Dungeon Building: A Bugbear - Chapter 9+10

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Chapter 9

"I- well... uh... what?" you stuttered, trying to figure out how to answer that question. "What do you mean 'the Bugbear that Fucks?' I'm a Bugbear, and I can have sex." You thought of Gaela riding your cock, not twenty feet from where you were now sitting. "I can definitely have sex."

Adrianne took one small step closer to you. "You haven't heard?"

"Heard what?"

"Well, the story goes that these two, uh, Adventurers spawned back in the city naked. That's not too unusual really, but what is unusual is that one of them is still the player, and she's fucking super pissed off. Starts shouting about this asshole Barbarian who ruined the best sex of her life. Everyone hears about it. Then I guess this Barbarian comes back into the city, finds out she's been raving about him being a total cockbag to everyone who will listen. He gets pissed, tells everyone that she'd been fucking a Bugbear in the forest to try and shame her into shutting up. Well, she'd already told everyone that, told them just how great that Bugbear had been railing her pussy and teasing every part of her, and how he'd had more stamina than anyone she'd ever fucked in real life."

"This sets the guy off even more, and they get into this big shouting match. At one point he yanks out his cock to try and prove he wasn't just jealous of the Bugbear. Someone records the whole thing, ending with her saying she would rather suck the cock of the Bugbear who Fucks a thousand times than ever consider touching her. It got posted to the server subwiki and people are fucking loving it. The guy gets even more mad, puts out a recurring bounty quest on the head of this Bugbear, but because the monster doesn't have a name and everyone is calling it the 'Bugbear who Fucks' he has to put that as the target. Offers 5 gold a kill. Then the chick, she hears about the bounty and she makes her own recurring quest, offers double the gold to any lady who can track down the Bugbear who Fucks and gets an orgasm out of it, but only if they don't kill him."

"This is... this is all insane. Adventurers are insane," you said.

"Yes, we probably are. At least to you," she said. She took another step closer, standing right over you, looking down her small but noticeable chest to meet your eyes. "So, mister kindly Bugbear Exile. Are you. The Bugbear. Who Fucks?"

You swallowed, finding your mouth had gone dry. Say yes, and either she would kill you or fuck you. Say no, and she kills you or leaves you alone.

"Was, ah, were the adventurer's names Gaela and Drake?"

"It is you. Oh, fuck yes," she said, grinning. She put a hand on either of your shoulders and then sat on your lap. Her dress rode up her thighs, just managing to stop before revealing her crotch to you. "This is the first time you've heard of all this? I'm the first to find you, just by a random stroke of luck?"

"Yes, yes you are," you said, struck somewhat dumb.

"From what she said, you were a very confident Bugbear," Adrianne said.

"I'm just a little shocked, is all. This is a lot to take in."

"The way she told it, you were a lot to take in." The Warlock ran her fingers through the hair of your chest. The chest that had that burning desire building now, along with in your gut. You could feel your cock starting to grow. "She said you struck the perfect balance between bestial and sensitive. I'll be honest with you, Bugbear. It sounds like I like it a little rougher than she did. Can you manage that?"

Her eyes wanted you. Her breath was heavy, her chest and cheeks flushing slightly. She had that desire that Gaela had grown into.

You moved, one hand grabbing her by the hair on the back of her head, claw weaving into the brunette wavy tresses and pulling her head back and to the sky. The other grabbed the collar of her dress, yanking her chest towards you and her body closer onto your lap until she was tight against your body. "Yes," you growled. "I can certainly handle that. Are you sure you can, little adventurer?"

She started to speak, but your cock tapped her on the bare underside of her thighs and ass. Tapped, and then pressed, growing hot against her skin. "I want it," she hissed.

"Not enough," you said, keeping your voice low. "Not yet. First you need to earn it."

You yanked with both hands and her dress ripped as you pulled her bodily in one direction and the fabric in the other. She gasped, her chest becoming bare to you and her wonderful handful breasts jerking, small pink nipples already hard. Another yank and you were able to pull the dress from her completely with another tearing rip, tossing the ruined garment somewhere behind you. Keeping one hand still in her hair, holding her still on your lap, you used the other to maul at her breast, squeezing and digging your dull claws into her skin while you attacked the other breast with your mouth, taking the nipple and half of the flesh in and sucking hard. You got your teeth around as much of it as you could and slowly bit harder and harder. You had missed the chance to do this yesterday; and by the grace of the creator gods you were getting the chance to fulfill that desire today.

