Chapter 2: Apocalyptic to Realm of Beasts
In Blue Star, the apocalypse was a brutal, unforgiving event. One mistake and it's all over for one person or worse for the entire group.
They had encountered a large group of infected beasts and humans. Aella had to use every ounce of her magic to support her comrades in order to halt the advance of the beasts through their protected territories, endangering the old and the children if a beast wave came.
However, the true purpose of their mission was not just to cleanse the area, but to procure meat. Other than providing support from the rear, she had to process their harvest.
Pure blood witches could use a great amount of magic and have the ability to purify meat, making them invaluable assets to the survival of mankind.
That is why despite her lack of muscle and fighting ability, Aella became a member of a seasoned human mercenary group after her coming of age, a point where her magic power became stable.
Meat from infected beasts is normally inedible due to contamination and rots quickly.
In that case, a witch like her is needed to purify and seal the infected beast's carcass right after it dies, placing it inside her magical storage brimming with mana that maintains its freshness after cleansing it to the highest quality.
Five decades had passed since the apocalypse descended upon the Middle Realm. The witches and humans had long since settled their differences, ending the witch hunts and wars.
In exchange for providing the humans with a place to live, the humans developed the witches' terramare into a secure and expansive domain, using their advanced technology.
After the unification, although rare, intermarriage between willing witches and humans became widely accepted. Fostering hybrids capable of wielding magic but it wasn't comparable to pure bloods.
Evidently enough with the way they age just like any other normal humans, regardless of having greater features enough to pass like a modern-day idol with a towering build in contrast to a pure-blood witch's delicate features.
Despite their small numbers, the pure-blood witches who resided within the innermost and safest part of the territory were a formidable force, their magic and witchcraft are not to be underestimated.
To this day, a lot of clans are very strict in preserving their bloodlines.
Apart from their innate power, humans are highly dependent on them for survival, especially with the lack of resources. Regardless of the hybrid's small magic, only pure breeds have enough magic and the ability to cleanse contaminated food.
Thus, they wouldn't go against the norm of the conservative witches to only let their kin go out once they had reached adulthood.
After teaching the young witches throughout their childhood, as soon as they become adults, the elders are very confident that they have instilled their teachings and practices well.
In any case, the goal of these clans was to ultimately preserve the witches' chastity for fifty years by avoiding contact with the outside world, especially those who in their eyes are nothing but parasitic human males!
Witches are made only for each other, such a notion must be conserved. Apparently, Aella was a part of such a clan.
'Right, I'm a noble witch. I should keep calm. If… If they make fun of me, I'll turn them into slugs!' she frantically thought, her heart beating as loud as the continuous banging of a drum.
It just so happens that dealing with people in embarrassing situations wasn't part of their teachings.
Aella instinctively reached up to touch her head, but before she could move her hand, her wrists were bound by something tight. Her arms were pulled above her head, leaving her helpless and unable to resist.
"Ugh... Huh-errm?" She tried to pull it down but it won't budge at all.
A hot steam of ragged breathing entered her ears and hit the bareness of her neck, sending tingles on her insides.
Gradually, the reality of her situation was beginning to sink in when she felt something hard move and start penetrating her lower part.
'It's... inside me, there's something a-alive that's hitting my tummy! Oh gosh, why is it growing bigger?!'
"Anh... hmp!"
Aella felt the pulsation of the thing growing stronger as it was bulging in her nether regions.
"Ngh!!"
All she could do was let out a stifled sound, not helping but moan sensually, while losing control of her body.
The heaviness that made her sore, almost to the point of numbing, only lessened when what felt like a boulder weighing on her body left.
Yet before she could heave a sigh of relief, a piercing movement came rendering the girl thunderstruck and filled with anxiety.
'N-No way!' she mentally screamed with tears welling up her eyes.
"Erhmmm!"
Something...
Something is above her right now!
Is it a worm beast trying to eat her insides?
Long and filling her hole...?
Is it trying to infect her from within?
She doesn't want to become one of those infected humans with rotting fleshes!
Oh please... NO!
If not a notorious evolved beast with tentacles, then what could it be?!
It was the only creature she could associate it with, after all, she couldn't see what was happening around her.
Aella was immediately thrown into panic and started squirming more with evident protest.
She was about to cast a magic spell when her mouth was covered, making her squirm below the unknown 'creature' harder. She was pinned down with no way of breaking free.
"Ermmm… hmmm!"
What's more, she still couldn't even open her eyes!
It was stuck with a thick layer of gunk as though she was having sore eyes on both sides.
How can she fight back when her mouth is rendered shut, and her hands are bound?
'Err, but this type of bondage is… ugh… it just feels so weird!'