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81 Demon scythe

Shaman was currently probing her inventory of all the loot she had received from the skeleton knight.

[Skeleton knight core(tier 6)]

[Shards of bone]

[Demon metal x 4]

[Demon scythe (Epic)]

Shaman was surprised to see what she had obtained as it was more than she usually would get. The added materials of the skeleton and a weapon were not common.

"What is it?" Elysia was curious, although she could see for herself she was liking the suspense.

"Let me show you." Shaman pulled out the Demon scythe from the inventory and laid it out in front of her for Wolfy and Elysia to see.

"Huh? Should it not be a sword?" Elysia was confused as it looked like the sword but it was now an entirely different weapon.

.....

"I agree but hold on, let's look at the description." Shaman shared the same confusion, and so did Wolfy but looking at the description may give them a hint to why.

[Demon Scythe]

[Rarity: Epic]

[A demon blade that can mold to the users will, the original form of this blade is unknown and is seen to change from time to time if left untouched]

[Compatible Elements]

Blood

Shadow

Dark

Shaman could not help but look blankly at the description as this weapon sounded amazing, it also seemed like a weapon that could last you a while without needing to change it till it breaks.

Shaman had also let Elysia look at it and was also amazed by the weapon.

"This weapon sounds perfect for Wolfy if he had a human form." Elysia thought that the weapon suited Wolfy the most and made the off comment but to Shaman this was a perfect idea.

"That's a great idea, we are keeping this till he gets his human form which should be when he reaches tier 5." Shaman was confident Wolfy would get his human form at tier 5 as that seemed like the last phase of his evolution.

Wolfy's eyes were beaming as he was getting a weapon of his own and was even more determined to get to tier 5 so he could use it.

Shaman could see his tail wagging and could not help but give him headpats.

"Anyway let's put this away, I'm curious what this demon metal is." Shaman put the scythe away and pulled out 1 of the demon metal pieces so she could inspect it.

[Demon metal]

[tier 6 material]

[A lower version of the tier 10 true demon metal but it is a very capable piece of metal that can be used to craft weapons or armour, the more pieces use the more likely to succeed in forging]

Shaman raised an eyebrow as this was a blacksmithing material which got her curious about whether she could find someone to make a weapon or some armour.

"It's a material for blacksmithing but we will need to ask Himeko if she can get a blacksmith to use this material." Shaman was a little cautious as the system could tell her information that the world doesn't know so she needs to find out if it is even known as a material.

"Well it's kind of useless to us so i agree that we should ask Himeko and speaking of her should we head downstairs for some food." Himeko was feeling hungry and she could imagine Shaman would be too.

"Sounds good but make sure not to tell her about the scythe, at least not yet anyway." Shaman wanted to avoid unnecessary confusion on how she got a weapon so it was best to leave it in their inventory for now.

Elysia nodded and so they hopped off the bed to go downstairs however when Shaman stood up all of a sudden she fell to the floor.

"Hahaha, it seems like my legs are still a little tired." Despite her being fully healed the effects have not fully kicked in.

"Pffft" Elysia could not help but laugh as she went over and helped Shaman up.

'Shut up!" Shaman felt embarrassed but she could do nothing but accept it.

They continued down stairs with Shaman leaning on Elysia for support. They reached the same dining area and sat down waiting for Himeko.

They could see Himeko still working away in the kitchen and the smell of meat invaded their nose.

"Oh god, the hunger is kicking." Shaman did not feel hungry but now that she was smelling it, it had made her inner desire come out.

"I agree with you there." Elysia had her head on the table as her stomach began to rumble.

'I hope I get some more meat~." Wolfy was slightly drooling as he remembered the meat he got from Himeko as it was a divine taste for him.

"Alright girls, the meat is ready." Himeko walked out in lingerie and an apron causing Shaman to curse internally about Himeko's curves once again.

Himeko placed all the food down in front of everyone and they instantly began to eat without saying a word as they were too absorbed by the food. Himeko smiled at them as she had a warm feeling in her heart.

'Is this what it feels like to be a mother.' Himeko was feeling very anxious as she never had this kind of experience and was wondering if she was doing it right.

They had finished eating and had their fill, Shaman leaned back and pulled out the demonic metal so she could ask Himeko about it.

"Do you know what this is Himeko? Pretty sure this was the armour of the skeleton we fought." Shaman casually brought it up and hoped Himeko did not suspect anything suspicious.

"Hmmm?" Himeko took it out of Shaman's hand and began to inspect it herself. Himeko looked at it a big longer before responding.

"It looks like an ore that I have collected from that dungeon before but I never had a piece of the armour before, if my guess is right it could be used to craft some gear." Shaman was relieved to hear that they might be able to get some use out.

"It looks like you have some of this." Himeko could see the happiness in Shaman's eyes from her response and could tell she had more.

"Haha yeah I do, I was wondering if we could use them to make equipment." Shaman did not bother to try to hide it as it seems like she would have been seen right through if she did.

"I can try to find a blacksmith who can use it but if it is the material I think it is, we may need to take a trip to the capital to find someone."

"If that is the case don't worry about it, we will collect some more pieces as just a few would not be enough." Shaman knew that if they could at least get more pieces they might be able to make a stronger weapon for Elysia due to the amount of pieces being used.

"We can wait as there is no rush but I don't expect any local blacksmiths to be able to use it." Himeko handed back the piece to Shaman.

"Anyway, what are the plans for the rest of the night or are you just going straight to bed?" Shaman was curious if Himeko had any plans but expected it to be just a relaxing night.

"I think I will just go to sleep but I feel like you are hiding somethings that you got but are just not telling me." Himeko had a smirk as it was a blind guess but the looks on Shaman and Elysia's face told her everything.

Shaman realized that they gave way that they did indeed get something else and let out a sigh.

"Call it a mother's intuition fuhuhu~." Himeko could not help but feel a little giddity saying that.

"Tch." Shaman clicked her tongue but was also curious why Himeko said mother but did not pay much attention to it.

"You are right I did get something else but that's a secret." Shaman wanted to try to avoid telling her by just being annoying.

"Oho? You think you can hide it from me?" Himeko took this as a challenge and began to stare down Shaman.

Shaman stood up as her legs were now back to normal and stuck out her tongue at Himeko and started to run away. Elysia and Wolfy followed behind her as they could be held hostage if they don't escape as well.

"Running away now are we? I hope you realize that this is my house." Himeko stood up and instead of using her flames thought it would be fun to chase them instead.

Himeko allowed them to get to the stairs before dashing after them; she had also released a bit of her aura to add a little spice to the chase.

Shaman and the group split up at the stairs and were shocked from the aura.

"Looks like the chase is on." Shaman did not expect it to turn into a game but nonetheless wanted to go along with it.

82 Lasting effect

Shaman had started to make her way up the stairs to try to find a place to hide as it seems like Himeko is going to play their game.

'Did not expect us to play tag but fuck it why not, sounds like fun.' Shaman felt a little childish but she enjoyed the feeling rather than feel ashamed by it.

Shaman reached the top floor which was Himeko's room, she felt a little bad but if anything it would be the better spot to hide. She walked into the room which was covered in red, there were many basic things Himeko would usually have but one thing she noticed was all the plushies she had near her bed.

'Oho~ so Himeko really likes cute things.' Shaman had a cheeky grin as she was learning more about Himeko.

'I might not have any ears after this but it was well worth the ear pulling I may receive later.' Shaman was willing to take the little punishment for this knowledge as it was perfect fuel to tease Himeko with.

Shaman looked around the room and when she looked up she could see that there were support beams that she could jump on.

'Let's chill here for a moment.' Shaman ran up the closet wall and jumped off, she successfully was able to grab a hold of one of the horizontal beams and pull herself up.

'Alright this place should do for now and since I'm near the door I can use [shadow cloak] to escape.' Shaman considered using [Shadow walk] but due to it making her presence disappear thought it would be cheating to do so.

Shaman sat down and rested for a moment as she waited for something to happen but upon sitting there Shaman had this creeping anxiety feeling slowly fill her heart. Shaman also started to feel anxious as she sat alone on the support beam.

.....

'Why am I feeling anxious being alone.' Shaman was confused as to what was going on with herself but tried to take deep breaths.

'Its okay Shaman there is nothing to be worried about.' Shaman tried to console herself but the feeling was getting stronger and stronger and her mind started to wonder.

Flashes of the Skeleton knight appeared in her head and the scene of Elysia being struck down played in her mind. Shaman began to stress out as her body was telling her to go to Elysia afraid that she might be in danger.

