A Well Deserved Thanks
Rog's eyes, which were already becoming hopeless and were in nick of accepting his and his brother's level going down by one and losing this battle that should've been the total and incredible raising of the Lacerate 'Guild', became even more absurdly hopeless as he saw Tongqiu use his attack on him to make his body sharply spin a couple of times.
He didn't notice, Rog didn't even feel, the blade of Tongqiu's use of one and only one Light-Absorbing Flaming Gladius to prick at his face, collarbone and shoulders. And as it happened, he could only see his HP go down to zero in but less than a second, starting from the moment that Tongqiu had overly killed Zynfyl.
-3,981, -3,990, -3,979, -3,912, -4,012.
+39, +40, +39, +40, +40.
Tongqiu didn't know what kind of luck this fucker had, but his HP was almost reaching half of what Rosey had, which was incredulous and unimaginable. Even then, his defense was only slightly better than others as he could kill him off with only five of his flurry of special basic attacks along with the use of Unparalleled Angle!
Tongqiu fighting that Unpleasant Resenting Captain, Cap for short, wasn't useless or only useful to get new items. New understandings came to Tongqiu as his body felt a slightly peculiar sensation from whenever he thought deeply on them or even merely by using the Unparalleled Angle skill.
*PING*...you have successfully killed a player, 'Rog'.
Thud, thud.
After landing on the ground, Tongqiu placed his dear old Light-Absorbing Flaming Gladius in his bag before proceeding to look between Zynfyl's already disappeared body and Rog's enveloped corpse by a white glow and the blood they left after their respawning for a moment.
He was calmly and tranquilly observing everything around him, his eyes serene and his lips opening up to let them relax every now and then. They were quite meaty in a lower level, making Tongqiu, a manly looking and not effeminate person at all to look rather tempting and inviting. His helmet had already gone off as his back was facing the remaining players that were being slaughtered by Rosey and Zyv, though Zyv had a bit of a hard time without using her Endless Charge skill though, and was always encircled by Rosey's naughty way of murdering countless players with Zyv as the bait.
For the battle that just transpired, Tongqiu didn't even use Mental Power, their general stats were whatever. Let alone the stats that one ignores to add points every level because of the importance of base damage that their characters should do. At this point of the game, many players relied on equipment that either gave them DEX or DET and WIS to raise up their numbers on MP and Stamina, there were those that were silently waiting until they grew stronger in levels to stop depending on such equipment; while there were those that would rather depend on them forever, not even caring about their Hit Rate and possible Critical Hit Rate.
In a way, Tongqiu felt even more blessed to not care about such a thing, ever.
The moment Zynfyl discovered something was amiss on their flash paced battle, was also the moment Tongqiu made his right handed Light-Absorbing Flaming Gladius be suspended in the air right below his chest as his body became elevated thanks to Rog's intent on closing all possible gaps to run away or dodge to. As he elevated his body just slightly, his Light-Absorbing Flaming Gladius was twisting and gliding down towards his right hand back again, his right hand also waited the perfect moment to do both; grasp onto the handle of his gladius in a reverse grip as well as to move backwards his own forearm to lightly hit Zynfyl's chest with it.
Like that, his Light-Absorbing Flaming Gladius entered Zynfyl's body through his stomach in a rather devious and crafty manner under his armor, once the system recognized it as inflicting onto Zynfyl a harsh condition, he went up to go towards Zynfyl's neck and deprive his head of his neck and brains at once!
But when he reached with his hand right below Zynfyl's collarbone, he found it impossible to travel upwards any further so Tongqiu simply broke off from the entanglement before smoothly burying the blade of his right-handed gladius into his head, right between his eyes and a little higher even.
Even if Zynfyl had not been in a harsh condition detected by the system, it still would've been a Critical Hit or a Pierce Attack at the very last, taking into consideration Tongqiu's current Critical Hit Rate and Pierce Rate.