You marked her, and as you did it she cried out in pain and pleasure.

When you were done, you pulled back and saw a ring of teeth marks surrounding her breast. She was breathing hard, panting, and you released her other tit and gave it a slap, causing her to suck in one breath, hold it a moment and then release it.

"Do you still want to earn it, Warlock? Do you want all of me, or just what the Amazon could handle?"

You slackened your grip on her hair so she could meet your gaze. "I want it," she said. The fire was still in her eyes. "All of it."

She was surprised when you pulled her in for a kiss, mashing her lips to your. She accepted it readily, and then even returned your fierceness as she bit your upper lip.

"Ugh," you cried in surprise, standing up and accidentally tossing her to the ground at your feet. She was up on her knees in an instant, mouth heading for your angry, ruddy pink cock standing straight out in front of you. You caught her by the sides of her head with both hands, stopping her inches from the tip. She looked up at you pleadingly. Gods damn it all, this bitch is in heat.

You slowly wrapped one hand behind her head, gathering all of her thick brown hair and curling it into a messy rein on top of her head, wreathing your gripping hand. With the other hand you gripped her jaw, slowly opening her mouth and then running your fingers across the underside of her jaw. Taking your time, you slowly pulled her closer, inch by inch, until you could feel her breath on the head of your cock.

Her eyes were glued to yours, mouth open in supplication. Looking down, you could see her bare breasts with their hard nipples, as well as the topside of her bare ass and the inner curve of those small, tight cheeks.

Adventurer's really are insane, you thought. You'd never realized it before. Maybe that was the secret to success.

You eased your cock into her mouth, letting the underside slide across her lower lip, graze against her perfect little white teeth, and then across her tongue. You didn't stop there, sliding in more, pulling her onto you until you could feel the back of her mouth against the head and her nose was grinding into your patch of crotch fur. She gargled, but you kept her pressed there and she didn't resist. Your hand on her jaw slid down and lightly stroked the skin of her throat.

After a long moment, fully encased once again in the mouth of an Adventurer, you slowly pulled back out. As soon as she could, Adrianne opened her eyes and met yours again, this time brimming with tears of exertion. You left half of your cock in her mouth, and she panted around it to catch her breath and then closed her lips. You bobbed her head up and down with the hand wrapped in her hair, shifting your stance wider so that you could lean back and groan deeply to the forest canopy.

You pulled her deep again several more times, and she worked her tongue along as much of your length as she could each time you did it. It felt satisfying, but something in the back of your mind made you feel like you had filled up Gaela and Charlotte's mouths that much more. You stopped pulling Adrianne deep onto your cock and instead started fucking her face rapidly, pulling her most of the way down quickly, thrusting to put even more speed on the cocksucking.

Finally, and suddenly, you yanked her all the way off your cock and she coughed several times as if she had been holding it in until you allowed it.

"Balls," you said, pushing her head lower. She followed your lead, burying her face into your crotch fur until she found them with her mouth and started slurping on them. "Don't forget my cock, you slutlock," you growled.

She moaned and raised one hand from her thighs, wrapping her small little human fingers around your shaft and starting to stroke it from root to tip. Your cock had gotten darker and harder, and her fingers trailed through the slimy spittle she had covered it in.

Gods, a woman's mouth working on your furry balls felt like the best thing in the world.

Almost.

You used your rein of hair to pull her away, and her lips made a 'pop' as she sucked on your nut as long as she could before letting it release. You pulled her to standing. She was shorter than you and had to look up to meet your eyes. As you stared into each other's faces, you used your free hand to slowly slide your claws from the center of her chest, between her tits, down her skinny and soft stomach, until the found the small patch of pubic fur above her sex. You grabbed it and she hissed, eyes rolling back as you also tugged on the hair on her head.

With a smirk, you tugged on the pubic fur harder and then used both it and her hair to half pick her up and push her back against a tree. You let go of her hair and wrapped your hand around her neck, and with the other you grabbed her cunt roughly, running your fingers and dull claws over her lips rapidly.

