Crusader King, Chapter 12

Aldrich Asshat was a rather corpulent and fat man even in his full plate armor... 'Holy shit, this guy is wearing armor like Smough from Dark Souls.' I thought with humor before I realized that this guy's armor was thick enough to actually defend him.

Unlike the armor Alicia's knights and even Vult's soldiers wore, that were more on the leather and thin side. 

"Will you repent of the actions you did!?" Aldrich demanded as he hefted a large metal axe in his arms as he readied himself for battle.

And I simply said bluntly. "No, no I will not." Then I looked up to the Princess's for a moment before I looked over at Artoria who was officiating the duel, and called out. "Start the countdown."

Artoria nodded, fully assured of my ability to win, and she began counting down. But as she did so, I raised an eyebrow as magical runes and glyphs formed atop his armor with Aldrich laughing out loud and calling out for all to hear.

"That's right! This armor was prepared specifically to deal with you Jake! Your magic will be blocked by the magical barriers this armor conjures to protect the user from monsters' curses!"

Just as Artoria finished her countdown and called out 'Start!" Aldrich was already rushing towards me, clearly trying to not give me any space to come up with any plans or tricks.

But there was just one major, crucial part that he wasn't aware of. First, my elemental abilities were strictly conjurations; they were 'real' and made from my body and energy so it's not like they were an illusion or would just fizz away from reality after a couple of hours.

And secondly...

I flexed my foot, delving into the earth side of my elemental abilities and the arena's stone floor cracked violently and shook with he tripped in the massive suit of armor, as the arena's floor dropped half a meter between running steps as he stepped into a mini ravine.

"You are a damned fool." I said before, the stone floor smashed into his armor around his knees as he got back up.

Though I did raise an eyebrow as his body glowed with the silver light of someone using their lifeforce to strengthen themselves, and the ground holding him stuck began to crack. I just formed a pyramid-shaped wedge of meter that began spinning at high speed above my hand.

Then as he broke through the floor I had trapped him with, I flexed my will and the spinning wedge of metal shot forward with a boom of displaced air.

A heart-wrenching scream of twisted metal rang out as the chest plate got hit by the high-speed spinning wedge of metal, and I watched in what seemed like slowed time as the metal of his armor shimmered before twisting and rippling to disperse the impact of the weapon.

I blinked at that as Aldrich staggered backwards as he coughed and gagged, as my hit obviously knocked all the air out of his lungs. 'Well, so much for a clean kill.' I thought before I raised my hand and a spark of flames formed before I filled with my energy which became a cone of flames that shot outwards at Aldrich.

Aldrich screamed as he bathed in the flames, and he realized all too quickly that his armor which was supposed to protect him from magic simply wasn't. As his armor couldn't protect him from the sheer nature heat from the flames.

Even as Aldrich rolled away to get out of the flames, I refocused on him and then with a clatter of metal he fell into the trap I had been preparing in another large ravine in the platform.

Then I flexed even more mana with the ground shuddering as stone tendrils swirled around his form, binding him and dragging him deeper underground, while I sealed his fate by closing the stone platform above him.

"It's over," I said coldly, knowing that although his full-bodied magical armor could protect him to an extent... He was going to die of exposure in the dark with nothing but his pounding heart to hear, and the ever-increasing end that he knew was coming would keep him company.

"Jake Bariss is the winner of the duel to the death!" Artoria called out with the nobles politely clapping though I heard several of them saying rather bluntly from the windows and balcony.

'What a coward. Why didn't he use a sword or something as well? What a boring fight honestly, with naught a drop of blood spilled.'

But I just ignored them as I strode back into the castle and knowing that the ball was going to be awkward if I was there. I just retired back to my private quarters with orders given to Sirius that I was to be left alone unless it was Princess Prim specifically.

"I was a bit worried about you... But seeing as you dealt with THAT man before. I knew you would be fine, my love." Grace said quietly as she leaned into m,e as she sat on my lap while I was comfortably reading another Grimoire.

In response, I moved my hand that was resting on her stomach to her large breast and palmed it while I kissed her neck before I said softly into her ear.

"It's not like I could lose when I had to come back to you in my bed. Hmm, and you also are supportive of my endeavours as well."

Grace was a good woman for me at this point, she wasn't causing me any grief. Had ZERO compunctions to me summoning literal demons, had no issues if I bent another bitch over my desk. And she was otherwise very supportive, and in the ways she could, she helped me.

And it's not like I could have Castorice or Artoria as my titty stress relief at all times. Ok actually. I could, but Castorice was busy being my cult leader, and Artoria was busy being the leader of the Rose Order.

"So what's this Grimoire about?" Grace asked curiously as she finally paid more attention to it in between the squeezes and roaming hand that was playing with her breast.

I hummed and said quietly. "It's focused on magical contracts with spirits of nature. Forcing them into bindings and even corrupting them with their opposite nature to break their mind to follow the user's will."

