Crusader King, Chapter 13

After explaining to Castorice about Albedo telling me that a conduit to the Goddess of Darkness has been 'found'. I had her get the cult active in watching for when they inevitably entered Ur to restock and use the main roads to get to Geofu.

I went back to my solitary research as I realized this magic's rituals and long term magical enhancements were kinda shit honestly. Sure, I could easily give myself the strength of ten men with a ritual.

But even if this were a hentai universe... I didn't want a horse cock which would be one of 'minor' side effects of such a ritual. All things in this universe's magic system ran off of cause and effect.

Sure, I could get the strength of a horse and thus be stronger and have greater stamina than ten men. But yeah, horse cock would be a side effect.

It was better for me to just mind break a bitch or have a grand orgy to stuff a fuck load of magic and tantric energy into a magic sealing ring. And then when an asshole came about, I could just nuke the bastard with a building sized lightning bolt.

Still, I kept myself busy learning magic, though I did plan to try to get into more martial training with Artoria and Castorice soon so I could unlock my ki. Though it wasn't my priority. 

My goal was to become an army killer, not a hero/main character killer as regardless of anything. Vult wasn't my enemy until AFTER he was well into burning the world down.

But as I was reading another demonology book, this one based on the treaties of making demonic contracts with Sloth demons that could cloud the mind of your foes. 

Sirius's soft voice rang out and dragged my shielded mind from the magically tiring to read demonology book. "Master, a delivery for you has arrived in a collection of scrolls that are in your living room."

'Hmm, Vult has already come through.' I mused to myself as I nodded and I walked over into the living room with Sirius following behind to get me a drink as I began poring over the scrolls detailing the Eastern God's lore.

'Not only has the Goddess of Light abandoned this world. Even those shitty Shinto rip off Great Value gods/kami have also abandonded this damned world.' I thought with a snort, leaving me.

After studying just a few scrolls, I tried to call upon a 'miracle' in creating an exorcism tag that would get rid of yin energy, ghosts, and other such things. But it utterly failed.

Not at all because of myself though, I didn't fuck up the seal, the mana channeling, or even the chant/prayer. No, it was like the seal was a conduit that would trade my faith/magical energy in a payment that would result in power being sent my way to make the seal active.

But the power supplier... Was just not in this dimension or had closed the valves for all such miracles to be done.

"Sirius, come here," I said to the silver-haired maid who blinked and then came over.

I pulled her in my lap and then just face planted into those large tits and then with the sound of Sirius's heart beat filling my ears and her milky scent. I began thinking of my true plan, seeing as Albedo had brought me a whole new path.

See my previous plan after hearing how strong Vult was, and I obviously need to deal with him. I was going to use Celestine and her conduit status in a ritual to curse Vult with all the negative karma he will get after breaking the world to make his 'Service Nation'

But... If I could get my hands on the conduit for Goddess of Darkness, then I could do much more.

Now though. If I could get my hands on the conduit for both of this world's major goddesses. I could use the Eastern methods of binding and seals to really mess with and take the power of both goddesses for my own!

'Having some fantastic tits to smother any other thoughts is good for plans of world domination... No wonder those villains keep a hot villainess at hand.' I mused to myself with some amusement before a soft ringing rang out.

"Ah, someone is at the door, master. Please excuse me to go answer it." Sirius said casually, and I let her go. With her carefully fixing her dress that had been moved around so I could get better access to her tits as she went.

I then put away the demonology books as even if I was Princess Prim's court mage... Such books were still heretical with how Celestine was still considered the Goddess of Light's conduit and the main faith of the world.

"Jake, are you ready to go?" Artoria's voice rang out as she came in with two more knights of the Order of the Rose.

"Yeah, let us get going then. I imagine,e with how excitable Princess Prim is, she is already waiting impatiently in her carriage." I said with some humor.

To which Artoria snorted and replied with some fake annoyance. "You don't know the half of it. She is indeed already waiting for us, or more specifically, her cousin to get her own knights ready."

We quickly made our way down to the front gate of the castle, and from there I saw all too easily how Princess Prim's beast of a carriage that was being pulled by four monstrous horses was already all packed up.

'That carriage is made entirely out of metal... I hope that damned thing doesn't get stuck in a patch of mud or something.' I thought with a wry smile as I could see the large horses were huffing clearly getting themselves ready for this hard job coming up.

"Jaaaake! Come into the carriage with Artoria!" Prim called out excitedly as she waved at me from the metal cage-covered window to get my attention.

