Despite her own fatigue, Jasmied the carriage with a stuffed belly and stained lips. It was te afternoon when she left the carriage and she was still incredibly ky. She found a mirror and ied her appearance, she looked too disheveled and dried cum stained her face. She grumbled to herself as she washed away any evidence of their activities.
After a quispe again, she set out to find people to help with the trolls’ corpses. The vilgers themselves were shocked to hear that they had defeated two trolls instead of just ohey were even more shocked to discover that the trolls were in their prime age, not the younger age that was reported.
Jasmiarted growing a headache quickly into their hike towards the cave as the vilgers buzzed arouhey brought along a carriage for the carcasses aalking amongst themselves. They were singing praises of the Scarlet Seraphs for defeating such a tremendous threat. She should be happy that the vilgers would spread their name, but she was still pissed for the shitty information.
She was very close to just blowing up at them as they hounded her for details of the fight. She mao keep herself together though, fog on Elsie’s taste to calm her down. It was the only thing keeping her calm. How she had Elsie under her trol for almost two hours. She made sure to suck every bit of lust and love out of Elsie so she could have some peace.
She had a sly smile as she thought about that. She hoped wheurned, Elsie would be far less excitable, at least for today. The caravan of vilgers stopped as they saw the wild woman’s age. They gasped as they saw the state of the smaller troll.
“What in the name of Bennos…” The farm owner said. Jasmine looked to see the vilgers gawking at the troll’s corpse. The aftermath of that northerner’s rampage. Jasmiook a moment, debating about telling the truth before inspiration struck her. This erfect. If she said Cire did it, then she could spread their name and their goddess.
“Oh… yeah. My Padin did that.” She said, casually as she could. Every womaurned in shock to Jasmine. She covered her smile as she put together a lie. “The redhead that was driving, she was chosen by a goddess… Gave her strength to kill that thing after she was hurt.”
“Wait really?” The farm owner looked the most shocked. She seemed so nid g that she couldn’t imagine Cire doing it. Jasmine just casually nodded.
“Yeah… You should see what she did to the other one. Nearly took its head off.” The vilgers sat stunned as Jasmine gratuted herself. Her quick thinking would allow them to spread their name quicker. Jasmine held back a ugh as she tinued. “Her name is Cire. Wish I could tell you her goddess’s name, but so far, she’s nameless.”
Adding a bit of the truth goes a long way when lying. Jasmine looked at the shocked faces surrounding her as they processed what she said. A new goddess was unheard of as the vilgers mumbled. Jasmine pressed the advantage of her pn. “Her goddess sent us out on a holy mission. Ohat seeks to free our men from the trol of nobles.”
She could see how some of the older womeed. She suspected they had sons that were taken like Ryley. Disgruntled people who were wronged by the system or pushed down. It was the perfeviroo spread rumors. She’d have to thank her old party for teag her this. They were adept at spreading gossip and lies like wildfire.
She forced back the bad thoughts of them as she tinued further. “We all would have died had the Goddess not helped… I’ll show you whe to the other one.” She headed towards the other troll as they followed. She po use Cire’s injury iretg of the truth. They made their way to the other troll as they collectively gagged. Its neck barely hung on to its head as it reminded Jasmine of her past.
She hesitated for a brief moment as she thought about it, before colleg herself. “See… she was smmed into that tree over there and knocked unscious. Woke up with the rage of her goddess and did this. She left her bde here to pursue the other one.”
She could hear the murmurs and whispers e from the group as they took in the sight. They hesitated for a moment before expl the se. Wrecked trees, blood everywhere, scorch marks all added to Jasmiale. They checked the state of the troll’s hacked neck, and a few nearly threw up. She left the main group to figure it out for themselves as she explored the cave.
She covered her o block out the smell. She wao explore and look for anything of he trolls collected. Some were known to hoard shiny objects or onry. She made her ast where she first entered the two and to their little alcoves. She dug through looking for anything of note. She found several gemstones, gold s and such, but nothing of true note.
She dug through rusted armor and ons, looking for anything usable for her party. She wanted something t back that might lift her spirits. Cire seemed so out of it before she left that it scared her. She usually never just goes once, she needs more to satisfy herself. Jasmine lost herself in thoughts as she sifted through a pile of junk.
