Chapter 146: Back to Dorothea's place

Holding Nerissa in his hands, the demon got up. His tongue was reaching deep in her vagina while she sucked on his cock, upside down. Emily was dutifully sucking and licking on his balls, kneeling between his legs. "Hmm.. Both of you. Use your spirit merger. You can't take me on like this." He wanted to enjoy their throats. He wanted to reach their wombs. He wanted to fuck their ass. All these intense desires were fueling his arousal. But he can't do any of those things with these fragile ladies. Sprit woman might be able to take on his massive dong but Emily would be gravely injured if he tried anything with her. Then he recalled the combined lady that he was fighting it out with. She can satisfy his needs. She was big enough to take him on.

That was a logical suggestion and both the ladies didn't put forth any reservations. "Divine Magic: Spirit Merger!" Fortunately, Emily had recovered enough to at least cast this spell. A new woman emerged from their combination. She had wide hips. Massive tits and long blue hairs, flowing down to her butt. Her dark blue pupils looked rather alluring. In his list for battle the demon and managed to miss that he was fighting such a devastatingly beautiful woman. Also, her charm multiplied by many times now, since she had not a thread of cloth on her body. Her face could get a whole city fight over, just to get a glance of her. Her features were a mix of both the ladies.

"Good job! Now I can go all out without the threat of breaking you in the process. Get on your hands and knees. Let's explore your throat thoroughly." The woman was a full foot taller than a normal human, making her a perfect partner for the demon. He felt his cock get harder, watching the woman do as he told. She even opened her mouth and stuck her tongue out like a proper pet. He felt his arousal take over his mind. Holding her by her hair he slapped her face twice *Pahh* *Pahhh* "Why are you hitting us, bastard?" That was Nerissa talking. "Can't help it. Blame the boy. I wasn't interested in all these things previously. But now I can't get off without doing these things." Prying her mouth open he began forcing his long dick towards their throat. His head passed over her throat entrance, before making its way deeper inside. "Guughhhhh... Guughhhh..." She was having a hard time engulfing the cock but as time passed her muscles relaxed, making it easier for him to move in.

Demon grabbed her by her neck before giving a last thrust sheathing his entire one and a half foot, length between her twitching muscles. Her reflexes kicked in and she tried to force it out of her windpipe, but he refused to loosen his grip on her head. She felt all the strength leave her body as her eyelids got wet and her eyes turned red. "Gluckk.. gluckk... Gluckk... Gluckk..." He was merciless in his thrusts. Every time his cock will reach the depths of her throat before being pulled out completely. "Yesss... That's... It... Clench it harder... Ahh.." *Pahh* *Pahhh* He slapped her face.

"Turn around." Pulling out his cock from her gaping maw, he made her turn her hips towards him. Wetting his fingers with his excess saliva, he pushed them into her vagina. *Pahhh..* "I have always loved playing with human women hehe.. they are so soft." He watched as her ass cheeks juggled with every slap of his. Kneeling behind her he shoved his face between her buttocks. "Mhhhh... Mhhh.." His tongue started from her licking her labia, before moving onto her swelled clitoris and eventually ending up deep inside her tunnel. Both women were able the feel the invasion of their private place.

"Now, you are ready." After fucking her with his tongue for a while, he got up to along his cock with her vagina before thrusting it in mercilessly. "Agghhhhh.....!!!" A scream echoed all over the now devastated landscape.

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"Mhhhh?" Sophia opened her eyes to see the vast blue sky over her. Recalling something she hurriedly got up, but looking around she found nothing of what she was searching for. She saw her team laying beside her and apart from them she saw a white-haired woman sitting on a log, some distance away from them. She immediately got up and bowed her head in reverence. "Please accept the greetings of this junior Mrs. Emily." Sophia was confused as to what had transpired with her and the rookies. The memory of being attacked by a shadow wolf was still fresh in her mind. She remembered every attack she endured. She remembered all her bones breaking one after the other. She remembered how Jake and Ryu got mortally wounded in front of her and she was unable to help them. She remembered all the frustration in her heart.