Later on, while still in his elevated state of his body, Tongqiu used a bit of his newly mastered maneuvers from the Courtyard of the Heroic Souls to lightly tap on the air yet having his body react by heavily and strongly twisting his body to do a couple of quick spins, which made his body become blurry and... Difficult to control without the use of a hidden stat like Mental Power.
Even then, Tongqiu didn't made use of it, simply training and honing his own body to gain some muscle memory for experience in battle and even greater battle awareness.
After all, if one wants to grow stronger and gain better results from when truly going all-out, one must go through training and honing in their most basic and vulnerable state.
After receiving lots and lots, well... more than another ten thousand notifications from Rosey and Zyv killing the rest of players, with Rosey making sure none escaped alive, Tongqiu tiredly muted them for a few minutes until both Rosey and Zyv came back to him.
Meanwhile, he waited under the encompassing somber embrace of the discoloring darkness of the approaching night with his bum rested onto the trampled upon grass of the ground and his arms slightly hugging his knees.
Tilting his head every now and then, Tongqiu's closed eyes felt more and more pleasant as they trembled in the peaceful sensation of the incoming night and the long gone sounds of fighting and a previous intense -not for Tongqiu- battle.
After some more minutes, Tongqiu's shoulders were tenderly and invitingly traced by a pair of small yet delicate hands towards his elbows, then his hands only to grasp them on an intertwining of the small, delicate fingers and Tongqiu's.
A soothing and even somewhat motherly voice threatened to melt Tongqiu's ears and heart, only sounding out only for him to hear: "Big Brother Wolfy, how was it? Did you had fun, was it a good time or was it just meh? Hmmm?"
Inclining his head to his left and resting onto the little arm's bones and meat, Tongqiu hummed in response, which elicited the owner of such delicate arms to fall down onto his body with her head on top of his and her inexistent breasts on his neck.
Her arms also went from resting atop Tongqiu's arms to cling onto his neck, affectionately and gently, as they both then fell into a silent gazing towards the soon-to-be starry sky of the night.
. . .
An hour later.
"Big Brooo... m' tired... should we log off now?"
Tongqiu was laying his back on the comfy yet not intrusive cold on the ground from right where he was at before Zyv even arrived. With his entire body resting and his entire self relaxed, there was a little beauty who could easily be taken as an immortal fairy and there would've been a mistake on it, resting on top of him with her little bum softly pressing on his right hips and her little hands brought up to right below her chest.
The back of her head was comfortably laying on Tongqiu's right pectoral, moving up and down every now and then which made her feel even more comfortable and at peace.
Her delicate-looking legs as well as her thighs were dangerously close to Tongqiu's manhood but they remained obediently at the side with only her left leg being only inches closer from 'it' and her right leg having only a half of itself on top of Tongqiu's right thigh.
She had indeed misbehaved at first, naughtily intended, but after having her thighs skillfully rubbed over and over with only being capable enough to squirmish a little like a little kitten and squeal here and there ever so quietly, she then promised to not act like that anymore, for now...
As of right now, it has been more than an hour since they took this position on the ground, enjoying the already befallen night sky as many stars were twinkling while becoming either bigger or smaller from time to time.
Tongqiu's breathed in sufficiently enough to sigh it all out in 4 second slowly before dotingly answering her: "Okay. Zyv, I won't be here for some days, I'll be in the move for some time so, we will probably have much less time to play together. Stay in my White Space for when I'm gone if you want to stay online, okay? Talk with Irllytia or Tonkia as you please, though you would probably only be able to talk to Tonkia as Irllytia is still not finished in her 'training'. I'll schedule my time so that I won't be logging in and out constantly, with me only playing for a few hours only once every day, so that I don't have to force you to play at some times and log off at others."
With her eyes darting in understanding, Zyv then responded meekly to her big bro: "Mn, I'll obey whatever my Big Brother has to say or tells me to do, Little Zyv really likes Big Brother Wolfy."