I raised an eyebrow at Artoria who sighed and said quietly. "She is hopeless... Come, I have to deny my princess."

"My lady." Artoria started off with a slight bow and then she continued. "As much as I would enjoy riding with you. I have to lead our nights as the lake is well past the safety of the cities walls as you well know." 

Princess Prim pouted but sighed and waved Artoria off who all but fled to her large white horse to take charge of the Knights of the Rose and get them in order while I... Climbed into the carriage with the princess.

The carriage itself was set up like a small apartment, actually with a booth and table where Prim was sitting, and across the carriage were a couple of couches, a small food prep area, and a curtained off area that probably held a 'bathroom'.

"Come sit, come sit! Alicia will be here soon and we can head out!" Princess Prim said excitedly and I rolled my eyes as I casually took a seat in the both besides my princess.

"Are you even going to swim in the lake? Like aren't you scared of monsters in the lake?" I asked teasingly to the princess who scowled and gave me a look of blame as she retorted.

"Don't scare me like that! But no, the lake is safe because it's a man-made lake and no major rivers or other lakes connected to it long enough to have such monsters take root in there." 

Knowing all to well how 'weak' this princess was, I whispered thoughtfully. "But what if some evil criminals like the thugs who stole all the castle's wine decided to use the lake to grow monsters?"

"What if they put a bunch of monsters with tentacles, grasping tendrils, and wriggling limbs that would grab you from the depths of the water you can't even see?!" 

Prim literally choked at the thought of such horror, and she gave me a slight push on the side before huffing and saying fiercely. "Enough of trying to scare me! Jeez, so... How has your research been going?" She asked clearly trying to move the topic away.

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Soon enough, Princess Alicia joined us in the carriage, and as she climbed in with a slight huff at Prim forcing her to join us instead of just riding on her own horse. We were off.

But as was expected... After leaving the safety of Ur's walls, and entering the thick forests that filled the kingdom. It's wonderful, 'wildlife' greeted us with oh so welcoming arms.

Screams of panicking horses was the first issue as I looked out the window to see several large kobolds in draconic-looking lizardmen had taken large thick ropes they made with vines and using heavy arrows, they shot the ropes across the road and bound the ropes to the tree's.

And with our march, the ropes quickly got caught up in the horses' legs, with a few of the knights' horses tripping over the large ropes and the knights being thrown off.

Then loud hisses rang out as the lizardmen charged towards our convoy but at this point... Their trap was done, and I, Alicia, and Artoria quickly fell upon the kobolds with fire and blades.

The lizardmen themselves... There wasn't anything too special besides their having a greater cunning than even hobgoblins, as they had fashioned weapons out of copper they themselves made and melted on their own.

But even then, their weapons were large clubs with copper heads crudely molded in the shape of a snake or draconic head that was clearly meant to beat the resistance out of the women they captured.

Or shatter the skulls of the unwanted men they fought.

"Non-magical scales won't protect you from a fireball," I said flatly as I sent an exploding fireball to violently blow apart a squad of a dozen kobolds who tried to capture Princess Alica with a large net that was reinforced with copper wires.

The kobolds then ran off with their tails literally between their legs as they howled furiously at us as several of their kin were left behind as corpses.

"Cut the ropes and get back in formation!" Princess Alicia called out as she mounted up on her horse at the front and I shrugged before heading back into the carriage.

'Thankfully, I don't have them trying to keep me safe this time.' I thought with some amusement as Artoria and I re-entered the carriage after Prim unlocked it.

"Is everyone alright?" Prim asked with worry clear in her tone.

I smiled and said comfortingly. "Yeah don't worry. At worst, a few of ours has some bruises and will need to rest at the lake for a bit."

Yeah... The wonders of a hentai world, where the monsters aren't so much interested in killing the hentai big titty knights and instead wanted to use them a breeding tools. Just another facet of how like eighty percent, if not more, of the monsters in this world were strictly male.

Artoria likewise began cleaning her blood soaked greatsword with a cloth before she said calmly. "Those kobolds are supposed to be from the western mountains. It seems with the upcoming winter, they are already fleeing the mountains for the fertile central lands."

"Well at least the lake is close at hand." Prim said happily as Artoria carefully put her cleaned sword away.

And she was right. In but another five minutes we reached the lake and I saw that it was definetly man-made as there were three watch towers set up to overlook the lake and the surrounding cleared out forest area.

"Ok Jake, you can go ahead and get changed in one of the tents we brought. Artoria please send Alicia over here so she can get changed as well." Prim said clearly excited to get into the water.