I pulled aside a couple of pages and pointed to one page in which showed a graphic depiction of a dryad being ritually and very carefully burned alive while also being healed with great magic so that they would be infused with the flames to make them more powerful.

But the ritual would very much erode and very likely totally break the mind of the spirit being used in said ritual into a gibbering wreck.

Grace's hand gently drew a finger around the picture of the eternally burning dryad before she spoke quietly. "This ritual reminds me of the lava golem guardians of the dark elf cities hidden in the mountain caves on the edges of the world." 

"We used to take the common but weak earth elementals found deep in the earth, and then in a ritual bind them with streams of molten cursed metal that would fill their earthly veins with molten lava... The dullards being but stone and weak didn't have the intelligence to resist or even feel pain." She mused.

I hummed and I asked curiously. "What were the dark elves lands like? Your kind are more on the rare side here in the more settled lands of Eostia."

Grace snorted and said rather blandly. "Harsh, the cities are held up by a slave population more than four times the population of the free people. The deep is filled with horrors that if we are lucky will just breed their captures before eating them. And the dark elves who rule the cities are filled with noble houses helmed only by the most elite of dark elf women."

My lips twitched as she went onto explain that it was a rather typical dark elf undercity of horrors. Matriach's ruled with an iron fist backed by martial might and the cruelest of dark magic that allowed the dark elves to survive... And prosper into the utmostly hostile enviroment.

Though there was also the fact that the dark elf population of males to female was skewed eighty percent female to male that made me think it was only that massive gender number distance that allowed the women to rule in the harsh enviroment.

But then again for some reason the surface world was also ruled by the Princess Knights as well. And they were fucking useless at most things anyway.

"So were you born outside of those under cities or?" I drew off waiting for an answer.

Grace shook her head though with her sitting in my lap, I coudn't her expression as she said easily. "No, my mother was born of the shadows though. I did visit where she came from... But that lifestyle wasn't for me."

I gave Grace a squeeze around her waist and then I spoke with some humor. "Hmm you might not appreciate the lifestyle. But you certainly enjoy dominating Anna don't you?" 

Grace gave a heartful chuckle before she admitted honestly. "Oh making her squeal is like... The hallmark of my bloodline, making one of the so called pure blooded elves melt with pleasure and submit just makes my blood sing as my heart pounds like a drum line."

I gave a slight hum of thought before I turned the page and continued my reading as I wasn't going to conquere this world merely by letting Vult trip at the end. I needed my own strength and power to fill the void that will result when Vult begins burning the world.

-

An hour later, I paused in my reading as Grace lounged against me in a meditative stupor and I said quietly. "Grace, please give me some time. I am afraid one of my subordinates needs my time."

Grace gave an airy sigh before she ground her thick ass into my groin before she got up and said over her shoulder. "Don't let our bed too cold tonight my love. Anna needs some training still."

I merely nodded in agreement with Grace giving a knowing smile before she closed the door to my private bedroom with a heavy thud as the door was closed.

Leaning into the back of my chair, I looked back over to the side and I said cooly. "Come on out Albedo."

The shadows in the room twisted before forming a pool of darkness that the virgin and voluptous succubus floated out of directly in front of me.

While still sitting in my throne I looked up at the succubus who floated up above myself.

And then with a flex of my will her brand came to life and she hissed with a husky moan that was dragged out of her as she collapsed into a kneeling position.

"Are you trying to make my neck get a crick in it?" I asked dully before I snorted and with my expression firmly I said calmly. "Well Albedo, report on what you learned from the nobility you were spying on."

Albedo bit her lower lip as she panted slightly before her hand slid between her thighs but at my look she spoke quietly even as her hand made slow almost invisible motions.

"Most of it was talk of serving girls or business deals that were between the kingdoms of Ur, Feoh, and Geofu, But there was one major piece of new's you would be interested my lord." She spoke huskily as I carefully kept the brand and seals on her active.

But just enough to run her engines hot.

"A group of the wealthiest dukes... And several elven nobility were speaking of a large delivery of dark elf slaves being taken out of the north west mountains." I raised an eyebrow at her words as although they could be useful in being added to my cult.

But I didn't see the actual promise of her words, and seeing my disinterest Albedo shuddered and spoke quickly. "My lord... As a demon I shoudn't be allowed to so casually be here on the surface of the world. But the light goddess's influence has retracted from the world! And in response the dark goddesses unholy essence has arrived!"

Her fervor continued as she began panting with a heat in her voice as she spoke needily. "My lord... Just like Celestine was an avatar, a conduit of the Light Goddess's will and power in the world. The dark goddess has also descended with a conduit as well!"

I paused before I raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion. "And so what if that's the case. Are you saying those elves and nobles found the darkness goddesse's conduit already?"

