I panted in exhaustion as I fell on my back, looking at the level progression bar on the window floating right in front of my eyes. The magic wand was sticking out of my corset.
[Level 2]
[ [1.75/25] Exp to Level 3 ]
My blouse clung to my chest with sweat, giving a detailed breast print for Lilia to see.
Lilia pulled her sword out of the mummy's neck and threw the corpse at the stack of three other mummies.
She slid her sword back into its sheath and walked up to me, collapsing to the ground. She looked down at the ring she wore on her finger, smiling faintly.
"Garret... It's hard... But also easier than I thought it would be... If we keep up this pace... I will avenge you..." She whispered to the ring.
I heard everything she said, but I still decided to mess with her. "Huh?" I looked at her, feigning curiosity. "What did you say, Lilia?"
Lilia rolled over to the side so she would make eye contact with me. We've been in this dungeon for at least five hours already, constantly very close to each other, meaning that my 〔Unique Skill: Corruption Aura〕has already drained plenty of her purity, maybe even started to mess with her mind, judging by the fact that she wasn't afraid to look me in the eyes anymore.
"I was just thinking about my husband..." She sighed deeply and wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I hope that everything is going to go like it was to this moment, and that I will avenge him!" She yelled with determination.
I smiled at her, taking her hand to seem supportive and make her like me even more. "The dungeon will progressively get harder, but I also hope that you'll be able to do what you want, I'm here for you, Lilith," I said calmly, realizing that I had called her the wrong name after a moment of uncomfortable silence.
"L-Lilith?" Lilia asked, her cheeks slightly reddened as her eyes flicked around the room everywhere, but not my eyes.
"Damn... I accidentally called her after that magical girl, which Aurora-sama messed up..." At the simple thought of the hentai manga I used to read every day, I felt an insane feeling of longing and frustration. It reminded me that I can no longer please myself anymore.
"I want to masturbate so much..." I thought to myself, defeated and hopeless.
I smiled awkwardly and waved my hands before her to seem embarrassed. "Uhh...!" I squeaked. "Sorry! Your name just mixed up with some other similar one!"
"You are so silly, sometimes!" Lilia shifted closer to me, chuckling loudly. Our stomachs grumbled at the same time.
I sat up and looked at Lilia's backpack, which was lying against one of the walls beneath a torch. "We are both hungry, and we wanted to take a break anyway." I glanced back at her. "Let's eat something."
Lilia slowly got up. Her legs were shaking like jelly as she walked towards her backpack.
I lied my chin on my hand, staring at her butt as she walked. I looked down at the magic wand and pulled it out of my corset. My thinking turned off in that moment. Even tho I felt no arousal, no excitement, I still wanted to masturbate, after all, it was and will always be my nature.
"I wonder how the gem feels... I'm sure I'll feel good... Like a princess~♡" I salivated as I moved my hand into the skirt and pushed my panties to the side, bringing the wand closer to my pussy.
Before I could push it in, Lilia returned with a couple of wooden branches and two sausages in her hands. She nudged my back with her shoe.
Her touch brought me back to the real world instantly. I pulled the wand away from my crotch and smiled awkwardly. "Y-Yeah?"
She smiled softly as she noticed that I was holding the wand. "Oh, you're already holding it?" She dropped the branches next to me and clapped her hands in joy. "Well, that's perfect! I want you to set those branches on fire with the fireball spell!"
I sat up and stared at the branches. It was too close. I need to control myself better if I want to keep up my act, or else situations like that will take place again, and she might always notice what I am doing the next time.
She picked up two sticks and put sausages on them. "Come on, hurry up, Aurora."
I sighed and stood up. My body ached as I pointed the wand at the twigs. "Fireball," I said coldly, not even bothering to change my voice to say one word.
The twigs immediately lit up on fire. Lilia placed a couple of rocks around it and sat down on the ground, patting the spot next to her as she held her sausage above the fire.
I nodded and sat down next to her, also holding my sausage above it, but slightly lower than Lilia did.
Lilia softly pushed my stick with her finger. "Don't hold it so low or else it'll burn, Aurora!"
Not giving less of a care about her opinion, I lowered the stick even lower than it was before.
I shrugged. "I like holding it lower, don't even try to raise it again." I looked at her calmly as I shifted closer to her, and our thighs brushed against each other.
"You know, Aurora... I couldn't help but notice... that you're..." She looked at my breasts and thighs with admiration and shyness. "...Quite gifted by nature..."
I leaned in closer, pressing my chest against her shoulder and still acting innocent. "Really?"
She swallowed hard and nodded, looking at the sausages roasting above the fire.
"You know, Lilia-chan..." I smirked, leaning my chin on her shoulder. "You're like a little sister to me," I whispered in a low voice, amused by how easily flustered she was.
Lilia did not agree as she was seeing me as her little sister, but she nodded her head nervously yet again, not being able to form a correct sentence because of the embarrassment she was experiencing.
"Uhh...Yes... You too... A sister..." She muttered under her nose, her ears and cheeks burning red.
I caressed her back with my free hand and spun the sausage with the other one. "Maybe we should take a nap before going to the next room?" I yawned, leaning in closer to her ear. "We are both so tired..."
