42 Full Recovery (1/2)
The rest of the travel was uneventful since Davion was a lot more careful than previously. That didn't really slow them down too much and a little more than a day after they met the trolls, they finally saw real grass and trees near them. Both of them were tired and Meidiana was complaining that Davion didn't let her do anything with the friendly monsters. When he retorted that she only thought about it hours later, she had nothing to contradict it. Unlike the Orodil, she didn't need to always kill her victims and some even found enjoyable the deal that she gave. And by the deal, it meant that they all f…
”Look there.” The succubus pointed at the group of armed soldiers that were patrolling nearby. As they just left the cold environment from the mountains, they were still far away from any sign of civilization. They had expected to meet some hunters or other people with a similar job, but not soldiers. And like the two of them noticed the soldiers, the group of ten men were not totally blind. One very large form in the rocky ground was easily spotted and numerous shouts could be heard. Since they had nothing to fear for the moment, Davion stopped walking and waited for the arrival of the humans. Right when they were in dire need of fresh energy, something like that happened. Both the succubus and the orodil looked at each other and nodded in approval.
Even if the soldiers were running at full speed, they were still desperately slow. The few hundreds of meters were covered in half of a minute, a time that could be considered quite good with their heavy iron armors and equipment. But to the blue man that was capable of jumping casually from a hole of 3 meters, they were only slightly quicker than a snail. Finally, they saw a man still in his prime approaching them with the rest of the soldiers spreading around, to encircle them. No weapons were drawn but if they dared to make any suspicious move, those scared humans will make their move.
”You have entered the land of the Republic of Avenio, state your name and your race or begone!” The eyes of the man in charge was still a little bit dubious about the situation. He could clearly see the woman with red hair on the back of the creature and while she was visibly injured, she was extremely calm. At first, he imagined that she was captured by the tall monster but it seemed that it was not the case, otherwise she wouldn't be smiling at them like it was normal. As for the monster in clothes, he was feeling threatened by it. He couldn't see anything but he didn't dare to ask him to remove his hood.
While the sergeant of the small squad was examining the two foreigners, the rest of the soldiers were not faring very well. They were torn apart between the fear of the unknown creature towering on them and the visible beautiful girl on its back. They were capable of containing their lust, but they repeatedly threw a few glances at Meridiana. The latter noticed it and decided to play along.
”Thank you mister the soldier, we were lost and without your help, one could imagine the terrible fate that would have befallen on us. We are so grateful about it.” While she talked, she descended from her position and approached the commanding human. They had no idea that it happened, but in that small time-lapse, Meridiana had morphed from a young looking girl into a plump mature woman. Her previously loose clothes were suddenly tightened around her forms and her entire attitude was the same as a distressed woman extremely grateful to her saviors.
If it would have been a normal woman, the soldiers would have probably been able to keep their calm, but what they were facing was not even an ordinary succubus. Their menacing stance was already gone and they were drooling at the perfect body of Meridiana. Even the sergeant was stunned and only looked at her with a perverted gaze. Noticing the sudden change of atmosphere, Davion simply retreated and walked past the oblivious humans. Right before getting away, he still made the succubus remembering his presence. ”I want 3 of them intact.”
His companion that was seductively undressing winked at him and as she kept murmuring lewd words in the ears of her preys, they finally fell victims of her ploy. A few minutes later, the same young girl with red hair came close to the resting orodil and presented him the three strongest soldiers unconscious. Nothing on either her body or her clothes could have made someone believe what happened a minute ago. Her previous short hair was also now resplendently long and slightly under her shoulders. She also sat down for a minute or so while Davion was slowly eating the brains of the three unfortunate humans.
Similar to the way the duvodiads are capable of morphing themselves into a copy of actual animals, the succubus are capable of shaping their very bones and skin to have the perfect form for their targets. No one really understands how it is possible, but they have also a very accurate sense of what is that form. There were countless tests and trials to apply this sense in actual combat, like guessing the next magic a magician will use and stuff like that. However, while they are capable of knowing the ideal form of desire for their target, they are just doing that and nothing more. The male counterpart of the succubus, the incubus shares the same properties.
Coupled with her centuries of experience and the intense training she suffered, to deal with one of the strongest succubus will be extremely hard. Not a lot of races are totally exempt of desires but for those that are not part of that group, a succubus will always be able to find a way. Gathering all the corpses in one big pile, Meridiana casted a flame that consumed everything. The small tricks and charms she threw previously didn't cost her any mana and with those new offerings, she wasn't a dead weight anymore.
”Did they said anything useful?” Davion still interrogated the succubus just in case something strange was happening. That patrol was very far from their base to roam on this inhospitable land. ”Not really, just the fact that some soldiers had their rest days canceled and had to come back. Not everyone, however, meaning that it is probably just a precaution.” She still managed to get the direction of the nearest city and after stealing the coins on those soldiers, they will probably be fine for the moment.
The barren plains left the place to a small wood where they saw only a few humans inside it. At the same time, they encounter a few wolves extremely big and traces of mana could be felt leaving their bodies. The moment Davion began to march toward them, however, those terrifying monsters instantly ran away, their tails between their legs. Not bothering to catch them, the group of two kept running toward their goal. Different from the clothes of Leilade that were programmed to be destroyed during her travel, what the two were wearing was more resistant and thanks to the agility of the orodil, mostly intact. Meridian also took great care of not damaging it when she dealt with the horny soldiers.