Shaman was stopping herself from moving but her mental state was slowly deteriorating. She tried to keep reminding herself it was okay and that Elysia was safe but the thoughts would not leave her alone. In the end Shaman ended up curling up into a ball and silently cried while she tried to stop the mental battle she was having.

'I can get through this.' Shaman was being stubborn as she wanted to take it on alone. She continued to sit there alone trying her best not to break down.

**

Elysia and Wolfy had gone down stairs together, although they had not been to the lower floors before they figured a little adventure would not hurt. They had also thought they were rather safe as Shaman was the main target of the chase.

'Wolfy we are going to need to use your Shadows if we want to get out of a sticky situation.' Elysia was relying on Wolfy as she did not have any stealth skills.

'Sure thing but you have to stay close to me or pick me up otherwise I won't be able to use my skills at all to conceal you.' Wolfy was a little worried as it would be hard to move together since he has gotten to a full sized wolf and isn't the easiest to pick up.

'Well let's hope it does not come to that.' Although Elysia could carry Wolfy, she was not confident jumping around with him at all.

They reached the lower floor and it seemed to be a store room of some kind. There was a lot of old furniture in the room and the room was dimly lit making it rather hard to see.

"Looks perfect for a hiding spot." Elysia saw this as an opportunity to hide as they could hardly see the back due to all the furniture being stacked ontop of each other.

"Let's try to get through all this furniture without knocking it over." The issue was it was hard to enter the room since the room was filled head to toe with old furniture. Elysia looked up and saw that they could use the beams above to get in.

'Wolfy we are going up, let's go.' Elysia informed Wolfy and so they jumped up to the roof of the floor.

They made their way over the furniture till they could see pockets of space they could go into.

Elysia saw one where they could both fit and pointed to it so Wolfy could see, they both jumped down into it and sat down since they would be chilling there for a while.

'Well let's hope Shaman found a good spot to hide.' Elysia was wondering where Shaman could hide as going upstairs felt like she would be limiting her options.

'She has access to all the skills I have so she should be fine either way.' Wolfy was not too worried because of that fact.

However Elysia noticed that her bracelet was slightly vibrating and cold sweat began to drip down her face. She quickly opened it and saw the situation was not good.

"Shit Shaman is having a mental breakdown." Elysia instantly started stressing as the worst scenarios ran through her mind.

'Wolfy screw the chase we are going to find Shaman.' Shaman was top priority for Elysia and did not care what Himeko wanted.

Elysia jumped up and instantly began rushing out the room, She had left Wolfy behind as right now all she could think about was getting to Shaman. She opened the door to the store room and found herself facing Himeko.

"Now is not the time Shaman is not okay and we need to find her." Elysia quickly explained what was going on to Himeko and continued to rush past Himeko.

Himeko took a second to register what was being said but when she did she also began to stress.

'Shit Shaman must've developed some trauma from the last battle.' Himeko knows all too well what it is like to go through trauma and can imagine what Shaman may be feeling.

Wolfy had also gotten out and jumped next to Himeko.

'Let's catch up.' Wolfy spoke to Himeko and she nodded in response.

Himeko picked up Wolfy and she teleported to the upper floors to search for Shaman.

*

Elysia was dashing up the stairs as fast as she could crying out for Shaman.

"SHAMAN!!" She continued to yell in hopes of getting a response and since she did not have time to thoroughly check the rooms. There were at least 2 more spare bedrooms that were above their room and each one she was not able to get a sign from Shaman.

When Elysia opened the next door to the last spare room she saw Himeko and Wolfy there.

"Elysia, she is in my room." Himeko had used her mana sense to locate where Shaman was.

Without saying a word Elysia continued to run up the stairs going straight for Himeko's room.

"I could have transported her." Himeko could have used her fire but it seemed like Elysia forgot this fact that she could go anywhere in the building without moving.

'Oh well, let's meet her up there.' They had no time and so they transported her to her room.

They appeared in the room and once again Himeko closed her eyes and felt out the room with her mana and felt Shaman's presence above them. She put down Wolfy and instantly jumped up on the beams and could see Shaman curled in a ball crying.

She quickly dashed over and picked her up, she lightly went to the floor and slowly patted Shaman.

"It's okay we are here now." Himeko tried to calm Shaman down but it was not working. Himeko had also started kneeling on the floor. Wolfy had also come up and begun to lick Shaman's face as a way to calm her down.

Elysia had slammed the door open and could see Himeko with Shaman in her hands.

Tears started to fall as she rushed over and slid on her knees next to her. Himeko allowed Elysia to take Shaman in her arms as right now the best thing would be to have Shaman see Elysia.

"Shaman it is okay I am here now, please look at me." Elysia tried to bring back Shaman who had their eyes closed and tears were coming out of them. Pain and anguish could be seen on Shaman's face which caused Elysia's heart to ache a little.

"Please, Shaman, I'm here right next to you." Elysia continued to call out to Shaman in hopes she would come back.

83 Mental battle

Shaman currently was inside her own mind back in the dungeon where she fought the skeleton.

Cold sweat was running down her face as the feelings she was having before were getting stronger and stronger. Her breath grew heavier as the scene of Elysia dying kept being played in front of her.

Soon it was just Elysia on the ground dead and the skeleton knight standing there staring Shaman down.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" Shaman grabbed her head and started to scream as now the pain was getting too much for her to handle.

"IT'S NOT REAL, SHE NEVER DIED." Shaman tried to get herself to calm down as she was told that it was not her blood and Elysia was still alive and breathing in front of her but for some reason Shaman was still being affected by her pseudo death.

She continued to scream till eventually the feeling of fear and pain was gone and she was able to think again.

Shaman looked up and noticed something when she just looked at Elysia, the encroaching feeling did not scream out but whenever she looked right at the skeleton her head would spin and the pain would come back.

Shaman once again held her head and looked away from the skeleton so the pain could calm down.

Shaman was catching her breath as she seemingly figured out the problem.

.....

"Looks like the issue is the skeleton, not Elysia herself." Shaman figured the fear was coming from the skeleton and not the death of Elysia.

"It must be the fear of facing it and the possibility of it not turning out like it did last time, looks like i need to be able to kill it to get over it." Shaman despite not being in an ideal state was able to guess the reason and hoped that this was the case.

"If I just need to kill it then fine, come at me." Shaman caught her breath and stood with confidence but when she went to look at the skeleton she was paralyzed and could not move a muscle. The fear started to build up again and her head started to burn like crazy.

"Please just move, I… I need to move on." Shaman's view started to distort as the Skeletons figure grew bigger and bigger till it completely towered over her.

Shaman fell to her knees as her legs gave out and tears started to come out uncontrollably. Shaman helplessly looked up as she watched the skeleton knight continue to fill up her view. She eventually passed out as she could no longer take it and fell to the floor.

**

"It's okay we are here now."

"Shaman it is okay I am here now, please look at me."

Shaman could hear the voice of Himeko and Elysia as she slowly began to open her eyes, she was once again greeted with the underground tomb-like place and could see that the skeleton was nowhere to be found.

Shaman had panicked for a moment and tried to move but was unable to as it could have been behind her but since nothing came she calmed down a little.

'I'm still here?' Shaman was still shaken up by what she saw and found it very hard to get up. Shaman after trying managed to sit up but was unable to move her legs.

"Shit." Despite being in her own head the whole thing feels too real to her.

"Is someone doing this on purpose?" Shaman could not help but feel like this was being caused by someone else as even the memories did not feel as real as this did.

Shaman did not think about it for too long as she saw in the distance a very familiar figure slowly approach her.

Shaman's breathing started to get faster as she started to panic.

"Fuck, fuck , FUCK!!!!" Shaman screamed out as she was unable to move much at all, she tried dragging herself across the floor backwards but she was not fast enough to escape.

Shaman continued to move back while she stared at the Skeleton knight slowly approaching her. The walls also started to close in making it feel suffocating for her. Shaman's movements became more erratic as she was now in full panic mode.

The skeleton knight could be seen clearly and was about 25 meters away from her.

"No, no, no, please don't come any closer." Shaman began to sob as she tried her best to get away from the skeleton knight.

Shaman's arms grew weak till they stopped working and could only lay helplessly on the floor looking at the skeleton knight.

The skeleton knight was now standing right infront of her wielding its demon sword pointing it right at Shaman's face.

"AHHHHHH!!" Shaman screamed with all her might as she wore a terrified face looking at the skeleton knight till eventually it pierced her skull.