Thought honestly... Prim's panties were already always exposed in her normal outfit so her getting changed wasn't a change, honestly.

Either way, Artoria went to Alicia to get her to keep her cousin in order while I? I went up into the watch tower, which was a good twenty feet off the ground, with a small box of wood and roof around the raised chair inside of the tower.

'Hmm? I am surprised there weren't any bird nests or anything.' I mused to myself as I took in the small tower before I stripped off my pants to put on a pair of shorts that I could swim in. Sure it wasn't actual swimming shorts but... Well ,this was still a feudal world at its core.

As several of the ladies came of the changing tents and the carriage in new 'outfits.' It was hard for me not to face palm as their outfits were even skimpier then usual.

With Prims outright just having a slighty sheer band around her ample breasts and panties that only covered the flower of her womanhood between the lips. At the same time, Princess Alicia's outfit was a little better.

Artoria and Castorice had changed out of their 'combat leotards' and into two-piece bikini's and their much more ample frames were overflowing with their curves.

"This is going to be a mess... I fucking bet a horde of orcs are going to rush up smelling the virgin flesh and-" I paused with my eye's going dull at the strong scent of fucking meat being cooked.

Yup, I was screwed with these women being in charge of a damned thing.

Then I had another thought, if a collection of monsters rush in... Then being in the most obvious place in the watch towers would be a terrible idea. So as much as I enjoyed the beautiful view in more ways then one.

I swiftly got down and I headed over to the princesses with Prim tossing back her bound up pink hair with a smile as she said happily. "Come on Jake! Lets get into the water, wait do you even know how to swim?" She quickly asked at the end.

And I remembered that for the most part, commoners and people back in those days didn't do a lot of swimming due to how easy it was to get sick from doing so.

"I will be fine." I said with amusement before I looked over at the lake and I walked into the waters before I sent the ladies a wink and I turned my body into metal and I sunk down to the bottom of the lake like... Well a hunk of metal thrown into a pool of water.

Though as I sunk into the water, I couldn't help but think of how this water was both warmer then it should be honestly and beyond that, the water was also completely clear and easy to see through.

'My eye's being metal does help in dealing with the irritation of the water... But this water is like spring water clear?' I mused before I turned my body back to normal and swam back up to the surface, while also noting the bottom of the lake was pure rock as well.

As I threw the water out of my hair and face I was splashed again by the mischievously smiling Princess Prim, and I spat out the lake water before splashing her back before yelling in suprise as a wave of water was my answer.

Alicia and Artoria's laughter greeted me as I sputtered as I resurfaced and I scowled at seeing their lewdly clad forms glowing with their life force which they obviously used to throw a wave of water at me.

"Ha? You dare to use your life force in a splash fight with a wizard?" I demanded, and I saw their faces go 'pale' in realization as I tapped into my elementalization, and the water surrounding me swirled around like it was a whirlpool and began dragging in the girls who shrieked as they failed to swim out of the whirlpool.

"Muahaha! You shall rue the day you crossed me!" I taunted as Prim who had no such knight training to barely resist the whirlpool, got pulled to me, but instead of the water pulling her under.

I grabbed her around the sides and began tickling her, making her squeal as the other knights called out for me to dunk her as apparently Prim enjoyed splashing people a bit too much. And I was the only one brave enough to prank her back even further.

Then a large wave of water washed towards us... But Artoria and Alicia were already caught in my whirlpool which confused the shit out of me.

But as I held Prim in my arms, I was startled as something wrapped around my legs, and then we were both yanked underwater.

Whatever was around my legs tightened hard, and I felt pain. I quickly transformed my body into steel even if it made me sink faster but I quickly saw through the clear water exactly what I was fucking afraid of.

At the center of the lake where the lake was created by breaking into the underground streams apparently, were massive tendrils of shadows that had 'thorns' branching off the tendrils that were just extra large cocks as well.

'What the actual fuck?' I thought before scowling as I felt Prim being dragged out of my arms, and I realized I couldn't really go full offensive on whatever monster crawled out of the crevice of the deep.

Lightning would fry Prim for sure, but I also couldn't use flames or other elemental attacks while underwater, obviously.

Most importantly,y the monster was immune to the crushing water, I increased the pressure of as I tried to hurt the shadowy tendrils that were wrapped around Prim.

Then I had a different thought as I saw Prim finally scream and lose all her air. As one of the tendrils ripped off the band covering her perky breasts.