She nodded before she hurriedly shook her head. "No my lord! But in descending to this world, I could already feel the dark goddess's weak form was suppressed even further but as they spoke, they mentioned a half elf and demon girl being brough to Geofu to be used as a prostitute!"

"I am certain that the dark elves who sold her into slavery didn't know what she actually was. And I can feel her essence with every mile as she comes closer!"

I paused as I considered that and I realized that it actually made sense that she could sense her if that was the case.

Because those elves and nobles men who were bringing said slaves to be sold would need to use the main roads between the kingdoms in order to get to the other kingdoms even remotely safely.

And if they were coming from the north west mountains of the worlds edge, then they would CERTAINLY come here to the kingdom of Ur to restock and especially to get onto the main roads!

But that was all assuming that they didn't avoid the city. 

'Here I am, already considering this girl being sold into slavery as my own. Hmm, better to be in my cult with how she is an apostle of evil, depravity, and lustfulness then to possibly be used by Vult or another person.' I mused.

Though I wasn't worried about Albedo lying to me as not only could she not do that with a standard contract. This virginity binding seal I had on her was even stricter in that I could feel any attempts of trickery that could harm me.

Still...

"Hmm this is important news indeed Albedo. Though, I want to know. Why would you share this me?" I asked as I laid my hands on my knees and leaned a bit towards the kneeling succubus but even as I did so, I pushed more mana into her seals making her eye's roll up.

And her response... Didn't suprise nor shock me in anyway.

"Because... I want Master to use me more. I want him to look at me and flood me with his power more!" Albedo squealed with glowing hearts filling her eye's as her brand and womb tattoo glowed with purple tantric energy.

The virgin succubus in a hentai world wanted my dick. How would that be suprising in anyway.

I smiled thinly before I nodded slowly and said softly as my hand grabbed Albedo by the hair and pulled her closer so that she was partly over my lap.

And with my other hand I palmed and squeezed the soft giant marshmellows that were upon her chest. "You did well then Albedo, you have pleased me."

My hand that had pulled her by the hair turned gentle as I petted her head between her horns and with a hum I said. "You have indeed made me pleased. So you get a little reward before I give you in turn another important task."

Her gleaming yellow eyes, filled with glowing pink hearts widened as she whispered needily. "I- Yes master, please give me more!"

And I pulled at the tantric energy binding the lewd succubus as I casually unbuttoned my pants and then I moved my hand from Albedo's hair and head to her horn as I pulled her head directly over my cock.

And I sighed with relief as she, being a succubus knew exactly what I wanted.

Albedo's mouth was hotter then a usual human or even an elves mouth, not only that but her tongue was... Quite alot larger as it encircled my length and even with Albedo being a virgin, she was a succubus. 

Sucking dick properly was literally a bloodline skill she inherited.

In but moments she shifted to better take my dick into her mouth and she swiftly learned how to use her long tongue to wrap around my dick while also closing her mouth around my length and sucking my length into her throat.

'This... Is even better then Anna's mouth honestly.' I thought as my grip on her horns that went lax tightened. And I pulled her head down to the base and made her deep throat my cock down to the base.

'I can't let the succubus take control. That could lead to my death if she plays with me too much and I accept her taking a bit of my lifeforce too often.' I thought before I began fucking Albedo's face on my cock.

And for her? Who had those tantric seals and the magical womb tattoo that also was made through the tantric ritual? Her eye's were already rolled up and her brain all but clearly melting with the pleasure as the tantric seals took the pleasure I felt.

Multipled it by ten even at this lower setting and then fed it back to her which was clearly too much for the virgin succubus.

Finally with an exhale, I felt Albedo's forehead press against my waist as I came directly down her throat with several shakes.

But even in the midst of my orgasm... I was also paying close attention to Albedo through the master/servant contract we had and I could feel her cum blasted brain coudn't muster up the thought of trying to drain my lifeforce or magic through the orgasm I was flooding her with.

"Good little succubus..." I whispered as I closed my eyes and leaned back in my chair as Albedo took my cock out of her throat and held it with both hands across her face and with her glowing eye's looking at me with disturbing intensity that I could see through my fucking eyelids.

I felt her begin licking my cock with her extra long tongue as she whispered 'sweet' nothings in her own infernal tongue. Things so degenerate and depraved I could feel my very soul shiver in disgust... And yet still some at some level, shiver in lust at the thoughts.

And in turn I moved my hand from her horn to her hair and just began petting her head. "Good girl."

-

Albedo was then sent back into the depths of the castle's underground system to rejoin my cult and then I went to bed where I then spent the rest of the night with Grace and Anna.

The morning after was awkward to say the least. As when I rejoined the nobles who were in still in Princess Prim's castle for business reasons, without the booze flooding their veins.

They realized that I was above them in terms of nobility, and being buried alive was a very good deterent to insulting me to my face at least.

