Suddenly, we heard the voices of Bubu and Khamsin yelling at each other that in a flash, Sly carried me in his arms and hurriedly went inside the bathroom.
He submerged us in the pool and placed me on his lap, acting as if he wasn't extremely heated by what happened earlier.
I chuckled at seeing his efforts on trying to calm himself down.
I don't think he did a good job though.
Soon, we heard the others going inside the room while yelling Sly's name in which Sly yelled back, telling them that we are inside the bathroom and he is currently bathing me.
I don't know what came into my mind but with a grin towards him, I slowly licked his chest.
He suddenly closed his eyes and took a long, deep breath before whispering to me that he's trying his best to calm down.
Oohh.. I can feel something is poking me on my back...
I can hear Orm's voice yelling at him about something in which Sly answered him in a loud voice before biting his lip as I nonchalantly moved a bit closer to him while caressing his chest.
Slowly, my hand explored the rest of his body and rested on his leg, making him place his head on my shoulder as he tried not to make any noise.
I caressed his leg gently, making him hold me tightly as he began to lick me on my neck.
His hand gently turned my face towards him, slowly caressing it as he looked at me with desire in his eyes, then he kissed me passionately for several moments until we heard Alpha calling his name.
Sly clenched his teeth before answering Alpha in an annoyed voice, telling him that he's currently bathing me and that he can answer him later, in which Alpha and Orm told him that they will join us as soon as they are done making a potion for me.
I can see Sly trying to keep his annoyance under control in which I smiled and whispered to him that we should not waste time then kissed him deeply.
As we kissed deeply, he positioned me facing away from him in which I can feel his hands touching me all over my upper body, holding my breasts as he gently teased them.
Now it's my turn to keep myself from making any noises.
He kept on licking me on my neck and was about to mark me when he remembered that we aren't alone.
With a soft chuckle, he told me that we should continue on what we are doing as soon as there is an opportunity for us to be alone.
Even after he said that, he continued to lick my neck as one of his hands touched me on my waist.
With a sigh, he kissed me tenderly then embraced me tightly, nuzzling me on my head in which we can hear Orm and Alpha entering the bathroom.
Of course, we acted like nothing happened and tried to have a conversation of some sorts.
Though something continued to poke me on my back until we finished bathing.
....
We continued with our journey.
Sly tenderly carried me on his claws while the others rode on his back as he flew in his dragon form, trying to find another place for us to explore and investigate in hopes of finding our remaining companions and the transformation stone.
I don't know what kind of potion that Orm and Alpha made but it was quite good.
Too good that I can't sleep at all.
In fact, I felt like I'm full of energy that despite the fact that my companions haven't had a proper sleep since I got poisoned, I insisted on continuing our journey.
They didn't complain at all but looked relieved and happily complied with my request.
I thanked everyone for trying to keep me alive and comfortable, making all of us sob uncontrollably until our eyes looked too puffed up that Orm gave us some ice to reduce the swelling.
As for our vehicle, we all decided to sell it as it was quite a hassle and moved too slowly.
Sly told us that we should travel at night and rest during the morning, which is a good idea that we haven't thought about before.
During mornings, we either stayed inside the tent that we bought or an inn.
So far, we haven't seen any cultists, which is a relief.
....
Seeing that there's a huge sandstorm approaching, Sly hurriedly landed down on the sand and immediately turned back to his regular form.
Since we all had a bad experience with the previous sandstorm, Orm hurriedly performed a magic spell that placed all of us inside a bubble.
All of them held me tightly as we can feel the intense strength of the sandstorm.
Sly murmured all sorts of reassurances towards me while Orm told me that he made sure that all of us will not get separated from each other again.
As for Khamsin, he kept mumbling all sorts of expletives, telling us that the sandstorm that engulfed us is not normal.
Then darkness surrounded us, in which we can feel the bubble rolling around, making all of us yell all sorts of curses as we tumbled around, like we are inside a washing machine.
But in turbo speed.
