or would they backstab him at the first chance? He knew Alfa would, the clone was too calculating. Ezarian might actually feel bad about it.
They passed the last of the Hall entrances and stepped into a clearing well hidden in trees. As they approached they were met with a pop-up window.
| HALL OF COLLABORATION |
| Quest Objective: |
| Defeat 0/3 Bosses |
| Rewards: |
| Contribution Points |
| Experience Points |
| ???????? |
3 new stone huts suddenly appeared in the clearing facing them. “Interesting,” Asher said as he looked at them. The others grew excited. Alfa and his team quickly ran into the center one. Asher rolled his eyes. Ezarian and his team ran into the 1 on the right.
“We going?” Abby asked, getting excited.
“Nope,” Asher said. “Let’s wait for the girls. They’re almost here.” He used his Relationship Screen to get a feel for Tiff. He started yelling when she was close enough. The 3 women dropped down in front of them.
“Where’s everyone at?” Tiff asked. He thought she may have stopped for a quickie. She was a little more winded than she should have been from flying.
“They ran in," he said. “Prillish, your people are in the stairway to the right.” The succubus nodded and headed down. “Did you find Ming?”
“Yeah, should be in the Dragon Hall,” Atty said.
“Dragon?” Asher asked. She was a martial artist and already had plenty of different mana types, she might just be able to make it. “Good,” he said. “You guys want to check out the left path?” He asked.
They headed down with Asher leading. Tiff sent him pictures of what they had been up to. It was all quick but hot. Slowly the succubus was being brought into his wife’s web. He loved her for it.
Asher’s father illuminated the area with his Holy Magic, and they simply kept walking. The stairs veered left, but eventually they came into a wide underground cave. At the center of the cavern was a pyramid shaped barrier.
The 9 of them were on a platform, and next to them were stone stairs that led down to the barrier. There was a small golden pedestal in front of them. Asher pulled out his Xare key. It was a disc with a hole in the middle. The golden pedestal had a rod the correct shape for the hole.
| Xare Key | |
| Cost | N/A |
| Uses | 3 |
With 3 uses, he guessed they had 3 tries. He set it on the pedestal and a pop-up window appeared.
| DRAGON BOSS |
| Keys Used: |
| 1/5 Xare Keys |
| Rewards: |
| Contribution Points |
| Experience Points |
| ???????? |
“Dragon Boss?” He said aloud. But that didn’t make sense. There was already a dragon hall. He brought up his quest.
| CHAMPION REPRESENTATION TRIAL #2 |
| Current Challengers: 11/30 |
| Time Limit: 19:10:54:32 |
| Quest Description |
| Complete Tasks for Contribution Points for your Team |
| Halls Closed: 25/35 |
| Quest Rewards: |
| System Coins |
| Experience Points |
| Random Skill Book |
| ?????????? |
If the Hall of Collaboration was the 35th Hall, then there were 34 halls for 34 elements. Thinking on it more there were only 19 days of monsters left. If that was the case then the last day would be the Space Mana monsters. So that meant there wouldn’t be a day for Dragon, Time, Rift, Havoc, and Destruction. He now knew that Dragon wasn’t monsters but a boss. So that meant the other 2 doors most likely went to a Time and Rift boss. That meant there were still the Havoc and Destruction bosses left. A part of him guessed that they wouldn’t appear till after all others were beaten.
“What's up?” Ria asked.
“Shhhh,” Tiff said. “He’s using some major brain power right now.” He rolled his eyes, of course she was reading his thoughts. At least he wouldn’t have to catch her up.
“Ok people, time to test,” he said. “These keys have 3 uses. When we use 5 I’m sure the boss will appear, but I don’t want to fight it if we can help it. Let’s experiment and see what happens.” He looked around, they were all nervous. “4 of you mind lending me your Xare Keys?” 4 appeared and they handed them to him. He set them on his key and the white pyramid barrier disappeared to reveal a huge dragon.