**

"AAAAHHHHH!" Shaman shot up and screamed while also grabbing her head where she was stabbed.

Elysia grabbed a hold of her again as Shaman escaped her previous hold and instantly started to pat her head.

"Shaman it's okay, I'm alive and well." Elysia was trying her best to not break down again. It was hard enough to see Shaman squirm around and be in pain for the time that Shaman was out.

Shaman let out heavy breaths as she grabbed hold of Elysia as hard as she could, the fear she was feeling was still there and Elysia's presence was slowly getting rid of it. Shaman also began to sob as it was the most terrifying thing she had ever felt and was glad it was over.

"Shhhhh, it's okay." Elysia's voice was shaky but she stayed strong as she continued to let Shaman cry on her shoulder for as long as she needed.

Himeko let out a sigh as the whole situation was stressing her out and it seemed to have become a much greater issue than anticipated.

"I'm going to go look for something, I'll be back, make sure to look after her." Himeko quickly left to go get something and Elysia continued to hold Shaman who was now quietly sobbing on her shoulder.

Wolfy had also sat behind Elysia so he could see Shaman's face. Wolfy lifted up his paw to pat Shaman's head. Although it looked uncomfortable Elysia found it very cute but was also very happy to see Wolfy trying his best to help console Shaman.

A few more minutes had passed and Shaman had finally calmed down and was no longer crying since the fear had finally disappeared.

Elysia also used some tissues to clean up the mess and Shaman's face.

"Thank you." Shaman spoke in a low voice as her throat was not feeling well and could not speak much. Elysia smiled at her which warmed Shaman's heart and caused her to smile as well.

"Anything for my love but please don't force yourself, clearly you are still not okay so take it slow." Elysia could see the exhausted look on Shaman and so they waited for Himeko to return.

Elysia began to cuddle with Shaman while Wolfy laid in Shaman's lap. This was a very comforting feeling and Shaman did not want it to end as she felt like she was in the safest place in the world away from all the dangers.

After cuddling for 15 minutes Himeko had finally returned and came back with a small wooden box.

Elysia was rather curious about what it could be as it may help Shaman.

Shaman had her eyes closed since she was soaking in the current feeling of warmth and comfort from her girlfriend and Wolfy.

"I have some medicine that should allow Shaman to be able to sleep peacefully." Himeko figured that Shaman would not be able to sleep so she went out to get medicine that allows for a good night's sleep.

Shaman opened her eyes as she was surprised to hear that sleeping pills existed in this world but was also glad since the thought of sleeping scared her a little.

"She just needs to take one pill right before she sleeps and it should knock you out." Himeko smiled since right now they needed a good sleep. Elysia nodded and took the box from Himeko and opened it up.

The box was filled with white looking pills which had enough to last for more than a few months.

"Alright I say we head to bed, I need to rest." Elysia could imagine the comfort of her bed as the floor they have been sitting on is not the most comfortable. Shaman nodded and Wolfy moved off Shaman's Lap.

"I will take you to your bed so don't worry about moving." Himeko clicked her fingers and fire started to wrap around them.

"Also goodnight and sweet dreams." After Himeko finished talking they were transported and found themselves on top of their bed.

Elysia let out a sigh and took out one of the pills.

"Alright let's get to sleep." Elysia handed over the pill to Shaman and began to pull the covers over them. Wolfy got comfortable at the end of the bed as he wanted to stay near Shaman.

Shaman nodded since she could not quite speak properly yet and took the pill and swallowed it with no issues. Shaman got closer to Elysia so they could cuddle and in a few seconds Shaman was already knocked out by the pill.

'Wow that pill really works fast.' Elysia was amazed by how quickly it took effect.

'Well let's hope we wake up nice and peaceful.'

84 Bathhouse

Himeko sat at her desk in her room holding her head in her hand. She crossed her legs and used her other hand to tap the desk.

"I'm so stupid." Himeko, who had sat in silence, finally spoke, cursing herself. She gritted her teeth as she tried her best not to cry.

"Fuck, it's my fault for putting them in such a dangerous situation." Himeko started to blame herself as the current state of Shaman was caused by her.

"What a great motherly figure you are." Himeko finally broke and tears started to fall down her face. Himeko took a moment to let herself cry and let the emotions she had bottled during the day out.

After crying it out Himeko finally stood from her seat and wore a determined expression.

"There is always a way to get over it. Shaman just needs to get stronger and face her fears." Himeko came to the conclusion that Shaman needed to get to the next tier in order to face the skeleton knight.

"Best thing I can do as a stand-in mother right now is to teach her, so tomorrow I will get them to face the lower leveled monsters in the dungeon and train them vigorously." Himeko clenched her fists since now she wanted to make up for her mistakes, so she was going to train and teach them all she knew without holding back.

"Okay now that I got that out of the way let's go have a nice bath." Himeko clicked her fingers and vanished from the room.

**

.....

The next morning arrived and Elysia was the first one to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes and could see that Shaman was sleeping peacefully in her arms with no troubles.

Elysia let out a sigh of relief as it seemed like the sleeping pills worked allowing Shaman to get a good night's sleep without worry. However when Elysia went to go up Shaman's began to stress out and her face filled with worry.

"Oh." Elysia felt very saddened by this and went back to hugging Shaman, as it seemed like she was the anchor Shaman needed.

"I hope we can get over this soon." Elysia patted Shaman scratching behind her ears. Shaman could be seen smiling from the scratches and Elysia could not help laughing a little and see her as a small animal.

'I wish you were a little smaller, you would be so adorable.' Elysia's thoughts began to wonder as she started imagining a smaller Shaman.

'Oh my god she would be so cute.' Elysia hugged Shaman tighter as she was having a cuteness overload thinking of a shorter Shaman.

After being in her own head for a while and smothering Shaman in her boobs, Shaman finally began to wake up. She was greeted by the usual site of Elysia's breasts in her face and instead of getting up put her head in further.

Elysia broke out of her fantasy land and noticed Shaman finally woke up.

"I know you love them a lot but we need to get up." Elysia had a smirk as she knew Shaman had this fixation on breasts and so she pulled away getting off the bed.

Shaman let her body fall to the edge of the bed and pouted while looking at Elysia.

"Awww don't be like that~." Elysia lightly patted Shaman's head and despite wanting to keep being angry Shaman could not help but wag her tail.

"Come on, let's go take a bath. I want to get out of these clothes." Elysia wanted to talk about what happened last night but felt like it was not the right time to talk about it and was going to wait till Shaman was comfortable speaking about it. So instead of worrying about it, she thought it would be a good idea to relax and make a trip to the bathhouse.

Elysia and Shaman still had not changed and they started to feel icky as daily bathing was normal routine for them.

Shaman pulled herself up and shook Wolfy to wake him up as well, they made their way to the bottom of the tower with no signs of Himeko.

"Where do you think Himeko could be?" Shaman was a little worried as it would have been nice to see her.

"No idea where she could be, anyway if I remember correctly there should be a personal bathhouse to the left when we go out the front door." Elysia had asked Himeko when they were waiting for Shaman to wake up after the battle with the skeleton night if she had such a thing and it turned out Himeko owns a personal one that they could also use.

They continued to make their way out of the tower and followed Elysia's directions. They saw a path leading down from the hill they were on and continued to follow it.

Soon they were met with a building at the bottom with the words bathhouse. It looked like a traditional Japanese building which confused Shaman as so far the entire place had been Chinese styled.

'Remember it's an alternate world, things are different.' Shaman shook her head and reminded herself that she was in a different world.

The 3 of them all walked in and instead of a reception which was just an empty room where they could take their shoes off.

"I guess when you own it and it's only for you to use, you don't really need a person at the front desk." Shaman was half expecting someone to be inside but found no one was in there.

They continued through the door that had a piece of cloth which was cut in the middle and went halfway down, when they entered they found themselves in the changing room already and they had also noticed that the baths were not sectioned off and it was just one big bath.

"Seems like Himeko does not expect anyone else to use this bath." From what Elysia was seeing it confirmed that Himeko owned it and it has only been used by her and maybe other family members.

"Anyway let's jump in already, now that I can see the bath I can't wait to relax." Shaman was really eager and her tail showed her excitement as well. Without realizing Elysia's tail was wagging as well, alongside Wolfy's.

Shaman and Elysia both quickly got undressed and ran to the bath, they saw no one was in it luckily and Shaman jumped right in. The water splashed up hitting Elysia which stopped her from jumping in.

The bath was almost the size of a tennis court and hot steam could be seen coming off it slowly.