I do hope nobody vomits!
Bubu cried out, telling us that she wants to puke, making the rest of us plead with her to hold it in.
All of us bumped into each other as the bubble kept spinning around that I can hear Alpha trying to rummage something from his bag as he told us in a low voice that he is almost at his limit.
Please everyone! Don't puke!
Sly held me tightly and tried to soothe me but even I can feel that he is also almost at his limit.
The bubble kept moving in all sorts of directions, spinning and rolling around in an uncontrolled movement that thankfully, it was dark that we didn't see who puked.
But, oh goodness.. the smell made the rest of us gag that soon, somebody else puked too.
Thankfully, Sly and I didn't puke at all but since all of us are inside the bubble...
Yeah.
It was horrible.
After what seems to be an eternity of torture, the sandstorm finally stopped.
You can just imagine the way we all looked.
And smelled.
Luck seems to take pity on us that the bubble stopped near an oasis.
As soon as the bubble popped, Sly immediately carried me in his arms and flew towards the oasis as the rest of them ran in the direction of it as if their lives depend on it.
Just right after we all jumped towards the water, the environment around us changed into sand dunes.
It's a freaking mirage!
Ah! Gross!
Sticky, stinky puke are all over me and now sand is sticking on me too!
This is madness!
All of us screamed all sorts of colorful curses until we remembered that Orm knows how to do water elemental magic.
The rest of us stared at Orm, who looked like he was still sick, until he tried to perform a spell in which a rain cloud appeared and rained gently on us.
Ah! This is soooo good!
All of us took off our clothes as if we didn't have a care in the world and happily danced under the rain.
Sly and I danced a slow dance under the rain, while the others simply looked at us with fascination.
He smiled at me tenderly as he twirled me around, both of us lost in our own world until he remembered that Khamsin is watching us.
Noticing that Sly is glaring at him, Khamsin immediately acted like he was looking at something else. But he continue to keep peeking at me whenever Sly is preoccupied with me.
I danced with Orm and Alpha as well and with Bubu too, who enjoyed the rain too much that she suggested to me that we should play a game.
A game of what?
She looked at me with an anticipating face, making me realize that she expected me to have an idea or something.
Oh, yeah!
How about a tug of war?!
Of course, me and Bubu are cheering from the sidelines while the males are in chaos as the game eventually turned into a free for all.
Watching them having some sort of chaotic fun made me chuckle in which I closed my eyes and raised my head towards the sky.
I wished Lion and Ghost are here.
I'm thankful for the rain since it covered my tears as I cried silently.
Lion....
How are you, my beloved?
Are you doing well?
Where are you?
I missed you.
When I opened my eyes, I noticed that Orm is looking at me from afar.
He has an indescribable look on his face as he continued to stare at me for a long time until he stopped the rain.
He didn't say anything at all until later when we rested inside our tent.
I didn't noticed him for awhile on what he was doing as I was busy cooking several tasty meals for everyone.
After I was done cooking, that's when I noticed everyone is looking at him painting something.
It's a painting of me crying under the rain.
He noticed.
....
Dozens of desert wyrm ambushed us in which the males transformed into their ultimate forms and tried to attack them.
Desert wyrms resembled like giant snakes and burrowed through sand as they ambush their enemies.
They have thick, protective scales but are susceptible to stabbing attacks and elemental based spells.
Being sightless meant that they have low accuracy with their attacks but they are resistant to many attacks while burrowed.
While the males continued to attack them using elemental magic in their ultimate forms, Bubu carried me on her back as she tried to find a safe place for us.
I held on her neck tightly as she tried her best to avoid the attacks, which was hard as the desert wyrms kept popping out of the sands randomly.
I acted as her lookout, as I tried to find a safe place for us to stay while she concentrated on running and avoiding danger.
A desert wyrm suddenly popped out in front of us, making us scream in which Bubu immediately ran towards the opposite direction.
This is overwhelming!
Bubu yelled at me to concentrate while I yelled at her to run faster.