Can it all be a dream? Because apart from her ripped-up clothes she can't find any injury on her. Not only her even Jake and Ryu looked completely fine. "Thank you little Sophia. I heard a lot about you from Mr. Lyod so thought of assigning a task to you, hope it was not very difficult." Sophia found a box in her lap. That was the one that was given to her by Ryu and it contained the flower they had been looking for. Emily saw her looking at the box and smiled "Ohh... I am sorry but since all of you were knocked out, I picked this thing up. I hope you won't mind." She shook her head "It's nothing Mrs. Emily. We were going to bring that to you anyways. Ahemm.. if you don't mind Mrs. Emily can you tell me what had happened to us? I am pretty sure we were tracked down by a shadow wolf on our way back and according to what I can recall none of us should even be alive right now. Did you save us?" Sophia seems to have seen a demonic figure just before she fainted. It was a huge humanoid guy who scared the wolf away and was checking on her.

She didn't tell anything about it since all that was too absurd. It must be her mind playing tricks on her when she was so close to death. "Haha.. yes you could say that I saved you guys but not actually from a shadow wolf but rather from an illusion-inducing python. It had all of you put under a vision and would have devoured each one of you if I would not have intervened." Illusion-inducing python? She had never seen that beast but it was a famous beast. It was a rare species but extremely potent in putting its victims under exorbitant visions to neutralize them. All of it made sense now. But it was too terrifying. She didn't even notice that python and it nearly wiped out her entire team, her hair stood at the end.

Emily watched her expression grow heavy and explained "It is not your fault little girl. The beast was simply out of your league. I am the one to be blamed. I should have checked that part of the forest once for any threats before sending you there. After all, there is no learning experience if the beast trumps you by a whole realm." Sophia nodded. Still, she bowed her head again. No matter what, this lady still saved their lives. And that would mean she had been keeping a constant eye on them, without their knowledge. "Then you have my thanks once again, Mrs. Emily. We are extremely grateful to you." Emily waved her hand "Not required little girl. I just did what a senior is supposed to do." In actuality, there were many flaws in Emily's words. Like why didn't she take care of the python even before it met with the team? At her level, it is as easy as turning her palm. But Sophia had such deep reverence for the woman that she didn't even think about checking if there were any logical failures in her arguments.

"I heard from Lyod that you want to attend the Rosedale Magical School from the capital?" Sophia's eyes suddenly brightened. She pecked her head like a chick. "Ohh.. and is there something special about Rosedale? Because Lyod told me that you had qualified for almost all other magic schools except that one but refused to enter them, instead choosing to take Rosedale's qualification exam once again this year." Sophia sat back down on the ground before giving her reply "You see Mrs. Emily, although I belong to a small town of the empire and don't have much talent to speak of. But my dreams are really big. To achieve those I can't settle for anything less than the absolute best. And Rosedale is the best magic school in this empire thus I want to join only that and then further my goals."

Emily was pleasantly surprised by the determination of this girl. She got up and strolled towards her before holding her shoulders and picking her back on her feet. "Good. Firstly, talent is never the only thing that can make you successful in your life. Of course, being talented will make your journey a bit easier but at the end of the day your hard work and experiences matter the most. You just need to put more effort than others. Secondly, you are not as lacking in talent as you believe. I reckon even in Rosedale there will be only a handful of those who can surpass you. Thirdly, you are being taught by a former faculty of Rosedale itself so it's just a matter of time before you qualify for it." The last sentence from Emily had Sophia bewildered. The mage noticed the surprise in her eyes "Looks like your old man never told you that. Both he and his wife used to teach at the Rosedale but later took their leave and settled in Korua for the reasons best known to them."

Sophia was amazed that her old man had kept such an important matter from her. Till the time she was out of her reverie, Emily had turned around "I am sure you will qualify for it this year. But just in case I will put out a word for you to a friend of mine at Rosedale since you completed your assignment so beautifully. Sure, the result will depend on yourself but it might help you." Sophia felt like her soul left her body. The Grand Magus herself was going to put out a word for her at the school she had aspired to join for so long. She was just being humble. Who is going to ignore her suggestion? Sophia can feel a multitude of butterflies fluttering in her stomach. She bowed down for the third time in the last 5 minutes. "I sincerely thank you, Mrs. Emily." Emily had moved some distance away and she waved her hands without looking back "Do your best little girl. And wake up those kids, it's already evening. Take refuge in the nearby village and leave for the town tomorrow.

