Arc 2 - Chapter 1: The saltiest town

Hihi back from holidays to America~ was amazing with the gfs, chapters will be back to regular soon for Arc 2

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it <3< strong>

The humid salty air hangs over Silver Cities hot rooftops from the midday sun mixing with the constant sea winds, shouts of conquest from sailors reach far off from the distance as traders ponder their wares. The area around me is relatively clear except for minor foot-traffic.

A child with fur covering their body in a long flowing dress and goat horns on their head stares at me mouth agape while their mother talks to another woman next to her, making exaggerated hand movements, "Mummy! Can I wear a dress like that?!" Oh, corrupting the youth, this has started well.

I see a flash of blue and white fur as I'm knocked sideways, desperate kisses coming from all directions before I even realize what's happening. "Unholy fuck! You're so fucking hot what the fuck is this feeling wan?!" Zelia has found me. From the little girl I hear another shriek. "GIRLS CAN KISS?! WHY THE HECK DO I KEEP BEING TOLD I'M GOING TO BE WITH A BOY THEN?!" Fuck thats a completely different kind of corruption.

"When did we get to the sea nye?!" Oh good she's awake! "Oh! Hi Awooy! Let me on that pile Nyehehe!" She tries to scramble up and pile on top of us both, claiming us for Gnoll kind, but tumbles off and falls back on the ground, effort wasted, snore's come up from the ground again, that girl really needs some sleep, perhaps of the medicated kind…

I pull Zel in close and give her a deep kiss until she finally melts like ice cream and I can pry her off, "Damn Zel we only just saw each other a few minutes ago, I didn't think you were going to be all up in the PDA thing, not that I don't love it moo!"

"PDA thing wan?" She gets a hold of herself and looks around, Oh... oh no I didn't think it would work this well, I quickly strip the ring off my finger before I get sexually assaulted on the street. "Oh dear oh dear! I'm so sorry love I don't know what came over me wan…" She is blushing so much, trying to hide her face but her tail is wagging so hard I'm worried she will hurt herself.

"I uhh think it's my ring… it makes lupine animals like me more…" I turn my head away scratching my head guiltily for the feelings I had before, now she's an embarrassed mess, adorable but a little too bullied outside, such things should be left for the bedroom, or living room… or the kitchen… or a balcony?... damn we need a balcony! The possibilities are endless!

I see Keeks reach for my hand holding the ring and I slap her away, this is too dangerous in her hands. She can go fuck with nobility instead with that necklace she got. "Ugh and it's got a +3 to dex as well! You're going to have to really wear me out before you put it on huh, what a shame~ wan!" She's trying to hide her smile, her tail still betraying her, I reach my arms over and caress her tail a little, enjoying the shiver that goes up her body.

"Yeah what a shame love moo~" I let go of the fluffiness hearing a whining from my beloved lupine woman, as i step back I feel a barrier hit my foot, looking behind me only now, a giant glowing pure white crystal rises up, shaped like a spire, it's absolutely stunning, a masterwork, upon touching gingerly it I'm greeted with a warning.

< Unauthorized User, Please contact the Adventurer's Guild for registration >

"Yeah!? but what's it for moo?!" Zelia, having quickly recovered, walks up and looks at it, her cute thinking face on, mysteries are high on her list of thought processes, although closely followed by horny fan-fiction times.

"Teleportation portal i think? I believe we can move to different areas as long as we unlock them first, except in rare cases where an NPC will give us their authorization to move around wan!" I start clapping and I hear Keeks clapping from the ground, looking groggily up into the air. I pull them up and they thank me by leaning against me like a street lamp.

"Okay so I guess that's a good indication of where to go first moo?" We all nod, even Keeks, but I'm not sure she's realizing at what, she's staring up at the spire and zoning out hard. I can only imagine what's going on in her sleep-addled brain right now… must be nice.

"Alright pirate ship time moo!" I pick up Keeks and put her on my shoulders, she instantly starts with the feet on boob contact, "Keeks control your feet or no pirate ship ride" A nyooo comes from above my head making Zelia giggle, She puts her hand in mine and we start walking, Zelia in the lead as she is the most likely to find the place.

"Hey girls?! Can I change out of the maid costume now? People are really starting to look moo!..." Not even looking at me Zel and Keeks tell me a resounding no. Fuck I'm a push over… I slip the Silver Wolf ring back on and Zel instantly moves back to my side, I feel her hand reaching into a pocket of the maid costume and feel around, grasping, I'm instantly hard and start making coughing noises.

"Ahhh my ship is sinking, sounds like its got a hole in iiiittttt~ nyyooo~" She's waving back and forth holding onto my horns like a steering wheel, my brain is doing so many flips that I nearly walk into a wooden pole. On it read 'This way to Adventures Guild' Oh thank fuck!

"L-lookunf uhh oh fuck Zel! We are basically here moo!!" Zelia makes a tch sound with her tongue and looks over, taking out her hands from the pocket, noticeably damp, fucking hell I need to put a leash on her.