Smiling as she spoke in response, rather quickly, Tongqiu began ruffling her hair as the fact that she refuses to call him by either his ID or real name to claim him as her big brother wolfy.
Mwop, mwop.
Tongqiu gave the top of her head a couple of little kisses before sitting up and accommodating her in his lap.
"Hahp!"
Before she could even speak any words, her lips were furiously covered by a hungry Tongqiu, for words were not needed to understand the other's intentions. Nor to feel each other's disposition towards the other.
***
Peaceful Rain Villa, at the main entrance towards the entirety of the villa.
"Big Sister... take care, okay? Make sure this little devils don't ruin the entire residential area! Also, I'll miss you~." Diana's voice came out from the car which Tongqiu and company were already used to seeing whenever a maid wanted to pick up groceries and other maid's duty necessary materials and tools or whenever Tongqiu and company simply wanted to hang out for a little of time.
The entire personnel of he Peaceful Rain Villa was present with Itnia at the very front, sweetly smiling at Tongqiu with a pair of puffy and slightly irritated lips.
In front of them, Natalia was trying to free herself from the clutches of evil Diana who couldn't let go of her big sister. Tongqiu was being stomped by Diana's knees and shins as she was initially seated on the other side of the car, Natalia then spoke once again in a coaxing tone which she learnt from Tongqiu: "Alright, alright. Stop misbehaving, you hear me? Or else I won't even acknowledge your existence when you come back, hmph~!"
Though her efforts to appear angry and threatening were futile, Diana ended up lowering her arms in slight sadness. If she wanted to go back to their Clan or at least to meet their Masters, she wanted to do so with her dear Big Sister!
But it was fine too, as her beloved man would accompany, no, she would accompany him instead. With that thought sweetly forming inside her head, Diana became high in spirits -silently- again as she flashed Natalia a big smile before bidding farewell.
"Take care, darling." Sweet words traveled towards Tongqiu's ears as he gazed at the gentle and lovingly expression on his Naty's face before saying back: "Mn, take care too. It won't be long, spank Estel a couple of times for me if needed, okay?"
With a burst of attempted-to-be-hushed giggles all the way to the back, Natalia then nodded her head with a held in giggle before raising her hand to graze Tongqiu's left cheek and giving his forehead a little kiss.
Shortly after, they departed from the Peaceful Rain Villa. But before doing so, the car moved towards the company from which Tongqiu hired his dear maids...
***
With Diana smiling while 'ignoring' his advise of staying in the car since it wouldn't take too much time, a slightly embarrassed Tongqiu stepped inside the company through the doors... Soon after, he successfully found miss Yona! All on his own and without asking nobody!
Alright, he scanned the entire building to localize her as soon as possible. It was just that... The moment he started the instantaneous scan, he had already seen miss Yona talking to a client in high spirits, cough cough.
Just like before, her appearance was that of a successful young woman that wasn't necessarily the most beautiful and was probably why she had a hard time getting a promotion despite her incredible results and hardwork for the company.
As always, she had an attitude that was professional and respectful to incredible levels that any person, even out of work, couldn't help but to hold back their efforts and desires to ask out such a young woman themselves, men or women alike.
Brown eyes, a thin and pointy nose bridge that gave her entire being an approachable and sweet looks on herself. East West E sized breasts that instead of looking bizarre or fat-like, seemed rather well balanced along with her equally balanced healthy body; looking like two proud and matchless pair of inviting mounds that even a woman with a perfect figure would tremble in jealousy from just looking at her alone. Slim and healthy were the perfect words to describe her entire body, except for her modest yet full buttocks and her proud assets on her torso, of course.
Her hair was still of long length but instead of brown, it was now of a classic red colored style and with long layers with bangs. Her ethnicity being that of a half-korean and european in appearance.