I flexed all my power and even pulled the tantric energy that bound Albedo as I pointed a hand towards Prim and from below her came a pillar of ice that DID actually break the tendril holding her and with my control over the ice pillar I had it shoot up out of the water.

Meanwhile, I myself shot myself out of the water as well while yelling out as soon as my head broke the water. "Get out of the fucking water! There is an abyss monster!" 

After yelling that, I grabbed Prim into my arms as I flew up with wind pushing me up, and thankfully, I saw Artoria and Alicia swimming powerfully to get the hell out of the water as well.

I felt Prim's soft chest pressing into my side as I carried her in a somewhat of princess carry and it was only as I landed somewhat roughly that she shuddered and her eye's refocused.

'Thankfully, she didn't drown; she only lost all the air in her lungs.' I thought as her panting slowed, as she held onto her chest and leaned into me as I sagged with some tiredness, as that monster was just... Insanely durable and magically resistant.

"What... Was that?" Prim spoke past a cough, and I took a towel that one of the knights brought over and threw it over the princess who hugged it for a lifeline after I put her into a chair that had been set out already.

"Its main body was hiding in the crevice leading to the water source... It is a monster of the darkness and the deep. Something we shoudn't mess with." I spoke as I remembered similar monsters from the books, and grimoires I read. Along with the stories that Grace told me of the Underdark, where the dark elves lived in the twisted darkness of the deep earth.

Monsters of shadows and twisted stars that were very empathically not compatible in becoming familiars or joining the mortal world.

"Does that mean my lake is ruined now?" Prim actually whined as she pushed her fear and stress away with indignation.

My lips twitched, and I said with a wry smile. "Hey... I told you there would be a damned monster in the lake."

And I loved the feeling as Prim just looked at me with dull eyes at my sarcastic response. But still... I pulled back as Alicia hurried over and began checking her sister with myself watching with joy as Prim's towel naturally slipped down to expose her perky tits.

"That was... Probably the most stressful swim I have ever had." I heard Artoria say rather dryly but still quietly as she came up behind me and I looked over towards the mirror reflective lake that was completely still with not a single ripple upon it's surface.

"Yeah I don't blame you. I probably should have figured the lake was fucked when I didn't see a single fish, any algea, or literally any sign of life in the lake." I muttered with a wry smile before pushing a hand through my wet hair to throw some of the water off.

"I am going to get dried off and changed... I most fucking certainly am not going into the lake again." I said before Artoria made me pause as she spoke and I realized I was still fucked in this situation obviously.

"I helped set up your personal tent master along with your supplies. Here let me guide you to it." And I realized even as Artoria's tits pushed against my back as she guided me towards the tent and I was going to get some service.

That we were still slated to camp in this damned hellhole of a camping site with an eldritch monster just below the water's surface!

Once we got back to my larger circular tent, I threw off my clothes and conjured up some pure water to swirl around my body to get rid of any lake water before I quickly covered myself in flames to dry myself off and kill any leftover bacteria.

"I wish I could dry my hair so easily," Artoria said as she leaned against the central tent pole a bit with her pushing up her breasts with her folded arms.

I gave a small smile before I said seriously. "Magic does have its uses... However ,you should also get changed Artoria, heaven only knows when the next hunting party of monsters will hit our camp."

Artoria nodded in agreement, but instead of doing so, she walked into my space with her tucked her face under my chin to kiss and suckle on the nape of my neck before she whispered into my ear as she pressed her body into me.

"Could you help me get cleaned up then... A good deep clean before I must dress myself in the entrails of monsters, and my sweat is washed away by their blood?" 

'That is both arousing... And scary as fuck.' I thought as I began stripping Artoria down as I knew that her words weren't at all rhetorical.

As after all, I remember all to clearly in the night as I went and killed that mine filled with goblins and hobgoblins. Artoria and her knights ransacked dozens of rich merchant homes. And, despite their pleas of mercy.

She set a message for the city's corrupt by impaling the heads of all the corrupt merchants on the city's walls for all to see.

But that cold, callous knight was not here in truth. A whisper of a moan rang out as my conjured hot water washed over her nude, with her almost seductively dancing as she pivoted and brushed her hands over her form.

After getting Artoria all clean and her giving me that sloppy toppy in return, I then went out to go check on the Princess's who I found covered in a couple blankets and huddled in front of a fire.

"So are we still camping out here tonight? Or will be heading out before it gets dark?" I asked with a wry smile as I knew that it was one or the other. There was no way in hell, the princess could be moved under the cover of night with all the bullshit that would crawl out of the endless forests around us.