The 2nd largest stone structure in the area rises up ahead of us. Cold gray stone laid upon each other creating a rough massive fortress, maybe it's like the last bastion for these people? I'm not sure if it was made for the Adventurer's Guild or repurposed from an old fortress from the region. It seems to be at least 4 stories tall and who-knows how many stories deep, It has large open doors with 2 warriors with scowls on it patrolling the front gates, it's already full of other players looking to start off their adventures.

We all step through as best we can, nodding at the guards, Keeks nods too but I think it's because she's fallen asleep grasping onto my horns, her head bobs as mine does, they look me up and down, sniggering to each other, yeah laugh it up! I'll be out of this soon and tonight I have a lupiness to thank for all the teasing! 

The insides keep going for yards and yards, to the left and right are their own respective businesses, it's all in one for banking, crafting, imbuing, repairing and cutting monsters up into parts for procurement. A sign pointing down shows there are training arena's downstairs and upstairs are offices and sleeping quarters, a combination of an Inn and housing for paying members. Sometimes it's easier to work where you sleep, get to be the first in line to the juiciest jobs.

Ahead of us lie counters with well dressed people working at them, we see everything from a bunny-girl, to what I believe is a part crocodile, to something with a hood and fangs jutting out violently from under it going down at least 2 heads length. We join a queue and get called over to one of the attendants.

"What can I do you for this fine day in Silver City Adventurer's Guild!" A brown floppy eared bunny girl greets us with passion, one of her ears droops over her left eye, every so often she brushes it back with a hand in practiced annoyance. Zelia being the most knowledgeable, the most charming and the most awake as of this moment approaches first for the rest of us, saving us the trouble of having to decide if it should be the horny asleep gnoll or the intimidating minotaur in viking bone armor.

"Hihi! I love your ears, they are so fluffy looking! We are new in town and looking to register for the guild!" She motions to us all, making sure to point at Keeks so she's not mistaken for a horn ornament. The bunny girl pulls out 3 forms and asks us to sign it, as well as that we will get a temporary license until we pass the guilds test.

"Now make sure all 3 of you fill in these herree forms and we can get y'all started! Oh I love all the new adventurers coming through here! It's a good thing too we sure were in a pickle! Golly y'all are going to love it in Silver city, Me and my wife moved her a few years ago and hoo'gal we have never been more in loove!" I stand there anxiously as Keeks falls back and forth like I'm playing some kind of balancing game. I feel enough is enough even though the bunny-girl's story might never end, as super cute as it is. I pick up Keeks and plop her against the counter.

I hear a violent cough come from behind us, I turn around raising to my full height and stare down at the lion person that didn't seem to realize I was crouched down so I could hear better, they look away coughing quietly into their hand, Oh just because I'm wearing a maid costume the big bad boy thinks he can push other people around, PSH! I give them one last look before turning back again.

"I'm so sorry dears I just can't help but rattle on about this beautiful place! Anyway, fill in these and we will get you those temporary passes!" Keeks finds the perfect time to fall further against the counter and wakes up in full 'il stab ye!' mode. Zelia puts the pen and paper infront of her and nudges for her to put her information in, dazedly she fills it out and tugs on my clothing giving me puppy eyes to go back on the pirate ship ride, within seconds of being back up there I hear snoring again. Incorrigible.

I lean over the counter making sure Keeks doesn't slide off and put my information in, thankfully it doesn't ask for anything too crazy. Name, current level and type of adventurer as well as preferred jobs to take. I guess there's a job for everything, I put down my information and pause… wait I leveled up! Twice! How could I forget, ugh, I put down level 12 and resign myself to checking once we are done there, it must have happened when we went through the portal as I didn't get my usual celebration sparkles, big frowny face for that! It could be the reason so many eyes were on me when I came into town, on top of the maid costume I mean.

We give our information to the nice bunny girl and learn her name is Sheryl, like the wine apparently? "I hope such a wine is as delightful as you are, Sheryl wan!"

"Oh shucks thank you, such a darlin, if you're ever by the docks my wife likes to paint there on clear days, she's always happy to talk to strangers as well, she's truly a blessed star! Annndddd… here are your temporary licenses, don't get into trouble or they will be taken off ye, be careful! Go and see Miss Mershi who will be taking care of your test segment, she's downstairs and impossible to miss!

We leave the line waving to the nice bunny lady, not like those fake bunnies that attacked me! We start heading down the wooden stairs to the training area, it encompasses the main floor the whole way across, pillars holding it all upright above it, there seems to be another floor down but it has a no trespass sign on it. I hear guttural roaring and decide it's probably not where we are supposed to go.

The floors have been sectioned off into rings where different people of all genders, sizes and races were fighting each other, magical training dummies and even some 'monsters' although it seems simulated as I see some of the monsters transform back into humanoids after the fight is over, pretty badass way to train!! I wanna fight a big one!

As I look around I hear military like screaming, I almost feel the urge to get on the floor and give 20 push ups! I can see why we wouldn't miss her, it's not what I thought of when I heard of someone giving us a test. A woman in a floating pool of water is yelling out commands to a group of people in heavy soldier armor, they are terrified, She has multiple large fins running down the back of her body ending in a jagged fin, it looks like multiple things have taken bites out of it, her upper body is huge and her mouth covered in razor sharp jagged teeth going back and back into her mouth like rows. We have met our first shark woman, and oh she is something fierce.