It made the lizard he fought in Korea look like a….lizard. It was a good 80 feet tall. Purple scales, white underbelly, wide wings, thick muscles for arms and legs, it was everything he dreamed. The odd thing was it didn’t move toward them. The legendary beast simply stared at them and breathed heavily. He used Identification.
******Xare Purple Dragon******
Level 44
He was a little sad it wasn’t a semi-funny name, but ignored it. He wasn’t too scared by it, but the 5 extra asterisk by it’s name was not comforting. He looked around, there were no real hints. Staring at the pedestal he asked, “Someone else lend me a key, please.” He set it on the pedestal and an asterisk disappeared from each side of the Bosses name.
“I see,” he said.
“What? Tell me,” Tiff said. She was invested in what it all meant. He laughed as he walked them through it.
—
After deciding to come back another day they took their keys and headed back up. They hung out in the clearing. Making a fire they ate and joked around. The clones were the first to admit defeat. They came back up with their clothes in disarray. It was very weird to see all of their faces out of hoods. Asher really didn’t know which one was Alfa now. They were the same height, and had the same dejected look on their faces.
“Let me guess,” Asher said. “You got the Time Boss.” They all shared the same look of shock on their faces. He laughed, they couldn’t have timed it more perfectly. “We will discuss when the demons come back up.” It took the demons another half hour before they came slinking back up.
“Ok,” he said at the front of the groups. “Are you all ready to listen now?”
“I am,” Tiff offered, raising her hand. She was an apt student. She was extra cute. School girl roleplay tonight, he thought hard. Tiff nodded happily. He looked around and everyone was mostly listening, although they tried to hide it.
“Alright, we are here for a total of 30 days. Monsters attack daily. On the 30th day we should be attacked by Space Mana monsters. That leaves us with Dragon, Time, Rift, Havoc, and Destruction monsters that won’t be able to attack us. We already know there are Halls for them, so why no monsters? That is where this Hall comes into play. Let me guess Ezarian, you went up against the Rift Boss?” The big demon slowly nodded. “So that’s Dragon, Time, and Rift we have to fight to close the Hall of Collaboration. Everyone with me?”
A few nods went around. “Now I of course assume you all used your 5 keys and attacked the Boss right away, right?” No one denied it. “Did anyone have the forethought to cast Identification on the boss?”
“Yes,” one of Alfa’s party said. “There were 6 asterisks on each side of it’s name.”
“Good, I hope you all know that the more asterisk the stronger the foe is,” he said. “We put a 6th key on our pedestal, which got rid of one of the asterisks on each side of the bosses name. Thus, every key you use, the Boss gets weaker.” The clones shared a look. “Now, before you stupidly go running back down, hear me out.”
The clones stopped and turned back. “I assume all of you are having trouble getting dungeon groups like we are on our Integrator’s planet. I would like to propose we hold off for now.” They didn’t like that offer. “For all we know the Trial will close when these 3 bosses are defeated. We are all getting great experience here. Let’s not waste this opportunity. I would like to propose attacking this Hall again on day 25. That is the day that Darkness should attack. That would give us 5 days to beat the bosses. And gives my people more time to get out of their Halls.”
He hadn’t convinced them yet, he could tell. “If you give me till then, I will give you one of our keys,” he said. That got their attention. “You all have 8 keys, the best you could hope to get the thing down to is 3 asterisk. Have any of you fought a 2 asterisk?” The groups didn’t say anything. “We did, to win the last trial. It took us days. So if you are willing to wait I will gift one of you our Xare Keys.”
“What if one of your people comes back with a key?” Alfa asked.
“Then I will gift you each one,” he said.
“And we are supposed to take your word for it?” Ezarian asked.
“Of course,” Asher said. “I am the Lawful Good. It probably means I can’t lie or something.” Tiff laughed. That didn’t help his chances but slowly they agreed. They split apart then to their respective camps.