"Oh god, oh fuck, yes, god, fuck," Adrianne hummed. Her legs buckled but you kept her in place with your hand on her neck. She grabbed your shoulder with one hand to brace herself, and the other grabbed at her tit, trying to pull on her nipples. She found the tit you had marked and she hissed at the pain as she disturbed the markings. Then she found the nipple and twisted. And you inserted your two middle fingers into her hole as deeply as you could, lifting her slightly by her cunt and scratching her back against the bark of the tree.

"OH, FUCK," she shouted, gasping for air as her body shuddered. You kept her there, pinned by neck and cunt to the tree, until her eyes blinked open. "Well, that's the orgasm."

"That's one," you growled, leaning close.

You pulled your fingers from her and used your knee to spread her legs, still clad in her thigh high leather boots. She thrust her pelvis out, trying to give you as much of an angle as possible to enter her, and you did. Your cock slid in like she was built for it, your hairy thighs pressing against her smooth, bare skin.

"Oh, yes," she moaned. Then she lifted her leg and rotated her hips until her one leg was up on your shoulder and the other was planted on the ground. You still had her loosely by the neck, but you changed the grip so that you were pulling on it instead of pushing her against the tree. You were fully penetrating her while she stood on one leg, her abdomen twisted so she was almost upright. Her breasts thrust out at an angle, nipples like pebbles slightly bobbing on their cushions, and her head was turned towards you as she grimaced and smiled at the same time.

She gasped as you slid out a little, and then pushed back in. "Fuck me," she gasped. "It's so good. Please, fuck me hard just like this. Fuck-"

You pulled out and thrust hard, her whole body rocking with the movement. She didn't finish the plea. You thrust, fast and hard, her tits bouncing with each impact. Her ribs were pronounced in this position, her skinny frame contorting to meet this position. With the hand not equally pulling her neck towards you, and also bracing her and providing stability to the strange stance, you reached over her body and grabbed the breast you had marked, pawing it.

"Ungha," she heaved. "Ungha!" Her mouth was open and her eyes were hooded as you pounded into her. You released her breast and put your hand on the side of her face, caressing her jaw and sliding your thumb into her mouth. She immediately started sucking on your thumb claw. You soon replaced it with two fingers when she gasped again, opening her mouth and allowing you to do so.

You hammered her hard, over and over, and then you pulled your fingers from her mouth and used that hand to move her leg to your opposite shoulder, which made your penetrations a hairsbreadth shallower but allowed you to pull her head more firmly towards you until you were fucking into her contorted standing position but were also able to pull her into another ferocious kiss.

Groaning into each other's mouths, you and Adrianne writhed against each other, she trying to milk your cock and you running your free hand down her back and grabbing her tight little ass. And then delving your fingers into the crevice there and prodding the fingers she had sucked on against her asshole.

Her eyes went wide even while you got her mouth pulled against yours, and her body continued it's rhythmic pump and bounce on your cock. She made a panicked squeak into the kiss and one eyelid trembled slightly as you pushed one of your dull claws into the first knuckle up her butt. You wriggled it, and on the next thrust you pushed it in another knuckle.

"Unnnnng," she growled deep in her throat. Her entire chest, neck and up into her cheeks and down onto her breasts was flushing now, at least where your rough treatment hadn't left red marks on her fair skin.

You forced a second finger into her ass and her growl became a squeal. Her eyes fluttered and she came. She came so hard she drooled, spittle falling onto her chest and tits. You pulled out of her, or at least your cock, and let her other leg lower to the ground until she was bent over facing the tree. She grabbed it with both hands, clinging to it like she was twenty feet up, and panted with her face pressed against the bark.

Two of your fingers were still in her ass, and you watched as she slowly came back to her senses and the muscles in her back and legs started shifting. She pushed back, ever so slightly, taking more of your fingers.

You had different ideas and fingering her butthole though. Your cock had been bare of cunt for nigh on half a minute, maybe more, and it was standing red and hot in the cool forest air. You reached forward and pulled Adrianne up to standing by her shoulder, then wrapped that free arm across the front of her chest and pulled her back into you. Your rough forearm hair scraped against both of her tits, and using that leverage and the fingers in her ass you hustled her back over to the stump you had offered her a snack from.