Shaman stood up and flicked her back. Elysia found this to look rather sexy and was slowly getting into the mood.

'God dammit why now.' Elysia covered herself with her hands and slowly entered the bath so she could use the water to hide herself.

Wolfy on the other hand jumped straight in and began to doggy swim around the bath.

Shaman went back in the water and began to push herself towards the edge where Elysia sat down. Shaman turned her back and landed herself in Elysia's lap.

Elysia made room for Shaman and began to hug her from behind, she wrapped her arms over Shaman's shoulders and Shaman leant back resting her head on Elysia's breasts.

Elysia's urges were growing but since Wolfy was in the bath as well it would not be appropriate to do anything and she also wanted to avoid that awkward situation, this fueled Elysia to not cave in.

"Ahhhh~ I love this, thank you Elysia for bringing me here." Shaman looked back so she could see Elysia's face but when she looked she could see that her face was bright red.

Shaman smirked and Elysia looked away as she was too busy controlling herself.

"Oh~ I see how it is." Shaman had a smug grin as she moved out of her hold so she could see Elysia's face.

"Wolfy is here, we can't do anything." Elysia wanted to make up an excuse as right now she felt very threatened by Shaman's actions.

"Fuhuhu~ who said that he would find out." Without letting Elysia respond, Shaman grabbed Elysia's face and pulled her in for a kiss.

Wolfy was currently exploring the bath and was on the other side of the bath and was unable to see Shaman and Elysia clearly due to the steam and distance.

Shaman pulled away from the kiss and looked back and saw that Wolfy was still oblivious to what they were doing.

"See, he does not see a thing so how about we have some fun before we hop out." Shaman started intently at Elysia waiting for an answer.

"Fuck it." Elysia could not take it anymore and caved into the pressure and allowed Shaman to do what she wanted

"Hehe~ that's my girl." Shaman smiled and once again pulled Elysia in for another kiss and prepared for a risky morning.

85 Risky morning (R18)

Shaman and Elysia's tongue intertwined with each and shared a deep long kiss. Slight moans could be heard from both of them and luckily the small waterfall that went into the bath was making enough sound to hide any moans that escaped.

Wolfy had been distracted at the end of the pool as he saw some insects that were on the outskirts of the bath where some bushes were.

Shaman broke away from the kiss and smiled at Elysia.

Elysia was confused what Shaman was doing till she suddenly felt a hand touch her stomach. Shaman Slowly moved her hand down Elysia's stomach which made it hard for Elysia not to moan. Shaman noticed Elysia was close to moaning so she pulled her in for another kiss and continued to travel down her body.

Shaman reached Elysia's cave and slowly began to finger her. Elysia moaned inside of Shaman's mouth as it was hard for her to control herself and was unable to contain it. Shaman stopped for a moment to take a quick look behind her and thankfully Wolfy did not notice.

"Let's continue~." Shaman continued her assault and kissed Elysia so that they could hide her moans the best they could.

Elysia wrapped her arms around Shaman and the kiss was the only thing keeping her from moaning out loud and was a much needed distraction.

Shaman began to go faster and used more fingers causing the kiss to be harder and harder to hold. Elysia was now on the verge of cumming and was unable to hold the kiss any longer.

"AHHH~!" Elysia pulled her head back letting out a moan, she tried her best to be quiet but it was anything but quiet.

.....

Shaman quickly rested on Elysia's chest to look like they were just relaxing while Elysia tried her best to calm down as much as she could while hugging Shaman..

Wolfy quickly turned his head as he was unsure what he heard but when he saw Shaman and Elysia, they looked like they were just sitting there.

'I guess I heard them yell about something, they wouldn't be having their alone time in the bath while in here.' Wolfy was sure they would not do something like that so he went back to observing the small creatures at the edge of the pool.

"Phew, looks like he does not suspect anything yet." Shaman was happy despite Elysia clearly moaning, Wolfy just ignored them.

"That's good but I think it's my turn." Elysia caught her breath and looked down at Shaman who had a blissful expression.

Shaman nodded and waited for Elysia to do what she wanted.

Elysia moved Shaman so that she was sitting up straight in front of her and due to Elysia being slightly taller she could just see over Shaman's head although her ears were somewhat in the way she was able to still see Wolfy at the end of the pool.

Shaman was getting excited by the second as she could feel Elysia's hands go around her body. Shaman also slightly leaned back pushing her back against Elysia's breasts, Shaman enjoyed the backrest and could not wait for what was about to happen next.

Elysia slowly made her right hand go down Shaman's body while her other hand went for Shaman's breasts. Shaman's breasts fit perfectly in her hands as she started to fondle them slowly. Her other hand also got to work as she started to finger Shaman. Shaman bit her lip as she tried her best to let any sound come out of her mouth.

Since Shaman was a lot less sensitive than Elysia she was able to hold it in. Elysia slowly got more and more aggressive and started to kiss Shaman's neck which caused Shaman to cover her mouth with her hand.

Shaman began to worry if Wolfy could hear them but it also excited her that they could get court at any moment.

'I see why people like to take risks.' Shaman had questioned why people would do things out in public but now that she was almost doing it in public the adrenaline was almost addicting. However Shaman could not think for long as Elysia ramped up her assault further with Shaman trying her best to stay quiet.

Elysia had also started to give Shaman a hickey on her neck making it harder and harder for Shaman as they went on.

After a few minutes which seemed like an eternity for Shaman, Elysia stopped giving her hickey and pulled Shaman's head in for a kiss.

This allowed Shaman to moan inside Elysia's mouth as they made out. Elysia also went back to fondling Shaman's breasts and got more aggressive with fingering her.

Shaman was close to climaxing, which told Elysia to go for one last push.

"AHHH~!" Just like Elysia, Shaman had pulled away from the kiss letting out a loud moan for a brief moment before stopping herself. Shaman fell into Elysia letting herself to be further submerged into the water. Elysia held Shaman with a smile and tried her best to look natural as she could see Wolfy swimming over.

Shaman did not care as she relaxed into Elysia and closed her eyes.

'I needed that after last night's endeavor.' Shaman wanted a distraction and thought that this was the perfect opportunity to get her mind off things.

Wolfy had finally arrived and instantly opened up with a question.

'What the hell are you two doing?' Wolfy had now become suspicious of what was going on and went to investigate.

"Oh? Don't worry Wolfy it was just Shaman being annoying and causing me to scream a little, I just got my revenge just before." Elysia smiled at Wolfy hoping that was enough to satisfy his questions.

Wolfy was still not quite convinced but found it plausible so he let it slide.

'Well I am going to hop out as it is quite exhausting to swim.' Wolfy was actually not tired at all but he did not want to stay any longer since he was too suspicious of his Mother and Elysia.

"Will you be okay drying yourself?" Elysia was unsure how Wolfy could achieve this.

Wolfy did not say anything but showed Elysia that he can turn his shadow into hands.

"Well that's handy." Elysia was surprised at how quickly Wolfy was able to control his element but nonetheless was happy for him.

Wolfy exited the bath and entered the changing room to go dry himself.

After a few minutes it had seemed like Wolfy left the bathhouse which just left Elysia and Shaman alone in the bath house.

"Fuhuhu~ looks like we don't have to try to hide it anymore, want to go for one more round before we should leave to have breakfast." Shaman was eager to go again and Elysia wore a conflicted expression as she thought about for a moment.

Shaman turned her body so it was facing Elysia and wrapped her arms around Elysia's neck.

Elysia's mind began to spin a little as everything was telling her to go again, till eventually she caved in. Elysia grabbed Shaman's face and pulled her in without warning and they shared a passionate kiss.

Shaman pulled away and went to Elysia's neck as she needed to return the hickey she was given.

Elysia moaned and this time without worrying about anyone hearing them. While Shaman was giving the hickey Elysia had also moved her hands so she could finger Shaman.

Shaman halted for a moment as she did not expect it but continued with her hickey while also moving her hands down Elysia's body. Shaman returned the favour by also fingering her which caused Elysia to let out a loud moan.

"AHHHHHHH~!" Elysia could let loose but still tried to keep it down just in case people were outside.

They continued going at each with Shaman finally finishing the hickey and went straight to kissing Elysia. They continued to moan till eventually they were both close to climaxing.

"Let's try to time it." Shaman wanted to cum at the same time as Elysia and so she upped her pace as well as Elysia.

The kiss had broken as they were no longer able to concentrate on doing and both moaned together letting out a joint moan.

Shaman again fell into Elysia while Elysia leant back against the wall. They both sat in the bath catching their breaths and enjoyed each other's embrace.