“You sure about this?” Nadir asked.
“Yeah,” Asher said. “What was the Crystal Deth? Level 46 with 2 asterisk? We will all be a lot more levels higher by the time we are done. And I want to give Ming and Batman all the time we can.” He thought about it. “Besides, I’m excited to see what happens in a few days.”
“Why’s that my wise professor?” Tiff asked. She was already in roleplay mode.
“That should be the day of Gravity attacks. No one cleared the Gravity Hall. I’m curious if something interesting will happen.”
Asher woke up to the gentle caress of 2 mouths on his dick, and 1 on his balls. His eyes shooting open Tiff and Prillish were making out at his glans while an orange haired beauty was between his legs sucking his balls 1 at a time. His wife smiled as she locked eyes with him.
She and the succubus began to slowly extend their long tongues out. Their lips still at his sensitive head the tongues twisted and turned. Intermingling with one another he felt his balls begin to retract. He had to force the orgasm back as they continued their work.
They continuously moved their tongues on his long dick. Mixing together the muscles raised and lowered as they locked eyes with him. His head went back in a moan as he couldn’t fight it anymore. His balls pulling into him he began to shake as spurts of cum were shared between his wife and the succubus.
“Mmmm, what is this taste?” Prillish asked as his wife shoved her mouth to the base of his dick.
“Cotton candy,” he gasped as his dick was stimulated during the refractory period. Tiff began pounding her throat in the perfect spot. In a few seconds she was cumming from the stimulation. Her eyes fluttering she shook as Atty continued to lick his balls.
When she finished her orgasm she came up to catch her breath. “Fuck that’s good,” she gasped in between breaths. “Less talking, more fucking. Atty, your turn,” she said. She began kissing the succubus as Atty shyly got up from between his legs and positioned herself over his dick.
“You’re all fucking amazing,” he said. Atty blushed as she lowered herself down onto him. He groaned as he became fully sheathed. She began rocking her hips back and forth as he covered the 3 girls in Pheromones. Tiff and Prillish began moaning in one another’s mouths as they came instantly. They had been attacking one another with lust aura, and his Pheromones only added to the stimulation.
When Atty finished he was fucking Tiff while his wife ate out the succubus. Kissing the succubus he had to stop as they all got the notification.
| DAY OF HYDRO |
| Quest Objective: |
| Defeat Monsters for Contribution Points |
“Shit, it's dawn,” Tiff said. Deflating from her orgasm she pouted as she was reminded they were at a trial.
“How long do we have till monsters appear?” Asher asked.
“Like 2 hours,” she said. “I want to forget the whole world, and just do it,” she said, latching onto him.
“When we get married, I promise we will go on a long honeymoon,” he said. “But right now we have to work.”
“Promise?” She asked
“Pinky,” he promised. She smiled widely. She began grinding again since he was still inside of her.
“One more for the road,” she said. He laughed as he coated the 3 women in 100 Pheromones and forced himself to cum. They all shook and gasped. “Cheating,” she said but still extricated herself.
“We have plenty of time later,” he said. “Let’s get serious.” He pulled the map they made out of his storage ring. He found an unwet part of their sleeping bags and laid it out. The 4 of them stared at it. The map was completely green, there was no blue for water. There were 34 Xs on the map. They started on the outside and moved in a spiral to the middle. “These must be all of the halls.” He slowly memorized it and handed it to Prillish.
“Don’t you need this?” She asked.
“Not a whole lot to it,” he said. “Easy to remember. Consider it an olive branch to Ezarian, and well a consolation prize for helping us. Couldn’t have made it without you,” he lied. Tiff hid a laugh.
“Yes, how did you make it?” She asked.
“One of my skills,” he said.
“Magic,” Tiff said.
“I doubt it will help much until we are all together anyway. We will discuss the map when we meet up at midday again,” he said. With that they began putting everything away.