That blessed stump.

You removed your fingers from Adrianne and manhandled her onto the stump, back resting against the smooth, worn wood, ass hanging off one end and head hanging off the other. An open handed slap to both of her upturned breasts had her gasping, and as she did so you took hold of both her booted legs and pushed them up and back, folding her in half until her knees were to her shoulders, her flushed and frankly bruised pussylips pointed to the sky, the hole wet and gaping just slightly, begging for your cock. You wanted another hole though, and the Warlock had already shown she was flexible.

"Legs behind your arms, feet behind your head," you growled, leaning over her and grabbing her pubic fur again, tugging on it roughly.

She did it, panting and licking her lips and thrusting her cunt to the sky as she assumed the position, opening all of her holes for your use.

You stepped to the end of her, proud of the sight before you, but stopped when you kicked something. It was the metal rod she wielded.

Interesting, you thought, picking it up. It was about sixteen inches long and had a gold, spherical head about two inches across. You looked from it, to her holes, then back to it with a smirk.

You tapped her pubic fur with the golden head of the rod, then slowly slid it down until it was running between Adrianne's cunt lips. Her eyes were locked on you again, and you grinned as you tapped those lips firmly with the cold gold sphere. She gasped through pursed lips, and you did it again, landing it more firmly on her clit this time.

"Ungh, oh, god, fuck," she mewled.

You pushed the ball into the cunt, the gold disappearing, leaving you the thin steel rod to play with on the outside. Adrianne was shaking as you pumped the rod into her a few times, then softly pushed it until the ball came up against a blockage inside her. Maybe five inches of the steel rod was still outside, and you angled it up and to the side. Her ass was so rolled up that that gave you plenty of space to push in close.

As Adrianne squeezed her eyes shut and soundlessly screamed towards the treetops, you flicked a thumb claw against her clit rapidly and pushed your cock into her ass.

She began drooling again, and her ass tightened and relaxed, tightened and relaxed, and then she forced herself to relax for longer and you pushed in deeper.

You strummed her clit, and played with the rod, and soon she was moaning continuously and you took the moment to thrust savagely, burying the last two thirds of your cock into her ass. She jerked bodily and then panted hard as her ass squeezed you. You waited for the first sign of her relaxing again, and you began to thrust.

"Oh, fuck fuck, oh fuck, yes fuck," she shouted, and you matched her as you heaved great bellows of air into your bugbear lungs and exhaled loudly. She lost her grip on her right leg and it flailed until she grabbed it and pulled it back into place behind her shoulder. Her tits were shuddering with each thrust, and you left off playing with the rod sticking out of her cunt to grab her unmarked tit and pinch the nipple between your thumb and finger, tugging it repeatedly, then twisting hard and pulling until it yanked out of your grasp.

Her ass, something you had not had the chance to fuck before but were definitely a fan of doing again, was supremely satisfying. Hot and clenching. Fucking her ass touched something in your Bugbear instincts knowing that it wasn't all pleasure you were giving, but some pain as well.

You slapped the bare part of her thigh above the boot, then the other, then raked your dull claws over the soft upturned flesh several times. Her legs shook and her eyes rolled back into her head again. You grabbed the rod with one hand and began jerking it in and out of her again, and with the other hand you grabbed her pubic fur again and put the last of your efforts into fucking Adrianne's asshole.

She came, and her asshole flinched and then clamped, and you thrust two more times against that tightness and exploded. Your orgasm ran from your toes to the hairs on the top of your head, then back down and out through your cock. You pumped shot after shot into the Adventurer's ass, seven in all.

You shook yourself, realizing you had lost consciousness, or at least lucidness, for a moment. Adrianne's legs were out from behind her shoulder and spread around your hips, lying limp. You had collapsed on top of her, her tits lightly pushing up against your squishing chest as she struggled to breath against your weight. You slowly got off of her, your cock still semi-hard pulling from between her red ass cheeks. Cum was leaking from her dark hole, which remained just slightly gaped. You pulled her rod from her pussy, and she groaned lightly as the bulbous head passed through her lips. You dropped it to the ground approximately where you had found it.

