The heavy tires of the Humvee crunched over the thick roots of the Haunted Forest as the first light of dawn filtered through the canopy. James drove the vehicle. He felt tired from driving the car. He thought a self-driving car would be better or maybe even a transformer. He thought somehow Drowned and Alladin were able to get their hands on transformers. He thought dozens of them could be an issue if they did not have transformers on their sides. They would need to fight fire with fire.
"Ugh my head feels like a giant stepped on it," Shizuka complained as she touched her temples and squinting at the morning sun. Her top was still undone and she was wearing her bra.
"I believe the wine was poisoned," Tsukiumi muttered as she was slumped against the window. "There is no other logical explanation," she added as she was slightly red.
"It wasn't poison, Tsukiumi. You had a few to many," James remarked. You girls were quite the handful last night," he added. He thought they were like that most of the time in a good way. He smiled.
"I did not," Tsukiumi said as she leaned forward and grabbed his shirt. She started to shake James. "I was not drunk," she added.
James chuckled and touched her hand. "Okay," James responded. Her hand was soft.
Tsukiumi felt her hand being touched and she moved her hand back. She had a slight blush on her cheeks.
Saya sat up and rubbed her eyes and tried to smooth out her rumpled clothes. "My head slightly hurts," Saya remarked. "I remember sensei and mum trying to seduce James," she said.
"Well that did happen, Shizuka tried to start a one-woman strip show," James remarked. "It was a very... interesting evening, to say the least," he added. He thought if he had been in the Dungeon it would have been a different ending. He smiled as he drove down the path.
Yuriko rubbed her head. "I am not as young as I was once," she remarked as she rubbed her forehead. She looked a bit pale. She thought she was now actively trying to seduce him.
"You look like Saya`s older cooler sister," James said.
"I am cool," Saya responded.
The girls all giggled.
Akitsu was the only one who seemed relatively unfazed. "Thank you," she noted quietly.
As they approached the massive rock face, James drove into the cave. "We are almost home," he said.
James then summoned the lift. A larger, reinforced platform appeared within the cave's shadows.
"How does this all work?" Saya questioned as she looked at the platform.
"Magic," Yuriko responded.
"That is the explanation here," James responded.
He drove the Humvee directly onto the lift and engaged the handbrake with a sharp click.
Reaching over, he pressed a button on the control panel: Second Floor: Garage for vehicles
The massive lift began to fall, the stone walls of the shaft blurring past them. They reached the floor. The big hanger was in front of them.
James shifted into gear and drove off the platform. The large tires stopped on the concrete.
"We are now back home," James said as he turned off the ignition and stepped out. He stretched his arms.
At that moment, he saw people coming towards him.
Musubi was the first to impact. "James," she cried as she tackled him into a hug so powerful it nearly knocked the wind out of him. Her soft, ample chest pressed firmly against his ribs as she nuzzled his neck. "You're back," he said.
"Musubi get off him," Tsukiumi remarked as she clenched her fist.
"But you had him all night, it is our turn," Musubi said as she hugged James tightly.
"Darling! I missed you so much! Don't ever leave for that long again," she remarked as she coiled her long tail around his legs and hoisted herself up. She hugged him and forced his back right into her cleavage. "You should leave him," Miia said as she looked at Musubi.
Musubi hugged James. Her chest pressed against his chest. "I have not seen him either," she remarked.
Saeko leaned in close and her fingers grazed his bicep. "Have they gotten bigger Danna-sama," she remarked as she smiled.
"He is a womaniser," Rei said as crossed her arms. "I think they are the same," she said as she looked at his biceps. She smiled.
"He is a pervert," Saya remarked as she got out of the Humvee.
"Why do you smell like wine?" Saeko asked.
"The king gave us a few," Yuriko said as she stepped out. Her bra could be seen.
"Mum," Saya said.
Musubi let go. "It will be time for my training soon," she remarked as she clenched her fist.
Papi fluttered overhead before landing nearby. Suu glided over in her humanoid form and wrapped her jelly-like arms around his waist and absorbed the contact.
"Suu it is my time to hug James," Miia said.
"We all should take a turn," Lois said as she looked at the chaos. She pushed Mero in her wheel chair.
"He is popular," Mero remarked.
Rachnera stood back with a smirk. "Very," she responded.
Cera blushed. "Miia let go of him," Cera said walked forward.
Lefi crossed her arms, though her tail wagged slightly behind her. "Hmph. About time you returned," she said,
"I want to hug Onii-chan," Illuna said.
Suu let go and gave her space. Illuna hugged her.
"Even, Suu is sharing," Cera remarked.
Miia pouted and let go. She moved a little back however her tail was around his legs.
Kusano hugged his leg and shot a look at Miia.
"Darling," Miia said.
"Looks like a successful trip," Jasmine remarked as she smiled at James.
Matsu looked from the distance and wiggled her butt. "This is the best, they are fighting for him," she remarked.
James stood there. He was buried under a mountain of soft curves, frantic hugs, and adoring gazes. He thought life was good.