How many of them are there??!!!
Desperate, I asked Bubu to transform into her ultimate form if she has an ultimate form, making her giggle as she told me that I might not like seeing her in her ultimate form.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS AS LONG AS IT KILLS THE FREAKING MONSTERS!
She laughed so hard that she nearly lost her balance. She told me that her ultimate form doesn't have a power like that and will be useless in our current situation.
With a mysterious grin, she told me that her ultimate form is helpful in a different kind of situation.
I was about to ask her what kind of situation it is when suddenly, several desert wyrms popped out of the sand around us.
We are surrounded!
I glanced towards the males in which I noticed that they were surrounded too despite having killed plenty of desert wyrms.
Bubu cursed loudly as it seems that there's no way for us to escape.
Suddenly, the desert wyrms stopped moving in which we can see a deserter coming out from nowhere.
With a snap from his fingers, the desert wyrms burrowed back into the sands.
The males hurriedly transformed back into their regular forms, running towards me and Bubu while the deserter looked towards us with interest.
Bubu gave him an interested smile as well in which both of them started to flirt with each other.
Oh, Bubu...
Not again...
After awhile, the males have a serious conversation with the deserter, which I can't understand as they seemed to be speaking in another language.
Bubu helpfully tried to translate it though she admitted that there are some words that she can't understand as well too.
It turns out that the deserter is in charge of keeping the area around the city safe from all sorts of danger.
He apologized for the chaos that we encountered earlier but he had to make sure that we weren't demons or monsters in disguise.
Demons?
Did he just mentioned demons?
I looked towards Bubu as I was about to ask her if she translated right but she just kept grinning towards the deserter.
Oh, well...
I guess I better ask her later then.
After a long conversation, he gave a flamboyant bow towards us in which Bubu whispered into my ear, telling me that he is welcoming us to his city.
City?
Which city?
I don't see a....
The ground suddenly shook violently, making me cry out in surprise in which Sly hurriedly carried me in his arms while both Alpha and Orm tried to comfort me.
Khamsin noticed me getting terrified in which he explained that the warrior's city is on the back of a monster.
What?!
Really??!!!
That sounds interesting!
Suddenly, a monster with a size that is greater than Aagon's dragon form appeared with an entire city on its back.
Seeing the sight before me reminded me on how incredible this world is. It also gave me a gentle nudge, as I recalled one of my dreams which is to travel the world with the pack.
If only there was no contract.
I have to find a way to save Lion and Alpha from their contracts!
Maybe I should ask Khamsin about that later.
....
The city-carrying monster has a dragon's head and the body of a turtle.
Khamsin told me that it doesn't eat anything but just kept roaming around the area.
He heard about this city but didn't see it with his own eyes until now.
Of course since he didn't get out of his city until he came with us on our mission.
It is a good thing that he came with us as he became more wiser and his skills are improving.
His skills improved enough to the point that he and Alpha trained together as both of them knows wind elemental magic.
Alpha didn't use much his wind elemental magic but after meeting with Khamsin, he started to use it more though he still preferred to use his combative magic.
The monster stared at us for awhile before continuing to roam around the area.
Hey, wait!
We haven't entered the city yet!
The warrior looked at me with amusement in which Alpha explained to me that they usually fly towards the city as the monster won't stop for too long.
I was about to ask him on how we can go to the city when I heard several shrill shrieks that turned out to be huge sized wild creatures that looked like bats.
Despite looking dangerous, they are not predators but pests. Orm told me that this city tamed the pests, which provided them constant source of meat and transportation.
Meat?
I thought deserters don't eat meat?
It turns out that they don't but they sell it to other places.
That's quite clever for them.
As for transportation...
Oh, I don't care! I want to try it!
To the horror of the males except for Bubu, I hurriedly rode on one of the pests and screamed with excitement as the pest flew fast towards the sky.
Bubu immediately rode on one as she yelled at me, challenging me to a race.
Both of us raced towards the city as the males hurriedly followed behind us.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!