“Finally done?” Keera asked from outside the tent as they finished.
“Shit!” Tiff yelled. “I forgot you were here.”
As they wrapped up putting the tents away they sent Prillish on her way. “Can we expect an encore?” Tiff asked, hope in her voice.
“Maybe,” the succubus said blushing. “It has been some time since I’ve done this for fun. Let me think on it.” Tiff kissed her goodbye and she flew away on her bat wings.
“She’ll be back,” Asher said.
“You know it,” she said. They high fived.
—
They made it to the rest of the camp with some time to spare. Asher explained they would go over the map at the meeting with the other Champions. They split into 3 groups again. The same as the ones they did for the last Trial. Asher was on his own again, but with his new skill he wanted to practice with no one close by.
Sex Bomb was his new Coupling Mana skill, and he hadn’t had much time to use it to it’s full potential. Intimidation made foes aggro and fear him. Sex Bomb may be just the attack to aggro mobs and draw them to him without scaring them. The Synergy Mana acted as a catalyst between Physical and Sex Mana. If he could change the ratio of the Physical and Sex, he could decrease the pleasure while increasing the damage. Killing something with his voice was on the horizon.
It wasn’t long until Keera announced that Hydro Mana snakes were on their way. They were 10 feet long and blue of course. Asher was able to take on a third of them by himself. He was on a field far from the camp continuously using Sex Bomb until he got the ratio just right. His yells made them cum and hurt at the same time, but by the end there was just enough Sex Mana to not make the monsters cum, and more than enough to hurt them.
By the time he was done experimenting the other groups had finished with the ones attacking them, so he wrapped up. The hydro snakes popping like water balloons as he sliced through them he got a good chunk of XP.
A few scales and other pieces of the snakes were left as the water that made them up evaporated. People gathered them up as the camp area was cleaned. Asher and Tiff set up their big tent off to the side, and before they knew it they had to meet the other aliens.
“What’s the plan?” Abby asked as they walked through the jungle. There were a few straggler Hydro snakes, but not many.
“Work together till they try to betray us,” he said. “Which I’m sure will happen when we least want it to.”
“Great plan Champion,” Abby said as she rolled her eyes.
“Hey, we spent all night working on our interspecies relations,” Tiff hissed.
“I’m sure you did,” Abby said.
“It was very hard,” Tiff assured her. “There was a lot of crying and screaming and begging.”
“Lalala,” Abby said, shutting her ears and running ahead.
“You’re perfect,” Asher said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
“I know,” she said with a big smile.
“Seriously though,” his mother cut in. “What is the plan?”
“You said not to kill them,” Asher said. He hoped she hadn’t heard them just now.
“I did, and I still think I’m right,” she said.
“Even with the giant demons?”
His mother looked to her husband. “Judge not lest ye be judged,” he quoted.
“That one guy literally looks just like the devil. He is the Lord of Demons, and you still want to give him a pass?”
“Hey, I get a better vibe from the demons than I do the clones,” his mother said.
“You got me there,” he said in agreement. “Let’s just wing it for now. Kill a bunch of monsters. Cross our fingers they don’t double cross us anytime soon. Besides, I have an idea where we need to look next, but I don’t want to jump the gun.” They quieted down as they thought about what to do. Tiff said her legs hurt so she jumped on his back, she had been extra clingy lately, but he liked it. She snuggled into him deeper with that thought. He really needed to watch it.
“Don’t you dare,” she warned. “You keep your mind open, and I’ll keep my legs open,” she promised. He laughed but nodded. He knew it was an empty threat. Neither of them could say no to the other. Sometimes he liked to think back on that girl he looked at across the hall. They locked eyes, and pretended not to be attracted to one another. They had amazing sex, and he begged for her number.