Tongqiu's steps halted even before he could start walking, how could he have not noticed how 'special' she looked and was?
'No matter, no matter.' As he shook his head, Tongqiu finally started walking forwards, while Diana looked at his back with a knowing expression as well as one that exuded... acceptance?!
At that moment, Yona suddenly felt like changing the direction of her gaze, so her head turned towards the side and there he was... That man who has become the guilty party of certain, particular type of thought-provoking train and even sometimes storm of thoughts and ideas.
She seemingly made a few remarks towards the client she was attending while walking a couple steps towards Tongqiu's general direction before finally turning her entire body to face Tongqiu head on, who was already only a few meters before her.
Seeing the client 'flee' right away, probably pressed for time, Tongqiu then walked directly in front of miss Yona, with the tips of their shoes about to touch.
"Miss Yona, it's been a while..." Tongqiu started the conversation himself, something utterly impossible and unseen! Yet, if that wasn't enough, then the fact that he did so with a blatant devilish grin was even more of a shock towards any individual who had ever known of him.
"Eh, ah... Yes, hello Mr..." Being out of words from seeing the change from the already attractive -for her- emaciated young man into this irresistible piece of meat, she forgot of how to address him even though she has had already been informed before, Tongqiu took this chance to get close to her ear as he inadvertently sniffed in her aroma and something else entirely: "Beishang is fine, ah. Hm..."
Yona visibly trembled for a little right there and then, his voice, besides devil-like was also magnetic which made her legs tremble for some time.
"Eh? Miss Yona, are you a lesbian?" However, Tongqiu's next words made her go stupid as she didn't understand how had he come to that conclusion.
But before she could completely open her mouth to answer, even if in a confused state, her wrist was taken by Tongqiu's left hand as he moved towards a door that had a word indicating the size of the room... 'Janitor'.
. . .
Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap!!...
Could people hear them? If they were close enough, maybe... But Tongqiu's enthusiasm and even skill made Yona incapable of telling him to stop or even to insinuate it.
Her little moans being the only thing that came from her mouth as she was incapable of resisting acting like a wild animal at Tongqiu's every move.
"Ah, ah, aeh~, haaaah!! Nnghh, eingh? Ah, ah, ah... HEEEH!- Haah~... eh? Again?! W-w-wait, isn't your- gnhaagghh... waiting? Ah..."
After a few rounds 'came' to be in less than 15 minutes, Yona was melting in truth as Tongqiu had to stop and give her a breather.
He was carefully and cautiously making her skin respond to his fingertips as he traced them along her skin to make the pores on her skin shudder and to welcome in the sensation of air into her skin much more sensitively, so that she would regain an appropriate amount of cold to her melting body.
After a while, she 'woke' up with her flowery garden still being dominated by Tongqiu's Ruthless Dragon, she didn't even tried to take it out of her body as she clenched a lot and harshly instead!
"Agrh, Yona..."
Not waiting for him to continue speaking, Yona herself spoke out: "Answering your curiosity, Beishang... Y-yes, I am. My last woman broke up with me from not having enough time for her, I feel slightly bad but it isn't new, that's why I- wait a minute, how did you even know?!"
"Eh..." Though Yona blushed even more red besides the one that came to be from their passionate affair when she mentioned his name, she became rather sober when she reached the matter of him asking her that. It was so out of the blue, after all...
Naturally, Tongqiu blinked in response as he couldn't just tell her that he 'saw' and even smelled her in that way... Compared to the couple he 'accidentally' pleased in different ways back then at the smith's shop, she smelled different but in the same manner. Naturally, there wasn't a trace of another male having entered her body before, it was rather a robotic kind of interaction between her body and 'it', whatever it was she inserted into her own body... Or others did for her.
The result of what happened next was simple to deduce or even to imagine.
"It matters not. Mm, miss Yona, would you like to start working for me?" Astounded at his words, Yona turned to look at him in confusion as well as in disbelief.
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