Her body, splayed before you, used and marked and panting from the working over you had given it, made your cock twitch again. You walked around to her head and knelt down, carefully lifting it. She blinked a few times, getting her own barings, and with little care for her state of lucidity you turned her head and fed her your cock. She slurped it, you assumed by instinct, and sucked both of your juices from it. Your cock was sensitive now, but the feeling of her light suckling was absolutely delicious. She cleaned it all, her lips sliding delicately over the soft flesh, and you pulled away before you really started to wither and shrink back into your crotch hair.

You sat down on your ass and breathed deeply while Adrianne let her head hang back again, taking deep breaths. Idly you put a hand on her stomach and began brushing her amazingly smooth skin, feeling it react under your touch.

"Oh, god that feels good, but it tickles too," Adrianne groaned. She sat up, shifting her ass up onto the stump, and you pulled your hand down until it rested on her booted knee. "I don't know what I was expecting, but the ass play was a surprise," she said.

"Well, you asked for all of it," you said. "Which sounded like you were offering anything I wanted. And I wanted your sweet, little ass."

"Was it as good for you as it was for me?" she asked.

"Your ass?"

"No, well yeah. But all of it? I think I came like... six times. My husband's never done that to me. And I've never had anything in my ass before either."

Could have fooled me, you thought. "Yes, it was all good. Very good. And you took it like a champion."

She snorted and shook her head, then tried to sweep her hair back into a semblance of tidiness. "See, there you go again, not talking like a monster usually does. Where's all the grunting?"

You snorted and laughed. "I think I got all grunted out during the raving mad sex."

"Oh, god that was good," Adrianne laughed, then slid off the stump so she was sitting next to you, resting her head back on the stump.

"Hope you don't mind about that," I said, pointing to the mark that was around her right breast. It was bruising now, and two rough half rings of small scars were already forming above and below it. Adventurer health usually repaired any marks they didn't want.

"Oh, wow, I didn't even realize," Adrianna said, looking down at it.

"You can have it removed by one of your healers," you said. Probably.

She looked at it, and then poked it and winced at the pain of poking a bruise. "I might leave it," she said, looking back to you with a grin. "Mark of honor for finding the Bugbear who Fucks and having some god damn amazing sex. The nickname fits."

"I guess it does," you said.

You both sat, her naked and you also technically naked, and slowly the sounds of the forest began to filter in again.

"Well," Adrianne finally said. "I guess we should, y'know, stand up or something."

You stood and helped her up, then helpfully patted her ass and back to get the sticks and dirt off of her, copping a feel on the way.

She slapped your hand playfully with a smirk, then looked at her ripped dress. "Well, good thing I haven't sold my last one yet I guess," she sighed. Adrianne pulled another dress out of her inventory, this one slinkier and a little more revealing in her cleavage, but also falling down to her ankles.

"That doesn't seem very functional in a forest," you said.

"It isn't," she sighed. "It does do a great job showing off my battle wounds though."

She was right. Half of your mark on her tit was showing, as were several welts and other red marks across her chest, shoulder and neck. You hadn't even realized how rough you were being, or maybe how delicate she actually was. You had never really thought of an adventurer as delicate before.

"I guess that's it then, Mr Bugbear who Fucks," she said. "I picked up the quest to fuck you on a whim, so I'm getting an unexpected windfall when I get back to the city. Can I give you anything to say thanks for sliding that surprisingly fantastic cock into my ass and giving me the best orgasm I've ever had?"

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Chapter 10

Well, now you had to be extra-very-happy that you had said hello to this adventurer rather than trying to attack and subdue her. You got information about your sudden spike in Fame, you got to slide your cock into her mouth, pussy and butt all consensually, and now she wanted to thank you for doing it?

Your life was changed. Lives, your lives were changed forever. You would never forget this moment, when an Adventurer first offered you… tribute.

“I’m not really sure what to ask for,” you said a little sheepishly. “I don’t really have all that much space to carry things in, and these days I can’t even seem to store them properly. Apparently my home is no longer my ‘lair’, and all my stuff is missing. That’s why I’m out here to begin with.”

“Oh, well,” she said, thinking for a moment. “The first part is easy, here-”

And then Adrianne punched you right in the nose.

“Ow!” you shouted, stepping back and holding your snout with one hand.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry! I was trying to open a trade with you and- Oh man, I am such an idiot. When I interact with other players it’s the same thing as attacking a monster. I… you’re so different I completely forgot you’re still technically a hostile creature.”