She was about to give up, wheiced a shimmer with her night vision. Something on the ground caught her eye. She k down beside it and brushed away the dirt, it looked metallic. She used her hands and a spare dagger to dig deep enough for her to get a grip. She cwed and stabbed at the side, making room for her hands to lift it.
She lifted the thing with all her might as light surrounded her. Her eyes burned as she turned her night vision off, hoping to not blind herself. With all her might, she pulled at the object before the dirt gave out. She nearly jumped from the force she exerted as it flew across the cave and hit a rock. A g echoed through the cave as she focused on it.
The light slowly died down as Jasmine adjusted, her head pounding from her headache. She approached the object to find a shield radiating white light. It was a kite style shield that despite the dirt and mud, looked quite . No scratch marks, rust or any signs of wear. She picked it up, straining against its weight.
“Perfect… I gotta get back to Cire.” Jasmine smiled as she admired the shield. Despite their lustful activities earlier, the morale of their party’s fighters were quite low. Cire was still beating herself up about getting hit and rec from the fatigue, and the twins were still shell shocked from Cire’s injury. Jasmine hoped this would help instead of the temporary fix of this m. It weighed heavily in her arm as she checked for anything else. She packed the valuables she found and headed for the exit.
She exited the cave to find the vilgers hoisting the corpse onto a wagon. They stopped to watch as she exited the cave, the shield still glowing vaguely. Their shocked faces followed her as she held back her smile. Her little rumor would spread so easily after all this. She was starting to feel so much better and her headache was slowly fading.
Her walk back allowed her to refle the fight from the previous night. She mentally went over her mistakes and what she could improve on. She went over her new skill and pnned out strategies on how best to use it. She could use this new skill to help Cire out more on the frontline and have a perfect outlet for her anger. She nearly had a skip to her step orek back as she pnned out how to improve Cire’s mood.
She didn’t like how her new skill enced her to let Cire get hit, but having the option to get revenge helped a lot. Add that with her stealth modifier, and any enemy who didn’t notice her would die instantly. As she added up the rough math, she nearly ughed as it would allow her to down people of her level. She said a silent thank you to the Goddess for su amazing skill.
Cire was fast asleep with Elsie, both were far too tired to do anything. Cire was still rec while Elsie was literally sucked dry by Jasmine. Her mind nearly melted earlier as she finally passed out because of all the stimution. Cire was there to support her as her sciousness faded, holding the girl’s hand. She snuggled up to the pirl as they fell asleep spooning.
her were awake to notice Cire’s entire body glow red. If Ana hadn’t been watg over Cire and Elsie, the whole party would be ignorant of it. She did a double take as she was stunned by the dispy and even checked her status sheet for any abnormalities. She expected their goddess to show up like st time, since Jasmine glowed like that after she gnant.
But no goddess showed up.
The light pulsed briefly befoing out. Cire’s body lost its light as she shifted in her sleep, readjusting herself to lie on her back. Ana was left stunned with her mouth hanging open. She tried to wake her sister and Cire by shaking them, but they wouldn’t stir. She anig now as she o discuss it with someone immediately.
She burst out of the carriage and found Lily cooking over a fire. Lily saw the pawin and rushed to help her. “What’s wrong? Is Cire okay?”
Ana couldn’t speak as she just nodded her head. She was trying to unicate but her words were stu her throat. She gestured with her hands, pointing towards the carriage, as Lily tried to decipher her gestures. She hugged the girl, hoping to calm her down.
It took a moment for Ana’s breathing tute and her heart to slow down. She was anxious and shaking in the embrace, so Lily just held her tighter. She made sure the food didn’t burn as she teo the pawin. Finally, she calmed down enough to drink water a.
Lily offered her food and a gss of water. Almost twenty minutes had passed since she bursted out of the carriage. She scarfed down the food as she pletely recovered. She finished her pte before taking a deep breath.
“Cire… she glowed red like before.” She said softly.
“When the Goddess showed up?” Lily asked, she wasn’t there before so it sparked her curiosity. Ana nodded. “And did she?”
“N-no, she never showed. Cire glowed for a moment, then it went away…” Ana said in almost a whisper.