“This is fun,” she whispered. “I can almost see your impression of me back then as you think about it.” She sent him her own feelings back. Her boredom at the hall and her heart quickening as she looked at the young kid in the back of the guild group. Her fluttering heart as she denied him her number, no matter how much she wanted to. She had a rule about keeping things casual, but then regretted it all week. She couldn’t sleep when he didn’t come to group the next week. Asher frowned. It was bittersweet to see it all.
“I love you,” they said as one. He smiled as she kissed his cheek. He was glad his wife was there with him. It wouldn’t have been near as much fun without her.
They stepped into the clearing to see the other groups already there. They were huddled around a large table someone had brought. On it was the poster board sized map that they had made. The groups quieted down as they approached. Tiff didn’t get off his back so he stepped to the free side of the table.
“Anyone have guesses?” Asher asked as they looked at them. Tiff pulled herself up more to look over his shoulder. She winked at Prillish. The succubus blushed.
No one answered. Asher sighed as he pulled the map towards him. He willed out a marker and started writing over the Xs on the map with the type of hall he expected was there. Then he marked where he knew the other groups had their camps set up. LG for his team, TN for the demons, CE for the clones.
“If my guess is right, we are at the Death gate,” Asher said. He Xed out the Synergy Hall. “Please X out which Hall you completed. If you think there is something wrong with the map, let me know.” The humans Xed it out, then the clones, and finally the demons. With that it was confirmed that the remaining gates were Gravity, Crystal, Bone, Geo, Death, Fusion, Space, Dragon, and Rift.
“We are missing 2 people,” Asher said. “One is a woman with long dark hair. Another is a man that wears a black suit, did anyone see them?” Asher asked.
A pale demon in black armor offered, “I fought the man called Batman for the Darkness gate. We dueled but he left. He was heading West last I saw him.”
“Great,” Asher said, looking to the gate. “Has anyone tried entering Halls that have not been conquered?”
“Yes,” Alfa offered. “If you have completed a Hall the stairs to it disappear, and if you try to enter another it will not let you.”
Asher walked up to the Hall of Death. Stepping in he was blocked by an invisible force as a pop-up window appeared.
| WARNING |
| Only one challenger per Hall |
“Alright, I think it’s fair to say Batman is in here,” Asher said. He wasn’t sure if that was good or bad. He used Darkness so he was close to Death on the Spectrum. But Batman didn’t kill. Death Mana wasn’t necessarily a 1 hit kill, but it was one of the most deadly out there. Hence the name, Death.
“What do you think?” Abby asked worriedly.
“We can only trust in him for now.” He thought a prayer for him and walked back to the table. “Moving on. I think we can all assume where our next step leads us.” He pointed to the center of the map. Between Havoc, Rift, Time, Dragon, and Destruction.
—
They walked in 3 separate groups to the Northeast. Atty, Tiff, and Prillish were the only people that could fly. They went to the unclosed gates to see if they could enter so they could try to find where Ming was. With no Tiff there Asher grew bored.
“Ezarian?” He asked the red demon. “What makes a man go True Neutral?” He semi-quoted. Keera laughed.
The yellow eyed demon gave them a hesitant look. His deep voice was still unnerving as he answered. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, why True Neutral? Why didn’t you do anything in your Champion Trial?”
“On my planet we have seen worse,” he said. “The Kushala and Julaski tribes especially.” Some other demons nodded.
“That makes it ok?” Asher asked. “To let kids die I mean?”
“No,” the demon admitted. They left it at that. Asher was trying to gauge his opponents. Did they have any honor, or would they backstab him at the first chance? He knew Alfa would, the clone was too calculating. Ezarian might actually feel bad about it.
They passed the last of the Hall entrances and stepped into a clearing well hidden in trees. As they approached they were met with a pop-up window.
| HALL OF COLLABORATION |
| Quest Objective: |
| Defeat 0/3 Bosses |
| Rewards: |
| Contribution Points |
| Experience Points |
| ???????? |
3 new stone huts suddenly appeared in the clearing facing them. “Interesting,” Asher said as he looked at them. The others grew excited. Alfa and his team quickly ran into the center one. Asher rolled his eyes. Ezarian and his team ran into the 1 on the right.