“It’s fine,” you grumbled, rubbing your nose. It didn’t feel particularly broken or hurt. The shock of the hit had surprised you more than anything.

“Anyways, um, here. I’ll just try dropping it and maybe you can pick it up.” Adrianne flicked her fingers a couple of times, maneuvering a menu, then she pulled a bag out and set it on the ground.

You picked it up and looked at it, and a small popup appeared.

Equip Belt Pouch?

You clicked yes, and suddenly you were wearing a simple leather belt and a blue bag was hanging off of your hip. You looked at your inventory and OH SWEET GODS.

“I- This is-” You started, and then had to stop to control your awe. “This gift you gave me is amazing. It just- I can carry three times the amount I used to. Thank you so much.” You wrapped her up in a hug, pulling her tight to you and squeezing. The only reason you even knew what a hug was, was because of the one you got from Gaela and Charlotte the day before while they were Charmed by you. It felt right though.

“Wow, oh, ok,” Adrianne chuckled, hugging you back. “It’s really not all that- Wait, you could only carry five stacks of items? God damn, they really make it tough on you don’t they?”

You slowly release her from the hug and shrug, “To be honest, at least before, I never really carried that much around with me anyways. Everything I’m carrying goes away when I get killed, and I’m lucky if I still have anything left over when I respawn. Adventurers usually take everything.”

“Fuck, that’s… wow. I’m starting to regret a lot of things,” Adrianne said. “Are a lot of creatures like you?”

“I… I really don’t know,” you said. “All of the beasts don’t seem to know, and lesser beings like the Goblins seem to remember less than I do. Especially after Updates. I can’t really remember meeting anything that was more intelligent than me that didn’t immediately squash me, so I’ve never had the chance to ask. To be fair, they all seem like assholes so I wouldn’t really care anyway.”

“Well, that’s… I’m gonna need to think about all that,” Adrianne said. “What I can do is spread the word about your situation. With half the ladies on the server looking to find you, I’ll tell everyone that they should bring you gifts and stuff if they want the real deal from you.”

“Actually,” you said. “Maybe don’t tell people where you found me? I’m not going to stick around here since Adventurer’s aren’t going to be jumping off the cliff, and while the idea of women like you searching me out for something other than murdering me sounds amazing, you and the two yesterday have been very… different from most Adventurers I’ve met or talked to. Some, I think, or maybe lots and lots would come find me just to kill me to say they did.”

“That is totally fair,” Adrianne said, then leaned in and gave me another soft hug and a kiss on the cheek. “I’m still going to tell them to bring you gifts though.” She sighed and sat down on the stump where you had fucked her. “Now that you have so much more room in your inventory though, I can give you some basics.”

“You don’t need to do that,” you said, your eyes going wide as she started dropping items on the ground. An axe, a pick, and a shovel quickly spilled to the ground, followed by a fishing rod, a hammer and a skinning knife. Then a pot. “There. Those all cost just a few coppers each back in town, and Ican replace them easily. They’re just basic items most adventurer’s carry around once they start getting the simple crafting skills, really.”

“This is amazing,” you say slowly, your mouth barely working. “You want to give me all of this?”

“Honey,” Adrianne said, pulling you down to sit with her. “Maybe you didn’t hear what I said before. You gave me the greatest fuck that I’ve ever had. Better than every boyfriend, better than my husband, better than the time I experimented in college with a lesbian couple and better than my collection of dildos. And you taught me that maybe I’m an assplay girl. I don’t care if I can get my hubby in my ass in real life, I still consider you as having taken my anal virginity and god was it good.”

You really were not sure at all about much of what Adrianne said, but her tone and intent was clear. She really was thankful to you.

“Thank you,” you said, starting to pick up each tool on the ground and place them into your inventory. “I’ll be so careful. I don’t want to waste your gifts, I’ll try harder than Iever have before not to get killed and lose them. Especially this,” you pat the blue bag.