"Alright, alright!" James laughed. "I missed you all too," he said.
"You're ours now. No more running off to save kingdoms without us," Miia remarked.
"Well, let's have a debrief," James said.
"That sounds like a good idea," Lois responded.
After a few minutes all the girls gathered on the Ninth Floor: Small Living Quarters.
"This seems to be our favorite place," Rei remarked.
"We always end up here," Cera remarked.
"I like it here," Shizuka said as she was still in her bra.
"Why are you walking around in a bra?" Tsukiumi asked.
"It is more comfortable," Shizuka responded as she touched her chin with a fingertip.
James smiled as he looked at her massive breasts. They were glorious.
"Alright, beauties ," James began. The girls all smiled and blushed. "The situation in the capital was worse than we thought. We had gotten to the Capital and met Carlotta who was Nell`s friend. The Church was connected to sewers where the undead came from. We fought our way there and got to the source, a magical circle where we work together and destroy it," he explained.
Rei's eyes sharpened instantly. "The source was a magic circle? Does that mean we can do the same back home? Can we stop the outbreak?" she asked.
James shook his head slowly. "I don't think so, Rei. Saya and I talked about it. In this world, the dead were being puppeteered by magic and circles. It's a localised spell," he said.
"Yes," Saya responded. "I hate to say it but there are a dozen ways to create a 'zombie.' In our world, it's almost certainly a biological virus or that is the current theory," she added.
Rei looked down. "I see. I was hoping for a miracle cure," she remarked.
Jasmine put a hand on her shoulder and smiled.
"Don't be too down," James said. "We're still learning and we will be going back soon to save your mum," he added.
"And Rika," Shizuka added.
"He just wants more women," Lefi remarked.
"He is a pervert," Saya remarked.
James cleared his throat. "Anyway, after we cleared the sewer, me and Tsukiumi went ahead to save the King and the Princess," he said.
"Just the two of you?" Jasmine asked.
"Yes, there was a spy and we thought of chasing him down before he alerted everyone," James replied.
"It was sickening once we got there. Princess Ilyr was barely a child. We found a man whipping her while she was bound. She was being tortured," Tsukiumi said.
The temperature in the room seemed to drop. Rei's disappointment vanished and was replaced by a cold, murderous fury. "A child? He was whipping a child?" she said in anger.
"He was," Tsukiumi nodded. "But he didn't last long. James snapped the man's neck before he could even beg for mercy," she responded.
Rei's expression shifted instantly. A small, satisfied smile played on her lips as she looked at James. "Good riddance," she said firmly. "He got exactly what he deserved. Thank you for doing that, James," she said.
"Some people are evil," Cera remarked.
"But James killed," Miia said. She looked at James. She was not sure.
"Like Rei said he deserved that," Rachnera said as she crossed her arms.
"It was the correct decision," Lois stated. "To protect each other sometimes we need to kill," she added.
"Lois is right. I wasn't going to let that stand," James replied.
"Though, perhaps you did too good of a job," Saya remarked. "The Princess was absolutely smitten. She was jumping around James like he was some legendary hero from a storybook. She even asked him to 'kidnap' her because he's a Demon Lord," she said as she looked at James.
"She was adorable," Shizuka giggled as she hugged James's arm. "She kept calling him 'Hero-sama'. I think we have a new little sister," she added.
Tsukiumi cleared her throat. "Regarding her injuries, James, you used the watch to heal her, didn't you?" she asked.
"It is not the first time that happened," Saya remarked. "It also had healed Chiho," she added.
James looked at the dial on his wrist. "I'm not sure, it sometimes does have a mind of its own," James remarked.
"It has helped so far," Jasmine said. "We can trust it," she added.
"It makes James into big fluffy bears to hug," Shizuka said.
They all nodded.
"I know all you have drank all the perk bottles," James said.
"Those horrible drinks," Tsukiumi remarked. She thought they were disgusting.
James smiled. "Well, we need to collect some high-grade healing potions," James remarked.
"They are difficult to make here," Lefi said.
"Maybe we can go somewhere where we can get them easily," Saeko suggested.
"That is a possibility," James responded. He thought maybe there are merchants which can sell. The Multiverse is open to them.
He then continued, "That is not all we found, the Prince was nothing more than a puppet. He was being controlled by a cloaked demon pulling the strings from the shadows."
"A demon?" Saeko asked.
"He escaped, but not before leaving us with that muscle-bound freak," James remarked.
"Tsukiumi and Akitsu worked together and defeated him," Yuriko remarked.
"They did," James said as he smiled.
"What about if the demon attacks here?" Rei asked.
Musubi stepped into the center of the room, throwing a fierce punch into the air that whistled with the force of her strength. "Let them come!" she declared. "Demon or puppet, it doesn't matter! I'll beat them all into the ground for daring to threaten my Ashikabi and our home," she stated.
"Spoken like a true fighter," James laughed as she stood up and stretched. "For now, let's get some rest," he said.