"Ahh~, I love you Elysia." Shaman looked up at Elysia's face and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I love you too." Elysia responded and gave Shaman a kiss on the forehead.

They both sat in the bath together for a bit longer till finally getting out before they were late to breakfast.

"Wanna do it again tomorrow?" Shaman was rather into the idea as there was no cleanup involved and doing it in the morning felt quite refreshing for Shaman.

"Ehhh? So soon, I mean I don't mind but I don't know if we can keep fooling Wolfy." Elysia was a little surprised but the question also did pop in her mind.

"Who says he has to come with us?" Shaman winked at Elysia which caused her to blush a little.

"There is no winning when I am with you isn't there." Elysia pretty caved in as the sound of doing it every morning was appealing.

"Hehe~ I can't wait." Shaman was excited but the mood changed when they heard a voice come from the front room.

"And who says that you can do what you want in my bath?" Himeko's voice rang out and Shaman's and Elysia's hearts both sank.

86 Caught red handed

Shaman and Elysia both froze as they just heard Himeko in the next room. Shaman and Elysia looked at each other and Shaman nodded to say she had a plan.

They quickly got into their casual clothes, with Shaman wearing a black top and shorts paired along with stockings. Elysia wore her White top and black skirt and after getting changed went next to Shaman.

"Why have you gone quiet, you better not be thinking of escaping." Himeko could now be heard walking in and Shaman quickly pulled Elysia in [Shadow walk].

'Yes it works with multiple people.' Shaman was unsure if it would let her bring Elysia but just like [Shadow cloak] she could but at the cost of extra mana.

They quickly moved out to where Himeko was but when they entered the room they could not enter due to Himeko creating light and making all the shadows disappear. Without realizing it though they walked into a trap as they were unable to go back due to light now covering any form of shadows behind them.

"Looks like I caught some sneaky foxes." Himeko smirked as she expected them to use Shaman's shadows to escape so she planned a way to trap them.

Shaman and Elysia had nowhere to go and so they exited [Shadow walk] slowly rising from the ground. Their ears drooped down as well as their tail as they looked down at the floor facing Himeko.

Without saying a word Himeko pulled on their ears, Shaman and Elysia cried out in pain. Wolfy could also be seen by the door shaking his head as his suspicions were confirmed.

"Now, I was thinking of going easy on you today but it seems like you have already treated yourselves in MY personal bath." Veins could be seen popping out of Himeko's head like she was about to blow a fuse.

.....

"You are lucky the bath water changes every 30 minutes or so otherwise I would have had you in there with BUCKETS!" Himeko did one last final pull before letting them go, Shaman and Elysia both grabbed a hold of their ears as they still had lingering pain.

'Tch, I would not mind but at least make it after I had my bath.' Himeko was not angry but was more jealous but she did not want to admit she was jealous so she did not say this out loud so instead she vented it out her frustrations on the 2 girls that had just done it in her bath.

"Sorry we won't do it again." Shaman apologized and her face turned bright red as the reality was setting in that they were caught. Elysia also shared the same fate as now her face was bright red.

"Sigh, now don't let me catch you again otherwise I really will give out a punishment." Himeko shook her head and walked past Shaman and Elysia so she could go have a bath herself.

"How about next time we make sure no one else needs to use the bath." Elysia still did not want to lose the morning sessions and from what Himeko said it seems like as long as they are not caught it is okay.

"Yep, let's make sure we are the last ones to go." Shaman shared the same thoughts with Elysia.

After they agreed they looked at Wolfy who was sitting by the door.

'You can count me out of future baths with you, I'm going to ask Himeko to take me instead.' Wolfy turned his head away which was rather cute but his words contrasted this.

Shaman sighed as it was expected and was a little sad by Wolfy's words but she could do nothing but accept it.

"Well let's head back." Shaman held Elysia's hand and they walked back to the central tower, Wolfy went ahead using his shadows leaving Shaman and Elysia alone.

"Today started wonderful but it seems like everything is going downhill now." Elysia could not help but feel like things were only going to get worse.

"Well I hope it gets better." Shaman gave a quick kiss to the cheek. Elysia had gone a little red as she was caught off guard.

"Hehe~." Shaman accomplished her mission of cheering up Elysia and they continued to walk hand in hand.

***

"Alright girls we are going back to the dungeon but we are going to go to the lower floor where it will be easier and it won't be skeletons this time." Himeko put her hand on the dining table as they had all just finished breakfast and Himeko wanted to get right to training.

Shaman was relieved that they would not be fighting the same creatures as she doesn't know how she will cope if she saw them.

"We will be up against Terikin which are a form of ghosts and they are the first evolution of the mist you saw but are unable to possess anything yet. I say ghost but they are still Physical beings so any magic works on them but physical attacks will do minimal damage due to them being able to manipulate their body. Let's say they are more like floating slime till they evolve into a proper spectral body." Himeko explained what they were up against and Shaman had a pretty good image on what they would be fighting but also could not help relate the name back to a certain idol. Elysia and Wolfy were a little confused but still understood the important information.

"If there are no questions we will be heading out to the dungeon in 10 minutes." They still needed to get changed so they still had some time before they needed to leave.

Both Shaman and Elysia both shook their heads and Himeko smiled.

"Alright i'll see you in 10 minutes." Himeko did her usual exit of vanishing leaving Shaman, Elysia and Wolfy.

"Well let's go get changed." Shaman wanted to hurry and get ready and make most of the 10 minutes to tease Elysia.

They all headed for their room while Wolfy waited outside.

Shaman got changed quickly as the system allowed for quick equipping. Shaman did not use this feature much as she totally forgot it was an option. Elysia noticed Shaman do this and was confused how she did it.

"How the hell did you do that and why am I only finding out about it now." Elysia went next to Shaman for answers as this would have been super helpful.

"If you say equipment any clothes you have in your inventory can go into the armour/clothes slots, I forgot I could do this since it is so natural just to put on clothes normally haha~." Shaman felt a little embarrassed as the convenience of the system was left unused.

"Urrrggg~ how dare you forget now I can drag and drop, and speaking about the system how are you doing Rea." Elysia remembered that Rea could still hear them but she had been silent.

[I am still here, I think I will be able to speak soon but besides that I also have some good news]

Shaman and Elysia's interests peaked as it is unusual to hear much from Rea when it came to getting information.

[Main quest: Clear the first floor of the tomb]

Kill Terikin 0/100

Kill Akirikan 0/1

[Reward]

[Find out when you finish hehe~] – Rea

"Huh?" Shaman was very confused by the last part as it was unusual for Rea to hide the rewards.

"Rea, what are our rewards?" Elysia wanted to know what their rewards were and hoped Rea would just tell them anyway.

[Uhhh well would you believe me if I said I don't know]

"What do you mean you don't know?" Shaman was getting more curious and wondered if it was just Rea being lazy.

[Like i said I don't know, I need to wait till I find out and just so you know this quest is given to you early so that's why]

Shaman and Elysia looked at each other and were surprised by what Rea said as it seems like they were learning more about what the system actually is.

"Okay so we will find out later what the rewards will be?" Elysia in the end did not really care how the system worked unlike Shaman and just wanted answers.

[Yes]

"Good." Elysia was okay with finding out later.

'So it seems like there are a lot more people behind the system than just a few, I wonder if I will be able to get more information out of Rea.' Shaman wanted to learn more about the system as it could give her the reason why she was transported here in the first place.

[Hehe~ good luck]

Shaman forgot that Rea could read their thoughts and responded to what Shaman said to herself. But before Shaman could speak there was a knock on the bedroom door.

"Girls, are you ready to get going because if not you are going out in whatever you are dressed in." Himeko was there to pick them up as the 10 minutes passed.

'Damn I did not get to tease Elysia.' Shaman wanted to tease Elysia a little before leaving but got distracted by Rea.

Himeko and Wolfy entered the room and saw that they were both ready to go.

"We are ready." Shaman said they were ready and so they all stood next to Himeko and were transported towards the dungeon.

87 Terikin

The group appeared in front of the dungeon and the guards in front of the door moved out of the way while also pulling on a lever that started to open the door. The guards bowed and Himeko began to walk through the door.

Shaman, Elysia and Wolfy followed her and they started to descend stairs just like in Cholden. After a short walk they found themselves in what looked like a massive graveyard which was the size of a few football fields put together with a few churches scattered around. The entire place was also lit by what looked like a moon making it rather dark but enough light to see around you just fine. One noticeable detail was a massive cathedral which was at the end of the room. Shaman assumed that the cathedral is the entry to the next floor and is where the skeleton knight is located.