Lily’s mind raced as she tried to figure out what happened. She had no idea what would cause her to glow. No skill or anything like that. Maybe she leveled up or something?
“W-what do you think caused it?” Ana asked, reguting her breathing. Her heart was slowing down after her little panic attack.
Lily shook her head, “I don’t know… she could have leveled up, gained a new skill or anything goddess reted. It’s hard to really tell.”
Ana nodded as her own mind got to work. That red light meant their Goddess resent or represented her power. Could it have been something to do with that? Could she have gained some of the Goddess power? Or maybe she appeared in her dream. “She could h-have visited her in a dream.”
Lily pursed her lips and added, “True, we don’t know if she glowed st time… but I don’t know, the way you describe it was simir to Toni’s power. His body glowed when he ected with Anka.”
They both furrowed their brow as Ana tried to piece it together. her of them had enough information to put together a good theory. “C-could it be her influence?”
Lily tilted her head. “Go on…”
“Maybe the vilgers saw the wreckage of ht and assumed there was some form of diviervention. Given the power imbance.” Ana said as she was thinking about the trolls’ strength pared to their own. She could see how unlikely 3 newbie adventurers would be able to take those trolls out, even with Jasmine on their side. If they didn’t know about the northerhen they’d assume it was just the four of them.
Lily rubbed her as she thought along the same lines as Ana. Silence fell over them as they thought through their theory. “Ahh… w-we’ll have to wait for more info. Too many v-variables.” Ana whimpered.
“True. We’ll have to wait for them to wake up. Cire should have gotten a notification or something.” Lily said, prepping the food for their party members. Ana nodded as she helped Lily bring in food for the sleeping lovers.
They watched over the two as they slept, letting the food get cold. Lily held Ana as she still shook slightly. her of the two stirred for the hour as Lily and Ana watched over them. They sat in sileill thinking of the possibilities of Cire’s glowing. Both sat in thought for quite some time.
Their thoughts were interrupted by the sound of whistling. They peaked their heads out of a window, curious to see where it was ing from. To Lily’s surprise it was Jasmine, who had a big smile on her face. She was strutting back to the carriage with what looked like a dirty shield.
“Holy shit… The vilgers were amazed. They could hardly believe we had defeated those trolls at first. Told them Cire did it with the help of her Goddess.” Jasmine said, practically boung as she entered. It scared Lily as she had never seen Jasmi like this. She left early extremely ky too.
“Wait, what’d you tell them? And what’s that shield?” Lily responded, she gripped Ana tightly to keep herself together.
“Oh I found this, and these.” Jasmine said, setting the shield down arieved some of the gemstones. “They might be valuable, and this shield looks to be ented. But the vilgers… I said Cire syed the trolls. Left out the other womairely. Gave them a whole story for them to spread. It’ll get the Scarlet Seraphs’ name cirg and Cire’s name especially.”
Lily tilted her head as she analyzed the shield. She took in what Jasmine said and nodded. Her eye found two entments of note. Enhanced Defense and Refle. One enhahe user’s stats by a ft +5, while the other reflected damage ba the attacker. She pushed her gsses in as she used her eye to look for any blemishes or weakness. She he red ats and the steel-like material.
“Jaz… that shield has refle on it. That’s extremely rare. Its material too, the patter look like anything Daphne could recreate. And the trolls just had it?” She asked in bewilderment. Jasmine nodded enthusiastically. Her mood improved by the minute on the walk back.
“Yeah! Found it in the back of their cave. We gotta show Cire, it might help her mood.” Jasmine said. Lily realized why she was so happy. Cire was out of it earlier, zoned out and thinking. She nodded and looked at Ana. Her eyes were wide as she examihe shield.
“It’s pretty…” Ana whispered. “Glowing too… Like Cire.”
Her words brought Lily back to their previous problem. Why had Cire glowed like that. The timing caused Lily’s mind to ee dots. She started doing some math after the posse set out from the farmer’s nd. Given the hike and dey of such a big group hiking. It roughly lined up with when Ana burst out of the carriage. She’d have to wait for Cire to wake up to firm, but she was fairly certain.
“Holy shit… Jaz. I think you just gained us followers…”
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