“Actually, now that I think about it…” Adrianne said, then messed with an unseen menu again. “Ah, there it is.” She pulled out a strange, red crystal that tapered into opposite, smooth but jagged points. “If I’m remembering the Patch Notes correctly, this might answer your question about your lair. It’s a Claimant Crystal, and players use it to claim land near towns or cities to build houses on. You used to have to try and get them to randomly drop from minibosses, but now everyone gets one when they hit level three.”

“I’m not really interested in making a house with this character, at least not for a long while, and I’m pretty sure there’s a vendor in town who you can get replacement crystals from. Here, maybe you can use it to turn your home into your lair. And, actually, that might make things a little easier on you too. I saw something in the notes about monster lairs changing too.” Adrianne put the crystal down on the ground, and you picked it up.

Claimant Crystal - Special

“Adrianne the Adventurer,” you said, holding the crystal between the two of you, “You are the kindest, most wonderful adventurer I have ever met. I’m sorry for marking your breast, you are not something to be claimed like that. You are an angel.”

Her face heated and she subconsciously slipped her left hand behind the thin, gaping neckline of her dress and rubbed at the breast you had marked with your teeth. “I actually think I like it,” she said. “You’re forgiven. It will remind me of you, and this, even if I don’t ever see you again.”

“Plus,” she said lowly, “It was fucking hot when you did it. I’m getting wet again just thinking about it. Maybe I’ll get a tattoo of your mark to remember you by.”

Why would she get a tattoo if she already had the scars, you wondered?

“Well, I think that’s everything useful I can give you right now,” she said, standing up from the stump. “I’d like to get back to the city before Iog off, and I still need to get back past those goblins. Will you be ok from here?”

You nodded and stood. “I will, Adrianne the Angel.”

She rolled her eyes, but she smiled. “Enough of that, Bugbear who Fucks. I hope many more women like me can find and experience you.”

And with that, and a wave, she was off into the forest, picking her way between trees and bushes. Before she left your line of sight she had already had to pull the long bottom of her dress from a small patch of nettles, which she whacked with her little gold-topped rod once she was free of them.

You blew out a breath once you were alone, then opened your inventory again. Between the tools and the Crystal, Adrianne had filled up over half of the space she had gifted you, but each of the tools were a wonder. Iron tools. You could remember cobbling tools together in past lives, hoping to make life better for yourself. Sticks and stones. These, in your estimation, were priceless.

Closing your inventory, you stopped and opened your Character Sheet. Nothing had changed. You hadn’t even gotten experience for fucking Adrianne - you only got experience for killing things, and perhaps achievements if that asshole Drake S0rr0w1ind was to be believed.

The Fame tab had a little yellow circle blinking next to it, and you opened it.

Fame: 1324
Recent Activity:
A Hero became your Ally! + 114 (Expanded)
- A Hero wilfully initiated sex with you! + 3
- A Hero regretted striking you! + 1
- A Hero gave you a common gift (x6)! + 6
- A Hero gave you an uncommon gift! + 3
- A Hero gave you a special gift! +84
- A Hero showed you physical affection! + 5
- A Hero of equal level chose to leave you alive! + 3
- A Hero has requested you appear to them as an Ally! +10
- You only have a nickname! + 0
- You didn’t have a lair! - 1
Everyone knows about you! + 749 (Expanded)
- Players of Shards of Arkus are talking about you.
- You have become a Game Meme! + 250
- People are talking about you.
- You have become an Internet Meme + 500
- You only have a nickname! + 0
- You don’t have a lair! - 1
Your quest was met with failure! + 12 (Expanded)
- Four Hero TPK! +12
A Quest has been issued! + 8 (Expanded)
- Quest Accepted + 2 (5-3 (Escort Quest))
- Quest Accepted + 1 (5-4 (Escort Quest))
- Quest Accepted + 1 (5-4 (Escort Quest))
- Quest Accepted + 3 (5-2 (Escort Quest))
- Quest Accepted + 1 (5-4 (Escort Quest))
A Player Made Solo Quest Continues! + 153 (Expanded)
- Quest Accepted 153 times! + 153 (Expand)
A Player Made Quest Continues! + 85
- Quest Accepted 85 times! +85 (Expand)

Fuck.

Just like with Adrianne speaking, there were things in there you didn’t understand. It also felt like this Fame thing was getting very, very out of hand. The worst part of it all, though?

There were now 100 Adventurers hunting you.

FUCK.