"Alright in each of these churches except the large cathedral at the back will have Terikin in them and I want you to hunt as many as you can. I will be right behind you basically yelling instructions at you about what you should be doing while you fight." Himeko explained her outline on what she wanted to do.

Shaman and Elysia nodded and with confirmation Himeko pointed to the first church.

"Well what are you waiting for? We have some hunting to do."

Shaman, Elysia and Wolfy then began to run to the first church going through all the random graves.

'This is odd, it's like the entire floor is covered in graves that have been placed randomly.' Shaman thought that there was something more to the graves but was unable to determine what it was.

However Shaman's suspicions were confirmed when a purple ghost-like monster shot up from one of the graves they walked over.

"Holy shit." Shaman got jump scared and jumped away, Elysia and Wolfy halted their movements and turned around.

.....

Suddenly a bunch of Terikin started to emerge from the graves surrounding them. They could be seen slowly dragging themselves up like zombies and only half of their body was visible.

Himeko smirked as she knew that this was going to happen and wanted to see what they would do in a surprise situation and also guide them on what they should do.

The tattoo on Shaman's hand appeared and soon after Kotetsu appeared in Shaman's hand. Elysia Pulled out her bow and Wolfy went into the shadows ready to fight and luckily to how dark the place is Wolfy would have no issues moving around.

"Let's not waste time and get killing." Shaman wanted to get the numbers down as much as she could, this was also the go sign for Elysia and Wolfy to start attacking.

Shaman dashed back to the Terikan that appeared beneath her feet first as it was the closest one.

It was still halfway in the ground as it seemed like it was stuck in the ground so Shaman Slashed down on its head to see if a normal attack would work.

Shaman's sword collided with the head and what Shaman thought would just go straight through instead got stuck like she was trying to cut through a dense piece of slime. Shaman tried to pull away but was unable to and the Terikin started to scream.

"ARHHHHHHH." A screeching ghostly howl rang through the ears of everyone nearby causing Shaman to wince in pain a little but she did not let go of her sword.

Shaman quickly realized that Physical attack won't kill it so she activated the ice infinity and froze the Terikin through the ice on the blade. Shaman then smashed the Terikin and saw that there was a glowing purple core that was broken alongside it.

'So it is the core that is keeping them alive.' This was a key detail and could save them a lot of mana when fighting this many.

"Elysia, Wolfy, aim for the purple core inside their bodies, that's their weak point!" Shaman shouted this as it could especially help Elysia as she only uses elemental arrows which in the long run can suck up a lot of mana.

*

Himeko was so far impressed by what Shaman has done so far and has not had the need to point out anything. The only thing she could pick up on was technique. She found Shaman's style of fighting very free which is good as it is flexible but it's hard to master and without a foundation of a style it can lead to sloppy movement.

'I think I will get instructor Stein to teach her the Ado foundation of katana's.' Himeko had also used this exercise as a way to find which teacher would suit them the best.

'I wish I could train them individually but sadly I only know how to use a greatsword.' Himeko wanted to train them personally but she is unable to cover all bases.

*

Elysia nodded and began to look for the core Shaman mentioned. Due to the purple body it was hard to notice but Elysia was able to locate a darker patch in the stomach.

Elysia took aim using a low cost fire arrow to test what kind of power she would need. Elysia fired the shot as it sped through the air and pierced the core with ease leaving a hole in the Terikin. The Terikin slowly faded away till only the purple core was left.

Elysia was happy as she could really feel the upgraded fire that she had acquired.

Elysia then went on to snipe a few more Terikin before they got out of the ground.

"Hahaha~." Elysia began to laugh a little as she was enjoying herself a little too much.

*

Wolfy, who had been in the shadows, heard what he needed to aim for and began to approach some of the emerging Terikin.

Wolfy got behind one and planned to use his shadow sword but instead he wanted to try something else out. Wolfy knew he was going to get the scythe as a weapon and wanted to try it using his shadows.

Wolfy appeared behind the Terikin that was still pulling themselves up and began to imagine the scythe. It was a success as the scythe appeared in his mouth just like the sword. Wolfy was able to manipulate so that it could bend and turn to his will.

Wolfy turned his head and slashed upwards with the scythe piercing the core.

'Hmm this doesn't feel right, let's try using it another way.' Wolfy was not comfortable with using a scythe with his mouth and planned to try a different way.

'Since I can move the shadow itself, why don't I make the blade come from the ground.' Wolfy liked this idea and so he moved on to the next one quickly.

Wolfy began to control the Shadows and made sure to have control of the ones under the ghost. Once he was in range and was in control he manifested the scythe to shoot from the ground. This time it provided much better results as a shadow blade came from the ground piercing through the body of the Terikin killing it.

'Now that was cool.' Wolfy liked what he just did and wanted to experiment a little more.

At this point most of the Terikin were out of the ground and all of them screeched at the same time causing everyone to halt their movements again. This time Shaman had to cover her ears as it was rather unbearable. Elysia and Wolfy also did the same thing and they waited for it to be over.

Once the screaming was finished they were able to concentrate again but this distraction allowed the Terikin to group up and begin to all attack at once. There were about 50 Terikin that formed a circle around the group and floated just above the ground ready to fly at them.

Shaman's first thought was about the quest and thought it was rather easy.

'I wonder why it is such a low number?' Shaman did not have time to think about it as Himeko shouted from the sky.

"All of you Group up and defend each other's backs!" Himeko spoke up for the first time and They all followed her orders straight away.

"Well Elysia I hope you can shoot enough arrows." Shaman and Elysia leaned up against each other and exchanged a few words.

"Fuhuhu~ I hope you can slash quickly enough to kill them." Elysia drawed her bow and already began the attack due to her range advantage.

"Tch." Shaman clicked her tongue as she would have to use a bit of mana to use a long range skill strong enough to kill one and was rather jealous of Elysia's current advantage.

"Wolfy will you be okay?" Shaman was the most worried about him as he was more of a single target kind of class.

'I have an idea and I think you will like it very much.' Wolfy spoke with confidence as he had an idea for a new skill and could not wait to try it out.

"I can't wait, let's get to killing shall we." Shaman smiled and dashed forward as the Terikin were now close enough for Shaman to be able to deal with while also protecting Elysia and Wolfy.

The fight against the horde had begun and Himeko could not wait to see them in action again.

88 And they don't stop coming

Shaman coated her sword in ice as it seemed to be the most effective element against the Terikin.

A few Terikin locked onto her, letting out small screeches and their ghostly jaws hanging, looking like they were barely holding on. The body itself looked like it was slime as at the ends of the body bits of the mist was hanging. A light cloud also could be seen underneath them which was a possible reason why they are able to float.

Shaman wanted to get rid of them quickly as there were too many to worry about and she had to make sure she was doing her job.

She dragged her sword along the ground making the ice spread along the floor, She had also activated her domain for the extra power boost. The Terikin had floated over the Ice and began to stretch out in order to grab Shaman. But before they could reach Shaman the ice started to form an ice spike and shot up straight into their cores killing them.

The mist slowly fell to the ground and disappeared.

'That was cool but I will say it did use a bit of mana.' Shaman had also gotten a system notification.

[Would you like to make all your ice skills into free form]

[Yes/No]

Shaman was a little confused but it did not seem like a bad idea so she said yes without thinking about it for too long as more Terikin were incoming.

.....

[Ice spear and Wall are now gone]

[Creating new skill]

[Ice free form]

[allows the user to freely manipulate any ice under its control, user can create weapons and objects and the more mana is used the stronger the ice will be]

Shaman was confused when she saw this message as she could already do what it described.

'Fuck I don't have time to being thinking about this.' Shaman had many questions but she needed to get back to killing some Terikin.

Another wave of them came but this time there were 8 of them attacking at once.

"Well isn't this unfair, why would you gang up on cute little me, Fight someone your own size." Shaman employed the same tactic but was a lot more aggressive. Shaman swung her katana across the ground and the ice approached the Terikin at a fast pace. The ice on the floor started to come up and started to freeze them.

The Terikin tried to move out of the way but they were unable to dodge as the ice caught their floating legs and slowly froze them all over.

Shaman stared blankly at what she just did as she did not put much power into it and little mana but was able to freeze all 8 Terikin in a few seconds with just one swing.

[Level up! you are now level 68]

[You still have 440 unused attribute points]

[Ice upgraded to tier 3]

'Wait since when did i get to level 68 and also i did not tell my ice to do that.' The questions were piling on top of each other and Shaman was getting more confused.