Lilia's legs trembled, and she pressed them against each other, fighting the corruption that was spreading throughout her mind.
"I..."
Lilia looked down at the ring on her finger, a sudden burst of determination and positivity hitting her, and she fought the corruption.
She looked me in the eyes and smiled softly, her blush slowly fading away. "You're right. We need to rest."
My eyes widened in disbelief and excitement. I thought that the light in her eyes would just fade away slowly, but it had just gotten stronger than it ever was.
I smirked widely, accepting the challenge I was given by the world itself. "She's strong... very strong~..."
A black ball the size of a tennis ball appeared in my hand. "But you see, darling~... This small ball is made out of all the Purity converted into Corruption that I have leeched off you since yesterday..."
A sinister smirk widened on my face. I couldn't be happier than I am right now. "The more you resist... The finer you'll turn out to be~♡"
I put on the mask again and leaned away from her, biting into the sausage. "I'm always right!" I said while chewing the meat.
***
"Double Fireball!" I yelled as two fireballs shot out of the magic wand, ending two mummies that were about to attack Lilia from behind.
Lilia swung her sword and decapitated three mummy heads from their bodies.
The mummies turned into ash as she slid her sword back into its sheath with a big smile on her face.
Lilia picked up her backpack, smiling in joy as we were slaying the mummies easily.
I stared at the level progression bar, my arms crossed under my chest.
[Level 2]
[ [3/25] Exp to Level 3 ]
"The leveling is too slow... only 0.25 Exp per mummy is still too low, even if we are fighting groups..." I scratched my chin and looked at the door to the next room.
"Okay!" Lilia waved her hand as she walked towards the door.
"WAIT, LILIA, DON'T DO IT!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, running towards Lilia to prevent her from opening the door.
"I think we did so good that we don't even need to rest." She said as she pushed the door open, completely ignoring me.
A sudden gust of wind blew over the room we were in. It was so strong that it literally launched us into the next room.
As the doors closed, Lilia was clumsily lying on the ground, but I remained standing, staring at the lone foe in front of us.
It was a massive, armored scarab with gemstones encrusted across its whole body. The biggest gem was on its back. Its shell was glowing with ancient magic and hieroglyphs.
The gemstones started glowing in a bright yellow color, which sent a shiver down my spine.
Lilia stared straight at the scarab in terror. She had never seen anything remotely similar to such a monster. She was so scared that she couldn't move a muscle.
"Close your eyes, Lilia!" I yelled with my eyes closed as I grabbed her hand, pulling her onto her legs, dragging her as I ran in circles around the scarab.
Suddenly, a blinding yellow light that could be compared to the rays of the sun itself shot out from the monster's back.
Lilia was so scared that she didn't understand a word I said. The light blinded her, and she fell to the ground, pulling me on top of her.
I opened my eyes and stared at her confused and scared face with hearts in my eyes. "Oh my~! She's so cute! I want to fuck her sooo much right now♡!" I thought to myself, my hips pressed against hers. I looked at the ring and, using the moment, I pulled it off her finger and threw it under the scarab.
The blindness slowly left her eyes. She stared at me as tears rolled down her cheeks. "We will die... It's too big... It's too scary..." She whispered, her voice sounding as if she had completely given up on her life.
As soon as the scarab realized that we were in a tight situation, it swung its massive claws at us.
I pointed the magic wand at the claws before they could hit us. "Huge Fireball!" I yelled, firing a spell Fireball twice as big as the normal one.
It didn't do much damage, but the impact was enough to deflect the claw.
I scowled and slapped Lilia across her cheek, shoving my lustful games aside as we were actually in danger.
Lilia moved her hand up to her cheek and caressed the red skin. "W-Why?" She asked, as her tears stopped forming.
"Get a hold of yourself, Lilith-... I mean, Lilia!" I yelled. "If you want to avenge your husband, then at least try to seem like you're trying!"
She looked away in despair, gripping the hilt of her sword so tightly that her knuckles turned white. "B-But we won't defeat it! It's too big! Out of our league!" She sobbed.
I slapped her across the other cheek, a cold and ruthless look in my eyes that made her even more afraid. "WE CAN DO IT, LILIA! THIS IS A TEST, AND I ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO PASS IT!"
Lilia looked down at her hands and realized that her ring was gone. "H-Huh? My ring?" She looked around in a mix of confusion and fear, spotting the ring under the scarab.
"Yes! Your ring! We won't be able to get it back unless we defeat the monster, Lilia-chan!" I yelled, holding back my laughter. I was proud of myself for throwing the ring away, because I knew that things would go this way.
I jumped to my feet and offered her my hand. "Lilia." I smiled widely, gripping the magic wand.
Lilia was scared, confused, and suffering, but it was still in her eyes, and it strengthened when she lost the ring that was the only thing that connected her to Garret- It was the light of determination and vengeance.
She took my hand, and I pulled her to her feet as she pulled the sword out of its sheath.
"Let's show him who's the real deal here, Lilia-chan!" I smirked widely, my excitement reaching new heights.
Lilia held the hold with both of her hands, taking a battle stance with her eyes locked onto the monster. "Yes... I need my ring back..." She said quietly, her voice low and her eyes sharp.
The battle has officially begun.