“We going?” Abby asked, getting excited.
“Nope,” Asher said. “Let’s wait for the girls. They’re almost here.” He used his Relationship Screen to get a feel for Tiff. He started yelling when she was close enough. The 3 women dropped down in front of them.
“Where’s everyone at?” Tiff asked. He thought she may have stopped for a quickie. She was a little more winded than she should have been from flying.
“They ran in," he said. “Prillish, your people are in the stairway to the right.” The succubus nodded and headed down. “Did you find Ming?”
“Yeah, should be in the Dragon Hall,” Atty said.
“Dragon?” Asher asked. She was a martial artist and already had plenty of different mana types, she might just be able to make it. “Good,” he said. “You guys want to check out the left path?” He asked.
They headed down with Asher leading. Tiff sent him pictures of what they had been up to. It was all quick but hot. Slowly the succubus was being brought into his wife’s web. He loved her for it.
Asher’s father illuminated the area with his Holy Magic, and they simply kept walking. The stairs veered left, but eventually they came into a wide underground cave. At the center of the cavern was a pyramid shaped barrier.
The 9 of them were on a platform, and next to them were stone stairs that led down to the barrier. There was a small golden pedestal in front of them. Asher pulled out his Xare key. It was a disc with a hole in the middle. The golden pedestal had a rod the correct shape for the hole.
| Xare Key | |
| Cost | N/A |
| Uses | 3 |
With 3 uses, he guessed they had 3 tries. He set it on the pedestal and a pop-up window appeared.
| DRAGON BOSS |
| Keys Used: |
| 1/5 Xare Keys |
| Rewards: |
| Contribution Points |
| Experience Points |
| ???????? |
“Dragon Boss?” He said aloud. But that didn’t make sense. There was already a dragon hall. He brought up his quest.
| CHAMPION REPRESENTATION TRIAL #2 |
| Current Challengers: 11/30 |
| Time Limit: 19:10:54:32 |
| Quest Description |
| Complete Tasks for Contribution Points for your Team |
| Halls Closed: 25/35 |
| Quest Rewards: |
| System Coins |
| Experience Points |
| Random Skill Book |
| ?????????? |
If the Hall of Collaboration was the 35th Hall, then there were 34 halls for 34 elements. Thinking on it more there were only 19 days of monsters left. If that was the case then the last day would be the Space Mana monsters. So that meant there wouldn’t be a day for Dragon, Time, Rift, Havoc, and Destruction. He now knew that Dragon wasn’t monsters but a boss. So that meant the other 2 doors most likely went to a Time and Rift boss. That meant there were still the Havoc and Destruction bosses left. A part of him guessed that they wouldn’t appear till after all others were beaten.
“What's up?” Ria asked.
“Shhhh,” Tiff said. “He’s using some major brain power right now.” He rolled his eyes, of course she was reading his thoughts. At least he wouldn’t have to catch her up.
“Ok people, time to test,” he said. “These keys have 3 uses. When we use 5 I’m sure the boss will appear, but I don’t want to fight it if we can help it. Let’s experiment and see what happens.” He looked around, they were all nervous. “4 of you mind lending me your Xare Keys?” 4 appeared and they handed them to him. He set them on his key and the white pyramid barrier disappeared to reveal a huge dragon.
It made the lizard he fought in Korea look like a….lizard. It was a good 80 feet tall. Purple scales, white underbelly, wide wings, thick muscles for arms and legs, it was everything he dreamed. The odd thing was it didn’t move toward them. The legendary beast simply stared at them and breathed heavily. He used Identification.
******Xare Purple Dragon******
Level 44
He was a little sad it wasn’t a semi-funny name, but ignored it. He wasn’t too scared by it, but the 5 extra asterisk by it’s name was not comforting. He looked around, there were no real hints. Staring at the pedestal he asked, “Someone else lend me a key, please.” He set it on the pedestal and an asterisk disappeared from each side of the Bosses name.