"Ah, Jake how are you doing!" Prim asked excitedly as I sat a bit aways from her as I grabbed some breakfast that the Princess was offering before the nobles left her castle.

I shrugged with a small smile before I said casually. "I am doing quite well in fact. Though I am somewhat suprised the other nobles didn't directly approach me for business deals and such."

Princess Prim's happy expression paused before she shook her head and said wryly. "Ah, that's due to the fact that you are still new to the noble scene. They don't know if they can trust you with any deal just yet even if I made you a Viscount."

I shrugged as that was fair enough and then I began eating my breakfast before I raised an eyebrow and asked curiously. "Oh and how long will Princess Alicia be here then?" 

Prim blinked at my question before she giggled and said happily. "Oh! She is going to be here for the next week as she helps check out my kingdoms defenses for her own peace of mind. Hmm, actually I was hoping you would like come with me, her, and her own knight captain to go to the lake for a picnic later today."

I smiled, feeling a bit of simple joy at the thought of going to the nearby large lake so I just nodded and said easily. "Sure, that would be nice. How about we invite Artoria and her second in command in Castorice as well."

The pink haired beautiful princess nodded in approval before she said easily. "True, we should be well prepared as the lake is still a half an hour away from the city." 

My conversation with Prim then turned to more offical means as she told me about her knights patrols that were cleaning up the local monsters. But she did very clearly note how the monster population was rising.

"It's every winter... The monsters come from the north especially but all the mountains from the west as well. It makes farming all but impossible even with good weather and the goddesses blessing, and forget about hunting in the game rich forrests." Prim grumbled.

I nodded slowly in agreement though I was wondering the logistics of how much effort it would take me to go full fucking Great Wall of China on the monsters and just create like twenty meter tall walls of stone to block off the monsters.

Even still, I added. "Aren't the farms near the cities walls still fine though?" 

To which Prim's expression darkened before she said quietly. "No... They have to be abandonded. Though smaller towns and villages manage to make due to their smaller size, monsters have long learned that raiding the major cities is the best way to get large amounts of women if they but just get past our walls."

She shook her head and then with a deep breath she said. "That's why the towns and lesser cities also pay us taxes. We the kingdom cities bear the vast majority of the monsters foul intentions and in turn they live more peaceful lives for the most part."

Prim then clapped her hands together and said with a bit of a forced smile. "Alright, now let's move from that topic Jake. So anyway how has Sirius been serving you?"

Our further conversations however was cut off as a maid came to whisper into her ear with her sighing and saying. "Excuse me Jake, I have to meet with several people... Apparently some mercenaries stole all of the castles wine and now people are freaking out."

My lips twitched at the thought of Vult stealing all the fucking booze out of the castle under the cover of night and then I coughed and said. "Very well, I will go speak with Artoria and Castorice."

I then did just that as I had already eaten a good bit and went to go find Artoria who should probably know where Castorice was.

Finding Artoria wasn't that difficult after all as I only had to look out the window towards the training fields.

And my face twitched as I saw Artoria was leading the Order of the Rose knights in a training session on the same training field I buried Aldrich underneath... Hell if he had a big enough air pocket down there, he may still be alive down there.

Listening to the shouts above him through the stone and gravel weighing him down as the women were training with their great swords and spears.

But I pushed the thought aside as I made my way down to the training arena and waited out of sight of the knights besides Artoria who I sent a nod to while I waited. A few minutes later she put another knight in charge of the training session before she came over to me and we went into one of the nearby store rooms.

"My lord, was there something you needed?" She asked devoutly but with clear interest.

I nodded and then took a deep breath before I started speaking. "Yes, you and Castorice are coming with me along with Princess and Princess Alicia and her own knights as we will be having a lunch picnic at the lake." 

Before she could speak though I added on. "Also I need you to get Castorice to speak with me. I have an important mission for Shadow Garden to deal with."

Artoria raised and eyebrow and hesitated for a moment before she spoke quietly. "Jake... My lord, is- Have the Rose Order dissapointed you?"

I shook my head with a slight chuckle leaving me before I said easily. "No Artoria, it's more of quiet task and not something to be done in the open. Hmm, well actually more openly. I would like the knights to track any shipments of slaves or people containing dark elves and most especially a elf and demon hybrid being sent to Geofu." 

Artoria paused before nodding with a slight scowl as she said in realization. "Yes, you are right Jake. With Anarchia's so very corrupt government purged, any noble criminals will have to go through Ur to get south to Geofu... Especially with the winter rush of monsters on the way!"

Then Artoria paused before she coughed and said. "Ahem as for Castorice and Shadow Garden, I will go get Castorice out of the hidden systems we have been working to expand out from under the castle."

"Alright, just send her off to my quarters then when you find her. I am going to go back to get ready for the trip in a couple of hours."