'Shit.' Shaman again was under pressure as Terikin started to rush past her heading straight for Elysia.

'This is why I need to switch on and just fight, think about it later.' Shaman conjured up ice spears and sent them towards the few Terikin that got past her. They were killed and the core skewered by the spear fell to the floor.

Shaman turned back and when she did more Terikin had come from the ground.

'Will they ever stop coming?' Shaman was now under the suspicion that this was going to be a much longer fight than anticipated.

The Terikin all charged in her direction in a group making it at least 20 in a bundle.

'Let's try an AOE skill.' Shaman had an idea in mind on how she could use her ice and was going to give it a try.

Shaman dashed forward so that she was far enough away to not disrupt Elysia or Wolfy.

Shaman created a pillar of ice allowing her to jump from a greater height, she aimed for the middle of the pack of Terikin that were rushing in her direction.

They were grabbing each other groaning like zombies while their bodies moved around like they were melting. It was a rather disturbing sight as it seemed like they were crying out for help. Nonetheless Shaman did not care for them and were just monsters to her.

Shaman landed in the middle of the small horde stabbing her sword into the ground. She killed one Terikin with the landing which allowed her to stab her sword into the ground.

Once Kotetsu was in the ground, ice rapidly came from the ground. A small flat bit was made in the middle for Shaman while ice spikes of different sizes shot out trapping and killing all the Terikin that were in the horde.

[Level up! – 69]

Level up! – 70]

Shaman knelt on the ground as she tried her best to hold her excitement.

'That was so FUCKING COOL.' Shaman felt like she was really living her fantasy and could not help how amazing it felt to kill a bunch of monsters with one move.

Shaman stood up and used her fire to quickly begin to melt the ice, some Terikin were alive but due to them still being in the ice Shaman was able to send spikes from the floor to the ground.

'Phew that was fun let's check on my mana.'

[2800/3400]

'Wow! There is still so much left.' Shaman was surprised as usually it takes a lot of mana to create ice but she guessed it had to do with the Ice free form skill.

'I guess it allows me to optimize my output and now that I think about it, my ice feels so much easier to control.' Shaman quickly created something and it felt like second nature to her.

'Maybe because I use my ice to create so many different things the system decided to make it easier for me.' Shaman was not complaining as Ice was becoming her favourite element to use.

Unfortunately however more groans and screams could be heard.

'There is still more?' Shaman was wondering if there will ever be an end as it seems like they wont stop coming.

'Oh well this is a perfect opportunity to practice, so I should be grateful.' Shaman shook her head and gripped Kotetsu with both her hands.

'Let's see if I can get my other Elements to tier up.' Shaman wanted to get her water element up as it was the lowest with it still being at tier 1.

Shaman switched to water with Kotetsu and the Blade shone with a blue light and with a few strands of Shaman's hair turning blue.

The Terikin appeared again but this time in less numbers but it could still be seen in the distance more coming from the ground.

'Let's deal with you before it gets too overwhelming.' Shaman uses [Tidal wave] creating a massive wave. She sent it off in the direction of the Terikin and due to her still having control over the wave she was able to increase the pressure of the water, so when a Terikin was consumed by the water their cores would be crushed.

Shaman had only sent one as it would have been boring for her to just keep sending waves and crushing their cores so she waited for them to close. Shaman could see one final group coming and no signs of more coming out of the ground.

'Looks like this may be the last of the batch.' Shaman looked at the group 15 Terikin that were left.

Shaman had decided on what to do so she dashed towards the small group and began her attack.

Shaman conjured up some water and created a wave wall around the Terikin allowing for no escape.

Shaman then slashed the air upwards which made the water ring tighten. The Terikin were now in the water struggling to move as the slime-like mist made it hard for them to move.

With the Terikin now trapped, Shaman quickly used [Slicing tornado] to create a water tornado. With the combined water stopping them from moving the tornado was able to break their cores killing the remaining 15.

Screams could be heard from the group of Terikin as they each started to die as blades of the tornado hit their cores.

"HEeelLLPppP." A cry of help could be heard which made Shaman turn around.

'Why the hell do they have to make the monsters so human and turn this into some sick plot that uses innocent souls to create the monster.' Shaman got chills as the wild possibility ran through her head from the cry for help since it sounded human but also a little distorted.

'Anyway let's check up on the other 2 as it seems like they are about to finish their fights.' Shaman had gotten far from the others but she could see that they were just finishing their fights as well.

89 Elysia destruction

Elysia had been sniping the Terikin from a distance as they came up making it pretty easy for her to hold her ground. However, the sheer amount of them was getting overwhelming for her.

'Looks like it's time for some explosive measures.' Elysia smiled as she prepared her next arrow. She combined [Explosive shot] With [Blade burst arrow] and [Arrow Storm]. Elysia had a brief moment of thought.

'Is this too much?' But this was overruled when she imagined how big the explosion would be.

Elysia fired the arrow with no second thoughts and was heading straight for the group of 25 Terikin that had emerged from the ground. The arrow split up into 10 arrows spreading among the horde.

Each of them landed making a joint explosion, fire blades had also flown out which was the main force getting rid of the cores as inside the explosion was a raging dome of blades flying around.

Elysia's face was full of enjoyment as she heard the screams of the Terikin die within the explosion. The ground had also shook slightly from the explosion which seemed to have caused more Terkin to come out of the ground.

`Whoops, it looks like I need to do it again hehe~.' Elysia prepared another arrow already as she was not going to let them come out of the ground.

She fired it off again this time making the arrow storm more spread so it could hit all the spots where the graves were. Explosions could be seen spread out across the graveyard as more screams could be heard.

"HHhhHeeEeEeLlLlLLlPppPP." The words help rung out which had made Elysia even more excited as the cries of the dying were amusing to her and she began to chuckle a little .

.....

Pieces of the ground had also flown all over the place and a trail of holes in the ground could also be seen where the arrows landed, Fire could also be seen burning the grass and the few dead trees that were around showing the destruction Elysia was causing. A system notification had also rang out.

[New Skill]

[Carpet bomb]

[Rain down explosive blade arrows on your enemies, size and amount varies depending on how much mana is used]

[Level up! – 63]

[Level up! – 64]

[Level up! – 65]

Elysia had acquired a new skill alongside some level ups, however she could not quite rest as it seemed like her barrage was not enough to keep the Terikin in their graves.

'Tch looks like you have come back for, just how I like it.' Elysia licked her lips as it was a perfect opportunity to use her skill and hopefully finish off the last of them.

Elysia activated her skill and a blue arrow appeared which took Elysia a little by surprise as most of her arrows were either red or orange.

'Must be more powerful fufufu~' Elysia took aim towards the new emerging Terikin and fired her shot. The arrow went straight in the air leaving a trail of blue behind. Eventually the arrows began to split into more Blue arrows.

The arrows began to fall heading towards the Terikin, this time a bigger explosion occurred and a distinct blue flame could be seen engulfing them. The cores were easily burnt to a crisp and the items entered their inventory thanks to Rea's help.

The one thing Elysia did not account for was that she was facing the church and one of the arrows had hit it. The church slowly began to crumble and fall to the ground. Parts of the Church had also flown past Elysia as she looked at the destruction she was causing.

Soon the whole front of the small church had caved in and Elysia could only stare in amazement at what she had done.

'I wonder if I could do it at the other churches.' Elysia wanted to destroy the other Churches as it was rather satisfying for her. One more system notification had rang out to show that she went up 2 more levels.

[Level up! – 66]

[Level up! – 67]

'Well that should do it, let's see how Wolfy and Shaman are doing.' Elysia turned around and could see that Shaman had finished and was coming over.

"Hey Shaman~ how did your fight go?" Elysia ran to Shaman as she wanted to know how it went and seeing how she was finished first she must have done something new to accomplish that.

"I'll tell you later, let's check on Wolfy first as it seems like he is not quite finished." Shaman was still worried for Wolfy as fighting a group of trash mobs was not Wolfy's expertise.

"Alright." Elysia shared the same feelings and so they headed over to where Wolfy was fighting.

**

Himeko was currently a little baffled by Elysia's performance as it was very destructive and it almost matched her own flame.

'I can definitely train her myself when it comes to controlling the fire element but I'm going to have to get Arsia to teach her how to use a bow.' Himeko had decided on a trainer for Elysia as again she was not an expert with Bows.

'Speaking of which I should get Elysia a bow as that tier 3 one will just destroy itself.' Himeko could see the amount of stress that was being put on the bow.