Saying that Emily levitated under the worshiping gaze of Sophia before flying away. Only when she disappeared over the horizon that Sophia turned around. She found that they had been brought out of the forest by the mage. They were only a couple of miles away from the village. She changed her clothes and went to wake up the rookies.

**Sometime later. On the way.**

"So you are saying everything that we experienced was an extensive illusion set up by a magical beast?" Kyro confirmed with Sophia once again. How can all of it be just some vision? But then how else can he explain how Jake and Ryu recovered so perfectly within a few hours? "Yes. Like I told you should be thankful to Mrs. Emily that we are not being digested in the python's belly right now." Kyro felt chills all over his body as his mind tried to imagine the scenario.

Jake and Kira had already accepted it long back. It was the only logical explanation they had. Yet, Ryu was having a hard time accepting it. Was it just an illusion? It can't be. He even talked to the demon residing within his mind. How can a magical beast know about the demon and set up an extensive dialogue with it? Or was it just his mind who did it and the python was the one controlling it? The more he thought about it, the more confused it left him. Deciding to think about it later he, put everything aside in his mind. Anyhow, he was facing a severe headache right now.

**At Dorothea's house**

*Knock* *Knock* "Are you home aunt Dorothea?" Kira knocked on the door. Besides her, Ryu had a very bad feeling about this. Just when they had entered the village, Sophia had excused herself from the group. And from the time she had returned to join back with them, she had not said a single word. All the way here she had been so exhilarated. This can simply mean a single thing. Ryu felt his headache getting worse. He should have thought about this. Sophia was a smart girl. She must have felt that Dorothea was not telling her the truth and hence decided to check with other villagers on Ron's whereabouts.

*Click* "Ohh.. You guys are back.. welcome.. please come in." Everyone got in and Dorothea brought some refreshments for them. The group chatted for a while and before long Dorothea can sense Sophia's sullen mood. Her fears came true when the girl abruptly intervened in the conversation "Can you guys please leave me alone with aunt for some time? I need to talk with her." No one minded it as they left for their rooms as night had already fallen. Only Kira was reluctant to leave, already anticipated what was going to happen here. But Ryu signaled to her and only then she left with others. "That includes you too, Ryu. Please leave us alone." Her tone had changed. Previously, although she was a straightforward girl but she never talked in such a direct tone with anyone.

Ryu shook his head and getting up, approached Dorothea and sat beside her. Sophia was confused. Didn't she made it clear, she wanted to be alone? "No, big sis. I believe it's better if I am here. You can talk with aunt." She turned to look at Dorothea, who tactically agreed to it. This made her mad. Didn't that mean even Ryu knew about this matter? But he didn't bother informing her. Did they consider her so incompetent?

"What do you want to talk about little Sophia?" Dorothea started the conversation. The girl chewed on her lips as she calmed her roiling emotions. "Aunt, can you tell me, where is uncle Ron?" Dorothea smiled and answered her "As I told you last time, he is still not back from his trip to the other village Sophia. Why do you ask?" Ryu sighed in his heart knowing this was the last-ditch effort by the woman to dissuade the girl but it was bound to fall. Sure enough, Sophia put her head in her palms. "You idiot woman. How long are you planning to lie to me? I already checked with other villagers. Now can you come clean on this?" She had never cursed a senior in her entire life and this only showed how frustrated her heart was.

Dorothea became aware that there was no hiding it now. Taking a deep breath she began her explanation. "Huu.. Listen little Sophia, everyone in this world has to leave someday. We are all human. We are born and then we die. There is nothing we could have done to save him that we didn't try. It was just not possible." She had steeled her heart, unwilling to shed even a single tear. She had to act as an elder. Leaving her place she pulled Sophia in her embrace as the girl could not control her emotions anymore and broke down in tears. "Please tell me how all of this happened." Ryu had not expected the girl to remain this calm. Though a constant stream of tears fell from her eyes, her voice remained firm. Dorothea explained everything to her. How the man fell ill. How they tried to save him. How he couldn't hold on before they could take him to the next village for the treatment. Obviously, she skipped over the part where Ron begged her to bring him to see Sophia for one last time. That would just break the girl completely.