“I see,” he said.
“What? Tell me,” Tiff said. She was invested in what it all meant. He laughed as he walked them through it.
—
After deciding to come back another day they took their keys and headed back up. They hung out in the clearing. Making a fire they ate and joked around. The clones were the first to admit defeat. They came back up with their clothes in disarray. It was very weird to see all of their faces out of hoods. Asher really didn’t know which one was Alfa now. They were the same height, and had the same dejected look on their faces.
“Let me guess,” Asher said. “You got the Time Boss.” They all shared the same look of shock on their faces. He laughed, they couldn’t have timed it more perfectly. “We will discuss when the demons come back up.” It took the demons another half hour before they came slinking back up.
“Ok,” he said at the front of the groups. “Are you all ready to listen now?”
“I am,” Tiff offered, raising her hand. She was an apt student. She was extra cute. School girl roleplay tonight, he thought hard. Tiff nodded happily. He looked around and everyone was mostly listening, although they tried to hide it.
“Alright, we are here for a total of 30 days. Monsters attack daily. On the 30th day we should be attacked by Space Mana monsters. That leaves us with Dragon, Time, Rift, Havoc, and Destruction monsters that won’t be able to attack us. We already know there are Halls for them, so why no monsters? That is where this Hall comes into play. Let me guess Ezarian, you went up against the Rift Boss?” The big demon slowly nodded. “So that’s Dragon, Time, and Rift we have to fight to close the Hall of Collaboration. Everyone with me?”
A few nods went around. “Now I of course assume you all used your 5 keys and attacked the Boss right away, right?” No one denied it. “Did anyone have the forethought to cast Identification on the boss?”
“Yes,” one of Alfa’s party said. “There were 6 asterisks on each side of it’s name.”
“Good, I hope you all know that the more asterisk the stronger the foe is,” he said. “We put a 6th key on our pedestal, which got rid of one of the asterisks on each side of the bosses name. Thus, every key you use, the Boss gets weaker.” The clones shared a look. “Now, before you stupidly go running back down, hear me out.”
The clones stopped and turned back. “I assume all of you are having trouble getting dungeon groups like we are on our Integrator’s planet. I would like to propose we hold off for now.” They didn’t like that offer. “For all we know the Trial will close when these 3 bosses are defeated. We are all getting great experience here. Let’s not waste this opportunity. I would like to propose attacking this Hall again on day 25. That is the day that Darkness should attack. That would give us 5 days to beat the bosses. And gives my people more time to get out of their Halls.”
He hadn’t convinced them yet, he could tell. “If you give me till then, I will give you one of our keys,” he said. That got their attention. “You all have 8 keys, the best you could hope to get the thing down to is 3 asterisk. Have any of you fought a 2 asterisk?” The groups didn’t say anything. “We did, to win the last trial. It took us days. So if you are willing to wait I will gift one of you our Xare Keys.”
“What if one of your people comes back with a key?” Alfa asked.
“Then I will gift you each one,” he said.
“And we are supposed to take your word for it?” Ezarian asked.
“Of course,” Asher said. “I am the Lawful Good. It probably means I can’t lie or something.” Tiff laughed. That didn’t help his chances but slowly they agreed. They split apart then to their respective camps.
“You sure about this?” Nadir asked.
“Yeah,” Asher said. “What was the Crystal Deth? Level 46 with 2 asterisk? We will all be a lot more levels higher by the time we are done. And I want to give Ming and Batman all the time we can.” He thought about it. “Besides, I’m excited to see what happens in a few days.”
“Why’s that my wise professor?” Tiff asked. She was already in roleplay mode.
“That should be the day of Gravity attacks. No one cleared the Gravity Hall. I’m curious if something interesting will happen.”