'Anyway it looks like the only person left is Wolfy, which he is doing alright but definitely a lot slower.' Himeko went back to observing the battle.

***

'Hmmm, it seems like Himeko has taken them in for training.' A man that wore white robes with gold lining could be seen in a window across from the dungeon.

'I have to report this back as it is going to be impossible to catch the fox girls with her protection.' The white robed figure pulled out a talisman with a Magic circle on it and activated it.

"I would like to make a repo-." Before the Man could finish his head was chopped off and began to roll across the floor.

The figure that seemingly killed the man destroyed the talisman with a small purple lightning bolt.

"Tch these spies are really getting annoying, ever since Himeko brought in those Fox girls they have been everywhere." A young feminine voice could be heard in the dark room till she stepped into the light.

She had purple eyes with midnight black hair that went just past her shoulders and coloured purple tips. She wore a black dress that had purple gems around the edges of it. She had also worn thigh high socks which shared the same purple gems at the end of them alongside a pair of black heels. She also wore black thin fingerless gloves and had a purple flower that was at the side of the hair.

"Sigh, When will Himeko introduce me to the girls, their tails look so fluffy it makes me want to pat them." The women complained as she looked at the dungeon where they were currently training.

"Oh well better go back and put this on the long list of people I have killed in the last few days plus I am so close to tier 5 now surely Himeko will let me out of the city." The woman's eyes brightened as it seemed like she was also being trained by Himeko.

She quickly exited the room and made her way back to make the report she needed to make.

90 Wolfy's struggle

Wolfy was ready with his new idea as he understood that group confrontation isn't his forte but luckily since the Terikin lacked intelligence Wolfy would be able to manipulate them.

The first batch that were out of the group started to rush towards Wolfy but from the way they were acting they were ignoring him and were more focused on Shaman and Elysia.

'Oh no you don't.' He saw the intent and instantly got to work for his new skill.

Wolfy started to spread his shadow across the floor and a black and dark purple wave could be seen throughout the shadow which indicated the area that Wolfy controlled

The Terikin paid no attention to this and continued to go over the shadow without thinking. Once all the Trekin had entered the shadow Wolfy finally activated the shadows.

Just like he had done before Wolfy made scythes come up from the ground creating a spike field of scythe blades. Each and every Terikin was skewered by a shadow scythe and were instantly killed. Wolfy despite not having a system, Rea still put the loot from Wolfy's kill into Shaman's inventory.

Wolfy was taking heavy breaths as it took a lot of mana out of him and in the long term, it is going to bite him back sooner or later if he continues to use the skill.

'Despite me having a considerable amount of mana that took a lot out of me.' Wolfy felt the drain and he figured he could only use it about 2 more times before passing out.

'Looks like I am going to have to speed assassinate them but I need to draw their attention somehow so they don't just run to Mother or Elysia.' Wolfy was deep in thought but it was soon broken as another wave of Terikin began to rise from the ground.

.....

'God dammit, let's just try to kill them as fast as I can.' Wolfy wanted to reduce the numbers as much as he could. Wolfy ran along the graves shooting up scythes to pierce the cores.

"HeEEllPpp." Screams were being heard but all Wolfy could do was scoff at it.

'Pft the only person I would help is my mother and sometimes Elysia, not some low life trash mob in a dungeon.' Wolfy growled a little and continued his sprint through the graveyard.

Soon the Terikin that Wolfy did not manage to kill before they exited the ground finally were free but just as expected they ignored Wolfy.

'Lets see if this works.' Wolfy had thought of a way while running and was hoping it would be enough.

Wolfy then began to howl into the sky while also creating a massive shadow of a Wolf that had purple glowing eyes which appeared behind Wolfy. The Terikin turned around and saw Wolfy's shadow and began to run towards him instead of Shaman and Elysia.

'YES!' Wolfy was happy with the results and he could see the group of 15 terikin go after him instead.

The Terikin charged in the direction of the shadow Wolf that was still visible. Wolfy had dived into the ground into [Shadow walk] and made his way towards the rear of the group. He appeared behind them with sword in mouth and swung at the core. After killing one he would go back into the ground and move on to the next one.

Soon only 7 were left but this is when the Terikin stopped moving as they turned to look at Wolfy who had just killed one. They screamed and reached out to grab him as now they see him as more of a threat. The scream had also started to bring more Terikin, making the next wave come early.

Wolfy started to panic a little bit as it would be too much for him to handle.

'I have to finish this group off quickly.' Wolfy jumped into the air throwing his shadow sword at one Terikin while he made a small puddle of Shadows. This was a lot smaller than the large scale one which saved him his mana. Scythes came from the ground once again killing the Terikin and piercing the core.

Wolfy wanted to get straight to killing the Terikin before they came out of the ground but to his surprise they had already come up from the ground and started to go after Wolfy.

Wolfy's heart sank as it was a group of 30 and he was unsure how he was going to be able to deal with it.

'I can use the AOE as Mother would say but I don't know if my mana can support that amount of area.' Wolfy found that the Terikin were more spread out as if to counter his attack.

'I just have to start attacking.' Wolfy had thought of a few ideas but was unsure how well they would turn out but he was going to at least try.

Wolfy gritted his teeth from the nerves he was feeling and he could also feel his fur stand up a little.

Wolfy slammed his paws on the ground and started to run at them, he activated [Shadow cloak] to make it harder for the Terikin to hit him. Wolfy jumped up in front of the first Terikin but due to Wolfy being in Shadow cloak it was unable to dodge and took a blade to the core.

The Terikin started to surround Wolfy and kept their distance away from him as the circle formed.

Wolfy ran to the edge and did a small AOE attack of scythes but when he got close to the edge the surrounding Terikin began to swarm him. Wolfy panicked as he was unsure of what to do so he tried to dodge out of the way.

Due to the sheer amount of hands clawing at him, and since he was a full size Wolf, he was unable to avoid it. Wolfy got a massive cut in his side as well as his back. Wolfy managed to kill another Terikin while dodging but now he was bleeding profusely out of his wound. Wolfy was able to cover the wound with his shadows, as when it came off the ground it gained physical properties.

Wolfy found it hard to move but his mind was racing.

'Fuck, fuck, fuuuuckkk, What do I do, surely Himeko will come and help.' Wolfy looked up in the air to look for Himeko and when he did he saw the look on her face.

She was smiling at him which usually looked good but to Wolfy in this moment, could not help feel this evil aura come off her like she wanted him dead.

'No.' Wolfy could not believe what he was seeing and he could not understand why.

Wolfy however had no more time to think as the remaining 24 Terikin had started to chase him. Wolfy tried to run but due to the pain he had to enter [Shadow walk] as he does not physically move but is moved by the Shadow.

Wolfy was able to relax a little from the pain but he still had a horde issue to worry about. Wolfy figured he could strike from below slowly killing them off but before he could finish the thought a large Ice spear and fire arrow crashed into the ground.

He looked ahead to see the infuriated face of Shaman and Elysia who had just wiped out the last of them. Wolfy came out of the shadow and laid on the floor as he could not move and used his shadow to stop the bleeding from the claw marks. Luckily due to his fur having some defensive properties the marks on the back were lighter but the ones that landed closer to his stomach did not fare too well.

Shaman quickly rushed to Wolfy's side and did not waste any time in using [Heal] on him. Wolfy started to feel the wounds close which allowed him to dispel the shadows that were on them.

"Oh thank god you are okay, I don't need another close call after what happened the other day." Shaman was relieved to see Wolfy was breathing and alive since when she saw Wolfy's injuries she started to panic a little.

'Heh well let's say fighting a big group is not my expertise but I need to say something to you once Himeko is not around.' Wolfy wanted to say what he saw but right now was not the time as he had no idea how Himeko would react.

"Haha~ maybe until you get your human body, you stick with single targets and support." Shaman felt, once Wolfy gained access to a human form his combat ability would increase and allow him to be much more independent.

'Also sure I can wait but why not when Himeko is away.' Shaman spoke to Wolfy through telepathy instead of out loud like usual.

'I saw something but right now is not the best time.' Wolfy felt a little pressured by his Mother but he still held on strong.

Shaman nodded and picked up Wolfy as now he was healed but was still weak from the battle.

Elysia had also come over as she was looking out making sure no more Terikin would come out.

"There is no more but seeing as Wolfy is exhausted I say we go back." Elysia wanted to continue but since Wolfy was out of commission it was best they would leave however Himeko had flown down.

"We continue on to the main cathedral!"